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Newsletter 8th November 2008 |
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“This guy is gooood! He’s writing some great
stuff.” Taj Mahal
“My album of the year”
Robert
Elms, BBC Radio
“Stunning”
NetRhythms.co.uk
“In a word...revelatory”
The
Greenman Review
“The songs have a potency that intrigue and make
you want to listen.
“There are so many highlights it almost seems
unfair to spotlight just one.”
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Upcoming
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Monday 17 November |
Kreg
Viesselman |
Ravenswood,
Sharpthorne |
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Tuesday 9 December |
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Chequer
Mead |
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Tuesday 20 |
SINGER SONGWRITER
SHOWCASE |
Ravenswood,
Sharpthorne |
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Monday 9 February |
“CELEBRATION OF THE
GUITAR” |
Chequer
Mead |
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Monday £10 (£12
door) 8pm Tickets are also
available at Hobgoblin in Crawley and Bullfrog in |
What they
say… Born in
a small midwestern town, Viesselman lives far beyond his 30 or so years.
Having worked as a sailor, farmhand, mountain guide and teacher,
Viesselman’s varied experiences in life have given him an insight into the
darkness, hope and humour of the everyday person, reflected with a rare
poignancy through his music. “One
of the few albums that warrants the listener hanging onto the artist's
every single word...without exception I found every song totally
engrossing.” Maverick Magazine, Five Star
Review “It’s
a must-listen CD.” Paul
Kramer, The Hit Sheet "Kreg's
superb guitar playing and voice intertwine between each
song.” AmericanaUK “Viesselman’s songs have a sage, hardened pathos
that’s hardly pretty boy stuff…silvery, potent lines that are killer in
substance. Viesselman has a charmed beauty all his own.”
Dirty
Linen “Enchanting
simplicity...I really believe him when he sings.”
Acoustic
Magazine What
we say… |
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Tuesday £14.50 (£ 11
conc) 8pm |
What they
say… MacLean
has performed several times before at "He
has a knack for turning the experiences of his own life into something
universally understood, as well as a gift for bestowing each with jut the
right melody." The
Scotsman "Strong
yet subtle, hauntingly evocative yet contemporary in feel, this music
demands listening to over and over
again." Time
Out "If
Dirty
Linen Support for the
show is from Bristol-based singer What
we say… |
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Tuesday ANAIS
MITCHELL + Andy Whittle + Sadie Jemmett
Tickets are also
available at Hobgoblin in Crawley and Bullfrog in |
Three
exciting singer-songwriters, one from the Recently signed to Ani
DiFranco’s label, headliner Anais
Mitchell is a past winner of the US Kerville New Folk Award and
is one of the most original singers and writers around. She's spent in
Latin America, Europe, and the "A
songwriter of startling clarity and depth, equally skilled at turning a
melody or lyrical phrase into what you didn’t know you needed until you
heard it.” Acoustic Guitar
magazine "Not
since Bob Dylan's early years has a 23 year old songwriter had such power
and meaning. Political and poetic, personal and universal, Anaïs
Mitchell's work is my latest obsession." Jonathan
Byrd Andy
Whittle is a Midlands-based songsmith
whose poetic lyrics with memorable melodies are inspired by great
songwriters, but his style is quite unique, revealing a sensitivity beyond
his years. Andy has played once before in the Acoustic Sussex programme
(supporting the Ric Sanders Group). “A performer who is undoubtedly a major name in
the making.” Ex-Sussex-resident (now living
in A wonderful
evening awaits! |
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Monday GORDON
GILTRAP + Alan Prosser |
Aa
one-off showcase of some of the Headlining is the ever-popular
Gordon Giltrap, who has made
25 albums and several hits over his 30 year career. By the time he was 18
he had secured his first recording contract. 10 years, 6 albums and
numerous concerts later, he became an ‘overnight success’ with the hit
single ‘Heartsong’, the first of two chart singles and two chart albums.
Gordon continues to innovate and develop, such as his Double Vision duo
with the classical guitarist Ray Burley and his new project “The Dodo
Dream” in which he uses electric guitars to build and expand a composition
live on stage. “A wonderful guitarist, I just wish he would
slow down so that I could copy (play) with him” Bert
Jansch “People would tell me about (American guitarist)
Sandy Bull and I'd say, I don't know about Sandy Bull; you want to start
listening to some of these people over here; Bert Jansch, Davey Graham and
Gordon Giltrap for heaven's sake.” Jimmy
Page Alan
Prosser is widely known as the
guitarist in Oysterband. But beyond the trademark power chords and driving
rhythms he is an accomplished acoustic artist with a reputation among
fellow musicians as a perfectionist. Alan's solo performances give the
audience an opportunity to enjoy his well crafted songs and fluent
finger-style guitar playing as they were written - for guitar and voice.
“This is a side of Prosser that has been kept
very much under wraps” Folking.com Completing the bill are by two
superb and inventive musicians, Leeds-based Jon Gomm and, from |
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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
more. |
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For
your
future diaries... |
Future 2009 dates in the
Acoustic Sussex programme include: Ø
26 February – Martin Harley
Band Ø
23 March – Mark
Erelli Ø
1 April – Eliza
Carthy Ø
23 April – Karine
Polwart Ø
21 May – Cara
Dillon Ø
19 June – Show of
Hands with Miranda Sykes – NOW
BOOKING – tickets selling fast – Box Office
01342 302000 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
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