5 Things – This Week in Staines

May 11, 2009

by Neil Mach © . gig guide, gigs, live dates, live music, middlesex, music, Riverside, rock, spelthorne, staines, sticky fungus, Surrey, West London, Windsor . adpontes, adpontes-staines, arctic monkeys, blur, Coldplay, Crowded house, cry wolf, Dirty Pretty Things, Dog, editors, Firestation, foo fighters, Foulplay, four wheel drive, Franz Ferdinand, Fratellis, genesis, Ghosts, Guns n Roses, Jack Penate, Kaiser Chiefs, Kings of Leon, land of cain, maximo park, Mystery Jets, Nirvana, oasis, Ocean Colour Scene, Partridge, Queens of The Stoneage, Raconteurs, Razorlight, sax, saxaphone, Scouting for girls, Shed Seven, Smashing Pumpkins, staines, stereophonics, sticky fungus, Supergrass, The Futureheads, The Beatles, The Bravery, The Buzzcocks, The Enemy, The Fratellis, The Jam, The Kinks, The Police, the strokes, the verve, The WombatsThe Pigeon DetectivesThe Killers, the zutons, TheSubways, Toploader, vampire weekend, voodoo six, Windsor, YolanDa Brown

Superb Hard Rock – Live inStaines This Week

Land of Cain at Staines

Land of Cain

May 16 2009

Dog & Partridge

Staines

Land of Cain is a four piece rock/metal outfit from West London. Featuring superb guitar work, a pounding rhythm section, progressive strains and thought provoking lyrics the band are becoming
a force to be reckoned with in the UK hard rock scene.

The band started life as “One Bitter Pill” in 2004, with Grant Chambers and Aaron Waddingham in the original line-up, as well as Chris Jones (now of Voodoo Six).

With the departure of Chris in late 2007, Grant and Aaron decided to take the band in a darker and heavier direction, and with the additionof Spencer Dargue on Drums and Chris Jordan on Bass, the band began writing the new material which would later evolve into the songs for their first album
“Collapse the Control”.

The band began recording the album in early 2008 at The Lodge in
Northampton, and hope to be able to release it early in 2009.

Links:

www.myspace.com/landofcain

2. Saxy Lady – Jazz Live at Windsor

Yolanda Brown at Firestation Windsor

YolanDa Brown

May 16 2009

Firestation

Windsor

Think saxophones, and most of us will immediately start thinking
of jazz, specifically trad jazz. No bad thing, maybe, as there are few
instruments as stunning as the saxophone and few sounds as effortlessly
beautiful as jazz. YolanDa Brown is someone who has made the instrument
truly her own as a miraculously gifted saxophonist fluent in a whole
lot more than just one genre.

As her two EPs to date, July 2007’s ‘Finding My Voice’ and
August 2008’s ‘A Step Closer’ attest to an artist who takes jazz and introduces it to all sorts: to soul, to R&B and gospel, to loping reggae and soaring Latin. She can take a sound at first emotionally raw and incontestably infectious, and make it sound like nothing else on earth. For the past three years she has performed with some of the world’s most respected artists. Selling out venues like London’s Jazz Café at the drop of a
hat and the recipient of a prestigious MOBO Award, YolanDa is in demand
and it is a great privilege that she will be appearing with her band
here at The Firestation for this very special concert.

Upcoming show:

YolanDa Brown Live In Concert

16.05.2009 20.00 h

The Auditorium – Firestation Arts Centre
Windsor

£10(GA) £9(Conc) £8(Mem)

Links:

www.myspace.com/missyolandabrown

http://www.firestationartscentre.com

3. Powerful Indie Rock Covers – Windsor

The Riots at Old Ticket Hall Windsor

The Riots

May 16 2009

Old Ticket Hall

Windsor

THE RIOTS PLAY THEIR LAST GIG AT THE OLD TICKET HALL FOR 2009. We wish them the best in their musical career. The Riots are a
Berkshire based 4 piece band playing up to the minute indie rock covers
by popular names such as Kaiser Chiefs, Razorlight, Arctic Monkeys and
Fratellis as well as a few standards by greats such as Oasis, The
Beatles and The Kinks.

Having built up a collection of toe tapping covers, the band started by
getting their first gig at The Old Ticket Hall in Windsor in 2007. They
have played many gigs since and are currently writing their own
material whilst learning up to the minute covers to keep your ears
smiling

+ DJ PLAYING 80’s &
90’s HITS

- BAR OPEN TILL 2AM

The
Old Ticket Hall Windsor & Eton Riverside Station

5/8/2009 8:00 PM at AXIS

Links:

www.myspace.com/wearetheriotsband

4. Classic Rock Hits – Live at Hampton

Cry Wolf at Royal Oak, Hampton

Cry Wolf

May 16 2009

Royal Oak

Hampton

Classic Rock Hits

Tom
Farmer (vocals, bass) David Farmer (drums, vocals) Gary Farmer (vocals,
guitar) Pars Evrenos (guitar)… make up the formidable local orginal
material / covers band CRY WOLF.

Described by our ADPONTES reviewer, Neil_Mach, as ” heavy, bluesy,
mature and very, very serious – thoroughly recommended” we
give them a five star rating !

Links:

http://www.crywolfrocks.co.uk/

http://www.blackfootsue.com/

5. Local Favourite Rock Party band - Live in Staines

Foulplay- Sticky Fungus Staines

Foulplay

May 15 2009

Sticky Fungus

Staines

w/ Four Wheel Drive – Classic Rock

Foulplay are one of our favourite bands here in STAINES band mixing old-time rock and roll and skiffle, through to classics from the glam-rock seventies, big numbers from the New Wave of British Heavy Metal and even into modern indie rock territory

May 15, 2009 at 8pm to May 16, 2009 at 2am

Location: Sticky Fungus Music Venue

Street: Elmsleigh Road

City/Town: Staines

Doors open at 8pm. £5 entry. Over 18′s only (ID required)

Links:

www.myspace.com/foulplayuk

www.myspace.com/4wdtheband

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5 Things – This Week in Staines

March 9, 2009

by Neil Mach © . ascot, Berkshire, egham, gig guide, gigs, jazz, live dates, live music, magna carta, metal, middlesex, music, punk, Riverside, rock, runnymede, soul, spelthorne, staines, whats on, Windsor . ABC, acacia snow, Ain't No Mountain High Enough, Ain't No Other Man, Ain't No Stoppin' Us Now, Ain't Nobody, Al Green, Al Jarreau, Amy Winehouse, arctic monkeys, Are You Diggin' On Me, Aretha Franklin, Autechre, Average White Band, Band of Horses, Battles, biffy clyro, Bill Withers, Billy Joel, Blame It On The Boogie, blur, bob dylan, Boogie Down, Boogie Nights, Boogie Wonderland, Bristol, Brown Eyed Girl, Burn This Disco Out, Cats & cats & cats, Celebration, Chaka Khan, Chic, Christina Aguilera, clash, Coldplay, compasses, Corinne Bailey Rae, Crazy, Dancing In The Street, David Bowie, Delivered, Diggin' On James Brown, Dmitri Shostakovich, Do I Do, Dolly Parton, Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough, Donny Hathaway, Earth, Earth Wind & Fire, Eddie Floyd, egham, Elbow, Electric 6, Explosions In The Sky, feeder, Fell In Love With A Boy, Fire, Fontella Bass, Franz Ferdinand, Fratellis, GENUINE FREAKSHOW, gloria gaynor, Gnarls Barkley, Godspeed You Black Emperor, Golden, Gonna Fly Now, Gordon Goodwin's Big Phat Band, Got To Get You Into My Life, Grammatics, Hard To Handle, Heard It Through The Grapevine, Heatwave, hope of the states, How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved By You), I Got You (I Feel Good), I Want You Back, i will survive, I Wish, In The Stone, indie killers, indie rock, indiekillers, Isn't She Lovely, It's Not Unusual, Jackson 5, James Brown, James Taylor, Jamiroquai, Jet, Jill Scott, jimi hendrix, Joanna Newsom, Johnny Cash, Joni Mitchell, Joss Stone, JTQ, Just The Two Of Us, Just The Way You Are, Justin Timberlake, kamikaze test pilots, kasabian, KC and the Sunshine Band, Knock On Wood, Kool and the Gang, kula shaker, Le Freak, Let's Get It On, Let's Groove, Let's Stay Together, loki, Luther Vandross, Martha and the Vandellas, Marvin Gaye, Maynard Ferguson, McFadden, mew, Michael Jackson, Mono, muse, Mustang Sally, Need Somebody, Never Too Much, new assassins, nine to Five, no lip, oasis, old ticket hall, Only So Much Oil In The Ground, Otis Redding, Otis ReddingLady Marmalade, Patti Labelle, Peg, Pick Up The Pieces, pink floyd, Put Your Records On, RandyCrawford, reading, Reef, Regina Spektor, Rehab, Rescue Me, Respect, Richard Walters, Rock With You, Rock Your Body, Rocky Theme, runnymede, Ruts, Sam & Dave, Scouting for girls, Sealed, September, Sex Pistols, Shola Ama, Signed, sigur ros, Sir Duke, snow patrol, Sonning Common, Soul Man, Soul With A Capital S, Starsky and Hutch Theme, Steely Dan, stereophonics, Stevie Wonder, Street Life, Super Duper Love, Supergrass, Superstiton, Surrey, sux pastilles, Tammi Terrell, That's The Way I Like It, The Hives, The Automatic, The Beatles, The Commitments, The Guillemots, The Hoosiers, The Kaiser Chiefs, The Killers, The Kooks, The National, The Radioheads, The Real, the strokes, The Ten Colour Accord, The Village People, There's The Rub, This Christmas, Til You Come Back To Me, tom jones, tom waits, Too Young To Die, Tower of Power, van morrison, vessels, What's Going On, Whitehead, Willy Mason, wind, Wind & Fire, Windsor, Wokingham, YMCA, You To Me Are Everything, Youthmovies, Zimbabwe

Live and Fresh Rock & Metal – in Staines

Kamizake Test Pilots Staines

Kamikaze
Test Pilots
Mar 12 2009
Hobgoblin
Staines

With ABSTRACT GENIUS

KamikazeTest Pilots mostly come from a country called Zimbabwe which is why they have the funny accents, although they have been living in the UK for near on a decade, so the accents are funnier still.

Ryan (aka Beans) plucked up the courage to ask his grandfather, a 6 foot plus ex-cop, if he could have a set of ancient jazz drums to fulfill a dream thought up during the long and hot african summers. His request granted, he set off forming a band with his younger brother Wes. It was soon obvious that Wes had a natural gift for the drums, so Ryan picked up the guitar, learned a few chords and slowly progressed to writing songs. They took their “band” to the boarding school they went to and it was then they met Martin.

Martin started on 6 strings, learning the very few licks and chords that Beans knew and with a revolving door of bassists, a band was born. However, turmoil created within Zimbabwe forced all matters of music to be put aside and for us to take stock of what options were available to us. We decided that it was time to spread our wings.

Kamikaze Test Pilots was eventually formed in 2005 by Beans and Wes. There were a number of member changes, with Martin joining the band as bassist in January 2006. The last of the changes happened in January 2008 when the band were joined by Jim Davies (ex-Loki) on guitar. To date we have enjoyed local radio and internet radio airplay, have self released a six track EP (“Into The Sun”-BUY IT NOW!) and are constantly gigging some bar somewhere. . .

Link:

www.myspace.com/thekamikazetestpilots

Buckle Up Staines

http://www.buckleuppromotions.com

See these Local Punks Reborn… Live at Egham

No Lip Compasses Egham

No Lip
Mar 13 2009
Compasses
Egham

“OLD SCHOOL PUNK FOR OLD SCHOOL PUNKS.”

After a long time of thinking of a new name (better) No Lip was born out of Sux Pastilles. With more shows upcoming No Lip are looking for fans to come to shows and go back 30 years to when punk was great. Doing covers from Ramones to The Damned and more obscure ones like the Wasps and Wire with a healthy smattering of Clash,Pistols and Ruts

Playing with our very own local STAINES faves : New Assassins

www.myspace.com/nolipband

If you don’t catch ‘em at The Compasses this week (shame on you) try to see these punksters at:

Apr 17 2009 8:00P The Phoenix Staines
May 2 2009 8:00P Dog and Partridge Staines

Melodramatic Art-Pop Band – Live in Staines

A Genuine Freakshow at Staines

A Genuine
Freakshow
Mar 15 2009
Hobgoblin
Staines

With oompah sounds, creaking violins, rumbling cellos, screachy guitars, burbling bass and scatty drums this lot are a genuine freakshow…lots of fun and experimentation. Cool as ice and twice as nice… see ‘em now for a truly freaky experience…

With ACACIA SNOW

If you miss the HOB Freak Show (and please DON’T) then I suppose you can catch ‘em here:

Apr 11 2009     8:00P The Peel supp/ Cats and Cats and Cats    Kingston
Apr 12 2009     8:00P The Oakford Social Club supp/ Vessels     Reading
Apr 24 2009     8:00P Reading University     Reading

Links:

http://www.myspace.com/agenuinefreakshow

Buckle Up Staines

http://www.buckleuppromotions.com

Three Piece Power Trio- Live Windsor

The Indie Killers at Windsor

The Indie
Killers
Mar 14 2009
Old Ticket Hall
Windsor

The Indie Killers are a 3 piece power trio, covering songs from the best Indie and Rock bands in the world today. With 5 record deals between the 3 members as well as extensive world tours and several charting records, these guys know how to make any party take off from the very 1st minute! The Indie Killers recently performed at The Killers latest album launch party where they were joined by members of Snow Patrol live on stage for a rendition of ’Mr Brightside’! + DJ PLAYING 80’s & 90’s HITS – BAR OPEN TILL 2AM

If you LIKE the KILLERS you are gonna LURVE these boys !

03-14-2009 21:00 at The Indie Killers
THE OLD TICKET HALL, WINDSOR, SL4
Cost: £3

Link:

www.myspace.com/indiekillers

Soul Funk Disco Party - Live at Ascot

Citizen Soul at Ascot

Citizen Soul
Mar 14 2009
Jagz
Ascot

Citizen Soul is the ultimate soul, funk, disco and motown covers band for your party, wedding or corporate event. The fantastic vocalists and rhythm section are complemented by a 6,piece horn section, guaranteeing a sound like you have never heard before!

The band comprises some of the very best young musicians on the London music scene. All of the members of the band have studied at London’s most prestigious music colleges, such as the Guildhall School of Music and the Royal Academy of Music.

The band’s repertoire has something for everyone, from classics by the likes of Stevie Wonder, Aretha Franklin, Earth Wind & Fire and Michael Jackson to contemporary hits by Joss Stone, Jill Scott and Jamiroquai. Whether you want the newest tunes or the cheesiest anthems, Citizen Soul can meet your needs.

Saturday, 14th March JAGZ ASCOT
Show will start at 8.45
Ticket cost: £8.00
Doors open from 7.30pm. £26 for 2 courses and entrance (£30 for 3 courses). Entrance for the bands is £8 but is strictly limited and on a first come first served basis. Entrance for dining or just the band INCLUDES free entrance to the nightclub

Links:

http://www.jagz.co.uk

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The Siegfried Sassoon – Staines Hob

March 8, 2009

by Neil Mach © . chertsey, gig guide, gigs, live music, Live Review, music, prog rock, Riverside, rock, spelthorne, staines, Surrey, West London . ad pontes, adam easton, Adidas Samba, adpontes, adpontes-staines, American Analogue Set, American Football, arctic monkeys, At The Drive In, bjork, Brand New, Broken Social Scene, Cats & cats & cats, chertsey, chris pratt, Craig Nicholls, Cursive, Dartz, Death Cab for Cutie, Dillinger Escape Plan, Dostoevsky, Dugong, Faraquet, Feist, Field Music and all associated projects, Four Tet, François Rabelais, Frou Frou, Garden State, gentle giant, gig, gigs, Grade, heads and volleys, hob, hobgoblin, Idlewild, jim carroll, live music, Live Review, Lost In Translation, Mates of State, Medications, Minus The Bear, neil mach, neil_mach, New Found Glory, New York City, Nick Drake, nick owsianka, Owls, Pele, perdita, Phoenix, Poison The Well, Prague, Q And Not U, rock, Roine Stolt, salesian, salesians, Saltburn, Saves The Day, siegfried sassoon, sigur ros, simon gould, spelthorne, Spy Versus Spy, staines, Stapleton, Supersystem, Taking Back Sunday, Talking Heads, The Vines, The Decemberists, The Dismemberment Plan, The Flower Kings, The Police, The Shins, thesiegfriedsassoon, Travis Morrison, Washington DC, Zhongwen Ke

Hobgoblin – Staines – 1st March

So we are here at The Siegfried Sassoon (named after the Great War poet) “single release party” at The Hob Staines. But the Chertsey boys haven’t got their singles with them (a mix up with the post-production). Hmmm. And the crowd in Staines is forgiving. Probably more forgiving than they ought to be. In fact, the party is still going ahead (with or without the single) and the audience is fizzing like a sherbet fountain dropped into a glass of fanta. I saw a black and white chuckle-vision dalmatian in the crowd- it may have been Cadpig or Lucky – but I didn’t see Perdita. Perhaps the significance of all this is that the Sassoon sound is fun fun fun. The diversions come as ice-cream van chimes, merry-go-round organs or squelchy stylaphone tones. Sassoon music is not eagerly flamboyant, majestic or epic like the nu-prog royalty i.e. Dream Theatre, Beardfish or The Mars Volta. Theirs is capricious and frothy stuff.

Stylistically the sound is closer to the ‘Roine Stolt’ vehicle ‘The Flower Kings’ than many contemporary bands but there are slices of ‘Dartz’ type guitarwork garnishing the cocktail of sounds and, I think, a ‘Vines’ type vibe with grown-up ‘Craig Nicholls’ sounding vocals. The Siegfried Sassoon seem to populate the vacuum left by 70′s prog-rock masters, especially ‘Gentle Giant’ (which, like Sassoon, are sophisticated enough to have their own literary muse in their form of François Rabelais.) Unexpected compositional twists, altering subtly in each repeat, and intelligent management of the transitions, mean that Sassoon could easily be placed into the Jazz-Fusion bargain-bucket alongside their (local) buddies Cats & cats & cats but this also means that they are forever to be placed into that difficult ‘unhummable’ slot that is reserved for the clever muso-headed brain-box crowd… so the chavs in Staines aren’t as fick as you might fink!

I instantly liked the (missing) single ‘Muscle Beach’ and that clever start with a supermarket check-out sounding beep-beep ( a little like the “Tricky” Stewart of ‘ella ‘ella fame new Beyonce track ‘Single Ladies’.) This song envelopes a rich and fairly complex affair with a graceful conclusion very reminiscent of work by ‘The Flaming Lips’. Satisfyingly zingy elasticated chords from Adam Easton were stretched far beyond their tolerance and the frequent guitar highlights from Simon Gould reminded the crowd that they were listening to one of the few properly focussed Experimental / Psychedelic / Rock bands out there right now. It’s a shame that the B side could not be played live with a female lead singer though.

The track ‘I Galactico’ sees Chris Pratt (keyboards and lead vocals) take the band into magical territory. With Jim Carroll playing nimble bass guitar and Nick Owsianka playing steadily supporting percussion augmented by drum patterns by Chris. The smug faced crowds grunted and wriggled to that one! It was a jiggly ball of fun.

The whole Sassoon effect is spacey and neo-psychedelic with multi layered experimentations (including electro-acoustics) being the norm. The show was not (in any way) slick and could have been better managed. The performances were adequate but you get the feeling this lot prefer the studios and the rehearsal rooms to a live stage. This band has a superior musical quality but they do seem to need some better leadership and / or management if they want to get up to the next level. Chris mentioned that the band had T shirts and other merch with them (but, even though I had a handful of cash in my greasy mitts I couldn’t get hold of any stuff) and he told the crowd “If you want a motorhead T shirt go to Top Man – if you want our stuff – hang around”. Yeah, I get it. You have to hang around and work for Sassoon. It is ‘thinking man’s’ music and doesn’t easily fall off the shelf and into your lap. Got it. Give ‘em a whirl.

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5 Things – This Week in Staines

February 23, 2009

by Neil Mach © . gig guide, gigs, live dates, live music, middlesex, music, punk, Riverside, rock, shepperton, spelthorne, staines, whats on . ad pontes, adam easton, adpontes, adpontes-staines, arctic monkeys, Armando's Rumba, ascot, barley mow, bass, Berks, Berkshire, Blue Bossa, Blue Note Club, bob dylan, Bossa Nova, brazil, Brazilian, Brian Eno, chertsey, chris hamilton, chris pratt, Christian Jeyes, Corcovado, delta blues, delta echoes, Desafinado, Dindi, Doctor Pop, Echo & The Bunnymen, El Cuarto De Tula, El Manicero, Elvis Presley, Factory Records, fierstation, gig guide, Gilbert and George, going out, Guantanamera, guitar, harmonica, Heart-Shaped Box, hob, hobgoblin, Husker Du, Idlewild, jagz, jazz, Jerry Lee Lewis, jim carroll, jug, kazoo, La Bamba, latin, Lewis Cohen, Little Richard, live music, Madness, Mambo Influenciado, mandolin, Mas Que Nada, Matt Gogarty, meat eating orchids, middlesex, middx, Milburn, Morrissey, National Steel, nick owsianka, Nirvana, Oye Como Va, Peak Studios, peerless pirates, Pizza on the Park, post punk, pub, pubs, Red hot chili peppers, REM, riamba, Rich Pickings, Richard Hell and the voidoids, Richard Scruton, royal, salesian, salesians, salsa, Sam Pickett, Samba, shepperton, siegfried sassoon, simon gould, ska, So Nice, Son, Song For My Father, spelthorne, staines, Stuart Boyde, Stuart Cumberpatch, Sugar, Surface Festival, Surrey, System of a Down, The 606 Club, the beat, The Beatles, the clash, The Durutti Column, The Everley Brothers, The Libertines, The National Theatre, The Pixies, The Royal Festival Hall, the smiths, The Specials, The Sydney Festival, The Velvet Underground, The View, thesiegfriedsassoon, Unsigned 09, Violin, whats on, Windsor

Swashbuckling Pirate Punk- in Staines

Peerless Pirates at Staines

Peerless
Pirates
Feb 26 2009
Hobgoblin
Staines

With Doctor Pop and Meat Eating Orchids

“A Pirate’s Life For Us….”

This happy band of Oxfordshire/Buckinghamshire pirates are coming to Staines this week to spread the news of their good deeds…

Pirate Cleef – Voice, Guitars
Pirate James – Bass, Voice
Pirate Dan – Drums, Voice

These shipmates play honest indie, alt, pop-punk sounds … join in me hearties!

Link:

www.myspace.com/peerlesspirates

With The Meat Eating Orchids…

The Meat Eating Orchids are an English rock band notable for producing a musical hybrid of 60′s pop and a brash alternative rock sound. Formed by founding members Matt Gogarty (Vocals), Sam Pickett (Vocals, Guitar) and Stuart Boyde
(Bass).

“Meat Eating Orchids forgive no one just yet…”
The Band takes their name from a line of the song Heart-Shaped Box by Nirvana. A reminder of a less harmonious past between members. After a long and fruitless search for the right drummer, while writing songs, the band were joined last
minute by friend Christian Jeyes (Drums). After one practice the group went on to record their debut EP Meet The Meat Eating Orchids at Peak Studios with Producer Chris Hamilton in the English countryside…

Receiving an astounding reception among friends and family, the EP circulated wider and all but sold out the initial hundred copies of ‘Meet The Meat Eating Orchids’ EP.This led to a couple of invitations to appear on local radio stations
and an offer to play Surface Festival Unsigned 09. With this the band took their first tentative steps onto the live music scene…

Links:

www.myspace.com/themeateatingorchids

Post Punk Legends – Live at Windsor

Durutti Column at Windsor

The Durutti
Column
Feb 27 2009
Firestation
Windsor

The first band to release a record on the legendary Factory Records, The Durutti Column have become the blue-print for post-punk, and a genuinely iconic musical institution.

In their 30 year’s career they have become one of the most treasured figure-heads of the British alternative scene, led by the charismatic musical virtuoso, Vini Reilly. Their unique sound has been of influence to countless artists over the past few decades from The Red Hot Chili Peppers to Brian Eno, Morrissey and even Gilbert and George.

It is a real honour to have a band of this stature perform at a local venue: The Firestation (just a few stops down the line to Windsor & Eaton Riverside from Staines) and certainly a highlight of their early spring programme.

http://www.myspace.com/thedurutticolumnmcr

FRIDAY 27th FEBRUARY Firestation Windsor
£10 (GA) £9 (Conc) £8 (Mem)

http://www.firestationartscentre.com/

Chertsey Band -Album Release Party- Staines

Seigfried Sassoon at Staines

Siegfried
Sassoon
Mar 01 2009
Hobgoblin
Staines

The Siegfried Sassoon – a heartwarming and very talented local Indie / Pop / Rock band- are showcasing their latest album (album release party) this week at THE HOb STAINES

“Muscle Beach/The Al Gore Rhythm 7″ out 23rd March!”

SO COME ALONG AND SUPPORT THESE CHERTSEY BOYS!!!

Link:

www.myspace.com/thesiegfriedsassoon 4.

Sizzling Salsa, Jazz & Latin – Live in Ascot

Riamba at Ascot

Riamba
Feb 28 2009
Jagz
Ascot

With its flair for performing in a variety of settings and musicians from both world and jazz music backgrounds, Riamba is one of the sought after Salsa bands on the London scene today.

Riamba came together in 1998 with the aim of performing traditional Cuban music in the Son style – the roots of Salsa.

Drawing upon this style as its inspiration, the group set about creating a sound that combines the hot rhythms of Latin America with European harmony and the virtuosity of jazz. A combination that has resulted in a sound that energises
musicians and dancers alike.

Riamba is made up of some of London’s finest musicians who have studied in Europe, Argentina, Columbia and Cuba. Their careers have led them to perform with internationally acclaimed artists in such diverse venues as: Pizza on the Park, The 606 Club, The Royal Festival Hall (London); Blue Note Club (New York); The Sydney Festival (Australia) and The National Theatre (Ghana).

Saturday, 28th February
Show will start at 8.45
Ticket cost: £8.00
Doors open from 7.30pm. £26 for 2 courses and entrance (£30 for 3 courses). Entrance for the bands is £8 but is strictly

limited and on a first come first served basis. Entrance for dining or just the band INCLUDES free entrance to the nightclub

Jagz Ascot

Link:

http://www.riamba.com/index.htm

‘Authentic’ Delta Blues - in Shepperton

Delta Echoes at Shepperton

Delta Echoes
Feb 28 2009
Barley Mow
Shepperton

The Delta Echoes are a talented duo who re-create the country blues of the 1920s and 30s, played on Gibson acoustic and National steel guitars (most of them older than their players!), harmonica and kazoo.

They are: Richard Scruton, of Rich Pickings fame, well-known on the local folk and blues scene and an authentic interpreter of the guitar picking of the great Delta bluesmen, and Stuart Cumberpatch, who has been playing lap style and bottleneck blues on National guitars for most of the last 20 years – ten of them with the legendary Kennet Sheiks. The duo occasionally expands to a sextet with added double bass, mandolin, violin and jug!

Link:

www.deltaechoes.co.uk

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