A 20-year-old BBC Radio 2 Young Folk Award nominee, will be bringing his musical talents to Bradford at the end of this month.

Sunjay Brayne is a blues, folk guitarist and singer/songwriter who has been making a name for himself on the UK folk/roots scene, with his accomplished acoustic guitar playing.

Born to Anglo-Indian parents – dad from the Midlands, mum from New Dehli – Sunjay was born in Derby and raised in the West Midlands were he began playing the guitar at the age of four.

His dad introduced him to as much music as possible in the hope that he would develop a life-long passion. Sunjay’s first musical love was Buddy Holly, closely followed by Don McLean, firmly rooting him with a blues and folk mix. He has now developed these influences, and also drawn heavily from country and rock, into a musical maturity.

Reminiscent of Ralph McTell, John Martyn and early Tim Buckley, Sunjay’s performances have been described as “mature & confident”, while his guitar playing has been hailed as “superb, brilliant, experienced, intricate & faultless”.

He has supported Martin Simpson, Passenger, Phil Beer, Steve Tilston and Terry Reid, to name a few.

He will be playing at the Topic Folk Club’s new Bradford venue at Glyde House, opposite the ice rink, on Thursday, January 30, starting at 8pm.