Blue Sky Cafe Bangor

Gig …Sat May 19th 2012 …Huw Warren plus guests

Chrissy — Sun, 01 Apr 2012 20:40:22 +0000

Huw Warren – Blood Wedding Birthday….

Internationally renowned pianist fusing jazz and world styles.Celebrate Huw’s 50th birthday at this special gig with his Blood Wedding band featuring Neil Yates(trumpet) and some very special guests. Will also include live visuals from Greg Byatt

£7

Food from 6.30pm…2 courses for £10 set menu

Free range chicken, cider and lentil casserole or veggy bake with celeriac mashed potatoes
Blueberry and lime cake with creme fraiche
yum yum yum

Gig…Thurs May 24th…Joanna Chapman Smith and Jaron Freeman Fox

Chrissy — Sun, 01 Apr 2012 20:35:24 +0000

“the slinky-voiced Canadian whose arch acoustic musings and fondness for the accordion come laced with a hint of Parisian cafes and East European Klezmer music.” – Q

Blending acoustic urban Canadiana with jazzy and European flavours, Joanna has a supple and finely-nuanced voice and writes with the ear of a poet.

“The hyper-kinetic Jaron Freeman-Fox is the Jimi Hendrix of the violin. With the chops of a classical virtuoso and the soul of a wild-eyed punk, he plays world music in the truest sense of the word, leaping from Gypsy to Klezmer to Celtic to Country without skipping a beat.”

Food from 6.30 Gig 8pm

Menu…2 x courses for a Tenner £10

Pork loin, white wine and fennel casserole or aubergine Parmesan

with creamy mash and buttered leeks and carrots

Blue Sky Tiramisu

www.myspace.com/jaronfreemanfox

http://www.joannacs.com/

Saturday June 23rd..Gig…”Out of The Woods”

Chrissy — Sun, 01 Apr 2012 20:20:37 +0000

Swansea’s Out Of The Woods have a distinctive sound built on rythms and haunting harmonies. Think Fleet Foxes dreaming about the blues!

PLUS Emma Black, well known country-blues artist, in the UK between European tours

Tickets on the door £5

Food from 6.30

www.facebook.com/pages/Out-Of-The-Woods

http://www.emmablack.com/home.html

Gig…Jaywalkers…Fri July 20th 2012

Chrissy — Sun, 01 Apr 2012 20:10:03 +0000

Jaywalkers are one of the most exciting, virtuosic and entertaining young bands on the UK folk scene. A strong foothold in folk, with occasional bluegrass references and the recent addition of slap brass creates a sound that is not only unique, but guaranteed to put a smile on your face.

http://soundcloud.com/jaywalkers-1/cool-my-body-down

Food from 6.30…set meal tbc £10 2 courses

Gig £8 from approx 8pm

Gig…AHAB…Weds October 10th 2012

Chrissy — Sun, 01 Apr 2012 20:00:09 +0000

Throughout the summer 2011, ahab were very busy performing at over 20 festivals in the UK and Europe as well as several of their own shows.

In November 2011, ahab joined fellow Navigator stablemates Bellowhead as guests on their sellout UK tour playing to 20k people.

ahab kick off 2012 with a UK tour in February, a debut tour of Australia in March, and a further UK tour in May. April will be spent in the studio working on their debut album.

“ahab is the real deal – top-notch UK Americana featuring tight four-piece harmonies.”

Simon Mayo, BBC Radio 2

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HbPU4ZZ7FBo

Gig…Thurs Oct 11th 2012…The Old Dance School

Chrissy — Sun, 01 Apr 2012 19:50:03 +0000

Harnessing energy from the elements, and inspiration from their unstoppable sense of adventure, formidable septet of The Old Dance School fuses seven of the exciting young folk scene’s finest musicians.★★★★★ “Truly exciting, awe inspiring music from a band who can only be heading for the top floor.” – SONGLINES

Championed by BBC Radio 2′s Bob Harris, duelling fiddles, soaring brass crescendos, wind and vocal harmonies and earth shattering grooves conjure evocative images, blistering tunes and vivid songs with a charisma and elemental vitality, at the heart of which is a close group of friends with a clear vision and an unhindered ear for a good melody.

★★★★ “Classical quality, jazz imagination, folk sensibility, rock/roots energy…Masterful.” – SCOTSMAN

The Old Dance School began in 2006 as a gathering of friends in the garden of the old Betty Fox school of ballet in Birmingham, then legendary jam party venue, from where they take their name. From here, each would bring along a tune or a song for the group to experiment with culminating in their 2008 debut ‘Based On A True Story‘, produced by Joe Broughton.

Gig…Friday May 11th 2012…Paper Aeroplanes and Al Lewis

Chrissy — Thu, 01 Mar 2012 21:25:50 +0000

To book advance tickets scroll to the bottom of this page and click on the link

Menu…2 x courses for a Tenner £10
Welsh beef or roasted vegetable lasagne with a mixed Anglesey grown leaf salad
Individual local rhubarb, orange and ginger trifles

Paper Aeroplanes is Sarah Howells and Richard Llewellyn. Their musical partnership began six years ago in small town West Wales and in 2009 they released their debut album “The Day we ran into the Sea”.

The album with its distinctive sound under Sarah’s beautiful vocals was described by the BBC’s Adam Walton as “brilliantly crafted and stoked from a bruised heart’s embers”, and BBC Radio Wales as “the finest radio album to come out of Wales since Rockferry”.

Since its release they have made the Radio 2 playlist and supported acts as varied as Ron Sexsmith, Ed Sheeran, Marina and the Diamonds and Chris Wood, as well as securing a live session with the legendary Bob Harris.

Having been compared to the likes of Gemma Hayes, Turin Brakes and Nerina Pallot, this year they released mini-album “We are Ghosts” to more critical acclaim and reviews such as “With songs this good, Paper Aeroplanes deserve a far wider audience” – BBC Music’s Robin Denselow; “Album of the Month” – Maverick Magazine and being picked for The Guardian’s “F&M playlist”.

Check them out at www.paperaeroplanesmusic.com

http://www.youtube.com/v/IOM1GP0_XWw?version=3&hl=en_US&rel=0

Al Lewis is a singer-songwriter from North Wales whose sound is reminiscent of the classic singer-songwriters of the 70s delivered with a modern twist…….In April 2011 Al was announced as the winner of Male Artist of the Year by BBC Radio Cymru in their Rock and Pop Awards and was personally invited by Cerys Matthews to support her at her sell-out show at the PJ Hall in Bangor, North Wales where they performed the song ‘Road Rage’ together on stage. www.allewismusic.com

Food from 6.30 (set meal 2 tasty courses) Gig 8pm

To book tickets direct from the band go to:

https://fan.musicglue.com/sale/saleproducts.aspx?productid=320279ba-313c-4622-93ef-04dd2044486f&resellerid=e0646521-5b85-47cf-9998-44b9bea2808d&resellerId=e0646521-5b85-47cf-9998-44b9bea2808d

Fri April 27th 2012….Poetica…Five poets and a pianist!

Chrissy — Thu, 01 Mar 2012 21:24:32 +0000

Five poets and a pianist!
POETica debuts for two of the finest poets in Wales;
Rhian Edwardsand Tiffanny Atkinson
Plus POETica returns for regulars Stuart Silver, Richard Douglas Pennant, Martin Daws and Huw Warren on piano.

Plus plus the infamous open mic!
£5/4 (members)
7pm

Cakes and bar only NO Food sorry!

Tues May 8th…Beicio Bangor

Chrissy — Thu, 01 Mar 2012 21:24:31 +0000

community group meeting to promote and encourage biking in and around Bangor

Weds April 25th…Occasional Cinema

Chrissy — Thu, 01 Mar 2012 21:24:13 +0000

Benda Bilili

Renaud Barret & Florent de la Tulaye Dem Republic of Congo/France 2010 85 mins PG

Documentary

Summer 2009. Five paraplegics and a young able-bodied teenager light up the stage in front of an entranced audience of 8000 people. “Benda Bilili” – in English “See Beyond”, is the name of this Kinshasa band which has acquired a global following.

Renaud Barret and Florent de la Tullaye have followed a band made of four homeless paraplegics and three “able” men, the Staff Benda Bilili, from the streets of Kinshasa, Congo, to music festivals in the cities of Europe. Some have guitars and wonderful voices, some have a wire on a tin or pieces of wood to beat. Another success story? Yes, but there is more to it. There are ups and downs, as life isn’t always easy in one of the poorest countries on earth, especially when you have just a sheet of cardboard on which to sleep.

Food from 6.30… 2 courses £10

Sweet potato and apple curry with rice and beans…chutney and accompaniments

Homemade banana bread with vanilla yoghurt