Archive for May, 2008
by Modculture 23 May, 2008
93-year old David "Honeyboy" Edwards, the last remaining living original Delta bluesman, is about to embark on his final UK tour.
David Honeyboy Edwards was
a contemporary of Robert Johnson in the 1930s and legend has it he was actually present when Johnson was poisoned and murdered. In his prime he recorded for the Artist Recording Company, for Sam Phillips in Memphis, and in Chicago for Chess Records. Earlier this year he was awarded a Grammy for his services to the blues.
Tour dates:
Newcastle The Cluny (25th May)
Bristol The Thekla (26th)
Norwich Arts Centre (27th)
London 100 Club (28th)
Crawley Hawth Theatre (29th)
Newbury Mary Hare (30th)
Leicester City Blues Festival (31st)
Coventry Taylor John’s House (1st June)
Birkenhead Pacific Road Arts Centre (2nd)
For ticket information visit the Not The Same Old Blues Crap website here.
by Modculture 23 May, 2008
Well here is a unique match – Booker and The M.G.’s guitarist Steve Cropper joins up with The Animals to play live shows this summer.
The Animals band will consist of original members John Steel and Mick Gallagher. They play London Dingwalls on Thursday 28th August, and the Rhythm Festival at the Twinwood Arena in Bedfordshire the following day (29th). The Rhythm Festival is also noteworthy for live performances from The Pretty Things, Alton Ellis, Geno Washington, The Zombies, and Smashing Time.
Expect hits from both parties’ back catalogue. For more information and details on how to buy tickets for Dingwalls see here, and for the Rhythm Festival see here.
by Modculture 22 May, 2008
Barry Murphy returns once more trawl the TV and radio guides (so you don’t have to) to find anything worth tuning into this week. All listings are for UK terrestrial TV, Freeview and national radio, with the shows running from Friday 23rd May to Thursday 29th May.
Highlights of the week
On TV this week, BBC 4 devote their Friday night music scheduling to Pink Floyd, including a repeat of the Omnibus documentary on Syd Barrett (Fri 23rd, 11.20pm) while on the same night, Jimmy Cliff and Paul Weller guest on Later… with Jools Holland (BBC 2. 11.40pm). Julie Walters stars as the infamous moral crusader in Filth: the Mary Whitehouse Story (BBC 2. Weds 28th, 9pm) a feature-length drama showing the Midlands housewife and teachers mission clean up British TV.
On the radio this week Pauline Black recalls The 2 Tone Movement (BBC Radio 6. Mon -Thurs, 9.30pm), Mark Radcliffe and Phil Walmsley celebrate Dr Feelgood’s 1975 LP Down by the Jetty in The Feelgood Factor (BBC Radio 2. Sat 24th, 7pm) and Mark Lamarr, sitting in for Jonathan Ross (BBC Radio 2. Sat 24th, 10am) features a live set from James Hunter, plus cult 1960s hitmakers the Zombies.
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by Modculture 22 May, 2008
Kicking off on Friday 13th June (then 2nd Friday of each month thereafter) is Chick-A-Boom! at the The Vibe Bar, The Truman Brewery, 91 Brick Lane, London E1
Expect everything from rockin’ Rhythm & Blues, scorchin’ Ska, thumpin’ Funk & sweet Soul music, co-hosted by Right On!’s Jean-Paul Seculaire and Tighten Up’s Mistah Brown with extra-special guest DJ Jerry Dammers, taking a day off from being asked if the Specials are reforming.
Doors are 8pm until 1am, entry is £4 (or free if you’re in before 8pm). For more details, email mistahbrown@hotmail.com or visit www.vibe-bar.co.uk.
by Modculture 21 May, 2008
Please note that the Mind Yuh Business + Trio Valore night has now been cancelled due to the band getting a better offer (TV date) in Italy. The night might be rescheduled in August – more when we know it.
Mind Yuh Business website
by Modculture 21 May, 2008
Soul legend Tina Turner is set to play four live dates in the UK next year, eight years after she was supposed to have retired from performing.
Turner, 68, had recently revealed a comeback US tour, and that has been extended to the UK to include two nights at London’s 02 Arena on March 3rd and 4th, and Manchester’s MEN Arena on March 30th and 31st. The promoters have promised Turner’s new shows will feature songs spanning her entire career, including the classics such as ‘River Deep Mountain High’ and ‘Proud Mary’.
A statement from Turner said
After performing with Beyonce
at the Grammy awards in Los Angeles, the response was overwhelming.
Everywhere I went people were asking me when I was going back on tour.
So after a lot of thought and planning we announced an American tour.
Now Europe beckons and I don’t want to let down all my loyal fans over
there. See you in the New Year.
Tickets are to go on sale next Wednesday May 28th, available from the usual outlets.
by Modculture 21 May, 2008
Soul & bluesman Solomon Burke has a new album out next month and has UK live dates to promote it as well.
Like A Fire, out June 16th, features a number of star turns, none more so than guitar hero Eric Clapton, who has written the title track as well as sharing songwriting credits with Burke on ‘Thank You’. Other artists who have written or played on the "wonder boy preacher"’s new album include Ben Harper, Jesse Harris and Keb’ Mo.
Burke, now 68, plays two UK dates this year, at Glastonbury Festival on June 29th, and at London’s Barbican on July 3rd. Tickets for the Barbican show cost between £20 and £30 and are available here .
You can pre-order the Like A Fire album from Amazon here.
Like A Fire tracklisting:
Like A Fire
We Don’t Need It
The Fall
A Minute To Rest And A Second To Pray
Ain’t That Something
What Makes Me Think I Was Right
Understanding
You And Me
Thank You
If I Give My Heart To You
by Modculture 20 May, 2008
by Modculture 20 May, 2008
If you are in London and on the look out for a late night cult film in themed surroundings, free beer and a party thrown in, you should check out Midnight Movies, which is taking place at Curzon Cinemas.
The next event is on Friday 30th May, a 1960s-themed event with Skidoo on the big screen – a satirical comedy involving gangers, hippies, prison riots, LSD, a soundtrack by Harry Nilsson and starring Groucho Marx in his final role. Locked away by director Otto Preminger himself and never released on video and DVD, this is a rare opportunity to catch this groovy flick from 1968.
The event starts at 9:30pm (with DJs), with the film showing at 11:30pm. Entry is £10 (advance) or £12 on the door, with each ticket including a free beer. Tickets are available from the box office at Curzon Soho, 99 Shaftesbury Avenue, W1D 5DY or from the website below.
Curzon Cinemas website
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by Modculture 20 May, 2008
Brian Wilson makes a return to Capitol Records for the release of his new album That Lucky Old Sun this September.
The songs from the record were unveiled at the former Beach Boy‘s live shows at the
Royal Festival Hall towards the end of 2007. That Lucky Old Sun will be Wilson’s
first new release since 2004′s Gettin’ in Over My Head. His long-term wordsmith collaborator Van Dyke Parks has contributed four spoken word tracks to the album.
That Lucky Old Sun tracklisting:
That Lucky Old Sun
Morning Beat
That Lucky Old Sun (narrative)
Good Kind of Love
Forever My Surfer Girl
That Lucky Old Sun (narrative)
Live Let Live
Mexican Girl
That Lucky Old Sun (narrative)
California Role
That Lucky Old Sun (narrative)
Oxygen
Can’t Wait Too Long (vocal excerpt)
Midnight’s Another Day
Going Home
Southern California
