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July, 2009
Friday 03rd July - 2009
Troubadour
The Hookz
The Hookz www.myspace.com/thehookz NSG www.nsg-music.co.uk Phuturesonic www.Phuturesonic.com Natalie Broomes www.myspace.com/nataliebroomes
Saturday 04th July - 2009
Troubadour
Erin K Music + CAT & MAX + GHOSTLIGHT + WOODBURN + The-Lipstick-Melodies
ERIN K MUSIC - http://www.myspace.com/erinKmusic CAT & MAX - Cat and Max are a four piece made up of a soulful vocal, jangly guitar and rhythm section who force out a raw heartfelt sound that falls...
Sunday 05th July - 2009
Poetry
POETRY WORKSHOP: "stranger than fiction" - themed writing workshop with anne-marie fyfe
As exceptions prove rules, so the extraordinary, isolated, eccentric, idiosyncratic, surreal and frankly improbable often best exemplify the quotidian to which artists, photographers, dramatists - and...
Monday 06th July - 2009
Poetry
COFFEE HOUSE POETRY: "infinite space" - end-of-season poetry party
When Glens of Antrim poet, John Hewitt, wrote, "I have turned to the landscape because men disappoint me", he wasn't the first to swap bustle of city or court (think "As You Like It") for landscape, m...
Tuesday 07th July - 2009
Troubadour
Scarlett in the Wilderness + With Love from Humans + Scarlett Cook + Jo Moore + T MANDRAKE
SCARLETT IN THE WILDERNESS - In mid-2008, Scarlett went into the Wilderness to discover “gypsy blues”, an amalgamation of folk, Eastern European and traditional Balkan influences with bluesy vocal...
Wednesday 08th July - 2009
Earls Court Festival
Gary Holden + Henrik + Romeo Down
'In association with The Earls Court Festival, the Troubadour will be hosting a live music session showcasing the best in local talent and rising stars. With the likes of Henrik, Romeo Down and Greg H...
Thursday 09th July - 2009
Charity Concert
Help for Heroes Charity Event
The night features the following fantastically talented unsigned bands/DJs: Kaiko - Described as being 'armed with bright, melodic tunes and neat, crisp riffs' Kaiko are indie rock at its best. No...
Friday 10th July - 2009
Troubadour
TV NIGHTS presents: Tankus thw Henge + Laura and the Tears + Hella Cholla + Murray James
Tankus the Henge www.myspace.com/tankusthehenge Laura and the Tears www.myspace.com/lauraandthetears Hella Cholla www.myspace.com/hellascholla Murray James www.myspace.com/murrayjam...
Saturday 11th July - 2009
Troubadour
Steve Mcbrayne + Rosi Croom + Deadlight + Don't Wait Animate + InterSeptors Showband + Djs till late
INTERSEPTORS SHOWBAND - InterSeptors Showband has been making music for more than a decade. The current line-up has proved to be hugely popular with audiences across Southern England. You can expect ...
Monday 13th July - 2009
Troubadour
Paul Diello
PAUL DIELLO - Acoustic, Experimental & Melodic with Emotive Lyrics & Haunting Vocals - You may experience him solo, with just his Keyboard, or joined by his musical friends enriching the sound with ...
Tuesday 14th July - 2009
Troubadour
Rough Sketch
Rough Sketch presents an exclusive gig from Athena (www.myspace.com/athenaandreadis), as she performs brand new material from her up and coming second album that's never been heard before! With music...
Thursday 16th July - 2009
Troubadour
TROUBADOUR THURSDAYS: Rubber band + CARLY KLING + Louise Loft +
RUBBER BAND - www.myspace.com/rubberbandweb CARLY KLING - . Carly first picked up a guitar when she was nine years old, and after learning to play through the music of Simon and Garfunkel and Jame...
Friday 17th July - 2009
Troubadour
Calahoney +Danny Fontaine and The Horns of Fury + GHOSTLIGHT + hashell + Domino Theory
CALAHONEY - Calahoney is the work of a husband and wife duo that love good, honest music, and hope to add their simple fingerprint to the landscape. Slow Stride, as their new album is aptly named, ca...
Saturday 18th July - 2009
Troubadour
The Huxleys + Sal Paradise + Treetop Flyers + Mud Adams + Emerald
TREETOP FLYERS (pictured) - http://www.myspace.com/treetopflyersband THE HUXLEYS - www.myspace.com/thehuxleysband SAL PARADISE - www.myspace.com/salparadiseuk EMERALD - Emerald was formed ...
Monday 20th July - 2009
Acoustic
'Broken Glass Presents: Long Morphine, Ryan Whatley, & Seams
Long Morphine is a London based artist, inspired by words and forethinking music citing the writer Damsbudzo Marechera and Animal collective as strong influences . His music is combination of lo-fi...
Tuesday 21st July - 2009
Troubadour
Quarrel + Holly Dearden + Alex Wilson + Lyrebird + Eddy Johns
QUARREL - "Quarrel" is a seven piece funk-prog-hip hoperation that grafts bustling rhymes and searing vocals onto juggernaut baselines filthy guitars and monsoon beats. Featuring claret-voiced vocalis...
Wednesday 22nd July - 2009
The Sessions
Cerberrus + Phil Scott + Richard Honk + Shanakee + the fancy dress party
CERBERUS - www.myspace.com/cerberrusmusic SHANAKEE- www.myspace.com/shanakeemusic. After a two year hiatus West London's finest are back with new songs and even more energy than before. THey will...
Thursday 23rd July - 2009
Troubadour
Rebecca poole + THE DICE + Fiona Culley + Sancho Pansa + Me and the beast
REBECCA POOLE - www.myspace.com/rebeccapoole Following her debut at Henley Festival Rebecca Poole combines her unique sultry vocal with fresh funky melodies. She will be joined by her band for a show...
Friday 24th July - 2009
Troubadour
Ben Scriven + Matt Adey + The Beatroos + The Lightyears + Sal Paradise + T MANDRAKE
MATT ADEY - " THE singer-songwriter with upbeat melodies and brooding lyrics " - The London Paper Matt Adey's sound is an eclectic blend of sumptuous melody and reflective lyrics accompanied by a po...
Wednesday 29th July - 2009
The Sessions
Jasmine Rodgers + Bryony fry + Charlie Calleja + Weisan Auyeung + Roxanne De Bastion
JASMINE RODGERS (pictured) - "Vocalist and co-songwriter to UK band BOA, Jasmine is currently writing her own solo music and will be performing her mix of rock, folk and world music with nothing but ...
Thursday 30th July - 2009
Troubadour
Marla + Elissa Franceschi + Patrick Plunkett + Vera Bohl + Paul Davies
PATRICK PLUNKETT - www.myspace.com/patrickplunkett PAUL DAVIES: "Paul Davies's songs sum up today’s England – London, specifically – with its “run down shops, office blocks, age old concre...
Friday 31st July - 2009
Troubadour
REVELINSKY +
PATCH WILLIAM is a heady mix of guitar licks, Ska and New-York minimalism with tight and innovative drum parts. Distinctive vocals and an undeniable individuality makes for a genuinely refreshing soun...
August, 2009
Saturday 01st August - 2009
Troubadour
John Graham Leslie + Puffinboy + Kitten Cake + David Wademan Green Collective + SHANTY TOWN
John Graham Leslie - www.myspace.com/johngrahamleslie Puffinboy - a three piece acoustic act. www.myspace.com/puffinboy Kitten Cake - http://www.myspace.com/kittencakeband
Tuesday 04th August - 2009
Troubadour
Vaughan King + Mahesh Collins + Five Minute Pop Promo + Marie-Claire Calvet + Victoria Rose
VICTORIA ROSE - I've been writing my own songs for 2 years now, with a dinky drum machine, an old panasonic keyboard and an acoustic guitar (an any other instrument that comes my way). I produce all m...
Wednesday 05th August - 2009
The Sessions
The Crimson Dixies + Rachel hatfield + Gema Hadridge + Red Sky July + The Wishing Well
THE CRIMSON DIXIES - The Crimson Dixies formed in the summer of 2007 after meeting a few years before whilst playing in different local bands. The ethos of the band is simple: good tunes for top night...
Thursday 06th August - 2009
Troubadour
CHOO CHOO + The Robot Heart + Baxter Burton + Rocket Number Nine
Stephen REVERE: REVERE incorporate violin, cello, keys, trumpet and harp into a guitar-led sound, touching on numerous musical reference points, combining elements of gypsy marches, klezmer, post roc...
Wednesday 12th August - 2009
Troubadour
OPEN MIC NIGHT: Tuan Mac (acoustic) + Craig Ingham + Shootin Stars+ Martyn halsey + Alan Bonner
SHOOTIN STARS - The shootin' stars is a music band made up of three Italian girls who posses the power to tease, caress or blow your mind away with their unique music. Coming directly from Italy they ...
Thursday 13th August - 2009
Troubadour
Jemma Willard + THE DICE + CALEB + Threeforagirl + Komla Ayewoh
JEMMA WILLARD - Jemma Willard is a Singer/Songwriter from Reading, Berkshire. She started working on her debut album Absence of an Ending with Songwriter/Producer Ian Mathias Baker back in 2005 and in...
Tuesday 18th August - 2009
Troubadour
Craig Swan + Alpha Road + Dickie & the Bohemians + Catherine tran + The Ungrateful Guests
CRAIG SWAN - Haunting fragile music from another world which conjures up comparisons to Mercury Music Prize winner Anthony and the Johnsons, almost operatic in delivery the vocals sit atop simple beau...
Wednesday 19th August - 2009
The Sessions
Jon Wright + Bernadette O'Grady + Aine Duffy Band + Al Medley + Third Light
BERNADETTE O'GRADY -(pictured) "Bernadette O'Grady is a singer-songwriter from Ireland, now based in Wales. She began performing and songwriting, whilst living in New York, strongly influenced at the ...
Thursday 20th August - 2009
Troubadour
Benji XIII + Lily Shea + Xanadu + The Stealers + Kaz Mills
BENJI XIII - Benji XIII writes folk/alternative songs that mean something to himself, and which he hopes will mean something to the people who listen to him. LILY SHEA - www.myspace.com/lilyshea ...
Wednesday 26th August - 2009
The Sessions
Simon Anning + Bernice MacDonald + Karen Grace + Essay Like Nephew + Liza Finn
BERNICE MACDONALD (pictured) - Born in the north of the U.K, Bernice MacDonald was raised within a musical family with both her parents playing and touring in the Northern Sinfornia Orchestra. Her f...
Thursday 27th August - 2009
Troubadour
New Kid in Town + CAT & MAX + Jurojin + band support (60/70 soul funky cover band)
New Kid in Town - (pictured) "Soulful guitars setting a backdrop for a night of rock rithyms...Straight ahead rock at it's very best..." Dave (Mau Mau Bar) London A London based Artist. First moved...
September, 2009
Wednesday 02nd September - 2009
The Sessions
Ben Mowat + Corban Whyte + Jon Spanyol + Harry Crampton + 1
BEN MOWAT - We are based in Oxford and sing an interesting and diverse range of music from classical to African and a few things in between. We sing mostly A Capella and sometimes with a bit of percus...
Thursday 03rd September - 2009
Troubadour
KADESHA
www.myspace.com/kadeshadrija " Kadesha is a sixteen-year-old singer/songwriter from South Wales, and to the fans lucky enough to hav been following her recently, Kadesha is an explosion waiting...
Friday 04th September - 2009
Troubadour
Matt Addey + CAT & MAX + SCARLETT BLACK + TARA ROBINSON Matt Adey + CAT & MAX + SCARLETT BLACK + TARA ROBINSON
Wednesday 09th September - 2009
The Sessions
Luke Jackson + Billie Selwyn + THE MUSGRAVES + Captain Fantastic and his Three Funky Beans + 1
LUKE JACKSON - luke is just his voice and electro acoustic guitar www.myspace.com/terryshaughnessy BILLIE SELWYN - www.myspace.com/billieselwynmusic an 18 year old singer-songwriter from East ...
Wednesday 16th September - 2009
The Sessions
'Dan Shears & The Velveteen Orkestra' + Polly Tones + Francesca Fabris
THE VELVETEEN ORKESTRA - While weaving tales of love, heartache and fantasy in his intensely dark and mystical style, as well as playing some of the South's top venues, Dan Shears is proving himself t...
Friday 18th September - 2009
Troubadour
Auction for the Promise Club + Islington boys
AUCTION FOR THE PROMISE CLUB -www.myspace.com/auctionforthepromiseclub
Friday 25th September - 2009
Troubadour
Izo FitzRoy & The Right Royal Bastards + Daniel Spiller And The Broken Record Project + The Stealers + Victoria and Ben
October, 2009
Thursday 01st October - 2009
Troubadour
L-Mo + James Apollo + Jimmy & The Banned
JAMES APOLLO - Championed by the likes of Tom Robinson (BBC 4) and John Kennedy (XFM), James Apollo returns to London to play selections from his latest EP, Angels We Have Grown Apart. James Apollo...
Friday 09th October - 2009
Poetry
POETRY PRIZE
Judges Maura Dooley was born in Truro, grew up in Bristol, and after working for some years in Yorkshire now lives in London. She is a freelance writer and lectures at Goldsmiths' College. She edi...