Archive for January, 2009
by Modculture 22 January, 2009
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 January to Thursday 29th January 2009.
Highlights of the week
BBC 4 begins its Folk America season this week with the start of a three-part documentary series on American folk music (Friday 23rd, 9pm), tracing its history from the recording boom of the 1920s to the folk revival of the 1960s.
The opening part looks at how, in the 1920s, record companies scoured the American south for talent to sell. This was a golden age of American music, as the likes of the Carter Family, Jimmie Rodgers, Blind Lemon Jefferson, Charlie Poole, Dock Boggs and Mississippi John Hurt burst onto record, eager to have a share in the new industry and the money it made, only to lapse into obscurity when the depression hit at the start of the 30s.
Contributors include Judy Collins, Steve Earle, Tom Paxton and Pete Seeger, surviving relations of 1920s greats such as Mississippi John Hurt, the Carter Family and Uncle Dave Macon, plus three actual survivors of the era – guitarist Slim Bryant, banjoist Wade Mainer and Delta bluesman 'Honeyboy' Edwards.
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by Modculture 22 January, 2009
Ska-popsters Madness have just announced the return of their much-loved Madstock one-day festival.
Madness will headline the event as always, 11 years on since the last instalment in Finbusry Park, north London. This years event will be held on Friday July 17th in Victoria Park, east London. A series of special guest support acts will be announced over the coming weeks, with The Specials already heavily rumoured to be involved. The Madstock event will mark the 30th anniversary of Madness' debut single for Two Tone Records, The Prince.
Tickets cost £35 (plus booking fee) and are available to buy now from
here.
In other Madness news, their ninth long-player The Liberty Of Norton Folgate will be released this May.
by Modculture 22 January, 2009
Manchester really seems to be enjoying a revival in 60s music clubs at the momenet. The latest addition to the calender is Soul-A-GoGo.
The midweek affair begins on February 3rd and will be on every Tuesday thereafter. We are promised R&B, Motown, northern soul, funk, and beat bought to us by Paul Barker (Beat Boutique) and Andy Newens (Shake and Fingerpop, Wigan).
On the opening night the first 100 through the door will receive a free compilation CD of 15 Soul-A-GoGo-style tunes to take home. Sounds good to us.
Soul-A-GoGo
Tuesdays @ Joshua Brooks
106 Princess Street, Manchester, M1 6NG
10pm-2am, £3 before 11pm, £4 after
Investigate further via the
Myspace page
here, and the
Facebook group
here.
by Modculture 21 January, 2009
Rhoda Dakar makes a return to Filthy MacNasty this weekend, specifically Saturday 24th January 2009.
The ex-Special and Bodysnatcher will be onstage and acoustic from 8pm, accompanied by Nick Welsh (Selecter, Lee Perry etc), no dount playing a few tunes from Rhoda’s debut solo CD, Cleaning In Another Woman’s Kitchen, produced by Nick and available on Moon Ska World.
DJ support should come from Dave Edwards and entry is free. If you've not been before, you'll find Filthy MacNastys at 68 Amwell Street, London EC1R 1UU (0207 837 6067). Check out the MySpace site for more.
Rhoda Dakar MySpace
by Modculture 21 January, 2009
Rock 'n Roll Soul – purveyors of 60s soul, punk, psych and funk since 2001 – have a new residency on the first Friday of every month at the Slaughtered Lamb, Clerkenwell, EC1, with resident DJs are Gary Barrell, The Horse, Emma Sunley and the Funk Pursuivant.
Past guest DJs have included The Bees, The Go! Team, Ben Swank, The Draytones, Weller bassist Andy Lewis, Jonathan Ross sidekick Andy Davies, Findlay Brown, Math Priest, Danny Decourtelle and Dean Rudland, while those who have dropped by to dance include The Office's Martin Freeman and Kings Of Leon guitarist Matthew Followill.
And there's another big change to the night – it's now free to get in.
You'll find The Slaughtered Lamb at 34-35 Great Sutton Street, EC1 (0207 253 1516) with the next night on Friday 6th February, running from 8pm-1am.
Rock 'n' Roll Soul website
by Modculture 21 January, 2009
Back in 1969, Simboli Design was commissioned to create a 'graphically strong and colourful' range of posters representing the signs on the Zodiac. And 40 years later, you can buy them once more.
The posters were unearthed once again by Paul Smith and used to promote a range of clothing in the recent past – but the daughter of the original designers (Joe and Gerry Simboli) still has some original stock and is selling the last of these stylish posters online, all signed by the designers to give them extra appeal.
Take your pick from all of the Zodiac signs (except Gemini), all very limited, all original and all featuring bold colours and distinctly psychedelic-style 60s designs that scream the era. Sized at 24 x 36 inches, you can buy then online via Etsy for $175 (around £125) each.
Find out more at the Simboli Design Etsy website
Via Switched On Art
by Modculture 21 January, 2009
Not just any target cushion, this is a designer target cushion – specifically the Jonathan Adler Lucky Strike cushion.
Available in three colours combinations (including the two picture above), the cushions are sized at 61 x 61cm, with the New York designer offering up a hand-loomed wool outer with double-sided design and 'full feather' core.
Not cheap, but slightly cheaper right now at the Rume sale at £97.50.
Find out more at the Rume website
by Modculture 19 January, 2009
London’s premier garage/freakbeat/psych club
The Acid Gallery has just announced it’s latest batch of dates for 2009.
The bi-monthly event in east London is run by DJs Phil Istine and Tommy 'Gun' Atkins, who invite you to sample their latest sonic wares in the presence of some top bands from around the UK and the best DJs on the European scene.
Highlights include The Hidden Masters, The See See, and The Caper Story in January, Troubled Mynde (aka Gas Mach 5) and Doug Shipton (B-Music) in March, and The Junipers and Jens (Sweden) in May. Some further good news too is that the club is now open til the later time of 3am.
The Acid Gallery
@ The George Tavern, 373 Commercial Road, London E1 0RA
Selected Saturdays (January 31st, March 28th, May 30th. 'Summer Happening' weekender is the last weekend of July)
8.30pm-3am, £6 entry
For more on the club see the
Sweet but Deadly website
here and Myspace page
here.
by Modculture 19 January, 2009
Jazz and soul songstress
Marlena Shaw embarks on a European tour later this week.
The singer is famed for hits 'California Soul' and 'Wade In The Water', amongst others, and she signed to two legendary labels early in her career: Chess and Blue Note.
Shaw will play seven shows in the UK (starting this Thursday), before hitting the continent. The tour stops at:
Ronnie Scotts London (January 22nd and 23rd)
Cargo London (24th)
Concorde 2 Brighton (26th)
The Assembly Leamington Spa (27th)
Sage Gateshead Hall 2 Newcastle (28th)
The Caves Edinburgh (30th)
Victoire 2 Montpellier (31st)
Apolo Barcelona (February 2nd)
Paradiso Amsterdam (4th)
New Morning Paris (5th)
Cosmopolite Oslo (7th)
Berns Stockholm (8th)
For tickets contact the venues directly. The official Marlena Shaw website is found here.
by Modculture 19 January, 2009
A 'lost' kitchensink drama from the early 60s, A Place To Go has been issued on DVD for the very first time by Odeon.
Starring Rita Tushingham and Michael Sarne, A Place To Go is set in the Bethnal Green area of London in 1963, where the housing is undergoing 'slum clearance' and residents are re-located to the newly-built tower blocks. Amid all this upheaval, Ricky Flint is planning to get out, teaming up with the local Mr Big to carry out a robbery at the local cigarette factory – and at the same time, trying to develop a relationship with local girl Cat (Rita Tushingham). Will he get out or will bottle out of the big job?
We've just reviewed the DVD on Cinedelica – see the link below to read it. And if you like what you read, it's available to buy in February for around £7.
Read the A Place To Go review on Cinedelica
