Spafford Campbell

A concert by the duo Spafford Campbell, with support from Quincey May Brown, at KAMERA, a newly opened venue upstairs at Lloyd & Platt in Chorlton, Manchester.

Spafford Campbell is a duo made up of fiddle player Owen Spafford and guitarist Louis Campbell, who met as teenagers while playing traditional music. They have performed live since 2018, and their playing blends folk material with elements of jazz, post-rock and chamber classical music, with the fiddle sometimes passed through electronic processing.

Their latest album, Tomorrow Held, comprises eight tracks, mostly instrumental, built from effects pedals, ambient cassette loops and passages of electric guitar. Its atmosphere has been compared with Talk Talk's Spirit of Eden (1988), and its sense of transcendence with the work of Bon Iver.

Quincey May Brown provides the support set. Their second album, Careful, Pockets, is released on Other Shoe Records. KAMERA occupies the upper floor of Lloyd & Platt, formerly The Lloyd's, and the pub below serves Indian street food from Chapati Cafe.