Newsletter 8th November 2007 |
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Change
of programme Apologies to
anyone who has bought tickets already for Steve Knightley on
7th February – the show has been cancelled* for reasons outside
our control. Instead, Rachel Unthank and The
Winterset have been scheduled for the same date (at
Their debut album
‘Cruel Sister’ was Mojo’s Folk Album of the Year, and the new album ‘The
Bairns’ was described as "utterly gorgeous" by The Guardian; and "a work
of towering quality" by The Telegraph. Tickets will be on sale in the next
few days from the Chequer Mead Box Office on 01342 302000.
(*Refunds for Steve Knightley are on the same
number.) |
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“Whether you are a diehard Dylan fan or just
enjoy great songs performed with flair and brio, The Dylan Project will
take your breath away. Go and see them - you won't be
disappointed.” Andy
Farquarson, Iconic Music We
couldn’t agree more – the show looks like selling out, so to avoid
disappointment, phone the Box Office soon on 01342 30200. More information
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This Saturday, 10 November, the
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Also this Saturday (10th
November) is Crawley Blues Festival at the Hawth, featuring some the
finest electro acoustic acts in the country, from 1.30pm till midnight,
with four acts in the afternoon and six in the evening, workshops etc.
Tickets are £28 for the day/£12 afternoon/£16 evening only – from the
Hawth Box Office 01293 553636 or online https://tickets.hawth.co.uk/57. | ||||||
Don’t
forget that as well as our own shows, the Acoustic Sussex website has a
Regional Gig
Guide and links to
venues and clubs in the South East that offer folk, roots and acoustic
music – and our MySpace site
contains over 500 links to a variety of other MySpace ‘friends’ sites,
including musicians, venues, magazines and lots
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OUR NEXT EVENTS
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Thursday 15
November – The Dylan
Project (support: Ella Edmondson) at
Chequer Mead, Ø
Monday 3
December – Sam
Baker (support: Adeline) at The
Ravenswood, Sharpthorne Ø
Monday 17
December – The Haley
Sisters at The Ravenswood,
Sharpthorne |
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Thursday
£15 (less
conc) 8pm |
Take
four of The
musicians in question are Fairport Convention's Gerry Conway (drums and percussion),
Simon Nicol (guitars) and
Dave Pegg (bass), joined by
PJ Wright (slide and
electric guitars, pedal steel) and the singer is Steve Gibbons. As The Dylan Project,
they present an exhilarating tribute to the work of arguably the greatest
post-war songwriter in the English language – Bob Dylan.
The
Dylan Project is far more than a mere copycat act. The members bring their
own distinctive take on the music: Steve Gibbons sounding uncannily like
Dylan interprets the lyrics with stylish individuality, while retaining
his own inimitable vocal style. There's PJ Wright’s scintillating slide
and haunting pedal steel; Simon Nicol adding compelling rhythm guitar and
fine backing vocals; Dave Pegg bringing his beautifully subtle and
powerful bass lines, and Gerry Conway holding the whole groove with a tour
de force on drums and percussion. “Whether you are a diehard Dylan
fan or just enjoy great songs performed with flair and brio, The Dylan
Project will take your breath away. Go and see them or buy one of the
albums - you won't be disappointed.” Support
for this show is talented young singer songwriter Ella
Edmondson (daughter of Jennifer Saunders and Ade
Edmondson). |
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Monday £10 (£12
door) 8pm |
20
years ago, These
days, Sam is becoming one of the biggest underground On the
inside cover of Pretty World, are the words "how beautiful are these
days". Come and discover Sam Baker’s beautiful world for
yourself. "His vocals are halting, spoken like he is
singing to himself with no mind for the audience, this is a private
dialog, the songs are short films playing in his head. It doesn’t exclude
the audience though; you are drawn in to these tightly sketched dramas by
the imagery, the broken vocal and most importantly for the initial listens
– the sympathetic musical backing.” AmericanaUK.com “Absolutely
fantastic reaction to the Sam Baker track I played last
Saturday. He is a major artist. He'll be playing play
live on the show when he's in the Support
for this show is French songstress Adeline, who
now lives in |
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Monday £9 (£11
door) 8pm |
Jo-Ann
and Becky - The Haley Sisters
– have been described by Maverick magazine’s Alan Cackett as “the great undiscovered natural talent of the
Born
and Raised in West Yorkshire, in the In June
1993 top guitarist Brian Smith joined them, having previously worked in
Here
are just some of the many awards and accolades they have already
received:- 1990 Most Promising New Act - British Country Music
Association. 1990/91 Most Popular British Duo - Country Music Round-Up
Paper. 1992 Top British Duo - British Country Music Association. 1993 Top
British Duo - British Country Music Awards. 1993 Top British / Irish Duo
or Band - Country Music People Awards. 1993 British / Irish Rising Stars -
Country Music People Awards. 1994 Most Popular Group – Country Music Round
Up 1995 Top Female Vocalist (Becky) - North Country Music Magazine 1996
Best Duo/Band - Great British Country Music Awards 1997 Best Band –
Country Music Round Up 1998 Best Trio – North Country Music Magazine 1999
Best Band – British Country Music Awards 2000 Best Band – British Country
Music Association. "I
fell in love with the Haley Sisters when I first saw them in 2006 at the
Soul Cafe in |
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NEW |
2008 dates in the Acoustic
Sussex programme include: Ø
14 Ø
7 February 2008 – Rachel Unthank and The Winterset
(website) Ø
18 February 2008 – Charlie Dore Band (website) Ø
1 March 2008 –Lark Rise to Candleford
(About
the show) Ø
10 March – Tom McConville (website) Ø
31 March – Brooks Williams (website) Ø
21 April 2008 - Ø
15 May 2007 – Tannahill Weavers (website) Ø
26 June - Lucy Kaplansky
(website) Ø
21 July 2008 - Eve Selis (website) More
information on all up-and-coming artists can be found on our website:
www.acousticsussex.org.uk. You
can also find us on MySpace (with samples from some of the artists
appearing) at: www.myspace.com/acoustic_sussex. If
you know anyone who you think may enjoy our events, please forward this
email to them. |
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