A former estate agent has announced a European and US music tour with his jazz-house band, Bolden.

Reuben Barrett, an estate agent based in York, has ventured into the world of music, with Bolden set to tour six European capitals and seven dates in the US later this year.

The tour follows sold-out shows at Omeara in London and Young Thugs in York  according to York press, and will include Berlin, Stockholm, Helsinki, Amsterdam, Paris, Brooklyn, Toronto, Montreal, Chicago, San Francisco and Los Angeles.

Barrett, also a former school teacher, previously founded and operated Coalters estate agency in York for 15 years.

He co-founded Bolden with Catherine Rannus, a classically trained multi-instrumentalist.