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Band On The Wall, Quaytickets, UK Tue, 14th September 2010 - Tue, 14th September 2010 From £10.00*Banjos and fiddles, washboards and bones in hand, the Black Twig Pickers dove into a living tradition of old-time music that surrounds their homes in Southwest Virginia and never looked back. Both scholars of the regional sounds and advocates of an ecstatic and highly personal approach to the music, the Twigs hold down local dance and bar gigs, play all manner of celebrations and every so often, hit the road. Along the way, Isak Howell, Nathan Bowles and Mike Gangloff kept company with some of underground America's heavyweights and haunted the doorsteps of Appalachian fiddle and banjo masters. They've played for the National Council for the Traditional Arts and for audiences overseas. And they've put out a string of acclaimed albums, including 2008's "Hobo Handshake" and last year's "Jack Rose & the Black Twig Pickers." Support comes from Charlie Parr, a folk and country blues musician who is routinely labeled “authentic” and “the real deal” by fans and critics alike. Charlie shows up with a lived-in rasp of a voice, National resonator and 12-string acoustic guitars, a banjo and a batch of his own songs and well-traveled numbers by Mississippi John Hurt, Charley Patton and other cohorts from another time. This standing concert will begin at 8pm....
The Plaza, Stockport Plaza, UK Wed, 3rd November 2010 - Wed, 3rd November 2010 From £17.50*Charlie and his five-piece band are well known for keeping concertgoers enthralled. His heartfelt, telling lyrics and his very human anecdotes captivate his audiences wherever he performs. His music, which ranges from inspirational to country, from ballad to anthem, truly hits the spot.
Band On The Wall, Quaytickets, UK Thu, 30th September 2010 - Thu, 30th September 2010 From £8.00*Just a few month’s before the release of hotly tipped album ‘Pure Blue Green’ Kirsty Almeida will be headlining a show at her native Manchester’s Band On The Wall. An experimental craftswoman, Kirsty customises her own instruments and creates her own stage-wear, collaborating today with internationally renowned stylist Mrs Jones (Kylie’s white jump-suit, Brandon Flowers’ feathery epaulettes), and is currently working on a musical dress specifically for the forthcoming live shows. For years, Kirsty has lived in a parallel dimension, making both music and a living on quietly productive sidelines; today, she runs a musical collective, Odbod, in her Manchester hometown (currently commissioned to record two tracks for the independent London film project ‘Patagonia’) while her name as a solo artist has turned from underground murmur to word-of-mouth phenomenon. In 2010, she just might be a pioneer. This concert will begin at 7.30pm...
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