Every Friday night we showcase quality LIVE music from established and up-and-coming acts. Doors open at 8pm. See our listings below for more information. Join
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FEBRUARY
26th - EASTPOLE ORCHESTRA (£3)
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Balkan & Middle Eastern meet Funk, Jazz & Latin grooves…
If you like to hear an imaginative meshing of diverse and exciting musical styles and if you like to DANCE, then this is the night for you!
EASTPOLE ORCHESTRA know how to do high energy and intensity. This well-established Bristol (UK) five-piece will treat you to a heady, exhilarating and inspiring experience that you’ll not forget. Influenced by a fierey brew of Middle Eastern and North African rhythms, Eastern European Breton and Klezmer melodies, jazz and reggae grooves, they weave their beguiling arrangements and improvisations into a magic that is all their own.
+ DJ WAXMOUSE
Playing a wild, balkan, gypsy set to warm things up and to carry on the party!
MARCH
5th - PRIME FUNK COLLECTIVE
(£3)
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In answer to the perennial hot potato 'Just who's the funkiest right now?' straight outta Bristol - the UK's premier music city - 9-piece PRIME FUNK combine the best in groove-based urban dance music with a deep knowledge of jazz, funk, rock, and blues. Bringing a dynamic show that's guaranteed to excite, entertain, and even blow a few minds, they're on the road and coming to a venue near you - delivering their signature sound with fresh tunes, killer grooves and wild solos, so - uh - watch out!
12th - HEG (£3)
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Heg's music, once described as a "folk-musical", takes you on a journey through intimate snapshots of life to epic tales of the stormy Atlantic. After spending several months travelling the US state of Illinois researching her family history, Heg has developed a love for turning stories into songs, combining wild imagination with reality, and delivering them with charm and distinction.
19th - FUZIA (£3)
+ DJs
"This is live music at its most instantly arresting: a delirious, kinetic, Balkan bunker-party turned to 11. Brilliant performers all, this eight-headed ‘Slavic mash-up crew’ twists the traditions of Eastern Bloc folk-dance, Balkan gypsy-jazz and Klezmerabian, with a dash of ska, into exotic, crowd-pleasing sounds. Veering from unfathomable sadness to brawling head-banging, sometimes within the same song, Fuzia plays music that is passionate, urgent, and violently alive. And on this night, in the packed Attic Bar, they simply astound, leading the crowd on epically emotional musical odysseys before rousing them to wild circular dances. Sweat poured from everyone as, forming one body, performers and audience alike jumped in maniacal simultaneity to the thrillingly righteous racket."
Live world music review: Fuzia The Attic Bar, Bristol Saturday 26 September 2009 Gary Lee Prestwich (Programmer, Migrations Bristol Late Music Sessions)
26th - FEEL THE FOLK! presents:
PETE ROE
Returns from London for a special Bristol performance.
PEPINO
With a history of mascots that boasts a rubber voodoo monkey and gender confused rabbit/beercan Pepino is a tragi-comic never-come-of-age band. Blythe Pepino sings out from behind her piano leading the band, consisting of violin, cello, double bass and drums, on a surreal and whimsical journey through theatrical rock ballads, sailor song and vaudevillian pop. There’s always something special prepared for the audience so keep your wits about you.
ADELAIDE'S CAPE
An up and coming indie folk band with a sound that is eclectic and diverse. Fronted by Sam Taylor’s unique, edgy vocals and spine-tinglingly good lyrics, with superb support from the multi-faceted percussionist, Hannah Richardson, makes this exciting group an essential addition to the folk scene.
“mystical post-folk” (Outline Magazine)
“everything about Adelaide’s Cape oozes individuality” (Culture Revival)
Advance tickets on sale from Grain Barge: £5 (More on the door)
April
2nd - LENNY SAVAGE with her full band
(£3)
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With her debut album 'Quaintrelle' out in early 2010, West Country Acoustic Princess Lenny Savage comes of age in a blaze of musical glory. Elements of folk, swing, rock, grunge, synth-pop, dub, Latin and African music swirl in the mix along with Lenny’s original love for all things acoustical. But 'Quaintrelle' isn't an acoustic album, oh no. It's exactly how she wants it – wildly expressive, blindingly sincere, scintillatingly sensual and, ultimately, never less than confusingly fascinating.
"Now I can recommend this - a musical tour - unique expression, and tight backing"
(Trevor Jones, Glastonbury Radio)
"When first hearing the music of Lenny Savage, one may be forgiven for drawing comparisons to classic folk icons like Joni Mitchell and Joan Baez, but upon taking the time to listen further, one will realise that her music draws upon must vaster influences, including Gypsy rhythms and Jazz-tinged melodies; all thrown in to a melting pot with her own inimitable style to create her own, original sound, complete with modern pop sensibility."
( James Bennett, Elysium)
"With her strong and melancholic vocals, and deeply personal folk rock songs. Lenny is a striking presence on stage. She can captivate you with a glance and holds audiences hostage with her songs of life and love. Wise and wonderful, she’s got it all."
(Xpress Records)
"Go Lenny! You could be Nailsea’s Lily Allen!"
(Venue Magazine - Anna Britten)
