The Vernon Spring

Catch the musician’s ethereal piano work layered with emotive vocals and subtle electronics, as he performs music from his new album. The Vernon Spring is the recording project of North London-born musician Sam Beste, whose journey traces various arcs across jazz, soul, ambient and songwriting modes, including accompanying Amy Winehouse as her live pianist for the majority of her career. After years of writing and releasing music with the alt-soul outfit Hejira during his mid-20s, Beste helped form the Lima Limo collective and label, which offered a supportive community and inspiring creative foundation. By 2019, he began releasing solo music as The Vernon Spring, developing a voice that merged his jazz background with contemporary electronic production in albums and EPs including the acclaimed A Plane Over Woods and Earth, On A Good Day, and now his new album Under A Familiar Sun. This event takes place at the Southbank Centre's Queen Elizabeth Hall.