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The Peters Cellars
Alternative Folk Club returns!
Friday 10 April 2026
Live music events showcasing under the radar and established singer-songwriters and artists ranging from Modern Indie Folk, Americana, Art Rock, Eastern European, Acoustic, Folk Noir & more.
Alternative Music for Alternative Folk!
The Mermaid
11b Gandy street
Exeter – EX4 3LS
Doors: 7:00pm
Tickets: £12/£10 (concession)
JOHN MATTHIAS
John Matthias is an award-winning musician and composer. He has released eight albums via Accidental, Ninja Tune, Nonclassical, Village Green, Sony, Welfare State and Cognitive Shift and he has collaborated with many artists including Radiohead (The Bends) and Coldcut (Man in a Garage).
His music has been remixed by many artists including Thom Yorke, Matthew Herbert and Jem Finer (The Pogues) and in 2008 he won the UK PRS for Music Foundation New Music Award (The ‘Turner Prize for Music’) with Jane Grant and Nick Ryan for ‘The Fragmented Orchestra’ which led to the development of The Neurogranular Sampler Audio Unit and the ‘Plasticity’ sound installation at the BFI and Google Campus Building, London.
He has performed Internationally at many venues including The Royal Opera House London, The Centre Georges Pompidou (Paris) and Le Poisson Rouge (New York City), has contributed music to 12 feature film scores and several dance theatre works including with the Rambert Dance Company and Company Chameleon. He is currently published by Faber Music.
John will be performing songs from the albums ‘Smalltown, Shining’, ‘Stories from the Watercooler’ and ‘Geisterfahrer’
AMANES
Soul-stirring and truly awesome folk music from across Europe. Come and be transported across space and time by the duo’s melodies and songs with this enchanting blend of Easter European, Roma and Balkan music from Lisa Rowe on accordion and Anita Munson on clarinet.
GRICE
GRICE (Grice Peters) is an award-winning art rock artist from South London. He has released 6 albums on hungersleep records and he has collaborated with notable musicians including Richard Barbieri (Japan, Porcupine Tree), Steve Jansen (Japan), Raphael Ravenscroft (Baker Street/Gerry Rafferty, Vangelis, Pink Floyd), Paul Gray (The Damned), Hossam Ramzy (Peter Gabriel, Led Zeppelin), David Torn (David Bowie, David Sylvian) & more. His album ‘Polarchoral ’ (2022) was voted Best Album (Indie Prog Awards, NY) and was featured on PROG magazine’s top 20 albums. ‘one thousand birds symphony’ album and film have won international awards leading to an immersive live performance at the Royal Albert Memorial Museum (2025). Grice will be performing songs from his albums ‘Propeller’, ‘ one thousand birds’, ‘Polarchoral, ‘ Mordant Lake’ and from his new album ‘Filter’.
