Author: shedmaster48

65+ male, with railway interests(WATTRAIN Newsletter editor and webmaster), and local internet radio presenter (NCCR)..and active supporter of the English Symphony Orchestra....
Events and Shows, Music

Joe Hill’s North Ark at Stratford Jazz,Playhouse,Stratford-upon-Avon 28/11/18

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Joe Hill’s North Ark
Wed 28 November 2018
20:00 £12 (£6 Students)
Stratford PlayHouse


Joe Hill’s North Ark is a septet made up of some of London’s top musicians. Between them they have played nationally and internationally with names such as Liane Carroll, James Maddren, Alan Barnes and The National Youth Jazz Orchestra, as well as receiving numerous accolades such as British Rising Star (Rory Ingham) and BBC Young Jazz Musician Finalist (Tom Smith). The band come together in this project to play Joe’s exciting original compositions and arrangements, which aim to engage not just jazz lovers but fans of any genre, and therefore concentrate on a wide variety of elements such as grooves, improvisation, accessible harmonic sequences, melodic writing and odd time signatures. They have recently recorded their debut E.P., and are embarking on a U.K. tour in Winter 2018 / Spring 2019. This gig promises to be one not to be missed, as they play music from their new C.D., alongside some brand new compositions.

James Davison – Trumpet
Tom Smith – Alto Sax
Alex Hitchcock – Tenor Sax
Rory Ingham – Trombone
Joe Hill – Piano
Jack Tustin – Bass
Boz Martin-Jones – Drums

In The Cooler, Interviews, Music

“In The Cooler” Friday 23rd November 2018

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“In The Cooler ” this Friday 23rd November 2018..7-9pm… Paul Goodhead will be recalling Anthony Newley, and we shall enjoy an hour of an ESO quartet entertaining a small group of elderly folk at Offenham from a week or so ago…   www.northcotswoldonline.com

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For those who can’t wait till Friday’s excerpt(!!) here is the full raw recording…

..and take a look at the English Symphony Orchestra’s fund raising page HERE, when your donation to participating charities can be doubled….

Go To It!!

One donation, twice the impact

 From midday November 27 – midday December 4

For one week only, every donation made through the Big Give’s website will be DOUBLED helping us to bring more live music to people in care homes and hospices

 We are delighted to have been selected to participate in the Big Give Christmas Challenge, having secured £5000 Pledges from supporters and our Charity Champion, The Postcode Support Trust.

  • We now need to secure at least £5000 Online Donations in order to make the most of this match funding campaign.
  • Please support us by clicking on the theBigGive.org.uk link and donating online between midday November 27 to midday December 4.

I do hope that you will feel able to support our fundraising campaign.

Best wishes

Mary Stevens

Concerts in Care Homes Manager & Fundraiser

Producer, ‘Music to Lift the Spirit’ DVD

Tel: 01886 821856

 ESO

English Symphony Orchestra/English String Orchestra

Web: www.eso.co.uk

Registered Charity No 1119621

 

Events and Shows, In The Cooler, Interviews

Mark Brzezicki (Big Country) & the 35th Anniversary of their first album “The Crossing”

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Mark Brzezicki of Big Country talks to NCCR “In The Cooler” about the band’s tour and the 35th anniversary of their first album “The Crossing”.

(“Big Country” Image)

Jamie Watson Bruce Watson Mark Brzezicki Simon Hough Scott Whitley

(Sincere apologies for audio quality. Phone malfunctions at the time of recording..but you can clearly hear Mark’s voice…turn volume up!!)

Events and Shows, In The Cooler, Interviews

“In The Cooler” on NCCR Friday 16th November 2018 7-9 pm..plus Bonus Tracks…

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Andy Stanton (Mr Gum children’s books author) Danny Rogers(son of Ted, 3-2-1- and Dusty Bin) Rachael and John Hewer (with Steptoe & Son) Julian Beale (with the Cotswold Champions results) Jakko Jakszyk (King Crimson progressive rock) and Neil Jones(Stone Foundation) are “In The Cooler”…………7-9 pm,www.northcotswoldonline.com

Andy Stanton & PSL 101118 Danny Rogers Steptoe & Son

Andy Stanton; Danny Rogers;”Steptoe & Son.”

Cotswold Champions logo 2018

King Crimson…and Stone Foundation.(Images copyrights acknowledged)

…and some appropriate music too!!

And here are a couple of tracks as a bonus!!

  1. Andy Garrett’s interest in music began at age 9 when he won a school competition to conduct the Battle Creek Symphony Orchestra. He then took up the guitar at age 10, wrote his first song at age 13, and began teaching professionally at age 16 for the Palmer School of Music. At age 17, he began playing live in various musical ensembles both at school and in his own locally formed bands. At age 22 he then wrote, recorded, and produced his first EP with the band Horizon. They performed at many live shows and went on to back up such acts as Black Oak Arkansas and Rare Earth. Shortly after this, Andy landed a job at a major guitar-string company (Dean Markley/American Winding) as their exclusive string-tester, which landed him in Kiplinger’s Personal Finance Magazine. He also got a degree as an Honor Graduate in Recording Engineering through AIA and started an independent record label called GBM RECORDS with his brother, Jeff Garrett, in 1994 to release promo tapes and CD-R’s of his music throughout the world. In 2004; Andy’s first Interactive Instructional Guitar CD-ROM was released through the best guitar site on the internet “Chops From Hell” demonstrating 200 of his favorite licks, musical sequences, and advanced techniques.
    Today; Andy lives just outside of Nashville, TN….and his music is available word-wide on Spotify, iTunes, Amazon, etc….with his latest albums “Futurism”, “Another Way”, “Mysteries”, and “Horizon Remastered” burning up all streaming services! Listen now to “Minstrels”

2.     Ashton Lane..Ashton Lane’s Breathe You In Debuts at Number 1 in the UK Country Charts. Here is an earlier tune..”One Day”… from the EP “Homeward Road”