Sandy Denny, Beth Orton, PJ Harvey, Cat Power, the names that get slung around Rough Trade’s rapidly rising ‘brightest contemporary folk star’ Kate Stables, aka This Is The Kit, belie the fact that she’s already carving out her own niche in gloriously self-styled fashion. The Bristol bred, Paris based songwriter is fast becoming the go-to bohemian voice of the moment, creating compelling, heart-felt folk of elegantly sufficient proportions from the raw – with just voice and banjo, to complex layers of trumpet, hooks, psychedelic folk meanderings and deep, resonating grooves. New album and Rough Trade debut, ‘Moonshine Freeze’ was produced by John Parish (PJ Harvey, M Ward, Perfume Genius) directly after his collaboration on previous album ‘Bashed Out’ but ignore the comparisons and name-checks though and see the perfectly distilled version in all it’s glory live at the Glee this month. A sure-fire sell out, we suggest you get tickets pronto.

Wed 24 Jan The Glee Club Birmingham, The Arcadian, 70 Hurst St, Birmingham B5 4TD. 9pm -11pm. £16 www.seetickets.com