Glad Town Ghost & Hels Pattison (Co-Headline Show) - The Vaux Room at The Ship Isis, Sunderland

Glad Town Ghost:

Dale Husband aka Glad Town Ghost channels a sound usually found deep in the Appalachian foothills, as he crafts subtle layers of musical ideas out of some sweet and savvy storytelling built around the provincial northernisms and post-industrial landscapes of his native East Cleveland. Dale’s style is steeped in American folk for fans of Jackson C Frank and Cormac McCarthy, perpetuated by his solo concept album The Endless Heavy Sleep in 2020.
Glad Town Ghost sees Dale return to his finger picking roots, ‘melancholic by nature and hopeful by design.’ Described as campfire indie folk and heralded by the likes of NARC. Magazine, At The Barrier and BBC Introducing. Glad Town Ghost’s 3 EP’s since 2025 are forged in a charmingly understated way, often as bleak as they are empowering with an underlying positivity that only comes from fatherhood as Dale ponders a future for his young daughter the only way he can, with exquisitely crafted topical folk.

Hels Pattison:

Hels Pattison is a UK Americana artist based in Newcastle-upon-Tyne. Blending traditional country soul with a raw contemporary edge, she has quickly become a standout voice in the North East. Fresh from an extensive UK tour and celebrating the release of her last single Unsympathetic, Hels has brought honest, heart-on-her-sleeve songwriting to stages across the country, cementing her reputation as a captivating live performer.