Dumb Instrument are winners of The Billy Kelly Songwriter Award and are Tom Murray, Mikey Grant, Kieron Campbell, Vanessa Smith and Nick Smith who all come from various parts of Ayrshire.

The band is playing The Merchant City Festival this weekend on Sunday 27 July at 12.30pm on the Brunswick Street Stage, just outside of the Brunswick Hotel in the Merchant City, Glasgow.

Dumb Instrument began with the lyrics of Tom Murray, the Jazz/Ragtime influenced piano accompaniment of Mikey Grant and the solid bass of Kieron Campbell. The amalgamation is impossible to pigeonhole into one particular genre although “Jakey Rock” would be a decent attempt.

The band’s first gig was at the T Break auditions for T in The Park in May 2006. Musically, Dumb Instrument are a vocal driven modern day Robert Burns with a comic twist over a poignant folk/jazz inspired piano, bass and fiddle.

Album of the Week, Saturday 26 July 12 noon and 12 midnight and Monday 28 July at 7.00pm and Catch Up anytime.