The Bevis Frond

The Bevis Frond (guitarist and songwriter extraordinaire Nick Saloman) have ultimately become the UK’s leading underground psychedelic rock band. Their music is an iconoclastic collision of distinctly British psychedelia, space-rock, grunge, slow-burning soulful laments, even grizzled folk and more than occasional moments of sublime pop genius.

Live, the line-up today includes: Paul Simmons (guitar), Louis Wiggett (bass, vocals), Dave Pearce (drums) and Nick Saloman (vocals, guitar and sitar).

Foxwarren

No one in Foxwarren has ever made a record quite like 2. The Canadian quintet, built on 20 years of friendship, ostensibly plays folk music, where warm tones and cantering rhythms buoy songs of characters wrestling with existential quandaries inside of twilit vocals. But after touring their lauded 2018 self-titled debut, Foxwarren decided to do it all differently, eventually dropping the familiar band-in-a-room routine to instead plug those songs, and various other sounds into a sampler.

Geordie Greep

One of the driving themes of Anthony Powell’s roman-fleuve, Dance to the Music of Time, is the contrast between those characters driven solely by power and those more in tune with life’s more sensual pleasures. Inevitably, time and fate catches up with each protagonist and the reader can ponder if their fates are justified or not. The New Sound, Geordie Greep’s debut solo album, often feels as if it is a rerun of Powell’s theme, soundtracked by a miscreant - and totally wired - Palm Court Orchestra.

Ant Law’s “Unified Theories”

Guitarist Ant Law’s background mirrors his musical versatility. Described as “a game changer” and “an innovator” according to The Guardian, his ninth album ‘Unified Theories’  features ten original compositions. This music will be the focus of this concert where Ant is joined by long-time ally Michael Chillingworth (alto saxophone), Conor Chaplin (bass) and Ananda Brandão (drums).

Mike Hall

Mike Hall is a jazz saxophonist and educator based in Manchester. He began his musical career with the National Youth Jazz Orchestra which led to work with the late composer/pianist Michael Garrick with whom he toured Malaysia and made several CD recordings and Radio 3 broadcasts.

Boba Swing

Boba Swing transport you to the heady jazz clubs of 1930s & 40s Paris and the music of legendary guitarist and composer Django Reinhardt before venturing further afield fusing elements from the group’s own musical backgrounds of Argentinian Tango, Romani trad. and Latin American Jazz.

Since forming during a Manouche inspired trip to France just over a year ago they have received great acclaim for their UK performances at Jazz festivals Rainford, Marsden and the JazzLeeds presentation at the Leeds Jazz Festivsl tent in 2024.

Boba Swing

Boba Swing transport you to the heady jazz clubs of 1930s & 40s Paris and the music of legendary guitarist and composer Django Reinhardt before venturing further afield fusing elements from the group’s own musical backgrounds of Argentinian Tango, Romani trad. and Latin American Jazz.

Since forming during a Manouche inspired trip to France just over a year ago they have received great acclaim for their UK performances at Jazz festivals Rainford, Marsden and the JazzLeeds presentation at the Leeds Jazz Festivsl tent in 2024.

Trish Heenan and Ed Kainiek

Trish’s musical journey began in London, where she performed with various bands at some of the capital’s top venues.

She then moved to the USA, initially to New York and then on to California. Finally settling in Los Angeles, Trish recorded with Howlett Smith, producer for the legendary Nancy Wilson and continued on her musical odyssey, moving back to the UK to record her album ‘ A lot of world to see’ at The Premises Studios in London.