Black Voices, a Birmingham-based performance ensemble renowned for its rich, powerful harmonies and stunning arrangements, are coming to Exeter on Saturday 8 June to do a concert and public workshop supported by St Thomas Gospel Choir.
Black Voices was founded and is led by its musical director Carol Pemberton. Since 1987, she has steered Black Voices in becoming a unique performance ensemble, focused on promoting singing the black oral tradition (SBOT). The group, inspired by Sweet Honey in the Rock, and Take Six, has forged its own dynamic way of distilling and re-presenting...
A man from Exeter is hoping to organise a jazz concert in aid of Hospiscare but is in need of funding from local businesses.
Wayne Hill has been inspired to organise this charity event after losing family and friends to cancer. He needs local businesses in Exeter to help support this event by funding for jazz bands and singers, technicians and tickets.
He is hoping to run the event in the Voodoo Lounge at the Phoenix Art Centre, on 10th August 2013.
Hospiscare is a charity situated in Devon, which support and care for patients with terminal illnesses.
Johanna Graham Quartet The Johanna Graham Quartet comprises the elegant and hugely accomplished guitar phrasing of Martin Bowie, an exciting and vital drumming talent in Damian Rodd, brilliant and sensitive double bass from Tim Greenhalgh and Johanna herself on vocals. Johanna’s captivating stage presence and emotive style puts a fresh spin on jazz standards, with original compositions and modern classics arranged in her own unique way, and together the group produce a passionate and exciting sound. The quartet won the This Is Cornwall...
Sun 27 Apr 2014 | 8pm | £10 (£8) | Seated Krystle Warren is a singer-songwriter from Kansas City, Missouri, currently touring the world with Rufus Wainwright, blessed not only with a voice that slides effortlessly from smoky depths to gilded heights, but also the ability to craft intoxicating songs of love and its loss, and to convey them to an audience with warmth and wit. On her last solo UK dates she was backed by Bluegrass virtuosi, The Wagon Tales review, but the November jaunt will feature her voice and guitar unadorned – and with a vocal approach that has been likened to those of...
Enjoy a dance on the platform or just listen to the fabulous Coly River Jazz band at Colyton Station 7.30pm-10.30pm.
Great entertainment and a delicious Exeter Stew with Savoury doughboys and homemade crusty bread together with a wonderful tram ride along the Axe Estuary.
The tram departs from Seaton at 7pm and Colyton Station 10.30pm.
Tram, entertainment and food: £23 adults, £17 children (3-15 years), £5 children under 3. Entertainment and food: £18 adults, £12 children (3-15 years), £5 children under 3.
Tickets available from Seaton Tramway, gift shops...
Roz Harding presents WAVE: A collection of compositions...emotionally charged...exploring the peaks and depths of our experiences... Expect groove and freedom from soft and lyrical to explosive sounds brought to life in jazz trio form by Roz Harding (alto sax), Mike Outram (guitar), Jim Bashford (drums).
