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Bell January 2011

Mon.3
The Fiasco Brothers
Fiasco? Who said Fiasco? For last-minute vacancies we call
lastminute.dom, and what do we get? Only the top bluegrass-to-post-to-go
combo in the country, that's what. Never fear, Fiascos here!

Wed.5
Vladimir Steamboat
Our Vladoration of these Musical Magi knows no bounds: this bunch could
probably do you a head arrangement of any song from the title alone,
tho' there's no guarantee that it'll sound like it did last time you
heard it.

Sun.9 lunchtime
Chicken Shed Zeppelin
We like the name and we like the music still better. Maybe no-one's
coined hedgemonkey hillbilly as a genre yet, but it's coming your way in
bands like this we met in leaky tents over the summer; good times in
bad times pretty well guaranteed.

Mon.10
The Mendip String Band
Mr Brown comes into town with his new-ish acoustic combo: if you've not
heard them yet, consider it our beat-the VAT bargain that you've simply
got to snap up, no time to think about it; and get one in for Kev while
you're about it.

Wed.12th
Contraband Dub Sessions
Edenheight meets Dub From Atlantis: depth-charging basslines and
rapid-fire rhythms bombing out even the hack military metaphors, from
party-proven players - and, indeed, playas. Urban but of course still
urbane.

Sun.16 lunchtime
Mike Hodinnot AllStar Blues Band
If it came in a tin, it's what it says on the label, but of course
there's far too much of this to fit in any tin, it's poky enough to melt
its way through any mere metal, and doesn't need the vacuum seal 'cos
it's thoroughly marinated in alcohol...

Mon.17
East Pole Orchestra
Literary scholars among you will know that the East Pole was discovered
by Winnie T Pooh himself in a dream: these guys play the music of an
equally imaginary but should-be place with an appropriate sense of fun!

Weds.18
Samsara
We've been saving this till the bleakest days: lovely live live live and
conscious reggae festival groove orchestra from Brighton Town: you need
cheering up, and these peeps are going to do that thing for you. Don't
miss!

Sun.23 lunchtime
Bartoune
It's a Zen Hussies side project, spotlighting some of the superlative
musicians that you don't hear enough of in that madcap mobile musical
menagerie; never forgetting that primo technique is no damn good if the
audience ain't having fun too.

Mon.24
Light Garden
What grows in a light garden but vision? Wow. Profound, ey? The vision
here has grown big enough to encompass overtone singing and liturgical
undertones around a folkish bourdon: it's also charming and catchy as -
ahem - a nursery rhyme.

Wed.26
TBC
[hopefully: The Raydiators]

Sun.30 lunchtime
Jackie Leven
Know a blueser you wanna make cry? A soul singer you wanna bring it on
home to? Even just an indiemo kid with an acoustic guitar you wanna get
real? Jackie's yer man. Is it too early for a gig of the year yet?
Better get in just in case...

Mon.31
Freight
Martin Jenkins, whom some will know as a Rhythmite - tho' others know he
can wrangle a piano with the jazzist fraternity - and Craig Crofton, who
when not funkin' it is among the most adept and horniest tenors this
side of Pavarotti - and indeed more. Original tunes and vision.