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JANUARY
2006 |
LISTINGS HOME |
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Seven
Story Soul
£4
Seven piece acoustic band performing classic soul. |
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6 |
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Who’s
Renown
plus Road Kill
£5
Covering a range of material from 1969 to the early ’80s,
Who’s Renown’s set features all time classic
hits such as - I Can’t Explain, My Generation, I Can
See For Miles, Who Are You, Won’t Get Fooled Again,
You Better You Bet and songs from both Tommy and Quadrophenia
in an explosive two hour show celebrating one of this countries
finest ever rock bands. Having been established for several
years now Who’s Renown capture the essence of The
Who perfectly, performing the songs of Townsend, Daltry,
Entwhistle and Moon with passion, energy and lots of volume.
Maximum R’n’B indeed. |
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7 |
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De
Sade
Hot Tub Trio plus Purple Patch and White Star Magic
£3adv £4door
www.de-sade.co.uk
A thrilling night of nu-rock, when four of Leicester's hottest
new bands hit the stage and our P.A. hits critical mass!
Headliners De Sade formed back in depths of 2003 and have
subsequently released two excellent singles 'Libertine'
and 'All About The Love'. 2005 saw them cement their reputation
as an impressive live act that mixes classic rock riffs,
funked-up vocals and high energy beats to devastating effect.
2006 sees the release of their debut album 'Pornocopia'.
Equally impressive support comes from highly rated up and
comers Hot Tub Trio, Purple Patch and White Star Magic.
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| Sun
8 |
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9 |
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The
City Acoustic Club
£1/free
Open mic every Monday, all welcome. |
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11 |
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Misterlee
plus Jezz Hall and Steel State Circus
£3
www.misterlee.co.uk
A virtual definition of the term ‘independent’
as it apply’s to the modern music industry, Mr Lee
has two albums, 'Chiselgibbon' and ‘Night Of The Killer
Longface’ under his belt on his own Rubber Czech Records
label, both of which enjoyed extensive national airplay
and critical appraisal across Europe and in the U.S. Live
shows the past few years have included a mini-tour of NYC's
cooler underground venues, as well as U.K. dates including
the Summer Sundae festival, Manchester's 'In The City' and
Coventry's ‘Godiva’ festivals. Live, the band
has also played alongside such similarly free-minded artists
as Sebadoh, Hamell on Trial, Johnny Dowd, Simple Kid and
Jeffrey Lewis. |
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12 |
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The
Blues Devils (album launch)
£3
Mick Ridgeway, Bob Dayfield and Tony Alles's acoustic blues
trio. |
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13 |
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Danny
Bryant’s Redeye
plus Grant Longstone
£6
www.redeyeband.co.uk
Danny Bryant’s Redeye are a bunch of totally committed
musicians, who always give a fantastic show and who are
bouncing up the musical ladder and won’t stop until
they reach the very top. They are already one of the countries
most exciting live stage acts and are fast becoming one
of the most popular blues/rock bands on the club and festival
circuit. So if you have not already seen the band in action
then make it your number one priority, because as Walter
Trout says- "Danny Bryant and his band kick f**king
ass!" |
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14 |
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Magic
Teapot presents
Freakwater
plus The Zincs
£8adv
www.freakwater.net
Totally disregarding musical trends, Janet Bean & Catherine
Irwin have made some fine country records, yet they're virtually
invisible to the country audience. Problem is, Freakwater
are faithful to the spirit, but not the letter, of country
music law. "People with a punk background may think
we're purists, but country fans think we're freaks”.
Their 1989 debut predated Uncle Tupelo's by a year and saw
them cited as the most traditionally-grounded band of the
genre. Recently reformed they continue to move into uncharted
territory, using traditional structures to create songs
which are unique to the point of being, um, freakish. |
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16 |
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The
City Acoustic Club
£1/free
Open mic every Monday, all welcome. |
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Chuck
Prophet
plus Corb Lund
£9adv £10door
www.chuckprophet.com
On the back of Green On Red's forthcoming London reunion
show, Chuck Prophet hits the gravel for a few solo dates.
Widely regarded to be in the same league as Steve Earle
and Lucinda Williams, Prophet is another roots musician
with a rock'n'roller lurking barely below the surface -
one with an eclectic record collection too, judging by how
he mixes Philly soul, Dylanesque blues, pop, rock, electronica
and even rap, sometimes all in the same song. Needless to
say we're rather fond of Chuck here at The Musician and
this show promises to be one of the highlights of the coming
year. |
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18 |
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Cathie
Ryan Band
plus David Llewellyn
£7adv £8door
www.cathieryan.com
Irish American Cathie Ryan, with her crystalline vocals
and insightful songwriting, is an original and distinctive
voice in contemporary Celtic music. Since her acclaimed
seven year tenure as lead singer of Cherish The Ladies,
the Detroit born Ryan has established herself as one of
Celtic music's most popular and enduring singer-songwriters
and her stunning band includes some of the finest musicians
currently playing on the American Celtic music scene. “Cathie
Ryan, our female vocalist of decade, is quite simply the
best and her talented, versatile band give the definitive
live Irish music performance’’ — Boston
Globe. |
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Willie
Logan’s
House Of The Rising Sun
£5
www.willielogan.4t.com
Edinburgh born guitarist Willie Logan has played in bands
since his teens. In 1997 he made the final of Guitarist
Magazine’s ‘Guitarist of the Year’ competition
at Wembley and at that time had several guitar instrumental
tribute albums out on the Hallmark label, which have sold
in excess of 70,000 units. He also recorded a version of
‘The House Of The Rising Sun’ which topped the
Besonic.com Blues charts for three years. Willie has played
with some outstanding musicians and his current band includes
Ashley Macmillan (drums) and Lawrie Macmillan (bass) both
of whom are members of the Ray Wilson Band (ex-Genesis and
Stiltskin frontman). |
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Homespun
plus Curtis Eller’s American Circus
£9adv £11door
www.homespunrecordings.net
Homespun was begun by Beautiful South songwriter David Rotheray,
as an outlet for a bunch of simple country/folk songs he
was longing to record. The quality of the songs and the
high standard of contributions from various friends, including
Sam Brown (Jools Holland), Tony Robinson (Super Furry Animals),
Gary Hammond (Nina Simone), Clare Mactaggart (Portishead)
and Melvin Duffy (Robbie Williams) was such that the CD
‘Homespun’ was released in 2003. Everyone acquired
such an affection for the material and each another that
they also toured and released a second album Effortless
Cool in Jan 2005. |
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The
Smokey Grass Mountain Boys
£4
The Smokey’s are back again with their eclectic mix
of bluegrass, Americana and good-time country flavoured
music. With songs drawn from their love of The Grateful
Dead, Steve Earle, Gram Parsons and Emmylou Harris, topped
up with Gillian Welch, Oh Susanna and Alison Krauss. The
band thrive on great harmony singing, backed by guitars,
mandolin, banjo and a melodic slide, plus the occasional
swooping accordion. Recent additions of songs from The Hackensaw
Boys plus original material reflecting all their favourite
influences guarantee a set with something for everybody
with roots music in their heart. |
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22 |
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Prost
8: Jazz
All Dayer feat.
The
Fosse Rhythm Kings & Don M'Orton + The Welland Valley
Stompers + Stu Battle & Loitering
With Intent + J for Jazz
£8 (Fundraiser)
1pm
to 9pm
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The
City Acoustic Club
£1/free
Open mic every Monday, all welcome. |
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Jess
Klein
plus Megan
£5
www.jessklein.com
"Jess Klein's new album, Strawberry Lover, sees the
singer-songwriter experimenting with genre and stretching
her lovely voice to its fullest capacity" — Time
Out. Post-punk, country, soul? This many-sided singer does
it all, beautifully, with a clutch of songs that hit hard
and always catch the ear. The gorgeously sad early double
of jukebox ballad Shonalee and Strawberry Lover's last waltz
of the night, are topped only by the beer-and-tears-soaked
album closer, Willing To Change. Klein has a voice worth
reckoning with and lyrics worth hearing. There's nothing
splashy about either of those weapons; just simplicity done
well. "She has one of those voices: innocent but steely
tough, like a compadre of Lucinda Williams and Lucy Kaplansky
or a young Tift Merritt." — Mojo. |
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Kim
Richey
plus Haley Hutchinson
£7adv £8door
With the sensuality of Lucinda Williams and the brainy craft
of Aimee Mann, Kim Richey is the whole package. One of Music
City's most sought after songwriters, her first three albums
were tagged as contemporary country but actually owe more
to John Hiatt's brand of music making. Comparisons to Shawn
Colvin also abound, due to Richey's cleverly twisting lyrical
phrases. You might call her most recent album, (2002's Rise)
a country record, but only if you accept that it's her country,
and her terms. Producer Bill Bottrell (Sheryl Crow, Shelby
Lynne) furnishes touches that lift the songs off the ground,
but it's Richey's voice, equal parts rough and smooth, half
"let's do it" and half "I told you so"
that ties it all together. |
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The
Musician presents
The Best Of Acoustic 2005
feat. Carol Palmer, Gren Bartley and Tony Jones
£3
www.grenbartley.co.uk
Three very different singer-songwriters but with one thing
in common – that they are all excellent. During the
course of the last year all three have made great progress
and the quality of their performances has been very impressive.
Carol Palmer released her debut album in 2005 and draws
on classic singer-songwriter influences such as Joni Mitchell
and Paul Simon. Gren Bartley is being hailed as the new
Richard Thompson and his performances at Summer Sundae Festival
and supporting Eliza Carthy have confirmed him as the best
new act of 2005. Last but not least Tony Jones has injected
a real confidence and sublime quality into his playing and
renditions of very fine old-time acoustic blues songs. |
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27 |
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Rollo
Markee & The Tailshakers
£5
www.thetailshakers.co.uk
"Your sound is the real deal. I love this stuff"
— Geno Washington. Rollo Markee and The Tailshakers
sound is an authentic blend of vintage Chicago blues and
West Coast swing. Their first album A Blues Record was recorded
at Toe Rag a studio renowned for its uncomplicated and tasteful
vintage recording techniques and a favourite of The White
Stripes' Jack White (their Elephant album was recorded there).
Engineer and owner Liam Watson certainly knows how to do
justice to The Tailshakers live sound, using vintage microphones
sparingly to create an authentic sound comparable to that
of Chess Studio's in it's ’50s and ’60s heyday.
"You guys have got it, so you better use it" —
Hubert Sumlin. |
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Howard
Smith & The Razors
£6
www.howardsmith.co.uk
It’s always a pleasure to have red-hot, local guitar
ace Howard Smith and his hard drivin’ Razors down
at The Musician. Combing the no-frill’s, blue collar
r’n’b of killer British combo’s such as
The Inmates and Doctor Feelgood with the greasy slide work
of Ry Cooder, Sonny Landreth and Lowell George, Howard and
the boys are one of the rockin’-ist little blues bands
in the country. Tight as hell, yet as loose as the proverbial
goose The Razors are always an exciting proposition live
and shouldn’t be missed. |
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The
Wailin’ Jennys
plus Table Nine
£7adv £9door
www.thewailinjennys.com
From The Andrews Sisters to The Supremes to The Roches to
The Dixie Chicks, every generation seems to have a trio
of sweet-voiced women to stir things up. Although Canadian-based
singer-songwriters Ruth Moody, Cara Luft and Nicky Mehta
each have solo careers, they create truly gorgeous music
when they band together. The trio's album 40 Days is filled
with sweet harmonies, smart songs and great vibes. The Jennys
blend so well both with their vocals and their original
songs that it's hard to distinguish one's style from that
of another. They sound like a sister act without being one.
Count The Wailin' Jennys as the most melodious trio in Americana
music, more upbeat than fellow Canadian female trio the
Be Good Tanyas and when these Jennys wail, it's well worth
your time to listen. |
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The
City Acoustic Club
£1/free
Open mic every Monday, all welcome. |
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The
Chilldiggers
£3
High quality pop rock. |
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