Mighty Force has awakened after 20 years. Exeter’s first dance music store was also a promoter and an influential record label that helped launch the careers of Aphex Twin, Tom Middleton and Matthew Herbert. To kick off the return, Mighty Force founder Mark Darby has assembled some of the DJ/Producers that made and played the soundtrack to those heady party days along with some of the original production companies that decorated and provided visuals for those early raves.
Everyone has come together to support charities that operate in the SW to support homeless people so your...
Best known as the lead singer of the progressive folk big band Bellowhead, who split in May 2016, Jon launched his solo career in Autumn 2016, touring the UK solo for the first time. Largely presenting the self-penned songs of his debut album, Painted Lady, as well as material from his remarkable dystopian follow-up, Songs From The Floodplain, Jon’s solo show also includes material from Bellowhead, his duo partnership, Spiers & Boden and his ambitious A Folk Song A Day project, in which he recorded 365 folk songs in one year.
New Zealand-born Hans Kellett – best known in his now hometown Berlin as half of the queer punk-chanson band Princessin Hans – gives an insight into the performance format of the Kabarett; a far cry from the associations many have from Bob Fosse’s Hollywood movie. The German form of Kabarett has always provided a fertile breeding ground for political satire and even direct resistance. Just one of a group of artistic forms called Kleinkunst (literally the ‘Little Arts’) it serves as a performance model bridging the gap between high art and popular culture. In this performative lecture, Hans...
Highly acclaimed singer-songwriter Lisbee Stainton will release her fifth studio album Then Up in April ahead of a nine-date headline UK tour starting right here.
In 2007, when she was just 18 years-old, London-based Lisbee became the first unsigned artist to play London’s O2 Arena. Soon after, 6Music’s Tom Robinson discovered Lisbee’s song Red, and his support subsequently led to Lisbee’s music being playlisted by BBC Radio 2.
Since then Lisbee has toured with such notable artists as Joan Armatrading, Paul Brady, Gretchen Peters, Paul Carrack and Seth Lakeman, who was so...
Featuring Elles Bailey, Gabriella Jones and Amy Khonsari
ELLES BAILEY Bristol based Elles Bailey hasn’t been dubbed a Blues Princess for no reason. This young Bristolian cuts right against the grain in so many ways, that’s probably why she’s such a rapidly rising star in the British music scene.
Her songs showcase her amazing vocal talent and her band’s incredible musicianship. She has been featured numerous times in print and on radio, had one of her songs used on an iShares advert and has been steadily building a dedicated following from the sensational live performances...
There’s a certain transcendent magic that happens when two contrasting voices coalesce in perfect harmony. Imperceptibly, they can raise you from the temporal to the spiritual in the breath of a song, and set you floating among the firmament infused with a sense of wonder – just like Sound of the Sirens.
Exeter-based duo Abbe Martin and Hannah Wood dovetail beautifully on their debut album, For All Our Sins, a beguiling acoustic pop collection replete with lyrical sensibility.
Already championed by Chris Evans – who declared himself “blown away” when he heard Sound of the...
As seen on Matt Forde’s Unspun (Dave) and half of global hit satirical podcast The Bugle, Zaltzman returns to plot his planet’s path to and/or from preservation and/or perdition.
In a show encompassing national identity, hope, fear and live action democracy, he addresses diverse issues such as the past, the present, the future, body surfing and the unending volcano of confused fury that is modern global politics.
Go beyond the expected and stimulate your mind with an evening of bold performances. Immerse yourself in the energy and skill of 14 exceptional dancers as they perform unusual work by a collection of new and award-winning choreographers. Experience three freshly created works as they explode on stage in front of you; Tony Adigun, Patricia Okenwa, and Karen and Allen Kaeja appear alongside Strange Blooms, a restaging of the Shobana Jeyasingh creation that explores the anatomy of plant cells under a microscope. Prepare to question your expectations and discover your love of dance.
+ SAMANTICS + MALAVITA Billy Salisbury aka The Undercover Hippy has been performing at festivals since 2008, working his way up from being a solo singer-songwriter playing in small marquee stages, to now having a full band of incredible musicians and playing main-stages at some of the Europe’s best festivals. They’ve been regulars at Glastonbury, Secret Garden Party, Boomtown and many more.
Politically driven the band blend acoustic roots reggae folk-hop, with feel good vibes and a sly sense of humour. The live show is high energy, interactive, and...
PLUS SUPPORT FROM THE FERRANTES & THE SOUL STROKE Touted as the inner city soul saviour, Rapha Ghetti returns back to Exeter with his very own band of misfits and wanderers. Having supported the likes of Beans on Toast, Dizraeli and Undercover Hippy in the last year, Rapha’s smooth jazzy sound tinged with politicised lyrics and fat beats is one not to be missed. facebook.com/raphaghetti
+ THE SOUL STROKE A 4 piece Soul, Funk, Jazz dance-band from South-East Cornwall and South Devon. Playing rare funk 45’s live; incorporating the best of New Orleans gumbo, L...
