KENT & E. SUSSEX GIG GUIDE
Gig Listings
Sunday
12 December 2010
Black Horse and Hoodens (76 Maidstone Rd
Borough Green Sevenoaks Kent Th15 8hf 01732 885332) The Cracklin' Griffins 6 Piece Irish Band Playing
Traditional and Contemparary Genres 7.45pm Free
Dog & Gun
(213 Boxley Rd Maidstone Kent M14 2tl 01622 759046) Blackstar Rock/Blues Covers Band 5-7pm Free
Louis Armstrong
(Maison Dieu Road Dover Kent Ct16 1ra 01304 204759) Bill Barnacle Jazz Band Trad.
The Eagle Tavern
(124 High street Rochester Kent Me1 1jt 01634 409040) Geoff Mason / Jo Fooks Quintet Jazz 1pm Free.
The Eagle Tavern
(124 High street Rochester Kent Me1 1jt 01634 409040) Purple Haze DJ Playing Classics 8pm Free
Monday 13 December 2010
Lower Bell (201 Old Chatham Road
Aylesford Kent Me20 7ef 01634 861127) Jam
Session All
Welcome
Walnut Tree P.H.
(234 Tonbridge Rd Maidstone Kent Me16 8sr 01622 727260) Hobo Jones & The Junkyard
Dogs.
Tuesday 14 December 2010
The Flower Pot (96 Sandling Rd Maidstone
Kent Me14 2rj 01622 757705) Electro Acoustic Jam Night -
Country & Blues Soul & Folk Just bring your own instruments From 8pm
Wednesday 15 December 2010
The Anchor (London Rd Sevenoaks Kent
Tn13 1as 01732 454898) 'Blues With Bottle' Present Duck Soup Distinctive Brand of Blues/
R&B.
The Eagle Tavern
(124 High street Rochester Kent Me1 1jt 01634 409040) Jam Night 9pm Free
Thursday 16 December 2010
Ocean Inn (2 High St Dymchurch Kent
Tn29 0ng 01303 872152) Karaoke
Night.
The Butt Of Sherry
(132 High St Hythe Kent Ct21 5ld 01303 266112) Jack Pound Open Stage.
The Eagle Tavern
(124 High street Rochester Kent Me1 1jt 01634 409040) Bitten By Monkeys 6 Piece R'n'B / Rock and Soul Band
The Lobster Pot
(Swan St West Malling Kent Me19 6ju 01732 843775) Masterclass 50's till Now! Wow! Pop Rock Soul
& Funk 8-10pm
Free
Walnut Tree
(Forge Lane East Farleigh Kent Me15 Ohj 01622 726368) Fusion Soft Rock & Classic Pop Band.
Walnut Tree P.H.
(234 Tonbridge Rd Maidstone Kent Me16 8sr 01622 727260) Stand-Up Adult Comedy With Kevin
Precious.
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Friday 17 December 2010
East Kent P.H. (72 Oxford Street Whistable
Kent Ct5 1da 01227 272018) Bodegas
Rock
Covers.
George Hotel
(68 High Street Ashford Kent Tn24 8tb 01233 625512) User Friendly Rock Covers.
Gulbenkian Theatre
(University of Kent Canterbury Kent Ct2 7nb 01227 769075) Richard Durrants Christmas Guitar
Recital A
Whimsy Musical Voyage With Son Et-Lumiere 7.45pm £14 £12
Louis Armstrong
(Maison Dieu Road Dover Kent Ct16 1ra 01304 204759) The Relics.
Lower Bell
(201 Old Chatham Road Aylesford Kent Me20 7ef 01634 861127) The Ronnies
Saturday 18 December 2010
Ashford Rocks at The Q Club
(Godington House Godington Road Ashford Kent Tn23 1lh 01233 625088) Christmas Show With Know Your
Enemy + ShyChloe + Never Say die Black Sabbath Tribute 7.30pm £5
Duke Of Edingurgh
(1 Heath Road Barming Maidstone Kent Me16 9lq 01622 727122) The Cox 8pm Free
East Kent P.H.
(72 Oxford Street Whistable Kent Ct5 1da 01227 272018) Lost Weekend Classic BritRock.
Five Bells
(25 Church Rd Seal Nr Sevenoaks Kent Tn15 0au 01732 763207) Blues With Bottle
Club presents Simon Prager & Alan Glenn Blues 9pm Free
George Hotel
(68 High Street Ashford Kent Tn24 8tb 01233 625512) Kebbo's Dustys Years Disco
Louis Armstrong
(Maison Dieu Road Dover Kent Ct16 1ra 01304 204759) Led Gremlin Female Fronted Psychodelic Blues
Rock
.
Lower Bell
(201 Old Chatham Road Aylesford Kent Me20 7ef 01634 861127) The Choos 7 Piece Soul Funk Jazz and Pop
Ocean Inn
(2 High St Dymchurch Kent Tn29 0ng 01303 872152) Bodegas Rock Covers .
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News
Simple Minds Forest Concert in Kent for 2011
Simple Minds have announced a 'Greatest Hits Forest Tour' for
next summer, playing a series of dates in spectacular woodland locations as
part of Forestry Commission Live Music.
Classic songs like 'Alive and Kicking', 'Sanctify Yourself', 'Don't You
(Forget About Me)', 'Promised You A Miracle', 'Waterfront' and 'Belfast
Child' established Simple Minds with a global audience with a run of No 1
albums including 'Sparkle In the Rain', 'Once Upon A Time' and 'Street
Fighting Years', propelling them to supergroup status in the UK.
Special guest support for all dates will be Starsailor front man James Walsh.
Simple Minds Greatest Hits will be released Spring 2011.
Money generated by Forestry Commission Live Music ticket sales is spent
directly on the nation's woodlands, benefiting everything from butterflies to
mountain bikers.
Fri 1
0 June Bedgebury Pinetum & Forest, Nr Goudhurst, Kent.
Tickets cost £35.00 (subject to booking fee) and go on sale at 9.00am Friday
3rd December 2010 from Forestry Commission box office telephone 03000
680400 or buy online at www.forestry.gov.uk/music
Red Admiral Records
Jazz and Easy Listening - New Releases
Red Admiral Records
Jazz Season brings together Jazz and Easy Listening artists from UK, Canada
and USA.
http://www.redadmiralrecords.com
A
Jazzy Season for Red Admiral Records features select World class artists from
around the globe combining new, smooth and sexy melodies with jazz standards
performed regional writers and musicians.
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BARBARA JEAN
- CD Album: Sweet
Jazz / Swing
Releasing 7th December
Barbara Jean is a singer/songwriter from New York whose ballads and solid
swing tunes provide the perfect vehicle for her mellow voice and direct
delivery.
"Sweet", is a fine collection of original material and runs the
gamut from soulful ballads to cool swing.
Born into a musical family (her mother was a cellist and her sister, an
accomplished pianist) she began her professional music career as a bassist in
Phoenix - country, pop, rock and roll. After two years on the road on the
hotel circuit, Barbara recorded with new-country group, Gotham Rose, opening
shows for greats George Jones, Patty Loveless, Toby Keith and Diamond Rio,
among others. The group received extensive radio play across
Europe in the 90's and remains a project she is extremely proud of. In 2000
she set down her bass and picked up a mic with her hometown swing big band.
Soon, the area's most gifted jazz musicians were callin g and Barbara now
lives, writes and sings in upstate New York.
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MELISSA PISARZOWSKI
- CD EP: Love Me
Jazz / Easy
Listening / Swing
Melissa Lauren Pisarzowski is a popular accomplished singer and writer
making her mark in the Toronto music scene. With a strong influence in jazz,
Latin, and blues, Melissa has developed an original style of her own melting
together old school sounds with modern flare.
On "Love Me her latest CD release, Melissa presents 3 of her latest
compositions with minimal backing exposing the smooth and seductive vocals
that have brought her the opportunity to work with so many top music
professionals.
A graduate of York University's music program, Melissa began studying voice
at the age of twelve and discovered her passion performance. She has had the
privilege of studying with some of Toronto's most respected musicians
including Barry Elmes, Mark Eisenman, and Al Henderson. Melissa's love for
swing and jazz music started when she started performing with the Toronto
All-Star Big Band; she continued singing with them until 2004. She had the
opportunity to work with and open for many wonderful musicians; Jeff Healey,
Gordon Lightfoot, Ranee Lee, Henry Questa, Tommy Ambrose, Peter Appleyard,
Buddy DiFranco, Jackie Richardson, and Clark Terry to name a few.
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ZOO
- CD Album: Phychodrama
Jazz - Nu Jazz
Fusion
ZOO create a unique blend of jazz-infused grooves, warm, absorbing and
emotive, beautifully intimate, atmospheric, with rich harmonies and
instrumentation.
Phychodrama their 3rd album on the Red Admiral label pushes their unique
envelope one stage further.
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GARY SWINARD
- CD Album: After
Five
Easy Listening /
Instrumental / Jazz / New Age
Gary Swinard was born in Ashford, Kent, England. His music career spans more
than 4 decades playing guitar, bass and keyboards. He has worked along side
and in the company of many great icons that are still performing today.
After Five demonstrates Gary's his desire to mix some of his originals that
include Smooth Jazz, Relaxation and New Age with some old classic tunes of
yesterday. In 2009 Gary set about recording two albums with his close friend
& sax player, Joe Bolero. "After Five" is the first of these. Stuffed
full of mature and relaxing music to get into, with a glass of your favourite
liquid After Five.
In 2001 Gary moved to Florida USA, his first six months was spent getting
used to the Florida life style before getting back into music.
2001-2002 He joined a well known local band JIMMIE DEE & NITEFLIGHT
before setting up his own 7 piece show band in 2003-2008 THE PRAIRIE DAWGS
now called THINK BIG LIVE Specialising in tributes. The band covers The Blues
Brothers, Elvis, Garth Brooks, and the one tribute Gary loves to perform,
Eric Clapton. Apart from playing many of the major hotels in Orlando these
shows have also taken the band to Nashville and Las Vegas
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ROGER ALLEN
- CD Album: Electro
Swing Guitar
Jazz / Easy
Listening / Swing
Roger Allen has played the Guitar professionally for the last fifty
years, after starting at four years old on a Ukulele given to him by his
family.
Electro Swing Guitar is a compilation of some of Roger's favourite standards,
played his own way. A timeless piece of work.
Roger has played in a diverse number of situations and countries, Canada,
Australia, Holland, France and the USA . He has worked with his own trio and
quartet, but his love of recording and the influence of Les Paul (who he has
jammed with on stage) finally encouraged him to make his own backing tracks
which always made life easier when moving around the world and to different
venues.
For many years running his own company, making industrial films and radio
documentaries in England and Australia, he became an accomplished sound
recording engineer, stills and film cameraman. Roger returned to the UK in
1995 and now resides in Ramsgate, Kent.UK.
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NOEL BANNISTER
- CD Album: In
Search Of Peace
Easy Listening /
Relaxation/ Meditation
Noel Bannister is a professional composer and musical arranger based in
Crowborough, E.Sussex (UK). He has an international reputation as a pianist,
having played all over the Northern hemisphere from the Arctic Circle to
Casablanca.
In Search Of Peace presents 47 minutes of relaxing music ideal for healing,
meditation and soothing after a tough day. Within each of us there is an
inner silence which, given the many distractions of modern day life, is
sometimes difficult to access. This music represents an antidote to the
hectic lifestyles most of us lead, a journey of the imagination to a place of
inspiration, healing and inner peace. A calming and tranquil backing for video
or film and ideal for background music when entertaining or dining with
friends.
Red Admiral Records Artist downloads and Previews are als o available at iTunes and good stores
Worldwide.
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