Ed Cosens, the Sheffield singer-songwriter formerly of Reverend and the Makers, will headline Forty Five Vinyl Cafe in York on Saturday 21 November, on tour with his new covers EP Songs With Friends.

Songs With Friends features collaborations with Beth Nielsen Chapman, Toby Lee, James Walsh, Daisy Chute and Jean Rohe, and includes songs by Neil Young, Fleetwood Mac, The Everly Brothers, Simon & Garfunkel and Creedence Clearwater Revival. “The idea was to really go outside of my comfort zone and find like minded people who share the same passion for simply writing great songs and music,” says Cosens.

The final single, I Need Your Love So Bad, features Toby Lee, whom Cosens met at a songwriting camp in Texas. “He is just an incredible guitar player,” says Cosens, “the kind that makes you look at yourself and wish you’d practiced more!”

Cosens spent almost two decades as guitarist and songwriter in Reverend and the Makers. His solo albums are Fortunes Favour, released in 2021, and Somewhere Between Dark and Light, released in 2024, and he is currently recording a third.

He returns to the venue on Thursday 3, Friday 4 and Saturday 5 December, supporting The Wandering Hearts.

We first covered Cosens in 2024, when he shared the single Little Boy ahead of Somewhere Between Dark and Light.

Ed Cosens will play at Forty Five Vinyl Cafe on Saturday 21 November 2026.