When: 7.30pm on Wednesday 16 July 2025
Where: Gullivers, 109 Oldham Street, Manchester, M4 1LW

We’re delighted to welcome Will Stratton and Trippers & Askers to Gullivers!

Points of Origin is Will Stratton’s eighth LP, and his third for Bella Union. His previous two albums, 2021’s The Changing Wilderness and 2017’s Rosewood Almanac, attracted positive recognition from the likes of Elton John, Alexis Petridis at the Guardian, Tom Doyle at Mojo, and Saby Reyes-Kulkarni at Pitchfork.

Will was born in Woodland, California in 1987, spent his formative years all over the greater Pacific Northwest and mid-Atlantic United States, and has lived and worked in the Hudson Valley town of Beacon, New York for the better part of the last decade.

‘Rich, filmic folk-country… a vivid, endlessly beguiling listen’ – Uncut, 8/10 (Americana Album of the Month)

‘Outstanding… Points of Origin is a rare gem of an album. It’s music bursting with poetry, narrative, filmic suggestions, and of course, life’ Americana UK, 9/10

Tour support comes from Trippers & Askers. Trippers & Askers is the folk/spiritual jazz project of musician, sound artist, educator and researcher Jay Hammond. The group’s latest album Acorn takes inspiration from Octavia Butler’s immersive and frighteningly prescient novel Parable of the Sower. As an intertextual work, Acorn brings together a wide array of collaborators that include members of Wye Oak, Califone, former Sun Ra member Ken Moshesh and comic artist John Jennings to explore the book’s narrative as it pertains to the very real political and emotional challenges of the present. The album was called ‘a shimmering homage to nature’ by the Guardian.

Local support comes from Jon Coley. Jon Coley is an acclaimed folk singer songwriter. He plays an eclectic mix of Blues, soul and folk, mixed with fresh original songwriting. He is renowned for his unique guitar playing passionate vocal performances, reminiscent of Van Morrison and Amos Lee. Jon is influenced by performers such as Nick Drake, Neil Young, James Taylor, Jackson Browne, Sam Cooke, Bert Jansch, Wizz Jones, classic blues and especially the music of John Martyn. He has quickly become a legendary figure in his present home of Manchester, and his family’s native Liverpool, where his grandfather worked to book bands for the Cavern Club alongside Bobby Wooler and owner Ray McFall. After years of live touring, Jon released his Mercury nominated album If All I Ever Wanted Was All I Ever Needed to critical acclaim in 2021.

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