Six piece folk rock band Green Diesel will launch their new album in the place where it all started in Faversham.

The band, who grew up in the town and began playing at the Faversham Hop Festival in 2009, will release The Hangman’s Fee at the Alexander Centre.

Inspired by classic 1970s folk rock acts such as Fairport Convention and Steeleye Span, they perform original compositions alongside reworkings of traditional songs and tunes.

The group blend violin, mandolin and dulcimer with electric guitars and drums and have built up a reputation as a fearsome live act, playing around the UK and have shared bills with folk luminaries such as Spiers & Boden and Fotheringay.

Their new album, released on Talking Elephant Records, will be launched on Saturday, March 11 at 7.30pm.

During the evening there will be a collection for Great Ormond Street Hospital in memory of the band’s long-term producer Roger Cotton, who died while working on the album.

Special guests will be the Canterbury Voices choir with support from local folk group the Watergrain Band. Tickets cost £4 in advance or £5 on the night, from centre or via greendieselfolk.com