November sees a wide selection of gigs at The Tin Music and Arts, with performers to suit all pallates, as the winter nights draw in. Check out our top pics for the month below. 

Saturday 9 November sees local artist and rising star Ellie Gowers (pictured above) taking to the stage. The singer-songwriter is already making a mark on the folk scene, and catching attention from a wider audience.

Ellie launches her new EP - You, The Passenger - this November at The Tin gig.

Read more here.

The following week, on Friday 15 November, enjoy the meeting of myriad musical minds: Held By Trees, in a Midlands debut. The collective features a host of musicians who played for Talk Talk and it's vocalist Mark Hollis - particularly inspired by the band's minimalist and experimental later albums.

Held By Trees have recently embarked on a collaboration with singer/songwriter Martin Smith for their new EP.

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At the end of the month, The Tin welcomes another musical collaboration, in the form of Spoon Speaker Man. Performing on Thursday 28 November, the duo comprises Dan Worton and Craig Walker, of alternative 90s bands, Neds Atomic Dustbin and Power of Dreams, respectively.

Debut album Age Of No Opinion, they hail as blending "nostalgia and novelty".

Read more here.

Previews by Steve Adams