A TRIO of decorated US folk artists come together for a live tour, which heads to South Cumbria this spring.

Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award winner Tom Paxton is joined by fellow Grammy-winning singer-songwriter duo The Donjuans for a live performance at the Brewery Arts Centre, in Kendal, on Friday April 27.

Veteran performer Paxton's career has taken him from his days as a drama student at the University of Oklahoma to thousands of concerts around the world, including venues such as the Albert Hall in London and Carnegie Hall in New York.

Having toured to the UK on more than 50 occasions, as well as recording more than 50 studio albums too, he is held in high regard by folk fans and musicians across the globe. Hundreds of other artists have recorded his songs, including Bob Dylan, Johnny Cash, Willie Nelson, Dolly Parton, Judy Collins, John Denver, Joan Baez, and Peter, Paul and Mary.

Tom received a 2009 Lifetime Achievement Award from the Recording Academy during the 51st annual Grammy Awards, while the BBC has also afforded him a similar accolade.

His regular collaborators The DonJuans are also acclaimed musicians in their own right. Jon Vezner is a tunesmith of rare sensitivity and dry wit, whose catalogue of songs reads like a songbook itself, interpreted and recorded by some of the greats in the business, such as Martina McBride, Reba McEntire, Faith Hill, Nancy Griffith, and Judy Collins. His bandmate Don Henry is another Grammy-winning writer whose songs have been recorded by Lonestar, Rosie Flores, Bryan White, Blake Shelton, Miranda Lambert, and many more.

Their song, Where've You Been - recorded by Kathy Mattea - was the first song in country music history to sweep all major US song of the year honours.

Tom Paxton and The Donjuans appear live at the Brewery Arts Centre on Friday April 27, and tickets are available from the venue's box office.