THE Jill Fielding Band is top of the bill at Lancaster's John O'Gaunt pub tonight (Thursday).

Jill, from Ormskirk, sings and plays guitar, whistle and concertina and will be accompanied by lead guitarist Pete Rimmer and keyboard player Nigel Fielding.

The band plays a wide range of traditional and contemporary English music as well as old-timey American and Appa-lachian songs.

The gig, part of the regular folk series at the pub, starts at 8pm.