PENARTH Acoustic Club is back from the summer break and will host more Welsh talent on Friday, September 16.

Jemma Krysa is an acoustic singer/songwriter from Tairgwaith near the south western edge of the Brecon Beacons National Park. She discovered her musical talents at an early age, writing her first song at the age of 13.

Since then, her vocals coupled with emotive lyrics and rhythmic melodies have impressed her many fans. Songwriting success followed with her title track, Free Ride, written for a German television cartoon programme, holding the number one spot in the German music charts for three weeks.

She recorded her first album of original material at the age of 17 and the following year moved to Los Angeles where she supported Dolores O’Riordan of The Cranberries.

Now back in Wales she is regularly receiving radio airplay, and is planning to release a new album by the end of the year.

Dave Morris is a singer songwriter from Cardiff. His music spans many genres from dirty blues and country to folk and rock.

He taught himself to play guitar as a teenager using just three chords and developed his vocal talents at open mic nights where he tested out some of his own tunes. He became better known as one of the front men of the Whistling Biscuits.

Now living in Penarth, Dave divides his time between solo sets and working with session musicians in his band Dave Morris and the Knock with whom he recently came second in Cardiff's Big Gig competition.

They have recently released an EP, Done and Dusted, and their first video Little Lucifer through Penarth's Fieldgate Studios. Dave is also a member of the multi singer-songwriter project, Steelforks Band, who regularly play Welsh festivals.

Poet Christina Thatcher makes her second appearance at the club. Her poetry and short stories have appeared in a number of publications including The London Magazine, Planet Magazine and The Lampeter Review and her first collection More Than You Were has recently been shortlisted in Bare Fiction’s Debut Poetry Collection Competition. A PhD student and postgraduate tutor at Cardiff University, the collection will be published by Parthian next year.

Doors will open at 7.30pm for performances to begin at 8.15pm. Tickets cost £5 and it is strongly advised to get your tickets in advance.

Penarth Acoustic Club is held at The Penarth Conservative Club, Stanwell Road.

For more information contact Pencerdd Music, Station Approach, Penarth on 029 2070 9982. Tickets are available from Pencerdd Music and Griffin Books, Windsor Road, Penarth. Bar facilities will be available.