Soweto Kinch_performing tunes from his long-awaited new album,_A Life in the Day of B19: Basement Fables_
The Drum
performing tunes from his long-awaited new album,_A Life in the Day of B19: Basement Fables_
Sunday 14 September: Soweto Kinch _Multi-award winning saxophonist and MC Soweto Kinch is one of only a few artists whose appeal traverses underground and mainstream audiences, and who is equally respected in both jazz and hip hop circles. His 2003 debut album, Conversations With The Unseen, which saw him combining the two idioms to fine effect, gave him his first MOBO award, and a Mercury Music Prize nomination. Soweto is constantly developing his performing approach, and his distinctive methodology of taking hip hop to a jazz audience and vice-versa has earned him acclaim on both sides of the Atlantic. Closer to home, Soweto is currently Birmingham Town Hall’s Associate Artist in Residence, an acknowledgement of his increasing importance in the artistic life of the city. Tonight, Soweto opens the new season of The Live Box with his quartet - guitarist Femi Temowo, bassist Neil Charles, and drummer Graham Godfrey - performing tunes from his long-awaited album A Life in the Day of B19: Basement Fables, the follow up to 2005’s Tales of the Towerblock.__
The Drum, 144 Potters Lane, Aston, Birmingham_Box Office: 0121 333 2444; Tickets: £5/£3 concessions; Time: 7.45pm
press enquiries to: Helen Maleed tel/fax: 020 7732 4624 mobile: 07986 235 855
email: helen@greendesk.demon.co.uk
Sunday 21 September: The Mike Sole Trio
The Drum
Mike Sole, a pianist out of Leicester, is one of the most captivating players on the Midlands music scene today. In his trio, he is backed by the powerful rhythm section of drummer Joe Manger and bassist Wayne Matthews. The spontaneous and experimental nature of the trio’s music brings out an assortment of flavours: from eloquent Bach-like chordal passages and deep driving grooves, through electronica-influenced sounds and off-kilter polyrhythmic beats, to furious high speed chases with one another through inter-twining sonic landscapes.
The Drum, 144 Potters Lane, Aston, Birmingham_Box Office: 0121 333 2444; Tickets: £5/£3 concessions; Time: 7.45pm
press enquiries to: Helen Maleed tel/fax: 020 7732 4624 mobile: 07986 235 855
email: helen@greendesk.demon.co.uk
Sunday 28 September: Stuart McCallum Quartet
The Drum
plus The Cobweb Collective…
Sunday 28 September: Stuart McCallum Quartet, plus Sam Wooster Quartet
In addition to his guitar duties with The Cinematic Orchestra, Stuart McCallum has an extensive career as a solo artist, performing and recording with Kenny Wheeler, John Surman, Ari Hoenig, Tim Garland and Don Weller. His ‘phenomenal improvising and restless creativity’ make him one of the most original guitarists around, and his music veers between extremes of mesmerising beauty and explosive turbulence; tonight Stuart performs with his own Quartet.
http://www.stuartmccallum.com
Trumpeter Sam Wooster's quartet explores the extended possibilities of his instrument, combining jazz improvisation with electronic loops and effects. Reminiscent of Vietnamese trumpeter Coung Vu, Sam Wooster Quartet has been described as ‘a collision of Jimi Hendrix and Ornette Coleman’; tonight it premieres newly developed material ahead of an early 2009 debut album release.
http://www.cobwebcollective.com
The Drum, 144 Potters Lane, Aston, Birmingham_Box Office: 0121 333 2444; Tickets: £5/£3 concessions; Time: 7.45pm
press enquiries to: Helen Maleed tel/fax: 020 7732 4624 mobile: 07986 235 855
email: helen@greendesk.demon.co.uk
ROB BRODERICK - Sunday 5th October
05/10/2008 - 19:45The Drum
Rob Broderick is a stand up comic and hip hop theatre performer; tonight he brings his Abando’man show, a combination of improvised stand up and hip hop over guitar licks and folk rhythms, to The Live Box. ‘One of the most innovative, creative comics on the circuit, able to conjure material from thin air’, Rob has recently been working with Jonzi D, Soweto, Bashy and Delroy Lindo on an upcoming hip hop theatre show titled Markus the Sadist.
Sunday 12 October: Zhenya Strigalev's
The Drum
ALSO AT THE Y CENTRE -LEICESTER 11TH OCTOBER 8.00PM
Russian-born, London-based alto saxophonist Zhenya Strigalev has been called ‘a composer of unpretentious, immediately accessible, bright but funky tunes and an irrepressible soloist’. Cherry Grand Moth made its debut earlier this year, and the high energy trio plays Zhenya’s originals - a mix of fusion, jazz and funk; a combination of complicated tunes and simple melodic songs. Joining Zhenya is double bassist Mike Janish and a drummer TBA._ _
The Drum, 144 Potters Lane, Aston, Birmingham_Box Office: 0121 333 2444; Tickets: £5/£3 concessions; Time: 7.45pm
Also the Y Centre, 7 East Street, Leicester, LE1 6EY Tel: 0116 255 6509
press enquiries to: Helen Maleed tel/fax: 020 7732 4624 mobile: 07986 235 855
email: helen@greendesk.demon.co.uk
Sunday 19 October: Bridgette Amofah
The Drum
Championed by The Times as a voice to listen out for in 2008,
Bridgette Amofah ‘somehow manages to marry Bill Withers with Dido and sound great’. Bridgette is inspired by artists as diverse as Minnie Ripperton, Feist, The Beatles, and Burt Bacharach, and you can hear elements of folk, indie, soul and pop in her song-writing and stand-out voice. The last couple of years have seen Bridgette touring, performing and writing with Oi Va Voi, ably replacing KT Tunstall as lead singer. This year sees Bridgette focusing on her own career, and she’s currently writing material for her debut solo album._
The Drum, 144 Potters Lane, Aston, Birmingham_Box Office: 0121 333 2444; Tickets: £5/£3 concessions; Time: 7.45pm
press enquiries to: Helen Maleed tel/fax: 020 7732 4624 mobile: 07986 235 855
email: helen@greendesk.demon.co.uk
Sunday 26 October: Battle in the Box
The Drum
Battle in the Box is one of the country’s only acoustic hip hop freestyle sessions. Tonight features The Live Box Crew of Kosyne, Silverchet, Nehemiah, and Joshuah Bailey._ _
The Drum, 144 Potters Lane, Aston, Birmingham_Box Office: 0121 333 2444; Tickets: £5/£3 concessions; Time: 7.45pm
press enquiries to: Helen Maleed tel/fax: 020 7732 4624 mobile: 07986 235 855
email: helen@greendesk.demon.co.uk
Young parents project
31/10/2008 - 16:46The Drum
August - october
We have just launched an exciting project aimed at young parents. This is a four month long programme designed to bring young parents into the performing arts arena. If you are a young parent and you are interested in acting, music, creative writing or the technical side of theatre. Or if you simply want to share your experiences with others.
You can be involved in writing, producing, performing min what will be a new theatre play which will be performed in schools starting on the 22nd September - 6th October 2008
Contact:
Administrator at :
Nu century Arts
160 Hamstead Road
Handsworth
Birmingham
B20 2QR
Tel: 0121 523 5551/0121 523 5122
Sunday 2 November: Spokinn Movement
The Drum
featuring Ill Spokinn
This New York-based acoustic hip hop collective, led by the charismatic vocal freestyling of MC Ill Spokinn, returns to The Live Box with its dynamic stage show. Melding the worlds of spoken word, improvisational jazz, rock and funk - as heard on its album 60-Minute Spin Cycle - the four-piece has become an important fixture in Manhattan’s alternative hip hop scene. Though its timeless music inspires familiarity, you’ll never see the same Spokinn Movement show twice.
The Drum, 144 Potters Lane, Aston, Birmingham_Box Office: 0121 333 2444; Tickets: £5/£3 concessions; Time: 7.45pm
press enquiries to: Helen Maleed tel/fax: 020 7732 4624 mobile: 07986 235 855
email: helen@greendesk.demon.co.uk
Sunday 9 November: The Invisible_
The Drum
The Invisible is guitarist Dave Okumu (formerly of Jade Fox), bassist Tom Herbert (Polar Bear/Acoustic Ladyland) and drummer Leo Taylor (Gramme/Zongamin). Live, the trio is augmented by a fourth person, Pete Hanson. The Invisible has wide-ranging musical influences: there are touches of Sonic Youth and Radiohead in its guitar experimentation, harmonic influences from Queens of the Stone Age, and rhythmic, African elements borrowed from Talking Heads; classical and medieval church music, and even Prince, get nods in the mix. A debut album, Image And Distraction, produced by electronic pioneer Matthew Herbert, and including vocal contributions from Eska, is released shortly.
The Drum, 144 Potters Lane, Aston, Birmingham_Box Office: 0121 333 2444; Tickets: £5/£3 concessions; Time: 7.45pm
press enquiries to: Helen Maleed tel/fax: 020 7732 4624 mobile: 07986 235 855
email: helen@greendesk.demon.co.uk