Robb Johnson's Acoustic Irregulars

Robb Johnson, Sian Allen and Fae Simon

General availability:
Weekdays (term time) close to London.
Weekends term time further afield.
Available for summer festivals

Mini tours nationally as follows in 2026 :
Saturday 14 February 2026 - Sunday 22 February 2026
Saturday 28 March - Sunday 12 April 2026
Saturday 23 May 2026 - Sun 31 May 2026
Saturday 24 October - Sunday 1 November

See here for their gig list

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Songs: the set ranges from old favourites (thank you Martin Simpson & Roy Bailey) like More Than Enough, to songs from recent albums...  acousticpoptasticpostpunkfolkjazzrocksteadyreggae'n'chanson, mainly.

Robb Johnson is widely recognised as one of the UK’s finest songwriters, and enjoys playing pubs, clubs, festivals, art centres, benefits and picket lines. "Britain's finest songwriter since Richard Thompson"- Venue \ "An English original" - Robin Denselow, The Guardian \ "Love songs as touching as the political material is sharp." - Red Pepper \ "The real deal when it comes to songwriting" - Mike Harding, BBC Radio2 \ “One of this country’s most important songwriters (no argument!)” -(fRoots)
Robb Johnson's own website / Robb Johnson solo agency page

	Sian Allen is an actor-musician, touring in shows such as Return to the Forbidden Planet. For several years now Sian has also been a resident performer at Walthamstow Folk Club. She plays trumpet and saxophone as well as contributing vocals to the trio. Find out more about Sian Allen
Fae Simon has a fabulous voice and plays hand-shaky percussion. She studied opera and dance, and now works as a soul / hip-hop singer and songwriter. As well as her own releases, she also appears as featured vocalist on a variety of albums, and has gigged in Berlin and Paris. Find out more about Fae Simon

Reviewing the 2025 album "Voila! Here We Are", FATEA said "Fae's vocals are truly sublime, she surely is one of the most accomplished female vocalists currently performing" &  described Sian's trumpet playing as "exquisite...Sian's trumpet provides one of those memorable, spine-tingling hairs-on-the-back-of-the-neck moments."

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Robb and the Acoustic Irregulars
A Brief Biography

Robb met Fae at a “Stand Up For Corbyn” gig in 2016, & was soon nagging her into singing backing vocals on his albums, & then appearing live with the Irregulars electric band.

Robb had known Sian from gigs at Walthamstow Folk Club, & asked her to sing – along with Fae – in the performance version of his “Ordinary Giants” song suite. Discovering that Sian also played horns he soon nagged her into appearing with the Irregulars too.

Fae & Sian then became part of the “Murder At The Grange” touring company.  Performing as a trio became the obvious choice when Robb got offered a monthly Sunday afternoon residency at a pub in Brighton, where for a year & a half once a month from 2 to 5pm they had great fun developing their repertoire, arrangements, stamina, harmonies & friendship before an audience consisting of loyal fans who travelled from from near & far to see them, & local casual punters enjoying their roast dinners. Now they play gigs in arts centres, music venues and clubs up & down the country.