Celtic Connections 2012@Brel
Brel, Ashton Lane (behind Hillhead Underground)
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12 Gigs from 21 January 2012 to 05 February 2012
January 2012
Sat 21st - 3 - 5pm - Brel Jazz
Origami
Sam Jones - piano,
Simon Marsh - saxes,
Corrie Dick - drums,
Conor Chaplin - bass
Resident band at Oliver's Jazz Bar in Greenwich, London where they are based Jazz funk., mostly originals
tickets £5 via buy online also at http://www.celticconnections.com, http://www.tickets-scotland.com and Brel Box Office
London jazz outfit stops off at Brel on national tour.
Sunday 22nd - 7.30pm - Brel Folk
Ian Stephenson Trio and guests.
Tickets £10 via www.celticconnections and http://www.tickets-scotland.com and at Brel BO
BBC award-winning multi-instrumentalist Ian Stephenson (KAN, Baltic Crossing, Chris Stout Theory) will perform material from his acclaimed debut album "Line-Up". Appearing with Ian will be BBC Young Folk Award finalist Sarah Hayes (Admiral Fallow) on vocals and flute, and 9 times international Northumbrian pipes champion and pianist Andy May
www.ianstephenson.me
Monday 23rd - 9pm to 01am
Brel Sessions FREE EVENT
Every Monday 20 to 40 young indie / folkies show up @Brelbar with their instruments. The evening is organised by Sarah (Admiral Fallow), Laura and Jennifer (Rachel Sermanni Band). For Celtic Connections expect special guests dropping in.........
Tuesday 24th - 7.30pm
-CHEMIKAL UNDERGROUND and friends.........
Tickets £5 www.celticconnections and http://www.tickets-scotland.com and at Brel BO
The iconic Glasgow label formed by ex members of The Delgados continues to buck the trend in the industry. Releasing recently beautiful, critically acclaimed albums by The Phantom Band, Aidan John Moffat / Bill Wells, Malcolm Middleton and recently a well reviewed album by new American band Loch Lomond. The label will be inviting along their friends to play for you......tonight the great Malcolm Middleton, Rick Redbeard (The Phantom Band) and FOUND
www.chemikal.co.uk
Wednesday 25th - 7.30pm - Louis Abbott (Admiral Fallow) and friends..........
Tickets £5 www.celticconnections and http:/ www.tickets-scotland.com and at Brel BO.
Admiral Fallow's Louis Abbott is a music man about town, moving seamlessly between indie and folk scenesters and numbering among his friends members of Lau and Frightened Rabbit. Lets see who tuns up here. Whatever happens it will be fun and quality.
www.admiralfallow.com
Saturday 28th - 3 - 5pm - Brel Jazz
Federation Of The Disco Pimp
Tickets £5 www.celticconnections and http://www.tickets-scotland.com and at Brel BO
Providing unstoppable grooves, FOTDP are Scotland's premier exponent of modern funk. Combining elements of Old-School Funk, Disco, Psychedelic and Jazz, this 7-piece band of Scots are legendary for their endless energy and blistering live sets.
'The most aggressive Funk I've heard in years!' - Craig Charles BBC 6MUSIC
"The hottest Scottish Funk since The Average White Band!" - Christian Bragg Jazz FM
Makes for an interesting afternoon!
www.fotdp.com
Sunday 29th - 7.30pm - Brel Rock Action
Remember Remember with support Adam Stearns and The Glass Animals Tickets
£10 www.celticconnections and http://www.tickets-scotland.com and at Brel BO
Remember Remember is the musical brainchild of multi-instrumentalist Graeme Ronald. Initially begun as a purely solo endeavour, which featured Graeme utilising both traditional and abstract instrumentation (wind-up gizmos, toy sharks and the like) all fed through a huge bank of effects and loop pedals. His individual, unique sound and eager sense of invention caught the interest of Mogwai, who signed Graeme to their Rock Action label.
More collaborators were slowly added throughout the following year and by the end of 2009 Remember Remember had evolved into the 7-piece band it is today.. With this fresh wind of invention billowing their sails, Remember Remember have created "The Quickening", their most defining work to date. Painstakingly recorded and refined over the first few months of 2011 at Chem19 studios in Hamilton (Mogwai, Franz Ferdinand, Arab Strap, Teenage Fanclub etc) and Green Door in Glasgow, "The Quickening" consolidates the far-reaching experimentation of previous recordings whilst still pushing the band's sound into new territories. Tracks like "Scottish Widows" and "One Happier" (featuring guest RM Hubbert on acoustic guitar) take the symphonic elements of their debut and turn them into breathtaking, wide-screen anthems, whilst the druid-space-folk of "Ocean Potion" and arabic-tinged melodies of "Unclean Powers" and "Hey Zeus" build on their foundations in repetition and set off into new, unexplored musical possibilities.
www.rememberrememberband.blogspot.com
with support from
Adam Stearns And The Glass Animals
Play a rich blend of folk and psychedelia, with delicate strings and guitar. Recently sold out The Captains Rest. http://www.facebook.com/people/Adam-Stearns/509414337
Monday 30th - 9pm to 01am
Brel Sessions FREE EVENT
Every Monday 20 to 40 young indie / folkies show up @Brelbar with their instruments. The evening is organized by Sarah (Admiral Fallow), Laura and Jennifer (Rachel Sermanni Band). For Celtic Connections expect special guests dropping in.........
Tuesday 31st - 7.30pm -
Chemikal Underground and friends.........
Tickets £5 www.celticconnections and http://www.tickets-scotland.com and at Brel BO
The iconic Glasgow label formed by ex members of The
Delgados continues to buck the trend in the industry.
Releasing recently beautiful, critically acclaimed albums
by The Phantom Band, Aidan John Moffat / Bill Wells,
Malcolm Middleton.
Tonight's guests are Emma Pollock, Zoey Van Goey and Wounded Knee
www.chemikal.co.ukFebruary 2012
Wednesday 1st - 7.30pm Louis Abbott (Admiral Fallow) and friends...........
Tickets £5 www.celticconnections and http://www.tickets-scotland.com and Brel BO
Admiral Fallow's Louis Abbott is a music man about town, moving seamlessly between indie and folk scenesters and numbering among his friends members of Lau and Frightened Rabbit. Lets see who tuns up here. Whatever happens it will be fun and quality.
www.admiralfallow.com
Saturday 04 Feb - 3 - 5pm - Brel Jazz
Maria Speight Quartet
Tickets £5 www.celticconnections www.tickets-scotland.com and Brel BO
US vocalist now based in Edinburgh, Maria Speight brings her new band to Brel. Her reputation is growing and she is undoubtedly one of the UK's Jazz heroes. Typically American, she takes no prisoners and quickly gets the audience on her side with her blend of gospel, blues and standards.www.mariaspeight.co.uk
www.mariaspeight.co.uk
Sunday 05 Feb - 7.30pm - Brel Folk
Bella Hardy and guests
Tickets £12
www.celticconnections and http://www.tickets-scotland.com and Brel BO
Acclaimed Peak District singer Bella Hardy recently released her 3rd album which combines the traditional styles and ballad forms that have always been at the centre of her work with an added gift for poetry and Angela Carter-inspired twisted tales. Her songs touch on both the fantastical, storytelling elements of Kate Bush and the lovelorn songwriting craft of Carole King, ranging in subject matter from fairytales to English working class history via childhood nostalgia, myths, murder and the human condition. At the centre of it all is Bella's soaring and captivating voice, inhabiting her characters and spinning her stories with an equal balance of strength and sensitivity. This record "Songs Lost & Stolen" is a stunning and ambitious step forward from a unique and fascinating songwriter.
"Unveiled, committed, uncontrived, persuasive, passionate, empowering, and utterly wonderful" fRoots
"One of Britain's most expressive young singers" **** MOJO
"An impressive set" **** Guardian
"Bella's first all-originals album is a winner" Songlines
"Marvellously assured" **** Financial Times
Stunning live and a fitting finale to CELTIC CONNECTIONS 2012@BREL
www.bellahardy.com
also at Brel this February:
Jim Byrne CD Launch
Saturday 25th February
Brel, Ashton Lane (behind Hillhead Underground)
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