Loudhailer Acoustic May 2018

Another ace Loudhailer Acoustic evening, uplifting and inspiring. Thanks to all the players - John Gowans and his slide guitar, Roy Lyons and his crescent moon, Jim Orwin's half a peach, Roy Kibbler's special sat nav, Gifford Rolfe and Joan Foye's fine mix of brand new and Red Guitar, Stuart Dainty's Angels and Rivers, Derek … Continue reading Loudhailer Acoustic May 2018 →

Loudhailer Acoustic April 2018

Thanks to everyone who came to Loudhailer Acoustic last week, great audience and fab sounds, it really was an ace night. It's auricula time of year so Rich & I opened the show with a couple of new Auricula Suite songs and Dexter jumped on the stage and joined in with some very nice violin. … Continue reading Loudhailer Acoustic April 2018 →

Nick Harper K94 Hull

How fantastic to welcome the sensational Nick Harper to play a solo show to a full house at Hull's Kardomah94 as part of his '100 Things' 20 date sell out tour. To celebrate his collection of around 20 albums Nick invited requests from his back catalogue of 100 or so songs. He charmed the crowd … Continue reading Nick Harper K94 Hull →

A Ghostly View

A ghostly view of Open Bridges Hull – excerpts of Moments in Time, the world premiere of the live musique concrete diffusion for Open Bridges by John Stead. Autumn equinox 2017

Open Bridges

Open Bridges Hull – excerpts of Moments in Time, the world premiere of the live musique concrete diffusion for Open Bridges by John Stead. Autumn equinox 2017

A ghostly view of the world premiere of the new acousmatic composition for Open Bridges. Electro Acoustic Ensemble director, John diffused the live music featuring found sounds of Hull bridges in octophonic sound to a full house at Hull’s Stage@TheDock, where the River Hull meets the Humber Estuary, in the shadow of the iconic buildings, The Deep, The Tidal Barrier, Millennium Bridge and the C4Di building. For the first time in the city’s history all 13 of Hull’s bridges raised, swung or closed simultaneously, splitting the city in two at 20:17 hours on the autumnal equinox 2017 during Hull City of Culture’s Freedom Season. Thanks to Simon Coope for his phone video clip, Graeme Oxby for the cover photo, and Phil Codd for…

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The Dark Guitar

Brand new outing for The Dark Guitar, Loudhailer Electric Company, live at Hull's Kardomah94   Original psychedelic sounds featuring members of seminal cult bands Red Guitars, Dead Fingers Talk and The Planet Wilson. “Cutting edge, psychedelic folk music of the highest quality.” Alan Raw, with Tom Robinson on BBC 6 Music. Loudhailer Electric Company released their debut studio album – … Continue reading The Dark Guitar →