Roger Sutcliffe at Groove Pad Shipley

This is Roger’s 59th year of playing at the Topic: there is very little we can say about him that his army of admirers don’t already know.

But for any newcomers to the world of acoustic music Roger stands on his own as ragtime picker extraordinaire, blues supremo, and singer of songs of those genres.

There are invariably a number of guitarists in his audience who have learned their craft first hand from Roger, so whether you pick, play or just listen, get down early for another packed night