Live Music at Old Nick's Tavern Horncastle, March 2017.

LIVE MUSIC @ OLD NICKS TAVERN

8 North St Horncastle LN9 5DX  01507 526862

‘MARCH 2017’

DATE	BAND
Wed Evening	Jam & Open Mic Night.  Musicians come & join in – ALL genres welcome – backline provided which includes 1 x Drum kit, 1 x bass amp plus 1 x guitar amp, please bring own instruments.  8.30pm start.
Sat 4th	The Steve Fulsham Band (Power Blues/Rock) The Steve Fulsham Band are a slick, high energy Blues Rock Band based in Hull. Over the last seven years, this band has been travelling up and down the country delivering their own brand of Blues Rock, playing with the likes of Walter Trout and Wilko Johnson along the way. Steve is considered to be one of the finest guitarists on the circuit.  9pm start.
Sat 11th	Joker(High Energy Rock Covers)  A 5 piece from Scunthorpe playing all your favourite rock covers.  Their influences are too many to mention but you can be guaranteed their performance will blow you away and have a bit of fun in the process!!   9pm Start
Fri 17th	Paddy Power!  Celebrating Paddy’s Day with an evening of mixed genres leading up to Feel The Noise, who will be performing a one hour set.  8.30pm Start   Special offer on Pints of Guinness.
Sat 18th	Cuttin’ Loose (Rock & Pop) All your favourite hits from the 60s to the present day. 9pm start.
Sat 25th	The Mick Rutherford Band (Blues/Progressive/Classic Rock) This experienced and accomplished band is welcomed back to Old Nicks who play, as described, heavy blues/rock and in live performances take no prisoners. They are proud to be the first of the Blues Matters family to have a top twenty hit (number 4) in the USA I-Tunes Blues Singles download chart. Not to be missed!!  9pm start.

Two Seasick Steve shows in France, May, 2017.

Rambling man and blues legend Seasick Steve will be performing in France in May. 

Two shows announced, one in Marseille Espace Julien, 

and one in Bordeaux Rocher de Palmer, Live Nation France.

Rambling Roots Revue - High Wycombe UK, April, 2017.

Rambling Roots Revue - High Wycombe UK, April, 2017.

Wickham Music Festival 3rd - 6th August 2017

Wickham Music Festival - 3rd - 6th August 2017

Voted the UK's Best Small Festival at the Live UK Music Awards.

Tickets now onsale by phone and online. Save £30 on weekend season tickets if you book now.

www.wickhamfestival.co.uk

Boo Hewerdine & Brooks Williams - 'State of the Union' Autumn Tour 2017

BOO HEWERDINE & BROOKS WILLIAMS - 'State of the Union' Autumn Tour 2017 - More dates added (October) Boo & Brooks "Beautiful, classy playing and great songs" - Acoustic Magazine “Americana at its finest!” - fRoots STATE OF THE UNION will return with their third album for Reveal Records in Autumn 2017 and a concert tour with selected Summer Festival dates. Combining the mercurial talents of English songwriting legend Boo Hewerdine and acclaimed American Blues guitarist and songwriter Brooks Williams, State of the Union create a magical, stripped back and enthralling musical atmosphere, their performances consistently brilliant, equal parts emotive and entertaining. The original songs Hewerdine and Williams play are infused by a multitude of influences, from Willie Nelson to Johnny Cash, from the wide open Fenlands to the frenetic buzz of the city. Their recordings are made quickly, in most instances first take, live in the studio, but the sound this amazing acoustic duo capture is rich and expertly executed. About Boo Hewerdine & Brooks Williams Boo is perhaps best known from his years fronting much loved English rock band The Bible but he has since enjoyed a solo career spanning over two decades and written thousands of published songs including those for Eddi Reader, Sia, Chris Difford, Kris Drever and KD Lang. His most recent album “Swimming In Mercury” is due out in February 2017 on Reveal Records. Brooks Williams got his start in the clubs and bars in Boston USA (the same music scene that years earlier sparked the careers of Bonnie Raitt and Chris Smither) and from there he has toured in ever-widening circles for nearly three decades. In 2013 Williams was nominated best male vocalist by the UK’s foremost roots-music mavens, Spiral Earth. AmericanaUK says, “he has a beautiful voice that you just melt into.” He’s also ranked in the Top 100 Acoustic Guitarists. Over the years he has picked alongside Taj Mahal, John Hammond, Paul Jones, Little Feat, Maria Muldaur, Shawn Colvin and Leo Kottke, to name but a few. CLICK HERE FOR VIDEO Boo & Brooks More about State of the Union, In conversation: How did you meet and when did you start playing music together? Brooks: “Boo invited me to step in last minute to play at his annual Christmas concert. I played a solo set and then sat in with Boo for a few songs. Even though we had never played together before it had a real magic feel to it. I think both of us knew there was something unique happening and worth exploring”. Boo: “Brooks came and played at one of my Christmas shows when there was so much snow my other guests couldn’t make it! It was magic and we decided to do more. We had actually met once before when Brooks interviewed me for a guitar magazine. Which is a bit like Muhammad Ali interviewing Eddie The Eagle….He is a guitar master!”. What are the main differences in your guitar styles / playing and approach to songwriting? Brooks: “On paper our two worlds are pretty far apart, but somehow we’re able to bring them together. It’s an overused phrase but I believe there is some real musical magic in State Of The Union. I like to think it gives us both the opportunity to showcase our ‘expected’ strengths, but also to explore and dig in to the other aspects of our music. In a way SOTU is an alter-ego”. Boo: “Brooks is a bluesman (of great subtlety) from Georgia and I was in an 80’s indie band….and yet it worked right away. I think the route of why it works musically is both of us have a love of good time… a sense of rhythm. And we both love the craft of writing”. What do you enjoy most about the duo’s live performances? Brooks: “It’s the whole package - getting to create a pretty big sound with just two guitars and two voices. Audiences from our earlier tours know what I mean. It’s fun. It’s big. And I’m not aware of anyone else doing it exactly like SOTU”. Boo: “It feels so much more than the sum of the parts…whenever we revisit SOTU it kicks into gear with ease, in a spooky way!”. What does State of The Union mean / why did you pick this band name ? Brooks: “Boo came up with the name. It represents us pretty well, I think. Two distinctly different musicians from different parts of the world with two different sets of influences coming together and making music. And even though on paper it shouldn’t work, there’s so much shared inspiration that it takes on a pretty cool life of its own”. Boo & Brooks MORE DATES ADDED FOR SELECTED SUMMER FESTIVALS & AUTUMN DATES: Friday 13 October Sun 15 October Mon 16 October Tues 17 October Weds 18 October Thurs 19 October Friday 20 October For selected Summer festival dates available please enquire. For all booking enquiries and details on availability please contact: GAIL COOKE LAUGHING DOG MUSIC 07905 952374 Click here for LAUGHING DOG MUSIC Click here for BROOKS WILLIAMS Click here for BOO HEWERDINE Click here for REVEAL RECORDS ©2017 Laughing Dog Music | Laughing Dog Music I I tel : + 44 (0) 7905 952374

Willie and the Bandits Spring Tour, 2017

Willie and the Bandits Spring Tour, 2017

Two Great Gigs This Week at Lincoln Drill Hall

Two Great Gigs This Week at Lincoln Drill Hall

McGoldrick, McCusker and Doyle

Wednesday 22 February 8pm

A rare chance to see three of the world’s finest folk musicians on stage together. Mike McGoldrick, John McCusker and John Doyle, key members of the BBC’s acclaimed transatlantic sessions are joining forces for what’s guaranteed to be an occasion to remember.

Tickets: £16 advance £18 on the door

Café Manouche

Friday 24 February 8pm

This amazing hot club jazz & swing band return to the Drill Hall after their packed-out gig last year. Expect an evening of music from the 1920s to the 50s, including Parisian waltzes, hot swing and touches of Latin and Bossa nova, all performed in the distinctive style of jazz guitar legend Django Reinhardt.

Tickets from 01522 873894

www.lincolndrillhall.com

Steve Nimmo Trio Tour March April 2017

3 NEW UK DATES ADDED!  TICKETS ON SALE FROM  THE VENUES...   Stevie’s voice is at times  gritty, other times    emotional but all times perfection! Maverick Magazine   www.stevienimmo.com The Stevie Nimmo trio are back on the road in March. Maintaining the great live work they've been doing in 2016. This included a mammoth UK tour with label mate Ben Poole, and gigs with the legendary Robin Trower. Tickets are on sale now from the venue websites.   ... this is one hell of an album.  Loaded with great songs and  some stunning guitar  ANDY SNIPPER  MUSIC-NEWS.COM Copyright © 2017 Manhaton Records, All rights reserved. Our mailing address is: Manhaton Records 9 School Road Twyford Winchester, Hampshire SO21 1QQ United Kingdom

Max de Bernadardi and Veronica Sbergia UK Spring Tour 2017

Max de Bernadardi and Veronica Sbergia UK Spring Tour 2017

Don't Miss Glasshouse Acoustic Session, Key Theatre, Peterborough, Sun 19 Feb, 2017.

Don't Miss the Glasshouse Acoustic Session, at the Key Theatre, Peterborough,
2.30 pm on Sunday the 19th of  February, 2017.

Keith Luckey 3 pm - 3.55 pm

Irene Rae 4 pm - 4.55 pm

The Following: 5 pm 6 pm.

Full details on the

Glasshouse Website