Vocalist, composer and actor Najma Akhtar has been at the forefront of the World Music scene for the last two decades.
Najma has proved to be a successful and versatile artist and is renowned for using modern jazz influences with Indian vocals creating a beautiful fusion of eastern and western styles.
Having performed at Peter Gabriel’s WOMAD and the jazz stages at Glastonbury, Reading and other European festivals, Najma is one of the very first artists to have created a place in musical history in terms of world music by having given birth to a new genre fusion of Jazz and...
From glittering TV stardom to the showbiz doldrums, 70s telly host Derek Daniels has been off our screens for quite a while, with only his glamorous assistant (and increasingly frustrated wife) Bev for company. In a bid to rekindle the nation’s affection, Derek is making a comeback with Crimplene Millionaire, his pilot TV gameshow for the Retro Channel, finally marking his return to the small screen.
Derek and Bev invite you to play a round of Crimplene Millionaire. Roll the dice and compete in the 1970s board game that style forgot, as your hosts roll back the years to a pre-...
With a unique voice that’s equal parts choirboy and soul boy, Andrew Montgomery made celestial waves in the Britpop era as frontman of Scottish band Geneva. Avoiding the laddish clichés of the era and aiming squarely at the sublime, Geneva scored four emotive Top 40 singles and two critically adored albums.
Since then, his seraphic three-octave voice has been criminally silent. But no more. On 5th October 2014, Andrew Montgomery releases his début solo album Ruled By Dreams.
Ruled By Dreams is a rich, swooning suite of space gospel music, pairing astonishing vocals, woozy...
Internationally acclaimed Canadian stand-up Craig Campbell never fails to impress with his high octane, charismatic performances and hilarious anecdotes. This master storyteller has supported Frankie Boyle on his last two sell-out national tours and has performed smokin’ sets on Dave’s One Night Stand, BBC3’s Russell Howard’s Good News and BBC1’s Michael McIntyre’s Comedy Roadshow. More recently Craig has been touring the critically acclaimed 2012 Edinburgh show Return of the Lumberjacks alongside fellow Canadians; Stewart Francis and Glenn Wool...
The Old Dance School’s expansive landscapes of ear-bending contemporary folk place them as true innovators of the music. Duelling fiddles, soaring brass crescendos, and irresistible grooves, their new show charts their remarkable journey from ballet school basement jam sessions and cowshed rehearsals, to remote lighthouses, to headline appearances at international festivals.
The Old Dance School takes it’s name from the old Betty Fox School of Ballet in Birmingham, then legendary jam session venue, where the band first formed in 2006. Championed by BBC Radio 2’s Bob Harris, the...
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...
