Singer-songwriter Edwina Hayes is to be the support act for music legend Van Morrison's concert in Thetford Forest this summer.Ms Hayes has been part of the UK's acoustic scene since 1999 and is also popular in the United States.

Singer-songwriter Edwina Hayes is to be the support act for music legend Van Morrison's concert in Thetford Forest this summer.

Ms Hayes has been part of the UK's acoustic scene since 1999 and is also popular in the United States. She has performed many times with Jools Holland, has been on tour with Daniel Bedingfield, Loudon Wainwright III, Roy Harper and Ricky Ross, and also performed a private concert for Michael Parkinson.

She has toured the UK three times with singer-songwriter Nanci Griffith, who describes her as, “a wonderful young woman, so gifted and full of song, with a voice that is sweet as the angels.”

She released her debut album Out On My Own in 2005 and her song I Want Your Love was selected for the number one compilation album Acoustic Love.

Van Morrison with special guest Edwina Hayes is at High Lodge, Thetford Forest, Santon Downham, Suffolk, on Saturday, June 9. Tickets cost £29.50 (subject to booking fee). For more information or to book tickets call 01842 814612 or visit www.forestry.gov.uk/music