Hallelujah Trial + Quincey May Brown

Dead String Sessions presents Hallelujah Trial + Quincey May Brown at Artefact, Liverpool. A special double bill bringing together two distinctive approaches to songwriting, folk and stripped-back music.

Liverpool duo Hallelujah Trial bring spacious, beautifully understated songs built around voice, guitar and piano.

Formed by Tom Roberts (Cranebuilders, Beatowls) and John Canning Yates (Ella Guru), their self-titled debut album was recorded live in Liverpool's Gustav Adolf Church and released by Violette Records in October 2026.

Its sparse arrangements and dark, melodic songwriting draw comparisons with Bill Callahan, Lee Hazlewood and the later recordings of Johnny Cash.

Quincey May Brown is a Manchester-based singer-songwriter whose distinctive sound is built around harp and piano, tender vocals, acerbically playful lyrics and richly textured arrangements.

Following debut album Basic Surgeon, latest album Careful, Pockets explores an intoxicating mixture of organic and non-organic sounds, bringing together harp, strings, drones and woodwind in unexpected ways.

A collection of stories about loss, human nature and childhood scrapes, her music moves beyond conventional folk into something playful, strange and entirely her own. 30 pm