Lifetime 'Redefining The Concert Experience'

Band From County Hell & Rita Payne at The Great British Folk Festival!

Great British Folk Festival 5 - 7 December, Butlins...

BFCH appear Sunday December 7th Introducing Stage at 4pm

Rita Payne are going to be there too!

Check out these links...

http://www.bigweekends.com/splash-pages/folk-festival-2014.aspx#ico=MN_Folk

www.bfch.co.uk

www.ritapaynemusic.com

Kevin Thorpe Reverb Festival, Retford, 22 November.

Infinite Play List - Lincoln Drill Hall - Friday 14 November

Http://www.lincolndrillhall.com 

Beehive Soul Weekender, Peterborough, November 29 & 30.

Wild Ponies @ Kirton Town Hall Live!

November 23rd Doors: 7:00 PM Advance Tickets: £10 Door prices are £2.00 higher Bands start around 7.30 PM   Kirton Town Hall Market Square Kirton in Lindsey North Lincolnshire DN21 4LZ Click to buy Tickets Tickets can be purchased in person from the "One Stop" shop in Kirton in Lindsey   Over the Phone, call Brian on: 01652 649230   Online at: www.wegottickets.com   Or at concerts prior to the date Wild Ponies     Performing @ Kirton Town Hall Live Sunday 23rd November   The WILD PONIES are Doug and Telisha Williams.  Formerly from Martinsville, Virginia they moved to East Nashville a couple of years ago to concentrate on music full time.  The move has paid off with rave reviews in the States and their first headline UK Tour.  Some of the THL regulars will remember them from last year when they supported Rod Picott. Doug and Telisha’s friendly and cheerful nature belies the serious tone of their material, which covers topics such a sexual abuse and murder, but their acerbic wit always creeps into their songs. Telisha plays upright bass and sings lead vocals.  She comes over all sweet with a sunshine smile, but with the subject matter of the songs she taunts and teases. Doug supports her words with harmonies and although his vocals are perfect, it is his guitar that is his weapon.  He fingerpicks beautiful melodies in ballads such as in the song ‘Iris’ and really bends the strings on the upbeat songs.  For more information and videos visit: www.townhalllive.co.uk Support will come from our very own ‘sound man’ Gerry McNeice who will perform a 35 minute set with The Gerry McNeice Band. Advance tickets are priced at £10 otherwise £12.00 on the door. Tickets can be obtained from the One Stop store in the town, from Brian on 01652 649230 or from www.wegottickets.com Don't miss it! The next time at Town Hall Live ... A Christmas concert with Ruth Trimble   Friday 5th December For our last concert of 2014 we welcome back RUTH TRIMBLE to play a special Christmas Concert. Ruth plays keyboards and percussion in Beth Nielsen Chapman's band and in Kimmie Rhodes band. Ruth is also a singer songwriter in her own right and last year released and album of carols.  She will play some of these along with songs from her debut album 'Things I want Say'. Ruth will be accompanied by Clare Mulligan.  Leeds band Fireside Knights will be the support. Advance Tickets for this concert will be £11, and can be obtained from the usual outlets.   Bring Your Friends for a Great Night Out and Save on Tickets! We would like as many people as possible to come and enjoy the concerts we put on. Why not ask your friends? Any person buying 6 tickets up to one week before any concert will get £1 off the ticket price on all tickets purchased. This offer is available only by ringing Brian on 01652 649230 or emailing him on  brianchudley@btinternet.com

SWING FEELING Little Big Band

« SWING FEELING » Little Big Band
Organised in 1992, Swing Feeling is today considered by the jazz critics and the jazz amateurs as one of the hottest European bands, with the following musicians...

Jérome Etcheberry or Gilles Berthenet (premier trompette)
Dan Vernhettes (deuxième trompette, leader) - Jean-Pierre Dumontier (trombone)
Hugues Dieuzeide (arrangeur, anches) - Jacques Montebruno (anches)
Philippe Dourneau (anches) - Philippe Milanta (piano)
Enzo Mucci (contrebasse) - François Laudet (drums)

The répertoire proposes a promenade into the music of the big bands of the 30s and 40s, such as Fletcher Henderson, Count Basie, Duke Ellington, Jelly Roll Morton, Andy Kirk, Chick Webb, Erskine Hawkins, Fats Waller, Bull Moose Jackson, Lester Young, Harry Edison, Claude Hopkins, Oscar Peterson, Sabby Lewis, Todd Rhodes, Cab Calloway… and some original arrangements by the band.

“With Swing Feeling, we are brought back to the Savoy or any great dancing hall that welcomed by the best big jazz bands. Swing Feeling’s rhythm section has been exemplary during the whole concert, Philippe Milanta often reaching his best (especially in his punctuation's and solos ‘à la Basie’) on the piano. All the soloists are excellent, with a particular mention for Jérôme Etcheberry, who brought the house down on Saint Louis Boogie, Second Balcony Jump, Yacht Club Swing, Krazy Krapers (with an exciting exchange between the trumpet and the drums that reminded me of the famous Benny Goodman’s Sing, Sing, Sing). The final tune, Bellboy Boogie ,had another excitnig dialog, this time between the two trumpeters.” François Abon, Hot Club de France
Swing Feeling is known for its swing, its feel for blues and its collective improvisations.

Maurice Cullaz, the late president of the French Académie du Jazz, wrote: “They are only nine, but they swing like fifteen !” “This band is a first class band. The music breathes, the rhythm is relaxed, and the melodies are really felt. Here one approaches the groove of the old american bands. The musicians really play like one man as they share a common musical spirit, and they all know how to raise the tension by playing solos that are coherent with the esthetic of the group. The size of the band allows a greater flexibility than an average big band has, and offers more liberty to each soloist.”

Guy Chauvier, Jazz classique
“The spirit of Kansas City and Harlem inspires this orchestra. Homogeneity, rhythmic precision and spontaneity unite these musicians of one of the best European bands.”

Jazz Notes
A tender or dynamic music, according to the color of each tune, with arrangements that really swing,
and lots of improvisations. Feeling and Swing!
CONTACT : Dan Vernhettes jazzedit@sfr.fr

You Tube Link http://youtu.be/_0w1G3r8Kfk

Two Great Gigs @ Lincoln Drill Hall This Month

Two Great Gigs @ Lincoln Drill Hall This Month

Big Country Thursday 20 Nov 2014 7.30 pm

Scottish rock legends Big Country celebrate the 30th Anniversary of their classic second album ‘Steeltown’. They will be embarking on a three month long Steeltown tour, playing tracks from their iconic number one album plus their greatest hits. Big Country, featuring original members Bruce Watson and Mark Brzezicki, still retain the same energy, passion and unique sound that propelled them to the top 30 years ago. With support from Abi Moore and The Listeners. Tickets: £18 in advance (£20 on the day)

Secret Affair: 35th Anniversary Tour Friday 21 November 7.00 pm

Released in 1979, “Glory Boys” was the debut album from top mod revival band Secret Affair. The album featured the smash hit singles “Time for Action” and “Let your heart dance”, and was a massive commercial and creative success featuring nine original songs from Ian Page & David Cairns along with a cover of Smokey Robinson’s “Going to a go-go”. To celebrate this seminal album’s 35th anniversary Secret Affair have embarked on a UK tour…including this gig at the Drill Hall which takes place almost 35 years to the day since they last played at the venue. Plus support From The Lambretas. Tickets £16

Venue details...

Lincoln Drill Hall, Freeschool Lane, Lincoln. LN2 1EY Box Office 01522 873894 boxoffice@lincolndrillhall.com        www.lincolndrillhall.com

LARRY GARNER & THE NORMAN BEAKER BAND

 LARRY GARNER & THE NORMAN BEAKER BAND

 TOURING UK & EUROPE -   MAY 2015

Larry is a five-time Blues Music Award nominee, for Most Promising Artist, and for Contemporary Male Blues Artist. Larry was inducted into the Louisiana Blues Hall of Fame in 2002. The BBC honoured Larry as its Bluesman of the Year, and Larry was honoured as Blues Songwriter of the Year three times. Larry was twice named Bluesman of the Year Award by Real Blues Magazine. "If you haven't discovered the blues brilliance of Larry Garner, then you should jump on this bandwagon. These are blues for today, good to the last note stuff." - Big City Blues American bluesman Larry Garner has found a true musical soul mate in British blues veteran Norman Beaker. Garner may have paid his dues in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, while Beaker cut his gigging teeth in northern England with people such as Alexis Korner , Jack Bruce, Jimmy Rogers, BB King etc ; put them on stage together, and they are definitely drawing from the same musical roots. Garners powerful vocals and expressive musicianship make him a natural front man his songs are delivered with a sense of irony with lyrics that are both meaningful and amusing, added to this Larry has a wonderfully expressive voice, is a fine guitarist and a great performer.

Larry was born in Baton Rouge, Louisiana where he picked up on the Swamp Blues music popular in that area, inspired by artistes such as Silas Hogan and Clarence Edwards, he has won just about every award including WC Handy and BB King awards Like Larry, Norman’s songs are also full of social comment and modern day situations, this is a coming together of two modern day Troubadours with something new

Youtube links below

http://youtu.be/69NGSeCOnIA  vid     http://youtu.be/JgeV_uiOvOs    vid

http://youtu.be/Q6_a55oaYGY  vid     http://youtu.be/VDbt2i5crpc     vid

Check out the Norman Beaker Band on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/normanbeakerband/timeline

A message from Big City Indians!

Hello friends. we're honored to announce a 4th time nominee in the Native American Music Awards-Nammys. The song "May You Walk" from Big City Indians TUWA album has been selected as one of five finalists for the Native Heart category at the 15th Annual Native American Music Awards (NAMMYs).
A public voting process is taking place NOW. 
We are so grateful for all of you that casted your vote! 
Here is the voting link: http://www.nativeamericanmusicawards.com/vote-now  
 
The categories we are in:
31. NATIVE HEART
 4. BEST COMPILATION RECORDING for "Earth Bound Angel – Various Artists"
 
Thanks again everyone!
 
Enjoy the Video from the title: May You Walk here: http://youtu.be/3XGpluZ613w
Love & Light
Big City Indians
http://bigcityindians.com
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