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Monday 13 October 2025
Wet The Tea

The three members of Wet The Tea sat in a row smiling at the camera

 

WetTheTea is a multi-instrument act fronted by singer-songwriter and musician Andy Connally. Along with Andy's tradition Irish influences, Clare and Adam bring many other musical influences that are all fused to create something a little bit different. With roots, english folk, bluegrass and modern elements thrown into the mix, WetTheTea songs and tune sets are quite unique. Original, self-penned songs make up the majority of the band's material, and Andy takes you through the journey of each of the songs he's written and how they came to be. These words offer an insight into his life experiences, passions, and vulnerabilities with a feeling of familiarity and honesty.

Andy Connally

Vocals, Flute, Whistles, Guitar, Piano, Bouzouki

Founder of Wet The Tea, Andy is a singer songwriter, multi instrument musician who crafts his own vulnerabilities and life experiences into song and music.

Raised in a musical family from Ireland, Andy came through Liverpool Comhaltas completing in Fleadh Cheoils over the years before venturing into song and music writing. Having performed and toured with many bands, Andy's repertoire of writing and performance holds influence from traditional Irish & contemporary folk, along with genres including dance, soul, trip hop, country, electronica, and bluegrass.

Adam Beresford-Browne

Guitar , Mandolin

Adam brings a rich and versatile energy to Wet the Tea, blending his skills as a guitarist and vocalist with a passion for traditional music. His acoustic guitar playing, often enhanced with subtle reverb, forms the foundation of his performances, complemented by backing vocals on Andy’s songs and lead vocals on his own.

With Irish roots and time spent in Donegal, Adam honed his craft in traditional music sessions, gaining the confidence to share his music more widely. A professional geologist with a PhD, Adam also shares his love of music by teaching folk tunes at festivals with TuneWorks and his other band, midswégan. He discovered the UK folk community in 2010 at festivals like Chester and Shrewsbury, where his love for storytelling and connection through music truly flourished.

Clare Smith... aka 'Fluff' to all who know her

Fiddle, Cello, Vocals

Fluff Is a multi-instrumentalist and singer with decades of experience as a performer in Folk and Folk-Rock bands. Primarily a Fiddle Player she has been a professional musician since quitting University to Join Tower Struck Down in the 90’s, a line-up that performed at many festivals, including Glastonbury and Cropredy, and which toured internationally. Since then Fluff has toured with The Incredible String Band 2003, Thea Gilmore, Bernie Marsden and Galleon Blast amongst others.

Fluff has a passion for teaching and leads a Youth Folk Ensemble and Youth Strings Sinfonia as well as undertaking workshop leading at many Folk Festivals.

Currently she lends her Fiddle stylings and improvisational playing and singing to Indie-Folk-Prog band The Reads, Virginia Kettle’s Rolling Folk, Radcliffe & Co., Full House, Midswégan, A Band On Ship and most recently Wet The Tea.