Bringing the best alt/folk/ americana and general acoustic based music to the people of London!!
30 Jan 2013 Leave a Comment
in Live Tags: All we are, eyes and no eyes, Folk in London, Folklore, jack Omer, James Canty, Jo summers, Laish, landshapes, sons of Noel and adrian, terry Emm, The Gallery Cafe, the Lexington, the may birds, The self help group, the windmill
The great gigs keep coming!! … TOMORROW –
ALL WE ARE + THE MAY BIRDS + JACK OMER + CAIMIN (From Sun Collective)
6th Feb (The Windmill)
http://www.wegottickets.com/event/206286
And Then!! –
LAISH (Album Launch) + JAMES CANTY
8th Feb (The Gallery Cafe)
http://www.wegottickets.com/event/201943
And last but Definitely not Least!!! -
SONS OF NOEL AND ADRIAN + LANDSHAPES + EYES AND NO EYES
15th Feb (The Lexington)
29 Oct 2012 Leave a Comment
in Live Tags: green note, inti rowland, jess bryant, Jess Morgan, st pancras, The Gallery Cafe
FOLKLORE PRESENTS … JESS BRYANT + MOUTH 4 RUSTY and LUCY CAIT at GREEN NOTE on THE 1ST OF NOVEMBER
After a great first run at the wonderful Green Note, Folklore returns on the 1st of November with the truly excellent Jess Bryant, Mouth 4 Rusty and Lucy Cait!
Adv tickets £6 here - http://www.wegottickets.com/event/190212
Jess Bryant
The musical elements of Silvern derive from a number of influences. The orchestral percussion references American composer Moondog and the lush string arrangements, which underpin the album with a bed of ambient textures, take inspiration from the work of Steve Reich. Part of the record is built out of Jess’s love for cinema and literature. The fascinating work of writers such as Paul Auster and Haruki Murakami has influenced the intriguing narratives that lurk within Silvern, whilst it’s occasional menace brings to mind a Lynchian waking dream.
Jess herself is an incredible force on the album. Her soaring vocals play off the rich instrumentation to ground the whole piece in something intimate and human. Silvern is an astonishing achievement, we are very proud as a label to release this to a wider audience and hope that you connect with it as much as we have.
The full length album will be released as a strictly limited edition vinyl and download. The cover features the stunning photography of Emily Dennison and the impressive design skills of Louise Gardner.
Quotes :
“At once ancient and childlike, the pure tone of Jess Bryant’s rich alto voice travels straight to my heart….Jess stands as a rare and beautiful singer, so in tune with the expressive capacity of pitch, tone & the poetry of nature.” – Shara Worden (My Brightest Diamond)
Mouth 4 Rusty
“Sublime. Uniquely captivating. Beautiful.”
- The Gladstone
“Elegantly crafted hummable songs that you won’t want to miss out on.”
- Rough Trade
“That has got to be the most beautiful song I have ever heard about quitting smoking”
- Patrick Lyons, Resonance 104.4FM
“Lush Loner Folk”
- The Redbricks present Talon Show
“Heartfelt folk, nice production and interesting arrangements, snatches of melodica and xylophone.”
- The Sentinel
“Mouth 4 Rusty had the audience clicking and clapping along to stripped back simple songs of love forlorn. “
- Amelia’s Magazine
“Completely beautiful”
- The Apple of My Eye
“Remember to bring a thermos of oozing hot chai tea, a lump of hash, blanket, slippers and bamsemums. This is going to get cosy!”
- Smug.no
Mouth 4 Rusty began writing and recording in a small hand-made wooden room inside an old London ice cream factory in late winter 2009.
They began playing live that August, finding their way round venues in London, Oslo and Wales, swelling from a duo to a sextet and back again.
They released their first EP, ‘Time Over Money’ in 2010, first album, ‘Good Men Now’ in Feb 2012 and second album, ‘Fire Mice and Other People’ in September 2012.
Mouth 4 Rusty’s intention is to make simple, traditionally-inspired songs that people can relate to, hummable music based on life as it unfolds, as early folk music was.
Lucy Cait
“In the midst of the busy south east london music scene, Lucy plays folk and tells stories that warm the cockles of your heart.” – Live Magazine
Adv tickets £6 here - http://www.wegottickets.com/event/190212
IMPORTANT
PLEASE NOTE: DOORS OPEN: 7pm, MUSIC STARTS AT 9pm.
The venue comprises both seated and standing space. There are a limited number of tables. These are allocated on a first come first served basis, with priority given to diners. If you’d like a table, please ensure you arrive early.
We reserve the right to release all unclaimed tickets for re-sale at 9.30pm. If you will be arriving after this time, please inform us in advance, so that we can hold your tickets for you.
“Every so often you come across a little gem like this!” Steve Lamacq, BBC Radio 2
“In flagrant defiance of such circumstances, the results of this meeting glow with customary warmth of Morgan’s delivery – clear, open guitar and ethereally bluesy vocals, mic’d close and intimate as they lull and soar.” R2 / Rock ‘n’ Reel Magazine
“Catchy and melodic with a roots edge. Jess Morgan goes it alone and against the grain.” Acoustic Magazine
ANDY OLIVERI
Growing up reading the lyrics and liner notes of dusty old records have left Andy Oliveri nothing but a storyteller. Echoing the spirit of Neil Young and Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy, he writes simple folk songs with his heart on his sleeve and words from a bared soul. Evident in the stripped back arrangements of tracks such as ‘My Fathers Son’ and ‘What I’m Told’, the fragility in his voice and guitar allow the songs to breathe, with no overblown arrangements to mask the sentiment.
Debut EP ‘Sing Mercy’ was released through istartedthefire Records in April 2012, and was followed by a Summer of festivals, a full UK tour and support slots for acts such as The Low Anthem, Dry The River and Benjamin Francis Leftwich. With a new single due in November, Oliveri looks set to be a great force within UK folk in 2012.
MINKO
Minko is a singer songwriter and multi instrumentalist living in Cornwall. She crafts beautiful idiosyncratic songs that arrive at your ears with a freshness that belies their often turbulent origins. Using a variety of acoustic instruments, Minko writes haunting melodies and weaving bass lines that wind themselves around peeling glockenspiels, ukuleles, flutes, and subtle rumba rhythms. Laced over the top is a unique and arresting voice which moves from the murmur of a whisper to the urgency of an animal call. The songs are sometimes dark with overtones of folk-baroque and chamber music, sometimes playful and feline, in the tradition of Serge Gainsbourg and Stan Getz, and sometimes evoke a psychedelic dream world atmosphere.
She records her songs in her bedroom with a few bits of equipment and a concrete dog.
“Minko’s music draws its inspiration from a diversity of musical idioms – 1960s psychedelic folk, French pop chansons, music concrete, jazz, minimalism and European folk music – but it is unique in the way it always finds the gaps between the genres, constantly steering off the grid” Nick Duffy of The Lilac Time
11 Oct 2012 Leave a Comment
in Live Tags: Alt-folk music in London, alternative music, Bethnal Green, east london, Fleetwood Mac, Folk, Folk gigs in London, Folk Music, Folk music in London, Folklore, L.A. Salami, Leonard Cohen, live, live music, Live music in Bethnal Green, london, Nanci Griffith, PJ Harvey, Real Tuesday Weld, Stevie Nicks, Stoke Newington, The Gallery Cafe, Troubadour Rose, Until the bird
TROUBADOUR ROSE
Troubadour Rose formed on a cold November morning in 2009 at a dusty violin workshop in Stoke Newington. The fortuitous meeting comprisesof Gary Bridgewood, violinist and workshop proprietor, multi-instrumentalist Lizzy O’Connor who was working as a part time cleaner, and wandering, out of work songstress Bryony Afferson, searching for a few band mates.
The Troubadour Rose sound quickly became a fusion of their individual histories:
Barnsley-born Bryony came to London in 2001. She began writing years earlier, growing up on Fleetwood Mac, Nanci Griffith and PJ Harvey records. These influences are clear in her stunning vocal delivery and exquisite song-writing, bringing to mind a young Stevie Nicks.
Lizzy O’Connor hailed from the North East steeped in Traditional Irish music having travelled the world with raucous ceilidh bands.
She wields her unique style – delicate harmonies, banjo and mandolin hooks – to stunning effect in Troubadour Rose.
Gary, a talented violinist who has toured globally with subversive pop/jazz band The Real Tuesday Weld and Klezmer outfit Beskydy, brings a kaleidoscopic and often unhinged element to the group, developing its wild and unpredictable edge.
The result? A strange and thrilling mix; Smokey mountain harmonies, Irish Sessions and bold sumptuous melodies leaving you all set for the unraveling and longing for more.
L A SALAMI
L.A. Salami was born, fostered, returned – confused as a child being thrown between the two families and the two worlds (one in London, one in Broadstairs, Kent), but it is this, he’ll tell you, that made him. He escaped young, poetry and film obsessed, and ever dreaming of making films himself one day. This was his main pursuit, Spielberg was his god, Jean-Luc Godard his hero, neither family introduced him particularly to music. Bob Dylan and Blind Willie Mctell came to him when he was young – a pre-teen – by accident, on a radio, between the Leonard Cohen and the Hip Hop he loved. Massive ideas, thoughts, expressions riding on a wave of simplicity. It changed the way he heard music, and his idea of it. But this was all non-consequential, no one could afford to buy him an instrument, and he could not afford to buy one himself. There was a two week period during a summer in his youth where he got his hands on a mini guitar he didn’t own. He remembers melting completely into a state of belonging – not knowing chords, or anything about music, but making up songs anyway, singing, then that guitar not being around anymore. He grew, wrote, wandered, bought a harmonica in the key of C, practiced with that, was consumed by thoughts of human frailty, human meaning, violence, war, reason; he moved to Colchester, Essex for a while and slept rough in cinemas before his friend gave him an old busted classical guitar at the age of 21 to learn how to play with. 3 months later he wrote his first song. A month after that he wrote the first song he kept. A week after that he found it difficult to stop writing songs. Two years after he was given the guitar he returned to London and began performing around town. Other things happened before, during and after all of this, but he believes this all to be unimportant in context.
UNTIL THE BIRD OF THE SOUL TAKES FLIGHT FROM THE CAGE OF THE BODY TO CONSORT WITH THE NIGHTINGALES OF THE EVERLASTING GARDEN ..
UTBOTSTFFTCOTBTCWTNOTEG is a three-piece post-apocalyptic acoustic folk-pop band based in London. Their songs are mini-epic celebrations of life and love made in defiance of war and the forces of late capitalism. They craft something you haven’t ever quite heard before, while remaining rooted in the musical history of these islands and further afield.
FACEBOOK EVENT -https://www.facebook.com/events/355270101227358/
Advance tickets (Only £3.50) -http://www.wegottickets.com/event/187582
09 Aug 2012 Leave a Comment
in Live Tags: Bethnal Green, east london, Folk, Folk music in London, Folklore, Live Music Near The Olympic Stadium, Rumour Cubes, The Gallery Cafe
Rumour Cubes
.. Are a London-based six-piece creating atmospheric instrumental music. Working with poets and film makers and writing custom music software to sync videos to their live performances, the band construct a multimedia experience where dense ambient textures and intricate rhythms underlie beautiful melodies highlighted by violin and viola.
The bands EP We Have Sound Houses Also has been described as phenomenal (Echoes and Dust), music to make and break hearts (The 405), enough to put the band in the running for the title of best new artist (The Silent Ballet) and the band have received airplay from BBC 6 Musics Tom Robinson.
The band have recently recorded their debut album The Narrow State at Cafe Music Studios (Orbital, Brian Eno, King Creosote) in east London which will be released on 27th February 2012.
Rumour Cubes are Joe Bartlett (bass), Terry Murphy (viola), Hannah Morgan (violin), Omar Rahwangi (drums), Adam Stark (guitar, electronics) and Simon Stark (guitar, electronics).
Soulmates Never Die
.. is a young lad called Josh from Leeds! Hes been getting noticed recently for his very catchy songs that have a very differnet sound, that some describe as Grunge/Folk! His songs are sometimes reminisent of Bright Eyes with a flair for wit and a slightly poppier edge!
Mike Nisbet
‘Vagrant’ is the debut album from Oban-born musician Mike Nisbet. A Diving Bell Production, it was recorded in Glasgow in October 2010 by Marcus Mackay and will be released on (9/06/2011).
The albums ten tracks were written in the winter of 2009. After spending more than a year living between London and Glasgow so the songs are primarily to do with being on the road and basically having no home to return to. The albums completion was made possible by Creative Scotland, which provided the funding for the studio time. Nisbets long term ambition to create a solo record that, at its heart, is one man playing directly to the listener, has been beautifully realised.
Profiles of artists at this event:
Rumour Cubes
Soulmates Never Die
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venue information
This event is held at The Gallery Cafe , Bethnal Green London.
For full details of the location, venue reviews, photos and location maps, see the The Gallery Cafe venue page »
entry prices
Minimum age: 18
Last entry: 11:00pm
Entry price (public): £5 Or £4 NUS/ADV
Entry price (members/NUS): £5 Or £4 NUS/ADV
Doors open: 19:45 til 22:00
Buy cheap advance tickets here –
http://www.skiddle.com/events/11697012/
music genres
Alternative, Country/Americana, Folk
contact the gallery cafe in bethnal green london
For further information, ring: 07530681555
13 Jul 2012 Leave a Comment
in Uncategorized Tags: Alt/Folk, Bethnal Green, Douglas Dare, east london, Folk music in London, like spinning, Lucy Kitt, Maria Byrne and the broken string, The Gallery Cafe
Due to family reasons the original headliners for this evening (All We Are) had to pull out. We have however been blessed with some stupendous replacements ..
Folklore Featuring … Kari K.Jahnsen/Douglas Dare + Guests
All We Are have been replaced with a split set from the equally wonderful Kari K. Jahnsen & Douglas Dare!! The Night also has top support from Maria Byrne & The Broken String and Lucy Kitt.
LIKE SPINNING
- Beautiful, lingering melodies coupled with melancholy lyrics reminiscent of Bon Iver and Fleet Foxes with a definite eery undertone of eccentric ethereality
- ITNO Music
- Anglo-Norwegian band Like Spinning are purveyors of harmony rich indie-folk that will nestle nicely into you collection somewhere between First Aid Kit and Fleet Foxes (sound-wise, not alphabetically obviously). ‘My Window’ a dreamy track from recent double A-side single ‘Forces/My Window’, is a luscious, drifting and soothing treat for the ears and offers a few minutes of pure escapism
- The Sound Of Confusion
- Like Spinning are miners of melancholy. They’ve lured me into a world that is forever Autumn; a sunny sunny cold cold day full of fond memories and empty spaces. As they reach out I can’t help but give myself over, pulling a little closer as I don’t want to miss a thing. Hanging on every last word of such beautiful songs, songs with real weight to them as they offer intimacy and honesty in equal measures. Fans of many of today’s harmonious hot-shots (Fleet Foxes/Bon Iver et al) could find a new friend here, and perhaps one more worthy of your affection, a friend that you can actually relate to, imagine sitting with, sharing a joke, a drink, or a little encouragement to keep mining for that heart of gold
- Simple Folk Radio
- ‘Forces / My Window’ are both genuinely gorgeous, Kari has a truly beautiful voice, her ethereal vocals compliment the wistful melodies of her music perfectly, interweaving beautiful guitar arrangements with subdued percussion and dreamy harmonies to create a wonderful hazy, languid atmosphere that will ease your worries away
- Just Music That I Like
- Their sound is woozy dreamy alternative pop music with lots of female harmonies and floating guitar lines. Think Warpaint, Lanterns on the Lake and CocoRosie. The songs are exquisitely made and produced, I think they have the potential to make a really beautiful album
- Flying with Anna
- ‘Forces’ is an indie pop tune with a beautifully subtle composition. Jahnsen proves to be a skilled songwriter who conveys emotion well
- The DADADA
DOUGLAS DARE
Twenty-one year old Douglas Dare from West Dorset has emerged with a haunting sound of acoustic, piano based indie. Inspired by the solo projects of Jack Steadman (Bombay Bicycle Club), Daniel Rossen (Grizzly Bear) and Thom Yorke, Douglas combines intimate arrangements with a voice and lyric of a true storyteller.
Apparently, Maria Byrne used to work as a welder, tackling hairline cracks in Rolls Royce jet engines. Having never taken a naked flame anywhere near a jet engine, I can only imagine it to be an intensive, noisy way to pass the time. Which would make it pretty much the opposite of Byrnes debut album,Little Basement. For this record, youre going to need a different set of adjectives. How about sweet, simple and infectious. Those should tell you most of what you need to know.
Little Basement is full of sing-along melodies, at once delicate and full of life. Almost all of Byrnes momentum so far has been built through radio play, and its easy to see why given the charming tunes that make up this record, not least the toe-tappers Home and All You Need.
The celtic charm of her Irish upbringing shine through with the gentle fiddle adding a little fizzle, but the instrumentation is largely kept to a minimum in order to showcase Byrnes heart-warming vocals. The pace changes on the delightful Winter, which has an effect akin to a welcoming log fire on a cold day.
It helps to cap an accomplished debut that suggests Byrne has talent enough to keep her away from welding torches for as long as she chooses.
With an eclectic mix of folk rock and country blues, Lucy Kitt is fast developing a growing fan-base throughout the UK and beyond with her self-penned acoustic songs.
As a guitarist and performer in all girl Grunge band ‘Ostara’, the band quickly became established as well known musicians in their hometown of Romford & Upminster in Essex. It was moving to Kent for University after the split of Ostara that Lucy’s love for acoustic and folk took hold. Lucy naturally began taking inspiration from the likes of Neil Young, Joni Mitchell, Bob Dylan, Sandy Denny and music from her parents influential collection of 70s sounds. Beginning as a solo performer, Lucy soon became a feature on the Canterbury music scene and has been a respected local talent ever since. Recognition for her songwriting saw her reach the semi finals of the BBC Radio 2 young folk award in 2007. Beyond the UK, Lucy has fans across Europe and USA; having performed in Sweden and Switzerland, and organised her own mini-tour of North California, Lucy continues to spread her music far and wide. With radio air play in Australia as well as back home, and famous fans from the likes of anti-folk hero Billy Bragg, exposure of Lucys music is fast catching up her exceptional talent.
Entry Price: £5/£4 NUS or ADVANCE
Entry Price (Members/NUS): £5/£4 NUS or ADVANCE
For more information about this event, visit
http://www.skiddle.com/events/11673336?skcampaign=fbe
Minimum Age: 18
Date: 13th Jul 2012 7:45pm
Last Entry: 10:00pm
Venue: The Gallery Cafe
21 Old Ford Road
Bethnal Green London
E2 9PL
01 Jun 2012 Leave a Comment
in Uncategorized Tags: effra, jipsy, like spinning, The Gallery Cafe
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12 Apr 2012 Leave a Comment
in Uncategorized Tags: effra, Folk music in London, Folklore, free gigs, jipsy, like spinning, The Gallery Cafe
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04 Apr 2012 Leave a Comment
in Live Tags: Folk gigs in London, Folk Music, Folklore, live music, london, Lowpines, Olfar, The Gallery Cafe, The Glue Esemble, The Kilcawley Family
This month we have the extremely talented LOWPINES headlining the night! Drawing on influences such as Arcade Fire, Smog, Sparklehorse, The National and Elliott Smith their sound is very much their own and something truly to behold!! They are supported by two very excellent acts that are steadily climbing the ladder of the London alt/folk scene, THE GLUE ENSEMBLE and THE KILCAWLEY FAMILY.
LOWPINES (FORMERLY OLFAR)
“…the kind of tune you’d get most out of listening to on a cliff buffeted by gales and spray from stormy seas…” Artrocker
THE GLUE ENSEMBLE
“…as if Badly Drawn Boy, Iron and Wine and Damien Rice got mutated together in some horrendous scientific accident gone terribly well…” – Kerriann Curtis, IndieMusicReviewer.com
“…delightful, engaging, quietly powerful music, oozing charm…” – The Analogue Club “…unbelievable orchestration, a soothing violin and acoustic guitar playing off … perfect vocals.” -ThisBonusTrack
THE KILCAWLEY FAMILY
This brother and sister pairing are making a name for themselves on the london folk circuit. Originally from the north they are now very much London based and their particular brand of Folky/americana is very welcome!!
Purchase discounted tickets online here for £4 -https://www.facebook.com/events/172921449493739/
03 Feb 2012 Leave a Comment
in Live Tags: Broken Boat, Folk Music, Folklore, Josienne Clarke, london, Mr Wolf and his Music, The Gallery Cafe
Last shout out for tonight’s show at The Gallery Cafe. It’s gonna be a corker with performances from the wonderful Josienne Clarke, Mr Wolf and his Music and Broken Boat.
Doors open at 7:30
Playlist to include amongst others –
Bright Eyes, Bill Callaghan, Iron & Wine, Arcade Fire, Wilco, Bob Dylan, Ryan Adams, Monsters of folk, Simon & Garfunkle, Slow Club, Fleet Foxes, The National, Donovan, Gillian Welch, The Leisure Society, Lift To Experience, Josh Ritter, I Am Kloot, Evan Dando, Deer Tick, Neil Young, The Band and many more …
Food is still being served up until 9:00 pm
Hope to see you there
Rick x
02 Feb 2012 Leave a Comment
in Uncategorized Tags: Bethnal Green, Broken Boat, Folk Music, Josienne Clarke, london, Mr Wolf and his Music, The Gallery Cafe
The Stunning songs and voice of Josienne Clarke will be filling the four walls of The Gallery Cafe in Bethnal Green tomorrow evening! With excellent support for Mr Wolf And His Music and Broken Boat.
Doors – 7:30
Entry £6/£5 NUS
