A BBC Radio 2 Folk Award-nominated artist is to perform at the Sunray Folk Club in Broadmayne near Dorchester on Thursday, February 26.

Jez Lowe has been nominated for two BBC folk awards this year, Folk Singer of the Year and Best Song for the Pitmen Poets, and will be performing at the club from 8pm.

Jez has built an enviable reputation as a songwriter and performer in the world of acoustic music, and as a recognised musical ambassador for his native North East England, with almost 20 albums and countless live performances around the world over the last 30 years.

Among those who have recorded their own versions of Lowe’s songs, are Fairport Convention, The Unthanks, The Dubliners, The Tannahill Weavers, Cherish The Ladies, Gordon Bok, Tom McConville, The McCalmans, The Black Brothers, Liam Clancy, Bob Fox and literally hundreds of others.

Songs like Back in Durham Gaol, The Bergen, Greek Lightning and These Coal Town Days have generated scores of cover versions around the globe, and are now classics of their kind.

Doors open at 7.30pm. Tickets cost £8. Call Bob Kirkpatrick on 07786 654074.

See sunrayfolkclub.co.uk