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Richard Strange's Strange - and Wonderful - Stories Richard Strange's Doctors Of Madness were amongst the first bands I saw, they were out there, a dramatic British beat generation band, most influential. I had no idea what amazing adventures had befallen him since then until this week at his fabulous show at Kardomah94. His evening … Continue reading Richard Strange
Thanks to everyone who came to the penultimate Loudhailer Acoustic of 2017. Fab night with loads of ace live music, a great audience and vibe. Always great to welcome new and familiar faces. It was especially good to welcome back Cowboy DC with his full country bluegrass band Work in Progress. Cowboy was one of … Continue reading Loudhailer Acoustic November 2017
We spotted 55°N, 5°E music and dance performance because it was happening at The Stage @ the Dock, where we held the Open Bridges musique concrète world premiere last month. Vanishing's 55°N, 5°E is based on the true story of The Dogger Bank Incident of 1904 in which a Russian Baltic fleet mistook a British trawler for … Continue reading Vanishing – 55°N, 5°E
Work in Progress are e-x-p-a-n-d-i-n-g! Cowboy DC, Kelvin and Lewis were joined by Sophie on vocals and Dexter on violin and played a storming gig last night, we loved it, yeee hah!! Here they are - Rich took this great gallery of photos, click on an image and scroll along. Work in Progress played … Continue reading The Work in Progress Five
What a brilliant night. The most stylish cats around, Dave Graney and Clare Moore (The Moodists – Coral Snakes – mistlY) joined by Malcolm Ross (Josef K, Orange Juice) and Georgio 'The Dove' Valentino played a storming show at O'Riley's Hull as part of their 2017 European tour. The band charmed the crowd with totally top … Continue reading Dave Graney, Clare Moore & Friends
We were delighted when BAFTA winning composer John Stead accepted our request to compose a new musical work as the culmination of Open Bridges to take place during the freedom season of Hull's City of Culture year. The world premiere of John's piece, Moments in Time was a wonderful, quite surreal experience. The music, diffused … Continue reading Open Bridges – Moments in Time