Category: Live music

MARCH 19th ….FRAGILE….

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MARCH 19th

…..FRAGILE…. £12.50

Formed in 1996 Fragile are the longest running UK performers of the classic and timeless music of YES.

Past and present members have left their mark on the wider music scene in projects with YES members Jon Anderson, Rick Wakeman, Steve Howe, Alan White and Peter Banks, as well as with Marillion (and separately with Fish), Voyager, Bernie Marsden and more. Over the last 12 years Fragile have performed throughout Europe including a series of now legendary shows with Steve Howe. In 2009 they appeared on the Richard & Judy show and later that year, played to 35,000 with Alan White as one of the highlights at the Mathew Street Festival in Liverpool. Their set features many of the greatest songs in the YES catalogue.“A remarkable set of musicians who have set themselves a near almost impossible task and yet, succeed gloriously on every level” StandardFragile’s Spring tour features some of the greatest works by YES including Heart Of The Sunrise, Close To The Edge and Awaken in their entirety. A revisiting of the past with songs with early YES excerpts from: Sweet Dreams, The Prophet, Time And A Word, Every Little Thing and Astral Traveller as well as individual solo spots for acoustic guitar and keyboards and classic YES numbers Siberian Khatru, Your’s Is No Disgrace, And You And I, Soon, Owner of a lonely heart, Starship Troopers, I’ve Seen All Good People and Roundabout… a treat to be anticipated for all YES fans.

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….THE NEW ORLEANS ZHULUS….

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 MARCH 5th.
 £10.

Another much requested return, this time for this superb trad jazz band.
.The New Orleans Zhulus are an international group, 3 Belgians, 1 German, 1 Dutchman, 2 British, all with great jazz pedigree.  Bass player and band organiser, Brian Turnock an ex-pat from Watford, now living in Belgium, has worked with many of the UK’s top New Orleans style bands including, Ken Colyer, Keith Smith, Sammy Rimmington and Barry Martyn.  He has also recorded with New Orleans legends such as George Lewis, Kid Sheik Cola, Albert Nicholas, Capt John Handy, Emmanuel Paul, Kid Thomas, Louis Nelson, Alton Purnell et al.  Brian is fondly remembered, by many in the north of England, for his time playing with the, Sheffield based, Dave Brennan Band. 

The Zhulus are in the real tradition of rompin’ an stompin’ New Orleans gut bucket bands.  If it’s New Orleans jazz you crave.  Look no further than the New Orleans Zhulus at the Shire Hall.We are confident that the Zhulus will pack the place with their revivalist strains “There’s room for dancing and ladies are invited to bring their parasols.”  

With: Dan Vercruysse, trumpet, John  Defferary, reeds, Philippe DeSmet, trombone, Emile Van Pelt, piano, Brian Turnock, bass, Maurice Van Eyck, drums, Emile Van Pelt, banjo.

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And listen in on Myspace right here.

CHANTEL MACGREGOR

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SATURDAY FEBRUARY 26th

….CHANTEL MACGREGOR…. £10 

Support from The Steve Fulsham Band

 A much requested return for this superb guitarist. See her here while you still can……
Realising at an early age that if you picked up a guitar you got attention, especially from her dad whose guitar it usually was, it was inevitable that she would get one of her own. So at the ripe old age of three, she got her first guitar, a half size acoustic.
At seven she started lessons but soon noticed that not only did the electric guitars have a smaller neck, making them ideal for little hands, but they could also make a lot more noise. After more lessons and a lot more noise, and at the grand old age of eight she became the youngest person in the country to pass a Rockschool grade. More lessons followed and with them came the realisation that if you want people to listen, you need to sing!

So it came to pass that at the age of twelve she arrived at the famous Melborn Hotel in Bradford to play and sing at the weekly jam session. Helped and encouraged by all the musicians, she developed rapidly into a incredible rock and blues musician.

Now described as a “prodigy”, a visit from a major label soon followed and at fourteen she was told “great voice, but girls don’t play guitar like that!”by the head of their A&R. Their advise to change styles because boys would be intimidated was met with an attitude of “that’s their problem! I’m not changing!” Singing and playing on national television and radio soon followed.
Chantel is appearing at the Shire Hall for the third time tonight…This time headlining in her own right!!…If you have seen her before you know you are in for a treat…If you have’nt…You’re in for a treat!!
                                                     
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FORRO PORRO

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FRIDAY FEBRUARY 18th.

….FORRO PORRO…. £8

Kiss the winter blues goodbye with Forro Porro, who’ll be bringing their  ever-so-slightly intoxicating cocktail of tropical fiesta music to Howden .
 Performing red hot roots styles from South America, “Forro Porro” is the meeting of two of the region’s most popular and accomplished acoustic bands – the duos Mambo Jambo and The Hut People. With backgrounds in Folk, Latin, Pop, Jazz and World music, the four of them joined forces to play the fresh & exuberant sounds of Forro from Northeast Brazil, and Porro & Cumbia from the Caribbean coast of Colombia. To quote the band,
 “We just think more people ought to hear this stuff – think of Brazilian barndance or Colombian ceilidh and you’re beginning to get the idea. It’s also a great excuse get onto the dancefloor, and in Latin America they’ll dance all night under the stars to this music.”
 Forro Porro have already raised the temperature at top local and national festivals – Beverley and Musicport have already re-booked them – next stop Howden!
Band members are: – Sam Pirt – accordion, vocal; Gary Hammond – timbal drum, berimbau, percussion, voice; Frankie Banham – sax, clarinet, flute, triangle & vocal; Pete Jack – zabumba drum & percussion, guitar, cavaquinho & vocal.
Led by Sam’s award-winning accordion skills and backed by the kind of fiesta rhythms that get under your skin, then migrate to your feet, until you just can’t keep still – though you’re quite welcome to try (!!!) – Forro Porro are definitely one of the East Riding’s musical gems. Come and enjoy them – we say there’s a treat in store.
                                                     
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