Helen is a unique performer whose idiosyncratic songs cross the boundaries of several musical genres including blues, soul, jazz and folk.

Over an extensive career she has performed and recorded with many well-known artists including Joe Cocker, Andy Fairweather-Low, Christine Collister, Emmylou Harris, Linda Ronstadt and Snake Davis.

Helen began her career in the late 60s. She became the singer with blues band Loose Lips and later a member of Manchester quartet Well Knit Frames.

Her singing and songwriting abilities earned her a recording contract with EMI. Her first album, Blue Slipper, was produced in Los Angeles by Glyn Johns and featured musicians such as Albert Lee, Little Feat and Bernie Leadon.

Helen became a member of vocal ensemble Hell Bent Heaven Bound, with whom she toured Europe, the USA and Canada. A short time later she joined the female supergroup Daphne’s Flight.

In more recent years she has performed regularly with the Burden of Paradise ensemble, alongside Snake Davis.

Earlier this year Helen produced a stunning new album in collaboration with another member of the Burden of Paradise combo, guitarist Mark Creswell. It shows off her versatility to perfection.

The promoter says: “She may look like your favourite schoolteacher but she sounds like a cross between Joan Armatrading, Roberta Flack and Amy Winehouse, somehow mixing blues, dance, trance, country and soulful melodies into one cohesive whole”.

The support act next Tuesday is local singer-songwriter Anna Shannon, who was Radio York's songwriter of the year in 2006. Anna has performed at folk clubs and festivals throughout the country. She has released four albums and is working on her fifth.

Anna is scheduled to start at 8.15pm, followed by Helen at 9pm.

This event is being promoted by Scarborough Blues Club; a not-for-profit organisation run by volunteers.

Tickets cost £8 in advance (from Mojo’s) and £10 on the door.