Blur the Lines returns for a special event celebrating their 10th show since their very first one which took place at the inaugural Leeds Lit Fest.
Expect a night of powerful performances featuring poetry, rap and more! It’s been quite the journey, with two sold out shows at Leeds Playhouse plus an event in association with Come Play With Me, this year they’re also at Howard Assembly Room for Leeds Jazz Festival 2025.
But: Life Isn't Like That, Is It? is the new book by Boff Whalley, musician, author, and a founding member of the anarcho-punk band Chumbawamba and commoners choir.
These stories are about real lives and real people - stuttering, wayward, disjointed, funny, ridiculous and unplanned.
Boff will be at the beautiful Mill Hill Chapel to talk about, and sing, the stories that make up the book.
Hear Schwa tell the story in music and words of Edna St.Vincent Millay, the Taylor Swift of 1930’s American literature and the first woman to win the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry.
Love Is Not All is an original set of 13 songs setting words by the radical, bisexual poet Edna St. Vincent Millay who filled stadiums in 1930’s America before burning out and dying in her fifties. Millay’s story is one of rural poverty, city riches, art, passion and morphine told in a suite of songs reflecting the musical styles that spoke to her: American Folk, Music Hall and Jazz.
Set in the vibrant streets of 1950s New York City, Guys and Dolls
follows the antics of gamblers, showgirls, and missionaries in a
whirlwind tale of love and high stakes.
The remarkable story of the extraordinary Geraldine Flower and the discovery of a suitcase of letters that inspired acclaimed Icelandic singer/songwriter Emilíana Torrini. Our special screening of The Extraordinary Miss Flower on Wednesday 7th May will be followed by a Q&A with directors Iain Forsyth and Jane Pollard (20,000 Days on Earth).
Acclaimed singer Pat Fulgoni fronts this top notch 5 piece blues band already with European blues festival dates under their belts and equally at home in UK clubs, venues and festivals.
NEW ALBUM "Pat Fulgoni Blues Experience" (available on CD at this gig)
Its a #3 (new entry) in IBBA's MOST PLAYED blues album chart September 2024 (thats all the cool UK indie blues radio stations) and #3 in USA chart Roots Music Report (UK albums chart)
HEAR THE ALBUM ->
Acclaimed singer Pat Fulgoni fronts this top notch 5 piece blues band already with European blues festival dates under their belts and equally at home in UK clubs, venues and festivals.
NEW ALBUM "Pat Fulgoni Blues Experience" (available on CD at this gig)
Its a #3 (new entry) in IBBA's MOST PLAYED blues album chart September 2024 (thats all the cool UK indie blues radio stations) and #3 in USA chart Roots Music Report (UK albums chart)
HEAR THE ALBUM ->
Feat VJ Divine Enfant.
Beside fellow Brooklynite Alan Vega as Suicide, keyboardist Martin Rev has inspired a legion of musicians including fellow warehouse-dwelling experimentalists (Throbbing Gristle, D.A.F.), chart-topping synth pop acts (Depeche Mode, Soft Cell), mainstream rock artists (Bruce Springsteen, collaborator Ric Ocasek), and producers of techno and house (Aphex Twin, Daft Punk).
Internationally acclaimed Cuban Violinist returns to home territory with his new project.
The Omar Puente Charanga Jazz Sextet, is designed with dance in mind, blending original tunes with fresh arrangements of traditional Cuban favourites, adding the influences of African rhythm and modern jazz to the mix. The lineup features trumpet, timbales, bass, piano and congas and never fails to get everyone up on their feet moving to Cuban, Charanga and Salsa rhythms.
One Night In Nashville is the UK's #1 and only true Downtown-Nashville & Honky Tonk Experience.
Inspired by today’s Nashville music scene, and recreating the buzzing atmosphere of Honky Tonks and songwriter rounds, One Night In Nashville offer their audience a true, authentic slice of the Nashville Experience here in the UK, featuring the biggest Country Hits. Following a song writing trip and tour in Nashville herself, UK Country/Americana Artist Maria Jordan wanted to bring the magic and soul of Nashville & the music that inspired her songs to UK audiences.