singer songwriter

SHINDIG - Tenebrous Liar // Inigo // Holden Girls

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SHINDIG - Tenebrous Liar // Inigo // Holden Girls
The Round Church

Advance tickets on sale here: http://www.wegottickets.com/event/191534
Or like our page to be on the £6 list: http://www.facebook.com/shindiggig

SHINDIG return, offering once again a unique evening of multimedia entertainment & artistry. We welcome deft songstress Laura McGarrigle back from her self-imposed exile on the continent just in time to release her debut EP, as well as the brooding noise antics of Tenebrous Liar - little-known overlords of a somewhat rougher universe. Local lads Holden Girls will be on hand too, providing their seamless brand of shoegazey dream-pop.

The evening exhibits work by surrealist photographer & Art Salon contributor Karl Dmitri Bishop, commissioned to produce imagery in response to the above. His highly constructed shots veil their subjects in obscurity like scenes from dreams, exploring themes such as spirituality and gender.

Tenebrous Liar:
http://www.tenebrousliar.com/

Inigo:
http://soundcloud.com/coco-lico

Holden Girls:
http://holdengirls.bandcamp.com/

Karl Dmitri Bishop:
http://karldmitribishop.blogspot.co.uk/

Frankie Stubbs from Leatherface

Frankie Stubbs from Leatherface
Portland Arms, The
Frankie Stubbs is best known as the main man behind the UK punk institution that is Leatherface. It's his work outside of that band though that has cemented his reputation as one of the best song writers to come out of the UK punk scene.

Plus Vanilla Pod, The Former Cell Mates, Chillerton plus 1 more tbc.

Phone the Portland to get on the advance list: (01223) 357268

Liz Simcock

Liz Simcock
CB2
Liz Simcock is a great songwriter and gorgeous singer with a relaxed and endearing stage presence. In 1999 she featured on the Playpen Album of New Acoustic Music alongside Eliza Carthy, Billy Bragg, Eddi Reader and Kathryn Williams. Since then she has trodden an independent path, recording three albums and gaining a growing reputation as a performer and songwriter. Her highly impressive debut album "Seven Sisters Road" received rave reviews and showed the influence of people like Clive Gregson and Christine Collister while still being fresh and original. Since then she has released two further albums, "Vanishing Girl", and the latest, "Beachcomber", which confirm that she is one of our finest singer/songwriters. She will be joined by Ian Newman on double bass and Warwick Jones on guitar

Since a chance meeting in a hostel in Barcelona in 2000, the unique acoustic magic of Ember has delighted audiences all over the world - from California to Mexico, Ireland to Spain. The simple yet moving music centres around the miraculous blending of two very different voices: that of Welsh songstress Emily Williams, who also sails through the mix with her violin and sets up chunky rhythms with her nylon-strung guitar, and that of Rebecca Sullivan of Utah who fingerpicks a sparkling steel-string, and breaks out the harmonica for a song or two. You could call it contemporary folk - with an edge - and the group has been compared to Indigo Girls, The Be Good Tanyas, Simon and Garfunkel, Tracy Chapman, Michelle Shocked, Rickie Lee Jones and Dead Can Dance.

Booking Info:
Book tickets via website: http://www.acousticroutes.co.uk
or contact: bernard@acousticroutes.co.uk
tel. 07971 299659, for information about the gigs only.

Elkie Brooks

Elkie Brooks
Cambridge Corn Exchange, The
We at The Corn Exchange are delighted to announce a one-off date by singer songwriter Elkie Brooks.

Elkie Brooks is one of the most successful and popular singers the UK has ever produced and is still proving to be one of the most powerful and versatile vocal talents of our generation. With numerous hit singles, million selling albums and awards, her annual tours are a treat for fans old and new.

Performing some of her classic hits, blues, jazz and perhaps a song or two from her forthcoming album, an electric evening with Elkie is guaranteed to leave you begging for more. Don't miss the chance to see a truly great artist in action.

‘Still one of the great British voices.' The Guardian

Booking info:
Book Online - www.cornex.co.uk or ring the Box Office 01223 357851

 

Frank Turner

Frank Turner
Junction 1, The
Singer-songwriter Frank Turner has recently undergone quite a transformation. After getting into heavy metal and buying a guitar, he formed punk band Million Dead in 2001. After two critically acclaimed albums the band split in 2005, with Frank deciding to pursue a solo career. As he was rediscovering the artists from his youth, such as Johnny Cash and Counting Crows, he found himself getting more into country and folk, and swapped his electric guitar for an acoustic.

He started touring and hasn't stopped since, clocking up around 350 shows across Europe and America. His debut album in 2007, 'Sleep Is For The Week', received great reviews and was shortlisted for the XFM New Music Award. The follow up, 'Love, Ire & Song', was released in March, and is starting to amass similarly great praise. His razor sharp observations, strong mix of love songs and anecdotes, and social commentaries have led him to be described as a "Billy Bragg for twenty-something punks".

A Junction & Green Mind Event in association with Cambridge Folk Festival.

Booking Info:
Book online on The Junction website www.junction.co.uk or ring 01223 511511

 

The Living Room Live

The Living Room Live
CB2
The Living Room is, according to NME, the premier acoustic night in Cambridge. The event takes place fortnightly and both bands and singer/songwriters are invited to perform their work in acoustic format. This gives the audience a chance to hear acts perform their songs in a way perhaps not usually heard, although for many artists it is how the songs were originally written... perhaps even in their own living room!

The Living Room is hosted by Lord Bridge in his own living room, where the audience sit among like-minded people listening to wonderful music the way nature intended.

See the website for details of performers:
http://www.myspace.com/thelivingroomlive

Doors open at 8:30pm. Entry is £4 or £3 for 209Radio members. Tickets can be purchased in advance from www.wegottickets.com

Arrive fashionably on-time to avoid disappointment. Please be aware that the audience sit on soft furnishings on the floor but some chairs will be available on a first come first served basis.

The Living Room now has its own compilation CD (The Living Room Live) featuring live songs played at the night. The CD is available to buy at the venue, at other selected shops in Cambridge and on iTunes.

The Living Room has now featured on the UK festival scene and we have taken it, and some of the best acts we have booked for the Cambridge venue, to places such as The Secret Garden Festival, Blissfields (in 2008), Grass Roots, Strawberry Fair and more. The Living Room stage has also featured at the UK Festival Awards.

Hope Street Music is a not-for-profit organisation designed to support local music. All profits are put back into local music projects.

David Celia

David Celia
CB2
David Celia, from Toronto, Canada is a world class musician who has played for audiences all over the Europe, U.S.A. and Canada. His music has been described as "roots-rock with hints of folk wrapped up in a pop package". David has received plenty of radio play on CBC Radio in Canada as well as on the BBC in the UK, featured "live in studio" recently on Radio 2's highly regarded Bob Harris Show. He has opened for The Divine Comedy, Elvis Costello and Badly Drawn Boy

"Excellent musicianship..... elegant and melodic" - Neil Hannon, The Divine Comedy
"This is Superb" - Bob Harris, BBC Radio 2

Charley Bird is a young soul, funk, motown, country, pop singer/songwriter from Essex with musical influences ranging from Christina Aguilera to The Carpenters.

Booking Info:
Book tickets via website: http://www.acousticroutes.co.uk
or contact: bernard@acousticroutes.co.uk

John Otway

John Otway
Junction 2, The
Best known for the hits Really Free and Bunsen Burner, rock veteran and cult singer-songwriter John Otway has dubbed himself ‘rock ‘n' roll's greatest failure'.
Now he and his hard hitting quartet attack his favourite set list with gusto, leaving plenty of room for anarchy, fun and the acrobatics that are his trademark.

Booking Info:
Book online on The Junction website www.junction.co.uk or ring 01223 511511

The Living Room Live

The Living Room Live
CB2
The Living Room is, according to NME, the premier acoustic night in Cambridge. The event takes place fortnightly and both bands and singer/songwriters are invited to perform their work in acoustic format. This gives the audience a chance to hear acts perform their songs in a way perhaps not usually heard, although for many artists it is how the songs were originally written... perhaps even in their own living room!

The Living Room is hosted by Lord Bridge in his own living room, where the audience sit among like-minded people listening to wonderful music the way nature intended.

See the website for details of performers:
http://www.myspace.com/thelivingroomlive
Doors open at 8:30pm. Entry is £4 or £3 for 209Radio members. Tickets can be purchased in advance from www.wegottickets.com

Arrive fashionably on-time to avoid disappointment. Please be aware that the audience sit on soft furnishings on the floor but some chairs will be available on a first come first served basis.

The Living Room now has its own compilation CD (The Living Room Live) featuring live songs played at the night. The CD is available to buy at the venue, at other selected shops in Cambridge and on iTunes.

The Living Room has now featured on the UK festival scene and we have taken it, and some of the best acts we have booked for the Cambridge venue, to places such as The Secret Garden Festival, Blissfields (in 2008), Grass Roots, Strawberry Fair and more. The Living Room stage has also featured at the UK Festival Awards.

Hope Street Music is a not-for-profit organisation designed to support local music. All profits are put back into local music projects.

The Living Room Live

The Living Room Live
CB2
The Living Room is, according to NME, the premier acoustic night in Cambridge. The event takes place fortnightly and both bands and singer/songwriters are invited to perform their work in acoustic format. This gives the audience a chance to hear acts perform their songs in a way perhaps not usually heard, although for many artists it is how the songs were originally written... perhaps even in their own living room!

The Living Room is hosted by Lord Bridge in his own living room, where the audience sit among like-minded people listening to wonderful music the way nature intended.

See the website for details of performers:
http://www.myspace.com/thelivingroomlive
Doors open at 8:30pm. Entry is £4 or £3 for 209Radio members. Tickets can be purchased in advance from www.wegottickets.com

Arrive fashionably on-time to avoid disappointment. Please be aware that the audience sit on soft furnishings on the floor but some chairs will be available on a first come first served basis.

The Living Room now has its own compilation CD (The Living Room Live) featuring live songs played at the night. The CD is available to buy at the venue, at other selected shops in Cambridge and on iTunes.

The Living Room has now featured on the UK festival scene and we have taken it, and some of the best acts we have booked for the Cambridge venue, to places such as The Secret Garden Festival, Blissfields (in 2008), Grass Roots, Strawberry Fair and more. The Living Room stage has also featured at the UK Festival Awards.

Hope Street Music is a not-for-profit organisation designed to support local music. All profits are put back into local music projects.

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