Samantha Fish reschedules UK tour and adds extra shows for September 2021 and February 2022

Blues guitarist and singer-songwriter Samantha Fish has rescheduled her six-date March 2021 UK tour for September 2021 and February 2022. Samantha’s shows at Newcastle Wylam Brewery, Edinburgh Queen’s Hall and London O2 Shepherd’s Bush Empire will now take place in late September 2021. In February 2022, Samantha will return to the UK to play her concerts at Bath Komedia, Manchester Academy 2 and Nottingham Rock City. Following these rearranged shows, Samantha will play newly announced dates at Cardiff Tramshed and Brighton Chalk. Commenting on new tour dates, Samantha Fish says: “It was strange (and ambitious) announcing a tour because we were all locked down fighting this virus. We’re still fighting! “We’ve…

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John Murry – Monday 3rd February 2020 at The Slaughtered Lamb, London. Doors 7pm, Music from 7.30pm

John Murry was adopted at birth into the family of William Faulkner. Some have speculated that the Faulkner blood might also run in his veins, but that should be left for a Southern Gothic novel yet to be written (or perhaps re-written). Raised in Tupelo, Mississippi, in the shadow of Elvis, his undiagnosed autism led to troubles at an early age that led to prescribed medication, which led to un-prescribed medication, which led to being institutionalised for addiction and mental health issues at a too young age. Eventually, discarded onto the streets of Memphis, he found music, which became the one constant positive force in his life. Memphis led to San…

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Nightingales – Four Against Fate UK Tour 2020

Nightingales - Four Against Fate UK Tour 2020 with special guests: Pete Astor (The Loft, Weather Prophets) & Kamura Obscura (Frank Chickens, Mizutama Shobodan) 2020 is due to be an exciting year for The Nightingales – The recently completed new album is to be isused in April, Fire Films will be releasing a documentary feature film written by Stewart Lee and directed by Michael Cumming, the series of reissues (Starting with the expanded 2xLP version of ‘No Love Lost’ in November 2019) will continue, the band guest on a new record by a ‘70s glam pop star & they will be hitting the road, starting in the UK in the Spring.…

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Dead Wax Digbeth, 28 Adderley St, Digbeth, Birmingham, B9 4ED. New Birmingham venue and ‘vinyl bar’ opens

“. . . an optimistic mind-set finds dozens of possible solutions for every problem that the pessimist regards as incurable.” – Robert Anton Wilson, Cosmic Trigger I: Final Secret of the Illuminati - 45 Birmingham and Midlands artists and DJs launch Dead Wax Digbeth from Thursday 28th November - Venue will be home to a collection of 4000 records, operating an ‘all vinyl, all the time’ policy - Music fans invited to play the venue’s records or bring own vinyl to play at city’s newest music destination - Craft beers from Beavertown, Laine Brew Co. and local breweries on offer all year round Dead Wax Digbeth 28 Adderley St, Digbeth, Birmingham…

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Church of Burn – Put your money where your mind is – Sunday 8th Dec 2019 – Annual Ritual Mass Money Burn Event

Produced and presented by MBG and Church of the Cosmic Burn in collaboration with The Cockpit and Iron Man Records. Church of Burn at the Cockpit is the largest annual Ritual Mass Money Burn Event in the world. In human history, Ritual Sacrifice has been pivotal in the ordering of economic relations and served to create civilisation, itself. We have forgotten this. "Money gains strength through our obedience. The more we let ourselves be governed by money, the more power we grant it and the more the vulnerable suffer." The Church of Burn redefines money and recasts our relationship with it. In Ritual it becomes a powerful sacrament - perhaps the most…

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Funk The Dam – A Funk, Soul & Disco Weekend taking place in Amsterdam from Friday 8th to Sunday 10th November 2019

The team behind the famous Funk & Soul Club bring you “Funk The Dam” – A Funk, Soul & Disco Weekend taking place in Amsterdam from Friday 8th November-Sunday 10th November, 2019. For the debut year, we have hand-picked a selection of some of the greatest and jazziest artists delving in Funk, Soul, Disco, Jazz and Brass music from the current scene. Expect evening events, museum tours, funk & soul banquet, coffee shop tours, intimate boat parties + lots more! This is the ultimate experience for funk & soul fans to lose themselves in a weekend of debauchery whilst exploring the beautiful sights Amsterdam has to offer. Join us on a journey…

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Total Assault On The Culture – October 2019

Iron Man Records provides a cultural outpost for musicians, writers and travellers in the arts. An Embassy and Vehicle for the Imagine Nation committed to inspiring and promoting Independent creativity. The Record label seeks to encourage residents and travellers in the arts to gather, record and present their cultural insights and experiences. Read the October 2019 Newsletter here Sign up for the next Newsletter here

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Curse of Lono – Tour Dates October 2019

Curse of Lono RECIPIENTS OF THE BOB HARRIS EMERGING ARTIST AWARD AT THE 2019 UK AMERICANA AWARDS “If dangerous living bothers you, look away now - but for everyone else, Curse Of Lono are a new beacon of darkness.” MOJO “Curse Of Lono have conjured a seductive mise en scene whose charged atmosphere bears parallels to Emylou Harris’s Wrecking Ball and U2’s The Joshua Tree.” 8/10 UNCUT “A masterpiece… A giant atmospheric soundscape of an album.” 4/5 COUNTRY MUSIC PEOPLE “Their songs conjure up epic, vivid soundscapes with a heart of noir.” 8/10 CLASSIC ROCK “Edgy yet lush Americana with harmonies to die for… One of the essential albums of 2018.” 8/10 LOUDER THAN WAR Curse Of…

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Transglobal Underground – EFG London Jazz Festival 22nd November 2019

"Full of life and heart and drama, it’s good to have that TGU ethos in the here and now" Songlines 2018 Transglobal Underground 22nd November 2019 LONDON PizzaExpress Jazz Club 10 Dean Street London W1D 3RW https://www.pizzaexpresslive.com/whats-on/trans-global-underground https://efglondonjazzfestival.org.uk/events/transglobal-underground-1 So what is Transglobal Underground? Well, over 25 years it’s been a DJ/musical collective, a working band famous for it’s scorching live shows, a techno soundsystem, a folk festival rabble rouser, a pop group, a club night, a Middle Eastern hit production team, an improvised study group for Indian classical music, an Albanian brass band, a duo..or was it an octet?...a seminar, a medicine show and several things no one involved would admit…

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MELUSINE – Children of the sweet water, by TUUP & Transglobal Underground

The Cinema Of The Imagination: Fairytales For Grown Ups Thu 10 October // 19:30 Bristol Tickets: £10 advance / £12 on the door PERFORMANCE STORYTELLING by TUUP MUSIC by HAMID MANTU AND TIM WHELAN of Transglobal Underground. Enter a world of supernatural beasts, power, jealousy & transformation. Medieval rulers of England and France often claimed descent from a part demonic, part angelic, part human, part fish-tailed creature called Melusine - a creator of peace and of conflict, a builder of cities, a vengeful daughter and a wronged wife – a legendary figure who the kings would credit for their achievements and blame for their cruelties. World renowned storyteller TUUP, joins forces…

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Multibird – Duo Tour Europe 2019 – featuring Seth Faergolzia of Dufus and Shaun Jones

Seth Faergolzia of DUFUS once again makes a delightful mess of musical borders with his latest project, Multibird, a mix of folk-rock, indie, bluegrass and world. European Tour dates: July 18 Skek – Amsterdam, Netherlands July 19 Die Goldammer – Diessen am Ammersee, Germany July 20 La Coquette – Morges, Switzerland July 21 Cafe Vinyl – Wetzlar, Germany July 22 Nordstadtbraut - Hanover, Germany July 23 Waggon – Offenbach, Germany July 24 Sunshine Bar – Köln, Germany July 25 Grüner Baum – Ottersweier, Germany July 26 Hunsrück Open Air Festival – Hunsrück, Germany July 27 Ayn Raum Haus – Mannheim, Germany July 28 Villa Nachttanz - Heidelberg, Germany July 29 Loophole…

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John Sinclair Freedom Rally – The Full Movie – December 10, 1971, in Crisler Arena

The John Sinclair Freedom Rally was a protest and concert in response to the imprisonment of John Sinclair for possession of marijuana, held on December 10, 1971, in Crisler Arena at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, Michigan. The event was filmed and released as Ten For Two. The reason behind the concert was the arrest of Sinclair, who was given ten years in prison for possessing two marijuana cigarettes. Shortly after the event, Sinclair was released. POWER TO THE OCCUPY MOVEMENT! Directed by Steve Gebhardt Cast Commander Cody and The Lost Planet Airmen ... Themselves Rennie Davis Rennie Davis ... Himself David Dellinger David Dellinger ... Himself Allen Ginsberg…

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