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Anais
Mitchell – concert review and Bob Harris
show A wonderful show by Anais
Mitchell on 16th June at The Ravenswood was followed immediately
afterwards by an appearance on BBC Radio 2’’s Bob Harris programme, just
after midnight. Until next week’s show is broadcast on Saturday, you can
use the BBC Listen Again Service to hear Anais perform three tracks live
in the studio, including an unrecorded tack ‘Behind the Wall’ from her new
‘folk opera’ project. There’s also a review of the
Ravenswood show on our website – click
here
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News
just in – Acoustic For the second year running, we
are delighted to have received recognition and a financial award
of £1,000 from the
Performing Rights Society Foundation in relation to our contribution to
the performance of new music in the |
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Our
next events Ø
Friday 22nd June –
Claire
Martin at Chequer Mead, Ø
Saturday 7th July –
Sandi
Thom + support Andy Walker at Chequer Mead,
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Future
shows – September onwards To hear sound samples from
artists appearing, visit our MySpace
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Friday
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Acclaimed as the best ever
British jazz singer in a recent issue of America’s leading jazz
publication, Jazz Times, and five times winner of the Best British Jazz
vocalist awards, Sussex-based Claire
Martin was born to sing. Growing up in a house full of music in
Wimbledon, Claire's latest CD, 'He Never
Mentioned Love' is already being hailed as her finest album to date.
Recalling the songs and spirit of the late and legendary Shirley Horn, the
album features some of the hottest talent in “The best British
jazz singer for a generation.“ Mojo
magazine “Talented and hip
beyond her years… the most exciting jazz star to soar to my attention in a
decade” New York
Observer This
special show at Chequer Mead is presented in association with the
theatre’s excellent Cuisine Studio, which is hosting a new a series of
Jazz Café evenings (next is on July 11th). To book for a
pre-show meal, telephone 01342 324860. |
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Saturday
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Part of
the 'nu folk' scene, Sandi Thom has been compared to Janis Joplin and KT
Tunstall and, according to the reams of press cuttings that accompanied
her rise, was penniless and struggling until she secured a £1m deal with
RCA by web-casting 21 gigs from her Tooting basement, leading to her hit
single I Wish I Was a Punk Rocker (With Flowers in My Hair). Her debut
album 'Smile… It Confuses People' climbed to No 1 in the album charts and
very quickly reached platinum status. Her
initial success was very much down to launching herself through a virtual
'world' tour through performances over the internet, starting with an
audience of 70, quickly reaching a peak of 70,000 viewers.
Now 25,
Sandi grew up in a small fishing village called After a
European tour earlier this year, Sandi is now back in the studio finishing
her second album which is expected to be released later this year. She is
doing a small number of “Every new young female songwriter from 1970
onwards has been compared to Joni, but most of them are not fit to scrub
her plectrum. Thom, however, has the potential.” Support for this show is from
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For
your
future diaries.. |
Future
dates in the 2007 Acoustic Sussex programme
include: Ø
15 September – Ric Sanders Group
(see
website) Ø
8 October – Hans Theessink
(see
website) Ø
15 November – The Dylan Project
(see
website) Ø
3 December – Dick Gaughan (tbc) (see
website)
More
information on all up-and-coming artists can be found on our website:
www.acousticsussex.org.uk. You
can also find us on MySpace (with samples from some of the artists
appearing) at: www.myspace.com/acoustic_sussex. If
you know anyone who you think may enjoy our events, please forward this
email to them. |
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