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Open-mic sessions at a Shropshire pub have proved a real inspiration for musicians Miles Hunt and Erica Nockalls

Blame the locals at the Horseshoe Inn, deep in the heart of deepest South Shropshire. That's where Miles Hunt and Erica Nockalls got the inspiration from for their latest album 'Shared 2', which is released on May 30th.
The singer/songwroter who shot to fame with number one indie band The Wonder Stuff and his violin-playing cohort created the album after watching open mic sessions at their local pub.
The decided to create an ongoing acoustic based project, which they curate, and past contributors have included Wayne Hussey (The Mission), Roddy Frame, Nick Heyward, Katell Keineg, Dirty Ray (whose album Big World For A Little Man was produced by Hunt in 2010), Timothy Parkes, Rob Dunsford (a contributor to the Townes Van Zandt tribute album 'Riding The Range' in 2010) and Matthew Derrick....