Fairport's Cropredy Convention 2011

Brasenose Fringe Festival August 6th to 14th

Lineup

Saturday August 6 ~ 9pm (in the bar): The Cohen Brothers

Fuelled by a mutual love of 70′s west coast US music, funky, jazzy grooves and blistering rock riffs, The Cohen Brothers live sets are gaining them a great reputation at festivals, clubs and pubs across the West Midlands, UK.

Sunday August 7 ~ 8pm: (in the bar or marquee weather permitting!): Jamie Clarke's Perfect (ex-Pogues)

Perfect have successfully played more than 1200 concerts all over the world. Their live show is a mixture of their own material and Pogues classics and tradionals all played at breakneck speeds.

Wednesday August 10 ~ 8pm: (as above) Eugene 'Hideaway' Bridges (Texas)

Born in 1963, the son of he blues guitarist Hideaway Slim, Eugene is the fourth child of five. His mother was from the Bullock family (the same as Anna Mae Bullock better known as Tina Turner) and Eugene claims he got his guitar skills from the Bridges side and his voice from the Bullocks. A legendary blues guitarist and superb entertainer in the style of BB King and Robert Cray, Eugene is a man blessed with a level of craftmanship far beyond his years and is the man who may just hold the gift to the future of blues.

Thursday August 11 ~ 12pm til 11pm: Luke May Band ~ Mama Rosin ~ Sam Kelly's Station House ~ Dave Onions

12pm Luke May Band: Luke May is a young, well established singer songwriter and multi instrumentalist from Oxfordshire. With over 250 gigs spanning most of England under his belt, he has created a fast growing following. He has more recently teamed up with his very own backing band. His material, although very individual has been likened to that of Ryan Adams and Jack Penate. With poetic lyrics and hooking choruses his sound is Country and Folk with a Modern and British twist. Luke will be playing with his new band, with special guests including Tom Leary on fiddle.

2pm Mama Rosin: Mama Rosin live and love the Cajun/Zydeco music style, whose roots go way back to the 18th century. Somehow these 3 young Swiss rebels found the original soul of Louisiana on the banks of Lake Geneva, but trash it all with amped-up/echoed-up melodeon, guitar/banjo/rub-board and serious drumming. Forget any purist notions. Mama Rosin smash genre boundaries. It’s voodoo magic out of Zydeco/Cajun Creole music meshed with furious Rock’n’Roll, Velvet Underground meets Clash meets deep south.....and then some more! And this music is infectious, super-wild and incredibly groooovy!

4pm Sam Kelly's Station House: The band started out as the ‘house band’ playing at Bob’s Goodtime Blues at the Station Tavern, London W10 in the mid 90’s. The band was billed as a ‘Blues-Soul fusion featuring the classy vocals of Root Jackson and 1999’s Blues Drummer of the Year, Sam Kelly’. Sam's self taught style of drumming has placed him in the drumseat with Cymande, Dr John, Chaka Khan, Eddie Floyd, Robert Plant, Michelle Shocked and Gary Moore to name a few. He's been voted Blues in Britain Gallery of the greats' after winning 'UK Drummer of the Year' five years running.

8pm in the bar Dave Onions: Dave is a successful solo artist and a gifted multi-instrumentalist. His acoustic guitar style is uniquely percussive - that and his own finger-picking techniques and self-penned material adds up to an eclectic mix defying comparison or categorisation. His voice has drawn comparison to such venerated singers as Sting, Chris Rea and Gerry Rafferty. His music covers subjects ranging from nuclear waste and sailing the seas to love and the flu.... with plenty of nimble bottleneck slide work and deft arrangements.

Friday August 12 ~ 12pm til 11pm: Kangaroo Moon ~ The Wishing Well ~ Cherry Lee Mewis ~ Robin Auld

12pm Kangaroo Moon: Kangaroo Moon - living proof that even teleport travel causes jetlag, nurtured in two cultures, two hemispheres, hopping from summer to summer across the planet born of the European dreaming joining the ancient dreamtime of Australia, carried by a vision to play music for all the people everywhere, and to find the keys to the van.

2pm The Wishing Well: Beguiling orchestral and lush, The Wishing Well create spellbinding sounds which produce a rich tapestry of mesmerizing folk, pop and rock. Originally hailing from Australia, the band now features an international group of troubadours that spans 3 continents (Australia, England, Ireland, Italy, Scotland, Spain and USA). Since their formation four years ago, the band has toured tirelessly playing an impressive 1200 gigs on the international circuit, including playing at the Queenscliff Music Festival (Aus), The Blue Balls Festival (Switzerland), The Edinburgh Fringe Festival (Scotland), Montreux Jazz Festival (Switzerland), Skagenfest (Denmark) and Nibe Festival (Denmark) and Canterbury Arts Festival (England), released two albums and sold over 14,000 CDs independently. Lead singer Jai Larkan has previously supported artists such as Bob Geldof, Andy White, Liam O'Maonlai and Tim Finn and the band has shared the stage with David Gray, James Morrison, Seal and Joss Stone.

4pm Cherry Lee Mewis: Nominated in the 2011 Blues in Britain Awards for Best Female Vocalist, she’s a 5ft nothing 24-year old white girl from North Wales who has helped turn roots ‘n’ blues music into a cool, swinging fusion that’s both classic and stylishly modern. It’s 2 years on from Cherry’s first blues effort, Little Girl Blue, which was received with open arms and introduced a whole new audience to the smouldering sound of Cherry Lee Mewis, firmly securing Cherry’s place as one of the rising stars on the UK Blues scene today, taking her music from the tiny clubs of Bedford, to festivals in the UK and Europe, such as Italy’s Tropea Blues Festival, Shetland Blues Festival, The Barbican International Jazz & Blues Festival and Cambridge Rock Festival, naming just a few.

8pm in the bar Robin Auld: Based in Leicestershire, Zambian born Robin Auld is a guitarist and singer who incorporates African, Celtic, country, folk and pop into his music. He has released 12 albums and had numerous radio hits in South Africa including two number ones. He performs solo acoustic and with a 3 piece line-up, and apart from many tours of his own has opened for acts like Lloyd Cole, Angelique Kidjo, Osibisa, Jackson Browne and Michelle Shocked. He's performed and recorded in New York, London, Nashville and played events like Womad, the Grahamstown National Arts Festival and Cambridge Folk Festival.

Saturday August 13 ~ 12pm til 6pm: ahab ~ Willie and the Bandits~ Leatherat ~

12pm ahab: ahab went down a storm with the audience at last year's main festivaly. Now Fairporters have the chance to enjoy that great music again opening a great final days lineup. “ahab is the real deal – top-notch UK Americana featuring tight four-piece harmonies.” Simon Mayo, BBC Radio 2

2pm Willie and the Bandits: Wille and the Bandits, the internationally acclaimed artists, have been receiving praise across the globe for their fresh approach to roots music. Their ability to effortlessly mix an eclectic range of styles, providing each song with its own unique personality is a key attribute to their music. “Wille and the Bandits are taking roots music to a ‘new level’” (Roots time magazine)

4pm Leatherat: Closing Saturday at the fringe, what more could we ask for than to bring on the 'ats - summer is in full swing and Leatherat have been busy busy busy!, including headlining the Middleton music festival, supporting the Levellers at the Beautiful Days festival in Devon, and the boys have been busily working on their new website, including adding a couple of vids of Leatherat's inaugral show on the main stage at last years Fairport Festival. Saturday is not a day to be missed (but then, we're sure you'll agree, neither are any of the others!).

Sunday August 14 ~ 12pm: Red Shoes

The perfect band for the morning after the night before. Chill out on a lazy Sunday afternoon with Birmingham based Red Shoes. Their 2010 debut album, Ring Around The Land (produced with help of Fairport Convention bassist and fellow Brummie, Dave Pegg - is a.. "Beautifully realised collection of well crafted songs rendered in attractive, melodic folk-rock style" - Rock'n'Reel Magazine (R2).

As always, great sound provided by Lofty and his crew from Codex Audio - thanks Lofty!.. and a great big Happy festival to all!

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Past Brasenose Fringe Lineups

2010

2009

2008

2007