Gwenifer Raymond

Gwenifer Raymond, a Welsh-born, Brighton-based guitarist, plays a concert at the Strines Nightingale, a country pub in Strines near Stockport and Sheffield. The evening features the transatlantic duo Old Sun, New Moon as special guests.

Gwenifer Raymond is an instrumentalist from Wales who now lives in Brighton and works mainly with the finger-picked guitar. Her playing draws on Mississippi blues and on the intricate Americana associated with John Fahey, combined with the rural South Wales of her upbringing and an interest in folk horror and the avant garde. She has developed a style she calls Welsh Primitive. Her third studio album, Last Night I Heard the Dog Star Bark, was released in September 2025 through the Canadian label We Are Busy Bodies. Earlier records include Strange Lights Over Garth Mountain (2020, Tompkins Square), which was nominated for the Welsh Music Prize, and You Were Never Much of a Dancer (2018, Tompkins Square).

The concert is a solo guitar performance, with the transatlantic duo Old Sun, New Moon appearing as special guests. Raymond has recently signed to Fat Possum, and new recordings for that label are planned for the coming year.

The Strines Nightingale is a country pub, formerly known as the Sportsman, which reopened in autumn 2022. It lies on the Piccadilly to Sheffield railway line and on the 358 bus route between Stockport and Hayfield.