A TRIO of folk musicians will perform in west Dorset this weekend.

Former BBC Young Folk Award finalists Jaywalkers, will bring their tour coinciding with the release of their third studio album to the Marine Theatre in Lyme Regis on Saturday (5).

The group's new album, Weave, sees them further expanding their musical horizons at all levels. Together they effortlessly fuse elements of bluegrass and folk, with their music deeply rooted in tradition.

Most of their songs are written or inspired by stories and poetry from Mike’s home county of Lancashire. The history of the area only really starts around the time of the

Industrial Revolution when the cotton industry arrived.

This means the main theme running through the album is a study of the hardships of life in the Lancashire working classes.

There are moments of playful respite on the band's new release. The two instrumental tracks are meant to be fast, playful up-tempo tunes, but the songs tell tales of protest, poverty, fight for freedom and, as is inevitable with folk songs, death.

The trio have received financial support from Help Musicians UK, who offered the band an ‘Emerging Excellence Award’ for young artists working in any genre of music.

They applied for it in early 2014 and found out in March that they were successful.

This meant the band were able to work with the fantastic Andy Bell, and his dog Hudson, who would engineer and produce the album.

The performance will take place on Saturday (5) night at 8pm, with the doors opening at 7.15pm.

For more information, please call Lyme Regis Tourist Information Centre on 01297 442138.