| 02/01/12:
BMTH UNPLUGGED COMPETITION

Ok for those of you
not at the sign up party at the Jug last night, here are those juicy details
that were promised.....
There have been a
few changes to this years competition. We wanted to offer a life changing
prize and i think we have achieved this by awarding all the individual
prizes to ONE overall winner as a super prize package.
This package contains
all the essentials a singer songwriter needs to get there foot well and
truly up the ladder of the music industry in this era.
So one talented person
will recieve...
- An album of their
material professionally recorded, mixed and mastered to radio play quality.
- The album pressed and packaged
- High quality Artwork and design for album and promo posters.
- A photoshoot for use on album and promo posters.
- Online digital distribution of album.
- A music Video
- Over £200 of musical instrument shop vouchers (think of all the
strings you could buy!)
- A slot at the Purbeck Folk festival plus more to be confirmed.
- And of course a shiny trophy!
I wanted this years
judging system to be uneqivocally straight forward and fair as possible
so every act will be judged purley by all the prize givers at every stage.
Another big difference
this time around is that we wanted to make more of a level playing field
and to concerntrate on the individual artist as a song writer and performer.
So this year the competition is open only to solo artists. ALTHOUGH you
may invite one or two people to the stage for a couple of songs in the
later rounds.
We have also been
very lucky to have the amazing venue of The Winchester, Bournemouth to
hold host to the competition this year. Heats will be held in the early
part of the week, every week, throughout March and April (specifific dates
given soon after sign up).
So if you would like
to sign up all you need to do at this stage is send your NAME (and stage
name if applicable), ADDRESS and TELEPHONE NUMBER by email to
bmth-unplugged@live.co.uk. Everyone that enters will be invited to play
the live audition stage. Closing date for signing up is 19th Feb. You
must be over 18 years of age and live in the Dorset area.
I hope that was juicy
enough!, and hope to see you soon,
Anthony Lewis
01/02/12:
PAINT IT BLUE NEWS
We have Paint It Blue
updates for you!
Today we were featured in the Bournemouth Echo newspaper, due to us making
it to the Final of the New Brunswick Battle of the Blues - check it out
online: http://www.bournemouthecho.co.uk/news/districts/christchurch/9505303.Dorset_band_Paint_It_Blue_one_step_away_from_playing_at_Canadian_festival/
The Final of the competition takes place at The Garage, Highbury Corner,
London N5 1RD on Tuesday 27th March.
Get tickets from: http://www.ents24.com/web/event/New-Brunswick-Battle-Of-The-Blues-The-Final-The-Garage-London-2765778.html
For more info. on the competition, visit: www.tourismnewbrunswick.co.uk
In other music-competition-related
news, we can confirm the date of our Quarter Final Round of the Dorset
Music Awards 2012:
Friday 10th February at The Winchester pub, Poole Hill, Bournemouth BH2
5PW.
Tickets are £5, available on the door, or in advance via: http://dma.fatsoma.com/events/55797/
Other top local acts playing on the night are: Jack Grace, Krista Green,
Tom Clements & Constellation.
We would love to have your support, as only 10 of the 20 Quarter Finalists
can go through to the Semi Finals - please come and make some noise for
us!!
These live performances are for the 'Best Live Act' category, and your
vote could make all the difference as to how far we get in the competition!
Please vote for us in the Public Vote via http://www.dorsetmusicawards.co.uk/bestLiveAct.php
We are also nominated for two other categories in the Dorset Music Awards
this year - and, you guessed it, we need your vote!
Our debut album 'Paint It Blue' is up for 'Favourite Album/EP' - http://www.dorsetmusicawards.co.uk/favouriteRecording.php
And 'Not gonna Lose My Faith' from the album is nominated in the 'One
Great Song' category - http://www.dorsetmusicawards.co.uk/oneGreatSong.php
Please take a second to vote - it is quick and easy! Thank you.
It is February already,
and only a couple of weeks until we take a trip to Broadstairs in Kent,
to perform at The Broadstairs Blues Bash!
We will be playing on Saturday 18th Feb at The Balmoral, 27 Albion Street,
Broadstairs, Kent CT10 1LU from 5pm until 7pm. Entry is FREE.
We would love to see you there, it's looking to be a great event! For
more info. see: www.broadstairsbluesbash.com
After February cometh March, and March means... Swanage Blues Festival!
www.swanagebluesfestival.org
We are very happy to be playing TWO gigs this time!
Friday 2nd - The Crow's Nest, Ulwell Road, Swanage BH19 1LE @ 9pm
Saturday 3rd - Bar Se7en, High Street, Swanage BH19 2LN @ 3pm
We will also be jammin' with all the Swanage favourites over the weekend!
On March 31st we will be returning to Purbeck to perform at a special
Music Night at Harmans Cross Village Hall.
Check out their Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Harmans-Cross-Village-Hall-Music-Nights/298417733522065?v=info
Tickets are £6 and available from:
Swanage Tourist Information - Shore Road 01929 422885
Wareham Tourist Information - South Street 01929 552740
Spar Shop Harmans Cross - ( From 24/02/12 )
Nigel Edmonds - 01929 477134
John Dainton - 01929 480477
Doors at 7.30pm, music from 8pm. There will be cafe-style seating and
a liscenced bar.
Email hxvh.music.nights@gmail.com with any questions.
The Hall's website: www.harmanscrosshall.co.uk
29/01/12 www.swanage-blues.org
Swanage
Blues Festival
A
record-breaking 70 gigs in 20 indoor venues!
MARCH
FESTIVAL – 2, 3, 4 March 2012
All details of Artists, Venues
and a Schedule of who’s on where and when, are all available on
the website – plus a Poster for you to print out and put up –
please!
Admission will again be Free
to Customers, but Venues reserve the right to charge an admission fee
to non-customers. Restaurants usually require pre-booking.
The festival is funded by Your
Contributions so please be generous to ensure these festivals keep going!
And please be nice to The Bucketeers, who are music fans like you who
have given up their weekend to ensure there IS a weekend!
There is a list of Accommodation
on the website. The Grand Hotel (one of our main sponsors) is offering
a special rate of £55 per person per night for B&B.
Stan & Helen from The Riverside
Blues Band will be selling new design Tee Shirts. We totally support them
in their venture and hope you will too.
You can see videos and hear
music from the festival’s Artists on our Facebook Page – well
worth joining
We look forward to seeing you!
25/01/12:
PAINT IT BLUE
Paint It Blue have
made it through to the Quarter Finals of this year's Dorset Music Awards,
and have also been nominated for two other prizes!
YOUR vote could make all the difference to the result - please follow
the links & vote!
Best Live Act:
http://www.dorsetmusicawards.co.uk/bestLiveAct.php
One Great Song ('Not Gonna Lose My Faith'): http://www.dorsetmusicawards.co.uk/oneGreatSong.php
Favourite Album (Paint It Blue): http://www.dorsetmusicawards.co.uk/favouriteRecording.php
t he four Quarter Final dates will be held at The Winchester venue, in
Bournemouth, in February.
Thank you for voting, we really appreciate your support!!
Paint It Blue x
19/01/12:
PAINT IT BLUE
Paint It Blue are
thrilled to be through to the Final of the New Brunswick Battle of the
Blues competition - to be held at The Garage, Highbury, London, on Tuesday
27th March 2012.
Last night (Weds 18th Jan) Paint It Blue performed alongside 5 other blues
acts in the South West heat of the competition, and were voted first place
by a panel of three judges.
"The Canadian Province
of New Brunswick has been looking to the UK to provide new performers
for its world-renowned Harvest Jazz and Blues Festival, which celebrates
its 21st Anniversary in 2012. Says competition organiser, Lee George;
“The competition at this heat was fierce. Six excellent acts provided
a great evening of live entertainment. But there had to be just one overall
winner and Paint It Blue was chosen. "
The winner of the Competition will get an all-expenses paid trip to the
beautiful maritime province of New Brunswick to perform on one of the
main stages at the Harvest Jazz & Blues Festival in the provinces’
capital Fredericton in September.
For more information about the competition, visit www.tourismnewbrunswick.co.uk
We would love to have
your support at the Final - buy tickets online at: http://www.ents24.com/web/event/New-Brunswick-Battle-Of-The-Blues-The-Final-The-Garage-London-2765778.html
17/01/12:
PAINT IT BLUE
Happy New Year, Paint
It Blue fans!
We have lots coming up to kick-start 2012!
Firstly, tomorrow (Weds 18th Jan) we head to The Thunderbolt in Bristol
to compete in the South West heat of the New Brunswick Battle of the Blues
competition!
We are among six blues acts competing for a place in the final of the
national competition, to be held in London in March.
Wish us luck! If you can be there to show your support in person that
would be fantastic!
Entry is FREE, from 7.30pm, first band on at 8pm - for more info: www.tourismnewbrunswick.com
and www.thethunderbolt.net
Secondly, we have entered the Dorset Music Awards 2012, and are among
40 acts competing in the first round of the 'Best Live Act' category.
The acts will performing over two days, this coming weekend at Centre
Stage in Bournemouth. We will be performing this Sunday 22nd at 3.45pm
- we would love you to come and make some noise for us!
Tickets are just £3 - for 20 artists! - get yours from: tp://dma.fatsoma.com/events/55795/
Music starts at midday until 6pm - for more info: www.dorsetmusicawards.co.uk
We are also in the running for the 'One great Song' category of the Dorset
Music Awards! 'Not Gonna Lost My Faith' from our debut album has been
nominated.
If you think it deserves to win, visit www.dorsetmusicawards.co.uk next
week when voting begins!
Catch us live this weekend...
This Friday 20th Jan - Bankes, Penn Hill ' 8pm - 10pm
This Saturday 21st Jan - The Cellar Bar, Boscombe @ 10pm until... who
knows!
For full gig listings,
please visit www.reverbnation.com/paintitblue
For videos - comment & subscribe! - www.youtube.com/paintitbluemusic
To download the album or tracks from it: www.paintitblue.bandcamp.com
14/01/12:
www.swanage-blues.org
Swanage
Blues Festivals
60
gigs in 20 indoor venues – free to customers
MARCH
FESTIVAL – 2, 3, 4 March 2012
ARTISTS –
so far
NEW: Gypsy Elise & The
Royal Blues (from New Orleans), Clare Free, Howling At The Moon, Jason
Manners & 3 Buck Shirt, Jay Tamkin Band, Milton-Farrow Skiffle &
Blues Band (with Alan Glen) and The Tin Cats
PLUS John Crampton, Coalhouse
Walker, The Guv’nors, Pearl Handled Revolver, Robert Hokum Band,
Assorted Buskers, Back Porch, Blind Lemon Gliders, Blue Touch, C Sharp
Blues, David Raphael Band, Fabulous Fezheads, Jam Sessions with Robin
Bibi Band, The Jawbreakers, Open Mic Sessions with Johnny Sharp &
Martin Froud, Kevin Brown, Kris Dollimore, Lewis Cohen, Motel 6, The Mustangs,
Paint It Blue, Pete Harris Duo/Band with Hugh Budden and Ray Drury, Riverside
Blues Band, Robin Bibi Band, Steamer, Tim Harrison, Tommy Allen &
Johnny Hewitt, Will Killeen and – with a bit of luck – yours
truly, Steve Darrington!
More information, photos and
links at Artists on website
Sorry to all artists whose
applications have been unsuccessful. Due to overwhelming numbers of applications,
the Selection Committee has set new conditions at Want to Play? on website.
ACCOMMODATION
If you need to book, you need
to book now. There is a good selection at Accommodation on website.
FRIENDS OF
SWANAGE BLUES
PRIZE DRAW
The Christmas Eve Grand Prize
Draw produced the following winning membership numbers: 91, 15, 24. If
one of these is yours, please email me to arrange delivery of your prize.
11/01/12:
LIVE AND UNSIGNED
Singers and
bands wanted for Live and Unsigned 2012 auditions!
Singers and bands are wanted
as Live and Unsigned 2012 auditions start early January! With the chance
to play at The O2 in London and with £100,000 in prizes, Live and
Unsigned auditions are set to attract thousands of unsigned singers and
bands when auditions begin in January 2012. The competition has also just
announced an additional new main cash prize of £10,000 for the winning
act to spend on their development. Live and Unsigned auditions are heading
to Highlight, Portsmouth on Saturday 25th February!
Singers and
bands to be filmed
A new addition to the competition
in 2012 is that it will also be filmed for a new music series to be broadcast
on Sky TV; a fly-on-the-wall music series on Live and Unsigned has given
acts another reason to enter the competition! The documentary music series
airing next year on Sky TV, will give an insight into what goes on behind
the scenes of the Live and Unsigned competition.
Festival slots
To add to that, there is the
prospect of festival slots across the UK and the world and it’s
clear to see that Live and Unsigned is THE competition for aspiring bands
and acts to enter in the New Year. There are festival slots in Canada,
Italy, Latvia and Dublin up for grabs for the best unsigned acts in the
country that make it to the Grand Final at The O2, which is incorporated
into Live Fest, London’s biggest indoor festival.
Live and Unsigned
Auditions 2012
Live and Unsigned is the UK’s
biggest unsigned music competition for original artists and auditions
are open to all genres. So whether you're into pop, RnB, punk, Indie,
Alternative, rock or acoustic, the competition has it all. Each year the
competition prize pool gets bigger and better as acts take to the stage
and battle it out for equipment, festival slots, studio time and master
classes. Other prizes up for grabs include a UK tour, a selection of Blackstar
and TC Electronic amps, extensive coverage on MUZU TV and YouTube anda
comprehensive consultation package with Future Music including social
marketing, image, brand, access to industry contacts plus more!
All acts in the competition
are auditioned live which is what makes Live and Unsigned so unique, there
are no demo submissions. Acts that make it through the audition stage
will get to perform to industry judges, A&R associates and celebrity
guests in some of the UK's most prestigious venues. Those who make it
to the Grand Final will get to share the stage with some of the UK's best
musicians at Live Fest at The O2 in London!Acts on the bill last year
included Tinchy Styder, Zane Lowe, Roll Deep and The Hoosiers.
Industry Judges
Judges set to join the panel
in 2012 include Radio 1 DJ’sAnnie Nightingale, Tom Deacon and Daniel
P Carter, Kerrang’s Alex Baker and Happy Mondays star Bez.
Live and Unsigned
Auditions
Auditions begin again
in January 2012 with a number of new audition venues on the circuit including
the world famous Dingwalls in Camden. Acts are urged to enter now as places
are in high demand and auditions are limited for what will be a great
platform for any act or band to showcase their music. For information
on how to secure your live audition for 2012 go to www.LiveandUnsigned.uk.com
and register today!
06/01/12:
THE FREQUENCY

21/12/11:
Hugh Budden
Hugh's brand new web
site is now online at www.hughbudden.com
- check it out!
19/12/11:
Dolfin
Music is offering online advertising - we've
released traffic reports here.
03/12/11:
Peachy Jane
We've just released some of our songs on iTunes, here
is the link: http://itunes.apple.com/gb/artist/peachy-jane/id483263464
Swanage
Blues Festivals
60
gigs in 20 indoor venues – free to customers
FRIENDS OF
SWANAGE BLUES
LATEST PRIZE
WINNERS
Congratulations to
R Foster, Weymouth (member 93), M Bloor, Thatcham (80) and K Lowen, Swanage
(58), each of whom receives a choice of box set CDs.
SPECIAL OFFER –
Join Friends Of Swanage Blues now, and get November and December 2011
FREE
In 2011 we had only
100 members. So far, only 6 people have renewed or joined for 2012, so
PLEASE do it now before you forget!
See Friends of Swanage
Blues on the festival website (now accepting PayPal)
I do hope you can
help keep all this wonderful music going!
2, 3, 4 MARCH
2012 SWANAGE BLUES FESTIVAL
ARTISTS BOOKED
Blind Lemon Gliders,
Bob Pearce Blues & Gospel Band, C Sharp Blues, Clare Free, Coalhouse
Walker, David Raphael Band, The Fabulous Fezheads, The Guv’nors,
Jay Tamkin Band, Kris Dollimore, Motel 6, The Mustangs, Pearl Handled
Revolver, Pete Harris Blues Band with Hugh Budden, Riverside Blues Band,
Robert Hokum Band, Robin Bibi Band, Tim Harrison, Will Killeen, plus Jam
Sessions with Robin Bibi Band and Open Mic Sessions with Johnny Sharp
and Martin Froud
ARTISTS UNDER
DISCUSSION
Back Porch, Blue Touch,
Freezer, Gypsy Elise & The Royal Blues (New Orleans), Jason Manners
& 3 Buck Shirt, The Jawbreakers, Kevin Brown, Lewis Cohen, Paint It
Blue, Pete Christie, Tommy Allen & Johnny Hewitt and many more...
LIVE MUSIC
IN SWANAGE
Printed copies of
the “Live Music and more...” gig guide for December will be
available soon from participating venues and tourist information centres.
Download from the Swanage Blues website page ‘What’s On’.
The Swanage Life website www.swanagelife.com has been terminated to save
money.
LIVE MUSIC
IN DORCHESTER
Bluesnights at Dorchester
Arts Centre has a tremendous programme for 2011/2012.
Saturday, 10 December
2011 - SPIKEdrivers
Saturday, 7 January
2012 - Guy Tortora & Costa Tancredi
Saturday, 4 February
2012 - Chuck Farley
Saturday, 3 March
2012 - Eddie & Frank Thomas – shame about the clash with Swanage
Blues Festival!
Saturday, 24 March
2012 - Watermelon Slim
Saturday, 21 April
2012 - Midnight Train
Saturday, 26 May 2012
- Groanbox
Saturday, 16 June
2012 - Cherry Lee Mewis Trio
TICKETS are £12/£13
in advance/on the door. Concessions: £10/£11 for Senior Citizens.
£6/£6.50 for under 18s or students with NUS card.
Doors/bar open at
7:30pm. Performances begin approximately 8:00 pm and generally finish
around 10:30 pm.
Anybody interested
in a mini-bus from Swanage to any of these events, please email info@swanage-blues.org
for further information. There will be a discount for Friends of Swanage
Blues.
COMMENTS ON
THE LAST FESTIVAL
Well worth reading!
See www.swanage-blues.org/default.aspx?p=2011october
2012 DATES
FOR YOUR DIARY
The 12th Swanage Blues
Festival 2, 3, 4 March 2012
The 6th Swanage Blues
& Roots Festival 5, 6, 7 October 2012
One last request for
you to join or renew Friends of Swanage Blues please! See Friends
of Swanage Blues
03/11/11: LIVE AND
UNSIGNED LATEST AUDITION NEWS
Auditions
for Bands and Singers
Thousands of unsigned bands singers entered last year and this year
it’s set to be even bigger! Live and Unsigned is the UK’s largest national
music competition for original unsigned acts and bands. Over 10,000 acts
from across the country enter every year... Are you good enough to enter
the music contest? Auditions begin in January 2012!
Music
Auditions
The music
auditions will be searching for the best singers and bands. Win prizes that will blow you away!
With up to £100,000 in prizes up for grabs and a comprehensive winners’
package which includes; recording studio time, Blackstar and TC Electronic
Amps, Music development classes and the main prize of a music management
and development contract with Future Music, with up to £50,000 investment!
Auditions
for bands and singers are open to all genres, so whether
you’re into RnB, Rap, Acoustic, Pop or Classical – Live and Unsigned has
it all! From BBC Radio One, Kerrang, NME, BBC Introducing, Regional Press
& record labels. What better opportunity to get your music heard live
and by the right people?
Play at the best venues in the country! From auditions
through to the Grand National Final, you could follow in the footsteps
of the likes of Jimi Hendrix at Sheffield City Hall or take on the best
live music venue in the world with the Grand Final at IndigO2 The O2 in
London!
www.liveandunsigned.uk.com
If you
make it through the auditions you will compete at the Live Showcase finals
with a chance of making it to the National Grand Final at The O2 as part
of Live Fest, London’s Largest indoor
festival inside the world’s best venue.
So you
can win a world tour, festival slots, get press, huge prizes, free equipment,
showcase in front of industry and loads more!... get entering and we’ll see you soon.
For more
information and to Enter Now go to www.liveandunsigned.uk.com
01/11/11: Advertising
on Dolfin Music
Dolfin Music
is now offering online advertising services, please
visit our Dolfin Services page for more information.
26/10/11: PAINT IT
BLUE LATEST NEWS
Things may seem to
‘quieten down' over Winter – but rest assured, we will not
be going into hibernation! There are plenty of gigs coming up between
now and Christmas to beat the Winter Blues (boom boom) and plenty of preparations
for 2012 to keep us busy.
Firstly, a HUGE thanks to everyone
who came to see us and support us at Swanage Blues Festival at the start
of the month. We had a fantastic weekend, as always!!
Secondly, we’re pleased
to announce that we will be appearing at a couple of festivals next year,
for the first time:
Broadstairs Blues Bash, Broadstairs,
Kent – Saturday 18th February
Ashburton Blues Festival, Devon
– Saturday 2nd June
We are working hard to add
to this list, so if you would like to recommend us to your favourite festival,
or recommend a festival to us, then that would be grand!
Last but not least, we’re
excited to say our debut album is now available to download online –
ideal for long-distance fans! You can download individual tracks if you
wish, or the entire album.
Just visit www.paintitblue.bandcamp.com
and there you are!
Gigs through to the end of
2010…
Sat 29th Oct – The Cartwheel
Inn, Whitsbury near Fordingbridge, SP6 3PZ
Fri 11th Nov – Bankes,
Penn Hill, Parkstone
Fri 18th Nov – The Spyglass
& Kettle, Southbourne
Sun 20th Nov – The Thomas
Tripp, Christchurch
Thurs 1st Dec – The Rydal
Arms, New Milton
Fri 2nd Dec – The Wheatsheaf,
New Milton
Fri 9th Dec – The Spyglass
& Kettle, Southbourne
Sat 10th Dec – The King’s
Head, The Square, Wimborne
www.myspace.com/paintitblueuk
- for gigs/info etc.
www.facebook.com/paintitblueuk
- for updates/events etc.
www.youtube.com/paintitbluemusic
- for videos - please leave comments & subscribe!
www.reverbnation.com/paintitblue
- for music/info etc.
www.paintitblue.bandcamp.com
– to download the album!
That’s all for
now, folks!
See you at a gig soon,
Paint It Blue x
14/10/11: VEETACORE
FREE DOWNLOAD
What to do?
The new Veetacore single '14 & 3/8ths' is now available
to download for free, simply head over to http://veetacore.bandcamp.com/album/14-3-8ths-single
and click 'Free Download' and we'll send the track straight to your inbox.
Simples!
Why Free?
Ever since the band started we have made a promise to make sure
our music is always accessable to our fans all over the world and never
to not make cost an issue. Our last EP 'The Monopoly' was given away and
now this single is free to give you a taste of whats to come on our new
EP, due to be released in December.
Spread the
word
If you like the Free Download then it makes sense to tell people
about it. Please help us by getting more people to download the single!
Be imaginative and think of creative ways to tell people, but Facebook/Twitter
are obviously the easiest ways.
27/09/11: We bring
you the latest PIB news...
We are feeling the excitement build by the day as Swanage
Blues Festival approaches!
Paint It Blue will perform on Saturday 8th Oct at Bar
Se7en (No. 1, High Street, Swanage) at 3pm, playing three sets of groovy
blues - including a few new numbers!
Visit www.swanage-blues.org for all info on artists/venues/accomodation
etc.
The festival is FREE to all customers, and The Bucketeers (also volunteers)
will be roaming around town shaking their buckets to collect your donations,
which keep the festival going!
Stan & Helen from the Riverside Blues Band will be
selling special 'Swanage Blues Festival' T-Shirts, so pop down to a 'Riverside'
or 'Steamer' gig over the weekend and get yours!
Now, back to the week in hand - don't miss this Saturday's
gig at The Cricketers Arms, Springbourne, Bournemouth. We'll be rocking
the oldest pub in Bournemouth from 9pm, we'd love to see you there!
This is where you can find us through to the end of 2011:
This Saturday 1st Oct - The Cricketers Arms, Springbourne,
Bournemouth
Sat 8th Oct - Swanage Blues Festival - Bar Se7en, 1 High St., Swanage
Sat 15th Oct - The Cellar Bar, Boscombe, near Bournemouth
Fri 21st Oct - The Grove Tavern, Southbourne Grove
Sat 29th Oct - The Cartwheel Inn, Whitsbury, near Fordingbridge
Fri 11th Nov - Bankes, Penn Hill, Parkstone
Fri 18th Nov - The Spyglass & Kettle, Southbourne Overcliff Drive
Sun 20th Nov - The Thomas Tripp, Christchurch
Thurs 1st Dec - The Rydal, New Milton, Hants.
Fri 2nd Dec - The Wheatsheaf, New Milton, Hants.
Fri 9th Dec - The Spyglass & Kettle, Southbourne Overcliff Drive
Saturday 10th Dec - The King's Head, Wimborne
Keep up to date with
the gig list - check out >> www.myspace.com/paintitblueuk
<<
You can also get your Paint It Blue fix elsewhere online
-
Facebook www.facebook.com/paintitblueuk
- be a fan & invite your friends!
Youtube www.youtube.com/paintitbluemusic
- videos of live performances!
Reverbnation www.reverbnation.com/paintitblue
- Be a fan & help us spread the word!
Last but not least, harmonica player extraordinaire and
founding member Ed Fish has returned from New Zealand safe & sound!
We hope to have him perform with us as often as he can, while he continues
to better himself with his musical studies in The Big Smoke.
Thanks for reading,
See you at a gig soon!
Paint It Blue x
23/09/11: 7, 8, 9
October 2011
The
5th Swanage Blues & Roots Festival
22
Indoor Venues – 60+ Great Gigs – 100+ performers – all
free to customers
www.swanage-blues.org
ACCOMMODATION
VACANCIES
Major festival sponsor the Grand Hotel has a few vacancies
for the festival – only £65 per person per night for Bed,
Breakfast and Evening Meal. Stay for both Friday and Saturday nights,
and you can stay Sunday night on the same deal for only £50. That’s
only £180 for Bed, Breakfast and Evening Meal for three nights –
Bargain!
Beachway Hotel has a few vacancies and is willing to take
‘one nighters’.
See www.swanage-blues.org under Accommodation for contact
details and other accommodation providers.
RESTAURANT
RESERVATIONS
To avoid disappointment, please reserve a table in advance.
ARTISTS NEWS
Festival organiser and pianist Steve Darrington is phasing
out live performances with bands and concentrating on solo and duo work.
There will be no 'Final Tour', he'll just stop doing it. So don't miss
Steve with Pete Harris Blues Band on all three days of the Swanage Blues
& Roots Festival on 7, 8, 9 October 2011.
“People who couldn’t stick around for the
Festival Finale on the Sunday night asked if we could do something during
the rest of the festival,” said Steve. So on Friday night at 8pm
there is a special performance at Swanage Bay View Holiday Park. There
is a dining area with stage view of course, and reservations are recommended
(01929 422130). There is also concert seating, cabaret seating and a dance
floor off to the side for dancers, and REAL ALE.
SCHEDULE OF
ACTS
A full Schedule of
Who’s on Where can be seen at www.swanage-blues.org/default.aspx?p=2011october
RADIO INTERVIEW
Stan from Riverside Blues Band recently interviewed festival
organiser Steve Darrington for his radio show. Listen in by following
this link http://www.thepark.fm/ on Tuesday 4th October from 8pm to 10pm,
or if you are in the New Forest area, tune in to The Park on 96.9 FM.
The programme contains a wide selection of blues tracks as well as local
blues news and gig information.
TEE SHIRTS
Stan & Helen are organising special tee-shirts and
will be selling them wherever you see them (open mics and jams etc) as
well as their festival gigs as Riverside Blues Band and Steamer.
PHOTOGRAPHY
COMPETITION
Swanage Blues is pleased to announce a Photography Competition
in conjunction with the Photographers Lounge www.photographerslounge.co.uk
and the glossy colour magazine Purbeck! – which will be featuring
the winners in a multi-page spread. Details will be available on the website
soon.
DISCOUNT WRIST
BAND
There will be Discount Wrist Bands for sale at only £3
each – these will enable you to get discounts off various goods,
drinks and food etc over the festival weekend, and hopefully raise a little
money towards our expenses. The Discount Wrist Band Scheme is not a replacement
for the bucket collections. These will continue to raise money to pay
towards the festival costs. Admission is free to customers at all venues,
so please continue to be generous with your donations.
BRITISH BLUES
AWARDS
Thanks to everybody who voted for Swanage Blues Festival
in the British Blues Awards. It was indeed an honour to be one of the
six nominees for Best British Blues Festival, which was won by the Great
British Rhythm & Blues Festival held in Colne, Lancashire - a massive
event put on by Pendle Borough Council and costing £125 per weekend
ticket for access to the International Stage, the British Stage, the Acoustic
Stage and five roadhouses. Now remind me again, how much is admission
for Swanage Blues Festivals?
OCTOBER IN
SWANAGE
The “Live Music
and more...” gig guide for October will be available shortly at
participating venues, tourist information centres and online at www.swanagelife.com
21/09/11:
PEACHY JANE NEW RELEASE
With achingly heartfelt
lyrics and powerful melodies, female fronted pop band Peachy Jane have
created something very special with their new song “Love Life”.
The song starts gently, softly drawing in the listener and slowly transforming
into a rising tide of emotion and heartache that is captivating, due to
the pure and deep tones of vocalist Vicki who fronts the band.
The song has been
recently released together with a video on the band’s You Tube channel
at http://youtu.be/YOlIQ2bQ79E
The single is set to go virile with the band sure to make an impressive
impact on the music scene very soon.
Currently the band
has recently collaborated with top London Producer Sam Roman and will
shortly be releasing a new single called “Drive Away the Dark”
which has been produced by him. “It was an amazing experience to
go to London and work with someone like Sam, who gave us a lot of advice
and support,” says Beca Fludgate, the band’s guitarist.
Sam is currently
working with artists such as Matt Cardle, Mica, Take That and Pixie Lott,
as well as other X Factor artists and is an artist in his own right. The
band are really excited by the completion of this project, and are looking
forward to the new release.
Read
a review of the single Love Life here
17/09/11:VEETACORE
RELEASE NEW SINGLE FOR FREE
“fully
charged rock at its best” Tom Aylott, Punktastic
Fusing
the pop sensibilities of You Me at Six with the raw passion of Paramore
and the growl of
Foo Fighters, rise Veetacore.
Three piece Veetacore is built around drummer Dan Cook who brings to the
table an enviable
arsenal of beats and rhythms that compliment the soaring and impassioned
vocals of Becky
Rewse and provide a foundation from which guitarist Tom Clay can overlay
some of the catchiest
riffs and hooks this side of the Atlantic.
2010 saw the band release the critically acclaimed record ‘Monopoly//EP’,
these 3 tracks set the
benchmark for what is expected for emerging bands and have quickly built
a large UK fan base
from extensive touring throughout the year. This EP is still available
to download for free from
www.veetacore.com.
During 2011 the band set aside time to write and together with producer
David Evans (The
Plymouths, BOSH, Paul Oakley) they crafted 5 tracks now known as the forthcoming
EP named
‘The Settling’, due out in December.
On Friday
14th October 2011 Veetacore will be releasing their brand new
single ’14 & 3/8ths’
for free download. This track is the 1st single to be released from the
bands forthcoming 5 track
EP titled ‘The Settling’ due for release in December. Becky
comments “We’re all so excited
about this new season the band is in, the songs on the new record have
really shaped us and
brought us closer together as a band”.
3 piece Veetacore launched in April 2010 with 3 tracks collectively known
as the ‘Monopoly
EP’ which received critical acclaim both locally and nationally.
With over 5,000 downloads of
this EP to date and a full UK tour already under their belt at the end
of last year, this new
material is much anticipated.
Release Date: 14/10/2011
Available from: TBC
Cost: FREE
Format: Download Only
Veetacore Info:
www.veetacore.com
www.facebook.com/veetacoremusic
www.youtube.com/veetacoreTV
16/09/11: Here's
the latest news from The Haiku.
Update on our new single
Many thanks to everyone who has watched and shared the video for
"To The Night". We know that a lot of you have been posting
it all over facebook and twitter, and we'd really like to be able to thank
you in a more meaningful way. So if you've been plaguing your friends'
timeline with our video then please let us know.
If you haven't got
around to watching the video yet you can do so at http://www.thehaiku.co.uk
New album and upcoming
gigs
We'll be heading in to the studio in a month's time to start work on our
third album, but before that we've got the following gigs. We'll be road
testing several new songs at these gigs, so if you want an advance listen
to the songs from the new album, then come along!
17.09.2011 George
IV, Lichfield
30.09.2011 Katie Fitzgeralds, Stourbridge
07.10.2011 The Crown, Frampton Mansell
08/09/11:
Red Light the new EP from Empire Affair
Beca has reviewed
the new EP from local Bournemouth band Empire Affair - check
it out on the Dolfin Reviews page here.
25/08/11:
SWANAGE BLUES - SEPTEMBER 2011 NEWSLETTER
7,
8, 9 October 2011
The
5th Swanage Blues & Roots Festival
22
Indoor Venues – 50+ Great Gigs – 100+ performers – all
free to customers
www.swanage-blues.org
TOP GIG IN
SWANAGE THIS WEEKEND!
On Saturday 27th August
from 7.30pm King
Salami & the Cumberland Three, Polly and the Billets Doux, plus
Saturday
Sun will be playing at the Mowlem Theatre in Swanage. This is a promotion
by the Rock-A-Hula Club in conjunction with the Swanage Hospitality Association
and will prove to be a brilliant evening. Tickets are available from the
Mowlem, www.wegottickets.com and Swanage Tourist Information Centre for
only £8 advance or £10 on the door.
Swanage Blues applauds
the promoters for putting on this excellent triple bill. We hope to see
you there!
NEXT FESTIVAL
– COMING SOON!
It’s not long
now till 7th October...
A full Schedule of
Who’s on Where can be seen at www.swanage-blues.org/default.aspx?p=2011october
If you can put up
a Poster, please let me know.
There will be Discount
Wrist Bands for sale at only £3 each – these will enable you
to get discounts off various goods, drinks and food etc over the festival
weekend, and hopefully raise a little money towards our expenses. The
Discount Wrist Band Scheme is not a replacement for the bucket collections.
These will continue to raise money to pay towards the festival costs.
Admission is free to customers at all venues, so please continue to be
generous with your donations.
We hope to have a
small Festival Shop and its location will be advised nearer the event.
There will be a Photography
Competition with cash prizes! If anybody has experience of running such
a competition, please let us know. We are also interested in capturing
some of the activity on camcorders etc, so we can publish it to the website
and YouTube etc.
We are currently receiving
quotes for Tee Shirts, polo shirts etc. Would you be interested in a Swanage
Blues tee shirt or similar? Please let us now.
All Contact by email
please. Thank you.
VIP VISIT
I was pleasantly surprised
recently to be contacted by Phil Pemberton, lead singer of the US band
Roomful Of Blues. He was on holiday in Swanage and asked if I’d
like a chat. A great guy with a big voice and an amazing band! Wouldn’t
it be wonderful to have them at a Swanage blues festival?! Check out their
website and latest album at www.roomful.com
Let us know what you think.
SEPTEMBER
IN SWANAGE
The “Live Music
and more...” gig guide for September will be available shortly at
participating venues, tourist information centres and online at www.swanagelife.com
The Swanage Comedy Festival is on 23, 24, 25 September – details
at swanagecomedy.com
FACEBOOK
Find us
on Facebook!
Swanage
Blues Festival
Swanage
Open Mic Sessions
Swanage
Live Music and more...
19/08/11: Anonymous
Festival
Anonymous
promises to take up the slack
Its all systems go
for what promises to be the biggest and best Anonymous yet. This Saturday
Dorchester's free youth festival once again takes over Maumbury Rings
for a day, to bring the best young musicians, dancers, artists and activities
the county town can offer, and its all FREE!!
Adam Harris, Chair
of Dorchester Youth Extra said: “The Anonymous festival is really
fun and a great way to get people in Dorset together. Dorchester Youth
Extra really love being involved in this event. Since we put out an announcement
for bands earlier in the year we’ve been flooded with requests,
the only downside has been having to turn some great acts down.”
One of the highlights
of this years festival are Maverick Slacklines who will be giving everyone
a chance to try their hand at Slackline, an extreme balance sport that
has its World Championships in Sandbanks this September.
The group describe
the sport as the art of balancing on a flat line of webbing tensioned
between two anchor points. The use of webbing makes it different to the
classic tightrope or wire balancing. The nature of the webbing and its
tension means that it is stretchy and bouncy, like a trampoline. These
differences mean is has developed completely different styles and tricks
to that of the more commonly recognised circus arts. 
As well as Slacklining
visitors can try out Free Running, Graffiti Art, Craft activities, Giant
Sumo and loads more.
On the music front
this years headliners are local boys Thomas and the Mock Ups. Leo from
the band said: “We are really stoked that we have been invited to
play the Dorchester Anonymous festival and better still being asked to
headline. Maumbury Rings is the one of the most awesome venues we have
been lucky enough to play in.”
“There are so
many gifted and talented young musicians in Dorchester and its surrounding
villages, that without events like Anonymous would not get to show case
their works to the general public, friends, colleagues and family. We
are living in turbulent times and the voices of the younger generation
need to be heard."
Joining the Mock Ups
on the stage will be Jack Harrison, Sarah Pardoe, Epic Journey and many
more, while an open mic area will be running for budding young musicians
to play.
Emma Scott, Community
Development Officer for West Dorset District Council said: “Young
people from Dorchester Youth Extra really wanted to build on the success
of last two years Anonymous Festival, and we have really pulled out all
the stops to make this an event that has something for everyone.”
“Brilliant local
bands and DJ’s, amazing activities, stunning performers and much
more. Its all free so you’d be mad not to join us in Maumbury Rings
on Saturday and experience the whole event for yourselves.”
Emma Scott can be
contacted on 01305 252204. Anonymous 2011 will be held in Maumbury Rings
on 27th Aug. from 11.00 a.m. –9.00 p.m. .
16/08/11: In The
Pink Big Band are organising:
Largest Jazz
Band in the World Attempt for the Guiness Book of Records
Saturday 3rd
September 2011
King’s
Park, Bournemouth
We are looking for
600 musicians who play any of the following instruments: Saxophone, trumpet,
trombone, keyboard, guitar, bass guitar, double bass, drumkit.
To apply as a musician
or stall holder, visit our website: www.biggestbandrecord.com
or for more information phone: 01202 468099 or 07971 201506 or email:
jointheband@biggestbandrecord.com
This event is in aid
of www.ourkilimanjaroclimb.co.uk
. To add to the challenge we have also pledged to each raise a minimum
of £1000 (after costs) for Cementing Futures, an educational charity
that works to bring accessible education to poverty stricken families
living in slum accommodation. Please visit our individual team pages and
make a donation to your favourite member of the Kilimanjaro climb www.cementingfutures.org
Charity Registration No: 1129276
30/07/11:DUB OPTIC
presents “The Notting Hill Carnival Warm-up party” Saturday
August 20th
DUB OPTIC is the only
event spectacular to be at on Saturday August 20th - Bournemouth’s
Airshow weekend. This sure-to-be impressive ‘Carnival Warm
up party’ not only features some of the UK’s most premier
artists in Dubstep, Jungle, Reggae, Drum & Bass but it’s heavy
bass driven soundsystems will be sure to pack 1800 people into this magnificent
venue for a night to remember. THIS WILL SELL OUT - Do not miss this event
– it will go down in History! (www.duboptic.com)
From the co-Creator
of *DUBNIUM,
*Luke Murray presents…
A NEXT LEVEL PROJECT…
*Name ……… || D U B O P T I C ||
*Mission
…… ‘Eye Opening Dubstep, Jungle, Reggae, Drum &
Bass’
*Venue
……... ‘O2 A c a d e m y – B o u r n e m o u t
h’
*Date
……….. Saturday August 20th, 2011
*
Event …….. “The Notting Hill Carnival Warm up party
in Bournemouth”
_________________________________________________________
_____________________________________
Why wouldn’t
you go? !
“ DUB OPTIC
is the only event spectacular on Saturday August 20th - Bournemouth’s
Air Festival weekend.
“ This sure-to-be
impressive ‘Notting Hill Carnival warm up party’ not only
features some of the UK’s most premier artists in Dubstep, Jungle,
Reggae and Drum & Bass, but it’s heavy bass driven soundsystems
will be sure to pack 1850 people into the magnificent O2 Academy Bournemouth
for a night to remember ”
Do not miss this event
– It will go down in History!
_____________________________________
MASSIVE LINE UP …
at one of the UK’s premier venues
– O2 Academy Bournemouth
2 Reggae Soundsystems
+ 10 Dubstep, Jungle and Drum & Bass Headliners
_____________________________________
CHANNEL ONE SOUNDSYSTEM
---------------- meets
-----------------
HYTAL BOSRAH SOUNDSYSTEM
A Bournemouth First…"
2 full Sound-systems on 1 dance floor "
+ 10 Dubstep, Jungle and Drum & Bass headliners including...
HATCHA
ORIGINAL SIN
ALIX PEREZ
DOCTOR P
THE RAGGA TWINS
SUKH KNIGHT
JAKES
MATRIX & FUTUREBOUND
LOGAN D
HARRY SHOTTA MC
AUDIO SLEAZE
SUBFREQ
DRTY
MC's SKYDRO / REMIDY / MANIC
CARNIVAL VISUALS SHOW
from VJ SPLATTY33
COACHES ACROSS THE SOUTH COAST TO THIS EVENT
For more information
and to book travel to DUB OPTIC from Chichester, Portsmouth, Southampton,
Isle of Wight…
… CONTACT Ernie
on 07973551171
ENTERTAINMENT EXTRAS
+ CARNIVAL PERFORMERS
- FESTIVAL STALLS
- CARIBBEAN FOOD
- FIRE SPINNING
- STILT WALKERS
- FULL DÉCOR
DRINKS PROMOTIONS
£2.50 selected
pints ! ! !
+
£2.95 house spirit & mixer
£3.50 Captain Morgan & mixer
TICKETS & PRICING INFORMATION
** This Event will
Sell Out !
** Buy in advance
to avoid disappointment - price will be More on the Door!
£10 ONLINE tickets
– hurry LIMITED to only 150!)
£12.50 thereafter
from WWW.DUBOPTIC.COM
£14 from Ticket
Outlets:
- O2 Academy Bournemouth
- Enter Records (Bournemouth)
- Hemporium (Boscombe)
- Buffalo Bar (Winton)
(Booking fee’s may apply – check before travelling for your
ticket)
VENUE ADDRESS
O2 Academy Bournemouth,
570 Christchurch Road, Bournemouth, BH1 4BH
***** The ‘Dub
Optic’ Concept ******
DUB OPTIC, an eye-opening concept born originally as the brainchild DUBNIUM
in 2007. After nearly 4 years of solid promotion, good vibes and natural
growth by organiser Luke Murray, DUBNIUM ceased and DUB OPTIC became a
fully-fledged being in 2011.
With a clear vision
in mind, the Bournemouth based event specialist felt, after creating a
non-exist dub-scene from scratch (2007-2011) it was time to step it up
a gear – into overdrive, and give the people what they want…
…the new sounds
of the underground, more big name artists, multiple soundsystem dances,
a festival, a highly praised resident artist roster amongst a visual splendour
in production not to be matched by any other imitators.
DUB OPTIC continually
strives to blend a history of dub-based music- from Reggae Roots to Jungle,
Drum & Bass to Dubstep - focusing on Soundsystem Culture as the pinnacle.
DUB OPTIC is known
as one of the UK’s premier dub-based events, not to mention festival-contributors,
providing music, sound, food and culture to festivals around the UK as
well as the mighty OUTLOOK FESTIVAL in Croatia.
CHANNEL ONE
+ FULL SOUNDSYSTEM
After defeating Magnetic
Man, (Skream, Benga, Artwork) and ‘Metalheadz’ a.k.a Goldie,
Storm, Shy FX and Andy C in this years “Red Bull Culture Clash”
- Channel One Soundsystem duo Mikey Dread & MC Ras Kayleb were crowned
deserved winners. Not only are they current champions but they’ve
also been a pivotal part of “Notting Hill carnival” for the
last 30 years. If you think this is ‘just reggae,’ your mistaken
- be prepared to have your eyes opened!
HYTAL BOSRAH
+ FULL SOUNDSYSTEM
From the heart of
the Birmingham underground dub scene, Hytal Bosrah – headed by Izyah
Davis is sure to show you a soundsystem like no other. This sound runs
with the best, and that’s why DUB OPTIC chose them alongside legends
Channel One for an original Reggae ‘meet’ – a Bournemouth
exclusive with two huge soundsystems facing each other on one dance floor.
HATCHA
No one DJ or indeed
producer can claim sole credit for dubstep. But when the history of the
genre gets told, it’s no overstatement to say the entire genre bares
his stamp. Hatcha holds down his flagship Kiss 100 show alongside long
time MC, Crazy D, not to mention DJ’ing across the planet and co-producing
with a variety of the scene’s heavyweights. No DJ can test this
man.
ORIGINAL SIN
DUB OPTIC welcomes
‘Playaz Recordings’ artist Original Sin aka one half of the
undisputed kings of Jump Up Drum & Bass, G Dub. Original Sin has been
destroying raves with his inimitable blend of rig mashing beats for over
half a decade, and it’s thanks to this tireless reputation for crafting
straight up club bangers that Original Sin has become world-renowned for
his outstanding studio skills.
ALIX PEREZ
Alix has been catapulted
to the forefront of the drum and bass scene with an ever-growing reputation
and sought after catalogue of music. ??With a history of massive releases
on legendary labels Metalheadz, V Recordings and Soul:R, Alix went on
to sign exclusively to Friction's label, Shogun Audio. This is where his
remarkable debut album ‘1984’ was released gaining extraordinary
reviews and extensive support globally with coverage in publications such
as the Metro, Mixmag and more.
DOCTOR P
Circus Records monster
artist joins us after a worldwide tour, countless Radio One airplay and
a bright future for all out success in production and the club scene.
Doctor P helped fellow Circus Records producer Flux Pavillion host the
BBC Radio 1 MistaJam Show a matter of months ago, with an overwhelming
response.
THE RAGGA
TWINS
From 1982 to 1990,
Flinty Badman and Deman Rockers could be found ripping up reggae dancefloors
on soundsystems around the north east London area. Not long after their
profile soon went nationwide with influential tracks like Spliffhead,
Hooligan 69 and Illegal Gunshot, the Ragga Twins ended up with album 'Reggae
Owes Us Money' reaching number 26 in the national album charts. This success
led to tours around the UK and Europe with Ragga don ‘Shabba Ranks.’
SUKH KNIGHT
An integral part of
the True Tiger collective, Sukh Knight made a mark on the dubstep scene
at a very young age. With True Tiger now hosting a show on BBC Radio 1
and Sukh having a smash hit with his release “Slang Like This”
this young producer is going sky high.
JAKES
Hench Recordings founding
father, Jakes is now making dubstep. This is no ordinary production Jakes
has been said to have ‘taken it to the next level,’ putting
the Bristol scene firmly on the map. Formerly a Drum & Bass MC, Jakes
is now at the cornerstone of modern dubstep production. Expect upfront
proper dubs from the man like Jakes!
MATRIX & FUTUREBOUND
With Album release
“worldwide” just out, this duo have received an overwhelming
response to their modern style production. Worldwide’ is a perfect
snapshot of the electronic scene in 2011, keeping a sharp focus on the
freshest D&B around whilst also drawing on Dubstep and Electro to
capture the sound of a Matrix & Futurebound live set in all its glory.
Expect nothing less live at the o2!
LOGAN D
Logan D has risen
to prominence in the last few years, becoming one of the best up &
coming DJs in the scene as well as running his successful label, ‘Low
Down Deep Recordings’ and presenting his own bi-weekly Kool FM show.
HARRY SHOTTA
One of the most exciting
MCs to come out of the UK underground music scene in recent times. Introducing
Harry Shotta, an artist well-known for his contributions within the drum
and bass scene with his unique rhyming style and energetic delivery. But
Harry isn't just limiting himself to just one genre, oh no. Grime, hip-hop
and dubstep, this MC is covering all bases.
AUDIO SLEAZE
A dubstep collective
from Bournemouth on the south coast, made up of Matt Deep, Harry Judda
and Lewis Skydro. With regular plays across the UK each week and appearances
in Australia, Ibiza and various festivals not to mention releases 'Man
On The Moon' and the remix of 'Hustler' out now - with more tracks being
finished now 2011 is looking like a big year for Audio Sleaze.
SUBFREQ
A secure part of the
DUB OPTIC unit Subfreq continues to showcase his skills making his mark
on the Dubstep scene in 2011 with vinyl releases alongside Itchy Robot
(Afterdark Dubs) as well as a successful weekly radio show, (which often
crashes the servers) with other DUB OPTIC resident DJ Drty!
DRTY
From ‘Dirtys’
sets you can expect to hear the entire spectrum of the dubstep sound,
all the way from ‘eyes down rollers’ to ‘bouncy jump
up.’ Expect a huge variety and serious exclusives from this DUB
OPTIC resident.
SKYDRO
Resident Skydro is
at home on the microphone – simple. But this man is more than just
an MC, he’s a host across the board, with an understanding of crowd
control whilst upholding his passionate attitude towards the music and
nights he represents.
REMIDY
Hailing from Bristol
UK, it’s no doubt this man has made a mark on the scene across the
UK. A top MC and firm favourite amongst the Drum & Bass elite, DUB
OPTIC resident Remidy is often asked to host the big stars sets, which
currently see’s him smashing it across the UK for nights like Metalheadz,
Renegade Hardware, Shit the bed + many more.
DOUBLE L
Double L has always
sought to set himself apart from other MC's by putting maximum emphasis
on lyrical content. Not satisfied with simply 'making the right noises'
and constant double timing he strives to write thought provoking lyrics
that his fans connect with.
VJ SPLATTY33
One of the top visual
artists in the UK right now, holding residencies for DUB OPTIC as well
as for Engine Earz live shows. ‘VJ Splatty33’ aka Stephy Platt
can be seen mixing visuals out in Croatia for Outlook Festival as well
as frequent Fabric appearances in London not to mention putting together
visuals for pretty much every major dance artist in the scene right now!
Expect a visual splendor not to be matched by any other!
30/07/11:SWANAGE
BLUES - AUGUST 2011 NEWSLETTER
7,
8, 9 October 2011
The
5th Swanage Blues & Roots Festival
20
Indoor Venues – 50+ Great Gigs – 100+ performers – all
free to customers
ARTISTS NEWS
We welcome for the
first time RHYTHM ZOO, who have a number of festivals lined up before
Swanage, including the Taurus Blues Festival, Maryport, the Limetree,
Colne and Congleton Festivals. Then they will be headlining at the Orkney
Blues Festival in September before heading back down south to Swanage
in October! Plus their sax player, John Sanderson, has been nominated
for the British Blues Awards Best Instrumentalist. Great Stuff!
Other first timers
on the bill are THE WORRIED MEN, BLIND LEMON GLIDERS, STEVE BROOKES BAND,
TOMMY ALLEN & JOHNNY HEWITT, LEWIS COHEN and ANITA JARDINE.
A full Schedule is
in preparation and will be sent out to subscribers to the mailing list
shortly. Meanwhile you are advised to book for the following restaurants:
RESTAURANTS –
Book Now!
KRIS DOLLIMORE is
our latest signing for October, with restaurant sessions at Beco Belle
(formerly the Moonlight Bistro) in the High Street. Saturday evening is
already completely booked, but you can still book for Friday evening by
phoning 01929 475615.
SONNY BLACK at the
Ship Inn, Langton Matravers on Friday evening (01929 426910) and at Tawny’s
Wine Bar on the Saturday evening (01929 422781).
KEVIN BROWN is at
Tawny’s on Friday evening (01929 422781) and at Brook Tea Rooms
on Saturday evening (01929 422061).
LEWIS COHEN is at
Brook Tea Rooms on Friday evening (01929 422061) and Sea Breeze Restaurant
on Saturday evening (01929 426222).
ANITA JARDINE is at
Brook Tea Rooms on Sunday lunchtime.
RULES OF ADMISSION
Admission throughout
the festival is for Customers Only. Everybody is expected to make reasonable
purchases from the pubs, cafes, restaurants and hotel bars that are hosting
the live music.
FESTIVAL FUNDS
Everybody is also
expected to donate as generously as possible towards festival expenses
so we can keep them going! This time we are hoping to introduce a Discount
Wristband at a set price that will give the wearer access to discounts
in some venues and shops etc for the duration of the weekend. These wrist
bands will be available in advance by post, so you can enjoy discounts
as soon as you arrive without needing to come to the festival shop to
buy then. More in the next newsletter.
We are still in need
of Bucketeers to collect money over the weekend – even an hour will
help. Please email for more details.
FESTIVAL POSTER
Now available.
FESTIVAL SHOP
We hope to have a
small festival shop and its location will be advised nearer the event.
POEM
Greg Rowe has written
a poem about The Mustangs at the last Swanage Blues Festival. You can
see it on The Mustangs’ website at www.themustangs.co.uk/poetic-tribute-written-mustangs
AUGUST GIGS
IN SWANAGE
The “Live Music
and more...” gig guide is now available at participating venues,
tourist information centres and online at www.swanagelife.com The STEVE
DARRINGTON BAND welcomes a new addition, Neil Nicholson on guitar this
month, joining Hugh Budden, Bournemouth Fred and myself. There are various
gigs in the gig guide and we hope to see you at some of them!
BEST FESTIVAL
Swanage Blues has
been nominated as Best Festival in the British Blues Awards. Voting ends
on 31st July so if you haven’t voted yet, please click on the link
www.britishbluesawards.co.uk
FRIENDS OF
SWANAGE BLUES
Welcome this month
to Sue Searle of A Great Escape Guest House, bringing our total members
to 97. Many thanks to Sue and all of you for helping to support Swanage
Blues all year round!
2,
3, 4 March 2012
The
12th Swanage Blues Festival
20
Indoor Venues – 50+ Great Gigs – 100+ performers – all
free to customers
ARTISTS
Artists booked or
under negotiation include Pearl Handled Revolver, Bob Pearce Band, Acadian
Driftwood Cajun Band, Coalhouse Walker Blues Band, Marcus Bonfanti, Mestizo,
and the Robert Hokum Blues Band
5,
6, 7 October 2012
The
5th Swanage Blues & Roots Festival
20
Indoor Venues – 50+ Great Gigs – 100+ performers – all
free to customers
Performing "post
punk desktop pop", we take an alternative approach to music, with
a charismatic performance every show.
In the recording studio
- 27/06/11
The Team have recently
dedicated studio time working with the renowned TL Sound Studio recording
there hotly anticipated debut single "Last days of school".
Due for release in
Late Autumn 2011.
JCJESUS Shine in
South-Coast Competition - 02/06/11
JCJESUS wooed the crowed and judges at The Winchester to triumph in the
Bournemouth heat of this south-coast wide competition.
Battle of the Bands The Final - 05/08/11
Fresh from the success in heat one JCJESUS prepare to take Southampton
by storm @Talking Heads, Southampton. The coaches are full and tickets
are selling out fast.
More details available
Here
MC Lars Checks JCJESUS
Out - 28/06/11
American Rapper MC Lars gives a thumbs up to JCJESUS for Bottom 5% Video

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Past Shows
02-06-11 @ The Winchester - Bmth
16-04-11 @ Champions - Bmth - 250 Capacity
23-03-11 @ Champions - Bmth - 250 Capacity
18-02-11 @ The Winchester - Bmth
10-12-10 @ I-Bar - Bmth
25-11-10 @ The Cellar Bar, Chaplins,Bosocombe
12-11-10 @ The Green Room - Bmth
29-10-10 @ Champions - Bmth - 250 Capacity
12-09-10 @ Boscombe Community Feastival
27-08-10 @ Sound Circus - Bmth - 300 Capacity
13-08-10 @ The Winchester - Bmth
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JCJESUS' Next show
Event: Quest for the chest
Info: South Coast Battle of the Bands Final
Venue: Talking Heads
Details: Event Link
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JCJESUS Review
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"most energetic
on-stage aerobics workout I've ever seen"
"This duo of Bournemouth based rave lovers really know how to bring
a stage and a crowd to life with one punchy, fast and mind numbingly awesome
tune"
"JCJESUS is certainly
a space to watch for those who enjoy a great live performance"
07/07/11:
TAP - The Arts Poole

Georgian
Festival in Poole Old Town!
The Arts Poole (TAP)
invites you to join local artists and musicians in St. James' Church Hall
between 11am - 5 pm as part of Poole Old Town's Georgian Festival this
Saturday. Help us creatively document this day. Find your inner artist
and have some FUN! We will provide some art materials and paper.
Introduction and talk
on Art in Georgian times by Norma Rawlings at 11am. A model or two in
period costume for you to draw or photograph at 1.30pm (for approx.1 hr
with short break). Bring your creations back throughout the day for 3pm
to showcase (recite a poem, short story sing a song or play a short piece
of music and exhibit any artwork/sketches done).
Capture some of Poole's
Georgian architecture starting with St James' church. Make art in the
Hogarth style, Look at the harbour from Turner’s perspective make
a portrait inspired by Gainsborough. Write a poem with Coleridge or Blake
in mind. Discover your inner Georgian!
Location
St. James' Church
Poole Old Town
Saturday, 9th July
11:00AM ~ 5:00PM
07/07/11:
PAINT IT BLUE NEWS
Firstly, those who’ve
seen us play in the last week or two will have noticed the absence of
Harmonica Fish. He is on the other side of the world at the moment, on
a musical adventure, but will return to us in the autumn, fear not.
At the end of this
month, we’ll be making our way North to Maryport, Cumbria, for the
Maryport Blues Festival Trail – where we’ll be playing four
gigs around the town from the 28th – 31st July:
Thurs 28th July –
The Captain Nelson @ 7.30pm
Fri 29th July –
The Crown @ 7.30pm
Sat 30th – The
Labour Club @ 1.30pm
Sun 31st – The
Lifeboat @ 2pm
We’re working
on expanding our set, so listen out for a couple of new numbers!
We’d like to
say a big thanks to those who voted for us/bigged us up in the High Voltage
Festival competition, which took place on Facebook over the last few weeks.
We weren’t the chosen winners, but were pleased to get to be shortlisted
in the final ten. Your support was very much appreciated and noted!
Also, a big thanks
to all who came to see us at Christchurch Festival last weekend –
we had a great time!
GIGS:
Keep up to date at
www.myspace.com/paintitblueuk
This weekend we’re
playing at The Athelstan, Tuckton, near Christchurch on Friday night from
9pm.
On Sunday we’re
at Bar Se7en in Swanage from 6.30pm - a little later than usual as the
Jazz Festival is in town over the weekend.
Throughout the Summer,
you can find us at:
Fri 8th July –
The Athelstan, Tuckton, Dorset
Sun 10th July –
Bar Se7en, Swanage, Dorset @ 6.30pm
Thurs 14th July –
Nelson’s, Blandford, Dorset
Sun 17th July –
The Elm Tree, Ringwood, Hants @ 3pm (on the lawn, weather permitting!)
Thurs 28th –
Sun 31st July – Maryport Blues Festival Blues Trail, Cumbria
Thurs 28th –
The Captain Nelson, Maryport @ 7.30pm
Fri 29th – The
Crown, Maryport @ 7.30pm
Sat 30th – The
Labour Club, Maryport @ 1.30pm
Sun 31st – The
Lifeboat, Maryport @ 2pm
Thurs 4th Aug –
Bankes, Penn Hill, Parkstone @ 8pm
Sat 6th Aug –
The Cricketers Arms, Springbourne, Bournemouth
Sun 7th Aug –
Bar Se7en, Swanage, Dorset @ 5pm
Fri 12th Aug –
The Wheatsheaf, New Milton, Hants.
Sat 13th Aug –
New Milton Community Festival – time TBC
Fri 19th Aug –
The Cellar Bar, Boscombe @ 10pm
Thurs 25th Aug –
The Rising Sun, Wimborne, Dorset
Fri 26th Aug –
The Spyglass & Kettle, Southbourne, Dorset
Thurs 1st Sept –
Bankes, Penn Hill, Parkstone @ 8pm
Fri 2nd Sept –
The Shoe, Plaitford, Hants.
Sat 3rd Sept –
The Ship, Christchurch, Dorset
Sun 4th Sept –
Bar Se7en, Swanage, Dorset @ 5pm
Fri 16th Sept –
The Athelstan, Tuckton, Dorset
Sat 17th Sept –
The King’s Head, Wimborne, Dorset
Sat 1st Oct –
The Cricketers Arms, Bournemouth
Sat Oct 8th –
Swanage Blues Festival: Bar Se7en, High St. Swanage @ 12.30pm.
Don’t forget
to check out our videos at www.youtube.com/paintitbluemusic and leave
your comments, we love to know what you think.
Our debut album is
still available - if you’d like a copy you can get one at any PIB
gig, or you can send us an email at paintitblue@live.com and we can send
one to you! £7 (+P+P)
Paint It Blue stickers
and window stickers are now also available! Mmm… sticky!
See you at a gig soon,
Over and out
Paint It Blue x

05/07/11:
CALLING ALL MUSICIANS....
THURSDAY 14th JULY
2011
YOU ARE INVITED TO
COME ALONG TO THE LAUNCH OUR BRAND NEW WEEKLY OPEN MIC & JAM SESSIONS
AT THE MELLO MELLO BAR IN THE HEART OF BOSCOMBE
ADDRESS :
MELLO MELLO LOUNGE BAR
677 CHRISTCHURCH ROAD
BOSCOMBE, DORSET. BH7 6AA
*Just 2 min walk from
Boscombe Bus Station / right next door to the Percy Shelley pub
EVERY THURSDAY : FROM
9PM TILL MIDNIGHT
FREE ENTRY & CHEAP
DRINKS ALL NIGHT LONG :-) PINTS FROM £2.20 - BOTTLES FROM £1.80
TURN UP, TUNE UP &
JAM OUT!!!!
* Facilities available
to record your set onto a CD
* Text your name to
07510 571080 to reserve an open mic slot... Or just turn up & play!!!
Facebook Event : http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=106448469450998

13/06/11:
CON23 – The Reunion

Friday 8th of July
sees the reunion of local favourites CON23! The 4-piece called it a day
back in 2004, but singer Laurence is back from Norway for few days long
enough for a one of show!
Made up of singer
Laurence Clasby (Morningside, The Clasby parade, Medium Kitchen), Nick
Churchill (Kangerooster, Ethel, The Information), Joe White (Ethel, The
Information, The New Governors) and Olly Richmond-Jones (Kangerooster,
Julie Staines, Velvet Hearts, Stopgosixty!), the bands eclectic mix of
indie & rock was always delivered to entertaining highs across the
south in the early 00’s being local favourites at many band nights
and local festivals. Taking US influences from Counting Crows, Matchbox20
and the Foo’s, the band entertained as a tight working unit of sound
with Laurence’s powerful yet soulful voice and cheeky charisma commanding
the stage. Copies of their hugely popular 5 track ep “Extended Play”
(produced by Steve Ennever) will be available at the gig.
This will be a once
in a lifetime opportunity to grab an earful of nostalgia! Expect night
of classic CON songs where even special guests will grace the stage!
Catch them at CHAMPIONS,
Bournemouth on Friday 8th July with support from the fantastically talented
John James Newman (of the Velvet Hearts) and the amazing young indie rockers
STOPGOSIXTY! (Doors open 8pm - £5).
J
27/05/11:
SWANAGE BLUES
1. VOTE FOR SWANAGE
BLUES!
2. OCTOBER FESTIVAL
3. STEVE DARRINGTON’S
GIGS
4. FRIENDS OF SWANAGE
BLUES
1. VOTE FOR SWANAGE
BLUES!
MAY
Swanage Blues Festival
has been nominated in the British Blues Awards. This is indeed an honour
and a thrill. We are, after all, up against some fantastic festivals,
some of which charge at least £99 for the weekend!
Anyone can vote –
you just have to go to http://www.britishbluesawards.co.uk/vote.htm and
complete the form with your name and email address and click the submit
button. Please only submit one form per person. You may vote in as many
categories as you can but please don’t forget Swanage Blues in the
Best Festival category. Voting will close on 31st July 2011, but do it
now please and pass this on to your friends and relatives!
2. OCTOBER FESTIVAL
ARTISTS
Overall I am expecting
at least 50 performances from at least 30 Acts in at least 20 venues.
Artists booked or under negotiation include: Andrew Bazeley, Anita Jardine,
Assorted Buskers, Back Porch, Blue Touch, C Sharp Blues, Dave Raphael
Band, Electric Jam Sessions, Fabulous Fezheads, Freed, Freezer, Johnny
Sharp, Kevin Brown, Kris Dollimore, Motel 6, Open Mic Sessions, Paint
It Blue, Pete Harris Band with Hugh Budden, Rhythm Zoo, Robin Bibi Band,
Sonny Black, Steamer, Steve Darrington, The Jawbreakers, The Mustangs,
The Riotous Brothers, The Riverside Blues Band, Will Killeen and many
more!
Admission will again
be free. There are plans for wrist bands to be on sale for a modest sum,
enabling the wearer to benefit from discounts on drinks and food etc in
certain establishments. Your opinion is welcome. Just email me on s.darrington@btopenworld.com
Thank you.
ACCOMMODATION
If you’re new
to this, you really do need to book in advance to get the accommodation
you want. Lots of ideas on the website at http://www.swanage-blues.org/accommodation.aspx
and the a whisper from the Grand Hotel says they’re doing special
deals if you book soon!
3. FRIENDS OF SWANAGE
BLUES
WELCOME! TO NEW MEMBERS
Russ Fox, Edith &
Jack Mason, all of Swanage; Sue Grahame, Bournemouth; Glenn Campbell,
East Molesey; Chris Littmoden, Chelsea; Anna Larkin, Twickenham. Congratulations
to all of you for helping to support Swanage Blues.
NOT A MEMBER YET?
Just send your name,
address, email and £10 per person to Swanage Blues, T I C, Shore
Road, Swanage, Dorset BH19 1LB or use the entry form at www.swanage-blues.org/default.aspx?p=friends
to receive your Friends Of Swanage Blues Welcome Pack, including Membership
Card, Window Decal, and the chance to win in the Prize Draws!
4. STEVE DARRINGTON’S
GIGS
This weekend Saturday
28th and Sunday 29th May I will be with Steve Brookes, founder member
of The Jam and excellent singer/guitarist. We’re at the Grand Hotel,
Burlington Road, Swanage at 8.30pm on Saturday 28th May and at Bar Se7en,
1 High Street, Swanage on Sunday 29th May from 5pm. I have been assured
that both places will be football free zones! My full gig listing follows:
MAY
28 Sat Grand Hotel
Steve Darrington and Steve Brookes 8.30pm
29 Sun Bar Se7en Steve
Darrington Band with Steve Brookes 5pm
JUNE
10 Fri White Swan
Steve Darrington Band with Hugh Budden 9pm
12 Sun Bar Se7en Steve
Darrington Band with Hugh Budden 5pm – note time change to 5pm.
Barbeque on the patio!
24 Fri Sea Breeze
Steve Darrington & Hugh Budden - for reservations phone 01929 426222.
No cover charge.
26 Sun Bar Se7en Steve
Darrington Band with Neil Nicholson 5pm - note time change to 5pm. Barbeque
on the patio!
For more music in
and around Swanage, pick up a copy of “Live Music and More…”
in participating venues and tourist information centres or download a
copy from www.swanagelife.com
HOW TO JOIN FRIENDS
OF SWANAGE BLUES
Just send your name,
address and £10 per person to Swanage Blues, T I C, Shore Road,
Swanage, Dorset BH19 1LB
or use the entry form
at http://www.swanage-blues.org/default.aspx?p=friends
Thank you!
27/05/11:
Sand Polo, 2011!
The Event....
Britain’s premier
beach location plays host to Polo’s finest in a festival of sport
and music. Building on the success of the last 3 years the British Beach
Polo Championships 2011 promises to be another phenomenal event bringing
with it widespread sporting, business and social acclaim.
It is well known as
the 'social event of the year' and this year promises to bring unparalleled
levels of luxury, celebrity appearances, guest DJ's and incredible entertainment.
The Parties....
The British Beach
Polo Championships will conclude on each night with an extravagant and
prestigious party. 2,000 people will enjoy the glamorous parties which
start from 7pm, all the way through to 1am..
Friday 8th July -
WAVE FM host the Friday
after party, with THE HOOSIERS already confirmed and plenty more to be
announced.
Expect live music
mixed with the incredible Sandbanks Beach backdrop, drink, dance and socialise
until the early hours.
Saturday 9th July
-
Hosted by London's
prestigious Kensington nightclub, Amika. Exclusive Amika Nightclub is
frequented by the likes of Jennifer Lopez, P Diddy, Rihanna, Naomi Campbell
and many other artists, as well as Royalty and stars of both cinema &
television. You can expect some big name guests and incredible talent
from top London DJ's and entertainers.
Live performances
include DJ Remy Kersten, Stringz and Bloomfield Avenue!
Tickets....
Head on over to: http://www.19ten.com/sandbanks_polo.aspx
to purchase your tickets online (no booking fee).
General Admission
- £35 (includes grandstand seat)
General Admission
and Party - £70 (includes grandstand seat and party ticket)
General Admission
Family Ticket - £90 (2 Adults and 2 Children)
Party VIP Table Tickets
- £120 (based on tables of 10, though smaller groups are considered)
Hospitality, Club
Experience - £175
Hospitality, International
Experience - £250
Party only ticket
- £35 (arrival 7pm - last entry 9pm)
For all enquiries
please contact: sandpolo@19ten.com
Website:
http://www.19ten.com/sandbanks_polo.aspx


10/05/11:
THE HAIKU

This Friday marks
5 years since our very first gig at Terry's, Trowbridge on May 13th 2006.
Yup, it's true, we've had five thoroughly enjoyable years and we're showing
no signs of stopping! If anyone has pictures from that first gig, we'd
love to see them.
To celebrate this
significant birthday, we've decided that for one day only, you will be
able to get your hands on our entire back catalogue for just 5. That's
27 songs split over 2 albums and an EP for just a fiver! This will only
be available from
our website on Friday.
The party won't stop
there though, because we're playing at Marlowes, Bristol this coming Saturday,
so we'll be carrying on our celebrations there! Come along and join us
for a 5th Birthday party, which may or may not have birthday cake.
Many thanks to all
of you, but especially those who have been with us since the beginning.
Phil, Bert and Satch
02/05/11:
MR KYPS www.mrkyps.net
Adam Ant Announced
+ Free Wedding Tickets & More
Time to celebrate
I think and how better than with some incredible live bands. Firstly I
would like to announce our special guest for 20th June as the one and
only ADAM ANT. Yep, Stand and Deliver for the man himself. Tickets will
be on sale on the 28th April at 9am.
This week we start
off with a bang, well more of a hoedown with hillbilly rockers Hayseed
Dixie. This show has but 50 tickets remaining which we expect to sell
before the show, not surprising since they are the kings of rockgrass.
All the best rock tracks are given a hillbilly makeover by these banjo
wielding Americans. Check out these videos for Bohemian Rhapsody, Ace
Of Spades, Walk This Way and even Greendays Holiday.
Friday and a day off
for most the population due to a certain wedding. We plan to get fully
behind these festivities and will be showing the marriage of William Windsor
and Kate Middleton on our HUGE big screen. What's more we will have live
music in the evening from none other than Nokia's TV Star Joe Driscoll.
This man is a pure musical genius, using a looping pedal he plays Guitar,
Harmonica, Sings, Beatboxes and god knows what else to make some extremely
funky tunes. Check these videos of him live here and doing the nokia advert
track here.
Next up on Saturday
will be The Four Fighters. Four Fighters' live shows are explosive events
and the band go to every effort to reproduce the raw power and dynamics
of Dave Grohl's original band.
With phenomenal accuracy they manage this and provide a great night of
sing-a-longs with tracks from every album played with perfection.
Finally we reach Sunday
when charity is the name of the game. Three local groups will perform
to raise money for Julias House and MS. Jak The Lad have played here many
times before and are sure to put on a show which contains many feelgood
tunes. They will be playing alongside Weaver and The Relays who are all
sure to get the feet tapping with covers from indie rock through to chart
toppers.
The Upbeat Festival Update - Aug 27-29
Tickets are NOW ON
SALE. There are a limited number of cheap early bird tickets available
at just £35 for the three days. For a bill that includes Chart Topper
Imelda May, Brit-rockers Toploader and blues sensation Sandi Thom alongside
top UK tributes, No Jacket Required, T.Rextasy and Rollin' Stoned to name
a few....... its an absolute bargain!
Check out THIS
LINK HERE to view the teaser video for the event. Please do us a favour
and share the link via email and social networking.
If you wish to have a stall or sponsor the event please contact paul@bigbearevents.co.uk
02/05/11:
SWANAGE BLUES www.swanage-blues.org
· 1. WEEKLY
GIGS AT BAR SE7EN
MAY
The Super Sunday Sessions
at Bar Se7en now start at 5pm and go on till 8pm. There is a BBQ outside
on the terrace from around 1pm, with certain pints of beer, lager, cider
and a local real ale at greatly reduced prices till 8pm . Admission is
still Free! Acts booked for May are Voodoo Chile (1st), Abject Blues Band
(8th), Paint It Blue (15th), Abject Blues Band (22nd) and Steve Darrington,
Steve Brookes and Bournemouth Fred on Sunday 29th.
YOUR OPINION COUNTS!
What do you think
about the new playing times? Let me know please. SUMMER 5pm start –
too early or too late? What time would you like it to start? WINTER 2.30pm
start perhaps – too early? What time would you like it to start?
· 2. OCTOBER
FESTIVAL
There has been an
overwhelming number of requests from Acts to play at the next festival
on 7, 8, 9 October 2011. Some Acts will be returning from the last festival
due to popular demand, including the Robin Bibi Band for gigs and electric
jam sessions; Johnny Sharp and Martin Froud’s Open Mic sessions;
The Mustangs; Motel 6; Will Killeen; and the return of Sons Of The Delta,
plus many more in negotiations. Overall I am expecting at least 50 performances
from at least 30 Acts in at least 20 venues!
Admission will again
be free. There are plans for wrist bands to be on sale for a modest sum,
enabling the wearer to benefit from discounts on drinks and food etc in
certain establishments. More later!
· 3. FRIENDS
OF SWANAGE BLUES
MEMBERS ONLY FREE
PRIZE DRAW
The Winner of the
latest Prize Draw is GR from Dorset, who wins two tickets worth £48
for Saturday 21st May at Blues At The Fort. Further information is available
at www.bluesatthefort.com and we do thank the organisers of the festival
for being so kind as to donate this prize. For details of how to become
a Member, see end of newsletter.
WELCOME! TO NEW MEMBERS
Charlie Sanderson,
Swanage; Richard Pull, Isleworth; Matthew Denness and Malcolm Bloor, both
of Thatcham. Congratulations to all of you for helping to support Swanage
Blues.
NOT A MEMBER YET?
Just send your name,
address, email and £10 per person to Swanage Blues, T I C, Shore
Road, Swanage, Dorset BH19 1LB or use the entry form at www.swanage-blues.org/default.aspx?p=friends
to receive your Friends Of Swanage Blues Welcome Pack, including Membership
Card, Window Decal, and the chance to win in the regular Prize Draws!
HOW TO JOIN FRIENDS
OF SWANAGE BLUES
Just send your name,
address and £10 per person to Swanage Blues, T I C, Shore Road,
Swanage, Dorset BH19 1LB
or use the entry form
at http://www.swanage-blues.org/default.aspx?p=friends
Thank you!
04/04/11: MR
KYPS
It’s been exciting
times over the past few weeks here at Kyp towers as we work towards putting
tickets on sale for our August Bank Holiday festival. Last week we asked
for festival name suggestions and Jeanette Walsh was our winner of two
VIP weekend tickets with The Upbeat In Upton Festival, or Upbeat Festival
for short.
Before I reveal more
information on the lineup etc… let’s take a glance at this
weeks entertainment in Ashley Cross.
This Friday we go
slightly gaga for Lady G and XXXTina. Performed by Gem Rose this tribute
to Lady Gaga and Christina Aguilera has all the makings of a fun filled
evening of sing-a-longs. Both artists have sold millions of records and
have had hit after hit in the charts meaning that you are likely to know
every word to every track played on Friday night. As a professional dancer
Gem Rose has performed with the likes of Jamelia and 911, her show is
fully choreographed and completed with two dancers on stage as well.
Saturday is the return
for a second week of the Dorset Music Awards Semi-Finals. The winners
of these two rounds will be reaching the final held at the O2 Academy
Bournemouth. Prizes include slots at many UK festivals, recording time
and equipment. Last weekends show went down a storm and Mischa, Hessian,
Big Face Reggae, Evolver and New Volunteer will be looking to make a repeat
performance.
Finally on Sunday
we welcome a true legend of a genre, Akil The MC from Jurassic 5. Founded
in Los Angeles J5 became one of the most infamous and world respected
Hip-Hop groups of all time.
Renound for their
uplifting lyrical content coupled with old skool style harmonies and production
J5 have surpassed the usual barriers and clichés that surround
the Hip-Hop world. Akil has penned many of Jurassic 5's classics including
Concrete school yard (Top 35 single), Quality Control, Thin Line (featuring
Nelly Furtado) and many other favourites, this will be a set of J5 standards
plus some of his newly written solo material.
The world of Hip-Hop
is not something that usually gets a fair airing here at Mr Kyps so we
would like to offer you some half priced tickets for the show. Come and
try something new, support from Last Child Dancing and Bones & Meterz,
DJ’ing the night for us will be Si Haines, frontman for none other
than local ska legends Rat Race.
So back to where we
began. The Upbeat Festival is now Confirmed for August Bank Holiday Weekend
at Upton Country Park. There will be three days of live music featuring
some of the very best tribute and original acts in the UK today. Friday
will be our tributes day featuring No Jacket Required (Phil Collins Tribute)
and T-Rextasy among others. Saturday will be a more originals based day
with Rock-a-billy heroine Imelda May heading up the day with other acts
including sensational blues singer Deborah Bonham (John Bonhams sister)
and Ben Montague. Monday will be entirely free entry headlined by The
Rollin Stoned.
People have been phoning
up asking about prices and camping etc… We hope to have everything
on that front finalised by Friday ready for next weeks email. We will
be trying to keep everything as cost effective as possible with chances
being that early bird weekend tickets could be as low as £30.
Keep an eye out in
The Echo for more information in the near future including the announcement
of a special guest to play before Imelda May.
01/04/11:
APRIL NEWS FROM SWANAGE BLUES
FRIENDS OF
SWANAGE BLUES
NOT A MEMBER
YET?
Just send your name,
address, email and £10 per person to Swanage Blues, T I C, Shore
Road, Swanage, Dorset BH19 1LB or use the entry form at www.swanage-blues.org/default.aspx?p=friends
Thank you!
WEEKLY GIGS
AT BAR SE7EN
MARCH
What a tremendous
turnout for the special reunion gig of The After Eight Blues Band, that
well known 1960s London band! People attended from as far away as Devon
and London for a great gig featuring IAN BRIGGS, vocals, harmonica http://www.ianbriggsharmonica.com,
JIM PANORMO, vocals, guitar; ROGER MILLER, vocals, guitar; TIM STRANGE,
drums; and me on keyboards. Many of you told me to get them back again
as soon as possible.
APRIL
I need a break so
I won’t be playing at Bar Se7en in April. This Sunday 3rd it’s
Rory Benmore’s band – Rory is a lead guitarist in the Gary
Moore style! You can find out about later dates by phoning Bar Se7en on
01929 422100.
OCTOBER FESTIVAL
ACTS
Negotiations have
started already for the next Swanage Blues Festival on 7, 8, 9 October
2011. Please let me know which bands you would like to appear. One outfit
I’ve been after for years is The Jive Aces. Take a look at their
test promotion for Bring Me Sunshine and tell me what you think! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oXvJ8UquYoo
Steve Darrington at
http://www.facebook.com/steve.darrington
28/03/11:
LATEST NEWS FROM THE HAIKU
On searching for a
new and exciting way to open this newsletter, we discovered that today
(28th March) is the first of the St Priscus feast days. Despite not knowing
an awful lot about the various saints who were named Priscus (beyond having
a daft name), the catholic church sees fit to celebrate them on 4 different
occasions through the year. The Haiku: offering you musical entertainment
and useless wikipedia based knowledge since 2006! So anyway, on to more
relevant matters...
Firstly, thank you
to everyone who came along to one or more of our tour dates. We had a
great time and consider the tour to have been a success. We're now working
on songs for our third album as well as continuing our live shows. We've
got a fair few dates lined up for April as listed below:
Saturday 2nd
April, The Leftbank, Bristol (Free Entry)
This Saturday, we're in Bristol at The Leftbank, a lovely little
venue on Cheltenham Road. Phil and Bert both have spaces in their cars
to give people a lift (offer is limited to those living in close proximity
to where we live!), so if you fancy a Saturday night in Bristol with some
great music, in a great venue, just ask. In fact if you want to come to
any of our gigs, just ask and we'll see what we can do!
Saturday 9th
April, Marlows, Bristol - Phil solo gig
Phil will be playing a solo gig at Marlows, with songs from
The 9 Album as well as some new material.
Thursday 14th
April, Riff's Bar, Swindon
This is our first venture to Swindon's legendary Riff's Bar.
We can't quite believe it's taken us this long to play here!
Sunday 24th
April, Adam and Eve, Birmingham
We'll be celebrating Easter in style at the Silent Filter Easter
weekender. There's music going on all weekend and we're on at 4pm on the
Sunday.
Monday 25th
April, The Mash Tun, North Bradley
Continuing our awesome Easter based afternoon gigs, we'll be
playing a little closer to home on the bank holiday Monday at 3pm for
Mashfest. Again, Mashfest is taking place over the entire Easter weekend,
with Britpop Legends, Dodgy headlining on the Saturday night!
Wednesday
27th April, The Louisiana, Bristol
We end the month as it begins, with a trip to Bristol! Back
at the excellent venue that is The Louisiana.
Travelodge Sessions
While on tour we had
the dubious pleasure of staying in some of this nation's finest Travelodge
establishments. To help pass the time, and stave off the insanity, we
videoed a few acoustic sessions, taking requests from the lovely people
on facebook and twitter, as well as picking songs just because we wanted
to (and why not!). There are five sessions in total, which you can watch
on youtube here. Please share your thoughts with us, or even make
requests for future sessions!
17/03/11 MARCH
2011 FESTIVAL
Wow! That just about
sums it all up! Thank you for your comments, please keep them coming by
email only to me at s.darrington@btopenworld.com You can see what people
have been saying here or paste http://www.swanage-blues.org/default.aspx?p=2011%20march
into your browser
THE COLLECTIONS Thanks
to all who gave, and the collection was around the same amount as it usually
is nowadays. Based on 2,100 people attending, it works out at £2
per person per weekend. It’s never enough to enable us to do more
than limp along to the next festival, but at least we didn’t lose
any money and we all had a great time.
Thanks to everybody
who sent sympathetic messages to me when they heard the dreaded icy cold
wind had given me toothache all weekend, but at least I saw some of the
festival this time and did manage to do the Sunday evening gig. I was
hoping to make other guest appearances over the weekend but, Hey! let’s
hope I have better luck next time…
That will be 7, 8,
9 October 2011 - the 5th Swanage Blues & Roots Festival. I suggest
you book your accommodation now if you haven’t already!
WEEKLY LIVE
MUSIC SESSIONS
Every Sunday at Bar
Se7en, admission free, 6.30 for 7pm. House band consists of Steve Darrington,
keyboards, harmonica, vocals and Bournemouth Fred on drums, plus Special
Guests! But on some occasions…
Sunday 20 March at
Bar Se7en, admission free, 6.30 for 7pm. The After 8 Blues Band Reunion
with IAN BRIGGS, vocals, harmonica http://www.ianbriggsharmonica.com,
JIM PANORMO, vocals, guitar; ROGER MILLER, vocals, guitar; TIM STRANGE,
drums; and Special Guest STEVE DARRINGTON, keyboards – that’s
me, Folks!
This really is a Big
Deal! This 1960s London Band has chosen Swanage and our Blues Club for
their reunion gig. I’m sure you’ve all heard of top UK harmonica
player IAN BRIGGS (and the SUPERVAMPERS), and you know TIM STRANGE of
Robert Hokum Band and The Guv’nors and from when he’s played
with me in and around Swanage.
For a long time now
I’ve been actively encouraging people to hold their Reunions here
in Swanage, so please come along if you possibly can and tell your friends
too!
Sunday 27 March at
Bar Se7en, admission free, 6.30 for 7pm. KING VEGAS with HAGGIS, vocals,
bass; PETE MORRIS, guitar; LUKE KILL, drums; and Special Guest –
yes, you’ve guessed it – STEVE DARRINGTON, keyboards.
At last! This super
talented trio of amazing musicians will be entertaining us. Just because
they happen to live locally, doesn’t in any way dilute the length
and breadth of their combined talents and experience which includes the
Musicians Institute, College of Contemporary Music in Los Angeles.
This is a gig I’ve
been looking forward to for a long time… so please come along if
you possibly can and tell your friends too!
FRIENDS OF
SWANAGE BLUES
MEMBERS ONLY
- FUTURE ACTS
Would you like to
comment on future acts for both the weekly sessions in Swanage and the
Festivals? I’ve had enquiries from the Acts at the bottom of this
newsletter –please let me have your comments.
MEMBERS ONLY
– SPECIAL PERFORMANCE
Friends Of Swanage
Blues will be invited to a Special Performance on Thursday 6 October 2011.
This will be a Very Special Performance indeed and you’ll be glad
you’re a Friend Of Swanage Blues! More to come later…
MEMBERS ONLY
– FREE PRIZE DRAW
The next Prize Draw
will be on 1 April 2011 so if you’re going to join, do it today!
The first prize will be two tickets worth £48 for Saturday 21st
May at Blues At The Fort. Further information is available at www.bluesatthefort.com
and we do thank the organisers of the festival for being so kind as to
donate this prize. If you win and you don’t want the tickets, I’ll
send you some CDs instead.
NOT A MEMBER
YET?
Just send your name,
address and £10 per person to Swanage Blues, T I C, Shore Road,
Swanage, Dorset BH19 1LB or use the entry form at http://www.swanage-blues.org/default.aspx?p=friends
Thank you!
WELCOME! TO
NEW MEMBERS
Carlotta Barrow, Swanage;
Derek Marsh, Swanage; Debbie D, Wareham; Andrew Bazeley, Bradford on Avon;
Dave M, Swanage; Stephen R, Swanage; Stephen T, Godalming; Alan H, Exeter;
Rowena H, Exeter; Mikki K, Swanage; David B, Swanage; Jamie L-S, Swanage;
Matthew S, Swanage; Tracie R, Poole; Paul R, Poole; Pete R, Swanage; Kevin
L, Reading; Barbara H, Swanage; Phil D, Twyford; Wendy A, Twyford; Martin
D, Christchurch; Alan D, Maidenhead; Clive M, Crawley; Colin S, Kingsbridge;
Graham N, North Harrow; Mike T, Bristol.
ACTS CURRENTLY
UNDER CONSIDERATION
Ainslie’s Vibes
www.ainsliesvibes.com.
Big Mac’s Wholly
Soul Band www.myspace.com/bigmacswhollysoulband
Black River Heavies
http://blackriverheavies.com/index.html
Blues Machine http://www.myspace.com/thebluesmachineuk
BluesMix www.bluesmix.com
www.sonicbids.com/bluesmix
Broombusters http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jAmJTW47pUA
www.playonmusic.co.uk
Clare Free Band www.clarefree.co.uk
Dan Raza Duo http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fsxkBOAxayg&feature=related
www.danraza.com
Double Your Trouble
www.myspace.com/doubleyourtroubleband
Hangover Blues Band
www.myspace.com/hangoverbluesband
Idle Hands Blues Band
www.the-idle-hands.co.uk
Jiveoholics http://www.jiveoholics.co.uk/gigs/
John Crampton http://www.johncrampton.co.uk/
Kirris Riviere Blues
Band www.myspace.com/kirrisrivierebluesband
Lewis Cohen www.lewiscohenblues.com
Lucifers www.myspace.com/thelucifers1
Mestizo http://www.myspace.com/mestizobluescollective/stream/Status/350798809
Mike Markey &
Nick Jones www.mikemarkeyandnickjones.com
Paul Garner Band http://youtube.paul-garner.com
Prior Engagement www.prior-engagement.webs.com
Revenues www.myspace.com/therevenuesblues
Rhythm Room www.myspace.com/rhythm-room
Shoestring Blues www.shoestringblues.co.UK
Sidewinder www.lemonrock.com/sidewinder
www.davegraysidewinder.com
Slim’s Blues
www.slimsblues.com
Smokin’ Benny
Brown Band http://www.myspace.com/smokinbennybrown
Steve French Band
www.thestevefrenchband.com www.youtube.com/watch?v=AeoWm7Cmemc
Tonemasters www.myspace.com/tonemasters
http://www.tonemasters.net/gigs.asp
Walk Hards www.walkhards.co.uk
White Knuckle Blues
Band www.wkbb.co.uk
Willie and the Bandits
www.myspace.com/willesband http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EULASejKND4
Worried Men www.theworriedmen.com
16/03/11:
BLUEGRASS NIGHT - STOMPIN DAVE, CARRAVICK, THUNDERBRIDGE
Electric Palace on Friday 6th May
Bridports
Bluegrass bonanza in the Electric Palace
Bridport’s contest winning banjoist Stompin’ Dave
brings another
night of top music to the Electric Palace on Friday 6th May. This time
its a chance to have a real hoedown with a “Good ol’Bluesgrass
Night” in the company of The Thunderbridge Bluegrass Boys, The Carrivick
Sisters and Stompin Dave himself.
The bluegrass music scene is thriving in Britain and headliners Thunderbridge,
who have been together now seven years, are seen as one of the most exciting
and innovative bands on the circuit. As well as playing songs such as
Man of Constant Sorrow and Copperhead Road, they perform they own material
that transports you from straight from West Dorset to West Virginia.
They combine the tradition of a single-mic performance with all-acoustic
instruments, blistering four-part harmonies, a strong
original & classic setlist and a no-compromise determination to always
give a top notch, one hundred percent performance.
Joining the Boys are the girls, The Carrivick Sisters to be precise. Twins
Laura and Charlotte Carrivick are from South Devon and as well as playing
a variety of bluegrass instruments with vocal harmonies, are both songwriters.
Although their background is in bluegrass, their music has a strong folk
influence which is evident in their original songs, many of which are
inspired by their local landscape and stories.
On the back of extensive touring across the UK, Europe, and Canada, and
three CD’s , “My Own Two Feet”, “Better Than 6
Cakes” and “Jupiter’s Corner”, the Carrivick Sisters
were recently finalists in the prestigious BBC Radio 2 Young Folk Awards
2010.
As ever kicking off the night with a special high octane bluegrass set
of only the finest banjo playing will be Stompin’ Dave himself.
This is an event he is really looking forward to and is sure will build
on the fabulous Winter Blues Acoustic night in February.
Dave has
travelled across the US and Canada and competed in the American national
bluegrass banjo contest at Walnut Valley Festival, Kansas. This year his
skill was recognised by The Friends Of American Old-Time Music, the UK’s
Old-Time music society. Dave won the societies 2011 banjo competition,
and was chosen as a winner by a panel of judges comprising of The Mostly
Mountain Boys from North Carolina.
Dave says “It was an amazing experience taking part in the competitions,
especially as the standard of my fellow competitors was so high. It was
a great honour to be selected a winner by such an excellent and entertaining
group of musicians who have played with some of the legends of old-time
music such as Tommy Jarrell and Benton Flippen.”
Tickets for the 6th May gig are only £10 in advance and already
selling well. They can be bought from Bridport TIC (01308) 424901 or direct
from Dave via the website www.stompinstore.com
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Next
Festival 4. 5. 6 March 2011
1. FESTIVAL PROGRAMME
The festival programme
is now available at www.swanagelife.com In the event of difficulty, please
email me and I will email you copy. Thank you.
2. BUCKETEERS REQUIRED
Due to illness, we
will be needing people to help collect donations at the festival this
weekend. If you can only spare an hour, please offer to do so. Just send
an email to me and I will be in touch. Thank you.
3. HOW TO JOIN FRIENDS
OF SWANAGE BLUES
Join Friends Of Swanage
Blues to create a stable environment to ensure the festivals continue.
As things stand, we don’t ever know how much will be raised from
the bucket collections at the festivals – especially this festival.
Send your name, address
and £10 per person to Swanage Blues, T I C, Shore Road, Swanage,
Dorset BH19 1LB or use the entry form at http://www.swanage-blues.org/default.aspx?p=friends
Thank you!
When you join you
will be helping to ensure the future of the festivals. PLUS you’ll
get: Free Entry to Members’ Only Prize Draws; Access to Special
Performances at free and reduced ticket rates; Club Meetings and Outings
at reduced rates; Merchandise at reduced rates; a Free Window Decal (additional
ones £2.50 each); Membership Card; and most important of all
The good feeling you
get from knowing you’re supporting Swanage Blues!.
28/02/11:
LIFE IN FILM
It's been a busy time
in the Life In Film camp. We've just got back
from Liverpool having been recording our new single (to be announced
soon) with producer Mike Crossey. We spent four days at The Motor
Museum up there and are very excited about the results.
In the mean time our
next London headline show will be on April 7th
at The Camp in Old Street - 70-74 City Road, EC1Y 2BJ. For tickets
please follow the ticket link at the bottom of the page to secure your
place.
In Europe Unter Schafen/Alive
Records are releasing a Double A-Side
7'' single of ''Sorry'' and ''Get Closer'' in Germany, Austria and
Switzerland on the 18th March. To celebrate this release we have
booked a headline show at Magnet Bar in Berlin on the 24th April. More
details will follow about the show but make sure you come on down!
We're also very pleased
to announce three support dates with The
Rifles in Southampton, Oxford and London. Please follow the ticket
links if you'd like to come.
April 7th - The Camp
Basement - London - HEADLINE
http://www.livenation.co.uk/event/194123/life-in-film-tickets
April 24th - Magnet
Bar - Berlin - HEADLINE
May 3rd - Talking
Heads - Southampton w/ The Rifles
http://www.seetickets.com/Event/THE-RIFLES/Talking-Heads/542966
May 4th - O2 Academy
- Oxford w/ The Rifles
http://www.seetickets.com/Event/THE-RIFLES/O2-Academy2-Oxford/540503
May 19th - Gibson
Guitar Rooms - London w/ The Rifles
To come to this show
email music@merc.com with the name of the band
you want to see in the email subject and then your name, age and phone
number in the email, it is first come first serve and will get busy.
June 18th - Winterwell
Festival - Gloucestershire
http://www.theticketsellers.co.uk/tickets/winterwell/10014344?wlid=3868
More dates and information
on up coming releases will be available
very soon.
21/02/11:
New gig dates in from Hannah Robinson and Paint It Blue, Jellyroll.
Check out the listings
here.
21/02/11:
www.swanage-blues.org
Next
Festival 4. 5. 6 March 2011
It’s all happening
this month as we build up to the Swanage Blues Festival in March, and
announce the first winner of our FRIENDS OF SWANAGE BLUES free prize draw
for members!
1. FRIENDS
OF SWANAGE BLUES
WINNER OF
THE 1st FREE PRIZE DRAW IS ANNOUNCED
Only 42 members have
joined so far. The winner of Friends Of Swanage Blues first free prize
draw is Wendy M from Twickenham, who wins two tickets worth £48
for Saturday 21st May at Blues At The Fort. Further information is available
at www.bluesatthefort.com and we do thank the organisers of the festival
for being so kind as to donate this prize.
WELCOME TO
THE LATEST MEMBERS
From the Venues Michael
Bird, Bar Se7en. Accommodation Lyn & Declan Fegan, The Limes, Swanage.
Fans George Crane, Dorothy Mac, John & Nicola W, Tony & Linda
G, Joan V, Mick R and Maureen S; all from Swanage; and Frank H, Purley;
and Dave S, Cheshunt.
WHAT’S
IN IT FOR YOU?
When you join you
will be helping to ensure the future of the festivals, gigs all year round
and Swanage’s only monthly music guide. PLUS you’ll get: Free
Entry to Members’ Only Prize Draws; Access to Special Performances
at free and reduced ticket rates; Club Meetings and Outings at reduced
rates; Merchandise at reduced rates; a Free Window Decal (additional ones
£2.50 each); Membership Card; and most important of all
The good feeling you
get from knowing you’re supporting Swanage Blues!.
Join Friends Of Swanage
Blues to create a stable environment to ensure the festivals continue.
As things stand, we don’t ever know how much will be raised from
the bucket collections at the festivals, which overall have been a lot
lower than you might expect. Although we ask festival fans to contribute
at least £2 per session, the average over all the festivals is less
than £1.50 per person per weekend! Amazing, isn’t it? I can’t
afford to subsidise the festivals like I used to, so if you’re not
a member yet, please join.
Send your name, address
and £10 per person to Swanage Blues, T I C, Shore Road, Swanage,
Dorset BH19 1LB or use the entry form at http://www.swanage-blues.org/default.aspx?p=friends
Why not get a group
of you and send the names and addresses together with just one cheque?!!!
2. FESTIVAL
ACCOMMODATION
Less than two weeks
to go and there are still vacancies at:
A Great Escape Guest
House 01929 475853
Beachway Hotel 01929
423077
Buddies Guest House
01929 423319
California Barn (self
catering) 01929 425049
Hermitage Guest House
01929 423014
Jasper Knights Guest
House 01929 424453
Limes Hotel 01929
422664
Miles & Son Holiday
Lettings (self catering) 01929 423333
Robertsbrook Guest
House 01929 421378
Town Hall Lodge 01929
421027
I’m sure that
other places have vacancies too, but these ones support the festival by
advertising on the website and have notified me of their vacancies.
3. FESTIVAL
LINE-UP
The last pieces have
been put into place. One of the Artists who appears for the first time
is Kris Dollimore, who will be at the Grand Hotel on Sunday afternoon.
This really is a coup for us because Kris was recently at the Dorchester
Arts Centre and tickets were £11. You can see him for free at Swanage
Blues Festival!
At the White Horse
on Friday evening is one of our new bands, Pearl Handled Revolver in place
of Saiichi Sugiyama Band, who will be at Swanage Bay View Holiday Park,
a new venue that is great for dancing, large car park, disabled toilets
and easy access, restaurant and bar (with Real Ale they assure me) and
a stage as well! For those of you who wish to take a taxi from town, it’s
only about £1 each if four people share, or just a bit further on
via Priest’s Way over the road from the British Legion if you want
to walk.
The restaurants are
now all sorted too. On the subject of restaurants please realise they
are restaurants and you will be expected to have a meal – it is
advisable to book early to avoid disappointment. So here are their phone
numbers:
Brook Tea Rooms 01929
422061 – Saturday evening: Andrew Bazeley; Sunday lunchtime Kevin
Brown
Country Foods Kitchen
01929 422594 – Friday evening: Kevin Brown
Tawny’s Wine
Bar 01929 422781 – Friday evening: Pete Harris & Hugh Budden;
Saturday evening Kevin Brown
Sea Breeze 01929 426222
– Saturday evening: Steamer, an acoustic trio out of Riverside Blues
Band!
A new venue is Swanage
Royal British Legion with a separate room that holds over 200 with a stage
and lighting etc, up the High Street just a bit further on from the Black
Swan. Robert Hokum Band will be playing there on Saturday evening.
Full directions for
all venues will appear on the website and in the Programme, along with
detailed listings of who’s on where and when. I do apologise for
the lateness of completing the Schedule, but various people who run venues
were away on holiday and some of the smaller venues needed to make sure
their temporary entertainment licences were approved in time.
You can see the latest
Schedule at http://www.swanage-blues.org/default.aspx?p=schedule Please
note the information is subject to change.
4. FESTIVAL
RULES OF ADMISSION
Admission is free
to CUSTOMERS only. You will be expected to make purchases at both restaurants
and bars. Sorry to have to say this because the vast majority of festival
fans are great and understand, but some of the venues have had people
who think it is their right to stand around without ordering anything.
Strange, isn’t it? Good job there’s so many more of you than
them! Thank you.
5. FACEBOOK
After ten years of
Swanage Blues festivals, many friendships have been formed between festival
fans. In order to help people keep in touch, there are now two links on
Facebook to pages you might wish to join:
The Swanage Blues
Festival Open Mic Sessions at http://www.facebook.com/#!/pages/The-Swanage-Blues-Festival-open-mic-sessions/168517453194956
Swanage Blues Festival
at http://www.facebook.com/#!/pages/Swanage-Blues-Festival/189492404413425
Steve Darrington at
http://www.facebook.com/steve.darrington
I didn’t use
to be a Facebook user, but I’m very glad I joined. Many people from
all over the world I thought I’d never be in touch with again, have
contacted me. Plus I’ve formed some great friendships with people
in Swanage I didn’t know existed! It’s great fun for sharing
photos, if you want to. Worth looking into, I promise.
6. HOW TO
JOIN FRIENDS OF SWANAGE BLUES
Just send your name,
address and £10 per person to Swanage Blues, T I C, Shore Road,
Swanage, Dorset BH19 1LB or use the entry form at http://www.swanage-blues.org/default.aspx?p=friends
Thank you!
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www.swanage-blues.org
Next Festival
4. 5. 6 March 2011
FRIENDS OF SWANAGE
BLUES – First Free Prize Draw
Are you a Member yet? Act now to make sure you take part in the first
Prize Draw, free to members!
Thanks to the organisers
of the Blues At The Fort Festival, one of the prizes is a pair of tickets
worth £50. For more information about that festival, see www.bluesatthefort.com
When you’ve
joined, you will be helping to ensure the music flows at two festivals,
live gigs and with the circulation of Swanage’s only monthly music
guide. PLUS you’ll get: Free Entry to Members’ Only Prize
Draws; Access to Special Performances at free and reduced ticket rates;
Club Meetings and Outings at reduced rates; Merchandise at reduced rates;
a Free Window Decal (additional ones £2.50 each); Membership Card;
and most important of all The good feeling you get from knowing you’re
supporting Swanage Blues!.
NEW MEMBERS: Musicians
Pete Harris, Hugh Budden, Robert Hokum, Stan & Helen from Riverside
Blues Band; Venues Alyson Lyles, Black Swan, Mike Perry & Alison,
Bankes Arms, Corfe and Licensed Victuallers Association, ‘American’
Mike, Brook Tea Rooms; Shops Christine from Hayward Guitars; Bucketeers
Les and Brian; Fans: Graham Southbourne, Wendy Twickenham, Martin Poole,
John Beckenham. Geoff & Jenny Verwood, Jane Flackwell Heath, and from
Swanage: Lidy Carl, Pete and Paul.
Send your name, address
and £10 per person to Swanage Blues, T I C, Shore Road, Swanage,
Dorset BH19 1LB or use the entry form at http://www.swanage-blues.org/default.aspx?p=friends
2. FESTIVAL ACCOMMODATION
One-nighters are very
difficult to get in Swanage, I know. If you require a booking for just
one night over the festival weekend, please contact me by email only please
and I’ll see if I can help but nothing promised. Email s.darrington@btopenworld.com
with the subject as Friday, Saturday or Sunday, whichever night you require.
Festival-friendly
accommodation can be found on the website at http://www.swanage-blues.org/accommodation.aspx
FESTIVAL LINE-UP changes
A new venue is Swanage Royal British Legion with a separate room with
a stage and lighting etc, up the High Street just a bit further on from
the Black Swan. Robert Hokum Band will be playing there on Saturday evening.
Please note that Saiichi
Sugiyama Band will not be playing at the White Horse on Friday evening,
but at a great new venue instead. Swanage Bay View Holiday Park is a great
place and since it came under new management recently, fast becoming a
firm favourite on the festival circuit. There is a stage, dance floor,
restaurant, bar with real ale, disabled toilets and access, plus a large
car park. For those of you who wish to take a taxi from town, it’s
only about £1 each if four people share, or just a bit further on
via Priest’s Way over the road from the British Legion if you want
to walk.
Full directions for
all venues will appear on the website and in the Programme, along with
detailed listings of who’s on where and when. I do apologise for
the lateness of completing the Schedule, but various people who run venues
have been or are still away on holiday and do need to be consulted.
You can see the latest
version of The Schedule at http://www.swanage-blues.org/default.aspx?p=schedule
Please note the information is subject to change.
4. FESTIVAL PUBLICITY
If you can help by
giving out business card-sized flyers or putting up a poster, please email
me at s.darrington@btopenworld.com And don’t forget to tell your
friends to get on the mailing list!
5. FACEBOOK
After ten years of
Swanage Blues festivals, many friendships have been formed between festival
fans. In order to help people keep in touch, there are now two links on
Facebook to pages you might wish to join:
The Swanage Blues
Festival Open Mic Sessions at http://www.facebook.com/#!/pages/The-Swanage-Blues-Festival-open-mic-sessions/168517453194956
Swanage Blues Festival
at http://www.facebook.com/#!/pages/Swanage-Blues-Festival/189492404413425
I didn’t use
to be a Facebook user, but I’m very glad I joined. Many people from
all over the world I thought I’d never be in touch with again, have
contacted me. Plus I’ve formed some great friendships with people
in Swanage I didn’t know existed! It’s great fun for sharing
photos, if you want to. Worth looking into, I promise.
6. SWANAGE BLUES GIGS
EVERY WEEK
Bring Your Dancing
Shoes to Bar Se7en, 1 High Street, Swanage every Sunday. Appearing either
in their own right or with the house band (Steve Darrington and Bournemouth
Fred) this month are The Skint Imperials, Hugh Budden and Chris Collins.
Music starts at 7pm but arrive at 6.30pm to make sure of a seat, and it
finishes at 9.30pm. Admission is free and there is a raffle to help with
Swanage Blues funds.
I’m also playing
with Hugh Budden and Bournemouth Fred at the Crow’s Nest Inn, Swanage
on Friday 4th February. They do very good food there and some people like
to dine in the restaurant before the gig, which starts at 9pm. Phone 01929
422651 to make sure of a table or just come along for a drink and some
fun music.
7. THE RIVERSIDE BLUES
BAND
Congratulations to
Stan & Helen from the Riverside Blues Band for all the support they
give to The Blues and live music. They organise three Stan's Blues Jams
each month in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Lymington, as well as compiling
an e-newsletter called The Blues Jammers Chronicles - essential reading
for dates of Stan's Blues Jams, along with Riverside Blues Band gig dates
for the month, links to local gig guides, and other interesting blues-related
news items.
If you would like
to join their e-mailing list, just email Stan & Helen at enquiries@riversidebluesband.co.uk
Their website is www.riversidebluesband.co.uk and from there you can follow
the links to MySpace and Facebook to find more details for each jam.
The Riverside Blues
Band will be appearing at the Anchor Inn on Friday night of the blues
festival.
8. HOW TO JOIN FRIENDS
OF SWANAGE BLUES
Just send your name,
address and £10 per person to Swanage Blues, T I C, Shore Road,
Swanage, Dorset BH19 1LB or use the entry form at http://www.swanage-blues.org/default.aspx?p=friends
31/01/11:
Peachy Jane
New song from rock
out fit Peachy Jane http://soundcloud.com/peachyjane/dew-drop-extended-play
22/01/11:
www.swanage-blues.org
EXTRA! News
from Swanage Blues!
by Steve Darrington
Hello!
Some Extra Special
news for you that just won’t wait another week or so till February!
In this newsletter:
1. FRIENDS OF SWANAGE
BLUES – don’t miss out!
2. THIS SUNDAY –
Special Guest
3. SCHEDULE FOR MARCH
2011 FESTIVAL
FRIENDS OF
SWANAGE BLUES
Don’t miss out
on the first Friends Of Swanage Blues members’ prize draw! If you
haven’t joined yet, do so now! Membership for the whole of 2011
is only £10 and you will be helping all year round with two festivals,
monthly live music guides and weekly live gigs. PLUS you’ll get:
Free Entry to the
monthly Prize Members’ Draw; Access to Special Performances at free
and reduced ticket rates; Club Meetings and Outings at reduced rates;
Merchandise at reduced rates; a Free Window Decal (additional ones £2.50
each); Membership Card; and most important of all The good feeling you
get from knowing you’re supporting Swanage Blues!.
Membership is open
to all musicians, promoters, advertisers and most important of all, YOU
the Festival Fans! New Members include: Mike Perry and Alison from the
Bankes Arms, Corfe and Licensed Victuallers Association; ‘American’
Mike from Brook Tea Rooms; ‘Bluesmaster’ Robert Hokum; Helen
& Stan from Riverside Blues Band; Christine from Hayward Guitars;
‘Bucketeer’ Les 007; Wendy, Twickenham; Martin, Poole; John,
Beckenham; Pete, Southampton; and Mike, Swanage.
Send your name, address
and £10 per person to Swanage Blues, T I C, Shore Road, Swanage,
Dorset BH19 1LB or use the entry form at http://www.swanage-blues.org/default.aspx?p=friends
THIS SUNDAY
This Sunday 23rd January
there will be some SPECIAL GUESTS at Bar Se7en, 1 High Street, Swanage
at 7pm. TRACIE REDDING will be appearing with her guitarist from 7pm –
7.30pm, performing songs tinged with country blues and soul. You can listen
to her version of Elmore James’ tune “It Hurts Me Too”
at http://www.myspace.com/tracieredding
Following on will
be Steve Darrington’s Band with Rory Benmore, Bournemouth Fred and
Mighty Marty Johnson. Bring your dancing shoes!
SCHEDULE FOR
MARCH 2011 FESTIVAL
The First Provisional
Schedule for the March 2011 Swanage Blues Festival is shown below. There
are still other venues to add with other bands and solo artists.
PROVISIONAL
SCHEDULE at 22 January 2011 approximate times only and subject to change
FRIDAY 4 MARCH
2.00pm
Red Lion
Open Mic with Johnny Sharp
5.00pm
Se7en
Robin Bibi Band
6.00pm
Tawny’s Wine Bar
TBA
7.30pm
Country Foods Kitchen
TBA
8.15pm
Tawny’s Wine Bar
TBA
8.30pm
Grand Hotel
Back Porch Band
8.45pm
Black Swan
Will Killeen
9.00pm
East Bar
Freed
9.00pm
White Swan
The Riotous Brothers
9.00pm
Red Lion
The Jives
9.00pm
Crow’s Nest
Robert Hokum Band
9.00pm
Ship, Langton
C Sharp Blues
9.30pm
Ship, Swanage
Motel 6
9.45pm
White Horse
Saiichi Sugiyama Band
9.45pm
Anchor Inn
Riverside Blues Band
SATURDAY 5 MARCH
1.00pm
Se7en
The Barcodes
2.00pm
East Bar
Fabulous Fezheads
2.00pm
White Horse
Jam Session with Robin Bibi Band
2.00pm
Red Lion
Open Mic with Johnny Sharp
2.00pm
Bankes Arms, Corfe
Back Porch Band
3.00pm
White Swan
Paint It Blue
3.00pm
Grand Hotel
Saiichi Sugiyama Band
3.30pm
Ship, Swanage
The Riotous Brothers
4.45pm
Se7en
Pete Harris Band
6.00pm
Tawny’s Wine Bar
TBA
7.30pm
Brook Tea Rooms
TBA
7.30pm
Country Foods Kitchen
TBA
7.30pm
Sea Breeze Restaurant
TBA
7.30pm
Swanage Bay View
TBA
8.15pm
Tawny’s Wine Bar
TBA
8.30pm
Se7en
The Groundhogs Rhythm Section
8.30pm
Grand Hotel
The Barcodes
8.45pm
Black Swan
Will Killeen
8.30pm
East Bar
Freezer
9.00pm
White Swan
Coalhouse Walker Blues Band
9.00pm
Red Lion
Fabulous Fezheads
9.00pm
Crow’s Nest
Back Porch Band
9.45pm
Anchor
C Sharp Blues
9.45pm
White Horse
The Mustangs
10.00pm
Ship, Swanage
Robin Bibi Band
SUNDAY 6 MARCH
1.00pm
Se7en
Saiichi Sugiyama Band
1.00pm
Red Lion
Open Mic with Johnny Sharp
1.30pm
Black Swan
Will Killeen
2.00pm
Bankes Arms, Corfe
Robert Hokum Band
3.00pm
White Horse
Jam Session with Robin Bibi Band
3.00pm
White Swan
Blue Touch
3.00pm
Anchor
Dave Raphael Band
3.00pm
Grand Hotel
TBA
4.00pm
Ship, Swanage
The Jawbreakers
6.00pm
Se7en
Back Porch Band
8.00pm
Grand Hotel
Festival Finale: Steve Darrington with Pete Harris Band
9.00pm
Anchor
Blue Touch
.Become a FRIEND OF
SWANAGE BLUES and help to ensure Swanage Blues keeps going!
03/01/11:
SWANAGE BLUES
www.swanage-blues.org
January News
from Swanage Blues!
by Steve Darrington
Hello!
Happy New Year Everybody!
I hope your Christmas
was wonderful, and your New Year’s Eve as good as mine. I was playing
at the Grand Hotel, Swanage with Bournemouth Fred, Martin Johnson, The
Skint Imperials including Barb, Nick Gomer, Chris Lonergan and guitarist
Paul Sundt, plus some wonderful Andrews Sisters ladies and Helen Holt
on accordion bringing in the New Year with Auld Lang’s Syne and
motley dances!
As for 2011…
whatever difficulties there may be before us, please everybody remember
that it doesn’t cost a fortune to allow Music into your life, to
raise your spirits and to put life’s problems into perspective.
We know that here in Swanage! Just take a look at this month’s guide
to Live Music and more… A copy is attached or you can download from
www.swanagelife.com.
In this newsletter:
1. MARCH 2011 FESTIVAL
and PUBLICITY. SPECIAL REQUESTS?
2. JANUARY ACTS
3. WANT TO PLAY?
4. FRIENDS OF SWANAGE
BLUES
5. BLOG
6. PURBECK GAZETTE
7. MAILING LIST
8. DONATIONS and VOLUNTEERS
1. MARCH 2011 FESTIVAL
and PUBLICITY. SPECIAL REQUESTS?
Artists, Venues and
Schedule are on the website at www.swanage-blues.org but please note some
details are under construction. Please spread the word by forwarding this
email to your friends, colleagues and anybody you know who might be interested.
If you can put up a poster or want some business card-sized flyers to
give out, email your request (including your address) to s.darrington@btopenworld.com
If you can’t
make the March 2011 Festival on 4, 5, 6 March, the October one is on 7,
8, 9 October 2011.
But whichever festival
you’re planning on coming to, it’s a good idea to book your
Accommodation well in advance to prevent disappointment. There are Festival
Friendly accommodation providers on the website.
Special Requests.
I’ve had some Special Requests from festival fans for specific bands
and some solo artists to appear here. Some of the bands are just beyond
the limit of our budget. Some acts have appeared at a festival in the
past because it suited them to drop their price at one particular time
only. Getting them back could just be too expensive, unless fans are prepared
to help towards their fee?
So, if you have a
particular request for a band or individual, please let me know if you
and your friends would be willing to contribute in any way towards the
cost of getting them on at the festival? This could be, for example if
you’re local, being able to put them up at your home; if not local,
paying for their meal, helping towards travel costs or their fee etc.
Get the picture? Let me know what you think..
2. JANUARY ACTS
Our Sunday Sessions
at Bar Se7en, 1 High Street, Swanage from 6.30 – 9.30pm continue
to be popular with plenty of space to dance. If you’re in Swanage,
please continue to make it your place on a Sunday evening and TELL YOUR
FRIENDS, so we can keep Live Music Sundays going in 2011 and beyond. You
know the saying: “Use it or lose it!”
For the first few
weeks Steve Darrington (vocals, keyboard, harmonica) will be joined by
Bournemouth Fred (drums), Martin Johnson (vocals) and Rory Benmore. Rory
has always been well-known locally for his guitar playing, and has been
living in USA for a while. He is back on one of his visits and we have
the opportunity to hear him once again. Some of you may know Rory’s
father, who played with world-famous local man Martin Johnson before going
off to play with somebody called Gary Moore!
3. WANT TO PLAY?
Want To Play? If you
are Interested in playing at the Swanage Blues Festival or at Swanage
Blues Club during the year, please go to the website, look down the menu
on the left, and click on Want To Play? for further information.
4. FRIENDS OF SWANAGE
BLUES

You can now become
a Friend of Swanage Blues with prize draws, access to special performances
at reduced ticket rates and other special offers, and the knowledge that
you are supporting Swanage Blues all year round.
Membership for the
calendar year 2011 costs just £10 each. You will receive a membership
card (see above) plus a window decal. Further window decals are available
at only £2.50 each.
Just send your name
and address and a cheque payable to “Swanage Blues” to Steve
Darrington, Swanage Blues, T I C, Shore Road, Swanage BH19 1LB.
5. BLOG
Any comments you have
about Swanage Blues can be emailed to me direct or publish them to the
Swanage Music blog at http://swanagemusic.blogspot.com/
6. PURBECK GAZETTE
We’re very proud
here in Swanage to have a great publication called The Purbeck Gazette.
It is essential reading if you want to know what’s going on! You
can read it online at www.purbeck-gazette.co.uk Their January issue contains
the following article about Swanage Blues and we do appreciate their permission
to reproduce it here.
IS SWANAGE BLUES GOOD
FOR SWANAGE?
“I certainly
hope so!” says Steve Darrington. “Seven years ago I had to
borrow £13,000 to ensure the festivals’ survival. Thanks to
the generosity of festival fans and local businesses, that money has at
last been repaid, but it’s been a real struggle.
“Now I can get
on with doing what I do best: being enthusiastic, playing music, encouraging
others and helping to keep fun and entertainment going in Swanage!”
Every week Swanage
Blues hosts Live Music Sundays sessions at Bar Se7en with a variety of
different acts. “Come on down and see for yourself,” says
Steve. “There’s a real fun social scene going on for everybody.
Our oldest regular is over 80, and children are welcome if accompanied
by a responsible parent.”
Every month Swanage
Blues helps to ensure the production and distribution of a guide to local
music and other events. Copies are displayed in shop windows, at venues,
and are included in many Welcome Packs for visitors.
Twice a year Swanage
Blues hosts festivals that attract between 2,000 and 3,000 people into
the area, giving a boost to local trade when it’s most needed, and
creating more fans of Purbeck.
Anybody interested
in helping Swanage Blues can contact Steve on 01929 422338, via the Swanage
Blues website, or leave a message at the Tourist Information Centre.
“There are so
many good causes, in my opinion local businesses are tapped out,”
says Steve. “But if they can just display a poster in their windows,
they’ll be making a big difference.”
Steve is a remarkable
man who does deserve our support, says Nico! [Editor]
7. MAILING LIST
Please pass on this
Newsletter to anybody you think might be interested, and advise them to
Get On The Mailing List.
8. DONATIONS AND VOLUNTEERS
None of this can be
achieved without your support, so please help if you can in any way. Contact
me or send donations payable to “Swanage Blues” to Steve Darrington,
c/o Tourist Information Centre, Shore Road, Swanage, Dorset BH19 1LB.
Thank you.
Swanage Blues is a
trading name of Blues Roots a not-for-profit company limited by guarantee
which I have set up to ring fence festival funds and promote even more
events
Blues Roots is a company
limited by guarantee registered in England 7270783
Registered Office:
Herston Cross House, 230 High Street, Swanage, Dorset BH19 2PQ
06/12/10:
GRUFF RHYS
555 bottles of shampoo
or shower gel, 28 sewing kits, 22 razors, 26 packets of shoe polish, 36
toothbrushes or paste, 121 shower caps and eight sanitary bags, 27 combs
or brushes, five pairs of slippers, 13 nail files, one badge, one bottle
of olive oil and two keys.
The ever-eccentric
Gruff Rhys is back to tour the UK with his third studio album, and his
most ambitious yet. 'Hotel Shampoo' (released February 14th) is, like
its name, drawn up by inspiration from the mini bottles of shampoo collected
during 15 years of frequent hotel visits and the people met over the last
15 years of performing.
Adding to an expansive
range of creative work, which has seen two previous solo albums, the Welsh-sung
'Yr Atal Genhedlaeth' and 2007's 'Candylion', the Mercury nominated project
- Neon Neon, a number of high profile collaborations with the likes of
Gorrilaz and Dark Night of the Soul, the Danger Mouse & Sparklehorse
LP and finally, an experimental LP with a Brazillian TV repairman' Tony
Da Gatorra, titled 'The Terror of Cosmic Loneliness' which goes hand in
hand with Gruff's film-making debut 'Seperado'
The 25th February
2011, Gruff Rhys comes to Bridport for a debut performance at Electric
Palace. From the purveyor of the leftest-field pop, catch Gruff in this,
the most intimate of environments, for what is sure to be an incredible
show.
‘Trademark wistfulness'
- The Guardian
'Super Brilliant Super
Furry Animal Gruff Rhys' - Drowned in Sound
New single ‘Shark
Ridden Waters’ - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=usGdERPWoPU
Show Details
SPC Live Proudly
Presents…
Friday 25th
February – Electric Palace, Bridport
Gruff Rhys
(myspace.com/gruffrhys24hrs)
with
Y Nwil (myspace.com/ynwil)
Age: 14+
Doors: 20:00
Tickets: £13.50 Adv Online (crowdsurge.com / 08450 50 82 58)
26/11/10:
ALAN BARNES
Alan Barnes
Centre Stage
8:00pm 26th
February 2011.
The great Alan Barnes
will be performing a range of his favorite jazz numbers backed by a superb
trio and.
This concert is not
to be missed.
Licensed Bar and food
available
Doors open 7:30pm
Advance Tickets £10
call 07917 468953
Alan Barnes is one
of the UK’s Leading and foremost Reeds / Saxophone players He appears
on more than 30 albums, many of which are his own. He has played with
Stan Tracey, Clark Tracey, Scott Hamilton, Tina May, Humphrey Littleton,
Selina Jones, Bjork, Charlie Watts, Van Morrison, Bryan Ferry, Martin
Taylor, Clare Teal, Jamie Cullum and Westlife.
Alan Barnes
Masterclass
Centre Stage
9:30pm ~ 4:30pm
26th February 2011
Alan will be imparting
his extensive musical knowledge and improvisation skills on to students
who attend this Masterclass. This is a rare opportunity to be taught by
one of the world’s leading reeds players and proves to be a very
special and fun day.
· All levels
welcome (min. Age 11)
· Fun and learning
· Structured
day covering:
§ Playing the
instrument and sound techniques
§ Timing and
playing melody
§ Soloing on
the changes
§ Putting it
all into practice putt
· Refreshments
and lunch provided and is
included in the price
for the Masterclass
· Masterclass
price includes the evening concert
Price £35
Registration forms
on www.mosaic-jazz.com/masterclass
or
call 07917 468953
to secure your place
26/11/10:
SWANAGE BLUES
www.swanage-blues.org
December News from
Swanage Blues!
by Steve Darrington
Hello!
Thank you for your
interest in Swanage Blues! There’s lots happening this month, news
about next year, and a competition!
In this newsletter:
1. MARCH 2011 FESTIVAL
ADDITIONS and COMPETITION
2. SUCCESS FOR BANDS!
3. 2nd BIRTHDAY PARTY!
4. DECEMBER ACTS
5. FESTIVAL FRIENDLY
ACCOMMODATION, SHOPS and PLACES TO EAT AND DRINK
6. BLOG
7. LIVE MUSIC AND
MORE…
8. MAILING LIST
9. DONATIONS and VOLUNTEERS
1. MARCH 2011 FESTIVAL
ADDITIONS and COMPETITION
Artists: New acts
will include FREED and THE GROUNDHOGS RHYTHM SECTION, plus the return
of THE BARCODES, a superb band whose members are highly respected throughout
the musical world. Other acts include Back Porch Band, Blue Touch, C Sharp
Blues, Coalhouse Walker, Johnny Sharp’s Open Mic, Kevin Brown, Pete
Harris Band, Riverside Blues Band, Robin Bibi Band and Will Killeen.
Venues: Welcome to
SEA BREEZE (formerly the Fisherman’s Catch) in Shore Road. Enjoy
some great music while dining and looking out across Swanage Bay! Negotiations
are also taking place with Swanage British Legion, the Scott Arms at Kingston,
and Funworld Café opposite the Mowlem Theatre.
If you can’t
make the March 2011 Festival on 4, 5, 6 March, the October one is on 7,
8, 9 October 2011.
Competition: Guess
how many times Barcode member Alan Glen (ex-Nine Below Zero and The Yardbirds)
has played at the Albert Hall. Answers by email only to me by 1st December
2010 and the first one out of the hat wins a CD!
2. SUCCESS FOR BANDS!
Congratulations to
two Dorset bands that appeared for the first time at Live Music Sundays!
in November and were instantly booked for the March 2011 Swanage Blues
Festival.
FREEZER played incredible
versions of blues rock popular songs from the 60s to date, amazing us
all but particularly appealing to many younger members of our Swanage
Blues Club. This band’s vocals and lead guitar have to be heard
to be believed!
PAINT IT BLUE showed
exactly why they have built up such an excellent reputation along the
South Coast and beyond in only two years! The solid foundation of the
experienced rhythm section works perfectly with the younger members on
vocals, harp and guitar. Go Hannah!
Want To Play? As you
probably know, I can’t get out of Swanage much to judge for myself
how suitable a band will be for one of our festivals, so this looks like
a great way forward for bands, club members and audiences alike!
Any bands on the waiting
list to appear at Swanage Blues Festivals will be given this option, so
if you have already followed the procedure at Want To Play? on the festival
website and fancy a gig in Swanage, please let me know by emailing s.darrington@btopenworld.com
Thank you.
3. 2nd BIRTHDAY PARTY
Sunday 28 November
Not to be missed! This Sunday we will be celebrating the Second Birthday
Party of Live Music Sundays at Bar Se7en, 1 High Street, Swanage with
the PETE HARRIS BAND featuring HUGH BUDDEN, plus a guest appearance from
me (Steve Darrington) on keyboards from 6.30pm to around 9.15pm.
Back by Popular Demand,
Pete Harris brings an irresistible blend of Swing, Funk and Down-home
Blues with his rhythm section and Hugh Budden on harmonica,. Just the
stuff for the second anniversary of Live Music Sundays!
4. DECEMBER ACTS
Sunday 5 December
RIVERSIDE BLUES BAND has been bringing old school R&B to venues and
festivals across the south of England for more than six years. The band
consists of Stan (guitar and vocals), Helen (bass), Paul (harmonica) and
Syd (drums). Get ready for a hearty mix of Old School R'n'B from Britain,
Chicago and Texas , and a generous sprinkling of Classic Blues... with
just a hint of ACDC! The focus is on up tempo and up beat so get your
dancing boots on!
Sunday 12 December
Christmas Party! With STEVE DARRINGTON BAND featuring Bournemouth BOURNEMOUTH
FRED and Guests
Sunday 19 December
DAVE RAPHAEL BAND will be bringing their unique high octane, foot stomping,
authentic sound delivered with the genuine enjoyment of guys who love
what they're doing
Sunday 26 December
Boxing Day band to be announced.
5. FESTIVAL FRIENDLY
ACCOMMODATION, SHOPS and PLACES TO EAT AND DRINK
I’m working
on additional information for the Swanage Blues website so you can easily
see who supports us, so you can support them with your custom if you wish.
The Accommodation section is complete and can be seen by going to www.swanage-blues.org
and clicking on SWANAGE.
6. BLOG
You can email me direct
with your comments or publish them to the Swanage Music blog http://swanagemusic.blogspot.com/
7. LIVE MUSIC AND
MORE…
Go to www.swanagelife.com
to get your free download poster with all the gigs and some of the other
events in Swanage and surrounding areas
8. MAILING LIST
Please pass on this
Newsletter to anybody you think might be interested, and advise them to
Get On The Mailing List for
(2) Latest News
(3) Special Offers
(4) Monthly Newsletters
(5) Details of Prize
Draws
9. DONATIONS AND VOLUNTEERS
None of this can be
achieved without your support, so please help if you can in any way. Contact
me or send donations payable to “Swanage Blues” to Steve Darrington,
c/o Tourist Information Centre, Shore Road, Swanage, Dorset BH19 1LB.
Thank you.
14/11/10:
SWANAGE BLUES
www.swanage-blues.org
1. WEEKLY
CLUB MEETING
Good News! Live Music
Sundays! sessions are continuing through November and December! I’m
having a break from playing at the moment but I am hoping to be playing
at our second Birthday Party on 28th November with the Pete Harris Band
and Hugh Budden
NOVEMBER
Sunday 14 JON WALSH
BLUES BAND
Sunday 21 PAINT IT
BLUE
Sunday 28 PETE HARRIS
BAND with HUGH BUDDEN, featuring STEVE DARRINGTON
DECEMBER
Sunday 5 RIVERSIDE
BLUES BAND
Sunday 12 FREEZER
Sunday 19 DAVE RAPHAEL
BAND
Sunday 26 Band to
be announced
2. SWANAGE
BLUES FESTIVALS 2011 – March 4, 5, 6 and October 7, 8, 9
The next festival
will be the 11th Swanage Blues Festival on 4, 5, 6 March 2011. Book accommodation
early, and please get in touch if you can help by being a Bucketeer! It
is good fun and a great way to meet people.
Artists appearing
include: The Barcodes; Freed; The Groundhogs Rhythm Section; Back Porch
Band; Blue Touch; C Sharp Blues
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