Resident DJ on BBC 6Music’s flagship electronic music programme, the 6Mix, Ben Watt’s new solo material is informed by an an eclectic and impressive musical past.
As one half of alt-pop duo Everything But The Girl, Ben scooped – among several international awards – one platinum and six gold discs in the UK, and worked closely with Bristol trip-hoppers Massive Attack.
Since then Ben has launched his own record label (awarded Best Breakthrough Label) and built a reputation as a solo international DJ, a familiar name on the festival circuit (Good Vibrations, Homelands,...
A series of artists’ talks in association with Exeter College’s Centre for Creative Industries. Limited places available to the public.
ANDREW NADOLSKI Andrew Nadolski is a professional designer and photographer based in Exeter. His photographs of a remote Cornish beach, ‘The End of the Land’, have been exhibited in museums and art galleries across England and has been published as a book by Headon House. He will talk about the photographs and give an insight into his next book.
What is Heavy Metal? What does it taste like? Does it hurt?
Andrew O’Neill answers all the questions you were afraid to ask the big hairy men in that pub you’ve always avoided. Whether you’re a committed headbanger or the type of person that wouldn’t know Napalm Death if they were squatting in your garden shed, this show is hugely funny and massively entertaining.
Combining stand-up comedy with live music played on his customised Flying V guitar, O’Neill paints a picture of a subculture and history that has rocked the world.
One woman’s struggle to remain holy, despite being as horny as hell!
Sheila, the frustrated Christian woman and her alter ego Eve, the sexually uninhibited poetess, are just two of the 20 characters played by Tonya Joy Bolton in this hilarious and powerful one woman play.
Holy and Horny, is a compelling story of love, longing and the ultimate betrayal, a ground-breaking one woman play celebrating women’s sensuality and spirituality. Described as ‘hilarious, powerful and deeply moving’ that explores taboo issues like no other performance.
Low Steppa’s tenure in the scene has been short but due to his forward thinking and intelligent production work, his popularity has risen rapidly.
His Soundcloud page is becoming an essential download destination for house fans, due in part to his bootleg of Route 94 – My Love. A track that received such hype that Route 94 replaced his own version within club sets, and also gave it away for free across his social media channels, as did Rinse Fm.
Other notable productions include ‘Styling’ a collaboration with Sonny Fodera via Cajual Recordings which smashed the Beatport...
Former eighties new romantic hero with Liverpool bedsit favourites Teardrop Explodes and all-round eccentric Englishman performing in his own eclectic way. This singer, poet, occultist and photographer has enjoyed a 30-year career in the rock business, and is described by his Bloomsbury book publishers as a ‘visionary rock musician, musicologist and hip archaeologist.’
Renowned for their stunning shows honed by superb musicianship, Lúnasa are internationally acknowledged as being among the finest traditional Irish instrumental outfits of recent times.
Having performed over 1,500 shows across 36 countries since the band formed in 1997 they have appeared at internationally renowned venues such as The Hollywood Bowl, National Concert Hall (Dublin), Sydney Opera House and Moscow International House of Music and have been invited to appear at the White House.
Their inventive arrangements and bass driven grooves have steered Irish acoustic...
A gifted singer songwriter who writes soulful lyrical songs woven with passionate sentiments. Driven by an obsessive love of music, she manages to create material that has a life all of its own. In the words of Times Online, she has an ‘astonishingly versatile voice’ and a ‘knack for alchemising half-focused images into phrases that haunt as long as her opulent tunes echo in the head’.
Ivor Novello and Brit nominated singer songwriter Nerina Pallot releases her fourth EP of 2014, entitled Free As You Wanna Be, on April 28th.
Sam Brookes has become part of the burgeoning acoustic music scene, gigging around the UK on his own and with his contempories to an ever-increasing audience of enthusiasts. His songs are, fundamentally, beautifully crafted stories about familiar subject matters that captivate the listener.
Musically, his immaculate phrasing and beautifully modulated delivery reach easily beneath the skin of his audience; the magical space he creates, with the elasticity of his writing, has the echoes and jazz arches of giants like John Martyn...
Heralded by critics, Paul’s previous tours have been showered with 5 star reviews and nominations, credited as ‘masterful’ (Scotsman) and ‘ingenious’ (The Australian Herald Sun). His subversive, insightful absurdity constantly challenges and delights his faithful connoisseurs. His most recent TV credits include BBC1’s Would I Lie To You, BBC2’s Never Mind The Buzzcocks, C4’s 8 Out Of 10 Cats and Comedy Central’s The Alternative Comedy Experience.
