THE Blue Walnut in Chelston is the venue tomorrow for a gig with local singer/songwriter Nicky Swann and guests.

Nicky (pictured) will be performing songs from her forthcoming album, Matches and Dispatches, and will be joined by pedal steel player Alan Cook, among others.

The album has been recorded at Sawmills Studio in Cornwall, with Alan Cook plus double bass player Rick Foot and cellist Bethany Porter.

Tomorrow's gig will show off her trademark fusion of folk, blues and country, which saw her winning the local Artsbase singer/songwriter award, headline the acoustic stage at the Transition Festival, supporting Show of Hands at Chagstock and wowing the crowds at the Dartmouth Music Festival.

The new album is billed as 'a collection of songs about love and death', and boasts 11 original tracks, a reworked cover of The Beatles' I Want To Hold Your Hand and a new arrangement of the traditional Welsh poem Ar Hyd Y Nos.

For more, log on to www.nickyswann.com