Coming to The Musician in November 2023

Caribbean-born Michele Stodart is an award-winning singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist based in London. Best renowned as bassist, vocalist and co-songwriter of Mercury-nominated, double-platinum selling band, The Magic Numbers, with whom she continues to play and tour world-wide.

Michele has also always pursued her own writing and nurtured a love for artists such as Joni Mitchell, Leonard Cohen, Emmylou Harris, Lucinda Williams and Gillian Welch. She has released two critically acclaimed solo albums of cinematic folk/Americana, and melodic country-blues influenced songs and has become known for her intimate, heart-wrenching live performances.

Her third solo album is due for release in September 2023.

Hannah White's extensive and evocative songbook is making her one of the most talked- about artists on the roots music scene. The singer-songwriter from south London began 2023 by winning UK Song of the Year at the UK Americana Awards with the deeply moving 'Car Crash' which typifies the searingly honest and autobiographical narrative style that White has made her own on a series of releases over recent years.

That came on the back of rave reviews for her opening slot on the solo UK and Irish tour by Deacon Blue's Ricky Ross, who invited Hannah onto the dates immediately after hearing her song 'Broken Bird' and playing it on his BBC Radio Scotland show. Both tracks were on her much-admired 2022 album About Time, a collection of striking “Americana noir” delivered with her trademark passion. Holler called the record “the sound of an artist who has fully come into her own,” while Maverick observed: “The emotion she conveys in her vocal delivery gives you chills.”

Michael and David met at secondary school and have been making music together in various guises for over 20 years. They met Ben a few years later and John relatively recently. Some of the music that ended up on Everything Beautiful In Time was written over ten years ago, whilst Michael was at university, and has been looking for an outlet ever since. In 2015 Michael decided to record a progressive rock album all by himself under the name “I Am The Manic Whale.” After completing the first song it became apparent that he would need some help and so called on the other guys to make guest appearances, which gradually evolved into playing the whole album. Rob Aubrey was persuaded to take on the mixing of the album. Everything Beautiful In Time was released in December 2015.

After a successful pledge campaign, they were able to release a second album, Gathering the Waters, in October 2017. Work on their third album is well underway.

The band have undertaken a number of live performances and enjoy immensely interacting with a live audience.
New Forms of Life, I am the Manic Whale's first live album, was released in February 2019. A live DVD release followed late in 2019. New album released in July 2023 and will be the main focus of tonights performance.

Bootleg Blondie are Europe’s official Deborah Harry & Blondie tribute band and are the only Blondie tribute to play at the legendary CBGBs in New York City, the Holy Grail of American Punk and New Wave, where the real Blondie first kicked off their career.

Debbie Harris, lead vocalist of Bootleg Blondie, has the looks, the voice and the attitude of the original Blondie Bombshell and like her heroine is typically outrageous on stage. She has been known to wear dustbin liners, thigh length boots and t-shirts with more holes than actual t-shirt!

A very special night for Neil Segrott.
Featuring:
Dead Rock Stars
Strange Blues
Sally Barker
Chris Conway
Laura Ratcliffe
Andy Wales Blues Band
Dave Kirk
Roger Wilson
Andy Griffiths
Plus Special guests

Open 5.45pm Music starts at 6pm
All funds raised will benefit Neil and his care

Having earned a reputation as one of Ireland’s finest singers and songwriters McCabe has performed extensively with his Folk-Soul group The Niall McCabe Band over the past decade. Born on Clare Island, Co.Mayo, McCabe grew up in the family run pub awash with strong musical influences from traditional Irish and folk to rock and soul. It is here that Niall discovered his musical appetite and developed a style and voice that are unquestionably his own.

As well as becoming an accomplished finger-stlye guitar player, more recently Niall has been lending his unique voice to Irish trad-fusion band Beoga touring Ireland, Europe and the USA while also playing support for Ed Sheeran, Foy Vance, Ariel Posen, Drake White and Johnny Swim.

McCabe’s eagerly anticipated ‘Rituals’ album was released in February 2023 to critical acclaim and featured as RTE Album of the Week, while the song Rituals topped the RTE Radio airplay charts for five consecutive weeks.

‘…the weight of personal experience and reflection makes it a masterpiece, in the true sense of the word’ - Irish Music Magazine

‘…an incredibly talented singer-songwriter and his song ‘Stonemason’ is one of the best I’ve ever heard’ – Miriam O’Callaghan RTE Radio 1

“She´s the future”, told Carlos Santana to audience when he asked Erja to join him on stage in front of 20 000 people at Kaisaniemi Park Finland 2018. Erja Lyytinen, “The Queen of Slide Guitar” has become internationally celebrated guitarist with multiple awards and recognitions such as Number 2 on Total Guitar´s “World´s Best Guitarists Now” poll and European Blues Awards “Guitarist of the Year” award. She has released her biographical book called “The Blues Queen” including stories how she shares stages with the legends such as Carlos Santana, Dan Aykroyd, Sonny Landreth and Jennifer Batten. Lyytinen’s musical pallet is vast, encompassing the very best of contemporary blues-rock whilst inspired and influenced by the blues greats of yore. During 2020, with activities limited due to the lockdown, Lyytinen began to work on new ventures such as the development of her own brand of tea. She also worked on two songbooks including her most favorite songs. 2022 Erja Lyytinen returns with "Bad Seed", the first single to be released from the artist's self-produced new studio album 'Waiting For The Daylight'. By her admission, this track in particular "has a fat groove and makes you want to move", said Erja. For fans of the award-winning guitarist's playing, the composition features a wonderful guitar conversation between a slide guitar and a regular guitar. It may have been three years since the release of the Erja Lyytinen's last studio album 'Another World', but based upon the lead single alone, it's been certainly worth the wait.

A spectacular line up of wayward post-punk noise for fans of The Fall, Dry Cleaning, PiL, White Light/White Heat era Velvet Underground meets the Scooby Doo gang.

Glitch Magnet are a post-punk esoteric noisecore band formed in Leicester in 2022, who are both ethereal and menacing. Their wiry art-damaged post-punk and half spoken vocals drip with imagery and cut through a band sounding in sync while always threatening to descend into glorious dissonance.

Stuart Pearce are a sharp and spiky agit-prop outfit full of bile and energy, who will be bringing their Fallesque intellectual sneering wit and clattering backdrops over from Nottingham.

GLIMMERPIT will be coming down from Manchester to provide noise, krautrock, psych pop and silliness.

Early bird £10/£13adv/£18 otd
Back at The Musician after an extensive European tour for their 3rd visit.
Five Points Gang are one of the most powerful and original upcoming bands in the UK music scene. They are, according to their fans, set to become the biggest rock & roll band in the world.

Joe, Dinho & Thanos relocated to London with the same dream, and this meeting of chance between three already successful musicians instigated an incredible musical connection that has become the bedrock of an explosive sound already dubbed as "redefining the blues".

With over 200K listeners having tuned in on radio and streaming platforms and thousands more having been blown away by their incredibly powerful live performances, Five Points Gang is rapidly becoming the most exciting upcoming band in the UK.

Since the restrictions of lockdown were released in August 2021, Five Points Gang played over 100 gigs all over the UK, appeared at 15 festivals and has been booked for two European tours.

The guys are widely recognised for always pushing their performances to the limit, and despite being bathed in sweat and battered from being on the road, these boys are always thirsty for more.

The Gang are best known for their exceptional live performances, leaving audiences exhausted and yet somehow screaming for more. Five Points Gang is a truly international band - in the words of one reviewer, "A Welshman, Frenchman and a Brazilian walk into a bar... and blow the place apart!"

Idol Maiden, the Iron Maiden tribute that perform songs from the fantastic Somewhere In Time album including any songs between Caught Somewhere In Time to Alexander The Great but not forgetting such classics as Two Minutes To Midnight, The Trooper and Fear Of The Dark. Guest appearances from Eddie to ensure stage antics kept to the max and everyone rocking out to this futuristic set.

Up the irons.

Minimum age 16+ (under 18's to be accompanied by an adult)
This event may be all standing.
Please contact the promoter via email at CasbahMMP@gmail.com with any queries.
Limited Early Bird £11/Advance £13/OTD £17
Full Band
Alice Armstrong "Roaring grooves & soulful arias to drive the heart wild."
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Splintering Heart, a tribute to Marillion deliver an authentic performance bringing passion, musicianship and above all a performance that highlights the true talent and uniqueness of Marillion today. The band perform the 'H' era plus a few Fish favourites what Marillion play today. The band brings fans together from all eras of Marillion.

Line-up:

Rory Ingham, trombone
Matt Carter organ
Luke Tomlinson drums

Born and raised in Yorkshire, England via Scotland, Rory is now based in London having graduated from Royal Academy of Music. He has played with internationally-acclaimed musicians such as Chris Potter, Dave Holland, and Ingrid Jensen, and with many ensembles including BBC Big Band, Mike Gibbs Big Band, Guy Barker Big Band, and London Concert Orchestra. He has performed at prestigious venues across Europe, including Royal Festival Hall, Bimhuis (Amsterdam), Jamboree (Barcelona) and the Royal Albert Hall, where he was a featured soloist.

Rory was the featured artist in Jazzwise’s “Taking Off” in 2019, and interviewed on BBC Radio 3 discussing his other project, Parliamentary Jazz Award nominated ‘Bonsai’ who released a new record in 2019 on Ubuntu Music, receiving much critical acclaim. Rory is proud to be endorsed by Michael Rath Trombones.

Matt Carter is a piano player based in London. Recently graduated from Royal Academy of Music, Matt is part of ‘The Ashton Jones Project’ which released their debut album to critical acclaim a few years ago and have also supported Incognito as part of the Cheltenham Jazz Festival. He’s toured the country with soul band ‘Lack of Afro’ and appears on the album ‘Jack of All Trades’ and the E.P ‘Back in Business.’ He’s played with soul superstars Joss Stone, Beverly Knight, Angelo Starr and Mica Paris, including a live TV performance on the Alan Titchmarsh Show and a gig at European Parliament. He’s played at many of London’s most iconic jazz venues including shows at Ronnie Scotts, The Jazz Cafe, The Pizza Express and The 606 Club, and performs regularly both as a sideman and also as the leader of his own group, The Matt Carter Septet.

Luke Tomlinson is a young and budding drummer on the rise on the UK music scene. He has, since graduating from Royal Academy of Music, begun to firmly establish himself on the London jazz scene as “a highly-charged, creative and swinging drummer” (Gareth Lockrane) with world-renowned jazz vibraphonist Joe Locke describing him as “an excellent drummer… it was a lot of fun playing with him”.

The Austrian band Blank Manuskript seems to be a musical chamber of wonder – internationally successful with uncompromisingly bizarre rock music, the ensemble gained a unique reputation.

Their music is characterized by its sophisticated symphonic arrangements as well as extensive psychedelic improvisations, thus rocking our everyday listening habits. Blank Manuskript creates music paired with mystical-vivid lyrics to transfer its audience into flamboyant musical spheres that have a unique effect on the listeners.

Socio-critical escapism unites with creative excellence, creating contemporary programmatic rock music for insiders and seekers, far beyond the inhuman banality of the media-machine.

Dandelion Charm from Newhaven, England, blend folk, prog and rock, with a sound reminiscent of the late '60s and early '70's. Think Fleetwood Mac meets Opeth, CSN meets Yes.

Intricate harmonies and epic outros tell emotional stories of disfunction, joy and despair.

The Dirt Road Band is the brainchild of guitar legend Steve Walwyn, mainly known as the longest serving guitar player in Dr Feelgood (32yrs). During this time he amassed a massive reputation as a bona fide blues hero in the UK, Europe and beyond. He says "I'd always liked the idea of the power trio - stripping everything back to the basics: guitar, bass & drums. To help him in this he has recruited the services of drummer Ted Duggan, professional since the 60's including stints with Badfinger and techno giants Banco de Gaia. "I'd worked with Ted before" Steve says, "I knew he would fit this gig perfectly" ...he certainly does.

Bass player Horace Panter is better known as a founding member of The Specials. Horace has "groove" printed on his DNA, holding it down comes as second nature. This then is Steve's dream team rhythm section that swings as hard as it rocks. "We're starting to develop that musical telepathy that makes a band more than the sum of its' parts. It's a thrilling thing and keeps the blues alive".

See you down the dirt road ....

Following a fantastic debut gig in 2023, Rushed pay a return visit to the venue. Rushed deliver a monster three hour show with authentic sound and an ever expanding list of gear. Whilst their set is rich and varied with an offering from all 4 decades of the vast Rush catalogue, they pride themselves on performing a large amount of early material replicating the raw energy that Rush always delivered consistently back in the 70’s.

Join Rushed for an epic evening celebrating the music of Rush, it’s a night not to be missed by any Rush fan.

Captivating songwriting and fiery tunes that combine mandolin, fiddle, guitar and banjo with powerful three part harmonies. The unmistakeable sound of The Shackleton Trio brings to life the stories of their native East Anglia, and beyond.

Touring their brand new album 'Mousehold', the trio features Georgia Shackleton (fiddle, vocals), Aaren Bennett (guitar) and Nic Zuppardi (mandolin and banjo). Collectively the band draw influence from British, American and Scandinavian folk traditions, whilst Georgia’s flair for sourcing largely unsung material from East Anglia keeps the band firmly rooted in their local tradition.

Seven years performing together has seen the band played on BBC Radio 2, Radio 3 and Radio 4, with gleaming 5 star reviews, an appearance on Cambridge Folk Festival’s prestigious main stage, a host of UK and European festivals and international tours, and many miles in the Mondeo.

This is a band that clearly enjoy playing together, and are not to be missed.

James Oliver is one of the UKs busiest acts playing 300 plus gigs a year all over the UK, Europe and the USA. He has performed over 3000 gigs and shared the stage with many acts including Albert Lee, Bill Kirchen, Deke Leonard, Greg Koch, Steve Gibbons, Dr Feelgood, Billy Bremner, Walter Trout and many other.

In 2020 James won the UK Blues Awards emerging act of the year and has since been nominated a further 3 times. He has released 2 studio albums 3 live albums and an EP and his album Twang was number 1 on the Amazon blues charts for 3 weeks.

“Quite beautiful, utterly compelling and frequently hilarious” ––The Guardian

“The UK's finest export” ––The New Yorker

“Some of the most thrilling, on edge live music you're ever likely to witness” ––Louder Than War

*This will be a seated gig.*

John Bramwell has been on a never-ending rolling adventure since his workings away from the cherished, Mercury Prize nominated Mancunian band, I Am Kloot.

Traveling in his VW Campervan with his dog Henry, the experience has found John exploring parts of the country previously uncharted. With captivated audiences in some of the UK’s most loved grassroots music venues, John has been able to develop his solo sound and ideas, at his own pace, in the way he likes, with the fans he holds close.

John’s skilful, widely acclaimed song-writing and unique voice not only fills the basement venues and off-grid gatherings in the country’s burgeoning acoustic underground scene .

2023 shows will see John performing songs from his number 1 Acoustic chart debut, “Leave Alone The Empty Spaces”, a handful of songs from his much anticipated follow up album “The Light Fantastic” and I Am Kloot classics that he has rearranged with cellist Harriet Bradshaw.

Opening day of Danfest 12 features Red Bazar,Peter Jones,Ebony Buckle and Carrie Martin.
Weekend tickets £60 £70 door, Friday £15 £20 door
Saturday £30 £35 door
Sunday £30 £35 door.

Day 2 of Danfest 12 features Comedy of Errors, Square Wild, Mother Black Cap, Grace And Fire and A Formal Horse.
tickets for today are £30 £35 door weekend tickets £60 £70 door.

Final day of Danfest 12 features Kindred Spirit Band, The Mighty Ra, Rain, Zopp and Jomo Tuun.
Tickets £30 £35 door
weekend £60 £70 door

Lazuli a band from the south of France were formed in 1998. Somewhere between rock, progressive rock, world music, poetry and travel, the remarkable music of Lazuli visit new territories with rather unusual instrumentation: marimba, French Horn, drums, percussions, guitars, vocals.. but also and especially a unique instrument created by Claude Leonetti: The Leode. For Lazuli's musicians, songs are canvases on which they mix colours to paint their own world. The floating voice, playing with words, sings out 'man' in all of his facets. Lazuli brings atypical notes of originality to France's musical scene and carries them across its borders...On Stage, Lazuli uplifts and bewitches...
Dominique Leonetti - vocals, 6 and 12 string guitars
Arnaud Beyney - guitar
Claude Leonetti - Leode
Romain Thorel - keyboards and French horn
Vincent Barnavol - drums, percussion and marimba

Due to illness this gig has had to be cancelled.

ELECTRIC LADY are a Czechoslovakian pop/rock band founded by frontwoman Tereza Rays - guitarist, singer and songwriter. Electric Lady put on a fabulously entertaining show and are ready to conquer the world!

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