Joe Driscoll & Sekou Kouyate offer a fusion of world, afrobeat, hip-hop, folk and reggae, which has charted in the World Music iTunes top ten. It defies description but demands attention. They have been nominated for multiple music awards including Best Act and Best Cross Cultural Collaboration.
Broken Brass Ensemble injects the traditional New Orleans brass with a fusion of hiphop, funk, soul, dance, jazz (and much more) and turn it into a blazing mixture of energy.
They’re taking brass to a new level, creating a 2.0 version of the vibrant New Orleans brass sound and this eclectic and energetic sound has been running up a storm over Europe.
Live they deliver hard-hitting brass sounds and their interactive and riotous live shows have seen them conquer crowds all over Europe.
They have sold out shows in UK venues in London, Manchester, Exeter, Norwich only...
Steve Cradock of Ocean Colour Scene recently mentioned of The Mocking Birds, who currently split their time between London and their native roots of Exeter.
The band released their debut single Choose Life back in late 2015 in association with online retailer Atom Retro and are about to announce details of a double A side single for release in July 2016.
The band recently sold out their hometown show at The Bike Shed in Exeter and began a monthly London residency at The Silver Bullet in April. Recent support for the lads has come from the likes of 6 Music & BBC...
The village of Branscombe once again hosts some of the world’s top musicians with the fourth Branscombe Festival from Friday 29 – Sunday 31 July 2016.
The Branscombe Festival combines world-class musicians with an idyllic countryside setting. Over three summer days, leading classical and opera artists perform in the village’s most picturesque venues, with cream tea served on Saturday afternoon and a hog roast that evening.
The festival culminates in a free concert on Branscombe beach by the Camborne Town Band.
The Festival is curated by Ian Rosenblatt, BBC presenter...
TONY HAZZARD began his music career as a solo singer, featuring in classic sixties television shows such as Ready Steady Go and Thank Your Lucky Stars, but it soon became clear that his forte was songwriting and, during a three year period, from 1966 to 1969, he wrote six top twenty hits in the UK and Europe for the likes of Manfred Mann (Fox On The Run & Ha Ha Said The Clown), The Hollies (Listen To Me), The Tremeloes (Hello World), Lulu (Me The Peaceful Heart), and Herman's Hermits (You Won't Be Leaving). He also had songs recorded by Gene Pitney (Maria Elena), Dave Berry (Love Has...
Explore the beautiful estate and enjoy music from the Big Noise Chorus and Spectrum Music band on Sunday 10th July 2016 at Ugbrooke House, Chudleigh in Devon in aid of Macmillan Cancer Support.
Ugbrooke House will be opening its doors to the public when it hosts the annual Big Noise Chorus concert, giving you an opportunity to enjoy the historic gardens and more with craft stalls, pony rides, bouncy castle, food and drink, morris dancing and music from Devon's finest choirs and swing classics from the Spectrum Music band.
The event is sponsored by Dainton Group Services in...
Great news for everyone who missed out on tickets for this summer’s Radio One Big Weekend, and for those who want to see one of the highlights of that weekend at Powderham Castle again: Chase & Status are confirmed as special guests for Saturday night.
Lockdown, the South‐West’s biggest dance music festival, will take place in the grounds of the magnificent Powderham Castle, Exeter on the weekend of 9-11 September 2016.
This event was previously advertised as Bassline Festival, but has been rebranded to avoid confusion with another event of the same name.
An opera singer from Devon who started his musical life as a Chorister in Exeter Cathedral Choir made his debut with English National Opera earlier this week.
David Webb, who sang with the Cathedral Choir in the 1990s, made his ENO debut in Wagner’s Tristan and Isolde on 9th June in a new production conducted by Edward Gardner. In a recent interview with Toby Deller he speaks fondly of his time in Exeter Cathedral Choir, then under the direction of Lucian Nethsingtha.
David, who has recently been named a Harewood Young Artist, plays the part of a young sailor – most...
A unique fusion of blues slide guitar, Hindustani classical slide guitar and tabla rhythms.
Michael Messer’s Mitra is a trio comprising British blues innovator and slide guitarist, Michael Messer, Hindustani slide guitar maestro from Mumbai India, Manish Pingle , and London-based tabla player, Gurdain Singh Rayatt.
This is more than another meeting of musicians from different cultures, this is a band with its own unique sound, an exhilarating and highly accessible fusion of blues and Hindustani classical music. With vocals, slide guitars and tabla, these three musicians...
Laments, Czardas’ and Szaporas from the Transylvanian region of Kalotaszeg with the beautiful voice and violin playing of Tcha Limberger.
Tcha Limberger has become recognised as one of the most prominent and important figures in folk music of the Carpathian Basin. His trio concentrates on the style considered to be the most beautiful of all Hungarian music and accompanying him the two highest regarded musicians of modern times, Berki Viktor on bass, and Toni Rudi on Brac.
Limberger, who studied under the great Neti Sandor, came to love the most so much he went to live there...
