Folk star Chris Wood is live at the Drill Hall

Chris Wood is an uncompromising writer whose music reveals his love for the un-official history of the English speaking people.

With gentle intelligence he weaves the tradition with his own contemporary parables.

His writing has been said to share the same timeless quality as Richard Thompson at his best.

His song None the Wiser was nominated in the Best Original Song category at the BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards 2014.

He was previously nominated in both the Folk Singer of the Year and Best Original Song – for Hollow Point – at the 2011 awards.

He was also nominated in the Songwriter of the Year category in the Spiral Earth Awards in 2014.

Self-taught on guitar and violin, his independent streak shines through in his composition and studio work.

Always direct and unafraid to speak his mind, his song writing has been praised for its surgical clarity.

His work is typified by his trust in the space music can create and a gift for lyrical understatement.

Following collaborations with folk luminaries like Martin Carthy, Andy Cutting, Jean Francois Vrod and The Imagined Village among others, Chris moved centre stage enjoying both critical and commercial success on a far wider scale.

Chris has toured with Joan Armatrading and recorded four solo albums to great acclaim.

His songs have included Hollow Point; his chilling ballad of the shooting of Jean Charles Menezez, humble hymns, reflections on William Blake and John Clare and wry observations of the small things in life.

He is now currently writing and recording a new collection of songs to appear on his fifth album in 2016.

He is at the Drill Hall on Friday, February 5 at 8pm and tickets priced £14 and £12 are available from the box office on 01522 873894 or www.lincolndrillhall.com