** Movinmusic Newsletter Number 64 – April/May 2010**

Hello everyone, and welcome to the sixty-fourth Movinmusic Blues Agency Newsletter. You're receiving this e-mail because you have either entered your e-mail address into Movinmusic's mailing list or have requested information about our acts in the past. If you don't want to receive this Newsletter please visit http://www.movinmusic.co.uk/blues_mailing_list.htm where there is a form into which you can type your e-mail and then choose the unsubscribe button to be permanently removed from this list. This newsletter contains information about: 

Ana Popovic UK Tour - April/May 2010 
Earl Thomas and the Kings of Rhythm – April/May 2010
James Hunter - Manchester & Kendal
WAMMAJAMMA - The classic line-up reforms
Family Style Band (Italy) Short UK Tour 
Big Wheel Blues Festival - Isle of Man
Mumbles Mostly Jazz and Blues Festival
Final Lisa Mills Dates

** Ana Popovic UK Tour - April/May 2010 **
Ana Popovic will be on tour in the UK during late April and early May 2010. 
Ana Popovic is an incredible guitarist/vocalist who was born in Belgrade, Yugoslavia and now resides in The Netherlands. Her career has been meteoric, and shows no signs of slowing down. Ana is the first European ever nominated for ‘Best New Blues Artist’ at the W.C. Handy Award Show in Memphis, Tennessee (2003). She was also nominated for 'Best Blues Album' at the Jammie Awards in New York City, a three way nominee for 'Best Vocalist', 'Best Guitarist' and 'Best Album' at the French Blues Awards (2002), and she and her band won the prestigious jazz award 'Jazz A Juan revelation In Juan Le Pins' (France 2004).  
GIG DATES
Thursday, 29/04/2010, Charlotte Street Blues Club, 74 Charlotte Street, London W1T 4QH 0207 580 0113
http://www.charlottestblues.com/  

Friday, 30/04/2010, Bournemouth Blues Club (Please note date change), Champions in Westbourne, Bournemouth.
http://www.bournemouthbluesclub.co.uk/  

Saturday, 01/05/2010, Session Recording, BBC Radio 2's Paul Jones' Show, Broadcast date to follow. 
Saturday, 01/05/2010, Mumbles Mostly Jazz and Blues Festival, Festival Pavilion, At Southend Gardens on Mumbles Road, SA3 4EA, Mumbles 01792 361302 
http://www.mumblesmostlyjazzandblues.co.uk/  

Sunday, 02/05/2010, Big Wheel Blues Festival, Laxey Pavilion Ballroom, Laxey Glen Gardens, Isle of Man.
http://www.bigwheelblues.com/  

Monday, 03/05/2010, The Famous Monday Blues Club, the Bullingdon, 162, Cowley Road, Oxford, Oxon 01865 557849 
http://www.famousmondayblues.co.uk/   

Tuesday, 04/05/2010, The Cellars at Eastney, 56 Cromwell Road, Southsea, Hamps PO4 9PN 023 92826249 
http://www.thecellars.co.uk/  

Wednesday, 05/05/2010, The Y, 7 East Street, Leicester, LE1 6EY 0116 2557066.
 http://www.leicesterymca.co.uk/y-theatre.php  

Thursday, 06/05/2010, The Forum, University of Hertfordshire, Herts. 
http://www.forumhertfordshire.co.uk/ 

Click here for more info:
http://www.anapopovic.com or http://www.movinmusic.co.uk 

** Earl Thomas and the Kings of Rhythm – April/May 2010 **

Earl Thomas and the Kings of Rhythm (the late great Ike Turner's Grammy Award winning band) are on tour in the UK at the very end of April/beginning of May.
GIG DATES
Tuesday, 27/04/2010, The Sage Gateshead, St Mary's Sq, Gateshead Quays, Gateshead, NE8 2JR 0191 4434661 0191 4434661.
http://www.thesagegateshead.org/
Thursday, 29/04/2010, The Forum, University of Hertfordshire, Herts.
http://www.forumhertfordshire.co.uk/
Friday, 30/04/2010, The Flowerpot, Street, Derby 01332 834438 01332 834438.
http://www.rawpromo.co.uk/
Saturday, 01/05/2010, Mumbles Mostly Jazz and Blues Festival, Festival Pavilion, At Southend Gardens on Mumbles Road, SA3 4EA, Mumbles 01792 361302 01792 361302
http://www.mumblesmostlyjazzandblues.co.uk/
Sunday, 02/05/2010, Penrith Leisure Centre, Southend Road, Penrith CA11 8JH, Cumbria 01768 863450 01768 863450.
http://www.edenarts.co.uk/
Thursday, 06/05/2010, Session Recording, BBC Radio 2's Paul Jones' Show, Broadcast date is the 17th May.
Friday, 07/05/2010, Norden Farm Centre for the Arts, Maidenhead, Berks 01628 788997 01628 788997.
http://www.nordenfarm.org
Saturday, 08/05/2010, The Pigalle Club, 215 Piccadilly, London W1J 9HN 0800 988 5470 0800 988 5470.
http://www.vpmg.net/pigalle/
Click here for more info:
http://www.movinmusic.co.uk/earlthomas.htm and http://www.earlthomasmusic.com 

** James Hunter - Manchester, Kendal & Milton Keynes  **
James Hunter is in the UK working on his next album.  In the meantime catch him at the following gigs in April and early May:
GIG DATES
Friday, 23/04/2010, Band on the Wall, 25 Swan Street, The Northern Quarter, Manchester M4 5JZ,  0161 834 1786
http://bandonthewall.org/ 
Saturday, 24/04/2010, Brewery Arts Centre, 122A Highgate, Kendal, Cumbria LA9 4HE,  01539 725 133
http://www.breweryarts.co.uk/ 
Tuesday, 04/05/2010, The Stables, Stockwell Lane, Wavendon, Milton Keynes MK17 8LU,  01908 280800
http://www.stables.org/ 
Click here for more info:
http://www.jameshuntermusic.com and http://www.movinmusic.co.uk/jameshunt.htm

** WAMMAJAMMA ** 
Familiar? If not, you can't have been around when this four piece band were touring the UK, Europe and Scandinavia extensively back in the nineties-Well don't miss this act coz core members Nick Parkes and Mike Hellier have teamed up again to continue the hard hitting, fiery, yet also soulful reputation of this Tenor Sax, Harp and Guitar led band. 
Best described by Dr. Woolybach as:
'Jazzfunkinrhythmnsleazyuptemposoulsearchinharddrinkinalkalineblues'-that just about covers it! If on the other hand, the name IS familiar - you already know all this! See you at the gig.
'Contemporary Blues at its best' Blueprint magazine
'Yes Yes Yes! I like it!' Paul Jones
GIG DATES
Tuesday, 20/04/2010, Finn McCouls, Falmouth, Cornwall.
Thursday, 22/04/2010, Charlotte Street Blues Club, 74 Charlotte Street, London W1T 4QH 0207 5800113
http://www.charlottestblues.com/   

Friday, 23/04/2010, The Greyhound, 85 High Road, Beeston, Nottingham, NG9 2LE 0115 9225319
http://www.beestonrocks.com/Greyhound/Welcome.html  

Saturday, 24/04/2010, The Queens Hall, Narberth, Pembrokeshire 01834 861212
http://www.thequeenshall.org.uk/  

Monday, 26/04/2010, The Famous Monday Blues Club, the Bullingdon, 162, Cowley Road, Oxford, Oxon 01865 557849 
http://www.famousmondayblues.co.uk/  

Wednesday, 28/04/2010, The Maltshovel Tavern, 121 Bridge St, Northampton, NN1 1QF Tel: 01604 234212 
http://www.maltshoveltavern.com/

** Family Style Band (Italy) Short UK Tour **

Family Style Band will be in the UK for a very short run of dates this April:

GIG DATES

Tuesday, 20/04/2010, Ain't Nothin' But, 20 Kingly Street, Soho, London.  
http://www.aintnothinbut.co.uk
 
Wednesday, 21/04/2010, The Musician, Clyde Street, Leicester  0116 283 5533  0116 283 5533.   
http://www.themusicianpub.co.uk
 
Thursday, 22/04/2010, Nottingham Blues Society Event at Millers Snooker Club, 20 Diamond Avenue, Kirkby-in-Ashfield, Nottingham NG17 7GR.   
http://www.nottinghambluessociety.com/
 
Friday, 23/04/2010, Keighley Blues Club, Keighley, West Yorkshire.  
http://www.keighleybluesclub.net/

Click here for more info:
http://www.familystyleband.com or http://www.movinmusic.co.uk/family_style.htm

** Big Wheel Blues Festival **
Final preparations are being made for the 12th annual Big Wheel Blues Festival in the beautiful Isle of Man on May 1st and 2nd. Leave the ash clouds behind, cheap boat and hotel packages available, top class acts including Larry Garner, Ana Popovic, Aynsley Lister, Steve Arvey, 24Pesos, Steamroller, see www.bigwheelblues.com

** Mumbles Mostly Jazz and Blues Festival **
Earl Thomas and the Kings of Rhythm, Ana Popovic and Steve Arvey & BluesMove, along with many other bands will be playing the Mumbles Mostly Jazz & Blues Festival's blues day on Saturday the 1st May.  Catch them mainstage at the Festival Pavilion, At Southend Gardens on Mumbles Road, SA3 4EA, Mumbles 01792 361302 01792 361302 . 
Click here for more info on the Festival:
http://www.mumblesmostlyjazzandblues.co.uk

** Final Lisa Mills Dates **
... and last but by no means least, the end of April/beginning of May sees the last UK dates for Lisa Mills and Ian Jennings following on from some very successful band shows.
GIG DATES
Monday, 26/04/2010, Courtyard Café, Lulworth Castle, Dorset.
http://www.lulworth.com/Castle_Park/Stable_cafe.htm 
Tuesday, 27/04/2010, Square & Compass, Nr Ilminster, Somerset. 
http://www.squareandcompasspub.com   
Wednesday, 28/04/2010, Raleghs Cross Inn, Exmoor, Somerset.   
http://www.raleghscross.co.uk/ 
Tuesday, 04/05/2010, Mrs Yarringtons Music Club, Crowhurst Park, Battle TN33 0SL.  
http://www.mrsyarringtons.me.uk/ 
Wednesday, 05/05/2010, Katie Fitzgeralds, 187 Enville Street, Wollaston, Stourbridge, West Midlands, DY8 3TB  01384 374410  
http://www.katiefitzgeralds.co.uk/
Click here for more info on Lisa Mills:
http://www.lisamills.com or http://www.movinmusic.co.uk/lisa_mills.htm 

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