FOLK star Eliza Carthy comes to Bridport next week to celebrate her latest album, Neptune.

The album is the solo follow up to 2008’s Dreams of Breathing Underwater and the first record to be released through her own label, HemHem Records.

Last year’s album Gift, which was a collaboration with her mother Norma Waterson, received widespread critical acclaim and picked up Best Album and Best Traditional Track accolades at the BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards.

“Neptune relates to an astrological reading I had done by a friend of the family,” said Eliza.

“The material on the album is ordered chronologically and is about the last ten years of my life. It's a story about ending relationships and beginning new ones with their own imperfections, and is about the thought that nothing is perfect, even when written in the stars.

“I’m still an old romantic though and partial to odd quotes from old television programmes.”

Catch her at the arts centre in South Street, Bridport on Friday, May 13. Call 01308 424204 for tickets.

Meanwhile, it’s nice to see a new venue hosting live music The Wheel in Weymouth, formerly Harry’s and before that The Cavalier and The Steering Wheel club, is giving bands a go with prog-pop outfit Gordon’s Alive there tomorrow night.

And it’s also good to hear Goldies in Dorchester is making a go of things too with nutty boys tribute act It Must Be Madness there on Saturday night. Tickets are £5 in advance or £7 on the door on the night.