An Evening of Music with Renny Jackson & Friends at The Rainbow

Soul Sessions Brum Presents: An Evening of Music with Renny Jackson & Friends

Renny Jackson returns home to Birmingham for a rare and intimate performance at The Rainbow on Wednesday 11th February.

This special night marks one year since the release of Renny’s album of poetry set to music, Low on the Sand and Loud on the Stone. The work will be performed live alongside new, unreleased material, making this a deeply personal evening that reflects both where the music has come from and where it is going.

As a Birmingham native, this show carries particular emotional weight — a home-coming in front of familiar streets, memories, and faces that shaped Renny as an artist. In the close, attentive setting of The Rainbow, audiences are invited into a shared space of reflection, connection, and storytelling through song.

The evening will also feature fantastic support from Anyone For Shark, Samuel C Roberts, and Emily Tura, making it a carefully curated night of original songwriting and poetry set to music.

“Just been listening to tracks by Renny Jackson and loving them. Great lyrics.” George Monbiot,
Guardian Columnist

“Renny Jackson writes lyrics with the sensibility of a poet, plays complex guitar with gusto and
finesse, and delivers his songs with a simplicity and directness that marks him out among his
peers.” Paul Murhpy, The Songwriter’s Cafe (UK)

“Pure and powerful...Renny’s accessible, genuine vocal tone and performance style help deliver
something decidedly honest and immersive.” Stereo Stickman (UK)

“Beautiful songs...melancholic but also sweet, philosophical, self-critical and very identifiable...
Attractive, elegant and enchanting.” Sevilla Disonante (Spain)
“Hope in the form of music.” Indie Criollo (Ecuador)

“A unique blend of Folk, Funk and Reggae, the artist Renny Jackson stands out among all
genres...a lively and cheerful sound.” Roadie Music (Portugal)

“A beautiful and energetic hybrid between folk, funk, and world music – that kind of music that
requires no words to describe, only ears to listen and feet to dance.” Where The Music
Meets (Portugal)

Meet the support:

Sam C. Roberts

Sam C. Roberts is a UK-based composer and multi-instrumentalist whose music moves between ambient sound, avant-garde composition and progressive jazz. Working primarily with bass guitar, keyboards, and electronics, he creates immersive, textural works that explore the intersections of melody, noise and narrative.

Emily Tura

Emily Tura is a singer songwriter who is convincing at guitar. Expect heartbreaking topics explored in her original songs, covers you may have forgotten you loved twisted to her own unique style and witty excerpts of a confusing life scattered in between.

Anyone For Shark? 

Inspired by diverse blues, folk, jazz, alt-rock and country music influences, Anyone For Shark’s acoustic style is both expressive and reflective.
Thoughtful songs with poetic lyrics that explore identity, change, love and impermanence - finding quiet clarity in uncertainty and meaning in the hustle and bustle of the everyday.

The Rainbow, Digbeth

Wednesday 8th February

Doors 7PM

£10 Adv.

Address: The Rainbow Pub, 160 High St, Digbeth, Birmingham, B12 0LD