DHP presents Birdvox
The Cluny 2 in Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear, England, United Kingdom
34 Lime Street, NE1 2PQ Newcastle upon Tyne, Battle Field, Tyne and Wear, England, United Kingdom
Sonntag, 08 November 2026
Beginnt um 19:30
Introducing Birdvox and their debut album Shamming The Drama. Twelve big-sky songs of joy, rage, connection, grief, empowerment, the natural world, and peace for the times we’re in. Political disco; skewed-folk floor fillers; avian electronica; hymns to humanity… the honest and cathartic noise of the multi-tasking artist-producers who made this record, equally and collectively.
Birdvox is Sarah Hayes (vocals, synth, flute, drum programming), a founding member of Glasgow’s beloved Admiral Fallow; Inge Thomson (vocals, accordion, field recordings, drum programming), a longtime collaborator with the multi-award-winning songwriter and storyteller Karine Polwart; Jenny Sturgeon (vocals, guitars, keyboards, drum programming), a SAY Award-nominated solo artist, and singer with alt-folk mainstays Salt House; and Charlotte Printer (vocals, bass, percussion, drum programming) who’s previously performed with revived Scottish pop icons Altered
Images, and Loyle Carner-collaborator Joesef. The album was produced by Birdvox and Peter Brewis of Prince-favourites Field Music.
Singing in Scots, Shetland dialect, old Norn and English, Birdvox distil their individual influences into a unique musical point of view and a joyful live experience.
“Perhaps the standout event of the whole festival… exciting and energetic… at the intersection of boundary-pushing art and extremely listenable, melody-based pop”
(The Skinny)
Shamming The Drama is new music pulled from pasts that never met. It’s post-folk, post-pop, post-pigeonhole. It’s the sum of all its parts. It’s what happens when you rewrite the recipe, shake the kaleidoscope, and make a record only these four people could make, together.
Support from Madeleine Smyth
Birdvox is Sarah Hayes (vocals, synth, flute, drum programming), a founding member of Glasgow’s beloved Admiral Fallow; Inge Thomson (vocals, accordion, field recordings, drum programming), a longtime collaborator with the multi-award-winning songwriter and storyteller Karine Polwart; Jenny Sturgeon (vocals, guitars, keyboards, drum programming), a SAY Award-nominated solo artist, and singer with alt-folk mainstays Salt House; and Charlotte Printer (vocals, bass, percussion, drum programming) who’s previously performed with revived Scottish pop icons Altered
Images, and Loyle Carner-collaborator Joesef. The album was produced by Birdvox and Peter Brewis of Prince-favourites Field Music.
Singing in Scots, Shetland dialect, old Norn and English, Birdvox distil their individual influences into a unique musical point of view and a joyful live experience.
“Perhaps the standout event of the whole festival… exciting and energetic… at the intersection of boundary-pushing art and extremely listenable, melody-based pop”
(The Skinny)
Shamming The Drama is new music pulled from pasts that never met. It’s post-folk, post-pop, post-pigeonhole. It’s the sum of all its parts. It’s what happens when you rewrite the recipe, shake the kaleidoscope, and make a record only these four people could make, together.
Support from Madeleine Smyth