Beth Jeans Houghton

Beth Jeans Houghton and her Hooves of Destiny look like they’ve raided a costume box from a dilapidated theatre as they take to the Session stage.

Listen to her album ‘Yours truly, Cellophane Nose’ and you will hear that she is unique compared to her musical contemporaries; with an air of punk and glam rock added to her gentle folk songs.

What a silly name Beth Jeans Houghton and the Hooves of Destiny is. It’s a good job that we are fond of silliness, and that they’re really good. Their recent gig at Hoxton Bar and Grill opened with a set from the lovely Goodnight Lenin. They enchanted us with complex harmonies and storytelling lyrics, though

By toning down the excessive kookiness Beth Jeans Houghton is emerging as one to keep a firm eye on. Getintothis’ Jamie Bowman battles the paps for slice of the action. Geordie folk singer Beth Jeans Houghton has been a name on every hipster’s lips for three years now. Some brilliant EPs, a voice to show

Call me a cynic but, even though I’d come to love Beth Jeans Houghton & the Hooves of Destiny’s new album Yours Truly, Cellophane Nose, I was slightly dubious about seeing her performing it live, to a crowd of Shoreditch inhabitants in a bar in Hoxton Square.

There's certainly hope, things will probably go one of three ways either by falling by the wayside, or progressing into Dido-esque blandness, or growing into something altogether more intelligent and creative.

I’ve been giving their debut album some serious listening over the past couple of weeks and the concept of ‘hooves’ seems entirely in keeping with their music.