Dear Friends and New
Subscribers.....
quick email this time.
* This week we host
Sarah Savoy and the Francaidians at the New Empowering Church Venue on
Wednesday 20th January. This is kick ass authentic Cajun
music.
* Next week it's Mundo Jazz + Paris
+ Folken Open Mic _at_ The Old Queen's Head (please email to
reserve a spot or just turn up at 7:30!)
Oh, and we told you already we won the
"BBC Best Folk Club of the Year 2010"? Good.
It's a humbling accolade, let's hope we can "keep it reel". It's also very
sweet because we're not really a "club", more a "night".
Right?
Also, we're now Folklahoma and Two For Joy, and you'll get
emails from these come February, but both are still part of the "The
Magpie's Nest Collective". Fantastic.
Now on with the
interesting stuff - our shows this month and
beyond.....
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...Upcoming shows at a
glance...
January 20th: New Empowering Church
(NEC) - Sarah Savoy and the Francadians + Jason
Steel
January 27th: The Old Queen's Head - Mundo
Jazz London Tour Date
February 11th: Passing
Clouds - Funk-Folk with Mabon + SBO Band
February
11th: NEC - Fay Hields Trio + Sophie &
Fiachra
February 17th: NEC - Jonny Kearnet
& Lucy Farrell ALBUM
LAUNCH
February 24th: Old
Queen's Head - The Long Notes + Chris Sarjeant
...Shows in January...
*** First
Show of the Year ***
KICK-ASS CAJUN MUSIC HITS
LONDON
SARAH SAVOY AND THE FRANCADIANS
Wednesday
20th January
The New Empowering Church
1a Westgate Street E8
5RL
£8, 8pm
tickets
here
It is with great pleasure that we host a show for
Sarah Savoy and the Francadians. We managed to grab a show with the band
in London before they zoom off headlining all sorts of places round the
world, and this is set to be a great night of authentic Cajun Music -
which has long been on The Magpie's Nest want
list.
Here's what the experts
say:
"The Cajun
music tradition is one of the most protected species in American roots
music, a heritage handed down through generations and along the branches
of the family tree. It was therefore something of a given that Sarah Savoy
would follow the family trade—Pop is Marc Savoy, the eminent musician and
the leading accordion maker in Louisiana, while Mom is Ann Savoy, another
acclaimed musician and the author of Cajun Music: A Reflection of a
People. Not that young Sarah is merely the current caretaker of a
trapped-in-amber tradition. Although her band is undeniably a Cajun outfit
(plenty of mournful fiddle and wheezing accordion), she also occasionally
injects her sound with the twang of Western swing and the strut of
rockabilly. The result is a winning lesson in how to freshen up a
tradition while keeping a firm grasp of its roots.
Nige Tassell, WOMAD Festival, Charlton Park,
UK 2009 OFFICIAL SOUVENIR PROGRAMME
LAST WEDNESDAY IN JANUARY
(27th)
MUNDO JAZZ + PARIS
+ Folken Open Mic
The Old Queen's Head
44 Essex Road, N1
8LN
£6 Advance/£8 OTD, 8 - 11:30pm
tickets
What can one say about a band
whose songs convey the dangers of environmental degradation, the
importance of racial harmony and the inherent evils of capitalism with
subtlety and intelligence? One can say they are called Neil Young and
Crazy Horse. Mundo Jazz, however, preach peace, love and understanding
with all the subtlety of a brick hitting butter, through their
ridiculously catchy songs, awful dancing and thunderously crass
philosophizing.
A beautifully subtle satire on the
likes of Bono and Bob Geldof, Mundo Jazz are also superb musical and comic
improvisers, frequently creating songs on the spot and veering off into
spontaneous chaos. Worried about your carbon footprint? Don’t bother, you
can buy one of theirs after the show…
....FURTHER INFORMATION FOR ALL GIGS ON THE WEBSITE....
These are shows further
afield....
March 3rd: NEC - Emily Portman
+ Special Guests - ALBUM LAUNCH
March
4th: Passing Clouds - Chumbawamba + O'Hooley and
Tidow
March 10th: Old Queen's Head - Damien
Barber + Mike Wilson
March 11th: NEC -
Oliver Knight & Marry Waterson
March
25th: Passing Clouds - Urban Folk Quartet
March
31st: Old Queen's Head - The Queensbury Rules + Jed
Grimes
April 7th: Old Queen's Head - Bruce
Molsky
April 7th: NEC TURKISH night w. Dogan
Mehmet & the Deerhunters + Cigdem
April 8th: Passing
Clouds - Mordekkers + Pepino + Shona Foster
April
10th: Kingsplace : Folkworks Festival: Firefly
+ Nancy Wallace
April 21st: NEC PBS6 -
mixing traditional music, hiphop + more
April
28th: Old Queen's Head - Hobopop Collective - Kirsty McGee
and Mat Martin
May 2nd: Southbank Centre - Folk
against Fascism - Club Peripherique
May
3rd: Cecil Sharp House - Folk against Fascism - Nowt As
Queer As Folk
May 19th: NEC - Alasdair Roberts
Band
May 26th: Old Queen's Head - Fern Hill
+ The Gentle Good
May 26th: NEC - Joe Penland and
Jeff Warner
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