Winner of Folk Northwest Magazine’s talent showcase at Costa del Folk Portugal in October 2017, Gerry is one of the finest singer songwriters working in the Northwest today. Her Liverpool-Irish roots have helped nurture a wonderful performer, writer and recording artist of rich contemporary folk music.
With their strong local flavour, Gerry’s own songs make many references to Liverpool’s maritime history while their style is firmly rooted in traditional folk and shanty. Now she is embarked on a mission to record and celebrate a way of life which has all but disappeared from Liverpool and every other major seaport. The hard lives of the sailors’ wives have never been fully given a voice in the same way that the lives of their husbands and sons were; Gerry’s songs such as The Other Maggie May, When the Wind Blows Up From The Mersey and of course Cunard Yanks – do just that, telling the stories of the wives and the families left behind.
A regular performer in the Northwest, Gerry is a musician with a great voice who is in demand at festivals and live venues across Merseyside and the UK. Holland, Ireland and Costa del Folk – in both Ibiza and Portugal – have now been added to her list of Festival destinations. Her appeal is growing as her own songs and stories are played out in her very popular live performances.
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Gerry recorded a live concert at St John The Evangelist Church Great Sutton to an audience of 125 people, on January 15th. Harry Lowrey and Arthur Garnett of Yesterday’s Men accompanied Gerry on some of the songs, and Paul Reaney played Bass. Dave Burrows engineered the sound, and they are hoping to release an album of live, mainly new songs mixed by Dave. Mike Brocken host of Radio Merseyside’s Folkscene announced the gig and played “Where Did All the Flowers go?” from Rivercityology, which you can listen to here.
October 2018 saw the release of her third studio album Rivercity Echoes which has been very well received, and is getting regular radio play. And after joining Yesterday’s Men (Harry Lowrey and Arthur Garnet) in a number of live performances, adding harmonies, banjo and guitar – she is currently collaborating with them on a new album containing both traditional maritime songs and some of Gerry’s own compositions which they regularly perform.
Gerry’s itinerary in 2019 includes Wirral Folk Festival, Gloucester Shanty Festival; Enkhuizen Deunen and Deinen Maritime Festival, Whitby and The English Folk Music Club, Costa Brava Spain – which is a beautiful part of the world but Gerry is equally at home in the folk clubs of Merry Old England, as a quick look at her forthcoming gig list will show!