 'The Wave' Cometh...
On Saturday the 17th of May a new audio-visual spectacular will be born in Bristol... Featuring the music of:
The Elementalists - London-based hiphop/funk experimentalists,
Fred moTh - Sound explorer, sensation adventurist,
Rory Nunn - folk family dinners plus DJ action from
The Disco Hobbit, Bilbo Bassbins and DJ Mandella.
Music-videos and live visual delights from visual-hybrid, Lightrhythm and guests at the cool venue that is The Polish Club.
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 Songsmith@MayorsArms brings you some of the best singer songwriters in Bristol and beyond.
On the 9th May bill we have Miss Cecily
(a BBC Radio 2 new talent songwriters competition finalist) plus Joe Miles,
Bourbon and the Barman. Barroom blues and folk with junkyard romance. A one-man outfit playing live with his piano, and Steve Page
country bluesy with fantastic and dreamy guitar. 9th May 2008 from 8pm onwards.
Mayors Arms, 69 Clarence Road, Temple Meads. BS1 6RP
Tickets £3.00 at the door.
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 A special SongSmiths club night at the Mayor's Arms featuring London-based Naomi Hates Humans with her highly original and bluesy original compositions with such kicking titles as Drunk Dickhead Strikes Again she also does some great covers of all styles (from En Vogue to Patti Smith) and makes them unmistakably hers. Support from local band The Great Admirers. Wednesday 23rd April.
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BELL & BRUNTON
Blues Duo
Playing free entry gig
@ The Portcullis
693 Fishponds Rd
Bristol
BS16 3UH
9pm Tuesday 22 April
Credits include working with Jimi Hendrix' bass player
Noel Redding, Gerry Rafferty, Doctor John
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 A SongSmith @ Mayors Arms Showcase night featuring The Cathy Judge Trio. All versatile musicians and along with Cathy’s amazing voice this trio are a force to be reckoned with, as comfortable with popular covers as with Cathy’s own beautifully penned songs.
Also on the showcasee bill are Ash Mandrake playing a double neck guitar of his own invention, and Sam Redington, a
31 year old London born singer/songwriter/guitarist playing folk and country music, the beauty of which cannot be ignored.
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 Light Of The World play live in concert at soultrain
nu-soul & jazz-funk
panache all saints st.bristol
bank holiday sunday may 4
doors open 8pm -3am
live on stage 10.30pm
admission £10 advance tickets
buy on line www.soultrain.co.uk or call into panache or bristol tickets
ffi www lotw-funk.com
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 Shawn Smith, the legendary Seattle singer/songwriter makes his UK live debut in a string of five rare solo appearances including a May 9th solo piano show at Bristol’s Folk House. Shawn’s new solo album, The Diamond Hand, will be released on April 1st and two other solo albums are being reissued via Sound Vs Silence in the coming months. Seattle's Shawn Smith (Brad) plays The Folk House, Bristol on Friday 9th May.
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 Aron Ward is lead vocalist and songwriter in The Color of the Sun, whose eclectic songwriting and beautifully rich soundscapes have been impressing crowds around Bristol for the last year. Like Bowie or Cornelius, Aron has a chameleonic approach to creating a song. There’s no shame in attempting to write the perfect pop song or delve into an introspective epic. Playing Gimme Shelter at the Hatchet, 18th April, 2008
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The next fundraiser features The Duckworths, an unusual 6 piece of doo-wap, doo-bop, doo-roll - swinging classical to rockabilly circus, curious three part vocal harmonies and powerful horns uplift over seedy jazz bar guitar and playful rhodes & melodica, held down by driving beats & rupturing bass. www.duckworths.org Them Brokes give you a knees up folk rock, with a heart and soul and some giggles thrown into the melting pot. Internationally reknowned but super friendly DJ Jon Kennedy is a man on a musical mission with an enormous bag of breath-takingly beautiful tunes, copious rump-shakingly fine dancefloor corkers and a hatful of innovative ideas bordering on musical genius! www.jonkennedy.co.uk And Mr Lingo & Powercut (Funk from the Trunk) are local superstars playing a funky mashup of tunes for your dancefloor delights! 8pm - Late, £3 All Night, All Proceeds to the Bristol Festival 2008. @ Mr Wolfs Noodle Bar, St Stephens Street
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 Youthmovies and Rolo Tomassi @ The Cooler Club, Bristol
on Bank Holiday Monday - 24th March 2008.
The Bristol date for the Youthmovies headline tour - coinciding with their new album release.
Main support comes from Rolo Tomassi.
Local support from A Genuine Freakshow and Tripwires.
£6 Advance Tickets (subject to booking fee)
£7 On the door.
Buy your tickets from the Bristol Ticket Shop, link after the jump...
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 Fundraiser for the Bristol Festival 2008!
Live bands at this next event include
Anomaly, a
Jazz Hop with a hint of Dub,
Mango Factory, Soulful Latin Funk Rhythms, and Untimely Skank DJs, Gypsy-Balkan-Latin-Swing-Ska-Country.
£3 All Night.
As usual, all proceeds will be going towards the Bristol Festival 2008, so you know what to do - be @ Mr Wolfs Noodle Bar, St Stephens Street, Bristol from 8pm - Late.
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 Hailing from the lush rolling downs of Kent, Toby, Dave, Andy and Steve; better known as band Sound Sanctuary are just what you might expect from the name and place; a laid back, chilled out, warm summers day in the countryside scattered with acoustic guitars, rolling funk basslines, lazy hip hop inspired beats and what can only be described as the harmonious voices of angels singing songs about girls, love and life swirling above it all.
Playing at The Fire Engine
188, Church Rd, Redfield, Bristol.
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'Integrity'- Jazz at the Pump House.
Stellar talents Iain Ballamy (Sax) and Jason Robello (Piano) are the stars for the launch of the Pump House’s new, improved Jazz season.
Launching on Wednesday June 4th the music starts at 8pm and entry is free. “This night combines two of life’s greatest pleasures – food and music" says Luke Harney from Open Source Studios, who are now promoting the event. Read on for more details of the food, the music and the Sunday Sessions at the Pump House.