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gig guide<br />
gig of the month<br />
Even before you’ve listened to her music or heard her pitchperfect<br />
backstory, Angaleena Presley’s name indicates that you’re<br />
dealing with a country music star. The coal miner’s daughter and<br />
native of Beauty, Kentucky is a direct descendant of the original<br />
feuding McCoys, a former single mother and cashier at Wal-<br />
Mart and Winn-Dixie, and a member of the platinum-selling<br />
country supergroup Pistol Annies. Her debut solo album, American<br />
Middle Class, casts a bright, unflinching eye over rural life in<br />
modern America, and scored rave reviews when it was released<br />
last year. In the grand country tradition, Presley paints a bleak<br />
picture of dead-end jobs, teenage pregnancies and drug addiction<br />
through songs that are full of life. She appears at the Con<br />
Club with backing from <strong>Lewes</strong>’s The Jamie Freeman Agreement.<br />
“I have lived every minute on this record,” she says. “My mama ain’t none too happy about me<br />
spreading my business around, but I have to do it.” Sunday 24, Con Club, 7.30pm. Advance from Union<br />
Music Store: £12 (members £8). Door: £14 (members £10).<br />
january listings<br />
sat 2<br />
Shepherds Arise! Traditional Sussex folk carols<br />
and tunes. Elephant & Castle, 8pm, £6<br />
Ally Mobbs. Electronica. The Lansdown.<br />
7.30pm, free<br />
Sun 3<br />
Dance tunes session. Traditional English folk.<br />
Bring instruments. Lamb, 12pm, free<br />
John Marsh. Acoustic. Con Club, 3pm, free<br />
Open mic. Elephant & Castle, 7.30pm, free<br />
Mon 4<br />
Daphne Roubini. Jazz. Snowdrop, 8pm, free<br />
Tue 5<br />
Dance tunes session. Traditional English folk.<br />
Bring instruments. John Harvey, 8pm, free<br />
Fri 8<br />
Cam Penner. Rock ‘n’ roll folk, plus support.<br />
Con Club, 7.30pm, £10 (members £8)<br />
Sat 9<br />
Wassail. Traditional English folk, with fire and<br />
candles. Elephant & Castle, 8pm, £4<br />
Sun 10<br />
Wildwood Jack. Acoustic. Con Club, 3pm, free<br />
Mon 11<br />
Sammy Mayne. Jazz sax. Snowdrop, 8pm, free<br />
Fri 15<br />
The Captain’s Beard. Pirate folk rock. Con<br />
Club, 8pm, free<br />
Sat 16<br />
Annual Sussex All-Day Singaround. Traditional<br />
English folk. Royal Oak, Barcombe, 11am-<br />
11pm, free<br />
Sun 17<br />
Dance tunes session. Traditional English folk.<br />
Bring instruments. Elephant & Castle, 12pm, free<br />
Mon 18<br />
Quinto Latin Jazz. Featuring Raul D’Oliviera<br />
and Tristan Banks. Snowdrop, 8pm, free<br />
Fri 22<br />
Louisiana Lightning. Country rock ‘n’ roll (see<br />
overleaf). Con Club, 8pm, free<br />
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