This Friday: JEZ HELLARD & THE DJUKELLA ORCHESTRA WITH JOHN & EMILY LANGAN AND ALASTAIR CAPLIN !
Friday 1st March
JEZ HELLARD & THE DJUKELLA ORCHESTRA WITH JOHN & EMILY LANGAN AND ALASTAIR CAPLIN
8pm – 12am
Following their beautiful show at Jamboree in November, Jez and his band reunite with John, Emily and Alastair for another night of songs, tunes and stories combining their folk repertoires with shades of the hard-drinking Balkan tour where they first met. Featuring a cameo from the singing Psirens of Tell Tale Tusks.
Fans of folk music from around the world will not want to miss this one.
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JEZ HELLARD & THE DJUKELLA ORCHESTRA
play traditional and contemporary folk music, from rebel ballads, jigs and reels to tango and rhumba. Since returning to the UK from Asia in 2005, Jez has played more than 600 gigs; from Vancouver to Istanbul, New York to Taipei. Nye Parsons is a virtuoso double-bassist with a lyrical style that you really need to hear. Fiddler Julie Rands-Allen is a soulful improviser on both four and five-string fiddles, sliding seamlessly from Bluegrass to Manouche, Celtic to Latin styles. Ever since she ran away to London with a fiddle at 13, she’s been a force to be reckoned with.
John Langan is the charismatic and startlingly talented front-man of the highly acclaimed John Langan Band. His repertoire of both original and traditional material is deep and his delivery is breath-taking. His wife, Emily is a fine singer, blending seemlessly with John on songs from Scotland to Macedonia, and adding colour with her accordion.
Alastair Caplin is perhaps the greatest thing to emerge from the Isle of Lewis since Abhainn Dearg. A dazzling fiddler and all-round good egg, his talents have taken him from the streets of Glasgow to the Royal Albert Hall. His traditional playing (and that of many other talents) can be seen each Tuesday at the Scots music session he runs at Jamboree
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£4 Adv HERE and £6 Door
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Friday 8th March
THE MACCAFERRI CLUB + PERKELT !
8pm – 12am
THE MACCAFERRI CLUB
Folk. Gypsy Jazz. Klezmer
With influences ranging from traditional folk music to the success of contemporary ensembles such as Lau and the Old Dance School, fused with a uniquely varied set of musical pedigrees, from intense classical study to jazz and experimental electronic music, the group possess a distinctly captivating and energetic sound. The ensemble met at Trinity College of Music, where they continue to deepen their love and understanding of music.
The band’s intricate arrangements are masterminded by guitarist and vocalist Danny Wallington, whose energy and passion for music colour every aspect of the band’s performance. Violinist Connie Chatwin, recipient of a full scholarship to Trinity College of Music, brings her individual blend of classical discipline and zaniness, combined with an impressive history of performing experience. The band’s technical needs are masterminded by bassist Ben Hayes, whose audio experience results in enviable recordings and a polished live sound. Holding the operation together with his incessant groove is drummer and percussionist Jake Long, whose diverse musical background ranges from jazz to rock to from underground hip-hop to cutting-edge indie music.
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PERKELT
Medieval inspired Celtic five piece band Perkelt are all the way from the Czech Republic and are made up of Stepan Honc on guitar and cittern, plus Pavlina Bastlova on flute and vocals. Their progressive speedy Celtic folk is progressive, abundant in energy whilst still capturing an authentic traditional Celtic musical style.
£4 HERE / £6 Door
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Friday 15th March
HOLY MOLY AND THE CRACKERS + Buffalo Skinners!
8pm – 12pm
Holy Moly & The Crackers
Brought together by an eclectic taste in folk music and the kind of enthusiasm that can only be born in the sloop of time between last orders and closing time.
Holy Moly and the Crackers are influenced by a wide range of styles and artists; the honest grit and gravel of Woody Guthrie, the gypsy bone-cage burlesque of Gogol Bordello, the spectral clarity of Joni Mitchell and Laura Marling. As such they play a lively, homebrew mix of American, British and Balkan contemporary folk music.
Currently they are touring to promote their first album – a collection of original songs and tunes – all with similar themes of dislocation and home accompanied by a healthy amount of drink, broken heads and broken hearts scattered along the highway. You will be sure to come across an unfortunate range of characters … including a psychopathic cuckold armed with a letter knife and a keen interest in jazz and whores!
The band, infused with charm and raucous energy, will be sure to get your feet stamping, your hands clapping, with fire in your heart and whisky in your belly.
Buffalo Skinners
Robbie Thompson plays the bass like a man kayaking for his life above the gaping maw of drowned oblivion. He lays down steady riffs like oarbeats as the song pulls him towards the fiddle licks which race up the alley like brushfire and dive down steep corners like twisted bodies pulled from exciting wreckage. James Nicholls’ bow is arson, he is an arsonist. He charms the salt from his hundred-year-old violin and throws it into the frozen streets so people can dance on the melting ice.Peter Seccombe is a washboard smashing, boot-stomping, shape-shifting coyote who stops traffic with his shouting. He is a wild man with humongous gestures and hearty slaps on the back. Lawrence Menard perches amongst half-full Guinness glasses, the bellows of his accordion hanging low like noise of a bar fight in winter air, and asks of tonight’s bachelor party “I ain’t gonna marry? I ain’t gonna settle down, Lord!” Robin Fisher turns everything into drums. Everything. Their music is a triumph over technology, a reinvention of old rock ‘n’ roll, blues, and folk standards. Skif-folk-N-Roll, they call it. It is a tornado. They are cacophonous and can be heard from miles. They are street level. They are the dirt-under the nails one finds in digging to the roots of live-music. They are The Buffalo Skinners..
£4 LIMITED TICKETS HERE /£6 Door
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Friday 22nd March
THE BOHEMIANAUTS !
8pm – 12am
Out of the delightfully twisted remains of the artists formerly known as Fantasmagoria (www.myspace.com/
A bohemianaut is one who travels through uncharted spaces towards some notion of “bohemia”, and The Bohemianauts are a mutable combo of such travellers, playing and singing as they go, featuring: Tom Baker on accordion, Raf Lijtman on guitar, Laurence Eliott-Potter on piano and Nick Doyne-Ditmas on double bass!
Tickets: £4 online HERE and £6 on the Door!!
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Friday 29th March
PREMIER SWINGTETT
8pm – 12am
The Berlin based Premier Swingtett with guitarist Ulrich Hoffmeier from “Max Raabe & Palast Orchester” presents a “Miniature Variety Show” in the style of the Roaring Twentieth. Singing and swinging the four multi-talented musicians entertain with non-stop hustle and bustle on stage. Audiences are fascinated and delighted by the Premier Swingtett’s curious instruments like the singing saw, mouth-harp or kalimba (thumb-piano), pithy announcements and even the “tap dancer” Joe Bengels with his own little stage. The feel-good but yet gripping Gypsy swing is the musical foundation of this dazzling band!
Ulrich Hoffmeier: guitar, peculiar instruments, vocal
Jordan Rodin: violin, mandolin, vocal
Malibu Gordes: guitar, banjo, vocal
Anders Grop: bass, tuba, vocal
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TICKETS:
£4 Adv. HERE
£6 Door
http://www.premier-swingtett.com/audio–video/index.php
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Friday 12th April
RUMBA DE BODAS + SON OF KIRK !
8pm-12am
RUMBA DE BODAS
Rumba de Bodas, are a musical encounter between different identities and cultures, so that the energies of diverse styles unite in a communal artistic and musical journey. It is this very mix of genres, from latina to swing, balkan, reggae, soul, folk, gives life to a spectacularly interesting explosion of world music!
SON OF KIRK
Son of Kirk’s music spectrum ranges from blues, folk, roots & psychedelia, with boundless room for progressive and innovative music making. Evocative writing and creative musicianship combine to produce their earthy, transcending sound.
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Tickets £4 Advance HERE / £6 Door
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Friday 19th April
BENOIT VIELLOFON & HIS ORCHESTRA !
8pm – 12am
Benoit Viellefon and his Orchestra are the leading vintage dance ensemble to have emerged from the UK in recent years, taking the British scene by storm. Amongst the finest entertainers of his generation, Benoit directs an ensemble of internationally acclaimed musicians in a manner reminiscent of Duke Ellington, Cab Calloway and Charles Trenet at the very height of their popularity.
Headlining festivals such as the jazz stage at Glastonbury in 2011 and the Rhythm Riot Festival in the same year, Benoit and his orchestra are the hottest live outfit for all those who revel in the nostalgia and elegance of a by-gone era, with a repertoire consisting of the most beautiful and uplifting songs from the 1920s, 1930s and 1940s and originals in the same classic style.
Benoit’s authentic vocal renditions of French chanson, swing, jive, Russian-folk, charleston, Latin American and Cuban dance music have captivated festival audiences all over Europe, America, and the far East.
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The wailing clarinet and scorching trumpet of Benoit’s brass section are always a festival favourite, and with the addition of one of Europe’s finest accordion players, a thumping double bass, Harlem-style stride piano, old school drum set, a host of gypsy jazz guitars and as very special guest the exotic songstress and dancer Suri Sumatra, the orchestra is complete. With a dazzling mix of high energy multi-instrumental virtuosity and effortless melody, Benoit & His Orchestra guarantee to have audiences on their feet and in each others’ arms!
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TICKETS:
£4 Advance HERE
£6 Door
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Friday 26th April
BESSIE AND HER BOYS
8pm – 12am
Bessie and Her Boys perform the style of blues which was ever-present in the sultry American 1920’s when soulful female singers were the marquee of the blues movement of that time. ‘Bessie’ gives the impression she has lived through what she is singing, like many of the great blues pioneers such as Ma Rainey and Ethel Waters. Her voice has a resonant vibrato, soaked in passion and romantic lamenting, akin to that of Bessie Smith and Billie Holiday, which is carried into a swinging and old time rhythm by her accompanying saxophonist and pianist creating a wonderful ol’ sound!
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TICKETS:
£4 Adv. HERE
£6 Online
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Friday 3rd May
SHKEMBE SOUP
8pm – 12am
SHKEMBE SOUP are an explosion of swirling skirts, swishing tassels, rhythms & melodies from distant lands of Arabia, Turkey and Romania.
Their song and dance is vivacious and pulsating with a remarkable fusion of 14th century Andulusian songs, 80’s Araic pop and well-loved retro Rock & Roll from the likes of The Rolling Stones and great folk singers as Mary Hopkins.
Their beautiful, expressive and vibrant dance performance bring together North Africa and Turkey’s belly dancing and folk dancing style. An exciting dance is manifested through the fusion of flamenco, Hungarian, Romany & a Rock & Roll twist!
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TICKETS:
£4 Adv. HERE
£6 Door
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Friday 17th May
THE DIRTY GENTLEMEN
8pm – 12am
The Dirty Gentlemen is a 9 piece Swamp Pop, Soul and New Orleans Rhythm and Blues group that got together simply to play the music they like to dance to.
Guitarist and singer George Elliot discovered his passion for the music whilst recording in the swamps of Louisiana with band ‘Scoundrels’. Here he got to meet and work with some of the pioneers of the genre and got the chance to soak up the sounds and rhythms of the bayou. On his return to London he realised the sounds that he fell in love with in the swamps were missing.
Gathering together a combination of old school bandmates and other talented blues loving musicians from london blues hub, ‘Ain’t nothing but the blues bar’ , The Dirty Gentlemen emerged out of the urban swamp and ploughed on with front room party style gigs. They have now moved into a warehouse in the depths of northeast London where they are building a large live in recording studio so that they can play from dawn till dusk. With a combination of gritty guitar, a sea of saxophones, a kicking rhythm section and heartfelt vocals from George as well as the formidable Phil Hughes, The Dirty Gentlemen have had an amazing year and a half of bringing this music to the ears of young and old music lovers who can’t help but feel good, stomp their feet and keep coming back for more deep fried music!
£4 Early Bird / £6 Advance / £8 Door
