BEARD & PAPPS Folk & Acoustic Music

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ABOUT US

MUSIC

WELCOME TO OUR WEBSITE!

Hi. We are Roger Beard and Richard Papps.

We play an eclectic mix of folk and acoustic music.

Roger has sung as a solo artist and in bands around the Grimsby area for many years regularly performing in folk and acoustic venues.

Richard has played as a solo performer and has been with the 60's/70's covers band 'The Elderly Brothers' since the nineties and in an acoustic duo with Jay Lingard.

He has been playing in the covers band 'Koostix' since 2016 and also had a brief spell in the 'Steve Everett Blues Band' in 2022-2023.

Roger and Richard met in the Tap & Spile, Grimsby in 2004 at the Open Mic & Acoustic nights. We have C.D's available - 'Hope, Love & Politics' and 'Look Back At These Moments'. Message for details.

New CD
'Look Back On These Moments'
NOW AVAILBLE
Also avaiable to stream on Bandcamp

ROGER & RICHARD

Roger Beard (Guitar, Vocals plus occasional bodhrán & harmonica)

Richard Papps (Keyboards, Guitar and Vocals)

Roger plays Yamaha guitar

Richard plays Korg & Roland keyboards and Tanglewood guitar

OUR MUSIC

Copies of our new CD 'Look Back At These Moments' are available by contacting Richard or Roger.

It includes songs by Steve Knightley, Martyn Joseph, Jackson Browne and others, plus two original songs by Richard & Roger.

CD's AVAILABLE

Copies of our most recent album called "Hope, Love & Politics" are still available from Richard or Roger. THe album includes 6 original songs plus 8 covers from the likes of Beth Nielsen Chapman, Steve Knightley, Nick Lowe, Jack Savoretti and John Tams.

£5 - Message for details.

The album is also available to stream and download from BANDCAMP . You can also stream our first album 'Caught In The Net' at the BANDCAMP site.

We play an ecelctic mix of folk and acoustic music. We have a variety of songs that are suitable for different occasions - pubs, folk clubs, birthday celebrations etc. We play songs from such artists as Bob Dylan, Fairport Convention, Van Morrison, Boo Hewerdine, Martyn Jospeh, Ralph McTell, Winter Wilson, John Tams, Steve Knightly, John Lennon, Mike Silver, Pete Morton, The Beatles, Paul Jones, Beth Neilsen Chapman, Linda Thompson, Dougie Maclean, Gretchen Peters, Yvonne Lyon, Lindisfarne, The Zombies, Show of Hands, Mark Knopfler, The Levellers, James Taylor and many others. We have also performed some original songs either co-written or written by us individually.