March Listings at The Voodoo Rooms
MARCH LISTINGS AT The Voodoo Rooms, 19a West Register Street, Edinburgh EH2 2AA.
Website: http://www.thevoodoorooms.com
Telephone: 0131 556 7060
Saturday 1 - The Hot 8 Brass Band - Early show.....
Live & Direct from New Orleans, the Tru
Thoughts recording artists visit The Voodoo Rooms. Don't miss this
show! If you are unfamiliar with the band please check out their
http://www.myspace.com/hot8brassband for a live set.
EARLY SHOW.
Doors at 8pm, band onstage 8.30pm. Advance tickets £10 stbf available
from The Voodoo Rooms, Tickets Scotland, Ripping Records, by phone on
0131 220 3234 or www.ticketweb.co.uk.
Saturday 1 Soul Spectrum - JAZZMAN PRESENTS SOUL 45 LAUNCH PARTY with Jazzman Gerald (Jazzman), The Mama Feelgood Girls, plus Fryer and Jason StirlandSoul Spectrum is a journey through funky edged soul music, from hard hitting 60s northern and 70s rare gems to a touch of inspirational disco and beyond. From 9pm - 1am. Admission £4. From 10pm - 1am. Admission £4.
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Monday 2 Open Mic Night in The Speakeasy with Iain Stretch MacFadyen.
Calling all musicians, poets, comedians and
burlesque dancers. Stretch plays a mix of western swing, ragtime, blues
and trad country eg. Johnny Cash etc. All styles and standards welcome.
Please book your slot early to avoid disappointment.
From 9pm - Midnight. Free admission.
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Thursday 6 LIMBO featuring 2 bands plus The Black Spring DJs.
A Live Music Dance Party
With the Black Spring DJs and friends
Supporting Two of the Most Vital Live Acts on the circuit
Every Thursday
Bands on this date are: Isa And The FIlthy Tongues + Sara And The Snakes
ISA AND THE FILTHY TONGUES (Circular)
One of the tightest outfits, one of the sexiest and most seductive post punk / surf / psychobilly sounds.
www.myspace.com/thefilthytongues
SARA AND THE SNAKES
"...an unfettered piece of bone rattling voodoo swamp trash come to life. ****" (Neil Cooper, The List)www.myspace.com/saraandthesnakes
Doors 8pm, bands onstage 9.15 & 10.15pm. Admission £4
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Thursday 6 March - Iain Petrie (in The Speakeasy)
One of the most visionary artists in Scotland, Iain Petrie has spent the past year recording his debut album Connect to the Heart, which is due for release on 7 April on Fourtrak Records. His unique brand of pop has been described as "organic Celtic soul".
From 8pm in The Speakeasy. Advance tickets £6.00, available from the Voodoo Rooms or Fourtrak Records.
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Friday 7 - JOSEPH MALIK DJ SET Playing the past, present and future
in The Ballroom from 9pm. Free admission.
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Saturday 8 - BRIAN STORM DJ SET in The Ballroom from 9pm. Free admission.
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Sunday 9 - Dr. Sketchy's Anti-Art School Burlesque life drawing class (Speakeasy).
Dr Sketchy is what happens when cabaret meets art school!
The
audience draws a glamorous model: a cabaret star, burlesque diva or
drag queen; a charming host awards prizes and encourages the audience
to make art and mischief in equal measure; short performances get the
creative juices flowing. All of this combines to create a delightfully
decadent mix of cabaret, performance art and good old fashioned pen and
paper!
Conceived
in 2005 by New York artist Molly Crabapple, Dr. Sketchy now boasts 21
branches around the world, from Hollywood to Melbourne. In 2006 Phyllis
Martin, cabaret producer and Edinburgh Fringe addict, founded Dr
Sketchy Scotland. It's been a tremendous success, and 2008 sees Dr
Sketchy Scotland bringing a bevvy of burlesque beauties to The Voodoo
Rooms.
From 3 - 5pm. £7 to draw, £4 entry to drink/watch.
http://www.drsketchyscotland.com/index.html
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Sunday 9 March
TINA DICO
The award winning Danish singer
songwriter & erstwhile Zero 7 guest vocalist hits the road to
promote her new albm "Count to Ten". Notably, in a Pop Idol age, she
has achieved her successes the hard way, through real music, written
by Tina and released on her own record label.
Doors 8pm. Tickets are £10 stbf.
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Monday 10 Open Mic Night in The Speakeasy with Iain Stretch MacFadyen.
Calling all musicians, poets, comedians and
burlesque dancers. Stretch plays a mix of western swing, ragtime, blues
and trad country eg. Johnny Cash etc. All styles and standards welcome.
Please book your slot early to avoid disappointment.
From 9pm - Midnight. Free admission.
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Thursday 13 LIMBO featuring 2 bands plus The Black Spring DJs.
A place where girls dance.
Let yourself go, with the Black Spring DJs & friends supporting vital live acts every Thursday at the Voodoo Rooms.
Bands on this date are: Meursault + Shellsuit Massacre + Guest DJ The Grace (Ampbox)
MEURSAULT
Mix ukulele, banjo, accordion and guitar with electronics and vocals - thoroughly inventive; utterly modern.
www.myspace.com/meursaulta701
SHELLSUIT MASSACRE
2
x performance poets (Rodney Relax + Nick E Melveille) + guitars +
electronic music = lyrical, 21st Century rock n roll in a world of ASBOs
www.myspace.com/theshellsuitmassacremusic
GUEST DJ: THE GRACE (Ampbox)
Doors 8pm, bands onstage 9.15 & 10.15pm. Admission £4
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Friday 14 Guru's Jazzmatazz featuring Superproducer Solar and The 7 Grand Players
Guru, the one-time Gang Starr wordsmith, brings his nu-jazz Jazzmatazz project to Edinburgh for two exclusive live Scottish dates. Together with Superproducer Solar and via 7 Grand Records they are about charting new territories, blurring genre lines, and collaborating with artists to create music that's timeless and relevant.
Doors 9pm. Tickets £18.00 in advance (stbf)
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Saturday 15 Guru's Jazzmatazz featuring Superproducer Solar and The 7 Grand Players
Guru, the one-time Gang Starr wordsmith, brings his nu-jazz Jazzmatazz project to Edinburgh for two exclusive live Scottish dates. Together with Superproducer Solar and via 7 Grand Records they are about charting new territories, blurring genre lines, and collaborating with artists to create music that's timeless and relevant.
Doors 8.30pm. Tickets £18.00 in advance (stbf)
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Monday 17 Open Mic Night in The Speakeasy with Iain Stretch MacFadyen.
Calling all musicians, poets, comedians and
burlesque dancers. Stretch plays a mix of western swing, ragtime, blues
and trad country eg. Johnny Cash etc. All styles and standards welcome.
Please book your slot early to avoid disappointment.
From 9pm - Midnight. Free admission.
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Monday 17 Leo Tardin's Grand Pianoramax with Mike Ladd.
Swiss jazz piano maestro Tardin brings his Phuture funk / spoken words / fusion project to Edinburgh. Guest vocalist and Mike Ladd delivers the freestyle spoken word improv/rap which is blended with powerful analog-synth bass, syncopated keys and organic drumming, courtesy of Dominik Burkhalter.
Doors 8pm. Advance tickets £10 (stbf).
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Tuesday 18 - David Donnelly & Band
Performing songs from the new album "Future Analog". Band members are David Donnelly, Ronnie Rae Jnr, Stevie Christie,Graham Steven, David "Chip" Robertson, Joseph Malik & Heather Macleod.
Doors 8pm.
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Wed 19 The Steve Reid Ensemble featuring Kieran Hebden (Four Tet).
A truly independant innovator, Steve has drummed with all the greats (eg James Brown, Chaka Khan, Miles Davis, Sun Ra), as well as releasing classics such as Nova & Rhymthatism. Determined to get his music over to a new generation, he has sought out like minded musical souls such as Kieran Hebden to continued critical acclaim.
Doors TBC. Advance tickets £12 (stbf).
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Thursday 20 LIMBO featuring 2 bands plus The Black Spring DJs.
A Live Music Dance Party
With the Black Spring DJs and friends
Supporting Two of the Most Vital Live Acts on the circuit
Every Thursday
Bands on this date are: Miss Le Bomb + Wounded Knee
MISS LE BOMB
Lead singer of Queen of Japan, ex-collaborator with Electronicat, Gerhard Potuznik, Isabel Reiss, Hans Platzgumer, Kamerakino..., founding member of infamous Munich-based punk club Club le Bomb and a visual artist based in Berlin, she is da bomb.
www.myspace.com/misslebomb
WOUNDED KNEE (Benbecula)
Tours his idiosyncratic combination of folk songs, strange noises and a kazoo internationally. Quite extraordinary.
www.myspace.com/iamwoundedknee
Doors 8pm, bands onstage 9.15 & 10.15pm. Admission £4
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Friday 21 - BUBBLEGUM BOOGALOO
A monthly Friday night of Groovy Retro -
Shaggadelic Lounge, Psychedelic Pop, Hip Instrumentals, Easy'n'Sleazy
Listening, and the Funkier Side of Soul with DJ's Tall Paul & Angus
(The GO-GO), Sam Jose (Vegas), & Professor Plastic plus special
guests THE NEW BIRDMEN (Live)
From 9pm - 1am. Admission Free.
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Saturday 22 Regular Music presents SIMON BREED with Malcolm Ross (ex Josef K & Orange Juice)
"Like Jeff Buckley with tourette's." NME. John Peel tirelessly supported Mr. Breed. He is quite simply a fantastic musician. His songs, by no means easy listening, are more likely to make you want to crawl up in a despondent heap than go frolic in fields of sunflowers, but that is their delicate beauty.
http://www.myspace.com/simonbreed
http://www.simonbreed.com/
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Sunday 23 - SOUL SPECTRUM Easter Sunday Spectacular, with Dave Ripolles (Prestatyn Soul Weekeneder), Ian Wright (London), Jason Stirland and Fryer
From 6pm - late (3am licence applied for)
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Monday 24 Open Mic Night in The Speakeasy with Iain Stretch MacFadyen.
Calling all musicians, poets, comedians and
burlesque dancers. Stretch plays a mix of western swing, ragtime, blues
and trad country eg. Johnny Cash etc. All styles and standards welcome.
Please book your slot early to avoid disappointment.
From 9pm - Midnight. Free admission.
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Wed 26 March - BARRY ADAMSON Exclusive New album playback "Back to the Cat" in The Speakeasy.
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Thursday 27 LIMBO featuring 2 bands plus The Black Spring DJs.
A Live Music Dance Party
With the Black Spring DJs and friends
Supporting Two of the Most Vital Live Acts on the circuit
Every Thursday
Bands on this date are: Isosceles + Come On Gang
ISOSCELES (Art Goes Pop)
Lot of mod, little bit Victorian vaudeville / end-of-the-pier / Madness - British pop at its most energetic and entertaining.
www.myspace.com/isoscelestheband
COME ON GANG!
Little bit Belle And Sebastian, little bit Yeah Yeah Yeahs, little bit something else - melodic, heartfelt and firing on all pop cylinders.
www.myspace.com/comeongangmusic
Doors 8pm, bands onstage 9.15 & 10.15pm. Admission £4
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Friday 28 JOSEPH MALIK DJ Set playing the past, present and future
in The Ballroom from 9pm. Free admission.
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Saturday 29 DAVID HOLMES
Belfast based DJ, producer, film sound maestro and all round nice guy Mr Holmes brings his record box for a quarterly session at The Voodoo. Expect the musically unexpected. Arrive early to guarantee entry.
From 9pm in The Ballroom, advance tickets £7 stbf or pay at the door.
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Sunday 30 Neue Liebe It's the new love!
With
a classy and politically sophisticated concoction of poets, singers,
acrobats, performance artists, clowns, comedians, burlesque girls,
musicians and more, the evening is guaranteed to intrigue, titillate
and unhinge rusty cabinets in the mind and Pandora's boxes of the heart.
Following the acts surprise DJs will assist as we drink and dance the night away!
www.myspace.com/neueliebe
Doors Open 8:30pm, Cabaret and Dancing 9-1. Admission £7/£6 concessions (£5 in advance at www.drsketchyscotland.com)
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Monday 31 Open Mic Night in The Speakeasy with Iain Stretch MacFadyen.
Calling all musicians, poets, comedians and
burlesque dancers. Stretch plays a mix of western swing, ragtime, blues
and trad country eg. Johnny Cash etc. All styles and standards welcome.
Please book your slot early to avoid disappointment.
From 9pm - Midnight. Free admission.
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