Baka Beyond The original Afro-Celtic dance band inspired by the music of the rain forest After 20 years of mixing African and Celtic music in equal measures Baka Beyond has become one of the finest danceable bands around, creating the sound of the global village. Conceived in 1992, Baka Beyond have a unique relationship with their inspiration – the Baka Pygmies of Cameroon – sending royalties to help their development projects, and even touring with Baka musicians. In order to make sure that the Baka get their fair return for their...
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Marie von Heyl Of Occasional Tables and Alternative Endings This exhibition of new work by Berlin based Marie von Heyl employs video, installation, drawing and text to explore an ongoing interest in domestic interiors and mundane objects that is central to her practice. Her work playfully dances around things, pointing at the unexpectedly beautiful, tracing the uncanny and tapping into the absurd. Often triggered by linguistic nitpicking, she aims to catch objects in the act of...
Fri 23 May 2014 | 8.30pm Molotov Jukebox Molotov Jukebox are a six-piece, genre dodging, leviathan of an experience, poised to take the world by storm. Incorporating trumpet, accordion, violin and the sultry tones of lead singer Natalia Tena over the most concrete and inventive rhythm section this side of Jamaica, this is a band born out of love; love of each other, love of music and a love of making whole roomfulls of people dance til they fall over (or fall in love). Causing a riot from the UK festivals all the way to Brazil (their most recent tour destination), here is a band with...
Alfie Moore Born and raised on a council estate in Sheffield Alfie Moore was an apprentice in the steelworks before joining the police. Now he’s an original and distinctive comedian with a wealth of insights and comedy moments from his eighteen years on the beat. Alfie was inspired to take up stand-up comedy in 2007 after his first taste of performing live at a local comedy club. He quickly became well and truly hooked and was soon performing regularly up and down the country. He was one of the stars of ITV1′s Show Me The Funny and wrote and presented...
Eska is the most talked about, revered, internationally known singer you’ve never heard of. Prepare to be let in on one of music’s best kept secrets. Possessing one of the best and most memorable voices in the UK right now, Eska weaves together diverse musical elements – hints of folk, soul, psychedelica and electronica can all be heard on her latest album Gatekeeper – and pairs them with stirring lyrics, born from burning passion, which traverse scenes from church stories and rituals. With her debut release, Eska has created something pure and...
On stage and in the studio, Jon Spencer has destroyed and rebuilt American roots music with such ferocity and wild abandon, that it’s hard to believe there is anything left. It’s been twenty years since The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion first pressed ‘record’, and twenty years since Spencer and his A-Team of sonic terrorists tore up the indie-rock landscape with fever and a visceral, untouchable vision of rock’n’roll that did for a new wave of blues-punk primitivists what Helen of Troy’s face did...
Zappatika Zappatika, leading interpreters of the music of Frank Zappa, join forces with legendary Zappa frontman Ike Willis, hero of Joe’s Garage. Ike sang lead vocals and played guitar on many classic albums and toured extensively with Frank. Hear Ike on Joe’s Garage, You are what you is, Tinseltown Rebellion, Ship Arriving, Man from Utopia and more. Expect a punishing two and a half hour set of 100 percent Zappa! Amsterdam based quartet Zappatika are a heavily Zappa influenced band, known for their diverse and dynamic live shows. The band...
Tue 13 May 2014 - Sat 12 Jul 2014 A new, site specific, sculptural installation by Anne Deeming who designs and makes objects that look familiar and usable in some way – and yet are not. Her works exist as amalgamations of everyday utilitarian objects with features that can trigger multiple associations with something the viewer has used or seen before. She is interested in the areas of slippage between the familiar and foreign, domestic and industrial, the useful and useless. By examining the role that expectation and memory plays in our reading and understanding of objects, the pieces...
Fish – Moveable Feast UK Tour Fish, the critically acclaimed progressive rock singer/songwriter, and former lead singer of Marillion, brings his extensive 13-date tour to Exeter. Billed as The Moveable Feast Tour this nationwide trek is named after his new album A Feast Of Consequences. Fish will perform songs from the new album, as well as his solo album tracks, including early Marillion classics. Fish operates outside of ‘the industry’ and so this new release will be available via www.fishheadsclub.com only and can be ordered from 14th September 2014...
Wed 07 May 2014 | 7:30pm | In advance £20.50 | On the door £23 | Standin
The Rutles ‘Neil Innes’ Beatles pastiche band is a spoof crafted with rare affection – and still has some great tunes’ ★★★★ THE GUARDIAN
Originally a fictional band first created by Eric Idle (Monty Python) and Neil Innes (The Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band), for 1970s television programming, The Rutles leapt to fame and international sensation for their slick pastiches and parodies of The Beatles.
The group have since become the real deal, touring and recording, and releasing many songs and albums,...
