@ The Slaughtered Lamb and beyond...

Friday 9th May @ The Gallery Cafe


LUKE RITCHIE ~ BEDSPACE ~ RUSSELL JOSLIN

The debut album by LUKE RITCHIE's band, Sevenball, was described by Blues Matters! magazine as a "a blistering rock album... vocalist Luke Ritchie, who definitely has a Paul Rodgers feel about him as he commands every song." More recently, he returned from Prague after working on the soundtrack to Horem Padem, one the most successful films ever made in the Czech Republic. The director Jan Hrejbek and composer Ales Bresina heard Luke’s voice in London, and invited him over to the Czech Republic to work on the film’s soundtrack.

”sky-scraping vocals” [The Guardian]

In BEDSPACE's Phil Christy and Jonny Latimer's own words, they "met while sharing a crackpipe at a flower show, argued about the best type of pencil and struck up a beautiful friendship." They also write some of the most intoxicating, heartbreaking, bitter-sweet sunshine pop songs since Simon met Garfunkel but with a distinct British indie-pop sensibility. Criss-crossing acoustic guitars seem to morph into the sound of a harp at times and the twin vocal harmonies are some of the most sublime you'll get to hear this side of the Pearly Gates.

Punky sea shanties and tender ballads from RUSSELL JOSLIN: "...an intoxicating mix of arrogant honesty and awesome creativity..." [Toxic Pete]... "a genuinely unsettling and brave debut, this album demands attention..." [Tasty Fanzine]

Doors 7.30pm | £5 advance | tickets
The Gallery Cafe | 21 Old Ford Rd | Bethnal Green | E2 9PL

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Monday 12th May @ The Slaughtered Lamb


FAUSTUS Album Launch
~ THE KITTIWAKES

Forget nu-folk, alt-folk, psych-folk and all your other folks for a minute. This is the real deal, passed down through the roots of generations of legendary English folk families and injected with zeitgeist by the latest generation to create something of their own and a unique, thrilling and intimate live experience.

This is the sound of three of England's finest traditional musicians, exceeding even the highest expectations of their well documented, individual talents. They combine to create those rare and precious, raw musical moments that live on long after the event.

Since forming out of the ashes of Dr Faustus at Sidmouth Folk Festival 2005, FAUSTUS have established themselves as a major force on the English roots scene. Looking forward to their third season of touring and with the debut album "Faustus" out in May on Navigator Records, the band goes from strength to strength. All three members have been instrumental in the English revival of the last ten years:

Saul Rose is one of the country's finest Melodeon players, haivng spent a quarter of a century mastering the thing! When he's not working with Faustus he's busy with countless other projects.

Paul Sartin is a hugely versatile musician counting Christchurch Cathedral Choir and Dr Faustus amongst his past bands. He is also an integral part of ground-breaking folk supegroup, Bellowhead, with whom he plays oboe, fiddle, vocals and lends his inimitable jazz mc technique.

Also a key member of Bellowhead, fretboard wizard Benji Kirkpatrick makes up the final third of Faustus. Recently Benji has released his 3rd solo album "Boomerang" on Navigator Records, the album features (amongst others) the Mercury nominated Seth Lakeman. Benji has worked on Seth's albums, with the Oysterband Big Session and of course, Dr. Faustus, he continues to play in his fathers ceilidh band Mr Gubbins Bicycle.

THE KITTIWAKES are Kate Denny on vocals and violin, Chris Harrison on accordion and Jill Cumberbatch on violin, mandolin, banjo and guitar. They recently released  'Lofoten Calling,' (available free to download from Woven Wheat Whispers), an EP of original music based around the people, landscape, folklore and history of the Lofoten Islands, - an area above the Arctic Circle in Norway. The music is song based, and influenced by traditional British Isles and Norwegian folk music. The band are planning to release their first album in the Autumn.
 

Doors 7.45pm | £8 advance / £10 door | tickets
The Slaughtered Lamb | 34-35 Great Sutton St | Barbican | EC1V 0DX

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Tuesday 13th May @ The Slaughtered Lamb


FAUSTUS Album Launch
~ LEWIS GARLAND & THE KETT REBELLION

Doors 7.45pm | £8 advance / £10 door | tickets
The Slaughtered Lamb | 34-35 Great Sutton St | Barbican | EC1V 0DX

Forget nu-folk, alt-folk, psych-folk and all your other folks for a minute. This is the real deal, passed down through the roots of generations of legendary English folk families and injected with zeitgeist by the latest generation to create something of their own and a unique, thrilling and intimate live experience.

This is the sound of three of England's finest traditional musicians, exceeding even the highest expectations of their well documented, individual talents. They combine to create those rare and precious, raw musical moments that live on long after the event.

Since forming out of the ashes of Dr Faustus at Sidmouth Folk Festival 2005, FAUSTUS have established themselves as a major force on the English roots scene. Looking forward to their third season of touring and with the debut album "Faustus" out in May on Navigator Records, the band goes from strength to strength. All three members have been instrumental in the English revival of the last ten years:

Saul Rose is one of the country's finest Melodeon players, haivng spent a quarter of a century mastering the thing! When he's not working with Faustus he's busy with countless other projects.

Paul Sartin is a hugely versatile musician counting Christchurch Cathedral Choir and Dr Faustus amongst his past bands. He is also an integral part of ground-breaking folk supegroup, Bellowhead, with whom he plays oboe, fiddle, vocals and lends his inimitable jazz mc technique.

Also a key member of Bellowhead, fretboard wizard Benji Kirkpatrick makes up the final third of Faustus. Recently Benji has released his 3rd solo album "Boomerang" on Navigator Records, the album features (amongst others) the Mercury nominated Seth Lakeman. Benji has worked on Seth's albums, with the Oysterband Big Session and of course, Dr. Faustus, he continues to play in his fathers ceilidh band Mr Gubbins Bicycle.

LEWIS GARLAND & THE KETT REBELLION have been highly acclaimed for their energetic yet intimate performances, the group’s klezmer-folk sound providing the perfect complement to Lewis’s intricate, often caustic, wordplay. They have previously supported Lou Rhodes, Nizlopi and Faustus member, Benji Krikpatrick.

"a great voice, a brilliant guitarist and interesting lyrics... Lewis Garland is a singer songwriter with a difference" [BBC Radio Warwickshire]

"Really thoughtful lyrics" [Karine Polwart]

"These young chancers from Coventry bucked the trend, turned down the PA and the stage and set up right in the middle of the barn!... they started to play, people hushed and were treated to what in my mind was the best performance the Barn has seen so far. These guys are ridiculously good and gave a flavour to folk that I will want to taste for years to come"
[Promoter, Henley-on-Thames]

Doors 7.45pm | £8 advance / £10 door | tickets
The Slaughtered Lamb | 34-35 Great Sutton St | Barbican | EC1V 0DX

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Wednesday 14th May @ The Slaughtered Lamb


THE SHADOW ORCHESTRA ~ CITY REVERB
~ THE SOUND OF BAILEY

Doors 8.00pm | £5 advance | tickets
The Slaughtered Lamb | 34-35 Great Sutton St | Barbican | EC1V 0DX

THE SHADOW ORCHESTRA are a super-collision of percussive harp, crazed bebop drums, and glacial waves of guitar; shamanic cello, married with primal electronica, creating a melodic cacophony that is as cerebral as it is soulful. An expression of our fragmented musical landscape, The Shadow Orchestra celebrate the common ground that exists between 20th century classical, pre-fusion jazz, late 80s indie, and the joyous experimentation of early dance.

The Band is producer and cellist Chris Bangs, co-producer and guitarist Chris Warren, Kat Arney on harp and Dave Oliver on drums. The band released their critically acclaimed eponymous debut album in 2005, described as a creative homage of many musical influences from the experimental electronica of Aphex Twin, Four Tet and DJ Shadow, to the multi-rhythmic playing of Ali Farka-Toure and Toumani Diabate, to the emotional expressionism of Van Morrison’s early releases and the experimental compositions of Charles Mingus, Moondog and The Penguin Cafe Orchestra. They have performed at The Big Chill Festival, Cargo and most recently supported DJ Krush at KoKo.

CITY REVERB is the latest band project of Radio 1 DJ, Chris Coco, and featuring Micky Buccheri on vocals. This is his most accomplished musical adventure so far. The album, Lost City Folk and the Grace Reunion, features 12 tracks mixing electronic and live band elements to create a unique and beautifully atmospheric sound that Chris describes as Robot Soul.

Chris Coco, has played DJ sets on every continent on earth except Antarctica. Some of his greatest gigs include the San Siro stadium in Milan, Pacha and Manumission in Ibiza, outside the Sydney Opera House in Australia and UK festivals like Glastonbury and Big Chill.

THE SOUND OF BAILEY are the songs of Bailey brought to life with the help of producer/musician Nick Crofts with any sounds and instruments they can get there hands on and a little help from freinds.The Sound Of Bailey perform live as a trio, one of whom is an analogue tape-to-tape machine. In 2005 an album called "The Way That Things Are Done" was put out on boutique indie label, Folkwit Records, and, amazingly for such a tiny release, resulted in a radio session for cult show "Garden of Earthly Delights" and made it into Tasty Fanzines Best Albums of 2005.

Doors 8.00pm | £5 advance | tickets
The Slaughtered Lamb | 34-35 Great Sutton St | Barbican | EC1V 0DX

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Wednesday 14th May @ The Wilmington Arms

WINTERWELL FESTIVAL WARM-UP


SMOKE FEATHERS ~ BLUE ROSE CODE
~ STANTON DELAPLANE ~ JACK CHESHIRE ~ LAURIE MCNAMEE

Doors 7.45pm | £5 advance | tickets
The Wilmington Arms | 69 Rosebery Avenue | Clerkenwell | EC1R 4RL

Groove-heavy roots-rock, reggae, alt-soul and
sunshine pop from Matt Falloon and band as the submlime and infectious, SMOKE FEATHERS.

Hailing from Edinburgh, via Bethnal Green, singer-songwriter, Ross Wilson, describes the sweet, jazz-inflected sound of his ever-mutating BLUE ROSE CODE collective, as 'Caledonian Soul.' We'd go father, to compare his yearning songs and distinctively Celtic tones to a younger Van Morrison gone downtempo after being ship-wrecked on remote a Scottish islet with only John Martyn and a few classic albums for company. The band have supported acts as diverse as John Renbourn, Lou Rhodes and Viking Moses:

'Self-styled 'Caledonian soul' from Blue Rose Code, who flash the influences of Van Morrison and John Martyn and add subtle jazz notes.'
[TIME OUT]

Bristol's STANTON DELAPLANE has developed a unique live sound based around live vocal loops and finger picked acoustic guitar, also incorporated looped euphonium and music box and the odd bit of banjo and ukelele. In the past year he has released two EPs, 'Men Dressed As Titans' and 'Mandibular Sweetmeats.'

'A butterfly circles overhead as vaguely ecclesiastical choral looping
opens the wonderfully hirsute Delaplane's set of comfortingly morbid narratives made splendid with euphonium, guitar and glockenspiel' [Venue Magazine]

LAURIE MCNAMEE: "Endearingly shy and gentle, with a stage manner blending Bat for Lashes’ Natasha Khan and New Yorkian singer/songwriter , Jaymay, the room was transfixed by this whispery ethereal, quiet yet powerful voice, with both insecurity and security expressed simultaneously... a musical prodigy rather than just another singer with a guitar, Laurie played a heavy wooden harp just as beautifully as she had played the other instruments... this set in its entirety was the sound of heartbreak; that said, heartbreak sounds pretty good." [SMASH MUSIC]

Doors 7.45pm | £5 advance | tickets
The Wilmington Arms | 69 Rosebery Avenue | Clerkenwell | EC1R 4RL

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Thursday 15th May @ The Slaughtered Lamb


THE MOON MUSIC ORCHESTRA ~ TOM MCKEAN & THE EMPERORS  ~ BLUE ROSE CODE ~ LUKE ROSIER

(Part of Shoreditch's STAG & DAGGER music festival)

Psychedlic West Coast rock'n'roll and folk-influenced collective, THE MOON 
MUSIC ORCHESTRA's spiritual home is Borough's Gladstone Arms and who 
count Findlay Brown as a floating member:

"The pub we are sitting in is central to The Moon Music Orchestra story – they part own the place and have a rehearsal room upstairs. When The Gladstone came on the market, it was snapped up as the hub for this troupe of musicians, and they play there for free on the second Saturday of every month. The band's sound and even The Gladstone in Borough seems infused with the mood of those halcyon summers when the music of the West Coast was a seemingly unstoppable artistic and cultural phenomenon."
[LONDON TOURDATES MAGAZINE]

TOM MCKEAN & THE EMPERORS:
"Tom McKean is in possession of a deep, rich voice and dark, moody songs. Fantastic" [TIME OUT]