Black Voices, a Birmingham-based performance ensemble renowned for its rich, powerful harmonies and stunning arrangements, are coming to Exeter on Saturday 8 June to do a concert and public workshop supported by St Thomas Gospel Choir.
Black Voices was founded and is led by its musical director Carol Pemberton. Since 1987, she has steered Black Voices in becoming a unique performance ensemble, focused on promoting singing the black oral tradition (SBOT).
The group, inspired by Sweet Honey in the Rock, and Take Six, has forged its own dynamic way of distilling and re-...
Local singer/songwriter, Charlotte Ward from Ide, near Exeter will take the stage on Sunday evening in her debut performance at Mama Stones, Exeter’s coolest live music venue.
14-year-old Charlotte is set to entertain with a mix of original songs and chart covers on keys and guitar. Charlotte’s style, velvety tones and amazing range belie her age and as a result she is through to the national heats of the UK’s newest talent competition, Teen Star.
Charlotte performed one of her original songs, Lies , at the Teen Star Regional Final in Bournemouth last month. She was...
The veteran American singer George Jones, one of the greatest stars of country music has died at the age of 81.
Jones, a disciple of country's early 'honky tonk' stars such as Hank Williams, Ernest Tubb and Roy Acuff, enjoyed huge success in the US with a string of hits as well as a certain notoriety for his alcoholism, drug problems and broken marriages.
His first success came in the 1950s - the rockabilly influenced White Lightning an early crossover hit in 1959. He had hits in each of the next three decades and famously married his sometime signing partner Tammy Wynette...
A concert of songs about legendary tales of English werewolves is being taken on tour by South West-based folk act the Wren Band.
The band – formed specially by the eight musicians of Wren Music to mark the folk music charity’s 30th anniversary – is taking the show on tour this summer and is hoping the popularity of all things werewolf and vampire will bring a new audience to traditional English folk music.
The concert, which premieres at Exeter Northcott Theatre on 2 June, features 21 songs and two stories – all about legendary creatures.
Yes Sir Boss's diverse up-tempo sound takes the rhythmic foundations of ska and funk, and injects them with bluesy guitar riffs, spaghetti-western tinged jazz horns and pop-infused vocal melodies to create an irresistibly catchy mix with more than enough bite to cater to fans of all genres.
On 15 April Yes Sir Boss release Mrs #1 featuring label owner Joss Stone, the band’s second single taken from debut album Desperation State.
Showcasing a more accessible pop sound, Mrs #1 combines spacious instrumentation with catchy horn melodies and a driving funk bass line, all of...
If you're looking for ideas to keep the family entertained this Easter weekend, here is a selection of what's going on in and around Exeter:
THEATRE
Gabriela Munoz: Perhaps, Perhaps, Quizas... Friday & Saturday, 7.30pm, Bike Shed Theatre, Exeter If at first you don’t succeed, try again… and again… and again. A solo clown show about loneliness, waiting and hoping for the right man. Once a week Greta rehearses for the arrival of the “one”. Will she get lucky tonight? Perhaps, Perhaps… Quizás… Part of the Theatre Rush & Friends Residency. Single show £10/7, two shows...
The night will be in aid of the Adam Stansfield Foundation - a charity close to many Devonian’s hearts - and the hotel will be organising a fundraising raffle during the evening where you will have the opportunity to Take A Chance on winning lots of amazing prizes. ABBA, one of the bestselling acts of all time, are being brought back to life! Relive the ABBA experience live and join the band ABBA Sensation in saying Thank You For The Music, as they revive one of the most successful acts in the history of pop music! The show has amazing costumes, exciting choreography, sizzling performances...
