Every month The Barn Coffee Shop welcomes the best performers to Meanwood Valley Urban Farm.

“Loving these Acoustic Nights” “super food, excellent coffee” “such a great buzz” “Blooming amazing concert” “Phenomenal night” “You have an amazing thing going on”

In February 2026 we're privileged and honoured to host a concert with PETER CASE (with support by Sid Griffin). Ex The Nerves and The Pimsouls; Elektra and Geffen Records.

Influential in the early L.A. punk scene,  ushered in the Americana music phenomenon. Two Grammy Nominated albums. Has worked with Allen Ginsberg, The Ramones, Jackson Browne, John Prine, John Hiatt, T-Bone Burnett, Roger McGuinn, Richard Thompson, Ry Cooder … His fans include Bruce Springsteen, Steve Earle, Loudon Wainwright III.

“a master of Beatlesque power-pop” IMDb

“four decades of being a folk-rock hero” Variety Magazine

PETER CASE ON YOUTUBE:

“Entella Hotel” Live from Norfolk Street https://youtu.be/8q_9N6zIGtY?si=8uB0-tCaztR_I_vS

“Two Angels” Live from Chickie Wah Wah, New Orleans https://youtu.be/yF70rSUQccA?si=fkImo38DPpPfWayi

“Put Down The Gun” Peter Case on Geffen Records https://youtu.be/ox3ybUjYEHQ?si=mXXx3CDpsvTtaK6_

“Travellin' Light” Peter Case on Geffen Records https://youtu.be/zs5QnOB-loQ?si=6RRcS3zO2wFn2bVO

Support artist is Sid Griffin who is an American singer, songwriter, guitarist-mandolinist, bandleader, and author who lives in London. Sid led the Long Ryders band in the 80s and founded the Coal Porters group in the 90s, having played at Glastonbury Festival, Kilkenny Festival, and the World Of Bluegrass Festival in Kentucky USA. Sid also performs solo and regularly supports Peter Case on his USA, Europe and UK Tours.

“His intimate acoustic shows are consistently memorable” The Sunday Times

YouTube: Ode To Bobbie Gentry – Sid Griffin https://youtu.be/N6_LVM1KhTc?si=BCqfMFxGhxtiiyWt

BRING A FRIEND

THE CONCERT WILL BE A PART SEATED AND PART STANDING EVENT.

SEATS ALLOCATED ON FIRST COME, FIRST SERVED BASIS.

PRIORITY GIVEN TO ADVANCED TICKET HOLDERS

Hot Food and Coffee on Sale from 6.45pm | BYOB

It is recommended that you ARRIVE EARLY at the venue from 6.45pm to allow time to order your coffee and/or food and get the best seats.

PETER CASE BIO

This stop in Leeds, is part of a UK Tour, featuring Peter Case and Sid Griffin, and showcases two legends of Americana and roots music.

With Peter Case’s Grammy-nominated songwriting and groundbreaking work in bands like The Plimsouls and The Nerves, and Sid Griffin’s trailblazing Americana legacy with The Long Ryders, audiences will be treated to an evening of raw, soulful performances steeped in tradition and innovation. Don’t miss this rare chance to see two master storytellers share the stage!

Headliner Peter Case is known for his work in The Nerves, an American power pop trio formed in 1974 and based in Los Angeles. Their EP in 1976, featured their song "Hanging on the Telephone," later a hit single covered by Blondie on the album Parallel Lines.

Then in 1983 Peter Case wrote the hit song "A Million Miles Away". The song became a Billboard Hot 100 chart hit with his band The Plimsouls. One of the great L.A. bands of the early ‘80s. "A Million Miles Away" is now a power-pop anthem that was featured as a killer soundtrack in the 1983 cult favorite film Valley Girl. Case has since been quoted as “a master of Beatlesque power-pop in his role as the frontman of the Plimsouls”

The Nerves and The Plimsouls helped define the LA punk and alternative rock scenes, and Case’s later solo work helped usher in the Americana music phenomenon. On going solo/acoustic Case recorded on Geffen Records under the imprimatur of producer T Bone Burnett. For the last decades Case has worked as a singer-songwriter, building a lauded catalogue of songs and a reputation as a musician’s musician. Springsteen, Steve Earle, Ben Harper, Loudon Wainwright III and Ely are fans. Sir George Martin tapped him to play Beatles songs at the Hollywood Bowl. The Grammy-nominated musician has also written and recorded with such roots heroes as John Prine, John Hiatt, T-Bone Burnett, Richard Thompson and members of Los Lobos.

Case also has a worldwide following and is known for his well-loved songs "Entella Hotel" and "Travellin' Light" among many others.

Spring 1973 in San Francisco I became a street musician, playing solo and busking with different players, including blues and rock ‘n’ roll hero, Mike Wilhelm of the Charlatans, and folk guitarist Tom Hobson. I was the main subject of a film that year, Night Shift, about SF street music, directed by Bert Deivert.

The legendary folk-rocker and bohemian hero Peter Case documented his trailblazing life in a full-length memoir telling Case’s story is “As Far As You Can Get Without a Passport”, published in 2006, which tells the story of a street-singing trip by Case from Northern California to Mexico.

In 1977 The Nerves relocated to Los Angeles and began performing and promoting LA’s first punk rock shows. Playing their own brand of stripped-down, driving, melodic teenage rock’n’roll, touring with The Ramones, and sharing bills with Devo, Pere Ubu, and Mink DeVille. During the first wave of American punk, The Nerves returned to LA to perform at the newly opened Masque. In early 1978, after playing one final show at the Whisky a Go Go, The Nerves broke up to pursue different directions.

Later that year Case wrote songs, and put together The Plimsouls. In 1979 he picked up where The Nerves left off adding maximum R&B and folk rock influences to the mix. Once The Plimsouls made their Hollywood debut they immediately attracted a following. A recording contract followed with the Planet/Elektra label. The independent single, “A Million Miles Away” became the band’s biggest hit: a national college radio smash and international power pop/garage band classic. The Everywhere At Once album was then released by Geffen Records in early 1983. But the band broke up in 1985.

Peter Case then began to rediscover his roots as a musician. He moved to Fort Worth in Texas and finished writing the Peter Case album recorded with T Bone Burnett. The album was finished in LA with Jerry Marotta, Van Dyke Parks, Roger McGuinn and others at Sunset Sound. The album had a big impact on musicians and listeners around the country. It became the opening salvo of a new singer-songwriter movement that would become known as Americana. Peter Case was the first songwriter of his generation of musicians to turn from rock toward an acoustic sound. New York Times critic Robert Palmer called it the best album of 1986 and it got a five-star review in Rolling Stone. Case toured extensively in the US with Jackson Browne and throughout Europe with a band, and received a Grammy nomination for the song “Old Blue Car.”

The next album, 1989’s The Man With The Blue Postmodern Fragmented Neo-Traditionalist Guitar, was self-produced with Steven Soles & Larry Hirsch. A collaboration with a number of great musicians including Jim Keltner, Ry Cooder and David Hildago.

Case’s tribute to one of his blues heroes titled Avalon Blues:  The Music of Mississippi John Hurt was nominated for a Grammy in the Best Folk Album category in 2001. Many performances from this period of time were captured by the filmmaker Tom Weber, for his full length documentary Troubador Blues.

In 2007, Case received the Grammy nomination in the Best Traditional Folk category for the album Let Us Now Praise Sleepy John, produced by Ian Brennan.

A 2023 documentary about the one-time frontman of L.A.'s Plimsouls traces Case’s journey from street busker to putative rock star titled ‘Peter Case: A Million Miles Away’.

QUOTES:

“a master of Beatlesque power-pop” IMDb

“four decades of being a folk-rock hero” Variety Magazine

“Case’s searing and intensely visual songs deliver a punch that is rare in today’s world of singer-songwriters” goodreads.com

“a grandpappie of the Power Pop movement” Cincinnati CityBeat

“key figure in Americana music” Wikipedia

YOUTUBE:

Entella Hotel - Written by Peter Case

https://youtu.be/8q_9N6zIGtY?si=8uB0-tCaztR_I_vS

“Two Angels” Live from America Music Association

https://youtu.be/J1VkFgzGQ0c?si=4FGQhmWH9BTyxgoz

I'm Gonna Change My Ways · Peter Case

https://youtu.be/rZOkPLSUxL4?si=IG8cmUkDucF7_Gui

Peter Case performing "Pelican Bay" at Music City Roots

https://youtu.be/izDUgjG64RE?si=zbV7G5MDTysnQ7VM

Poor Old Tom - Peter Case

https://youtu.be/AcH2qnervoU?si=1M7jCn8vs6l482fj

Peter Case, "Dream About You" on Letterman, July 14, 1992

https://youtu.be/jltLomuNmao?si=KwSkurSMX0iJ6EuY

The Nerves - 'Hanging on the Telephone' (1976)

https://youtu.be/jw8v58ha2Pg?si=XIXHYsQqNnbdG-jF

SID GRIFFIN BIO

Sid Griffin is an American singer, songwriter, guitarist-mandolinist, bandleader, and author who lives in London, England. He led the Long Ryders band in the 1980s who helped invent Alt-country and Americana. He has recorded several solo albums.

Sid also founded the Coal Porters group in the 1990s, performing on bluegrass mandolin. The Coal Porters have played festivals in many places around the world including Glastonbury in the UK, Kilkenny Festival in Ireland and the World Of Bluegrass festival in Kentucky USA.

Sid is also a documentary scriptwriter for BBC Radio Two, and as a freelance journalist. Griffin is a regular contributor to Mojo, Fritz Lang Review, and Country Music International. He has been published in The Guardian, Variety, New Musical Express, the L.A. Weekly, Melody Maker and Q magazine.

In between all of this activity Sid Griffin still performs the occasional, and very special, solo troubadour show. He performs solo in Spain, Italy, the UK, Scandinavia and his native United States. And as per the February 2026 tour, he regularly supports Peter Case on his USA, Europe and UK Tours.

The Americana Music Association and the Museum of Country Music in Nashville, Tennessee, honored Griffin's more than 30 years in music with a career retrospective in 2010.

His intimate acoustic shows are consistently memorable” – The Sunday Times

ABOUT US

One of the inspirations behind Acoustic Nights @ The Barn is to introduce high-quality independent music at an affordable ticket price reaching out to the local lively community. The Barn concert buzz is an intimate gig aiming to attract the local neighbourhood and wider community creating an opportunity to make social connections and interact with others in an informal, friendly and entertaining environment.

Eating together is one of the coolest parts of the unique atmosphere where food and ethically sourced coffee is available prior to and at the concert interval.

The Barn Coffee Shop, based in Meanwood, an inner suburb of Leeds, love to see community activities and groups meeting in the coffee shop and exist to see loneliness reduced in the local area. Volunteering opportunities and training and work experience placements are available for local individuals including: young people, people with learning difficulties, those seeking work/returning to work, and the older generation looking to keep active. As a social enterprise, they give all their profit to help local community projects.

After covering overhead costs the Acoustic Nights door money is given to the artist as they depend on income from live performances to finance their expenses and music vision.