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BEX MARSHALL TO TOUR UK April including 100 club

 

Bex will also be on tour in the UK and live in session with Bob Harris Radio 2 upon her return from the States,  in April,  to play the following shows including the 100 club in London.

APRIL 2013.

Saturday 6th April

Theatre Of Blues Festival (solo)

Theatre Severn

Frankwell Quay

Shrewsbury

Shropshire

SY3 8HQ

Tel: 01743 281281

http://www.theatreofblues.com/bex-marshall.html

BUY TICKETS  – http://www.theatreofblues.com/tickets.html

 

Sunday 7th April 8pm

Neudd Arms (solo)

The Square,

Llanwrtyd Wells,

Powys,

LD5 4RB

 

Tuesday 9th April 6.30pm

Aint Nothin’ But (solo)

20 Kingly Street,

Soho

W1P 5PZ

Soho

W1B 5PZ

0207 287 0514

 

Tuesday 16th April

The Boardwalk (Full Band)

Sheffield

S3 8NA

£12/14.

Monday 22nd April

The Musician (Full Band)

42 Crafton Street

West  Leicester,

LE1 2DE

0116 251 0080.

 

Tuesday 30th April

100 Club (Full Band)

Oxford Street,

London,

W1D 1LL

http://www.the100club.co.uk

0207 636 0933.

 

May 2013

 

Saturday 4th May

The Chichester Inn (Full Band)

38 West Street

Chichester, West Sussex PO19 1RP

01243 783185 £12.50 adv.

 

Saturday 11th May 8pm

Riga Bar (full Band)

Westcliff,

Essex

£10 adv/12 on door

 

 

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Bex Marshall releases House of Mercy in the US and announces Tour…

Bex Marshall – Releases New Album ‘HOUSE OF MERCY’ 12th February 2013 in USA and announces her first tour in 2013.

‘… She does down n dirty blues, evokes Janis Joplin, goes acoustic for the tender, and contributes tasty slide and knopfleresque runs. Marshall’s powerhouse persona dominates,winningly…Uncut Magazine UK



Bex Marshall’s unique style of guitar playing is a combined technique of slide, blues rock, ragtime and roots pickin’. Her voice is a powerful melting pot of old black woman’s heartache and rock diva soul. Bex is a writer of distinction and notability, she pushes the boundaries of blues, her songs have been called timeless, touches of genius, and now with her 7 piece band, she is literally a musical tornado. On Bex’s new album ‘House of Mercy’ you will find swamp blues, splashes of gospel and colorful bluegrass; all with an exciting, lyrically British twist.   ‘ ….you can see why Bex Marshall ..is a talent to watch…Classic Rock Magazine UK

A Devonshire lass now residing in London, Bex is the product of two very different families, one blue blooded landed gentry, the other Irish Romany. At 11 years old she was given a 1963 Gibson Hummingbird by her Uncle David and immediately started playing. She got hooked on instrumentals and classical guitar standards which stretched her fingers and gave her a great knowledge base from which  her own music was  to develop. This included flamenco, ragtime, country chicken pickin’, rock and on to blues and roots where she is now in her element.

She always had a passion for travelling, its in her blood and from  training to be a croupier at 18, she began her travels around the world working gaming tables on cruise liners, in Park Lane and  even dealing illegal poker games in Amsterdam. She hitch hiked the coast of Australia on cattle trains and was always to be seen with a guitar on her back,  living and storing tales.

The House of Mercy CD will be released in the USA 12th  February 2013  via Allegro distribution

RADIO IMPACT DATE January 14, 2013

Guests musicians on her new record are Don Wayne Reno (banjo), Dale Reno (mandolin) & Jake Byers (acoustic bass) all from Hayseed Dixie. B J Cole (dobro), Eileen Healy (fiddle) and Brigitte DeMeyer adding backing vocals, along with The Bex Marshall Band of Barry Payne (acoustic bass), Crispin Taylor  (drums), Danny Bryan (percussion), Toby Baker (keyboards) and newest edition, gospel singer Shola Adegorove. ‘…British blues at its best’ – Rock n Reel (R2) UK

‘….there is a spiritual tone to her voice that lifts songs from the good to the great… inject a bit of her blues sparkle into your veins, sometimes addiction is a good thing. – Bluesandsoul.com ‘…Bex hits all the stops with this one’- Musicnews.com

2013 HOUSE  OF  MERCY  TOUR

Saturday 24th Feb  -Biscuits and Blues, San Francisco, CA

Wednesday 27th Feb – Terrablues ,New York, NY

Saturday 1st March  Wilberts, Cleveland, OH

Saturday 2nd March Cooley Lake Inn,  Commerce,Township, MI

Sunday 3rd March   –  Canadian Blues Museum, Windsor, Ontario, Canada

Wednesday 6th March   Uncommon Ground, Chicago, IL

Thursday 7th March  The Slippery Noodle, Indianapolis ,OH

Saturday 9th March WDVX Blue Plate Special , Knoxville, TN

Tuesday 12th March 3rd and Lindsey , Nashville,  TN

Thursday 14th March Dans  Silverleaf ,  Denton,TX

Wednesday 20th March  Teddys Juke Joint, Zachary,LA

Tuesday 26th March Marsh Woodwinds, Raleigh, NC

 

Radio promotion by Brad Hunt, The WNS Group 845-358-3003 bhsabres@aol.com

 

Bex is now sponsored by both Ozark Guitars and the legendary guitar maker Chris Eccleshall who has built guitars for Clapton, Gallagher and Bowie to name a few, along with his partner Eddie Cameron.

Bex now plays the ‘Electric Lady Guitar’ an ‘Ozark 3515E’ Electro Acoustic Biscuit resonator, wood body with a lipstick pickup with cutaway and an ‘Ozark 3515BETC’ Resonator Guitar thin metal body with cutaway.

Bex also plays a 1963 Gibson Hummingbird acoustic guitar.

Discography     :  ‘Kitchen Table’

www.bexmarshall.co.uk

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Muyiwa and Riversongz release Live At the Apollo

MUYIWA MAKES HISTORY –Muyiwa and Riversongz Live At the Apollo

first British gospel group to sell out the HMV Apollo in Hammersmith to a capacity crowd of 5000 – The Voice.

Everybody’s talking about Muyiwa…this concert is a big deal – The Independent.

 

Muyiwa and Riversongz will be releasing the live film and music, LIVE AT THE APOLLO, from the epic, rammed to the rafters, joyful concert last summer, on February 11th 2013 on  CD/digital and DVD.

 

The CD features 13 songs and alongside the dynamic 15 piece band Riversongz,  it also includes some of the artists that participated in the evening; Pandit Dinesh, Andrea Louise, Joelle Moses, Michele Chueng  and Guvna B / Victizzle .

 

The Name Of The Lord

I Will Call

Glory To God

Jehovah Jireh

Hey Ya

King Of Kings

The Lords Prayer

I Love You Lord

Here and Real

Holy Holy Holy

Come Lord Jesus

African Medley

Let There Be Light

 

The Concert “All Around the World was a night to remember. But more than anything it highlights that British gospel has come of age.” The Voice.   The release will be accompanied by a UK Tour in Spring 2013  billed as an Intimate Evening with Muyiwa,  culminating in another spectacular event planned for July at Indigo  at the O2 in London

 

2nd of March  Swansea

8th of March CRA, Bristol Street Birmingham BR5 7AY

15th of March  The Beacon Centre, Newcastle Upon Tyne.

23rd of March V.A Centre Sheffield.

29th of March J.C.C Coventry

30th of March  Jubilee Centre Manchester.

5th of April Dublin

6th of April  L.O.M Centre Leeds

13th of April Lighthouse Liverpool

20th of April  The Carnival Centre, Luton

11th of May Kingswood Community Centre Bristol.

5th of July – Indigo o2 London

 

 

Muyiwa is Britain’s biggest gospel singer and songwriter, the one who more than any other is helping to popularise the form and bring it to a wider audience by mixing it up with elements of world music (from Africa, the Caribbean and Asia), soul, R&B and pop. In 2009 Muyiwa was the first international artist to appear on the American BET channel at the annual “Celebration of Gospel”. A year later he was the first UK Gospel act to sell out the Indigo O2 London. In 2011 the the Grammy Award winning Kevin Bond produced album ‘Declaring His Name all around the World”  by Muyiwa & Roversongz reached number five on Amazons World Music Best-Sellers, while its predecessor ‘Declaring His Love’ held the no 1 spot in the hmv blues and soul chart for five consecutive months.

It is not just through singing, that Muyiwa’s deep rich voice has reached millions in Europe, Africa and the USA, but also through his work as a broadcaster. He has a late-night show on London’s Premier Radio, (where he presents their flagship Gospel Tonight and Worship Tonight programmes), and has won numerous awards, including Best Presenter at the Oasis Awards (2006), Best Radio Show and Best Contribution to Gospel Music at the Gospel Music Awards (2009).

Muyiwa Olarewaju has a life story packed full of the stuff that films are made of.  After spending his early childhood years in Nigeria, his parents sent him and his brothers and sisters to live  in London where they were split up and passed from house to house among a series of distant family members and friends. An experience for Muyiwa that at best could be described as unsettling, and at worst traumatic. It was during this time that Muyiwa found the church and music, both of which helped set him on a more positive path. He learnt to play piano, studied a degree in music from Westminster University, and went on to work for Channel 4 and then Sony Music.  Things finally seemed to be going well for Muyiwa when a period of terrible misfortune began. His younger brother, (who was 14 at the time), got involved in an armed robbery and was sent back to Nigeria where he later got shot himself by an armed robber. Following this Muyiwa’s father was shot dead by an armed assassin. A few years later he also lost his mother, when she was killed in a horrific car accident. Once again, it was music and the church that helped Muyiwa through such difficult times, as is evident from listening to any one of Muyiwa and Riversongz five previous albums.

 

 

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UPC 50524420003526

Distributed by Proper

 

twitter @officialmuyiwa

https://www.facebook.com/pages/Muyiwa-Riversongz/

http://www.riversongz.com/

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Katy Carr’s album critically acclaimed

KATY CARR

photo by krystian data

New album Paszport out now Available to buy on iTunes and Amazon

“One of the most  intriguing concept albums of the year”– The Guardian

“Tender and brave in  equal measure” – The Observer

Paszport – No 4 Sunday Times Top 100 “World”

Upcoming Shows

26 January 2013

Celtic Connections Oran Mòr, Glasgow

7 February 2013

The Green Note Camden Town, London www.greennote.co.uk

WWW.KATYCARR.COM

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TG Collective announce new show at the MAC in Birmingham 30th November

TG Collective
Fri 30 November
Tickets £10.00 (£8.00)
http://www.macarts.co.uk/event/tg-collective

mac is located in Cannon Hill Park, Birmingham, opposite the County Cricket Ground on Edgbaston Road, off Pershore Road (A441) and Bristol Road. (A38).

A return for Birmingham’s own TG Collective, following sell-out performances at Pizza Express Soho and the Cheltenham Jazz Festival, touring their new album, Release The Penguins. An intriguing mix of gypsy jazz, flamenco and contemporary classical influences, the band carries the music forward with a spirit of adventure and energy, built around the core of guitarists Jamie Fekete and Sam Slater, alongside flutes, violin, double bass, trumpet and cajón.

Creating an exciting, sensuous sound, TGC perform original compositions and arrangements, touching on influences as varied as Paco de Lucia, Django Reinhardt and JS Bach, and have built up a strong following with their intense live performances.

www.tgcollective.com

Jamie Fekete (guitars), Sam Slater (guitars), Percy Pursglove (trumpet, double bass), Holly Jones (flutes), Louis Robinson (violin), Joelle Barker (cajón, percussion).

tgc-reviews Release The Penguins

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Katy Carr – “PASZPORT”

Katy Carr ‘Paszport’
Out Monday 12th November; Deluce Recordings MDL 414

Katy Carr’s beautiful, romantic fourth album ‘Paszport’ is an epic, poetic journey through her past and that of her parents’ nation, Poland. Nominated for the London Music Award 2012, alongside Kate Bush, PJ Harvey and the Arctic Monkeys, and also for The National Lottery Awards 2012 for her Arts Council-funded ‘Escapologist Tour’, British-born songwriter Katy Carr’s heartfelt ‘Paszport’ album tackles areas and issues long considered too politically delicate to mention.
‘Paszport’ begins with a short extract in Polish from Kazik Piechowski, Carr’s main source of inspiration to whom she dedicates her record. Listening to Kazik’s voice, we not only hear a 92-year-old man who made a remarkable escape from Auschwitz in June 1942 – in Commandant Rudolf Hoess’s car dressed in SS uniforms – but also realise that the intergenerational link between Carr and Piechowski is key. For it is the first time in Kazik’s life that someone has been inspired by his life to create something meaningful for him.
The first song is ‘Kommander’s Car,’ a fierce, pulsating, folk ballad describing Piechowski’s emotions in the last eighty metres of his escape. This song, initially released on Carr’s previous album Coquette, has been remastered, and is the point from which her current journey into discovering her own Polish roots began. ‘Meeting Kazik changed my life. When I met him in 2009 and first played him my song Kommander’s Car, I had no idea that I would be taking this mammoth trip of discovery. Kazik’s story is my key to gaining access to my own Polish heritage. Through the film I made with fellow British film maker Hannah Lovell, Kazik and the Kommander’s Car, I have learnt through him how Polish people are so cool and fight for what they believe in.’
Dedicated to the Polish World War Two experience, Carr has drawn on all her influences and performances in the British vintage scene and mixed them with hardcore history topics that have remained silenced since then – due to the Iron Curtain’s rule over Central and Eastern Europe for over 45 years. ‘I’m interested in bringing history into the contemporary through the form of song. I’m delighted to have been described as an ambassador for Polish History by the Polish media and I intend to continue this role through my creative work’.
The album ‘Paszport’ pays homage to the Polish soldiers and pilots who fought so hard for Poland’s independence only to have their country taken over by the Soviet Union at the end of World War Two – resulting in the mass displacement of Polish refugees across the world. In the song ‘Wojtek’ we catch a glimpse of the mascot of 22nd Artillery Supply Company of the Polish II Corps during WW2: Wojtek was a Syrian brown bear who was made an honorary ‘private’ by the Polish Army, due to their affection for him; later he helped soldiers lift ammunition boxes at The Battle of Monte Cassino, 1944. ‘Red Red Rose’ is a song inspired by the mass transport of 1.8 million Poles to Siberia throughout World War Two: it centres on the theme of a ‘black black train taking my baby away…’ Note the red star on the train in the artwork.
The lyrics of these emotive songs are contained within the CD, printed in a mini-booklet designed by Central Illustration Agency artist Susan Burghart, who is married to a Pole. Before creating the artwork, Carr insisted that Burghart was taken to Warsaw on an inspirational taking in such archival institutions as Warsaw’s State Ethnographic Museum and the archives of the London museum, The Polish institute and the Sikorski Museum.
Musicians that have played on ‘Paszport’ come from a wide variety of sources. They include Klezmer cellist Francesca Ter-Berg, who was also Carr’s musical director; classical and gypsy violinist Flora Curzon; and Klezmer, Egyptian and Eastern European percussionist Guy Schalom [Schalom was nominated for Best Group in Songlines World Music Awards 2012 for his Baladi Blues Ensemble]. Wojciech Wentura was hired by Carr to help with her Polish pronunciation and to sing as the Opera singer on ‘Alicja’. And the voices of Polish soldiers from the 22nd artillery company are heard on ‘Wojtek’, whilst the Polish Partisan choir perform on ‘Chodźmy, Partyzanci!’, which translates as Let’s Go, Partisans! Produced by Nigel of Bermondsey, this is a tight indie-folk record exploring themes of love, refugee status, loss of passport, country, resistance, hope against adversity and patriotism.
We leave you with a quote from the poem by Jerzy Harasymowicz that is printed in its entirety in the CD booklet: ‘You own a passport therefore you exist.’

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