Black Diamond Heavies
plus Last Band and Brothers Aureus
£5
www.blackdiamondheavies.com
Hailing from East Nashville, The Black Diamond Heavies are urgent, raw and full of ass-shaking soul. Their live sound is both "Pentecostal" and "demon possessed". Most of their material is original, although tributes to gods, generals, heroes, and vampires such as John Lee Hooker, T-Model Ford, Muddy Waters and Tom Waits are often thrown in. The Heavies are continuously gaining momentum on their quest to unleash their punk-ass blues across the face of the earth.

Stiff Naked Fools
plus The Vibtronics
£5
www.reason2b.net/artists/snf
Ambitious reggae band The Stiff Naked Fools might be from the streets of Leicester but their hearts are in Trench-town, Jamaica. Their catchy, accessible sound, much appreciated by fans of great ‘70s reggae acts such as Gregory Isaacs and Toots and The Maytals, has been perfected over five years of constant rehearsal and performance.

Po Girl
plus Andy Griffiths
£10
www.pogirl.net
www.andygriffiths.net
Vagabond lullabies, beat-poetry, inner-city blues. These urban minstrels pen harmony drenched melodies to warm your toes. Take the bellow of the blues, the wail of a gypsy fiddle, punk-rock street poetry, a Cajun love song and depression-era jazz, mix it all up and add some old R&B. This music is rich with musical influences, sweetness, grit and soul. The current line-up of Po Girl is Trish Klein of the Be Good Tanyas, Allison Russell, and Awna Teixeira.

David Nelson & Banana
plus The Smokey Grass Mountain Boys
£8adv, £10door
www.nelsonband.com
David Nelson was a founding member of The New Riders of the Purple Sage and also contributed to the classic Grateful Dead albums, Workingman's Dead and American Beauty. Banana was a founding member of The Youngbloods. David and Banana are touring as an acoustic duo with a repertoire that covers bluegrass, traditional country and folk with a little psychedelia thrown in for good measure.

Marcus Malone Band
plus Al Brown Band
£8
www.marcusmalone.com
Funky, hard-driving blues and soul are put through a musical blender by this Detroit bluesman and his superb band to produce a hybrid that is at once both rocking and essential. Marcus is currently working on his new album which features a wide array of material varying from gospel to heavy rock vibes. His live shows are always nothing short of electrifying and should not be missed!

Winter
£5
www.winternet.nu
Winter are a Swedish band that draw on rock, pop, Americana, folk, roots and blues. Propelled by Anna Lena's clever, incisive lyrics and charismatic stage presence they are as powerful as anything around right now. Influence wise, you can hear bits of Lucinda Williams, 10,000 Maniacs and Fleetwood Mac, but the band's origins are so skilfully assimilated it's impossible to pinpoint exactly where all this comes from.

Rocky Athas Band
plus David Bristow
£8
www.rockyathas.com
An often over-looked Texas guitar legend, Rocky Athas is the embodiment of the consummate Texas guitarist. He even has the magazine article to prove it. BUDDY magazine included him in it's 'Texas Tornadoes' group, composed of the Top 10 guitar players in the Lone Star State, as picked by the editors of BUDDY. Other respected guitar slingers that made the line-up included Billy Gibbons of ZZ Top, Jimmy Vaughn and Johnny Winter.

Access To Music
Free
Social event for Access To Music students.

Nicky Moore and The Blues Corporation
£8
www.nickymoore.com
Nicky Moore has been playing and singing since the dawn of man. In various incarnations Nicky has had five hits in the singles charts, had hit LP's, appeared in Bob Dylan 'Hearts of Fire' and Nicky Moore and the Blues Corporation have been voted the countries top live blues band by Radio 2 listeners. His bands have included Samson, Mammoth, Uli John Roth & Electric Sun, Mister Big Stuff and the Nicky Moore and the aforementioned Blues Corporation.

Edgar Broughton Band
plus Los Federales
£15adv, £17door
www.edgarbroughtonband.co.uk
Songs such as 'Out Demons Out' and appearances at free concerts made The Edgar Broughton Band popular on the radical fringe during the '60s and they were often thought of as "punk before it was punk". They were anti-establishment and their stated aim was "subverting what's above". They played outside the Isle of Wight Festival in 1970 as a protest against the overpricing of the gig. Following a lengthy hiatus the band reformed in 2006.

Magic Teapot presents…
Cherry Ghost
plus support
£6adv
www.myspace.com/cherryghostband
Inspired by the beautiful melancholy of acts such as Sparklehorse, Smog and Johnny Cash, Manchester based, Simon Aldred said bye to the back of a van and his hairy-arsed band, locked himself in a room and brushed up his production skills to bring us the life affirming recordings of Cherry Ghost.