WE PRESENT...
Live music at
The Hop Pole, 2 High Road, Beeston, Nottingham, NG9 4AE [map]
Tel: 0115 917 2750
Music starts at 9.00 pm.
£5 on the door - full bar in performance area.
With thanks to Beeston Forum www.urtown.co.uk
Featuring resident poet John Micallef - performing one piece at each Music Quarter event.
January - February - March - April 2008
January 24th
Moose Malloy – Music Quarter Album Launch Special
Moose Malloy will be performing songs from their new album – Dirty Stories – which features 10 of the band's classic tracks. The mighty Moose combine great songs with powerful harmonies and rock solid rhythms. See them here before their arena* tour.
www.myspace.com/moosemalloy
* The poster shop
February 21st
Brazilica
Large Samba/dance band. Pure fun and sunshine. Music to shake your booty to! Will be great fun. Get down to support these Music Quarter first timers.
www.myspace.com/partidoalto
March 13th*
Wendy Kirkland Quartet
Fine jazz pianist singer is joined by regular compatriots Pat Sprakes (guitar), Paul Gray (double bass) and Ian Beestin (drums). Performing a set of hard swinging standards guaranteed to get your foot tapping.
www.wendykirkland.com
* The second Thursday in the month
April 17th
Judith Silver, Jacqui Wicks and Pippa Marland
A hit from last year's season - Judith returns with her "considered and emotive songs of love, peace, heart and soul" (Time Out). She is joined by the great jazz vocals of Jacqui Wicks, and Nottingham's own Celtic folk legend Pippa Marland. Expect a wide range of material and some gorgeous vocal harmonies.
www.judithsilver.com
www.myspace.com/jacquiwicks
May - June - July - August 2008
May 22nd
Carmina
Pippa Marland is back, this time with her own band, Celtic jazz-folk pioneers Carmina. The band have just signed to Real World Publishing and are promoting their new album 'My Crescent City', which has been released internationally to rave reviews. " Their very name is a guarantor of the finest music from an eclectic group of musicians. ****" Nottingham Evening Post.
www.myspace.com/carminamusic
June 19th
Sarah Bennett Bossa Trio
The Sarah Bennett Bossa Trio will perform Latin favourites sung in Brazilian Portuguese together with contemporary jazz pieces and standards from the Great American Songbook. This band has something for everyone. In 2007 the trio performed at the Nantwich, Cheltenham, Southport and Marlborough jazz festivals and has an increasing presence on the London scene, with gigs including the Bull’s Head, and the National Portrait Gallery. Sarah Bennett: vocals, Pat Sprakes: guitar, t.b.c: drums/percussion
www.myspace.com/sarahbennettquintet
www.sarahbennettjazz.com
July 24th
Barry Lee – with Dave Shields and Ian Hill
Barry leads a band guaranteed to capture an audience with his mixture of funky/jazz originals and covers. The set includes funked up versions of Doors classics to driving swing - you can dance if you must!
August 21st
THE JONI MITCHELL PROJECT
Singer/Songwriter Sally Barker has cherished a long-held ambition to present Joni Mitchell’s songs as close to their original form as is possible. ‘Big Yellow Taxi’ was one of the first songs Sally sang live and she has lost count of the times her voice has been compared to Joni’s. When Sally was asked to perform ‘Coyote’ as Joni in a tribute version of Martin Scorcese’s film The Last Waltz, research into the song’s tuning refuelled that ambition.Sally has put together musicians who, like herself, possess the capacity to breathe within the fabric of Joni’s material and give it fresh life, without sacrificing the authenticity of those cherished songs.
www.sallybarker.co.uk
September - October - November - December 2008
September 18th
Organik Trio
Hammond Grooves - Cool Guitar - Funky Drums
The Organik Trio add a bucketload of groove to pop, soul, funk and jazz tunes, spice up the mix with songs from the likes of Sting, Bond Themes and The Beatles, and blend in their own original material.
'Righteous Mama' Wendy Kirkland (Hammond organ) is aided and abetted by Pat Sprakes (guitar) and Ian Beestin (drums). And unlike many organ trios, believe it or not, Organik Trio are actually in posession of a Hammond organ, not a clone.
NEW - Organik Trio were nominated for the PRSF Promoter's Award following their appearance at Newark Jazz Festival in May!
Hip and trendy, you are in for an evening of chilled sophistication.
www.organtrio.com - check out the coolest web address on this planet!
October 23rd
Phil Langran
The month's Music Quarter features Phil Langran, Steve Benford, Frank McCarthy, Pippa Marland and Mark Walker playing Phil’s Celtic/American influenced songs, replete with classy acoustic guitars and harmony vocals.
November 20th
Lounge Lizards
Karen and Andy will make this a memorable evening singing and playing jazz standards in their unique, intimate and beautiful way.
December 18th
Goose McCoy
The Goose men make a triumphant return to play the Music Quarter's Christmas Special. An evening to party, party, party and then nip home for a mince pie.
www.goosemccoy.com
