Joe Brown
Monday 15 Nov, 7.30pm
Joe has had a remarkable couple of years - an Outstanding Contribution to Music award from Mojo Magazine, an MBE, a Gold Record for his Very Best Of album and a sell-out 50th Anniversary Celebration Concert at the Royal Albert Hall. One of our best loved and most acclaimed musicians, and a rock ‘n’ roll legend, Joe appears here with his five piece band. With a mix of musical styles as unique as the man himself, there’ll be timeless classics, rockabilly, gospel, country, folk and rock ‘n’ roll, all interwoven with Joe’s effervescent delivery and humorous reminiscences.
£20
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John Kirkpatrick
The Studio Sessions
Saturday 27 Nov, 7.45pm
John Kirkpatrick is one of the most well-known and popular performers on the British folk scene, and winner for Musician of The Year at the BBC Folk Awards 2010. England’s leading exponent of ‘squeezebox’ instruments, his remarkable skill with accordion, concertina and melodeon has taken him from folk dancing to international recording collaborations. Combining dazzling playing and soaring vocals with energy, wit, flare and style, he is the Renaissance Man of folk music.
£10 (£9 conc), £8 Friends
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The Monster Ceilidh Band
The Studio Sessions
Thursday 16 Dec, 7.45pm
The Monsters are a fresh, new, Newcastle-based ceilidh band fusing the traditional with the modern, and they’re starting a revolution everywhere they play. Elegant traditional playing and raucous rhythms blend to produce outrageously foot-stomping tunes. Their wealth of combined musical knowledge and expertise on their instruments excites, uplifts and entertains masterfully. Tunes to make the feet stamp and hearts pound.
“the coolest ceilidh band around” Kathryn Tickell
£13 (£12 conc), £11 Friends
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Blueflint
The Studio Sessions
Sunday 30 Jan, 7.45pm
Steeped in Americana and based around the banjo duo of Deborah Arnott and Clare-Louise Neilson, Blueflint subtly intertwine the three-finger picking and clawhammer style of banjo tradition to accompany striking vocals and harmonies on a set of original songs. Their sound is enhanced by a talented and versatile line-up of musicians including fiddle and double-bass, forming atmospheric, rich and engrossing performances, which have gained them great reviews, radio play throughout the UK and live success at the Celtic Connections festival.
£10 (£9 conc), £8 Friends
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Amy Wadge
The Studio Sessions
Saturday 25 Sept, 7.45pm
An established singer-songwriter with five album releases to her name, Amy is a gutsy performer with a tough but tender voice. She has supported some great artists, including Van Morrison, Damien Rice, Eric Bibb and Jeff Beck. A pint-sized Welsh poetess with a Valley quaking voice, Amy’s latest album, Acoustig showcasing her earthy voice and emotionally mature lyrics has just been launched, with a five star review from Maverick Magazine.
“The new Joni Mitchell, with her distinctive voice and well-crafted songs” Evening Standard
£10 (£9 conc), £8 Gala Friends
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