HANS THEESSINK & BROOKS WILLIAMS - 'Steady Rolling Blues' Tour May 2018

HANS THEESSINK & BROOKS WILLIAMS - 'Steady Rolling Blues' Tour UK Dates May 2018   Hans Theessink, is one of the fiercest acoustic players in Europe HANS THEESSINK & BROOKS WILLIAMS - 'Steady Rolling Blues' Tour UK Dates May 2018 Hans Theessink Brooks Williams Hans Theessink, is one of the fiercest acoustic players in Europe and one of the top acoustic blues stars worldwide, a man who has played with the best and is one of the best, American or European, black & white, old and young, since The 1960s.This guy is the real deal, just a bluesmaster who is as good as it gets on every level. He is literally an international blues treasure. "One Helluva Guitar Player" - Bo Diddley "Hans Theessink is an international blues treasure. He is one of the world's pre-eminent pickers and his warm baritone expresses blues" - Blues Revue, USA "A killerpicker with a magical voice" - Midwest Record, USA "Hardly anyone gets everything so relaxed and focused on the point ... " - Bluesnews "Six-string finesse, vocal brilliance and the deepest southern feeling can not be expressed in any measure" - Global-mojo "Mr.Theessink sings the blues with a voice the texture of black molasses and plays guitar as if he were born to it. The overall feel of the music is devastating" - The Living Tradition, UK CLICK HERE FOR VIDEO Hans Theessink Brooks Williams hails from Statesboro, Georgia, the town made famous by country-blues legend Blind Willie McTell. Ranked in the Top 100 Acoustic Guitarists, he’s a mean finger-picker and a stunning slide guitarist. Plus, “he has a beautiful voice,” says AmericanaUK, “that you just melt into.” Not one easy to pigeon-hole, Brooks' music is the love-child of country-blues and Americana. fRoots says, "Soulful Americana, full-on blues and tasty rootsy grooves. He really rocks!” He 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. His massive repertoire reads like a roots music Hall Of Fame. Classic blues ranging from Bessie Smith to Memphis Slim, to compelling covers from the likes of Dave Alvin, Buddy Miller and Mose Allison. “On top of all this,” writes American Roots UK, “is his songwriting which stands comparison with virtually any of his peers.” Rooted in tradition his songs are timeless. Utterly contemporary they are wryly observed and relevant. With twenty-two albums to his name, including “Brooks’ Blues” (2017), “My Turn Now” (2016) and “Shreveport Sessions” (2014), and a vigorous touring schedule, Williams is one of acoustic roots music’s guiding lights. From festival stages to listening rooms, from Newport to Philly, Boston to Glasgow, Cambridge to Belfast, London to Detroit, Brooks Williams is, says the San Antonio Light, “a fret monster who has to be seen to be believed!” "At the top of his game, setting new standards and a fresh direction for the blues." - Blues In Britain "Soulful Americana, full-on blues, and tasty rootsy grooves."- fRoots CLICK HERE FOR VIDEO BOOKING NOW FOR DATES FROM 3 MAY - 30 MAY 2018: For all booking enquiries and details on availability please contact: GAIL COOKE LAUGHING DOG MUSIC gail@laughingdogmusic.co.uk 07905 952374 Click here for LAUGHING DOG MUSIC Click here for BROOKS WILLIAMS Click here for HANS THEESSINK

Lloyd Cole's solo journey 'In New York' is captured in new Box Set

Lloyd Cole's solo journey 'In New York' is captured in new Box Set

Nobody oozes more laid-back cool then Lloyd Cole and this new limited edition box set of his early solo years, shows off his true songwritering prowess.

Featuring all four solo albums Lloyd released after his time with The Commotions between 1988 and 1996 ['Lloyd Cole' ('90), 'Don't Get Weird On Me Babe' ('91), 'Bad Vibes' ('93) and 'Love Story' ('95)] plus 'Smile If You Want To', the 'unreleased' fifth album (including one previously unreleased track), and 'Demos '89-'94', 20 recordings from home and studio made public for this release.

We've uncovered these three hidden video gems and launched them especially to coincide with the new 'In New York' box set.

Frank Turner & Joe Strummer Foundation arrive in Freetown, Sierra Leone

Frank Turner & Joe Strummer Foundation arrive in Freetown, Sierra Leone  We've just had news that the crew have arrived safe and sound in Freetown, Sierra Leone. We'll have more updates to follow but if you want to see what's happening (as and when it happens) follow this hashtag #FTJSFWO - the boys will be posting from the ground whenever possible via Twitter, Instagram and Facebook. This is a B.I.G. deal for us and it would not have been possible without your support. More information about the campaign - why we're doing it and what the objective is can be found on the main campaign page.

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Into The Ark Summer 2017 Gigs.

King King/Bad Touch Tour, April and May 2017

April and May Tour announcement Bad Touch added to Tour We are delighted to announce that we have added 'Bad Touch' as our tour support for our April and May dates. We are 99% sure you will love them - what a great track. We are also really enjoying their new song Heartbreaker Soulshaker too - this tour is going to rock! Our recent dates were a sell -out, so you don't want to miss these shows. The Robin show was reviewed by Ramzine Magazine here, as well as Maximum Volume Music too. Our Belfast show was reviewed by Uber Rock here. Some great photos as well! Buy Tickets Now Tickets available now from The Gig Cartel We look forward to seeing you on tour! Alan, Lindsay, Wayne & Bob Copyright © 2017 Manhaton Records, All rights reserved.  You subscribed to King King's mailing list online or at a show. Thanks!  Our mailing address is:  Manhaton Records 9 School Road Twyford Winchester, Hampshire  SO21 1QQ United Kingdom

David Bowie tribute stamps launched towards space on helium balloons

Special stamps paying tribute to the late music legend David Bowie have been launched towards space.

The 10-stamp set featuring images from some of Bowie’s most admired album covers and of the star on stage, were created to honour the musician after he died from cancer in January 2016 aged 69.

Fifty-two sets of the stamps have now been propelled into the stratosphere on special helium balloons, as an homage to Bowie’s role in the 1976 film The Man Who Fell to Earth The number was chosen to represent the 52 years of Bowie’s professional recording career.

The flight reached 34,100 m at a vertical speed of about 12mph. After the balloons burst, the stamps will have started to descend at nearly 200 mph, slowing to approximately 8 mph by the time they reached the ground.

The Royal Mail stamps were all postmarked with a special edition red handstamp of the thunderbolt from the cover of Bowie’s 1973 record Aladdin Sane. Fans who correctly guess where “the stamps that fell to earth” landed can win one of the limited edition first day covers. The Bowie stamps are also on sale.

The set features images from album covers including Hunky Dory, Aladdin Sane, Heroes, Let’s Dance and Earthling. Others show Bowie performing live on tours across four decades.

Source The Guardian

Stolen Stradivarius violin returns to the stage

A rare and valuable Stradivarius violin has returned to the concert stage in New York more than 36 years after it was stolen.

The instrument was played at a private concert by Mira Wang, a student of its former owner, virtuoso violinist Roman Totenberg.

The violin was taken from Totenberg's dressing room in Massachusetts in 1980 but was recovered in 2015.

His three daughters were in the audience on Monday.

Roman Totenberg died in 2012 at the age of 101. He had been a child prodigy in his native Poland and
bought the 18th-Century instrument - known as the Ames Stradivarius - in 1943.

Violins created by Antonio Stradivari are considered amongst the world's finest and can be worth millions.

The violin vanished while Totenberg was greeting well-wishers after a concert

It only reappeared in 2015 when a woman had it appraised after inheriting it from her late husband. The man, a former pupil of Totenberg, had been suspected of taking it, but was never charged because of lack of evidence.

Ms Wang said the concert was tinged with sadness as Totenberg had not lived to hear the violin played again.

"It means a great deal to me that I can use the violin, to be the first one who would bring it to the public," she said.

In the audience were Totenberg's three daughters, Jill, Amy and Nina.
"We call Mira our fourth sister," Amy Totenberg told Reuters news agency.
"She was my father's protege. He has certainly had many beloved students but she was so close and to all of us, to him, and this is just the most wonderful extension of his playing that she would be here and could do it."

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Hans Theessink On Tour 2017

Hans Theessink On Tour 2017

Joanne Shaw Taylor, UK Tour, November, 2017.

Joanne Shaw Taylor, UK Tour, November, 2017.

Live Music at Old Nick's Tavern Horncastle April 2017

LIVE MUSIC @ OLD NICKS TAVERN  ‘APRIL 2017’

Old Nick's Tavern, 8 North Street Horncastle, LN9 5DX 01507 526862

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 1st	Dirty Olive (Kick Ass Rock’n’Roll)  A Rock Covers Band covering the likes of Thin Lizzy, UFO, Whitesnake, Bad Co, Free, Rolling Stones, Montrose, Audioslave, Nazareth, Gary Moore, Rory Gallagher etc. A Classic Guitar Driven 4 Piece Rock Band......Playing Kick Ass Rock n Roll like it should be.  9pm start.
Sat 8th	League of Mentalmen (What Rock is all About!)  A Grimsby Heavy Rock covers band that have been playing on the local circuit since 2003. Performing songs from bands older ‘classics’ such as: Guns n Roses, Metallica, Rage Against the Machine, Reef, Queens of the Stoneage to more modern aggressive tracks: System Of A Down, Godsmack, Drowning Pool, Papa Roach, Buckcherry and not to mention other ‘silly’ stuff like: Electric Six, The Darkness.  All said & done, it makes for an ear ringing evening of hard rock fun which these guys love to share.  9pm Start
Sat 15th	The Blues Company  (Rock Blues…Texas Style).   Covering blues rock  songs, British and USA based.  Well known ones as well as some not so well known including numbers from Garry Moore, Joe Bonamassa, Glenn Hughes and ZZ Top.  9pm start
Sat 22nd	Still Remains UK  (Metal/Rock/Alternative)  We look forward to this band’s return to play some of their originals mixed in with covers. Their style is very much a cross between the older style metal and newer, fantastic vocals and musicianship.   9pm start
Fri 28th	Holy Bones  An acoustic duo playing psychedelic folk in the style of Johnny Cash and Bob Dylan. Two very talented gentlemen playing acoustic guitar and double bass.  Definitely worth coming out on a Friday evening.   9pm start.
Sat 29th	Red Boot (Rockabilly / Rock’n’Roll / Blues) Playing songs from The Stray Cats to Ray Charles to Junior Wells plus many more………….DOUBLE BASS & ALL!!  A really rockin’ evening, we defy you to keep still whilst they are playing.  Not to be missed!!   9pm start.

www.oldnickstavern.co.uk.