Colin Curtis Presents A SoUL & Gospel Music Review June 2013 …

Posted on 19, June 2013 by Claudia Lenart

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A Couple of Forevers Chrisette Michele
Picture Text Ebony Singz
Put It On Me Nacole Rice
Smooth Music Timotha Lanae
All Night Long Michael Hanna
Stay in the Race The Mighty Voices of Praise
Love Is Possible Eddie Baccus & Will Downing
Hesitate. Chazz
Beautiful Lia Renee Dior
One Love (feat. Coco) Soul Papers
Wait on Me SingTrece
Pouring Rain Maysa
Give My Love a Try Alvin Clayton Pope
Brighter Days Christal Roberts
Perfect 10 Charles Scales
The Way She Loves Me (ftg.Stephan Vaughn) Anthonol
Just Trece SingTrece
Celebrate Our Love Marnell
A Hold of You Roszunn
I’m_Not_Ashamed Patricia Mathison
Good Morning Lia Renee Dior
Love Thats Real Darold Gholston
Backstage E.R.I.C.
I Prefer Sandra St.

Victor
You’re Worthy Will Harris
Love and Understanding Omari Shabazz
You Changed feat. Beyonc , Michelle Kelly Rowland
Happy Vonnie Blackshear
Much Betta(1) Andaiye
Your Smile The Soulwell Music Group
Lay Down La titia Dana
Watch Us Grow Vonnie Blackshear
We Rise La titia Dana
No Greater Love Tru-Way
LookingBack Lia Renee Dior
Magic in Love Tracy Hamlin
Paradise Antonia Jenae’ Ft. Big Brooklyn Red
So Very Hard to Go Dave Koz & Gerald Albright & Mindi Abair & Richard Elliot
Live My Life Destineemaree
It Feels Right Lola Gulley
Water Anthony Brown & 2
Praise The Lord Lakeisha Wingate
Be Thankful for What You Got Zoe Leone William Devaughn
Ten Foot Stilettos Chrisette Michele
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Advance and Occupy Akita Taylor
For Love Marcia Mitchell
Always Love Felton Offard
You Messed Up (feat. Jeff Floyd) Hot Wire
My Hope Is In Glory (Radio Edit) Ethan Kent
Weekend. B.

Thompson
Good News Kenny Allen
Compromise Joe
High Off You Lamone
Supernatural Eric Patton
Let_Love Kenny Allen
Lying_Eyes (feat. Stephan Vaughn) Anthonol
Never Too Far Away Jameese Smith
When Your Soul Answers Maysa
Give It Time Radio Mix Maast ft. Nos
Afraid Amel Larrieux
Bring It Back Personal Life
I Love My Girl L.

Young
Be Cool Lindsey Webster
Oh Happy Day (Original_Version) The Harlem GospeLive Revue
Find the Love (feat.

Coco) Soul Papers
I’ll Praise You Forever Vickie Woodard’s Melodious Praise
Let Me Be the One You Need Tracy Hamlin
Total Praise Vonnie Blackshear
Glory Vonnie Blackshear
Something About That Name Patricia Mathison

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The Countdown is on to the PORTSMOUTH FESTIVITIES!

Posted on 19, June 2013 by sue

Portsmouth Festivities 2013

After so many weeks and months of waiting, the big day is finally around the corner

The Portsmouth Festivities 2013 kicks off this Friday (21st)!

We re delighted to be partnering the event this year, which will once more bring the best in music, dance, theatre and everything in between to Portsmouth.

We ve programmed some exciting performances for this year s celebrations.

There s DYSCONFORMITY1, a unique audio-visual history of the New Theatre Royal. The IMPACT DANCE FESTIVAL2, featuring workshops and performances in just about every genre of dance on the planet.

There s GILLS AND GULLS3, a playful, comedic, open-air piece of free theatre. And last but by no means least, the SEAFRONT COMMISSIONS4, three free open-air performances inspired by seaside memories.

And there s much, much more.

There are pop-up cinema screenings, courtesy of the superb Portsmouth Film Society LES MISERABLES at Hilsea Lido; SHERLOCK HOLMES at the Square Tower, Old Portsmouth; and DJANGO UNCHAINED at Southsea Castle.

For times and tickets, click here.5

And keep your eyes trained on our social media channels Facebook6 and Twitter7 for the latest news and perhaps the odd ticket giveaway

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  1. ^ DYSCONFORMITY (www.newtheatreroyal.com)
  2. ^ IMPACT DANCE FESTIVAL (www.newtheatreroyal.com)
  3. ^ GILLS AND GULLS (www.newtheatreroyal.com)
  4. ^ SEAFRONT COMMISSIONS (www.newtheatreroyal.com)
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Taiwans DJ Code Composes Music for ASUS Transformer Trio …

Posted on 19, June 2013 by Alex

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Help Musicians UK is the new brand

Posted on 19, June 2013 by RehbergKiely135

They re changing the ancient name of the Musicians Benevolent Fund. Also changing chairman. New guy is our old Barbie chum Graham Sheffield.

Good call, on both counts. Press release below.

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Graham Sheffield CBE, Director Arts for the British Council will become Chair of the Musicians Benevolent Fund in April 2014. Sheffield will succeed The Hon Richard Lyttelton, who will retire after six years of successful leadership, having steered the organisation through a period of significant modernisation and change.

In the period between now and next April, Sheffield will familiarise himself with the work of the Fund as part of an orderly transition and maintaining the Fund s commitment to excellence in governance.

Under Lyttelton s leadership, the Board of the Musicians Benevolent Fund has agreed a new strategic plan called Time to Evolve which will see the 92 year old charity on an ambitious course to raise its profile significantly. Its aim is to reach more musicians who need help and support across the profession, from those starting out on their careers through to retirement and beyond. The organisation will also develop its services to musicians ensuring that they are relevant to the needs of today s increasingly demanding profession.

In 2012 more than 2,000 musicians were helped by the Fund, balanced almost equally between classical and other forms of music.

The charity will be developing a new brand over the next few months and has taken the bold step to adopt a new name, Help Musicians UK.

Chief Executive David Sulkin says: We have listened to musicians of all ages and genres and know that the word benevolent is considered old-fashioned by those we have a responsibility to reach. Calling ourselves Help Musicians UK will help us do the job we are here to do. This is a perfect time to thank Richard Lyttelton for all of his outstanding work as Chair and also to say how delighted we are that Graham Sheffield has agreed to lead us into and through our next phase of growth and development .

Of his new appointment, Sheffield says: I have played, listened to, studied and written about music since the age of seven.

Music of all kinds has given me many of the most inspiring, memorable experiences in my life. My conviction in its fundamental importance to the culture and richness of society in the UK grows by the year.

Music is something we in the UK are very good at. It is vital to secure its future as well as to nurture those who have contributed in the past.

The health and sustainable prosperity of all our musicians, both young and old, is vital to this effort.

As I continue to enjoy the work of our superb musicians, I should like to contribute something back to the profession through advocacy, support and innovative strategic ideas.

I am delighted to be able to realise this ambition through the fantastic work of the Musicians Benevolent Fund and I am particularly excited to be taking on the role of Chair at such an important time in the organisation s development.

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DOOMMANTIA – Doom Metal Reviews: Heads-up: Khorne

Posted on 19, June 2013 by ZoomDekho

Two tracks may be enough and not enough at the same time. Enough for catching and appreciating the potentials of a band and not enough for enjoying said band adequately. This is what happens with the doom band Khorne, an unusual band.

Why unusual?

Well, because Khorne is from Pakistan! If you go and check Metal Archives for Pakistani metal bands you ll discover that, in spite of what one may think about those central Asian countries/societies that seem so far from our musical background, there actually is some truly careful attention and interest towards heavy music. Pakistan does have an unexpectedly rich heavy music scene and Khorne are part of it.

Khorne are a quartet from Karachi who play a blend of heavy, Sabbathian doom metal merged with doses of death and essential hints of black metal. They play so bleak and especially so trve that it seems as if they had been exposed to and absorbed heavy gloomy doomy tunes since ages. These four guys, i.e.

Farhan Rathore on vocals, Corpse on lead/rhythm guitars, Daniyal Buksh Soomro on bass and Omair Soomro on drums, emerged during early 2013, when they posted their two demo tracks via Bandcamp. Only two tracks, the almost 5 minute-long Resurrection and the 5:30 minutes-long Pandemonium, ways of depicting the guys pessimism, their landscapes of misery and depression , and possibly also a few provoking ideas about how to interact with religion. At any latitude Doom seems to be an adequate vehicle for such feelings and dark moods.

Also the band s very name, Khorne says much: in the war game Warhammer, Khorne is the name of the God of War, Chaos and Hatred.

So no wonder that Satan is provocatively evoked in Resurrection and what follows is Pandemonium! Debut track Resurrection is drenched with an almost epic feeling via the plodding, slow and almost martial rhythm leading the song and especially the melancholic guitar solos closing the track with their laments. The death metal-styled raspy and deeply growled vocals are, on the contrary, fierce and unearthly, and are able to evoke atmospheres recalling bands like Mournful Congregation and Asphyx.

Pandemonium was the second track with which the quartet fed their big army of fans after the first bite of Ressurrection. This track has a different cover art, shows an even nastier face of the band and, I would say, a heavier, darker and less redolent version of doom.

Pandemonium is a monster track, distilled war doom. It is slightly more dynamic than Resurrection, guitars are more downtuned and thundering, there s less space for melancholy in favor of pure evil also conveyed by Farhan s hellish blackened vocals (what a singer!).

A vein of Sabbathian and Electric Wizard-esque doom imparts some groove as well as some sort of ritualistic, occult mood to this nasty doom-death ballad which is maybe closer to disEmbowelment s and would benefit of a longer duration. Many people have already welcomed Khorne jumping into the international doom scene. If you missed this powerful dose of new, Eastern doom, go and visit Khorne on Bandcamp and get these two tracks for free download!

After meeting Khorne you ll have to think about Pakistan not only in terms of cricket but also for great Sabbathian and nasty doooooom . Khorne s two-track demo is too short, and you definitely end up wanting more of their raw, nasty heaviness. But, doomsters, your thirst of new, boundless gloom and doom will be quenched soon, as next month, July, will see Khrone eventually, and proudly, unleashing a proper release, their debut 5-song EP!

Words: Marilena Moroni

Khorne | Facebook1
Khorne | Bandcamp2

References

  1. ^ Khorne | Facebook (www.facebook.com)
  2. ^ Khorne | Bandcamp (khorne.bandcamp.com)
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SATELLITE A Street Between Sunrise And Sunset music review by …

Posted on 19, June 2013 by Paul Leighton

4 starsWhile Satellite may be a new name in the prog field, and ‘A Street Between Sunrise And Sunset’ their debut album, this is a band that have been formed out of one of Poland’s most well-known and best-loved prog acts, Collage. Originally this was set to be a solo project by drummer and main Collage songwriter Wojtek Szadkowski but he gradually brought in more and more musicians, many of whom he had performed with in Collage. They are signed to Metal Mind, the most important label of it’s’ type in Poland, and the artwork has been provided by Mark Wilkinson of Marillion/Fish fame.

In fact, if you look at the Satellite site at www.satelliteprog.com you can see the whole series of covers that he designed for this, a real work in progress.

But what about the music? The band themselves have compared it most to ‘Moonshine’ era Collage but how about Western proggers who may have never heard that band? In fact there is a lot going on, and while certain influences such as Genesis and Pendragon or Pink Floyd can be picked out, it is easier to say that this is easy listening prog that is thoroughly enjoyable throughout.

The album is sung in English, and in fact the feel is that this is an American project and not a Polish one at all. The album starts with street noise and a snippet of a radio commentator, and the impression is a bustling American city. That is an intriguing way into the first song, “The Evening Wind”, which at nearly thirteen minutes long is a great start.

Of course, the guitar can’t be hidden totally by the keyboards and there are some very powerful plays indeed. A particular favourite has to be “No Disgrace” which is a belting prog rock number driven along by dynamic percussion and sizzling keyboard runs.

This could easily be the most important album out of Poland this year, and the finest I have heard from that country since Quidam. Which one is the better?

The jury is still out.

Originally appeared in Feedback #73, Jun 03

kev rowland | 4/5 | 2013-6-15

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Team Locals Portsmouth Film Society Launches Trailer For …

Posted on 19, June 2013 by Software Labz

Ever since Portsmouth Festivities announced their 14th annual festival programme on April 18th a couple of months ago at a press launch in Portsmouth Guildhall1, with a line-up featuring well over 70 events, excitement has been mounting. Many of the events are free and exclusive to the Festivities, spanning all interests, including music, film, and literature.

2013 s Festivities2 will offer another exceptional year of internationally-acclaimed performers, live events, exclusive talks, and intriguing workshops. These events will last from 21st June to 30th June, in many venues across the city, including a variety of unique historic landmarks.

The Festivities will be starting this week on Thursday 20th, and to help promote the range of events, as well as their own events in the Portsmouth Festivities schedule, Portsmouth Film Society has produced a trailer showcasing their mobile community screenings of Les Mis rables3, Sherlock Holmes4, and Django Unchained5, on June 23rd, 25th and 26th respectively.

Watch it below.

See all Portsmouth Festivities events here6.

The opening concert for the Festivities on Saturday 22nd June is The Water Is Wide7, a performance exclusive to the 2013 programme, presented by one of the world s most celebrated ensembles, The King s Singers8.

The next day, venues throughout Old Portsmouth will be transformed into pop-up galleries for the Spice Island Art Trail9 a unique opportunity for local artists to showcase their work in historic and unusual spaces, and a fantastic free event for locals to come along and see some of the greatest artistic talent in the city.

Sunday 23rd June will see a songwriting competition for 17 25 year olds: The Singer and The Song10, in association with Wedgewood Rooms, Wave 105, and The News. It s an exciting search for the region s greatest young singer/songwriters. Heats will take place online, with an expert panel selecting eight finalists to perform at Wedgewood Rooms, Southsea s premier music venue, on 23rd June.

Winners will receive a package of incredible prizes to support and develop their musical profile and perhaps even spark a lifelong career.

Portsmouth Festivities will also proudly host the world premiere of Ahoy! Sing For The Mary Rose11, which will be performed at Portsmouth Guildhall on Monday 24th June, to commemorate the opening of the new Mary Rose Museum in Portsmouth s Historic Dockyard. The show will tell the story of the incredible life of Portsmouth s most iconic and famous ships.

The piece, commissioned by Portsmouth Festivities and written by internationally-acclaimed composer Alexander L Estrange, the story is brought to life through a vivic and lively collission of jazz, sea shanty, Tudor music, and Shakespearean verse.

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The performance will span from the ship s beginning during the reign of Henry VIII, through her tragic loss, to her discovery and rise from the depths of the sea. The world premiere musical celebration features children from local Portsmouth school performing alongside The Portsmouth Community Choir, and local actor, comedian, and star of Outnumbers and Mock The Week, Hugh Dennis.

The Kings Theatre and Tongues & Grooves will be working with Portsmouth Festivities to take audiences on a journey to discover the many characters and voices of Albert Road12during the evening of Tuesday 25th June.

Following in the footsteps of the Portsmouth Festivities 2012 Where the Dickens event, the delightfully different evening will feature performances by local poets in a range of unusual venues.

The legendary children s poet Michael Rosen will perform for schools and audiences at The Kings Theatre on Friday 28th June with Centrally Heated Knickers: Adventures in Science and Sound13. The vibrant new show includes songs, grooves, and flights of musical fancy from The Homemade Orchestra.

Children s theatre company Longnose Puppets will bring their magical new show, Arthur s Dream Boat14, to the David Russell Theatre in Portsmouth Grammar School on Saturday 29th June, featuring Tom Gray of the Mercury-prize winning band Gomez. There will be a fantastic chance for young children and their parents to meet the puppets after the show.

Portsmouth Festivities will also be working with Portsmouth Dance Initiative, led by the New Theatre Royal, presenting imPact Dance15 an exciting programme of dance events and workshops throughout the city.

Highlights include free performances by dancers from the world s leading hip-hop dance theatre company, Breakin Convention16.

The Festivities finale this year will take place on Saturday 29th June. The Keep On Rollin wheeled carnival17 will be a celebration of life on wheels. Partnering with the Portsmouth Lions, the Festivities are inviting everyone to bring their bikes, blades, scooters, and skates along to Castle Field between 10:00am and 12:00pm noon, decorate them carnival-style with the help of local artists, and then ride or wheel along the seafront in style at 1:00pm, accompanied by the Portsmouth Roller Wenches18.

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NewsDaily: Music composed for NH's grand hotels revived

Posted on 19, June 2013 by Stephanie Pappas

Monday Jun 17, 2013 | Holly Ramer for The Associated Press

PLYMOUTH, N.H. (AP) More than a century after guests at the Crawford House awoke to the “Breakfast Bell Polka,” Plymouth State University is reviving some of the long-lost music composed specifically to entertain guests at New Hampshire’s grand hotels and keep them coming back for more.

The resorts that drew thousands of wealthy summer tourists from Boston and other cities in the late 1800s were feasts for the senses: The Profile House menu featured scalloped oysters and “saute of giblets,” while the Flume House invited guests to inhale cool mountain breezes “loaded with the perfumes of the forest and wild flowers.” And music was everywhere, said Catherine Amidon, director of the Museum of the White Mountains at Plymouth State.

Songs were composed for the hotels’ in-house bands and orchestras, and guests were sent home with sheet music souvenirs. The hope was that hearing the music during the off-season and looking at the scenic prints and paintings many tourists also took home would inspire guests to plan return trips, Amidon said.

“A lot of those compositions were lost but what has survived has been piano solos because they rewrote the music for people to play at home in the winter on their home pianos,” she said. “It was part of the whole explosion of tourism.”

At Amidon’s request, Plymouth State music professor Mark Stickney spent months researching the music and creating new arrangements for the songs, some of which were performed Wednesday in Boston, likely for the first time in decades. Stickney, who has worked on a similar project involving the music of Newport, R.I., delved into the Library of Congress and other repositories of public domain music to track down songs like the “Glen House Galop” and the “Mount Washington March.” He studied old photographs of the hotels, then used high-tech computer software to create new arrangements.

Of the roughly 20 pieces he turned up, Stickney said, he’s partial to the three meal-time polkas composed for the Crawford House, because the composer, Patrick Gilmore, was prominent at the time and the music is simply fun.

That was evident, he said, when the piano and clarinet duets he arranged based on the music were performed last week at the Boston Museum of Fine Arts.

“The genuine glee on these people’s faces was unreal,” he said. “It was kind of surprising, in a good way.”

Clarinetist Matthew Marsit said he appreciated the opportunity to play styles of music such as polkas and waltzes that have faded away.

“It was obvious they were crafted originally with someone with skill writing for instruments,” he said. “They brought forward a little bit of playful challenge, and Mark just set them beautifully. It really allowed for a lot of musical conversation between me and (Constance Chesebrough) on piano.”

Marsit and Chesebrough performed before and after a panel discussion about the grand hotels, against the backdrop of an “Art of the White Mountains” exhibit at the Boston museum. And while the focus was on the past, Amidon said, the goal also was to get audience members thinking about their future travel.

“People now don’t necessarily plan a year in advance, but here it is June.

Hopefully this is a good time for people to think about coming up,” she said.

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Album Review: Boards of Canada's 'Tomorrow's …

Posted on 19, June 2013 by nwwkisdontehbolck

tomorrows-harvestby J. Hubner

From the opening horns of Gemini to the fading strands of the album s closer, Semena Mertvykh, there isn t a moment on Boards of Canada s Tomorrow s Harvest where you wonder who the artist is. There has been a veritable silence from the direction of Scottish brothers Marcus Eoin and Mike Sandison since the 2006 EP, Trans Canada Highway.

The silence has ended and we are all the better for it.

Tomorrow s Harvest isn t a rebuild from the ground up; nor is it a retread of past glories. This is an album showing artists being true to themselves and not being anything but what they ve always been. What s that?

Purveyors of the past and sound tweakers of the future. For a lot of folks the feeling you get listening to a Boards of Canada album is nostalgia. It s the sound of Juno Synths, Yamaha DX-7s, distorted breakbeats, and a childhood set to repeat play on a Quasar Hi-Fi VCR.

With masterpieces like Music Has The Right To Children, Geogaddi, and The Campfire Headphase, Boards of Canada had a main line into childhood not a Disney childhood, or an ABC Afterschool Special childhood.

Rather, a latch key kid childhood. A darkened living room with a peanut butter and jelly sandwich and a can of New Coke, watching something you shouldn t on The Movie Channel because your Mom forgot to lock the channel. It s a childhood of wonder, but with dark spots that could lead to something darker. Tomorrow s Harvest is the soundtrack to a Choose Your Own Adventures book, a walk home from the city park late at night, or a car ride to the roller skating rink.

Telepath is a perfect example of what Boards of Canada do so well.

The sound of a man talking and counting would be harmless enough, but it s what they do to it: they process it, taint it, make it into almost something Orwellian and create something dark out of it. Synths float in the background as the counting becomes more drawn out and more unintelligible. Next, they lead us right into Cold Earth with a swath of warm keys and a big beat that brings to mind some sort of futuristic scene.

The soundtrack to a new installment of Ice Age, perhaps.

Lead single, Reach For The Dead, permeates with a menace via an analog hiss as if a record needs to be flipped. Then a theme emerges through the noise something resembling a past life soaking in through the present one. It took a few listens, but this song is nearly transcendent in how it works its magic on you.

New Seeds brings a pep in Boards of Canada s step not heard in earlier tracks. There seems to be less of the media clips from earlier albums and more of Marcus and Mike s own magic used to create those lonely days of childhood where you were left to fend for yourself. Another track, Come To Dust, is a sci-fi dream, floating in the ether.

Reach For The Dead 1 Boards of Canada from Tomorrow s Harvest on Warp Records

I ve had to sit with this album for a week before I could attempt to put my feelings about it into words.

Even now, I m not sure I can do this album justice. Tomorrow s Harvest doesn t change up or replicate Boards of Canada s past. What it does is refine their sound to its essence. They make the synthetic seem organic.

That s been their gift since the beginning. Tomorrow s Harvest ranks as one of their finest achievements, and one of the best albums of the year so far.

Good to be back in Boards of Canada s head space; or head phase.

Rating: 9.5

J.

Hubner is a freelance writer and a regular contributor to Indie Rock Cafe.

References

  1. ^ Reach For The Dead (www.indierockcafe.com)
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The North East Live Music Round up

Posted on 19, June 2013 by staff and wire services reports

Monday 17th June: Fast-picking Americana music in the North East? Go on then. American Daniel Bachman1 is joined by Phil Tyler s2 American-sounding tones and light guitar from The Horse Loom3 at Morden Tower, Newcastle, on Monday. A real-life American will be there, so you know it s authentic.

Bad-Manners

Monday 17th June: Culture-boundary smashing international collective The Crossings Group4 will be jazzing up The Cluny 2, Newcastle, on June 17th as part of Refugee Week5.

Get a taste of something you haven t heard before with The Crossings Group s genuine world music as in actually played by people from across the world.

Tuesday 18th June: The Cluny, Newcastle, has got Glaswegian indie rock band Glasvegas6 playing on June 18th. James Allan s sexy Scottish voice should be more than enough to get you there.

Do you like those old Tyneside sea-dogs from The Keelers7, with their beer-swilling songs and gruff voices? They ll be belting out their navy/marching type tunes at The Schooner in Gateshead this week not only that, but they ll have the lovely Amy Thatcher and Hannah Rickard with them.

Wednesday 19th June: Softly-spoken and kind of baby-faced Canadian singer-songwriter Ron Sexsmith8 will be bringing his years of experience to the Sage, Gateshead, on Wednesday to let us hear that smooth Canadian accent.

More Atlantic imports planned for Wednesday as New York state born singer Simone Felice9 gets himself down to the Cluny 2, Newcastle, to play us some of his sweet-voiced music.

He s also a poet and a writer if he could just paint as well he d have it all bases covered.

Simone Felice

Thursday 20th June: Thursday takes a more Rock-based approach to things this week, with Rock and Blues inspired band BlackJack10 performing their 70s/80s style ballads at Trillians, Newcastle. You might want to grow your hair longer for this one.

Super-cool smooth-tune kings Vintage Trouble11 plan to chill-out Northumbria University Students Union using Ty Taylor s ridiculously silky voice. People will probably stop drinking and start finger-snapping.

Monkey Junk Blues Club time at The Butterfly Cabinet in Newcastle.

This week: Half Deaf Clatch12. Get your harmonica out and start singing about prison.

Friday 21st June: Crazy ska band Bad Manners13 will be at Think Tank at Hoults Yard in Newcastle this Friday, proving to us that the 80s isn t over which is news to me because I thought it was.
Friday 21st June: Friday also sees the O2 Academy, Newcastle, host Pete Townshend from The Who s baby brother Simon14 Who (get it) incidentally played guitar in The Who from 1996 onwards. The Townshend family have a serious music pedigree get to the O2 to see it in action.

Newcastle-based folksters Lanterns On The Lake15 bring some chilled-out piano / guitar / violin / drums to Gateshead s Sage this week to fill the massive hall with a sort of dreamy-folk vibe, along with support act Ajimal16, who are equally soft and eerie to listen to.

ARC in Stockton has Vin Garbutt17 and his guitar playing jumpy context-relevant songs about dock closures and the like.

For a folksy history of the North East, come watch.

Lantersn on the lake

Saturday 22nd June: Some good ol swing music for you on Saturday at The Schooner, Gateshead. Swing kings/queens Fickle Lilly18 are bringing a cool old-school vibe back to Saturday night it s sure as hell better than the Saturday night vibe we got going now. Jez Lowe19 sticks around his native North East with his show at the Arts Centre in Washington, strumming out his acoustic songs for some folk-fun to be had by all. Oh Jez, you do spoil us.

Kapitan20 are celebrating the release of their EP Years In The Wilderness at The Green Room in Stockton by apparently coming out of the wilderness and playing their first headline gig.

Welcome back to society. Long-Haired, Australian singer-songwriter Matt Corby21 is playing at The Cluny this Saturday night. This guy s stuff is fun, cool, sweet and sometimes creepy at the same time it ll be interesting to watch.

Sunday 23rd June: Hollywood superstar and English funny-man Hugh Laurie22 is laying off pretending to be a snarky American doctor for a night to play his jazzy-blues music for us at the Sage, Gateshead and he s pretty bloody good at it as well.

As far as inter-disciplinary celebrities go he s probably one of the most talented.

North East favourites The Poor Boys23 hit the Tyne Bar, Newcastle, on Sunday night.

Guess what?

It s free awesome.

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References

  1. ^ American Daniel Bachman (www.onekindfavor.net)
  2. ^ Phil Tyler s (cathandphiltyler.bandcamp.com)
  3. ^ The Horse Loom (lowpoint.bandcamp.com)
  4. ^ The Crossings Group (www.crossings.org.uk)
  5. ^ Refugee Week (www.refugeeweek.org.uk)
  6. ^ Glasvegas (glasvegas.net)
  7. ^ The Keelers (www.keelers.net)
  8. ^ Ron Sexsmith (www.ronsexsmith.com)
  9. ^ Simone Felice (www.simonefelice.com)
  10. ^ BlackJack (www.blackjackrock.co.uk)
  11. ^ Vintage Trouble (www.vintagetrouble.com)
  12. ^ Half Deaf Clatch (www.halfdeafclatch.com)
  13. ^ Bad Manners (www.badmannersontour.com)
  14. ^ baby brother Simon (www.simontownshend.com)
  15. ^ Lanterns On The Lake (lotl.tumblr.com)
  16. ^ Ajimal (ajimal.tumblr.com)
  17. ^ Vin Garbutt (www.vingarbutt.com)
  18. ^ Fickle Lilly (www.ficklelilly.com)
  19. ^ Jez Lowe (www.jezlowe.com)
  20. ^ Kapitan (kapitan.bandcamp.com)
  21. ^ Matt Corby (mattcorby.com.au)
  22. ^ Hugh Laurie (hughlaurieblues.com)
  23. ^ The Poor Boys (www.thepoorboys.org.uk)
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