Stiff Little Fingers take things ‘up a gear’. The band will be touring the UK in March and are currently recording their as yet untitled 10th studio album set for release in 2014.
Stiff Little Fingers were formed in 1977 in Belfast, Ireland. Along with the likes of the Clash, Sex Pistols, The Jam, Buzzcocks, Undertones, Sham 69, Stranglers, et al – Stiff Little Fingers were at the forefront of the punk movement. They wrote initially about their own lives, growing up at the height of The Troubles in Northern Ireland, in songs like Suspect Device...
On March 29th, the Hospital Records family will be taking over the hometown of our favourite Devonshire duo Fred V & Grafix, for a celebratory launch of their debut LP.
The Exeter Phoenix will play host to a selection of some of the finest talent from the Hospital roster, both in terms of breakthrough acts as well as more established names.
Tickets for this one-off spectacular are priced at just £10 for Early Birds, so don’t sleep and make sure you’re a part of it.
The combination of Scotland and Ireland’s leading Celtic musicians with a stellar group of international salseros, ensures that Salsa Celtica are always a potent blend of virtuosity and energy.
The group’s unique synthesis has been rapturously received around the globe, from the village halls of Scotland to the world’s greatest music festivals and concert halls.
With their long awaited new studio album The Tall Islands due to be released, 2014 is going to be a huge year for Salsa Celtica.
There has never been a better time to catch one of the world’s most exciting...
With his beautiful voice and violin playing, Tcha Limberger is recognised as one of the most prominent and important figures in the music of the Carpathian Basin. His orchestra, in true Hungarian gypsy band style, bursts with a passion and technical virtuosity that is astounding.
Tcha Limberger and his incredible six-piece band perform Csardas, verbunk and laments from the Budapest Magyar Nota Gypsy orchestra tradition of the 19th and early 20th centuries.
With a career spanning over five decades Lee Scratch Perry is one of the most iconic figures in reggae and dub, working with the likes of Bob Marley, Junior Murvin, The Congos, Max Romeo and eponymous Lee Perry & The Upsetters. His eclectic range of styles has seen him work in variety of genres like Rocksteady, Jungle and Dubstep.
He is the godfather of dub, the high priest of reggae, Bob Marley’s producer and a truly original musical innovator. From 1970s Jamaica to the present day his music has been groundbreaking and his influence consistently epic.
65daysofstatic began in Sheffield, United Kingdom in 2001 as Iain Armstrong, Paul Wolinski and Joe Shrewsbury. They originally formed to try to write music to fit the unreleased and little known John Carpenter film, ‘Stealth Bomber’ (starring Kurt Russell).
Sheffield’s prog-rock math-metal heroes intersperse heavy, progressive, guitar driven instrumental sections with both idm-esque programmed and live drums. 65days’ albums maintain a distinctively gritty, almost industrial feel. The band, originally named after an unreleased John Carpenter film, have just released new record Wild...
A family of lost souls, the jaws of a city and a boatful of raw fish, Under Her Skin fuses Deb Newbold’s highly acclaimed and charismatic storytelling voice with the double bass, fiddle, and clog dynamism of Laurel Swift. The resulting story of loss and regret is uplifting, thoroughly modern, and belly-shakingly funny. A pioneering new work Under Her Skin is stand-up storytelling and then some.
Setting an ancient selkie (seal people) folktale firmly in the here and now, Under Her Skin is a live experience of joyful irreverence, lyrical poetry, and killer riffs. With just two...
Often compared to Joni Mitchell and Nick Drake, quite favourably, no less, singer/songwriter Kathryn Williams was born in Liverpool in 1974. Here she performs songs from her new album Crown Electric as well as classics from her lengthy body of work.
Her tenth album has been made with the help of producer Neill MacColl, who previously worked with Kathryn on Two (2008) and The Quickening (2010). Crown Electric was narrowed down from a pool of 60 songs. Some grew out of solitude, others crackled into life during two collaborative songwriting retreats organised by Chris Difford....
The Craig Charles Funk and Soul show is the longest running show on BBC6 Music and has the highest audience share of any programme on the network. His club DJ shows bring you the same eclectic mix of songs covering Northern Soul, Funk, Soul and modern remixes. Live support on the night comes from local funk band Electric Spank.
Line up:
AUDITORIUM- FUNK & SOUL
Craig Charles DJ set Electric Spank (Live) Heavy Stylus Freddy Pimms B2B Hidden Riddim
After picking up his brother’s guitar and writing his first song, he felt his future lay in Rock music, being influenced by some of the guitar greats – Jimi Hendrix, Rory Gallagher, Johnny Winter, Stevie Ray Vaughan and Gary Moore.
Very quickly, Larry found his own Blues/Rock style, and has been constantly refining it. He is a guitarist, singer, songwriter, with a love for his music which is simply infectious. With six critically-acclaimed albums under his belt he continues to surprise and amaze us audiences with his guitar virtuosity.
