On April 20th, The DiN Electronica label is celebrating its 25th anniversary in 2024, and is proud to present a special concert with label founder Ian Boddy playing alongside Norwegian ambient guitarist Erik Wøllo at Liverpool’s The Capstone Theatre.
Whilst Boddy has played at The Capstone Theatre several times before, this is, in fact, Wøllo’s debut UK concert. This latter fact is rather surprising as Wøllo has over 50 albums to his name in a range of electronic genres, as well as having toured extensively in Europe & the USA.
The pair will each play a solo set followed by a joint on stage performance, combining Boddy’s use of analogue modular synths with Erik’s haunting Ebow guitar and flowing keyboard lines.
They have previously released three studio albums, and one live album on Boddy’s DiN label. Their last album, Revolve (DiN73) received the Schallwelle Award in Germany for best ambient album in 2023.
Harking from Illinois, Pokey LaFarge previews his latest release inspired by the deep soul not just of the Californian shores, but from distant geographical places like Africa and Latin America. LaFarge sets out to create a body of work that paired emotional lyrics with a killer groove and grabby melodies.
Since his independent debut release in 2006 with Marmalade, LaFarge has made a steady name in the blues and folk scene, beginning in Nashville, working his way to Los Angeles and finally ending up in Mid-Coast Maine, where he began sowing the seeds of his next release, Rhumba Country, working 12-hour days on a local farm – a turn of events that catalyzed an extraordinary burst of creativity and redefined his sense of purpose as an artist.
As he immersed himself in the album’s creation, LaFarge began dreaming up a kaleidoscopic sound informed by his love of music from far-ranging eras and corners of the globe, including mambo, tropicália, rocksteady, and mid-century American rock-and-roll. Co-produced along with Chris Seefried and Bergman and recorded in L.A., the resulting Rhumba Country is an invitation to come together to celebrate life and love.
LaFarge now invites you to experience Rhumba Country in an intimate and memorable live show that will transport you to a plethora of eras and cultures all guided in the comforting and familiar vessel of blues and folk.
AGMP comes to Birkenhead to present alt-country pioneers The Long Ryders in the Future Yard live room on Friday 11th October, celebrating the 40th anniversary of their breakthrough album Native Sons, playing it live in full.
Often credited as the actual founders of the alt-country movement, a musical genre which did not exist before they burned so brightly in the eighties, The Long Ryders a key link in the Americana chain, uniting Gram Parsons’ Flying Burrito Bros with Wilco and the Jayhawks.
Formed in Liverpool in 1985, the Revolutionary Army of the Infant Jesus is a unique experimental ensemble whose work goes beyond music.
For over thirty-five years the band’s cult following has grown. Their mesmerising recorded material is influenced by diverse cultural perspectives and stimulates a deeply personal and subjective awakening.
Ethereal vocals, ambient compositions, chants, acoustic instrumentation and field recordings generate beautiful and emotionally intense soundscapes. Their live performances are improvised, often featuring fragments, echoes and reimaginings of the recorded work.
Bernard Butler is a Brit and Grammy Award winning musician.
He has created era-defining albums and anthems, and produced seminal releases by The Libertines, Tricky, Black Kids, Kate Nash, James Morrison, Texas, Mark Eitzel, Paloma Faith and Duffy – spawning her Grammy and Brit Award winning debut Rockferry. He has played guitar for Pet Shop Boys, Bryan Ferry, Roy Orbison, Bert Jansch, The Libertines, Neneh Cherry, Robert Plant and Ben Watt.
Butler is Patron to the Bert Jansch Foundation and Generator NE and lectures in songwriting for the Abbey Road Institute. A collaboration with Jessie Buckley, For All Our Days That Tear The Heart, was shortlisted for the 2022 Mercury Prize. Currently he has completed albums by Sam Lee and The Clockworks, and has a new solo album for 2024 release.
Claire Henry and musicians from the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra invite you to enjoy all the fun of the fair with this sunny, summery concert!
It’s always a warm welcome in the Music Room, and the whole audience will be getting involved in the music and games!
Tickets for under 9 months are free but tickets must be booked with an adult ticket.
Pegasus Opera, in partnership with the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra present Windrush, The Journey.
For more than 30 years, Pegasus Opera Company has fearlessly paved the way for diverse talent in opera. Today, they’re paying tribute to Windrush, showcasing a rich tapestry of music and storytelling, and celebrating Black classical composers: past, present and future.
Through the outstanding music of Chevalier de Saint-Georges, Richard Thompson and Des Oliver – three composers who represent different eras of Black history – we’ll honour the legacy of the Windrush generation with an exciting fusion of classical music, steel pan, jazz and blues.
Author and musician Tom Kitching launches his new book and album, Where There’s Brass, with a special storytelling and music concert tour.
Documenting six months living in the London waterways community, making the long journey across England from Manchester on a traditional narrowboat built in 1937, Where There’s Brass tells the story of the contemporary London waterways – a floating slum at worst, a bohemian, alternative, vibrant community at best. It is a love letter to the waterways, and a rallying cry for what they can be in the future.
Stories old and new are interwoven with a specially composed suite of music, underpinned by Tom’s long-term accompanist, the brilliant Nordic mandola player Marit Fält.
Tom’s debut solo album Interloper was listed at #6 in the Sunday Express Albums of the Year 2015.
This cantata ‘Halt im Gedachtnis Jesum Christ’ (Hold in your memory Jesus Christ, who rose from the dead) provides an account of the risen Christ’s appearance to his disciples; three times the bass soloist sings Christ’s greeting ‘Peace be with you’ and the chorus responds.
The chorus, three soloists and string ensemble are joined by trumpet, flute and oboes d’amore.
The hits earned their place in pop history. From Poison Arrow to The Look Of Love, from All Of My Heart, and Be Near Me, to When Smokey Sings, ABC were the band that redefined glamour and cool.
Led by the charismatic Martin Fry, they enjoyed TransAtlantic success as The Lexicon of Love proved as artful as a Warhol silkscreen, and glossier than Marilyn’s lipstick. ABC’s The Lexicon of Love was a brilliantly distinctive debut album, fizzing with bright ideas, and unapologetically flamboyant.
Frontman Martin Fry harked back to a golden era of luxe, as though Cole Porter had been re-imagined among the narrow streets of Sheffield. Little wonder his sleek, opulent, and beautiful debut retains the affection of listeners four decades on. With good reason, it has stood the test of time. And so has Martin Fry, who will bring an evening of stripped-back music and conversation to UK theatres in celebration.
His intimate tour follows a sold-out tour of the UK, which included three sell out nights at London Palladium, and coincides with the publication of his autobiography. That’s the look, that’s the look… The Look of love.
* Meet’n’greet packages and VIP packages are available.
