Aayushi + Ray Vincent-Mills + Hannah Lou Clark

An evening at Paper Dress Vintage in London pairing folk-leaning songwriting from Birmingham with spoken word and a special guest, Hannah Lou Clark. The night brings together three acts with distinct approaches to the page and the stage.

Aayushi is a folk singer-songwriter from Birmingham who has supported Frank Turner, Dominie Hooper and Tapir and performed at the Commonwealth Games. One of the songs reached number one on a Spotify playlist of beautiful songs. The writing has been described as poems set to music, with vocals drawing on the artist's Indian heritage, producing a soft, hypnotic and whimsical sound.

Ray Vincent-Mills is a Birmingham-based poet, facilitator and performer. The work explores identity, including Black, trans and queer experience, through discomfort, the body and food as storytelling devices, and its imagery is abstract yet sharp. The poet has performed nationally and internationally in pubs, cafés, festivals and public spaces.

Hannah Lou Clark, currently based in Cambridgeshire, joins as special guest. NME, Guy Garvey, Steve Lamacq and Line of Best Fit have all praised the artist, and The Quietus described a solo set in which the voice moves over the gentle dissonance of each chord. Aayushi chose the line-up for this night at Paper Dress Vintage, a London venue that hosts concerts and shows.