In the intimate setting of the basement at Cuts Ailsa Mainwaring and Nick Siepmann present an evening of carefully chosen traditional songs and vivid original compositions. Blending Ailsa’s subtle, engaging singing with Nick’s intricately crafted guitar arrangements, their storytelling brings out the joy, hope and heartache found between the lines of this rich repertoire.

Ailsa Mainwaring and Nick Siepmann are a North London-based duo with a shared love of the human stories at the heart of folk singing. Through their open-hearted and finely honed musicianship, they invite audiences into the intimate conversation between past and present that can only be found in song. Ailsa and Nick draw on the living tradition of folk to bring you tales of fellowship, love and the joy of living.