Singer-songwriter Heather Joyce returns to the folk and acoustic roots scene at last. Having run away from a French circus to raise two feisty daughters, she now plays a unique duet concertina, designed and made by Edward Jay and fondly known as Megan – cos it’s all about the bass.

Heather’s songs are inspired by the traditions of the many other instruments she plays – (5-string banjo, medieval harp, saxophones, flutes, clarinets etc…). She blends acerbic and tender lyrics with soaring melodies that will stir your heart.

As a teenager she was one half of anarchist punk duo Toxic Shock, performing with Poisongirls, Nightingales and Chumbawamba. Heather then worked extensively as a musician and composer in dance and music theatre, as well as touring the UK folk circuit in the 1990s, when Time Out refered to her as ‘a gifted multi instrumentalist playing distinctly heavy metal banjo’.

Now permanently based in France, her new songs are more reflective but no less uplifting – a celebration of life, love and why the cream should always go on first.