A rare female in the male dominated world of jazz composers and songwriters, singer and songwriter Sophie Bancroft is collaborating with award-winning American jazz pianist Louis Durra and bassist Tom Lyne in a fabulous line up to start the New Year. Sophie’s jazz pedigree … [Read more...]
Freya Rae and Louis Bingham : Album launch tour
Freya Rae and Louis Bingham are a young duo who play a mixture of traditional tunes and modern compositions, drawing particularly on strong influences from Ireland and Brittany. Both are accomplished multi-instrumentalists, from Freya’s tasteful flute, whistle and clarinet … [Read more...]
Apes Grapes to play at the Hippodrome in 2016
Apes Grapes are Dan Brew (guitar, electronics), Jamie Brewster (bass, electronics) and Alex Tod (drums, electronics) The band use elements of groove driven rock, tight minimalist rhythm patterns and electronica augmented swirling harmonic improvisation. Manchester-based from 2012 … [Read more...]
Ewan McLennan to play at The Hippodrome this Autumn
Ewan McLennan first emerged onto the UK folk scene with the release of his debut album ‘Rags & Robes’. The recording gained much critical praise, described by Maverick as 'a collection of truly captivating songs', and featured in MOJO’s top ten folk albums of 2010. After an … [Read more...]
Tony McManus to play The Hippodrome
To find a voice on so ubiquitous an instrument as the acoustic guitar is quite an achievement: to do so within a centuries old idiom where the instrument has no real history is truly remarkable. Scots born and now Canada based, Tony McManus has come to be recognised throughout … [Read more...]
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