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Coming to The Musician in September 2015
Tue 1st Sep 2015
CLOSED
Wed 2nd Sep 2015
Cuz
£8.00adv £10.00door
plus Former Utopia and Echolocation
New music from the ever-brilliant Mike Watt, he of Minutemen, fIREHOSE, The Stooges, Dos, Hand to Man Band and more is always a cause for celebration. This time it’s coming out under the banner “CUZ”, a collaboration with Sam Dook, he of The Go! Team.
CUZ’s album, ‘Tamatebako’ is billed as “a conversation taking place over nearly eight years and several continents.” It’s due to be released on Bleeding Hearts Recording on May 12th . So far all we have to judge it by is this one video and early indications are that it’s a wee departure from most of Mike’s previous output, having, as it does, a seriously fun, bouncing almost pop rhythm to it; albeit one that’s founded on Watts inimitable bass playing. One would struggle to imagine Stooges playing this, certainly, although with the direction Minutemen were moving in just prior to D Boons untimely demise one could quite possibly almost imagine them having ended up as a band not a million miles away from Cuz. “Project Mersh” finally reaching its logical conclusion? Discuss…
CUZ’s album, ‘Tamatebako’ is billed as “a conversation taking place over nearly eight years and several continents.” It’s due to be released on Bleeding Hearts Recording on May 12th . So far all we have to judge it by is this one video and early indications are that it’s a wee departure from most of Mike’s previous output, having, as it does, a seriously fun, bouncing almost pop rhythm to it; albeit one that’s founded on Watts inimitable bass playing. One would struggle to imagine Stooges playing this, certainly, although with the direction Minutemen were moving in just prior to D Boons untimely demise one could quite possibly almost imagine them having ended up as a band not a million miles away from Cuz. “Project Mersh” finally reaching its logical conclusion? Discuss…
Thu 3rd Sep 2015
John Butler
From Diesel Park West
£6.00adv £7.00door
Tonight's show features a solo performance from the lead singer and lyricist of Diesel Park West. The Diesel's 1989 release 'Shakespeare Alabama' was a record denied it's due place in the upper echelons of rock 'n' roll but gave an early indication that here was someone able to craft songs of such quality, comparable to the likes of Ray Davies, Marriott/Lane, Townshend and perhaps even Young and Zimmerman.
With the songs and that voice, John's solo acoustic gigs demonstrate all the inherent musical qualities of the songs he wrote, delivered with an engaging wit and insight only someone with intimate knowledge of the real music business could possibly know. Performances wrapped up in a humorous and insightful delivery, not afraid to enter the dark zone whilst offering consummate skill in doing so. A John Butler night is well worth checking out!
"Butlers songs have the unmistakeable sound of greatness about them." - Q
With the songs and that voice, John's solo acoustic gigs demonstrate all the inherent musical qualities of the songs he wrote, delivered with an engaging wit and insight only someone with intimate knowledge of the real music business could possibly know. Performances wrapped up in a humorous and insightful delivery, not afraid to enter the dark zone whilst offering consummate skill in doing so. A John Butler night is well worth checking out!
"Butlers songs have the unmistakeable sound of greatness about them." - Q
Fri 4th Sep 2015
Warner E. Hodges
£10.00
plus The David Sinclair Four and The Breakdowns
Doors 8:00pm
Legendary Nashville guitarist Warner E. Hodges returns to the Musician, following July's stunning sold out show with Jason & The Scorchers. One of the hardest working musicians in the business, he's currently also lending his mesmerising guitar skills to Dan Baird & Homemade Sin, the Bluefields and Drivin' & Cryin'.
Tonight sees him fronting his crack new line-up featuring Mikael Fassberg (ex-Bonafide). Expect a night full of Scorchers classics, songs from his solo career, including brilliant new album Gunslinger, and other rock 'n' roll gems.
Tonight sees him fronting his crack new line-up featuring Mikael Fassberg (ex-Bonafide). Expect a night full of Scorchers classics, songs from his solo career, including brilliant new album Gunslinger, and other rock 'n' roll gems.
Sat 5th Sep 2015
Radio Clash
£6.00adv £8.00door
plus The Lost Future
Doors 8:00pm
Radio Clash perform a tribute to the music of The Clash with precision, power and passion. So if you want to experience the sight and sound of this iconic band one more time ... this is Radio Clash!
Sun 6th Sep 2015
CLOSED
Mon 7th Sep 2015
Houndstooth
£7.00adv £9.00door
plus Mountaintop Junkshop and The Kirkland Turn
Houndstooth writes electric folk songs that talk about everyday sweetness and desolation in a manner that’s as singular and idiosyncratic as singer Katie Bernstein’s inimitable voice. If their songs were pictures, they’d be William Eggleston photographs - overheard stories in heated-up kodachrome speaking of sweetness and tragedy.
Their debut LP, “Ride Out The Dark,” is a collection of songs that speak to the light at the end of that dark forest tunnel we all find ourselves stuck in now and again. Put it on your turntable and sit with it like a friend; it’s the kind of record that makes you homesick for an un-nameable place and puts you in its own kind of darkness on the edge of town where things are raw and alive and unchained. Their follow-up LP, "No News From Home" came out in March of 2015.
Their debut LP, “Ride Out The Dark,” is a collection of songs that speak to the light at the end of that dark forest tunnel we all find ourselves stuck in now and again. Put it on your turntable and sit with it like a friend; it’s the kind of record that makes you homesick for an un-nameable place and puts you in its own kind of darkness on the edge of town where things are raw and alive and unchained. Their follow-up LP, "No News From Home" came out in March of 2015.
Tue 8th Sep 2015
Matthew Fox & Dan Phelps
£6.00adv £8.00door
plus Phil Doleman
Doors 8:00pm
Matthew Fox is a guitarist and songwriter whose Georgia and Texas roots run deep. He has steeped himself in a variety of styles from acoustic and bottleneck blues to swing and his acclaimed originals are rooted in the great Texas story-song tradition.
Dan Phelps is an Illinois native who has been performing acoustic blues for over 25 years. He has played all over the U.S. as well as the UK and Europe. His CD releases have met with critical acclaim in US and British blues magazines such as Blues Revue and Blues and Rhythm magazines.
Dan Phelps is an Illinois native who has been performing acoustic blues for over 25 years. He has played all over the U.S. as well as the UK and Europe. His CD releases have met with critical acclaim in US and British blues magazines such as Blues Revue and Blues and Rhythm magazines.
Wed 9th Sep 2015
Betty & The Boy
£7.00adv £9.00door
plus support
Commentators who like to keep things neatly slotted into place have struggled with Betty and The Boy, precisely because they defy simple categorization. Though the quintet’s string-laden melodies occasionally anchor them in the territories of folk, bluegrass, or minimalist rock, they’re more at home in the cracks in-between.
It’s from these quirky, deeper, sometimes darker places that Betty Jaeger’s voice reaches up, takes you by the hand, and sweeps you along on an entrancing musical journey.
Hailing from Kalispell, Montana, her lyrics play with imagery from nature and are almost fairy tale in style with ever so delicate presentation.
The band has built a dedicated fan base as well as winning much admiration amongst prominent peers, including one of the leading figures in modern-day bluegrass – Woody Platt. The lead singer with top band The Steep Canyon Rangers has this to say:
“Her voice and the texture of her voice, along with the instrumentation, which is almost semi-classical in places, is so striking. Difficult to describe, this is a unique ensemble playing good music – it’s pretty spectacular!”
It’s from these quirky, deeper, sometimes darker places that Betty Jaeger’s voice reaches up, takes you by the hand, and sweeps you along on an entrancing musical journey.
Hailing from Kalispell, Montana, her lyrics play with imagery from nature and are almost fairy tale in style with ever so delicate presentation.
The band has built a dedicated fan base as well as winning much admiration amongst prominent peers, including one of the leading figures in modern-day bluegrass – Woody Platt. The lead singer with top band The Steep Canyon Rangers has this to say:
“Her voice and the texture of her voice, along with the instrumentation, which is almost semi-classical in places, is so striking. Difficult to describe, this is a unique ensemble playing good music – it’s pretty spectacular!”
Thu 10th Sep 2015
Si Cranstoun
£14.00adv £16.00door
Si Cranstoun has been honing his vocal talent for many years. Performing with his big band across the UK as one of the foremost names on the underground vintage scene, headlining the likes of the Twinwood right through to the Rivolli Rooms and starting to cross into the mainstream market at Secret Garden .
In 2013 he was invited to perform with Little Richard in Las Vegas and came to the attention of Warner Music Entertainment subsequently being signed by A’n’R President Conrad Whitey who was captivated pure and simply by Si’s voice and his ability to create songs that have you waking up in the middle of the night humming them out loud.
2014 has seen Si developing even further his writing skills and working with writers and producers ranging from Ivor Novello award winners to those responsible for helping the likes of Cara Emerald and Keane achieve worldwide success. Together they have created a series of unbelievably catchy songs which really emphasise Si Cranstoun’s foot tapping expertise as well as most importantly a voice that literally stops you in your tracks… unsurprising when you recall that Si’s formative years were spent performing on the streets to the general public with his brother .
Si’s distinctive northern soul voice has seen him compared with legends such as Sam Cooke winning a huge number of fans on his recent tour of the UK as support to the Overtones, with large queues lining up to get signed albums and getting comments from hardened venue merchandisers saying they had never seen anything like it. This tour was the testing ground for tracks from the new album and if crowd reaction is anything to go by , then the album will be a winner.
In 2013 he was invited to perform with Little Richard in Las Vegas and came to the attention of Warner Music Entertainment subsequently being signed by A’n’R President Conrad Whitey who was captivated pure and simply by Si’s voice and his ability to create songs that have you waking up in the middle of the night humming them out loud.
2014 has seen Si developing even further his writing skills and working with writers and producers ranging from Ivor Novello award winners to those responsible for helping the likes of Cara Emerald and Keane achieve worldwide success. Together they have created a series of unbelievably catchy songs which really emphasise Si Cranstoun’s foot tapping expertise as well as most importantly a voice that literally stops you in your tracks… unsurprising when you recall that Si’s formative years were spent performing on the streets to the general public with his brother .
Si’s distinctive northern soul voice has seen him compared with legends such as Sam Cooke winning a huge number of fans on his recent tour of the UK as support to the Overtones, with large queues lining up to get signed albums and getting comments from hardened venue merchandisers saying they had never seen anything like it. This tour was the testing ground for tracks from the new album and if crowd reaction is anything to go by , then the album will be a winner.
Fri 11th Sep 2015
Simon 'Honeyboy' Hickling
£7.00adv £9.00door
A world-class musician, Simon ‘Honeyboy’ Hickling is a blues harmonica ace with a hard earned and well-deserved international reputation.
His subtle and fabulously expressive playing is grounded firmly in the ‘50s and ‘60s heyday of the Chicago and Gulf Coast styles of playing.
With a tremendously experienced band backing him, Simon never fails to deliver anything less than a first-rate evenings entertainment and never lets good taste and soulfulness stifle a rockin’ night out.
His subtle and fabulously expressive playing is grounded firmly in the ‘50s and ‘60s heyday of the Chicago and Gulf Coast styles of playing.
With a tremendously experienced band backing him, Simon never fails to deliver anything less than a first-rate evenings entertainment and never lets good taste and soulfulness stifle a rockin’ night out.
Sat 12th Sep 2015
Smoove & Turrell
£10.00adv £13.00door
plus support
Funk Nation are pleaseed to announce that the awesome Smoove & Turrell are returning to Leicester at the end of thier Broken Toys album summer tour.
''Always a pleasure to hear new material from the boys, its a great album'' Giles Paterson (BBC Radio 6 Music)
''To say, Smoove & Turrell are the greatest modern soul act to emerge from the U.K would be an epic understatement'' Craig Charles
''Always a pleasure to hear new material from the boys, its a great album'' Giles Paterson (BBC Radio 6 Music)
''To say, Smoove & Turrell are the greatest modern soul act to emerge from the U.K would be an epic understatement'' Craig Charles
Sun 13th Sep 2015
CLOSED
Mon 14th Sep 2015
The City Acoustic Club
Free
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Tue 15th Sep 2015
Sasha McVeigh
£10.00adv
plus The Cains
Doors 7:00pm - 11:00pm
After a successful co-headline tour of the UK and Ireland in April and upon returning from her third tour in the US, performing on the main stage at some of the biggest country music festivals, Sasha McVeigh is heading back out on the road on “home-turf” for her ‘I Stand Alone Tour’ to promote her critically-acclaimed debut album. Joined by Nashville-based trio, The Cains, this tour is sure to be high-energy with an exciting blend of the British and American music spectrum.
Sasha's ‘I Stand Alone’ was released on June 8th which was met with five-star reviews from the press and the single, ‘Someone To Break My Heart’, was included in The Independent newspapers ‘The Playlist’, alongside Ed Sheeran, and was described as “brilliantly inspiring”.
Shortly after learning how to talk, the Cain siblings were harmonising with each other. The two sisters and brother from Alabama have shared a lot over the years, but their passion for music is what has brought them together as The Cains, a country band with unique harmonies and a variety of influences. Their sound can be described as The Civil Wars meets Fleetwood Mac.
Sasha's ‘I Stand Alone’ was released on June 8th which was met with five-star reviews from the press and the single, ‘Someone To Break My Heart’, was included in The Independent newspapers ‘The Playlist’, alongside Ed Sheeran, and was described as “brilliantly inspiring”.
Shortly after learning how to talk, the Cain siblings were harmonising with each other. The two sisters and brother from Alabama have shared a lot over the years, but their passion for music is what has brought them together as The Cains, a country band with unique harmonies and a variety of influences. Their sound can be described as The Civil Wars meets Fleetwood Mac.
Wed 16th Sep 2015
Not My Good Arm
£5.00
plus English Guns
Back on the scene and with a blisteringly hot set of songs, Not my good arm! are on form and on fire. Alt rock jazz punk at its finest.
Thu 17th Sep 2015
CLOSED
Fri 18th Sep 2015
Fred Zeppelin
£6.00adv £8.00door
Doors 8:00pm
The four members of Fred Zeppelin are real fans of the originals, and formed ‘The Fredz’ out of their admiration and love of Led Zeppelin’s music. As their name suggests, the band do not take themselves too seriously - they know the praise belongs to Robert, Jimmy, John Paul Jones, and Bonzo, but they aim to do justice to the music and they certainly achieve that.
Sat 19th Sep 2015
Sack Sabbath + Hi-On Maiden
£10.00adv £12.00door
Doors 8:00pm - 1:00am
Sack Sabbath are the UK's finest, longest serving and most authentic tribute to the original masters of metal, Black Sabbath. Formed in 2002, Sack Sabbath have delighted audiences across the UK and Europe over the last decade with their stunning take on the classic era of Black Sabbath. Playing only the very blackest of Sabbath from the classic years 1970-78, they deliver a powerhouse performance with every song reproduced to perfection by some of the finest rock musicians in the UK and fronted by the best Ozzy impersonator in the business bar none. And lets face it-you don't get better recommendations than from the Black Sabbath road crew!
"I worked for the real Sabbath and they are like the real thing, you don't have to close your eyes, because they have got it off to a tee! I go to their shows because it reminds me of all the fun I had with the real thing" Les Martin, ex stage & production manager, Black Sabbath 1970-78
Hi-on Maiden are the worlds longest running and ONLY Iron Maiden tribute band officially endorsed by Iron Maiden themselves. Over the past fifteen years Hi-on Maiden have firmly established themselves as the most recognised and popular tribute to the mighty Iron Maiden. With you from the start with a powerful and dynamic performance Hi-on Maiden put on the most accurate and explosive Iron Maiden tribute experience anywhere. We cut no corners and offer no half measures, both visually and musically, and have grabbed the attention of Maiden fans all over the world, as well as the Maiden boys themselves!
"I worked for the real Sabbath and they are like the real thing, you don't have to close your eyes, because they have got it off to a tee! I go to their shows because it reminds me of all the fun I had with the real thing" Les Martin, ex stage & production manager, Black Sabbath 1970-78
Hi-on Maiden are the worlds longest running and ONLY Iron Maiden tribute band officially endorsed by Iron Maiden themselves. Over the past fifteen years Hi-on Maiden have firmly established themselves as the most recognised and popular tribute to the mighty Iron Maiden. With you from the start with a powerful and dynamic performance Hi-on Maiden put on the most accurate and explosive Iron Maiden tribute experience anywhere. We cut no corners and offer no half measures, both visually and musically, and have grabbed the attention of Maiden fans all over the world, as well as the Maiden boys themselves!
Sun 20th Sep 2015
CLOSED
Mon 21st Sep 2015
Ricky Warwick & Damon Johnson
A very special acoustic evening
£10.00adv £12.00door
Doors 7:30pm - 12:00am
Ricky Warwick is a Northern Irish musician, best known as the frontman for the Scottish hard rock band, The Almighty. Currently fronting the Black Star Riders (formerly Thin Lizzy), he has also performed with a variety of other bands and as a solo artist.
Damon Rogers Johnson is an American guitarist, vocalist, and songwriter, and current member of Black Star Riders. In the 1990s he co-founded Brother Cane, and later joined Alice Cooper's band as lead guitarist.
An intimate evening of Thin Lizzy, Black Star Riders, Alice Cooper, The Almighty and Brother Cane favourites, plus plenty of surprises!
Damon Rogers Johnson is an American guitarist, vocalist, and songwriter, and current member of Black Star Riders. In the 1990s he co-founded Brother Cane, and later joined Alice Cooper's band as lead guitarist.
An intimate evening of Thin Lizzy, Black Star Riders, Alice Cooper, The Almighty and Brother Cane favourites, plus plenty of surprises!
Tue 22nd Sep 2015
Blue Swamp Band
£7.00adv £8.00door
plus Tony Alles & many more
Formed by songwriting duo Johnny ‘Guitar’ Williamson… former guitarist with “The Animals and Friends” … and Mike Bowden…. Vocalist with Dr Truth … Their unique sound has been enhanced with the addition of a red hot rhythm section… Big Vern (Drums) and Jim Moseley (Bass).
Original songs encompass elements from a variety of genres, while remaining rooted in the blues. Four part harmonies and hilarious between song ramblings all add to the experience that is BLUE SWAMP
Original songs encompass elements from a variety of genres, while remaining rooted in the blues. Four part harmonies and hilarious between song ramblings all add to the experience that is BLUE SWAMP
Wed 23rd Sep 2015
Positively Fourth Street
Songs from the Village
£6.00adv £8.00door
Some of the world's finest, most provocative, most lyrical and poetic music came out of the melting pot that was Greenwich Village, New York in the 1960s. Artists such as Paul Simon, Bob Dylan, and Joan Baez cut their teeth in the folk clubs and bars during that time.
Positively Fourth Street is a multimedia show that celebrates all of these artists and many more. With footage from the time, stories around the songs, as well as the songs themselves, this is a trip back to a time when music was in the cafes, and revolution was in the air.
Ben Bowden is a seasoned performer who has played all over Europe in various bands and groups. He currently plays Paul Simon in the touring show, The Sounds of Simon. He has a deep interest in music from the early 60s, especially Bob Dylan, Paul Simon, and Phil Ochs.
Positively Fourth Street is a multimedia show that celebrates all of these artists and many more. With footage from the time, stories around the songs, as well as the songs themselves, this is a trip back to a time when music was in the cafes, and revolution was in the air.
Ben Bowden is a seasoned performer who has played all over Europe in various bands and groups. He currently plays Paul Simon in the touring show, The Sounds of Simon. He has a deep interest in music from the early 60s, especially Bob Dylan, Paul Simon, and Phil Ochs.
Thu 24th Sep 2015
Hey Colussus
£6.00adv £8.00door
plus Colossloth
Hey Colossus are a band with punk ethics that make alternative, heavy rock oblivious to stylistic fashions in music, and with great consistency. ‘In Black & Gold’ is the London-based six-piece’s eighth album in a superb 11-year run and fittingly - as their first for Rocket Recordings, home of Goat – it finds them hitting a stripped-back psychedelic groove. Opener ‘Hold On’ is loose, hazy, and full of foreboding and single ‘Hey, Dead Eyes, Up!’ finds them in more typical Melvins-like sludge territory. On ‘Lagos Atom’ they experiment with dub within a post-rock setting and they end with ‘Sinking, Feeling’, a slab of heavy, half-time doom. A more diverse and calculated album than a usual Hey Colossus offering, and all the better for it.
Phil Hebblethwaite
NME
Phil Hebblethwaite
NME
Fri 25th Sep 2015
Spotlight presents
£5.00
feat: The Lost Future, Dead Question, The Harmonics and GreyStarr
A superb night presenting four new and emerging regional bands/acts. See them first at The Spotlight Night. Music starts 8.15pm
Sat 26th Sep 2015
The Brandy Thieves
£5.00
plus The Strangler Figs, Sean Grant and The WolfGang and Becky Edwards
Already renowned as one of the Midland’s best live acts, The Brandy Thieves have quickly built a reputation as a band that blows the roof over every venue they play, a band that’s impossible not to dance to. By combining gypsy rhythms and punk energy, ska grooves and folk storytelling, the band has created a sound that is uniquely their own, a sound that has stolen the hearts of all of whom that have seen them perform. ‘Raucous’ ‘Infectious’ ‘Enthralling’ ‘Captivating’ and ‘Sweaty’ are just a few of the words that have been used to describe the alcohol stealing gypsy punks. One of the most talked about acts in the city, the five piece are sure to be the highlight for many live music lovers, The Brandy Thieves are a band not to be missed.
Sun 27th Sep 2015
Bob Dylan Celebration
50th Aniversary of Like A Rolling Stone
£4.00adv £5.00door
The name Kenny Wilson needs no introduction to most, as a singer-songwriter from Leicester with many years of experience gigging across the local music circuit. A folk singer and guitarist of considerable repute, he cites his main influences as being those of Bob Dylan and Leonard Cohen, and indeed has performed homage to these legends on the stage on many occasions.
As well as his solo performances, Kenny has been involved in many group projects over the years and perhaps less well-known is his skill on the accordion and as a skilled ceilidh dance caller. In a previous incarnation, it is rumoured that he was once a teacher!
As well as his solo performances, Kenny has been involved in many group projects over the years and perhaps less well-known is his skill on the accordion and as a skilled ceilidh dance caller. In a previous incarnation, it is rumoured that he was once a teacher!
Mon 28th Sep 2015
The Rosellys
£9.00adv £9.00door
plus Paul McClure
Doors 8:00pm - 11:00pm
Masters of British Americana, The Rosellys have recently signed to the mighty Clubhouse Records and their latest album, The Granary Sessions will be released on September 7th. Tighter than a very tight thing indeed, their music features fine harmonies, plenty of pedal steel, great fiddle and electric guitar from Simon Roselly and delightful vocals from Rebecca Roselly. This rare full band show is not to be missed.
Paul McClure is a master of the stage, whether it's an intimate house concert or a full-on festival set. Interspersing his trademark wry humour between some excellent and thoughtful songs his shows are a delight, aking him one of the most in-demand performers in the country.
Paul McClure is a master of the stage, whether it's an intimate house concert or a full-on festival set. Interspersing his trademark wry humour between some excellent and thoughtful songs his shows are a delight, aking him one of the most in-demand performers in the country.
Tue 29th Sep 2015
Credo
International 3 band prog event.
£8.00adv £10.00door
plus 3RDegree and Introitus
Doors 7:00pm
A 3 band international prog rock special at The Musician featuring Credo from the UK, 3RDegree from the USA and Swedish band Introitus open the evenings event. This is a unique set up of the three bands and with their different styles will make this a memorable night. Please note early door time of 7pm.
Wed 30th Sep 2015
Rozi Plain
£7.00adv
“BRILLIANT... A BIG FAVOURITE OF THE SHOW” – LAUREN LAVERNE, BBC 6 MUSIC
“GRACEFUL AND BEGUILING” ???? – THE SKINNY
Rozi Plain has been making music since her brother gave her a guitar when she was 16. Raised in Winchester, she spent a few years studying art and painting boats in Bristol, where she met long-term collaborators Kate Stables and Rachael Dadd, and where she made her first two albums. She has recently moved to London, and is set to release her third LP, Friend, in 2015.
Rozi's most recent offering, Joined Sometimes Unjoined, is made up of ten tracks of intoxicatingly sad and beautiful pop. Her songs are full of heartwrenching harmonies and they are dotted with unexpected instrumental flourishes that crash about and bring them to life. In 'Eating In Your House', the vocals climb out of a backdrop of muted guitars, handclaps and the occasional yelp. They rise out with melodies that draw you in. The sparseness of the half-mumbled lyrics means that there is always something hidden, like the discarded scraps of a torn up poem. The excruciatingly beautiful 'Take It' is somehow simultaneously brimming with sadness and optimism.
Her new single, 'Jogalong' feels like chasing birds barefoot in a dewy field, and in a stroke of onomatopoeic song-naming genius, could also be the soundtrack to Follow That Bus.
Rozi’s taken her joyous live show on the road around the Europe, the UK and the USA, and toured with an assortment of folk-mongers, from luminary, Devendra Banhart, to Lost Map’s very own starlet, The Pictish Trail.
“GRACEFUL AND BEGUILING” ???? – THE SKINNY
Rozi Plain has been making music since her brother gave her a guitar when she was 16. Raised in Winchester, she spent a few years studying art and painting boats in Bristol, where she met long-term collaborators Kate Stables and Rachael Dadd, and where she made her first two albums. She has recently moved to London, and is set to release her third LP, Friend, in 2015.
Rozi's most recent offering, Joined Sometimes Unjoined, is made up of ten tracks of intoxicatingly sad and beautiful pop. Her songs are full of heartwrenching harmonies and they are dotted with unexpected instrumental flourishes that crash about and bring them to life. In 'Eating In Your House', the vocals climb out of a backdrop of muted guitars, handclaps and the occasional yelp. They rise out with melodies that draw you in. The sparseness of the half-mumbled lyrics means that there is always something hidden, like the discarded scraps of a torn up poem. The excruciatingly beautiful 'Take It' is somehow simultaneously brimming with sadness and optimism.
Her new single, 'Jogalong' feels like chasing birds barefoot in a dewy field, and in a stroke of onomatopoeic song-naming genius, could also be the soundtrack to Follow That Bus.
Rozi’s taken her joyous live show on the road around the Europe, the UK and the USA, and toured with an assortment of folk-mongers, from luminary, Devendra Banhart, to Lost Map’s very own starlet, The Pictish Trail.