SAXOPHONIST Neil Maya comes to Bridport Electric Palace on Saturday 21st March, at 3pm and to Bridport’s Clocktower Records that evening, for two gigs that turn the clock back more than 50 years, to the ground-breaking era of jazz funk. The two gigs are part of Birth of the Cool, a month-long festival of jazz,…
PHIL Beer, multi-instrumentalist and best known as half of the hugely popular folk duo Show of Hands, is currently pursuing his own musical thing, including a gig with his trio on Thursday 26th March, at Bridport Arts Centre. The world-renowned instrumentalist shares the roots of his musical life in the show, Phil Beer Trio, Blues…
THE Olivier Award-nominated, international smash-hit musical The Choir of Man is coming to Bath Theatre Royal from Tuesday 24th to Saturday 28th March, as part of its first UK and Ireland tour. Direct from the West End, the feel-good, foot-stomping show will be visiting more than 35 venues. Set in on-stage pub The Jungle, a…
INSPIRED by the great swing bands of the 1930s and 40s, Swing From Paris bring vintage gypsy jazz to three Dorset village halls from Thursday 19th to Sunday 22nd March at 7.30pm. Swing from Paris is a UK‑based all‑string jazz quartet whose Parisian‑flavoured sound has been delighting audiences for more than 15 years and are…
WEST End stars Lisa Pulman and Joe Stilgoe bring movie musical magic to Bath Theatre Royal’s Ustinov Studio from 23rd to 25th March. The two versatile and popular performers have put together a delightful mix of some of the best-loved songs of our movie-musical lives– from The Wizard of Oz to Wicked, West Side Story…
CHAMBER folk trio Three Cane Whale are familiar to West Dorset audiences with their occasional gigs at Sladers Yard, West Bay. Starting on Thursday 12th March at Ibberton village hall, the Bristol-based trio are on a short Artsreach tour, continuing at Powerstock Hut on Friday 13th March, and the village hall at Woodlands near Verwood…
PAGODA Project brings its unique blend of contemporary folk and improvisation to Bradninch Folk Club at the Guildhall, in Devon on 17th March at 7.30pm. This adventurous trio is Paul Hutchinson on accordion, Shaftesbury-based composer and clarinettist Karen Wimhurst and Hannah Cumming, fiddle and voice. The Project is inspired by the folk traditions of the…
CERYS Matthews, on her BBC Radio 2 show, described the Mark Harrison Band as “a bit different and kinda groovy too.” Find out more when the trio come to Dorset from 6th to 8th March, for three dates with Artsreach at Broadmayne, Shillingstone and Corfe Castle. Mark is a multi-award-nominated singer-songwriter, storyteller and virtuoso guitarist…
THE king of boogie-woogie piano Ben Waters is joined by his son, the brilliant saxophonist Tom, for an evening of boogie and blues at the Beehive Centre at Honiton on Saturday 7th March. From the moment he first danced his fingers across the keys, Dorset-born Ben Waters has been on a mission to capture the…
MOSCOW Drug Club are hard to pigeon-hole – but hugely popular, appealing to lovers of gypsy jazz, Berlin cabaret and French chanson. The late winter tour continues with four Take Art dates starting on 19th February at North Curry village hall, 20th February at Norton-sub-Hamdon village hall, East Quantoxhead on 21st and Caryford Hall at…