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APR / mayjim marshall auditoriumChris WoodDate: Tuesday 30 April, 8pmTickets: £15Chris Wood has been nominated for BBC Folk Award twelvetimes and received six awards from just three albums.Joan Armatrading was so taken with Chris’s writing sheinvited him as special guest onto her 50 date UK tour.During the Armatrading tour, he’s travelled the country,eavesdropping on conversations from pound shops to tearooms, army recruiting centres to hotel saunas collecting‘the poetry of recession’. His response is None The Wiser, afourth solo album. Justin Mitchell (Keyboards/Trumpet) andFelix Krish (Bass) join Chris as he sings humble hymns andsweeping statements. From Alzheimers to William Blake,Wood lovingly takes the pulse of his homeland and thiscould be his best album yet.www.chriswoodmusic.co.ukLike this? Try this:Show of Hands9 MayLoudon Wainwright IIIDate: Thursday 2 May, 8pmTickets: £29.50The legendary singersongwriterLoudonWainwright III returns to TheStables performing tracksfrom his extensive backcatalogue and new albumOlder Than My Old Man Now.Speaking of the lead trackThe Here & the Now,Wainwright says ‘singersongwritercontemporariesof mine have recently takento writing memoirs andautobiographies. I decidedI would try to tell the story of my swinging life in athree-and-a-half-minute song.’ With a CV boastingGrammy Awards and acclaimed albums, as well as roles infilms directed by Tim Burton, Martin Scorsese and CameronCrowe, he is one of the great US storytellers.www.lw3.comBeth Nielsen ChapmanLike this? Try this:11 and 12 MarchKyle Eastwood QuintetDate: Wed 1 May, 8pm Tickets: £19.50The eldest son of actor Clint Eastwood, Kyle wasbrought up listening to records of jazz stars suchas Duke Ellington, Count Basie and Miles Davis.Since signing to Candid Records in 2004, he hastoured extensively around the world, performing at thelikes of The Olympia, Paris, The Monterey Jazz Festival,the Blue Notes in Tokyo and New York and RonnieScott’s. The music resonates with swing, groove andfunk overtones driven by Kyle’s virtuosity on electricand upright bass.“Eastwood and his band create music fromthe heart: uplifting, reflective and beautiful.”All About Jazzwww.kyleeastwood.comLike this? Try this:JAZZ NIGHT SPECIALIvo Neame and Jim Hart10 September - Stage 2Get the pizza or pasta of your choice with saladfrom the buffet table and a glass of wine, bottled beeror draught soft drink for just £13 per person.Vegetarian options available. Served in Café in2.Slices of pizza and other snacks also available acrossthe bar. Go to www.stables.org for menu details.Jake & Elwood BluesDate: Friday 3 May, 8pmTickets: £23Spend an evening in Chicago to witness the mastersat work as they explode on stage with their soul, rhythmand blues musical extravaganza backed by the totallylive powerhouse that is the incredible Black Rhino Band.Featuring all the great classics including Soul Man, Livingin America, Everybody needs Somebody, It’s a Man’s World,I Feel Good, Sweet home Chicago, Georgia, Shake your TailFeather and many more. You will be dancing in the aisleswithin minutes!www.jakeandelwood.co.ukLike this? Try this:Chas n Dave9 AprilHiccup Theatre: RumpelstiltskinDate: Saturday 4 May, 11.30am & 2pmTickets: £8.50, under 16s £7,family of 4 £28Follow the troubled Miller’s daughter as she tries tooutwit the greatest trickster of them all. He’s sneaky, he’scheeky, he’s Rumpelstiltskin! Straw turns to gold, magicand mayhem are in the air... Before the sun rises will ourbrave heroine be able to solve the riddle and save the dayor will rotten Rumpel double cross her once and for all?Hiccup Theatre spins live music, puppetry and mischievousstorytelling into a golden new version of this classicfairy-tale by acclaimed, Olivier award-winning writerMike Kenny. Suitable for 3-7 years and their grown-ups.www.hiccuptheatre.co.ukLike this? Try this:Michaela Strachan’sReally Wild Adventures11 AprilJimeoin: What?!Date: Saturday 4 May, 8pmTickets: £14.50Hilarious world-class stand-up from internationallyacclaimed star of Live at the Apollo, The Royal VarietyPerformance, Channel 4’s Comedy Gala 2012, Best ofEdinburgh Comedy Festival, Jason Manford’s ComedyRocks’ and Michael McIntyre’s Comedy Roadshow.No gimmicks, just great craic!“Comedy of the highest order, inspired ramblings,quiet genius!” The Independentwww.jimeoin.comLike this? Try this:Screaming Blue Murder15 May - Stage 2Graham Gouldman: Heart Full Of SongsWith Rick Fenn, Mick Wilson and Mike StevensDate: Sunday 5 May, 8pm Tickets: £22.50Anyone who’s attended a 10cc concert in recent years islikely to have seen band co-founder Graham Gouldman’sopening acoustic set, featuring some of the hits he wrote forother artistes. The success of those performances, in whichfellow 10cc band members back Gouldman, has evolved intoHeart Full of Songs, a ninety-minute acoustic performancedesigned for intimate concert settings. The show will feature10cc classics such as I’m Not In Love and Dreadlock Holiday,pre-10cc Gouldman hits such as Bus Stop and Look ThroughAny Window (written for The Hollies), Heart Full of Soul andFor Your Love (The Yardbirds) and No Milk Today (Herman’sHermits) as well as songs from his highly acclaimed newsolo album Love And Work, and some surprises.www.grahamgouldman.infoLike this? Try this:Albert Hammond22 AprilMAY jim marshall auditorium16 Treat someone special – gift vouchers are available from the Box OfficeBox Office:01908 280800 email:stables@stables.org www.stables.org17
MAYjim marshall auditoriumPaul BradyDate: Monday 6 May, 8pm Tickets: £21.50Paul Brady, singer, songwriterand multi-instrumentalist isone of Ireland’s most highlyregarded and successfulartists. He crosses musicalboundaries again and again,incorporating folk, rock,blues traditional Irish andclassic pop styles into hissongwriting. Songs such as The Island, Crazy Dreams,Nobody Knows, Follow On, The Long Goodbye, and ParadiseIs Here have, over the years, given joy and emotionalsustenance to generations of Irish at home and abroad. Anevening with Paul Brady on stage is a captivatingexperience, and this great talent can easily be compared tohis contemporaries such as Jackson Browne, Van Morrison,Richard Thompson and Mark Knopfler.www.paulbrady.comLike this? Try this:ShoogleniftyThe Fureys16 AprilDate: Tuesday 7 May, 8pmTickets: £17.50Martin Turner’s Wishbone AshSupported by MotherlodeDate: Wednesday 8 May, 8pmTickets: £22Wishbone Ash’s heritage as one of the most enduring andbest-loved British rock acts is assured, synonymous withhigh quality guitar-driven rock music. Classic album releasessuch as Argus, Pilgrimage, There’s the Rub, New England andLive Dates defined the Wishbone Ash sound. Martin Turnerperforms the band’s best-loved works with his current line-up,remaining faithful to the original Wishbone Ash blueprintfocusing on material from the classic eras of Wishbone Ash,featuring stage favourites and classic album tracks.www.wishboneash.co.ukLike this? Try this:Uriah Heep3 MarchShow of HandsWith special guests Miranda Sykes andRex PrestonDate: Thursday 9 May, 8pmTickets: £20Glenn & FriendsDate: Friday 10 May, 8pmTickets: £22.50After touring with the History of the Big Bands with AndyAbraham last year, Barisons Swing Band return to TheStables with their new Glenn Miller show featuring thefabulous close harmony group The Three Belles, payingtribute to the well-loved Andrew Sisters. Miller’s matchlesshits are all here including Tuxedo Junction, Little BrownJug, Pennsylvania 6-5000, String of Pearls, In the Mood,Moonlight Serenade, Rhapsody in Blue, Oh When theSaints and Chattanooga Choo Choo to name just a few.All played by this fantastic 13-piece big band who excelin the showmanship and pure quality that set the originalMiller band miles apart from the rest.www.barisonsproductions.com/index.php/productions/glenn-and-friendsLike this? Try this:Ultimate BowieEchoes of Ellington14 JuneDate: Saturday 11 May, 8pmTickets: £20T’PauDate: Sunday 12 May, 8pm Tickets: £19.50T’Pau is a hugely successful pop/rock band fronted byCarol Decker. Instantly memorable with a big voice and abigger mass of red hair, Carol made an undeniable impacton the public. The band had a plethora of worldwide hits,including Heart & Soul, which stayed on the U.S billboardchart for six months, peaking at number four and of coursemost notably China In Your Hand, which occupied thenumber one slot in the UK for five weeks. T’Pau will becelebrating their 25th anniversary in 2013 with the releaseof a Greatest Hits album and this UK tour.www.tpau.co.ukLike this? Try this:Oli Brown BandJulia Fordham6 JulyDate: Tuesday 14 May, 8pmTickets: £16MAY jim marshall auditoriumShooglenifty is one of Scotland’s most unique musicalexports. This six-man band is credited as being theoriginators of acid-croft, a fiery and infectious blend ofCeltic traditional music and dance grooves that bandmembers describe as “hypno-folkadelic ambient trad.”A supremely dexterous and witty live band, their energeticlive performances have kept them in constant demandaround the world.“This is tradition standing on its head, doing cartwheels and pole vaulting over every barrier insight.” The Irish Timeswww.shoogle.comCeltic Fiddle FestivalLike this? Try this:4 JuneAfter a fourth sell-out showat London’s Royal AlbertHall in April 2012, concertand festival favouritesShow of Hands come to TheStables showing just whythey have been showeredwith accolades.Accompanied by strikingdouble bass player/ vocalist Miranda Sykes, England’sfinest acoustic roots act will be showcasing their newalbum Wake the Union, a journey through the heart of twolandscapes (UK & North America) united by a commontongue and musical heritage. Their inimitable music,crossing from folk roots into blues, rock, country, trad andworld, is played out on an array of instruments from slideguitar to fiddle, mandolin to South American cuatro.A whole world in one gig.www.showofhands.co.ukLike this? Try this:Chris Wood30 AprilDavid Bowie hasfrequently reinvented hismusic and image, and iswidely regarded as oneof the most influentialinnovators over the lastfive decades. UltimateBowie pays tribute to thework of this globalsuperstar, in a show thatis visually stunning andvocally impressive. EdBlaney takes the spotlight and leads an eight-piece bandthat takes you from David Bowie’s early years with hits suchas Starman, through his remarkable career to songs likeLet’s Dance, China Girl and many more. The band is notcalled Ultimate Bowie for nothing - this show captures theessence and authenticity of David Bowie in concert!www.ultimatebowie.comLike this? Try this:T-Rextasy26 AprilIt’s a long climb from the schoolyards of Norwich to the toptable of the British Blues scene, but Oli Brown has scaled it injust four years. The pivotal moment came at 15, when he wasinvited to the US as the guest of Blinddog Smokin’ which led toa mentoring scheme, with Oli sharing bills with Buddy Guy andTaj Mahal. Since then, audiences have been mesmerised by hisstunning performances and unique take on the blues, mixingfunk, jazz and rock and he has picked up multiple awardsand toured extensively throughout the world.“a British bluesman to rival Trucks andBonamassa.” Uncutwww.olibrownband.comLike this? Try this:John the Conqueror11 May - Stage 218 Buy any time – book your tickets online 24 hours a day Box Office:01908 280800 email:stables@stables.org www.stables.org19
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