Two decades since debuting as the masked-and-nicknamed drummer and vocalist of Animal Collective, Noah Lennox has led so many creative lives, navigated so many different styles, and been part of so many beloved recordings, that it can be easy to overlook just how consistent his creative vision has remained.
Dynamic Welsh trio Adwaith proudly announce the release of their highly anticipated third album, Solas. Meaning “light of being” or “enlightenment” in Celtic, Solas marks a significant milestone in the band’s journey. Recorded across diverse locations—including the Outer Hebrides in Scotland, Lisbon in Portugal, and multiple studios in Wales—Solas reflects Adwaith’s growth and evolution as artists.
JD McPherson is a Rock'n'Roll Rhythm'n'Blues and Rockabilly singer-songwriter and guitarist hailing from Broken Arrow, Oklahoma, USA. Born on April 14, 1977, his music embodies the essence of classic American rock with a modern twist. With his soulful vocals and impressive guitar skills, JD McPherson has become a prominent figure in the music industry, captivating audiences worldwide with his energetic performances.
The Hard Quartet... is a band. But what is a band? A band, perhaps, can be thought of as a body, a corpus, in which physically discrete lifeforms comprise a chimera that shrieks with one voice. In this particular band, which is one of millions in the world today, four players selflessly merge, become musical, and emit rock ‘n’ roll that is familiar but new, warm but icy, melodic but Sphinx-like in its seductive and subtle riddles... essentially, The Hard Quartet has leveled, cultivated, and made lush an entirely new steppe in the ecosystem of guitar-bass-drums-voice agriculture.
Blending buzz-saw twin guitars, booming horns and a high-octane live set, Coldwave’s abrasive brand of post-punk is controlled in its chaos. The six-piece’s frantic instrumentation forms the landscape for uncompromising, half-spoken vocal delivery that captures the anxiety and mundanity of the day-to-day. Coldwave have asserted themselves in the South Australian music landscape over the last three years and are primed to cut their teeth over state borders in 2023.
“Fool’s Spring is a short period of time at the end of winter when the temperature warms temporarily making one believe spring is here only for the winter weather to return again.
The poetry of thinking a dark time is over only for it to return is something that resonates with the theme of the new album.
Leeds Conservatoire jazz graduate Sophie Speed on saxophone, showcases a passion for the jazz tradition. Jeff Hewer is a jazz guitarist and composer from Toronto, Canada who now lives in Leeds and has been playing for 20 years in many different musical settings – with duos, trios, quartets, and big bands. Together they draw inspiration from legends like Dexter Gordon, Hank Mobley, Cannonball Adderley and John Coltrane. With the Jazzleeds trio
Come over to Seven Arts bar for a drink and some lovely music
Payf collection
Stuart Garside and his 12 piece Nola Big band present The Harry Connick Jr Songbook. They will be swinging out live and delving into the songbook of one of the world’s greatest crooners, pianists, composers and arrangers of our time. The show will feature such hits as: “It had to be you”, “Recipe for Love”, “We are in love”, songs from the Grammy winning album “Songs I Heard” and much more.
Join us in the Seven Arts Bar for some holiday music and laughter! Come and sing/play your instrument, bring those last Christmas crackers or just watch the fun.
The trio will be the Jazzleeds House Band led by Chapel Allerton’s pianist wizard Andy Cholerton. Phil Green will be your MC. We invite you to come and join in – or just have a Twixmas drink at the bar and watch the fun!
Payf collection – 2pm-4pm in the Seven Arts Bar
Leeds Guild of Singers will perform a special Christmas concert on Sunday 15 December at 3pm at St John's Church in the village of Adel.
LGS is one of Yorkshire's finest chamber choirs, recently praised in audience feedback for its "wonderful purity of tone, accuracy of pitch and clarity of diction", and will perform an enchanting selection of works from the Christmas choral repertoire, which will surely warm your heart on a December afternoon.