Dear Friends and New
Subscribers.....
Busy week on with the Magpies this week! Grada
(Irish Trad) tonight at the Old Queen's Head, Emily Portman's Album launch
(The Glamoury) Wednesday night at the Empowering Church, and Chumbawamba
(sold out) at Passing Clouds, Dalston on Thursday. See below for
details...
New shows added to the
diary:
Saturday 13th March: Zong Zing
All Stars Congolese Concert + Poetic Pilgrimage + DJs Hue Jah Fink + DJ
Tercer Son - New Empowering Church - £5/£7
www.wegottickets.com/event/71633
Monday 5th April : Magpie's
Nest Easter Bank Holiday Festival Stomp featuring: Circulus + Bells of
London City Morris, Sam Lee and the Gillie Boys, Norton Money, Holloway
Jug Band, the Cedars, The Dog Roses, Venezuelan Cumbia, Little Robots,
Pete David and the Payroll Union, Johnny Fielding, Dolly and Rick, Andy
and Jamie Metcalfe's JAW + More - The Old Queen's Head -
£5/£6
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The
Magpie's Nest (TWO FOR JOY) May Tour is now confirmed - we're
coming to a city near you, with The Long Notes, Plaster of Paris and a
selection of amazing local acts where ever we wander - full details next
week in a special mailing
:)
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...Upcoming shows at a
glance...
March 2nd: The Old
Queen's Head - Grada
March 3rd: NEC -
ALBUM LAUNCH! Emily Portman Lucy
March
4th: Passing Clouds - Chumbawamba + O'Hooley and
Tidow
March 10th: Old Queen's Head - Damien
Barber + Mike Wilson
March 11th: NEC -
Oliver Knight & Marry Waterson
March
25th: Passing Clouds - Urban Folk Quartet
March
31st: Old Queen's Head - The Queensbury Rules + Jed
Grimes
April 5th: Old Queen's Head
***Easter Bank Holiday Festival Stomp***
April 7th: Old
Queen's Head - Bruce Molsky
April 7th: NEC -
Turkish night w. Dogan Mehmet & the Deerhunters +
Cigdem
April 8th: Passing
Clouds - Mordekkers + Pepino + Shona Foster
April
10th: Kingsplace : Folkworks Festival Irish Stories
and Tunes
April 21st: NEC PBS6 - mixing
traditional music, hiphop + more
April 28th: Old
Queen's Head - Hobopop Collective - Kirsty McGee and Mat
Martin
April 30th - May 9th :: Magpie's National
Tour - The Long Notes + Plaster of Paris
May
2nd: Southbank Centre - Folk against Fascism - Club
Peripherique
May 3rd: Cecil Sharp House - Folk
against Fascism - Nowt as Queer as Folk
May
26th: Old Queen's Head - Fernhill + The Gentle
Good
May 26th: NEC - Joe Penland and Jeff
Warner
...Shows in March...
Grada
Tuesday 2nd March
The
Old Queen's Head
£8 advance/£10 OTD, 8pm
tickets
here
Grada are widely
regarded as the finest of the younger generation of Irish traditional
bands. In their authentic, yet innovative arrangements, all the elements
that make great Irish music come together as singer Nicola Joyce is joined
by an instrumental line-up bursting with talent and creativity - guitar,
fiddle, flute, bodhran & cahon, underpinned by the resonant depth and
rhythmic swing of Andrew Laking's stand-up bass.
The band's
instrumental sets are second to none for their energy and complex
interplay between instruments, while on vocals, Nicola's sings both
traditional material and songs with a definite Americana feel. This
combination gives a Grada show its own highly distinctive blend of
material - as this tour now gives UK audiences a rare chance to
experience.
"The most talked about young Irish
traditional band in years"
Emily Portman Album
Launch - The Glamoury
support
from Johnny Kearney and Lucy Farrell
Wednesday 3rd
March
The New Empowering Church
1a Westgate Street
E8 5RL
£8 ,
8 - 11:30pm
tickets
‘The Glamoury’ is the eagerly awaited debut of folk songstress Emily Portman. Folktales and ballads inspire this beguiling vocal-centered album of contemporary songs. These visceral visions of a darker Albion conjure landscapes where mythical sirens collide in urban backstreets. ‘The Glamoury’ weaves together a tapestry of female narratives with harmonies from Lucy Farrell and BBC Folk Award Nominee Rachel Newton. Harp, viola and guitar combine with delicate strings from Northern Sinfonia‘s cellist Gabriel Waite and Bellowhead’s own Rachael McShane.
“From the first moment I heard Emily sing, I knew
that she was special. She is beautiful and charming, and with her love of
the tradition and her well-chosen songs, she graces the English folk
scene.â€ð - Shirley Collins
An
Evening with Chumbawamba + O'Hooley & Tidow
Thursday 4th
March
Passing Clouds
1 Richmond
Road
(SOLD OUT)
Recommended gig:
Cut A Shine 5th Birthday
Party
Saturday 27th March
An All Night Dutty Warehouse Barn
Dance Party
No frills, just thrills. No glitz, just glamour.
www.cutashine.co.uk
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