Glenn Jones with guests Liam Grant + Sam Grassie

An evening bringing together three distinctive voices from the world of fingerstyle and American Primitive guitar that we’re calling: Tri-Guitar-Soli because we can. Glenn Jones, a key figure in the genre and former member of Cul De Sac, is renowned for his intricate, deeply personal compositions shaped by memory, folk tradition and the steel-string guitar. Liam Grant, a New England guitarist and improviser, carries the American Primitive tradition into more exploratory territory, having toured and recorded with Jones and Mike Gangloff. Completing the line-up, Sam Grassie is a Scottish fingerstyle guitarist and songwriter whose dynamic playing moves between traditional folk, acoustic blues and American Primitive, earning acclaim from the likes of The Guardian, MOJO and The Quietus. Together, they offer an evening of virtuosic playing, intimate storytelling and richly expressive acoustic guitar. There is talk of some collaborative duos happening; join us to find out!

Glenn Jones

‘First known for his emphatic career with the genre-defying rock group Cul De Sac, a band that you forgot played more times with Damo Suzuki than Can did, Glenn Jones has gone on to become one of the foremost American Primitive guitarists of the early 21st century. His life-long tenure to the underground has gifted us dear reader with 10 widely acclaimed solo LPs and his approach to fingerstyle remains uniquely idiosyncratic.

Over the course of two and a half decades as a solo artist Jones’ has established and continued to innovate a deeply personal melodic grammar for the acoustic guitar and banjo that is witty, cleverly self-referential and tethered to the weight of reflection and memory.

Sketches of Fahey, a close friendship with the late John Jackson of Fairfax Virginia, a maiden voyage to visit 78rpm guru Joe Bussard alongside one Jack Rose; devotion to his mother, the ever lovely Nora Smith with her leather jacket, and his cats. The portraiture of days gone by, sentiment for those close and fondly remembered. Ever fleeting. Ever sublime.

Here is a vital messenger of the steel string guitar who we can celebrate in his time - here and now.’

— Man Tragil, 2025.

Glenn Jones Bandcamp

Liam Grant

Liam Grant is a New England guitarist and improviser cut from the American Primitive cloth. Since 2021 he’s performed regularly both domestically and abroad and has toured extensively and recorded with guitarist Glenn Jones and fiddler Mike Gangloff (Pelt, Black Twig Pickers).

Liam Grant Bandcamp

Sam Grassie

Sam Grassie is a Scottish fingerstyle guitarist and songwriter, he has gained a reputation on the circuit for masterful guitar playing, raw songwriting & dynamic sets that traverse traditional folk, acoustic blues and American primitive. Debut album Where Two Hawks Fly (Broadside Hacks) has been championed by BBC 2,3,6, Scotland and has led to tours with Ryley Walker, Daisy Rickman & Gwenifer Raymond and US Tour with Liam Grant. WFMU ‘virtuosic pickin’, Quietus ‘timeless presence’ Guardian ‘Jansch's ghost floats majestically’ CLASH ‘Ferocious individuality’ MOJO ‘meditative transporter’. He has since shared stages with Jaqui Mcshee, Ralph Mctell & Robert Plant.

Sam Grassie Bandcamp