Dan Whitehouse: Only Love, with Molly Rymer and Paul Hussell

TodayDoors 19:00

Harbottle & Jonas, with Richard Trethewey and the Wild Goose Choir

Arts Centre · Ashburton

Update 24 October, 11.45am: This show is now sold out. If you'd like to be put on a waiting list in case of any returns, please email [email protected] stating how many tickets you would like, and include a phone number that we can reach you on today, and the latest time that you need to know. When events are sold out in advance, returns often become available quite close to 7.30pm when the show is due to start. Having made their home on Dartmoor, Dave Harbottle and Freya Jonas have spent the past few years gathering songs, stories, melodies and fragments from the landscape around them. Inspired by ancient tors, wooded valleys, rivers, churches and the people and stories of Devon, From The Moor To The Sea brings traditional material into conversation with new songs reflecting their own experience of putting down roots and raising a family here. The album’s title was inspired by the extraordinary journey of the wild salmon, travelling downstream from the moor to the sea before eventually finding its way home again. That image of landscape, journey and return runs through the heart of the record. For this special launch concert, Harbottle & Jonas will be joined by Corn...

GigsFolkBlues

Mon 26 OctDoors 19:00

Not Only But Also The Blues: James Dixon and Russell Sinclair

Arts Centre · Ashburton

James Dixon “Melodic, soulful and simply beautiful” BBC Introducing “A soul brother....got his fingers in the mud” Seasick Steve With a sound that is both raw and intimate, he engages his audiences across the country with heartfelt lyrics, soulful vocals and a guitar style described as “red in tooth and claw” (Americana-UK) Heavily inspired by Chris Whitley, John Martyn, Kelly Joe Phelps, Neil Young, Nic Jones, Chris Wood and Ralph McTell. James has a deep respect and passion for the long traditions of his instruments and music. At the same time he is driven by a strong urge to challenge the ossified conventions that keep some of these traditions from new ears. This dance between the past and the present is what makes James’s heart beat when performing. Choosing to reject effects pedals altogether, he chooses from a quiver of instruments including a beloved custom made 6 string cigar-box guitar called “The Weight” (after the Band’s classic song); a National Style 0 resonator; 1950s Harmony Silvertone and his Bulwark Guild dreadnought acoustic; all in various traditional open tunings. Well known in the UK cigar-box scene, James has been collaborating with Dirtbox...

GigsFolkBlues

Fri 30 OctDoors 19:00

Lorikeet

Arts Centre · Ashburton

Lorikeet is a UK-based indie-folk trio blending visceral storytelling, rich harmonies, and deep groove into a sound that is both contemporary and rooted in tradition. Rosanna Schura – also a member of https://thepuppinisisters.com/ Heather Truesdall - cello see heathertruesdall.com/home Dave Smith – drums and percussion see davesmithdrums.live Heather Truesdall weaves emotive cello lines supporting the stinging narratives of Rosanna's songwriting (Puppini Sisters), touching on heartbreak, urban struggle and the search for freedom. Dave Smith (Robert Plant) adds groove driven rhythms influenced by jazz and hip hop, which provide an irresistible pulse making Lorikeet's music instantly engaging. In grafting backgrounds of jazz, folk and classical music Lorikeet create an invigorating soundscape where spontaneous creativity and transatlantic influences breathe new life into folk traditions, balancing raw emotion with experimental textures. Whether performing original compositions or reinterpreting folk classics, Lorikeet creates a sonic experience that resonates deeply - both intimate and expansive, familiar and unexpected. More at https://www.lorikeetsing.com/ and: https://www.ins...

GigsFolkBlues

Sun 1 NovDoors 14:45

Lyric String Quartet: Serenade to Tango – A Journey Through Colour 🎶

Arts Centre · Ashburton

Trish Calnan, violin Catherine Hayek, violin George Robertson, viola Jeremy Capey, cello Elgar Serenade in E minor Turina The Bullfighter’s Prayer Piazzolla Libertango Ravel String Quartet in F major The programme takes you on a colourful musical journey, from the gentle warmth and lyrical beauty of Elgar's Serenade to the rich Spanish atmosphere of Turina's The Bullfighter's Prayer, the irresistible rhythms and passion of Piazzolla's Libertango, and the glorious colours and textures of Ravel's String Quartet in F major. Four wonderful composers, four string players, and an afternoon full of beautiful melodies, exciting rhythms and musical surprises! Will there be cake? There usually is… Trish Calnan started to play the violin at the age of eleven and studied at the Royal Academy of Music with David Martin. She won many scholarships and prizes and continued her post graduate studies first in Freiburg, Germany with Wolfgang Marschner, and later with Helen Airoff-Dowling in Switzerland and London. Helen remains the formative influence on Patricia’s philosophy of teaching. In 1980 Patricia won the Mozart Memorial Prize and performed extensively both as leader of the Trio Zingara...

GigsClassical

Until Tue 10 Aug 20276 dates

Lil' Rockers

The Drill · Lincoln

GigsIndie & Alternative

Until Thu 17 Dec8 dates

The Cable Street Rag Band at Jamboree

Jamboree · London

At Limehouse de Reverie Ewan Bleach performs with residents The Cable Street Rag Band. As the name suggests, they are a band that formed at the Cable Street studios in Limehouse who play Rags. But that is not all. This is a old-style jazz band that also plays blues, song-book foxtrots and swing numbers along with occasional other dance music from around the world, including waltzes, beguines, tangos and the odd polkas, All of their repertoire dates from the 1850s-1940s. Join us at 7.00pm for a pre-gig dance class with Lesta from Dis Swing Thing - ticket packages available below.

GigsJazzLatin

Thu 29 OctDoors 08:30

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The Mist Rolling Inn · Nottingham

With special guests

GigsMetalHard Rock & Progressive

Thu 29 OctDoors 12:30

Mebrakh Haughton-Johnson (clarinet) & Viktor Erik Emanuel (piano)

Hansom Hall · Leicester

British clarinettist Mebrakh Haughton-Johnson joins pianist Viktor Erik Emanuel for a programme that moves between classical and jazz. James Lee III: Principal Brothers No. 3 5’ George Gershwin: (arr. Cohen): 3 Preludes 8’ Johannes Brahms: Clarinet Sonata in E-flat Major, Op. 120 No. 2 20’ Jessie Montgomery: Peace 5’ Claude Debussy: Première Rhapsodie (10’)

GigsClassical