Janet Kay & Carroll Thompson

A concert by the British lovers rock singers Janet Kay and Carroll Thompson, who appear together on a Birmingham date at The Crossing in Digbeth. The pairing is billed as the Queens of Lover's Rock.

Janet Kay, a British singer whose work is rooted in reggae, has been active since 1977 and released her first album, Capricorn Woman, in 1982. Her best-known single, Silly Games, was produced by Dennis Bovell and reached number one in the UK charts in early 1979. She has also recorded hits such as Loving You, That's What Friends Are For and I Do Love You, and has worked with Fatboy Slim, Jackie Mittoo, Aswad and Sly & Robbie.

Carroll Thompson, a British lovers rock singer born in Letchworth Garden City in 1960, made her debut album, Hopelessly in Love, in 1981. Her early success came with the reggae hit I'm So Sorry, and she was lead vocalist and a founding member of the jazz-funk group Floy Joy. Her collaborators include Sugar Minott, Courtney Pine, Chaka Khan, Stevie Wonder and Maxi Priest.

The show is presented with the artists'full band.