Marking its 40th anniversary, keyboard ace Matthew Bourne (The Leaf Label), Franck Vigroux on electronics and installation artist Antoine Schmitt explore Kraftwerk’s seminal 1975 album Radio-Activity as a live performance experience, for the first time ever.
Following their own personal paths through this incredible work, Bourne, Vigroux and Schmitt will turn Radio-Activity inside out, radically re-working this ground breaking album in their own inimitable way.
A bank of analogue and digital instruments provide the mothership from which this Anglo-French union travels...
Impromptu, 10-piece, jazz meets contemporary music ensemble. Spontaneous realisation of unconventional “scores” by Pete Canter and others as part of the Exeter Vibraphonic Festival. Improvised music but within constraints laid down by the composer. The first half will be a suite composed by Pete Canter. The second half will include video scores created by Marcus Vergette and other improvised music.
The ensemble is packed with talent from the South West jazz and classical music scene:
Ground breaking UK jazz trio Troyka release their latest album, Ornithophobia, in January. Following a stellar year of festival performances including Latitude, Cheltenham, Love Supreme, Green Hours, Elb Jazz, Nattjazz, Duketown and Jazz a la Villette the band embark on a full European tour. Multi-textured and with a wild and ground breaking style, they feature Mercury Music Prize nominee and BBC Award Winner Kit Downes on drums.
Tickets £12 (£10)* standing
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Those who know Duke Special for the platinum album ‘Songs From The Deep Forest’ and the hit song ‘Freewheel’ may be surprised by the breadth of his work. His journey so far has seen him taking on projects as diverse as writing the theme tune for the Irish Sesame Street to writing the music for and appearing in Deborah Warner’s critically acclaimed 2009 production of Bertolt Brecht’s Mother Courage and Her Children at London’s National Theatre. From presenting a documentary on the life and times of 50s megastar Ruby Murray to being commissioned by the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York...
Hailed by many as one of Nashville’s best contemporary songwriters, Gretchen Peters’ intelligent and introspective songs have been covered by pop, country, blues and folk artists all over the world. She possesses a rare ability to drive a strong point, yet capture it eloquently in song. That ability has won Peters two Grammy nominations and sold her millions of records worldwide.
The latest accolade for the Nashville-based singer-songwriter will be her induction into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame in October 2014. There she’ll join the list of 192 existing inductees which...
Mad Dog Mcrea blend a unique mixture of folk rock, pop, gypsy jazz, bluegrass and ‘shake your ass’ music. From self-penned songs of adventure, drinking, love and life, to traditional songs of gypsies, fairies, legless pirates and black flies – Mad Dog never fail to capture their audience with their infectious songs.
In constant demand and having played just about every festival and two-bit, jibe-arsed dive in Christendom Mad Dog Mcrea return to tour the UK this autumn on their Longer Road Tour 2014.
The famous purple happy bus is fired up and ready for action, and there’s...
The Coronation Street and former Red Dwarf star has carved out a successful broadcasting and DJing career, presenting BBC 6 Music’s Funk & Soul Show, as well as DJing regularly at the iconic Bloomsbury Bowling Lanes venue in London.
His club DJ shows bring you the same eclectic mix of songs covering Northern Soul, Funk, Soul and modern remixes.
8pm - 2am
Tickets £16* standing
Over 18s
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Martha is a captivating performer, an enchanting young singer-songwriter blessed with a gloriously clear and seductive voice. Her songs are exquisitely melodic and rooted in environmental, human and social issues as well as celebrating love, inner peace and the natural world.
Tickets £12*
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Phonic FM present a live jazz session with the acclaimed Neil Todd Quartet. Led by bass player Neil Todd, currently based in Manchester, this is a rare West Country performance from a group of pedigree musicians brought together to record an album in the Sound Gallery studios. Expect to be
swept up in a confluence of musical streams of thought, blending many influences, including Latin, classical, folk, and rock, which produces a unique, expressive style of jazz, featuring both Neil’s original compositions and modern jazz standards.
