This year's Festival website

The Audlem Festival website is up and running for those that want to find out all that is planned for this year's event at the end of May.

You can find it by clicking here or simply click on the Homepage banner linking to the Festival website.

There are early profiles on the website of some of this year's expected or hoped for performers, including:

Natalie McCool

"McCool has that extra something that makes her a cut above even her most talented peers" Chris Hawkins, BBC Radio 6 Music.

Natalie McCool spent her childhood years drawing together a fine fabric of influences from Jeff Buckley, Cocteau Twins, PJ Harvey & The Stone Roses. McCool rose up, and with a daggers aim, unleashed a formidable body of work- an enthralling sonic panorama that dislocates you into its gravity: at times controversial; yet always delivered with absolute conviction.

A singular voice surrounded by a constellation of guitar; shifting from delicate fingerstyle beginnings to chorus drenched Johnny Marr-esque riffing, Natalie is lauded by every single music luminary that crosses her path- including recent acclaim from BBC 6 Music's Chris Hawkins & BBC Radio 2's Janice Long, Guardian and 'Louder Than War' journalist John Robb, and Liverpool's own arts, music and film magazine The Double Negative.

Natalie wowed crowds last year, and if it's possible to get her back for 2014, we're going to jump at the chance.

Robin Pierce

Cheshire-Based, "The Robin Pierce Band" are going from strength to strength pushing their unique brand of Folk/Rock upon audiences across the country, with their debut record gaining extensive radio play on BBC Manchester & Stoke, to name but a few.

Now gigging in London, Liverpool & Manchester and sharing the bill with Ed Sheeran & The Futureheads at the last Cloud 9 Festival, the Band are looking forward to an upcoming UK tour in the summer.

Said to be a "refreshing new take on the typical acoustic pop sound" with influences from the likes of Get Cape Wear Cape Fly, Dallas Green and Mumford & Sons. The band joins the likes of artists including MGMT, Emmy The Great and KT Tunstall, releasing work from the Manchester based Airtight Studios.

Working with Producer Nigel Stonier (Thea Gilmore, Katy Lied) and Engineer Seanda McPhail (Badly Drawn Boy, I am Kloot), the record portrays strong influences of the bands individual tastes of both folk and acoustic music whilst maintaining an uplifting sound crafted around good times and company.

Jim Kirkpatrick of Heavy Weather

Heavy Weather is a hard hitting three piece blues/rock band fronted by FM and Bernie Marsden Band guitarist Jim Kirkpatrick. They perform a mixture of popular originals and well-worked covers.

Jim is primarily known as the guitarist with British melodic rock legends FM with whom he has toured with such greats as Journey, Foreigner and Toto as well as having appeared at festivals such as Download and Graspop.

With FM Jim has co-written three albums and several Radio 2 playlisted songs. As well as his tenure in FM, Jim plays guitar regularly for Whitesnake's Bernie Marsden (writer of Here I Go Again) and singer/songwriter Thea Gilmore and is regarded as one of the UK's premier slide guitarists.

This year you can catch Jim playing a delta blues style solo spot in Blues Alley 14:30 on Sunday 25th May. Then later that day enjoy the full fat blues/rock experience which is Heavy Weather. They are live at the Shroppie at 21:30. If previous years are anything to go by, get to the Shroppie early for a good view!

Heidi Browne

Singer/Songwriter Heidi Browne is a BBC Introducing Pick for 2013, who in early 2014 was crowned the overall winner of OpenMicUK. She was also shortlisted for Jamie Cullum's Big Audition in 2011 and has released two albums of original songs which have been featured on BBC 6Music, Amazing Radio and a host of regional stations.

Heidi has been gigging regularly since the age of 16. She's supported Beverly Knight, Jack Savoretti and Canadian folk award winning duo Madison Violet. Heidi has also worked with numerous musicians such as singer Ashley Fayth, Adam French and Bob Hart of Manfred Mann's Earth band.

Heidi is a self-taught multi-instrumentalist from a musical family. Her dad toured with Kate Bush and is the keyboard player with Barclay James Harvest. Her music ranges in genre from rootsy-pop to jazzy-folk, seasoned with reggae influences and a touch of the theatrical.

Following a Masterclass at Abbey Road Studios, BBC Radio 2's Tom Robinson described her song 'G.I.R.L.F.R.I.E.N.D' as "immaculate". Shortly after, the song was picked up by International Publishing Label 'Massive Talent'. She is now working with Corinne Bailey Rae's producer Gareth Henderson.

We are really excited that Heidi will be performing at this year's Audlem Festival. You can catch Heidi and her new band at the Lord Combermere Outdoor Stage on Saturday 24th May at 14:30. For more information visit: www.heidibrowne.co.uk

Jeremiah Ferrari

Jeremiah Ferrari is a rocky roots, reggae and ska quartet that has been turning heads with its punk rock take on traditional Jamaican dancehall, reggae and dub.

Currently working on their first album, the band caught wind in 2012 after they self-released their second EP 'The Dubby rock EP' and topped the Key103 City Soundwave competition, which won the lads a slot at Manchester's then called M.E.N Arena.

Jeremiah Ferrari stand out not only for their curious name but for their intercontinental approach to music; they draw influence from artists as diverse and Jamaica's Bob Marley and Toots and the Maytals to Born in Britain punk band, The Buzzcocks, and Long Beach's 90s ska punk band, Sublime.

Jeremiah Ferrari wowed crowds at last year's Audlem Festival and if we can secure their place at this year's festival they will definitely be worth a look.

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