LEADING folk singer Janet Russell, from Silsden, will headline Skipton Folk Unplugged on Monday.

Organisers of the club, which meets at the Narrow Boat Inn in Victoria Street, promise a splendid evening from 8.30pm.

Janet first made a name for herself on the folk circuit in the 1980s as a young singer songwriter writing with hard-edged humour about issues affecting women.

She has experience of folk clubs, arts centres, concert halls, church halls and village halls of all sorts and sizes in the UK, Europe, and the USA.

She has worked with other musicians, such as Sisters Unlimited and Scottish singing partner Christine Kydd, and also toured with the show Take These Chains from My Heart, written by partner Jim Woodland with storyteller Taffy Thomas.

Janet currently leads community choirs in Silsden, Settle and Burnley.

For more information, visit skiptonfolkclub.co.uk