Chilean afrobeat pioneers Newen Afrobeat perform at Future Yard on Wednesday 7th August in a joint show with LUMA Creations, channelling the musical style born in the late 60s in Nigeria by the hand of Fela Kuti and Tony Allen.
With 15 years of sonic trajectory, they have been opening space within the world music, jazz and global afrobeat music scenes with outstanding appearances in important events such as Womad, Womex, Felabration Nigeria, Jazz Festival in Montreal and presentations in more than 20 countries in Latin America, North America, Africa and Europe.
Today, Newen Afrobeat proposes a unique sound, with a proposal of cultural integration between Latin America and Africa and an energetic and colourful staging without ever leaving aside the social message that characterizes each of its lyrics.
“Newen” translates from the indigenous Mapuche language as “strength”, and there is no doubt that this word characterises their message and immense, horn-fuelled, rhythmically irresistible sounds – KLOF Magazine
It’s that time of the year again! QUARRY are super excited to announce that they’ll be hosting their 3rd Birthday all-dayer on 7 September.
While it has been more than three years since they started this project, it feels like 3 years from when they were able to officially open their doors post-pandemic and welcome you all to the venue
To celebrate, they’ve curated a line-up with some of the best live music from the North-West and beyond, their biggest and most exciting lineup to date. FEATURING…
HOOTON TENNIS CLUB
MEMORIALS
PET SHIMMERS
A LESSER VERSION
HANK BEE
BRITISH BIRDS
BYE LOUIS
GAS KUNST
AUTOCAMPER
JERBOA
DAMWMSSNI
& MORE ARTISTS TBA
This Feeling present the excellent indie rock of Wigan’s Casino Club at Jacaranda Baltic.
“If you’re going to see the emergence of a new great band you’ll see them at This Feeling first.” Carl Barat, The Libertines
Taking over an array of iconic music haunts in the heart of Liverpool, this unique multi-venue festival will be inviting some of the best and brightest acts from the UK and beyond to the city between 6th-10th November
Venues include Olympia, Jacaranda Baltic, The Dome, EBGB’s, and Rough Trade. Performers include post-punk purveyors Yard Act, new Liverpool band YOBS and the excellent Sprints.
Dedicated to sustaining and celebrating local music culture, all profits from Favourite Days will be reinvested into the community funding local bands and in turn, supporting the lifeblood of the scene, independent venues.
Spare Snare are a cult, lo-fi band from Dundee.
They were founded in 1991 consisting of Jan Burnett (vocals, guitar, electronics, melodica), Alan Cormack (bass, guitar, drums, synths), Barry Gibson (drums, bass, guitar), Graeme Ogston (guitar, bass, ukulele) and Adam Lockhart (guitar, synths, bass, voice) and One significant change in recent years has been the expansion of the Snare line-up to six with the addition of Michael Lambert.
The band are only playing two shows this year with QUARRY being their headline! this is one to not miss! The band have recorded four sessions with the legendary John Peel and in 1995 entered at number 32 with Bugs in the Festive Fifty.
In February 2018, Spare Snare recorded their 13th album, Sounds Recorded by Steve Albini with producer Steve Albini. They have a diverse range of hits that will be a pleasure to see live!
Get on down!
Check out all of their work here: https://sparesnare.bandcamp.com/music
Sprints headline The Dome as part of Favourite Days festival with support from Chloe Slater and Barstaff.
The festival provides grassroots sounds in independent spaces and is held in Liverpool, 6 – 10 November 2024
Favourite Days presents 5 DAYS of live music!! Included in their line-up is this special show by Yard Act at the Olympia.
They’re super excited to be welcoming so many incredible artists to their line-up! Choose from a mix of headline shows – catch your favourite band at your favourite venue, and discover a couple of fresh finds along the way.
Support comes from Freak Slug and Floodlights.
Martin is thrilled to be embarking on his second major UK tour this Autumn.
Although born with the open road in his blood, Prefab Sprout appear to have had a forty-year aversion to playing live and he hopes these new shows will address his gigging addiction.
He’ll be revisiting the repertoire written by his brother Paddy that stretches back through the classic Prefab Sprout albums: Swoon, Steve McQueen, Protest Songs, Langley Park to Memphis, Jordan: The Comeback, Let’s Change the World With Music, Andromeda Heights, The Gunman and Other Stories, I Trawl The Megahertz and Crimson/Red.
Expect all the hits and pared-back acoustic versions of Prefab Sprout’s most beloved songs, along with some storytelling and the opportunity to meet Martin after the show.
Following the success of Vonda’s recent barnstorming UK tours which sold out venues across the country, Vonda will be returning to play a set of greatest hits and favourites from her many albums including her latest release, Red Light, Green Light with her full band.
Vonda first shot to fame through her long-running appearances, performances and musical accompaniment on the smash hit US TV show Ally McBeal. The theme song ‘Searching My Soul’ reached the top 10 in the UK and Vonda released a series of Ally-inspired albums which went on to sell a staggering 12 million copies worldwide.
Including such favourites as ‘Tell Him’, ‘Maryland’, ‘I Only Want To Be With You’, ‘Baby Don’t You Break My Heart Slow’, ‘Proud Mary’, ‘Walk Away Rene’ and ‘You Belong To Me’, this is one feel good evening filled with nostalgia not to miss!
Vonda says, “I had so much fun performing for my fans in the UK, it’s been a joy to reconnect with everyone and I can’t wait to come back and see everyone again.”
Over his fifteen-year career, Midlands-born guitarist and songwriter Sam Carter has earned a reputation for vivid, heartfelt songwriting and captivating live performances.
He is a highly regarded instrumentalist, renowned by many as “the finest English-style fingerpicking guitarist of his generation” (Jon Boden). Sam has appeared on national TV, including Later… with Jools Holland, won a BBC Folk Award, and toured the world, sharing stages with folk’s leading lights, including Richard Thompson, Eliza Carthy, Martin Simpson, and Bella Hardy.
This autumn, Sam Carter returns with a tour in support of his latest record, Silver Horizon – an album packed with hook-driven indie folk songs set in a captivating, dream-like sound world. Having played on the recording, guitarist Stuart McCallum (The Breath) joins him again tonight, weaving epic reverb-drenched soundscapes around many songs, which are simultaneously otherworldly and deeply personal. It’s this seamless blend of the intimate and ethereal that makes Silver Horizon the most remarkable album of Carter’s career.
