Join the Stan Hacking Concert Band for a wonderful evening of music. This woodwind, brass and percussion band will entertain you with a wide variety of music including marches, classical favourites, music from film and stage and of course plenty of Christmas classics.
This Christmas the band will be supporting the charities Hospiscare and ITU (Intensive Therapy Unit at the Royal Devon & Exeter Hospital).
Tickets: Adults £9, Under 16s £5. For tickets, please phone 01392 465462 / 01392 447672 or email stanhackingband@hotmail.co.uk
JOHN ILLSLEY & HIS BAND: A brand new album Testing The Water and the music of Dire Straits Founding member and bass guitarist of Dire Straits, John Illsley will be performing songs from his latest album "Testing the Water" and some classic Dire Straits songs, including Sultans of Swing, Money for Nothing and Brothers in Arms .
Mark Knopfler and John are the only founding members of Dire Straits to remain in the line up from 1977 -1995 during which time they sold over 120 million albums .They are still good friends and recently produced the TV program 'Guitar Stories" for Sky...
Local Exeter band, The Computers, will join the likes of Jamie Cullum and Laura Mvula when they perform at the Love Supreme Jazz Festival on the 5th of July.
The Computers, who are signed to the prestigious Fierce Panda independent label, are set to perform their punk/ rock tracks at the festival.
The Love Supreme Jazz Festival (the UK’s only major greenfield jazz festival) is located just outside of Brighton and runs from July 4th – 6th. Headliners include Soul II Soul (celebrating their 25th anniversary), Jamie Cullum, De La Soul, Courtney Pine, Imelda May and Gregory...
I speak to local Torquay boys; Jed Tuner, 16, Max Taylor, 17, and Ollie Holdup, 15, on their venture of becoming big in the bay. Fourth base is a new upcoming alternative three piece rock band with plenty of talent to express; they started off busking around the town, then playing at a few events and now they have a line-up of their own gigs. The band recently had their radio debut on ‘Rivera FM’ a local online radio station for Torbay where they played a few of their original songs from their brand new EP.
Martin Harley is a phenomenally talented guitarist, singer and songwriter and fronts the highly praised UK-based acoustic trio, The Martin Harley Band.
A life long devotee of acoustic guitar music, especially the ageless blues/roots sounds, Martin has travelled the globe absorbing a plethora of diverse influences and honing his craft into the classic songwriting style he possesses today.
With five critically celebrated albums released in the UK and Europe, features for Guitarist Magazine, the BBC, countless European festival features and...
The Cut Purse Rascals have had a roller-coaster year of success playing some of the best venues Exeter has to offer, including the Phoenix and Bikeshed Theatre as well as Festival slots at the Southwest Food and Drink Festival and at Exeter’s Unexpected Festival.
As a group they have begun turning heads locally by coming second in the Oddfellows Open Mic competition, closing Exeter’s Acoustica Festival on the Quay and more recently being nominated for a Southwest Music Award for Americana and Country.
With their first EP in production and due for release in early 2014 it’s...
The Mighty Diamonds — Donald “Tabby” Shaw, Fitzroy ”Bunny” Simpson and Lloyd “Judge” Ferguson – formed in 1969 in the Trenchtown area of Kingston, Jamaica. They are the most consistent and long-running vocal trio in Jamaican musical history and for the past 41 years have been entertaining and educating the world with their sweet harmonies and conscious lyrics.
Tickets: £15.50 Book here: http://www.exeterphoenix.org.uk/events/the-mighty-diamonds/
