Saturday, 4 December 2010

http://www.myspace.com/claudia-aurora-fado

Ticket price:£8 advance £10 on the door

Doors:8pm

After the sold out show in October 2010, Claudia returns to the Folk House for a fantastic Christmas Special ,
presenting new songs and arrangements and again accompanied by the finest local musicians.

For tickets please visit following link:
http://www.bristolfolkhouse.co.uk/

Tapas, Traditional Portuguese Custard Tarts and wines available
to create a special festive atmosphere.


“Boy, she has a voice, as elementally strong as the tides of which she sings,
and as imbued with ability to induce calm or awe.”
Venue magazine

"Claudia Aurora enraptures with the spine-tingling emotion of her powerful, mournful Fado torch songs..."
St.George's Bristol

Sunday, 26 September 2010

Tickets are available from Ashkeys Music

A startlingly intense reunion from this legendary, ground-breaking duo. All the old skills are demonstrated with a new collection of traditional songs and instrumentals. Their experienced approach to their art lacks none of the fervour of their early days, and brings a maturity born of many years living with the music that is an integral part of their beings.

"Intense and demanding, this is hard core traditional music. Sublime fiddle playing and the passionate delivery of evocative old songs by their ablest interpretor." Telegraph

"The super-duo are back together after 14 years." The Guardian

Nina Nastasia

Friday, 28 May 2010
http://www.myspace.com/ninanastasia
Doors:8pm

The Independent
Over four albums, she's pared down her song-poem style to a point where skeletal
surfaces only need to hint at her characters' back-stories for impact. She
doesn't overburden their tales with analysis or self-pity: instead, she
anatomises the emotions at stake with needlepoint precision.
Mojo
These intimate hushes and lilts would be remarkable even as instrumentals....
Yet it's Nastasia's voice--and the words that it sings--that really sucks the
air out of the room.
Uncut
Spare, beautiful, outstanding.
Q Magazine
Curiously compelling for something so minimal, it's like nothing else around.
The Guardian
Delicate songs with unexpected, unnerving strength.

Nina Nastasia's rare gift of a voice is an intimate, winged presence that is

Nina Nastasia
Friday, 28 May 2010
http://www.myspace.com/ninanastasia
Doors:8pm

The Independent
Over four albums, she's pared down her song-poem style to a point where skeletal surfaces only need to hint at her characters' back-stories for impact. She doesn't overburden their tales with analysis or self-pity: instead, she anatomises the emotions at stake with needlepoint precision.
Mojo
These intimate hushes and lilts would be remarkable even as instrumentals.... Yet it's Nastasia's voice--and the words that it sings--that really sucks the air out of the room.
Uncut
Spare, beautiful, outstanding.
Q Magazine
Curiously compelling for something so minimal, it's like nothing else around.
The Guardian
Delicate songs with unexpected, unnerving strength.

Sweet Laredo

Friday, 21 May 2010

http://www.myspace.com/sweetlaredo

Ticket price:£6

Doors:8pm

Sweet Laredo

The subtle influences of Ella Fitzgerald and Nina Simone combined with Erykah Badu make Sweet Laredo compelling Listening.Evening Standard

Natty "unplugged"
Saturday, 15 May 2010
http://www.myspace.com/natty4d
Ticket price:£10
Doors:8pm
It can be easy to fall into the trap of trying to pigeonhole this eclectic artist’s style as reggae-soul. However, scratch beneath the surface and there are hidden depths to the chart-topping Natty who effortlessly fuses many genres and vibes into a melting pot of sounds which can be described as the gritty yet uplifting soundtrack to many young people’s lives growing up in the UK today.

Writing songs from an early age, Natty grew up listening to his parents’ diverse record collection. Being of African and British heritage, he soaked up the sounds of artists including Neil Young, Fela Kuti and Bob Marley. The vast scope of influences can be heard within Natty’s own compositions, yet he brings something refreshing and unique to the world of popular music.

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