Rabble rousing purveyors of Stray Dance from up North. Not here to follow, here to go...

Ben Price (Head of A&R Record Label) - "Very unique. Always looked forward to hear his performance".

Mark Forrest - (BBC Radio Leeds - The Mark Forrest evening show) - "He's got quite a distinctive voice!". 

David Burns (BBC Radio Humberside) – “He might be a big musical star! Very, very talented!”

James Hoggarth (BBC Radio Humberside) – “Very genuine and very talented!”
Viking FM – “Who was that guy making his guitar sounding like there is more than one instrument!”

Alan Raw (BBC Introducing Humberside) – “Makes the guitar sound like an orchestra!”

Hull Daily Mail – “Play it again Sam, but this time at the O2!”

David Barton (supported Jamie Cullum and Katherine Jenkins) – “I wouldn’t want to choose a favourite, but if I had to it would be Sam Arkut.”

Sam Arkut is a 19 year old folk singer, songwriter and guitarist from East Riding of Yorkshire, who lives in a village of Anlaby. He picked up his first guitar when he was 9, but didn’t start learning until he was 15, as soon as he turned enthusiastic in learning after he came across some of his biggest influences.
 
He plays the acoustic in a different unique way called percussive-fingerstyle-guitar, which involves hitting the body of the guitar as a percussive instrument and tapping the strings at the same time as well as singing to suits his playing. His style of playing is hugely influenced by Newton Faulkner. 

He has supported Alexandra Burke and Marcus Collins from Xfactor at ‘Hull Pride’ in front of thousands of people. He has performed at Hull City Hall, Sheffield City Hall and he has also performed on the IndigO2 stage at the O2 arena in London.

Open Mic UK Finalist!

He has been given an award for his best original song 'Sitting By The River' in North of England and Scotland in 2012. 

Hull Star search Finalist!  

He has performed live radio on the David Burns show and James Hoggarth show on BBC Radio Humberside and Alan Raw’s show on BBC Introducing Humberside. His original tracks have gained some airplay on BBC Introducing Humberside and his original track ‘Waste Your Time’ has gained airplay on BBC Radio Leeds on the 'The Mark Forrest Evening Show' across the country. 

He has performed in festivals, such as Springboard festival, Filey Folk Festival, Filey Blues Festival, Hull Folk festival, Hull Pride, Siren Sound summer and winter festival and Hull Trinity festival. 

After playing all these gigs and festivals, he is hoping to continue performing more gigs as much as he can for everyone to enjoy his music, as well as creating more fan base and see where it takes him. 

His ‘Sitting By The River’ EP will hopefully be on itunes sometime this year! 
‘Like’ his page for music updates -  www.facebook.com/samarkutmusic

Follow Sam on Twitter @SamArkut. 

For bookings or enquiries email: samarkut@hotmail.co.uk


Keyboard-player, 'visual performer', singer/writer of songs that explore the peculiarities of the ordinary. Alternative Pop with a quirky & Surreal sense of humour...& a few stage props! 
Motto: Two's company, three's an audience (if I'm lucky!).

Get ready to skank, pogo, mosh, jig, polka and maybe even waltz - like a hyperactive kid on Kia-Ora, the Counting Coins sound refuses to stay still, switching from Ska Punk to Gypsy to Hip Hop and back again several times in the same song.

The one constant is energy - which you will need by the truckload to keep up with these boys. Since forming in 2009, they have steadily built a reputation for stealing the limelight sharing stages with Random Hand, Sonic Boom Six, Melt Banana and Reverend & The Makers among many others. Whether its an opening support slot or a headline gig one thing is guaranteed, Counting Coins want everyone to get involved and they won't take no for an answer.

No enemies, no strangers...

PROMOTERS/PRESS/ETC CONTACT: countingcoinsband@gmail.com 

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