Listings

More info soon.
www.myspace.com/kanorecordings

Three singular auteurs of guitar-led composition unite for a very special evening of heavenly sounds in the capital.
Blackshaw experiments with sonorous feedback drones, multi-tracked piano, measured strings and wind arrangements, heart-wrenching melodies, harmonic shifts and pointillist textures.
Frank Fairfield is a star on our hands. A California based fiddle, guitar and banjo player and ardent 78 collector who was the specially-chosen tour guest of Fleet Foxes, Fairfield sings soaring hillbilly knockouts, arcane rambling songs and murder ballads in a reedy tenor with that irresistible dust to digital quality.
Ryan Francesconi’s stock has soared of late as the main man on Joanna Newsom’s stunning triple album Have One On Me. He arranged and played all over that stunning opus as well as figuring centrally in its live incarnation and the Ys Street Band of Newsom’s previous record.

www.myspace.com/jamesblackshaw

Cathal Coughlan is an Irish singer and songwriter who has been based in the UK for over two decades. He releases his fifth and latest album, Rancho Tetrahedron, on Kitchenware in August.
He was also a member of the groups Microdisney and The Fatima Mansions, with each of which he recorded several albums and toured internationally.
Cathal Coughlan will be performing both with the group heard on his last 4 albums, the Grand Necropolitan Quintet, and solo, in the UK and Ireland this autumn.
www.myspace.com/cathalcoughlan

This show has moved to another venue.

PHILIP SELWAY of Radiohead releases his debut solo album - FAMILIAL – in late August on Bella Union records …
Familial is a collection of sublimely fragile, haunting and heartfelt songs that will surprise many, and not only because drummers traditionally don’t do this kind of thing. Familial is so persuasively good, it sounds like Selway has always been a singer-songwriter.
www.philipselway.com/

In spite of her young age Ólöf Arnalds has been active on the Icelandic experimental scene for many years. She played with electronica virtuosos Múm between 2003 and 2007, and her debut album 'Vid og Vid' was produced by Kjartan Sveinsson from Icelandic greats, Sigur Rós. Arnalds tells personal tales with a tender voice and leaves the impression of a classic troubadour with clear associations to early freak-folkers like Vashti Bunyan and Judee Sill or todays Joanna Newsom.
"..Ólöf Arnalds has the kind of voice that can silence a room, such is its sweetness. And high-profile fans such as Björk have been very vocal about Arnalds' awesome talent." – Time Out New York
www.myspace.com/olofarnalds

The Bees have confirmed details of a first London headline show in over three years, at Bush Hall on Wednesday 15 September.
The show will be an early opportunity to hear the Isle of Wight collective perform songs from their just-completed fourth album Every Step’s A Yes, due for release on 11 October on Fiction.
It is the result, says Aaron Fletcher – who, alongside Paul Butler and Tim Parkin, comprise the core of The Bees – of an attempt to write a "universal song, something everyone could grab hold of," and even by that bar-raising measure, it can be considered an unqualified success. Three years has been too long: we really need the Bees.
www.myspace.com/thebeesofficial

More info soon.
www.franhealy.com

Having finished their seven month residency at the 100 Club in June and then spent the summer playing festivals in the UK and Holland Saint Jude return to the London live music scene when they play Bush Hall on Friday September 17th and headline one of their trademark cutting edge bills.
Their debut alubum ‘Diary of a Soul Fiend’ was released online in June to fantastic reviews and will be getting a full distribution in October. But it is their live performances that are stopping audiences in their tracks when lead singer Lynne Jackaman comes on stage and starts singing. In fact Saint Jude are fast becoming the patron saints of live music, restoring a lost faith in rock wherever they play.
www.myspace.com/saintjudemusic
www.myspace.com/idreamincolourband
www.myspace.com/thequalitiesmusic

More info soon.
www.myspace.com/karenelsonmusic

Dear Sir/Madame,
My name is Willy Mason. I am a singer/songwriter from the north American continent of apparent unity.
You may remember me as the singer of such popular songs as ‘oxygen‘ and ‘save myself,‘ frequently featured on Radio 1 and 2 and MTV.
I am reasonably healthy, able to hold a conversation on a variety of topics in at least one language, and generally interested in the well-being of my fellow humans.
Signed,
Willy Mason
www.myspace.com/willymason

More info soon.

Chaz Royal presents a weird and wild Twisted Cabaret Festival, showcasing performances that veer from Avant Garde to Neo-Burlesque, from Performance Art to bizarre and grotesque. Each one is sure to bend your senses and tickle your nightmares!

Special Guest Headliner:
~EMPRESS STAH~

& Starring
Dusty Limits, Ryan Styles, Big Chief Random Chaos,
Missy Macabre, Joe Black, Frank Sanazi,
Spencer Maybe, Lexi Sexx
& many more to be announced....

Stay posted for full details coming soon!

Chaz Royal presents a weird and wild Twisted Cabaret Festival, showcasing performances that veer from Avant Garde to Neo-Burlesque, from Performance Art to bizarre and grotesque. Each one is sure to bend your senses and tickle your nightmares!

Special Guest Headliner:
~EMPRESS STAH~

& Starring
Dusty Limits, Ryan Styles, Big Chief Random Chaos,
Missy Macabre, Joe Black, Frank Sanazi,
Spencer Maybe, Lexi Sexx
& many more to be announced....

Stay posted for full details coming soon!

One of the UK’s most successful songwriters, Mark Chadwick has co-written 20 chart singles and 6 Top 40 albums (including a Number 1) as part of The Levellers, the band he has fronted for over 20 years. All The Pieces is however, not a Levellers album. Whilst the voice may be familiar, that is where the similarities end. Instead, this is an intensely personal collection of folk-tinged acoustic pop tracks, written and refined over the course of the last two decades. Brought to life by award-winning producer Sean Lakeman Mark is joined by an ‘all star cast’ of some of the UK’s greatest folk musicians on the album. He will be joined on tour by a band featuring guest musicians plus support to be announced.
www.markchadwickofficial.co.uk

Fiction Plane have produced a third album as stylistically diverse as it is adventurous, yet which still contains the bittersweet melodic edge and strong grasp of rock dynamics that's characterised previous Fiction Plane albums. "All our different influences have come through on this record,” says Seton. “We’re all fans of Radiohead and Queens Of The Stone Age, but I’m also a big Dylan fan, Joe likes Pavement, and Pete’s into John Coltrane. We’re not really like any of those artists, but we tried to emulate their approach. It’s difficult to sell records nowadays, and you’re not going to automatically sell more records because you don’t take chances. You may as well just do what you want to do and have fun with it.".
www.myspace.com/fictionplane

Voted into the top flamenco guitarists in the world by US Guitar Player magazine, Juan Martín returns to perform his own compositions, supported by a line-up of the finest musicians and flamenco dance. Martín's ensemble is at the vanguard of modern flamenco, with a unique style of music that succeeds in embracing classical, jazz and modern harmonies while upholding the great flamenco tradition. The guitar and the singing create an explosion of energy and passion that finds expression through raw and dazzling displays of dance. An exhilarating night of flamenco music and dance.
"A giant of the flamenco guitar tradition" – The Times
.
www.juanmartin.com

Enter the tiny musical world of Pierre Bastien and Małe Instrumenty for a captivating evening of music not to be missed. French composer and surrealist inventor Pierre Bastien has been building musical machinery since the 1970s and has worked with artists as diverse as Robert Wyatt and Issey Miyake. His delicate, minimal music created from meccano and pocket trumpet has delighted audiences worldwide. Sharing the bill is Małe Instrumenty, a fantastic five piece orchestra of toys and small instruments from Wrocław, Poland.
www.pierrebastien.com

This show has been moved to another venue

"And you thought you didn't like folk music" states musician and comedian Adrian Edmondson after the crowd have lapped up several of his and his bands interpretations of punk classics filtered through the medium of folk ...at the top of the show you're wondering just how The Bad Shepherds are going to pull this off - the answer is beautifully. - Manchester Evening News
www.thebadshepherds.com

More info soon.
www.myspace.com/oursaintsaviour

With her debut album going gold (100,000 sales) in 3 weeks and still residing in the top 5, and her smash hit single 'Pack Up' currently spending its 7th week in the top 10, Eliza Doolittle is the summer's breakout star.
Following a packed summer of festival appearances Doolittle will head out on her debut headline tour in October, culminating in a hometown gig at London's Bush Hall.
www.myspace.com/elizadoolittle

Former It Bites front man Francis Dunnery has announced a UK tour of the album that put him firmly on the international map as a solo artist. The 2010 'Fearless' tour will feature the very first live performances of one of Dunnery’s most enduring albums, released back in 1994, which includes the tracks American Life in the Summertime, Homegrown and What’s He Gonna Say.<
Dunnery explains, "It has been nearly seventeen years since I recorded that album and for some reason I never got the chance to play the songs in front of an audience with a full band."
"I’m really excited about performing this tour," says Dunnery. "I’m putting together a really amazing band and we will be playing the album in its entirety, as well as a few surprises thrown in for good measure."
www.francisdunnery.com

"This London six-piece are purveyors of lovely melodies, ramshackle beardiness and the sound of banging doors. When they're not being rocky, they're the British Fleet Foxes" – The Guardian
www.myspace.com/goldheartassembly

Grant-Lee Phillips is best known as the voice and vision of the critically acclaimed group Grant Lee Buffalo. His recent material carries the same depth and insight as his previous work but with added vibrancy and a new experimental edge. A bonus to Phillips solo engagements has been the exposure of a deeply human side, a unique, off beat sense of humor and love of spontaneity that might have been lost in the echo of mammoth venues.
www.myspace.com/grantleephillips

Having studied classical piano for ten years, Dusseldorf-based pianist / composer Volker Bertelmann’s work as Hauschka is based upon a playful exploration of the possibilities of the 'prepared' piano – an adventurous intervention into the preconceived idea of the piano as a pure-toned, perfected instrument simply waiting for a gifted virtuoso to play on it. His resulting tracks are vivid, unconventional pieces made in a spirit of playful research-enthusiasm.
www.myspace.com/hauschka

Aly Bain, Ale Möller and Bruce Molsky
More info soon.
www.myspace.com/brucemolsky

The Same Sky 20th Anniversary Tour
It seems hard to believe that it has been 20 years since the much lauded album The same sky by the then, band, Horse. There were various top 50 UK chart singles like Careful, Speed of the beat and You could be forgiven and of course the album itself, which continues to be in demand.
This glorious and utterly unique album, with beautifully crafted songs has been described as the backdrop to lives, people falling in and out of love to it. It will be performed in its entirety by her band and in addition she will be adding the most popular b sides into the mix.
Where some of the original band are no longer involved in music, Horse continues to write and perform. She has her own record label – Randan, and in total has 8 albums, including The Same Sky.
For those who know Horse and this stunning album, this is a chance to re-live their own memories and for those who are not, as yet, acquainted with the amazing performer and writer that is 'Horse', prepare to be astonished.
wwww.myspace.com/horserandan

30 specialist exhibitors with hundreds of Vintage Wedding Gowns & Occasion Dresses
Plus a Vintage Tea Room, Entertainment & Catering Ideas, Jewellery, Stationary, Hair & Makeup & Photography and more
www.vintageweddingfair.co.uk

More info soon.
www.myspace.com/thelostsoulcrusade

More info soon.
www.myspace.com/steveforbert

Alex’s Christmas Extravaganza with band, string section, backing singers etc etc.
www.myspace.com/alexcornish

More info soon.
www.martynjoseph.com

Everyone knows what to expect from Maximo Park - huge, soaring choruses, breakneck anthems and lyrics that are like universal rallying calls. However, singer Paul Smith’s first album under his own name couldn’t be more different. Although some Maximo trademarks remain - hooks big enough to hang a coat on, and a way with words - Margins is an album of astonishing intimacy, a much quieter, more personal offering of melancholy, insight and intimate modern blues.
www.paulsmithmusic.eu

They will play material that spans their entire catalogue as well as introduce material from a new album – due out globally in Spring 2011.
Some acoustic songs can be heard on a special media player they've put together specifically for the tour here: Bell X1 Special Acoustic Player It includes covers of Boys of Summer by Don Henley, Like I Love You by Justin Timberlake and I Fought The Law by Sonny Curtis
www.myspace.com/bellx1

Chaz Royal presents this exclusive event!
Every ticket includes a goodie bag, free glass of bubbly, free coat check and more! This fully-seated event is limited to 250 tickets.
Stay posted for full details coming soon!