Coming to The Musician in March 2018

Due to arctic conditions, Ann Duggan's show has been postponed to 30th August. All tickets will remain valid for the new date.

Nine Below Zero’s founding members, Dennis Greaves and Mark Feltham, have gone back to their blues roots and are performing a series of intimate, acoustic concerts as a duo. Covering songs by legends such as Sonny Terry and Brownie McGhee, Jimmy Reed and Slim Harpo, they will also play unplugged versions of well-known Nine Below Zero hits.

The blues have been a huge inspiration for both Mark and Dennis, encouraging them both to take up music and form Nine Below Zero. Dennis said “with these shows we are really trying to get back to the stripped-down simplicity of early blues, played in its rawest form on acoustic instruments… it’s a little daunting for me, to be playing acoustic guitar, no hiding behind the Marshall amp!”

The duo released their first album in April 2015 and have been touring in support ever since. The acoustic shows never fail to bring fans closer to the band and the musical influences that formed them. This promises to be a very special evening indeed.

Following a packed show in 2023, Moretallica will return to The Musician this September!

2024 is Moretallica's 11th year of touring. To celebrate this, they will be playing songs from all 11 of Metallica's original studio albums. At every headline show, there will be at least one song from every album!

Moretallica is the most exciting Metallica Tribute in the UK, delivering an authentic performance and the most energetic show! Formed in 2012, and determined to perform the music of heavy metal legends Metallica to the highest standard, Moretallica is at the top level of UK tribute bands.

A Moretallica show includes songs from every era of Metallica’s career and is the most hard-hitting spectacle and display of high quality musicianship, as you’d expect from a band with 60+ years of combined gigging experience across the UK and Europe. Using the same equipment as Metallica (ESP, Gibson, Jackson, Mesa Boogie, Tama, Zildjian) you’ll only hear a more authentic performance from Metallica themselves!

Stevie Jones and The Wildfires
are a well-established Northamptonshire based 4 piece band who deliver their own unique blend of modern alternative rock centred around powerful acoustic-based songwriting. With a number of line up changes over the last decade they have received favourable reviews and airplay including BBC Introducing, Planet Rock and BBC Radio Scotland. Their third studio album ‘Clarity In Dusk’ produced by Adam Ellis at Deadline Studios Leicester is out now. With much of it written during lockdown inspired by late countryside walks and covers a range influences including Ryan Adams, Counting Crows and Porcupine Tree.

“their sound is very much their own and I can’t think of anyone writing today that has such poetry in the lyrics or the ability to back them up” Andy Snipper, Blues Matters Magazine

The Fazed
are an independent 4 piece indie/rock band that thrive on writing and performing soulful, melodic, beat driven orginal rock n roll.
They have extensive live performance experience showcasing their material at venues and festivals across the UK. Their 2023 single One More Night has recently featured on BBC Introducing and BBC Radio. The band consists of Dave Sherratt (vocals/guitar), Anthony Fox (bass), Adam Plumb (lead guitar) and Ritchie Whitehead (drums).

Amy Dx.
Local artist influenced by a wide range of indie/rock and grunge bands, Amy's debut album 'Time' draws upon her influences creating a unique blend of ethereal vocals with an alternative rock sound.

With a full band backing her on stage this year, they put on a great set of originals and have also been experimenting with playing some great covers by PJ Harvey, fleetwood Mac Florence and the machine, and skunk Anansie. Debut album TIME is available on all platforms - https://ditto.fm/time-amy-dx

The Rock service Presents:
As Night Falls – Symphonic Metal Hailing From Katowice, Poland

It all began in the summer of 2010 when two musicians who had already known one another from their previous musical projects – vocalist Anna Achtelik and guitarist Pawe? Dylewski, decided to create the project of their dreams – a symphonic metal band that would follow in the footsteps of the greatest bands of the genre, but still remaining original and searching for their own style. The first studio record was released later that year – an EP called My Secret Place, containing four songs, and the first music video for a song called My Memory. In the meantime, new material was being composed and the band performed multiple shows and festivals. In 2014 As Night Falls released their second EP entitled From Grace To Oblivion.

In late 2016 the band released their first full length LP, entitled Embrace the Journey. This LP took the band on the next step of their journey, which saw them tour Europe during late 2016 and into 2017, and now they are bringing their music to UK shores for two very special shows in London and Leicester during March 2018.
The band has previously supported several Globally successful bands: Tarja Turunen (ex Nightwish), Liv Kristine (Leaves Eyes), Proletaryat, Artrosis, Antimatter (Duncan Patterson- ex bass player from Anathema), Eluveitie, Jelonek and many more."

"Serpentyne, Female Fronted Symphonic Folk Metal from Great Britain, founded by Maggiebeth Sand and Mark Powell in 2010.
'Lavishly orchestrated cinematic majesty, embracing galloping rhythms from the power-metal genre." (Progression, USA. 2017)
“...A fusion of medieval sounds with biting electric guitars and pounding drums... The serpent has arisen!”
(Orkus magazine, Germany)

7Storeysoul played their first gig at The Musician in January 2006. 18 years on, with the core of that original line up in tact, the 9 piece band return for an evening of feelgood funk and smooth soul. Founder member and prolific songwriter Mark Poole first formed the band in 2005 whilst researching his PhD, which focused on the Leicester music scene!

Now fronted by the powerhouse soul voice of Chrissie Riedhofer, 7Storeysoul blend Mark's imaginative, smooth soul originals with classic funky 70s tunes from Stevie Wonder to George Benson, Quincy Jones and Earth Wind and Fire. For fans of feelgood funk and smooth soul this is a gig not to miss!

Black Carrot (Market Harborough) are a vibrant quintet who perform new-wave krautrock jazz madness that
oozes rock with a psychotic edge. Fierce and abstract yet serving the concept of the song, their unique sound nods towards Beefheart and Pere Ubu but is shot through with flavours of New York jazz skronk, and the loosest,
funkiest Krautrock.

"This British midlands based outfit are an adventurous improvising group...Brackley’s apparently extemporised vocals seem to flirt with the cadences of composed songforms in a manner indebted to Can’s Damo Suzuki, but with an almost psychotic edge. The music, meanwhile, builds and recedes according to its own logic, but retains a fetching intimacy and warmth." Keith Moline - The Wire Magazine

“They have two drummers and sound like the Butthole Surfers playing on a rollercoaster that's lost control and is currently destroying the part of the theme park where the animals live. Essential!”
Echoes & Dust

Terry Slesser, one of the country’s finest rock and blues vocalists, performing in tribute to his bandmate and friend the late, great Paul Kossoff - one of the greatest rock blues guitarists of all time. Celebrating Paul Kossoff’s entire career, the show features songs from his early days in FREE (including rock classics ALL RIGHT NOW, WISHING WELL, FIRE AND WATER etc.) through to songs from BACK STREET CRAWLER, the band Kossoff formed alongside Terry Slesser. Terry Slesser remains both a star and a master craftsman. As Paul Kossoff’s close friend and vocalist of choice, he has every right to sing every song performed by this band. Terry has assembled a great team of musicians to willingly assist him in keeping alive the memory of Paul Kossoff.

The band also features: John ‘Rhino’ Edwards, bassist with the world-famous Status Quo, Judie Tzuke, Dexy’s and Peter Green. Drummer Clive Edwards, whose resumé includes UFO, Wild Horses, Uli Jon Roth, Pat Travers. Guitarist John Buckton is relatively unknown in comparison to his band mates, but was recently reviewed as "one of the very best guitarists in British rock blues today, with a style that’s tasteful and subtle, yet which wails with true blues aggression". SIMON KIRKE himself has already said that were FREE ever to reform, John would be his choice. This is no two-bit collection of raggle-taggle pub-rock wannabes playing cover versions. This an authentic supergroup, and to all intents and purposes a direct continuation of BACK STREET CRAWLER.

Winners of the 2015 Spiral Earth Award for Best Debut, Cardboard Fox are an exciting four piece with a fast growing fan base. In May 2016 the band followed up on the success of their EP with the release of their first full album, ‘Out of Mind’.

All four musicians have their roots in bluegrass music but their collective influences reach much further and this shows in their music. Formed in late 2013 in Bath, England, the band features the sibling harmonies of Charlotte and Laura Carrivick (the Carrivick Sisters) on guitar/vocals and fiddle/vocals respectively, the extraordinary talents of young mandolin player Joe Tozer and the driving and technically demanding double bass playing and harmony vocals of John Breese. With a focus on original songs with a strong pop sensibility and energetic live shows, this is a group of musicians who are very, very excited about what this line up can create and that’s what makes this acoustic quartet so special.

“…an array of carefully crafted textures; often built on rich harmonic foundations… …full of freshness and light.” – FATEA Magazine

“Love this terrific new EP from Cardboard Fox… … whole thing is ace!” – Mark Kermode

Phil Langran’s songs are a powerful combination of immediacy and slow-burning subtlety. Their melodies instantly take up residence in the mind while the lyrics pack a considerable emotional punch. This is set off to great effect by Phil’s line in dry, laconic humour which accompanies the live show. The songs and lyrics work effortlessly on different levels, belying the craftsmanship that has gone into their making. Phil is not only a fine musician but also a writer steeped in the poetic traditions of Robert Frost and Langston Hughes. The result is a brilliant intertwining of Americana, Celtic, Folk and Blues themes in distinctive original songs. Like all the best songwriters, Phil has created his own genre, where Harlem nights and New York cityscapes rub shoulders with the west coast of Ireland and scenes from Werner Herzog’s films. Phil is joined on stage by a group of musicians drawn together by the quality of his writing. The band features luminaries of the acoustic scene – Steve Benford (acoustic guitar, banjo, vocals), Mark Walker (bass, vocals), Frank McCarthy (electric guitar, vocals) and Alistair Bloomfield (fiddle).

“I’m not sure if it gets much better, either in terms of music from the North-East or terms of bluegrass, than The Often Herd”Mark Walsh, BBC Radio Cambridgeshire

Bluegrass band The Often Herd transcend the traditional boundaries of the genre. Although they might resemble an American string band, complete with driving energy, tight vocal harmonies and dazzling instrumental interplay, their vibrant, transatlantic sound is deeply coloured by their surroundings; the striking natural and industrial landscapes of Northern England. This unique approach won them the title of “Best European Bluegrass Band 2018”at the prestigious La Roche Bluegrass Festivalin France.

Rupert Hughes (guitar) and Evan Davies (mandolin), write songs steeped in personal experience whilst drawing from a wide pool of influences ranging from old-time to psychedelia. American-born fiddler Niles Krieger and jazz bassist Sam Quintana add fiery instrumental skills to the mix, launching the band’s arrangements into the stratosphere. Together, their sound is both boldly contemporary and soothingly familiar, taking time-honoured traditions to new places with a fresh perspective.

The band have an impressive number of festivals booked this Summer (including The Long Road, Broadstairs Music Week, Ely Folk Festival& Priddy Folk Festival) and have previously showcased atIBMA Bluegrass RambleandAmericana Music Week, Hackney. They released their debut album‘Where The Big Lamp Shines’in June 2022, recorded with producer Tom Moore(Slow Worm Records, Moore, Moss, Rutter).

“A study in virtuosity from a supremely talented group of musicians.”NARC

“Traditional, inventive, tightand sharp... for those who think they don’t like bluegrass this could be the point they change their minds.”FolkWords

Formed in 1990 Ezio are Singer/songwriter Ezio Lunedei and guitarist and best friend Booga (Mark Fowell).

Since forming they’ve released many studio and live albums from the critically acclaimed Black Boots on Latin Feet (Arista/Ariola produced by the late Rupert Hine) Diesel Vanilla (MCA Universal produced Peter Van Hooke and Rod Argent) to the most recent release Daylight Moon.

In this time Ezio have toured and performed around the globe gaining a reputation for dynamic and exciting performances delivered with energy, humour and emotional beauty. Because of this they have sustained a large and loyal international long term following that was built mainly through word of mouth.


The amazing and entertaining EZIO & BOOGA will be touring the 30th anniversary of their 'Black Boots on Latin Feet' - classic album.

Due to unforeseen circumstances, the Blackheart Orchestra show has been postponed and we hope to reschedule this show. All tickets will remain valid for the new date.

Due to unforeseen circumstances, An Evening With Red Jasper and Davey Dodds has been cancelled and refunds are now available from all points of purchase.

Royal Monster are cemented as the definitive tribute to Royal Blood, after receiving praise from Royal Blood following a surprise appearance by Mike and Ben at the tribute band's Brighton show in 2018. Royal Monster emerged in 2016 and quickly gained a following of hungry Royal Blood fans looking for the next best thing. Armed with backing vocalists and 90 minutes of live material, Royal Monster deliver the same scuzzy riffs and blustering intensity that fans love.

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!

From searing electric slide guitar to the subtleties of delicate open-tuned acoustics, Ashton’s virtuoso skills on the instrument and
stage presence are at the heart of his shows, with the full-band sound achieved through a mix of vintage and modern guitar effects
and kick drum. Pushing the boundaries of a solo performer, he creates a rich palette of soundscapes without the need for backing
tracks or even a set list. With a natural crowd rapport, he works his audience hard. From a whisper to a scream, he is a dynamic and
mesmerising soulful guitarist, vocalist and writer of songs about life and observations collected from over 30 years on the road.

For up to date info and news please join The City Acoustic Club Facebook group!

Back in Leicester for the first time in five years, singer-songwriter Rod Picott ("mesmerising" - Rolling Stone, "seriously gifted" - No Depression) will have his new album, Out Past The Wires, available to coincide with this tour. One of the most talented Americana singer-songwriters out there, his raw, gritty and honest tales have been captivating audiences for almost two decades. Not to be missed.

Kenny has shared the stage with artists including Maren Morris, Kacey Musgraves, Brothers Osborne, Old Dominion, Lady Antebellum, Marc Broussard, Butch Walker, Buddy Miller and countless others. He was named one of the Top 10 New Artists You Need to Know by Rolling Stone and received press in the New York Times, Washington Post USA Today and Forbes. He has been featured in two Superbowl commercials with Sheryl Crow and Danica Patrick, respectively. Kenny has appeared in numerous episodes of ABC's "Nashville" and had songs placed in "Extreme Home Makeover" and "Boston Med."

Here's his story, in his words:
https://kennyfostermusic.com/about/

True to Luke Daniels' DNA, his music is founded upon the finest folk traditions, but he is nothing if not a 21st century troubadour. It's that mixture of the time-honoured and the timely that is at the heart of his ability to connect with fans across a broad spectrum of forebears, from Fairport Convention to Randy Newman to XTC. Featured on Folk Radio UK as “classic contemporary folk” and ???? in Songlines magazine for his “topical innovative songwriting.” Frontiersman is not too strong a word.

Darker Days is a music festival designed to celebrate the amalgamation of all things Gothic, Rock and Metal. It's purpose is to bring together people who appreciate the darker side of music.

Darker Days is a music festival designed to celebrate the amalgamation of all things Gothic, Rock and Metal. It's purpose is to bring together people who appreciate the darker side of music.

For up to date info and news please join The City Acoustic Club Facebook group!

Amy Rigby is a songwriter, musician and performer best known for her album Diary Of A Mod Housewife and Little Steven’s Underground Garage favorite track “Dancing With Joey Ramone”. She was part of the late 70’s downtown NYC no wave nightspot Tier 3 gang and formed bands the Stare Kits, Last Roundup and The Shams before beginning her solo career. For the last twenty years she has toured the US, Canada, UK and Europe, appearing on Fresh Air with Terry Gross, Late Night with Conan O’Brien, World Cafe, Whad’Ya Know, All Things Considered, BBC Radio 6 Music’s Marc Riley Show and Mountain Stage. She lives with her husband and sometime duet partner Wreckless Eric in the Hudson Valley.

Amy's new solo album The Old Guys will be released February 23 2018 and available at the gig.

An exciting double bill of Daria Kulesh and Pete Morton. The wonderful piano of Marina Osman will add an extra sparkle to the evening.

With her extraordinary voice and strong Russian and Ingush heritage, "bold, exotic, impressive" Daria Kulesh is a rising star and a unique character on the UK folk scene. Her 2017 album Long Lost Home has enjoyed national radio play, rave reviews and multiple awards including Laurel Canyon's Music Album of the Year.

Mike Harding praised the The Moon and the Pilot as "one of the most beautiful new songs of the last ten years" and described Daria as one of his "favourite singer-songwriters".

A hardworking and in-demand live performer, Daria offers her audiences a thoroughly engaging, entertaining and enchanting experience.

Pete needs no introduction to a local audience. He is a folk singer-songwriter with a strong emphasis on social commentary.

Lincoln UK based and the most authentic and enthusiastic tribute to The Smiths and Morrissey in The Universe. We are because we love the music and we're simply just fans who want to spread the love.

“Keith Richards cannot be killed by conventional weapons” – Del Preston, Wayne’s World 2.

We’re choosing to believe this is true. How else could you explain the fact that despite 50 years of death, drugs, destruction and falling out of coconut trees the greatest show on earth is still on the road?
While not quite of the same vintage, The Rollin’ Clones have been entertaining crowds across the World for over 17 years, distilling the show down to a pure hit of Rock ‘n’ Roll, with a chaser of sequinned Glam.
From the early days of the Rhythm and Blues, through to the excesses of the 70s, The Rollin’ Clones’ Rock ‘n’ Roll show is a faithful interpretation of the biggest band ever’s greatest hits, delivered with a smirk and a wink, recalling the mischief making of Mr Jagger himself, remaining true to the spirit of the originals. They are, without question, THE Rolling Stones tribute band.