The Trials of Cato: Folk trio to play Wrexham tomorrow - plus dates in Stafford, Whitchurch and Lichfield this year
A folk band formed in Beirut will play a show in Wrexham tomorrow night.
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The Trials of Cato, which started out in 2015, has been described by BBC Radio 2's Mark Radcliffe as 'one of the real discoveries on the folk circuit in recent times' and won the Rising Star Act award from folking.com this year.
Its members are due to release the band's debut album Hide And Hair 'this summer', they say.
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The group, whose music is described as being 'firmly rooted in the traditions of Ireland and Britain' with a contemporary twist, is made up of three men who created the band while teaching English in Lebanon.
See the band play Tom Paine's Bones here:
The Trials of Cato will play the Saith Seren pub in Wrexham tomorrow evening.
The trio is also set to perform at Stafford Folk Club on June 28, at Festival at the Edge in Whitchurch on July 20, and Lichfield Festival of Folk on October 20.
For more information on the band, visit The Trials of Cato Facebook page here