Jelli Records and Trinity Community Arts Present Musician of the Year at BBC Folk Awards 2012
When
06/04/2014
from 19:30 to 23:00
Where
Upstairs Hall
At just 32 years old, Tim Edey is the current BBC Radio Two Folk Musician of the Year and one half of the Best Duo 2012 award with harmonica guru Brendan Power.
Hailing from Broadstairs in Kent, Tim has played, toured and recorded both on record and TV with quite literally a who’s who of the Celtic and acoustic music scene. On the road worldwide since he was fifteen years old, he recorded his debut album at the age of seventeen, in Ireland, with his guru and legendary musician Steve Cooney producing.
His subsequent musical activities include playing with Anam, The Sharon Shannon Band, Lunasa, Julie Fowlis band, Session A9, Michael McGoldrick Band and Wolfstone, guesting and recording with JP Cormier and the legendary Barra MacNeils in Canada, guesting with Altan in Europe, Mary Black (RTE TV), playing with various Flook members, Magic of the Dance and a highly successful teaming with Seamus Begley Ireland’s accordion king resulting in an album “Disgrace Notes”, recording in 2011 on the new releases by Christy Moore “Folk Tale” and The Chieftains “Voice of ages”, and being probably the first Anglo-born musician to feature on a Christy Moore album!
Tim’s own solo albums (of which there are five) have been popular in Ireland and the UK as well as Europe. Touring in Austria to standing ovations with his Collective trio in 2011 was one career highlight, another was playing the legendary Celtic Colours festival in Canada in 2011 – where he also recorded a duo album with multi-award winning Canadian artist JP Cormier (due out late 2012).
Playing more than eight instruments to a virtuoso standard, Tim mainly uses the Melodeon and button accordeon and nylon strung guitar. He now also adds being a rather shy but fine voiced singer to the stage.
“Tim Edey is an incredibly gifted and talented musician… and the nicest guy in the world” Sharon Shannon
“if that’s not good stuff, I don’t know what is…” Mike Harding BBC, Radio Two
“There are no words in the English dictionary that can quite describe the reaction to Tim Edey’s music. Tim takes our breath away with his musicianship and joie-de-vivre!”. Peter Arnold – Jurassic folk, Devon
“A quite staggering display of virtuoso musicianship in the form of BBC2 Folk Awards 2012 double winner Tim Edey” Richie Evans, music promoter.
Support form Maxi Rai. Maxi Rai is more than just a fusion of folk, blues, jazz and soul. the energy and true passion in every note sang and played sang by this One Woman Show, can be felt from the front to the back of the room. Not to be missed. Find her on Facebook
The Fleece presents alternative metal band with support from Lonely The Brave
02/04/2014
from 19:30 to 23:00
Therapy? + Lonely The Brave
Therapy? are very pleased to announce a short UK run of shows in April 2014 to celebrate the 20th(!!) anniversary of “Troublegum” and to coincide with a 3-disc Universal Records re-issue. The set on the night will feature that album plus a host of other musical treats from round that era of the bands recording career (B-sides plus “Short Sharp Shock”, “Face The Strange”, “Opal Mantra” Ep tracks etc). As well as the recent release of a career spanning boxset the band are currently working on a new studio album due for release late 2014.
Feat. Guy Malkerson, Lonely Tourist, Mark McDowell & The Legendary Barry + Special Guests
28/03/2014
from 19:00 to 23:00
Save Friday 28 March 7 – 11pm as a date for an alternative acoustic music fundraiser in aid of 1625ip!
1625 has been helping young people reboot their lives since 1983. They provide housing, life skills, confidence-building, education, training, jobs and fun for young people in Bristol and South Gloucestershire.
The evening will be memorable a one as singer/songwriter Guy Malkerson launches his album “Folklore” recorded with independent record producer Jim Lang (Malcolm Middleton, My Latest Novel, Mona, Echo & The Bunnymen)in Glasgow late last year. Booked to put on an incredible show in support of 1625 will be Lonely Tourist, Mark McDowell and The Legendary Barry. Young People from 1625 will be preparing a special menu to help fundraise as part of the event.
Lonely Tourist is releasing his third album a bit earlier in March. His songs are well supported on Radio Six, especially his single the Ballad of Paul Tierney.
Mark McDowell’s frequent live sets feature material from 2013’s well-received three EPs ‘McDowell Chamber Union’, ‘Mark McDowell’, ‘Drifter’ and his seven inch single ‘Girls of Belvoir’ released by Fruits Der Mer Records in November. Mark is also a singer/songwriter and guitarist with Bristol psych rock band Rauschenberg and a guitarist with The Radiant Sounds of Dust.
Onesy wearing balladeer The Legendary Barry will be entertaining with tunes off his release from last year, “A Lunchtime’s Work”. Listen out for Double Entendres and Big Society.
All this for a fiver (you can give more!)
Doors open at 7pm. Get there early to avoid disappointment.
Bristol’s very own 9-piece funk, soul, jazz women’s band
When
22/02/2014
from 19:30 to 23:00
Meet Your Feet, Minke Whales & Wolfhound
Bristol ‘s very own 9-piece women’s band have recently released their first EP in 20 years following their reformation. Now signed to Jelli Records, Meet Your Feet will be performing tracks from the “Unfinished Business” EP at the Trinity, Bristol on Saturday 22nd February.
People who remember the band and who have seen their fantastic recent gig at the Thekla will know of their infectious music based on funk, soul, jazz, Latin and pop influences.
The band was originally formed in 1987 and quickly became one of Bristol ’s top bands. Meet Your Feet have a fantastic track record including several European tours and gigs at all the prestigious festivals such as WOMAD and Glastonbury.
The 9-piece will be playing their original, highly danceable music at the Trinity. The songs are dynamic with tight harmonies, catchy sax riffs, infectious percussion and spot-on lyrics, making it almost impossible to stop your feet from dancing.
And of course, the EP itself will be on sale at the gig.
Meet Your Feet will be joined by The Minke Whales , a Bristol five-piece formed in 2009 by Edinburgh singer songwriter Stuart Reid (formerly of Shifty Disco Record’s band, Seagull Strange), bassist Neil Hughes, banjo player Tim Moore, drummer Chris Mapp and latterly singer Elle Ashwell when they discovered their collective love of recording music in allotment potting sheds.
http://www.theminkewhales.com/
Special Guests for the evening will be Wolfhound, all female trio who play their own brand of indie-folk overlaid with soulful harmonies.
www.wolfhoundlive.com
Tickets £7
£8 on the night.
Doors 7.30pm
Music from 8pm
SJM Concerts presents Brighton based indie rock band
When
15/04/2014
from 19:00 to 23:00
British Sea Power
Plus Special Guests
“In 2013, ten years on from their debut album, British Sea Power are hitting their stride. New album Machineries Of Joy is a creative high, a superbly composed, multi-stylistic tour de force. Beautifully mechanised rhythms sits alongside wind-blasted Bronte-rock cinematics. Brain-bent garage thrash hurtles in.
BSP have played numerous striking shows: atop the Great Wall Of China and at London’s Natural History Museum. At Jodrell Bank and at London’s Czech Embassy. On the Scilly Isles and on Arctic islets. Down a Cornish slate mine and at the Chelsea Flower Show” and now adding The Trinity Centre to the list this is one not to miss.
Live Nation presents rising LA electronic soul singer, keyboardist and songwriter
When
20/03/2014 19:00 to 23:00
Banks
+ special guest
BANKS will be making her live return to the UK for a debut headline tour in March.
The last few weeks have seen the Los Angeles singer-songwriter and self-taught pianist tipped by everyone from the BBC Sound of 2014, MTV, Spotify and all the way to Shazam and UK Blog Sound of 2014, further testament that the excitement with BANKS as one of the years most promising new artists is truly across the board.
The Guardian’s new band of the day back in July, described Banks as “less reticent, more robust, less wispily idiosyncratic” than other “ethereal R&B females”. With a deeper voice “she does sultry and mature/sophisticated woman rather than distracted laptop girl (she loves Fiona Apple, Lauryn Hill, Tracy Chapman: “Anybody with grit and crunch in their voice”). The voice is higher in the mix, but it’s not high. And although she’s singing – huskily – over beats, they’re not quite as blown as SZA’s or Phlo’s. This is straighter stuff: more Jessie Ware than Jessy Lanza”.
BANKS critically lauded LondonEP (the title owing to the city it was written and recorded in) released in September has won her an ever-growing legion of supporters and fans as it further established her distinct sound – a place where sparse clicky beats, wiry basslines, mercurial synths, confessional lyrics, and seductive melodies coalesce. Supporting the Weeknd on tour in the US and UK, the end of the year has seen her grace stages as sizeable as Radio City Music Hall in New York to the 02 Arena in London. A one off headline London show at Shoreditch Town Hall sold out in a head spinning two hours.
Jelli Records and Trinity Community Arts Present BBC Folk Award Nominees…
When
16/03/2014
from 19:30 to 22:00
NOMINATED FOR BEST DUO IN THE 2009, 2010 & 2011 BBC FOLK AWARDS!
Megson will be performing in the beautiful setting of our newly refurbished upstairs hall here at The Trinity Centre.
The Guardian **** Megson have steadily established their reputation as two freshest, most original performers in the latest folk revival, and this album places them in the major league…a subtle and intriguing set.
Songlines **** ‘Take Yourself a Wife is a marriage made in heaven’
Maverick ***** ‘This is an exceptional record’”
Support From Darren Hodge
Darren Hodge is a young man who is regarded by his peers as one of the top young guitarists in the country. He is a runner up in the 2013 BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards.
DHP presents, pioneers of the London Acid Jazz scene
Brand New Heavies
***DATE CHANGE*** (MOVED FROM THUR 5TH DEC – all tickets remain valid)
The Brand New Heavies, are a British music institution whose unique mix of jazz, funk and soul has lit up the UK music scene for well over two decades.
In the wake of the 25th anniversary of Acid Jazz (the label that signed ‘The Heavies’ in 1990), 2013 sees the release of their first full studio album in nearly seven years: ‘Forward’, featuring original vocal collaborator N’ Dea Davenport and introducing new vocalist Dawn Joseph.
Over the years The Brand New Heavies have been responsible for some of the UK’s biggest R & B/ soul tracks, scoring 16 top 40 singles including ‘Dream On Dreamer’ and ‘You’ve Got A Friend’, as well as over two million album sales.
