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Coming to The Musician in October 2024
Fri 4th Oct 2024
The Small Fakers
£13.00adv
Doors 8:00pm
The Small Faces are without any shadow of doubt, one of the most sensational British bands of the 1960s, and are as much a part of the soundtrack to the fabbest decade ever as The Beatles, The Stones, The Kinks, The Who, or anyone else for that matter!
Hitting the charts as teenage mods with their very first disc, 'Whatcha Gonna Do About It', the four diminutive Cockneys went on to release numerous timeless classics including, ‘Sha-La-La-La-Lee’, ‘Here Come The Nice’, ‘Itchycoo Park’ and ‘Lazy Sunday’.
The Small Fakers were officially launched on a chilly night in February 2007 at a central London shindig attended by fans and associates of the East End's very own fab four, the seminal, sensational Small Faces. The buzz in the audience that night was intense. Could the SMALL FAKERS even hope to come close to replicating the sound, and the look, of the Small Faces.
Hitting the charts as teenage mods with their very first disc, 'Whatcha Gonna Do About It', the four diminutive Cockneys went on to release numerous timeless classics including, ‘Sha-La-La-La-Lee’, ‘Here Come The Nice’, ‘Itchycoo Park’ and ‘Lazy Sunday’.
The Small Fakers were officially launched on a chilly night in February 2007 at a central London shindig attended by fans and associates of the East End's very own fab four, the seminal, sensational Small Faces. The buzz in the audience that night was intense. Could the SMALL FAKERS even hope to come close to replicating the sound, and the look, of the Small Faces.
Sat 5th Oct 2024
Five Guys NOT Bruce 2
...this time it's personal!
£15.00
feat: Tom Brooksby, Rico Richardson, Kevin Jamieson, Darren Driver and Jerry Brennan
Doors 7:30pm
In association with DreamCatcher Productions:
Last year's event was such a great night, we had to go and do it again! An evening of acoustic Springsteen music played by five of the top 'Bruce' performers in the UK. We are delighted to welcome back Kevin Jamieson (The Bootleg Boss), Darren Driver (The Boss & The Beeston St Band), Rico Richardson (The NE Street Band), Tom Brooksby (Glory Days) and making his debut this year, Jerry Brennan (Spirit of Springsteen).
Demand is expected to be even greater this time around, so if you're a fan of the boss and appreciate great musicianship, don't miss this trove of Springsteen hits, alongside some of his lesser known gems.
Last year's event was such a great night, we had to go and do it again! An evening of acoustic Springsteen music played by five of the top 'Bruce' performers in the UK. We are delighted to welcome back Kevin Jamieson (The Bootleg Boss), Darren Driver (The Boss & The Beeston St Band), Rico Richardson (The NE Street Band), Tom Brooksby (Glory Days) and making his debut this year, Jerry Brennan (Spirit of Springsteen).
Demand is expected to be even greater this time around, so if you're a fan of the boss and appreciate great musicianship, don't miss this trove of Springsteen hits, alongside some of his lesser known gems.
Thu 10th Oct 2024
Steve Tilston
£15.00adv £18.00door
Doors 8:00pm
Steve Tilston, the hugely talented award-winning performer presents an intimate evening of music, featuring unique arrangements of popular folksongs alongside his own critically acclaimed material.Perhaps best known for his song-writing prowess, Steve is also a blinding, dazzling guitarist with a style echoing the elaborate rhythmic “folk baroque” of Bert Jansch and Davy Graham, but also drawing from classical, roots and the tradition to create a stylethat is typicallyTilston.“
...great stuff...great fun, wonderful playing and top songs, what more do you want from an evening.” Mark Radcliffe, BBC Radio 2
“A great narrator on top form.” **** The Observer “
...a fine and thoughtful songwriter and singer and a remarkable guitarist.” **** the guardian
“...songs of great heart, delivered with authority and instrumental panache.” **** The Scotsman
...great stuff...great fun, wonderful playing and top songs, what more do you want from an evening.” Mark Radcliffe, BBC Radio 2
“A great narrator on top form.” **** The Observer “
...a fine and thoughtful songwriter and singer and a remarkable guitarist.” **** the guardian
“...songs of great heart, delivered with authority and instrumental panache.” **** The Scotsman
Fri 11th Oct 2024
Gaz Brookfield
£12.00adv
Doors 7:30pm - 10:30pm
Following the success of his tour in early this year, Gaz Brookfield takes to the road once more.
Celebrating 15 years of belligerently refusing to give in!
Since winning Acoustic magazine's 2010 Singer Songwriter of the year, he has spent his time on the road, touring the UK and Europe. In this time he has shared the stage with the likes of Levellers, Seth Lakeman, Frank Turner, New Model Army, Nick Harper, Newton Faulkner, Miles Hunt, and many more, racking up over 1000 gigs to date.
Gaz remains the only unsigned solo artist to sell out The Fleece, Bristol. A feat he as now achieved 5 times. The last three times selling out over 6 months in advance.
Often playing as many as 200 gigs a year, Gaz's relentless and never-ending tour schedule takes him to every corner of the country and beyond. The last few years have seen Brookfield play at over 100 UK festivals, including Glastonbury, Beautiful Days, Bearded Theory, and many more, firmly cementing him as a festival favourite.
Celebrating 15 years of belligerently refusing to give in!
Since winning Acoustic magazine's 2010 Singer Songwriter of the year, he has spent his time on the road, touring the UK and Europe. In this time he has shared the stage with the likes of Levellers, Seth Lakeman, Frank Turner, New Model Army, Nick Harper, Newton Faulkner, Miles Hunt, and many more, racking up over 1000 gigs to date.
Gaz remains the only unsigned solo artist to sell out The Fleece, Bristol. A feat he as now achieved 5 times. The last three times selling out over 6 months in advance.
Often playing as many as 200 gigs a year, Gaz's relentless and never-ending tour schedule takes him to every corner of the country and beyond. The last few years have seen Brookfield play at over 100 UK festivals, including Glastonbury, Beautiful Days, Bearded Theory, and many more, firmly cementing him as a festival favourite.
Sat 12th Oct 2024
Rust For Glory - A Tribute to Neil Young
£13.00adv
Doors 7:30pm
A show not to be missed by Neil Young fans when Rust For Glory play Harvest Live in full plus a bonus set of classics & Favourites.
Internationally acclaimed Neil Young Tribute band Rust For Glory's repertoire includes songs from almost every era of Young’s 50-year career, delving deep into the archive, serving up the sounds, feel and spirit of Neil Young’s work, both solo and with his various bands and collaborators; Buffalo Springfield, CSN&Y, The Stray Gators and Crazy Horse.
Performing both acoustic and electric selections, their set list often incorporates Young’s more esoteric numbers alongside celebrated performances of Live Rust era standards. Expect to hear songs such as 'Powderfinger, 'Heart Of Gold', Like a Hurricane and 'Cortez The Killer' to rarer gems from the ‘Ditch Trilogy’ such as 'Walk on', 'On The Beach' and 'Tonight's The Night' and of course, timeless earlier material such as 'Cinnamon Girl', 'Down By The River' and 'The Losing End'.
Internationally acclaimed Neil Young Tribute band Rust For Glory's repertoire includes songs from almost every era of Young’s 50-year career, delving deep into the archive, serving up the sounds, feel and spirit of Neil Young’s work, both solo and with his various bands and collaborators; Buffalo Springfield, CSN&Y, The Stray Gators and Crazy Horse.
Performing both acoustic and electric selections, their set list often incorporates Young’s more esoteric numbers alongside celebrated performances of Live Rust era standards. Expect to hear songs such as 'Powderfinger, 'Heart Of Gold', Like a Hurricane and 'Cortez The Killer' to rarer gems from the ‘Ditch Trilogy’ such as 'Walk on', 'On The Beach' and 'Tonight's The Night' and of course, timeless earlier material such as 'Cinnamon Girl', 'Down By The River' and 'The Losing End'.
Sun 13th Oct 2024
Paul Walker & Karen Pfeiffer
£10.00adv £12.00door
Doors 7:30pm
Paul Walker & Karen Pfeiffer are an Anglo-German internationally touring duo based in Staffordshire and the merger of the Stuttgart and Stoke-on-Trent cultures clearly feeds like a red thread through their show of music, banter and fun. Paul and Karen are offering innovative acoustic folk & beyond, harmony singing accompanied by guitar and woodwind instrumentation, in short: enchanting, entertaining, uplifting, different.
Their show Auf Wiedersehen, Me Duck was presented with great success at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe and the feedback, also to the accompanying album, was wonderful:
"Eclectic, performed with passion and with excellent musicianship" Folk Honey
"Charming, varied and fun" Irish Music Magazine
"An album of class, of enchantment and belief" Liverpool Sound & Vision
Their show Auf Wiedersehen, Me Duck was presented with great success at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe and the feedback, also to the accompanying album, was wonderful:
"Eclectic, performed with passion and with excellent musicianship" Folk Honey
"Charming, varied and fun" Irish Music Magazine
"An album of class, of enchantment and belief" Liverpool Sound & Vision
Fri 18th Oct 2024
The Bo' Weevil Brothers
£6.00adv £8.00door
Doors 7:30pm - 11:00pm
"The boys are back, Nick, Al and Jimmy return with their unique brand of stompin' North Mississippi Blues, Country and Hillbilly. Tonight they will be playing two sets.
Stompin' Mississippi music from the Soar Delta!
Helpings of Blues, Country, Hillbilly and a large dollop of North Mississippi hill country blues have all combined to fuel this unique toe tappin' sound.
Plus Special Guests
Stompin' Mississippi music from the Soar Delta!
Helpings of Blues, Country, Hillbilly and a large dollop of North Mississippi hill country blues have all combined to fuel this unique toe tappin' sound.
Plus Special Guests
Sat 19th Oct 2024
Wizards of Oz
£12.00adv £14.00door
Looking for a night of classic rock and heavy metal nostalgia? Look no further than the UK's longest running Ozzy Osbourne tribute band!
For over 20 years, this group of talented musicians has been bringing the music of the Prince of Darkness to audiences across the country. With a setlist that spans Ozzy's entire career - from his early days with Black Sabbath to his solo hits - this tribute band is guaranteed to take you on a trip down memory lane.
So if you're a fan of classic rock and heavy metal, don't miss your chance to see this legendary tribute band live. With their incredible musicianship, high-energy performances and authentic Ozzy vocals, you'll feel like you're front row at a real Ozzy Osbourne concert.
Perfect for those who grew up with Ozzy's music, this tribute band is a must-see for anyone who wants to relive the glory days of classic rock. So gather your friends, dust off your leather jackets, and get ready to rock out to the music of one of the greatest icons in rock history.
For over 20 years, this group of talented musicians has been bringing the music of the Prince of Darkness to audiences across the country. With a setlist that spans Ozzy's entire career - from his early days with Black Sabbath to his solo hits - this tribute band is guaranteed to take you on a trip down memory lane.
So if you're a fan of classic rock and heavy metal, don't miss your chance to see this legendary tribute band live. With their incredible musicianship, high-energy performances and authentic Ozzy vocals, you'll feel like you're front row at a real Ozzy Osbourne concert.
Perfect for those who grew up with Ozzy's music, this tribute band is a must-see for anyone who wants to relive the glory days of classic rock. So gather your friends, dust off your leather jackets, and get ready to rock out to the music of one of the greatest icons in rock history.
Thu 24th Oct 2024
Hands of the Heron
£10.00adv £12.00door
plus Anna Anise
Doors 8:00pm
Hands of the Heron is a dreamfolk trio from Bristol, UK. Their instantly recognisable vocal harmonies are delivered by three frontwomen - Bec Garthwaite, Beth Roberts & Claire Vine - each of whom brings a signature writing style to the band's mercurial sound. They move effortlessly between sparse choral folk and spellbinding chamber pop, richly layered with an assortment of strings, drones and reeds. Their long-awaited second album 13 Moons was released in February 2021 on their own DIY label Cuculi Records, and has been praised as "a wondrous collection of curious story-songs, choral singing and carefully layered instrumentation" (Joyzine) with "songwriting mastery that perfectly delivers reverberating folk-pop" (Tap The Feed). Esteemed jazz critic Ted Gioia recommended 13 Moons as one of his top recordings for 2021.
Sat 26th Oct 2024
La Villa Strangiato
£12.00adv £15.00door
Doors 8:00pm
La Villa Strangiato is a originally Italian project born as a tribute to Rush, mainly to revive their music from the 70s and 80s, formed by Gabriele Ferrari in 2010. With the help of musician friends, they performed their first show in Rome in March 2011, dedicated to the album ‘Exit Stage Left’. After going from strength to strength playing around Europe and headlining Rush EuCon (the European Fan Convention) in the UK in 2014, and with Rush’s 40th anniversary being recorded in 2015, they toured Europe, the production titled “Rush 40”. LVS toured “Signals Under Pressure” and were invited to play at Rushest in Scotland, with original Rush producer Terry Brown in the audience. In 2017 the tour was a tribute to “2112” and at Rush EuCon they played with Terry Brown once again. 2018 was the “Stranger Spheres” (Hemispheres) tour and 2019 was “A Show Of Hands”. For 2020 they had prepared “Permanent Changes” but after only a few shows the tour was postponed due to the pandemic………..resuming from mid-2021 until the end of 2022.
During that season the band will make a big change in the Line Up and in addition to the founding member Gabriele, will be made up of top musicians from the United Kingdom. The band will subsequently return on the road in 2023 with the DIFFERENT Men on STAGES tour where they will enjoy a great success around all Europe…..and expect the unexpected with a fantastic collection of Rush material from the new 2024 Tour Crush Under Pressure!!
During that season the band will make a big change in the Line Up and in addition to the founding member Gabriele, will be made up of top musicians from the United Kingdom. The band will subsequently return on the road in 2023 with the DIFFERENT Men on STAGES tour where they will enjoy a great success around all Europe…..and expect the unexpected with a fantastic collection of Rush material from the new 2024 Tour Crush Under Pressure!!
Sun 27th Oct 2024
Marquee Square Heroes
£11.00adv £13.00door
Doors 8:00pm
Marquee Square Heroes perform the music of Fish era Marillion; including the song that starts with a G. Headed by legendary Neo prog rockers Mark Colton (Credo) and Andy Faulkner (Twelfth Night and Jump), as well as an additional crew of seasoned session musicians, who have performed on Billboard top ten records and US festivals. Marquee Square Heroes will revive the memories of grease paint masks and stilettos in the snow, with an additional homage to Marquee club in Wardour Street London.
Mon 28th Oct 2024
Naomi Bedford and The Ramshackle Band
£10.00adv £12.00door
Doors 8:00pm
Naomi Bedford’s unique voice has long gathered support from all corners of the musical fraternity. Her emotive hybrid of plaintive British folk and high lonesome Americana has gained plaudits from such diverse artists as Peter Buck, Shirley Collins, Chris Difford, Linda Thompson, Iggy Pop and many others.
In a series of albums with musical partner Paul Simmonds (The Men They Couldn't Hang), Naomi has forged a clear modern identity as both an interpreter and creator of folk song. Her last album Singing It All Back Home was a Guardian Folk Album of the Month and she is a previous BBC Folk Award nominee in Best Original Song category.
Her latest project, The Ramshackle Band, brings all her influences into a larger ensemble setting; a mix of Transatlantic Session and Country Fair revue. In the Ramshackle style, a rolling cast of musicians come together to create a vibrant celebration of both Bedford’s voice and the folk and country styles that she inhabits so authentically.
"Amazing, Naomi pulls no punches" Iggy Pop
"Naomi is the best singer of Appalachian ballads that i know" Shirley Collins
Folk Album of the month - The Guardian June 2019
In a series of albums with musical partner Paul Simmonds (The Men They Couldn't Hang), Naomi has forged a clear modern identity as both an interpreter and creator of folk song. Her last album Singing It All Back Home was a Guardian Folk Album of the Month and she is a previous BBC Folk Award nominee in Best Original Song category.
Her latest project, The Ramshackle Band, brings all her influences into a larger ensemble setting; a mix of Transatlantic Session and Country Fair revue. In the Ramshackle style, a rolling cast of musicians come together to create a vibrant celebration of both Bedford’s voice and the folk and country styles that she inhabits so authentically.
"Amazing, Naomi pulls no punches" Iggy Pop
"Naomi is the best singer of Appalachian ballads that i know" Shirley Collins
Folk Album of the month - The Guardian June 2019
Thu 31st Oct 2024
Cud
£18.00adv
plus Klen
Doors 7:30pm
Emerging from the same art/design cauldron that produced fellow Leeds legends Soft Cell, Scritti Politti, The Wedding Present and The Mekons, CUD were the pre-Britpop answer to doleful shoegazing bands – fun-loving, light-hearted, romantic and downright groovy.
CUD are indie rock gods for the unpretentious pleasure seeker, boasting as they do the rich deep-lunged voice of Carl Puttnam, edgy guitars of Mike Dunphy and tight, funky rhythm section of William Potter (bass) and Gogs Byrn (drums).
CUD were initially lauded for their quirky Peel session cover of ‘You Sexy Thing’ in 1987. They soon built up a huge live following and buffed up their repertoire with a string of unstraight pop beauties, best exemplified by the 1990 album ‘Leggy Mambo’. This led to a major-label deal with A&M in 1991, front-page NME coverage, massive sellout gigs and proper Top 30 hits, ‘Rich and Strange’ and ‘Purple Love Balloon’.
Misunderstood by record companies and press, CUD packed away their guitars and sticks in 1995 but, bolstered by a greatest hits anthology (‘Rich and Strange’) in 2006, they agreed to tread the boards again, with a further reunion following in 2012 (now with original guitarist and key songwriter Mike Dunphy) and continue to find an army of ‘Space CUDets’ still eager to sing along, dance like fruitcakes and invade their stage.
CUD are indie rock gods for the unpretentious pleasure seeker, boasting as they do the rich deep-lunged voice of Carl Puttnam, edgy guitars of Mike Dunphy and tight, funky rhythm section of William Potter (bass) and Gogs Byrn (drums).
CUD were initially lauded for their quirky Peel session cover of ‘You Sexy Thing’ in 1987. They soon built up a huge live following and buffed up their repertoire with a string of unstraight pop beauties, best exemplified by the 1990 album ‘Leggy Mambo’. This led to a major-label deal with A&M in 1991, front-page NME coverage, massive sellout gigs and proper Top 30 hits, ‘Rich and Strange’ and ‘Purple Love Balloon’.
Misunderstood by record companies and press, CUD packed away their guitars and sticks in 1995 but, bolstered by a greatest hits anthology (‘Rich and Strange’) in 2006, they agreed to tread the boards again, with a further reunion following in 2012 (now with original guitarist and key songwriter Mike Dunphy) and continue to find an army of ‘Space CUDets’ still eager to sing along, dance like fruitcakes and invade their stage.