** Movinmusic Newsletter Number 19 – October 2005 **

Hello everyone, and welcome to the nineteenth 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:

Sherman Robertson CD – Now on its Way!
Four-day Blues Music Extravaganza for Glasgow
Mick Pini @ the Banbury Blues Festival
Brand New Mark Flanagan CD Now Available
Brand New Matt Schofield Trio CD Now Available
Even More Blues @ The Roadhouse in Birmingham
James Hunter Returns to Scandinavia

** Sherman Robertson CD – Now on its Way! **

Movinmusic is currently working on the very latest Sherman Robertson CD.  This will be Sherman Robertson’s first album since 1998’s “Going Back Home” and will be called “Guitar Man – Live”.  It was recorded live at this years Kwadendamme Festival in Holland by Mark Nijssen and features all the best tracks from an absolutely blinding set! This CD is due for release in December 2005 and pre-release information will be posted during October and November on the following webpages:  

http://www.movinmusic.co.uk/sherman_robertson.htm

** Four-day Blues Music Extravaganza for Glasgow **

LIVE music fans visiting Glasgow are in for a real treat in October when nearly thirty local, national and international blues artists descend on the west of the city for the first ever blues is a’comin festival presented by www.glasgowinternationalbluesfestival.com

Scottish favourites including Rev Doc, The Nimmo Brothers and Jim Condie share an eclectic schedule alongside headline bands Paul Lamb & the Kingsnakes, Tam White and other major UK players like the Matt Schofield Trio http://www.movinmusic.co.uk/matt_schofield_trio.htm Gypsy Dave & Dave Peabody and the Sean Webster Band. 

The Festival includes two charity events; an evening dedicated to Spirit Aid and an evening for Glasgow’s own well loved community canal boat, the Nolly Barge. 

The Festival organiser comments: “We’ve had to work hard to strike a balance between international acts, well-established UK artists and the best of new and local talent. It’s vital to represent a broad cross-section of the blues world and give as many acts the opportunity to take part.”

The event kicks off with a free warm up gig on the Thursday evening at 9pm at The Hilton Studio One Bar featuring The Sean Webster Band and continues on Friday 21 October with ticketed main stage venues and free pub trail gigs providing a steady stream of music until late on Sunday 23 October. The main event is hosted by Dave Anderson and Fraser Spiers

Main stages are at Oran Mor (Byres Road) with Panjeas Indian Restaurant near Charing Cross offering an intriguing combination of main stage entertainment and mouth-watering gourmet buffet programmes. 

Pub trail venues in and around the West End include Studio One, Baby Grand West, Cottiers, Jinty McGinty’s and The Liquid Ship.

Tickets for the Friday and Saturday main stage shows are available in person from Ticket Scotland, 239 Argyle Street, Glasgow, online via www.tickets-scotland.com or by calling the ticket hotline on 0870 220 1116.

For further information check out the festival website at www.glasgowinternationalbluesfestival.com 

For more info on the Matt Schofield Trio:
http://www.movinmusic.co.uk/matt_schofield_trio.htm

** Mick Pini @ the Banbury Blues Festival **

The Mick Pini Band’s September/October tour comes to an end on Saturday 1st October with an appearance at the Banbury Blues Festival which also includes appearances by West Weston’s Bluesonics, Kent DuChaine, Guy Tortora and Giles Hedley amongst others.  

Held at the Mill Arts Centre in Banbury more info on the Festival can be found at:
http://www.crazycactus.freeserve.co.uk/

For more info on the Mick Pini Band:
http://www.movinmusic.co.uk/mpband.htm

** Brand New Mark Flanagan CD Now Available **

Mark Flanagan's new CD "Down the Wire" with his new band the Fields is now available to purchase from the Movinmusic website. Mark is Jools Holland's opener and RnB Orchestra guitarist.

The Fields consists of Mark Flanagan (Guitars, Vocals, Waterphone, Meletron, Steel Drums), Jimmy Bergin (Guitar, Vocals, Bass, Bouzouki, Mandola) and Barnew Goulding (Drums, Mandola, Vocals). 

Mark Flanagan was born in Liverpool and started playing ukulele at the age of eight. He got his first guitar when he was 12 and was mesmerised by Django Rheinhardt. He grew up listening to Hank Williams, Ray Charles, The Beatles, Tamla Motown, the Stones, and Bowie. He joined his first group at the age of 15 and later moved to East Anglia where he founded cult swing harmony group 'The Box Brothers'. 

Mark then moved to London in 1988, where his neighbour happened to be Jools Holland. He jammed with Jools at the Edinburgh festival that year and has been with the Rhythm and Blues Orchestra since. He has performed on many live TV shows, where he has accompanied anyone from Chaka Khan to Paul Weller, Barry White to Eric Clapton. 

Click below to hear Realaudios from this brand new album:

“Playhouse”
http://www.movinmusic.co.uk/mark_flanagan/sounds/playhouse_28.ram

“Like a Fool”
http://www.movinmusic.co.uk/mark_flanagan/sounds/like_a_fool_28.ram

“What Would You Do?”
http://www.movinmusic.co.uk/mark_flanagan/sounds/what_would_you_do_28.ram

Click below for more info and purchase details:
http://www.movinmusic.co.uk/mark_flanagan.htm

Mark Flanagan's hugely popular CD "The Chosen Few", is still also available.

** Brand New Matt Schofield Trio CD Now Available **

The Matt Schofield Trios brand new CD "Siftin’ Thru Ashes" is also now available to purchase from the Movinmusic website. Matt’s debut CD (The Trio, Live), while consisting entirely of covers, was acclaimed for its power, inventive arrangements and virtuoso musicianship. Now with this first studio album Matt shows his colours as a fine songwriter as well as one of the most gifted guitarists on the contemporary Blues scene.

Using the same band line up that performs so powerfully on the live CD, (Jonny Henderson on organ and Evan Jenkins on Drums), Siftin' Thru Ashes has eight original numbers together with stunning re-interpretations of some classics including The Boxtops' The Letter (also popularised by Joe Cocker).

Click below to hear Realaudios from this brand new album:

“Siftin’ Thru Ashes”
http://www.movinmusic.co.uk/matt_schofield_trio/sounds/siftin_thru_ashes_28.ram

“Lights Are On, But Nobody’s Home”
 http://www.movinmusic.co.uk/matt_schofield_trio/sounds/lights_are_on_28.ram

“The Letter”
 http://www.movinmusic.co.uk/matt_schofield_trio/sounds/the_letter_28.ram

Click below for more info and purchase details:
http://www.movinmusic.co.uk/matt_schofield_trio.htm

** Even More Blues @ The Roadhouse in Birmingham  **

A few newsletters ago we ran a feature on the Roadhouse in Birmingham but now there’s even more opportunities to see blues there.  This October sees appearances by both Ian Siegal and by the Honeyboy Hickling Band.

The Roadhouse’s website states that “The Roadhouse first came into being as an informal base for local friends and music lovers following the demise of "The Breedon Bar" - once the area’s leading music venue. What had been just a bar in a sports centre transformed into a great little venue. From very humble beginnings with decidedly sparse facilities and equipment, we have progressed steadily over the past eight years to the stage where The Roadhouse is widely regarded amongst both Artistes and fans as one of the best live venues in the Midlands. Acoustically excellent with a superb quality PA plus lighting and capacity for 250 people. We are renowned for a more intimate, relaxed and friendly ambience than any but the very best established top venues, with a more comfortable, interesting and visually appealing surroundings than almost anywhere. “

Gig Dates

Ian Siegal, Friday, 07/10
http://www.movinmusic.co.uk/ian_siegal.htm
 
Honeyboy Hickling Band, Friday, 14/10
http://www.movinmusic.co.uk/honeyboy_hickling.htm
 
Blue Bishops, Saturday, 14/01
http://www.movinmusic.co.uk/bluesbish.htm
 
Family Style Band, Friday, 21/04
http://www.movinmusic.co.uk/family_style.htm
 
Steve Arvey & BluesMove, Saturday, 22/04
http://www.movinmusic.co.uk/steve_arvey.htm
 
Gregg Wright Band, Friday, 05/05
http://www.movinmusic.co.uk/gregg_wright.htm
 
Mick Pini Band, Friday, 12/05
http://www.movinmusic.co.uk/mpband.htm
 
Rob Tognoni Band, Friday, 02/06
http://www.movinmusic.co.uk/rob_tognoni.htm
 
Lightnin' Willie & the Poorboys, Saturday, 05/08
http://www.movinmusic.co.uk/lightnin_willie_poorboys.htm

For more info on the Roadhouse:
http://www.roadhousevenue.co.uk/

** James Hunter Band Returns to Scandinavia **

After a very successful appearance at the Color Blues Festival Blues Cruise at the beginning of September, the James Hunter Band has been invited back in November.  They’ll be playing twice on the Color Club’s return trip between Bergen and Stavanger.  The trip’s outward leg leaves Bergen on the 4th November and returns to Bergen from Stavanger on the 6th November.   For full details on the festival check out the links below, but (again) apologies that the festival website might not be very intelligible to native English speakers!

For a Realaudio from James Hunter’s latest CD:
http://www.movinmusic.co.uk/james_hunter/sounds/people_gonna_talk28.ram

For more info on James Hunter:
http://www.movinmusic.co.uk/jameshunt.htm/

Blues Cruise Details:
http://www.colorline.no/servlets/page?section=1005&lc=f

** Next Month's Newsletter **
 
Next month's issue will include more information on the very latest Sherman Robertson and BluesMove November UK and European dates and even more info on their very first “Live” CD. We hope you enjoyed our newsletter and that you found it useful.  If you do, however, want to unsubscribe 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 
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