March 2012 saw The Selecter embark on a 20 date tour of the UK, with many venues selling out in advance. October 2012 saw them play in towns not on the March tour in support of their live album Live in Britain.
The Selecter pioneered the ska revival movement alongside labelmates, The Specials and Madness, and were responsible for some of the scene’s classic hits, including On My Radio, Three Minute Hero, Missing Words and Too Much Pressure.
The Selecter’s iconic frontwoman Pauline Black is reverently referred to as the First Rudegirl of Ska – and with good reason, with...
Slamboree is a new collective of musicians, circus performers, daredevils and entertainers. Bass-driven beats mix with live orchestra, guitars, percussion, loops, visuals, brass, accordion, pyrotechnics and circus. The genres bounce around breakbeat, dubstep, drum & bass, dub, techno and electro fused with Balkan, folk, and ‘gypsy’ flavours… all original and all live.
‘If you’re into Gypsy, Balkan circus bands crossed with wobbly bassline rave then check out this lot… Going off!!!’ BOOMTOWN FAIR
‘An unlikely cross between traditional Balkan music, a circus, and a full...
Ducie mixes traditional and contemporary styles from across the world. Combining Celtic music, Afro Cuban and Brazillian rhythms with funk, reggae, flamenco and blues, this vibrant blend of genres takes the listener over a broad, musical landscape providing music for your ears and infectious rhythms for your feet!
Andy Dinan ( The Bad Shepherds ) and Ian Fletcher ( Future Trad Collective ) teamed up to make an album that brought together their many musical influences. Using old traditional tunes, new compositions and heavy percussion, they produced an album of...
Saxophones, loopstations, beatboxing and sometimes flutes…. Mr Woodnote is Australian sax player Mikey Melican and guests who concoct a potent mix of jazz-infused hip hop and dub heavy basslines.
The band’s journey started in 2003 when Scott began playing solo shows under their now-very acclaimed name. Playing and recording all the instruments himself, he founded their trademark sound: a stew of pop brilliance and emotional turmoil. The band’s second album Midnight Organ Fight – recorded by Peter Katis (Mercury Rev, Interpol) – was released in April 2008 and revealed Scott’s soaring vocal delivery and knack for writing emotive, spine-tingling lyrics. Their last album The Winter of Mixed Drinks was released in 2010 to huge acclaim and a new height of popularity,...
Bristol-based festival favourites The Zen Hussies blend a diverse range of genres – R&B, ska, swing, rockabilly, calypso – into their own punked-up swingska sound. This six-piece present a high octane music revue, guaranteed to set the even the most troubled feet dancing.
This is a wry, poignant, humourous and topical one-man show, spiced with anecdotes of the singer-songwriter’s life and times in music, TV and film – Monty Python, The Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band, The Rutles plus ‘The Innes Book of Records’.
‘There was so much fun packed in, I only realised later we had not heard the Bonzos’ greatest hit, Urban Spaceman. We were laughing too much to notice.’ THE GUIDE
‘An unrecognised national treasure, he stands as a beacon of wilful, almost archaic silliness.’ * * * * THE SKINNY
Winner of the 2012 Brit Award for Best British Producer, having worked with the likes of The Vaccines, Kings of Leon and Laura Marling, Ethan Jones performs his debut solo album If Not Now, Then When?
