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11 Sep 2010 - 8:30pm
Robin Williamson
11th Saturday 8.30pm - ROBIN WILLIAMSON £10 adv £12 door

Former Incredible String Band star Robin, for 40 years a pioneering and defining force in acoustic music world wide, has carved a new solo career. Here he presents an evening of songs and stories, unique off the cuff and seamless.

He plays harp, guitar, fiddle, pipes and flute.

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13 Sep 2010 - 8:30pm
Martha Tilston

13th Monday 8.30pm MARTHA TILSTON £9 adv £11door

Martha Tilston is a captivating and enchanting singer-songwriter who grew up surrounded by music, art, poetry and drama.

Her father is acclaimed musician Steve Tilston and step-mum the glorious London-Irish folk singer Maggie Boyle.

Hearing Jansch, McTell and Renbourn and Steve playing in the kitchen and learning traditional songs from Maggie helped form Martha's love of folk music.

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14 Sep 2010 - 8:30pm
Sarah Gillespie

14th Tuesday 8.30pm - SARAH GILLESPIE Quartet £12

Featuring Gilad Atzmon (acc/cla/sx), Ben Bastin (dbass), Josh Blackmore (dms).

A major new singer songwriter, Sarah Gillespie is one of the most individual yet recognizable voices to emerge in some time.

Her fiery originals offer a contrasting combination of sweet folkish melodies & lyrically witty, street-talking attitude.

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15 Sep 2010 - 8:30pm
Keith James
Rick Foot
KEITH JAMES & RICK FOOT £9 adv £11 door

Around 10 years ago, Keith James, singer/songwriter and acoustic music producer, began to perform Nick’s songs live.

His performances have received such unprecedented acclaim that, together with double bassist Rick Foot,he has now played almost 500 concert dates across 10 UK tours and recorded both a live and a studio album of Nick’s music.

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16 Sep 2010 - 8:30pm
Andy Steele
Jez Wing
John Dowling

16th Thurs ANDY STEELE, JEZ WING & JOHN DOWLING £9 adv £11 door

Banjoist John spent his teenage years mixing styles such as bluegrass, jazz and classical to form his own unique sound, later joining keyboard player Jez Wing to form a duo ‘The Black Cat Theory’ who in 2000 won the ‘BBC Radio 2 Young Folk Award’.

Andy Steele, a classically trained pianist and accomplished guitar player, also plays Cittern and Uilleann Pipes.

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17 Sep 2010 - 8:30pm
Gwelhellin Jazzz Hattt

17th Friday 8.30pm - GWELHELLIN JAZZZ HATTT £9 adv £11 door

A 4-piece Cornish based band fronted by former St Ives resident Jonathon Coudrille (Melody Maker top soloist 1974!).

Vintage classic and thoroughbred melodies, high mileage harmonies, urbane and eastern, jazz, low-down boogie, skiffle, rock n’ roll, gypsy roots, hairy solos, torch songs with a brand new battery and original reflections in the mirror of time. Vocals, piano, guitar, string bass, trumpet and percussion.

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18 Sep 2010 - 8:30pm
Pamela Wyn Shannon

18th Saturday 8.30pm - PAMELA WYN SHANNON £9 adv £11 door

Massachusetts-based musician, Pamela Wyn Shannon's guitar work has been described as “a tiny chamber orchestra working in unison at the end of her hands.”

She has walked with the legends of British and Irish folk music, garnering respect and admiration wherever she goes.

Possessing a voice as sweet as a newly picked autumn apple and a finger-picking style to match, she also plays harmonium, banjo, dulcimer, psaltery and glockenspiel.

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20 Sep 2010 - 8:30pm
A Band Like Alice

20th Monday 8.30pm - A BAND LIKE ALICE £10 adv £12 door

A Band Like Alice only play bluegrass music, mainly on the specialist British bluegrass circuit. They are regularly booked by all the major bluegrass festivals and clubs, but also play at arts centres, country music festivals & folk clubs.

They like the music of Bill Monroe, Flatt & Scruggs, the Stanley Brothers from 1940s and 50s, though their style is similar to the modern US bands.

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21 Sep 2010 - 8:30pm
Edgar Macias Quintet

21st Tuesday 8.30pm - EDGAR MACIAS QUINTET £12

With Chris Bowden (sx), Bill Coleman (db), Miles Levin (dm) Wilma Sifontes (perc).

A 5-piece band that combines different jazz styles and rhythms from funk to South American. Edgar is a fantastic Venezuelan pianist, a great exponent of Latin jazz, but firmly into modern jazz.

A truly great band you'd be daft to miss.

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22 Sep 2010 - 8:30pm
Matt Price
STANDUP COMEDY NIGHT £9 adv £11door

Compered by Matt Price - line up of acts to be announced.

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23 Sep 2010 - 8:30pm
Laura Carrivick
Charlotte Carrivick
23rd Thursday 8.30pm - CARRIVICK SISTERS £9 adv £11 door carrivick.jpgTwins Laura and Charlotte Carrivick are from South Devon. They play a variety of bluegrass instruments (mainly guitar, mandolin, banjo, dobro & fiddle) with vocal harmonies and are both songwriters. Although their background is in bluegrass, their music has a strong folk influence, evident in their original songs, many of which are inspired by their local landscape and stories.

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25 Sep 2010 - 8:30pm
Ken Nicol
Phil Cool

25th Saturday 8.30pm - KEN NICOL and PHIL COOL £12 adv £15 door

Phil Cool - comedian and impressionist teams up with Ken Nicol - guitar virtuos of Steeleye Span to produce a 2-hour show full of music that both plucks at the heartstrings and tickles the funny bone.

The second half of the show sees Phil Cool showing off a host of musical impressions including his cruelly accurate Paul McCartney and a George W Bush who declares: “Osama bin Laden's fate can be summed up in just one word ...We’re gonna get him!”.

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