The World on Your Doorstep
FESTIVAL BIG GIG
KASAI MASAI, £10.00/£5.00
Saturday, July 11, 2009
, show starts 20:00 |
| Kasaï Masaï brings the traditional sound of remote equatorial African villages to London, picking up a contemporary twist on the way. Led by Nickens Nkoso, they play ancestral music which has been passed on from generation to generation, their sound is rooted in the healing power of percussion and chanting combined with the majestic Congolese folk guitar and jazz saxophone.
At the passionate live shows audiences find it impossible to stand still in the presence of such absorbing African rhythms. Written in Swahili, Lingala and Kimongo, the lyrics reflect the cultural diversity of a region where more than four hundred languages are spoken.
Nickens has previously collaborated with artists such as Koffi Olomide, Papa Wemba, Kanda Bongoman, Mose Fan Fan, Samba Mapangala and many more. He has appeared at Glastonbury, Womad, Weltnacht (Germany), on Andy Kershaw`s World & New, Later with Jools Holland, John Peel Sessions, BBC3 World Music Day and the African Nations Cup.
Dance space : Limited seating, which must be booked in advance.
www.adastra-music/kasaimasai
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FESTIVAL CEILIDH WITH STRIDING EDGE, £8.00/£5.00
Friday, July 17, 2009
, show starts 20:00 |
| Enjoy a great night with Cumbria’s long-established Ceilidh Band – family entertainment, all dances called; get up on your feet or sit and enjoy the music!
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THE HEALYS FOLK BAND, £8.00/£5.00
Friday, July 31, 2009
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Four well-seasoned musicians make up The Healys, a folk band rooted in the North and specialising in traditional English, Scottish, Irish and American music. Their wide-ranging live performances, spiced with gentle humour and anecdote, provide great family entertainment. Decades of playing and singing together have produced well-crafted harmonies and an easy manner, through which the band creates an infectious, feel-good atmosphere.
A Healys promotion
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THE ANNA MASSIE BAND, £10.00/£5.00
Friday, September 04, 2009
, show starts 20:00 |
| Featuring Anna Massie (Young Trad Musician of the Year 2003), on fiddle, mandolin, tenor banjo and flat-picking guitar, Jenn Butterworth on guitar and vocals and Mairearad Green on accordion and border pipes, this band with their “friendly, engaging and highly musical stage presence,” has made a considerable impression on the international folk scene, including nominations for the “Horizon” award at the 2005 BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards and “Best Instrumentalist” at the 2005 Scots Trad Music Awards.
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ANNEMARIE QUINN, £10.00/£5.00
Saturday, September 12, 2009
, show starts 20:00 |
With effortless vocals and at just 17 years old Annemarie delves into alternate tunings and fingerstyle guitar to give enchanting musical performances. A young, talented singer/songwriter from Cumbria, Annemarie, accompanied by hand drummer John Wilson and 'cellist Tom Davis, plays a mix of original and traditional acoustic material.
A Tom Davis promotion
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The World on your Doorstep
CHI2
MONKEY KING - A MODERN BEIJING OPERA, £12.50/£5.00
Saturday, September 19, 2009
, show starts 20:00 |
| A unique opportunity to experience “double violin assault specialists” (Chinese British-born violinists/composers Liz Chi Yen & Sarah Chi Shang Liew) ,with backing band and a dazzling 90 minute original video creation telling the mythical tale of Monkey’s journey to the West. Their music, harsh and pulsating one minute and lyrical and beautiful the next, is a melting pot of style and influences and improvisations, coupled with keyboard wizardry and angelic vocals. They have toured with Moby and Anastacia, and recorded with Boy George, Nelly Furtado and Cindi Lauper.
Combined with specially commissioned visuals, they present a visual and aural feast when they perform live. This event is part of an Arts Council national tour.
www.frusion-music.co.uk/chi2
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