Buzz Magazine September 2013 | Page 74

live music
Jake Morley The Moon Club, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £5. Info info@ thefullmooncardiff.com. Jerry Epstein & Ralph Boddington The Windsor Hotel, Pontyclun. 7.30pm, £8/£5. Info 01443 226892. American duo perform for a Llantrisant Folk Club night. Open Mic Night NosDa, Cardiff. 8pm, free. Info 029 2037 8866. Free pint for anyone taking part. Psycroptic + Hour Of Penance + Dyscarnate Bogiez, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £10 adv. Info [e-mail]. Impressive triple bill of death metal. Sixties Gold St David’s Hall, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £29.50/£27.50. Info 029 2087 8444. Featuring Gerry & The Pacemakers, The Searchers, PJ Proby, The Fortunes and Brian Poole and Chip Hawkes. The Jive Aces Theatr Brychieniog, Brecon. 7.30pm, £16/£15. Info 01874 611622.

FRIDAY 27

live review

BRECON JAZZ FESTIVAL
Various venues, Brecon. Thurs 8-Sun 11 Aug words IAN MANN photos TIM DICKESON This year’s Brecon Jazz Festival has built upon the successes of 2012 by deploying five venues and programming a whole host of street music, including an appearance by the popular South Wales-based community band Wonderbrass. With Sunday afternoon at The Guildhall being given over entirely to events promoted by Welsh jazz clubs there were continuing signs that Brecon Jazz was making an attempt to return to its roots. Running alongside this strand was a series of performances featuring artist in residence, pianist Huw Warren, under the banner ‘Worldwide Wales’. The show saw Warren collaborating with Italian vocalist Maria Pia de Vito and the extraordinary American drummer Jim Black. The Warren/Black performance, augmented by Cardiff-based double bass player Huw V Williams, proved to be one of the stand out gigs of the festival. During the course of the weekend I managed to visit all five concert venues and saw some absolutely terrific music. With the well established Fringe Festival also hosting events throughout the town that old Brecon Buzz was back again with music seeming to flow from every corner. Other highlights included the trio Phronesis, led by the London-based Danish bass player Jasper Hoiby, who received a well deserved standing ovation. Another top performance was pianist Gwilym Simcock, alongside fellow Brit Mike Walker (guitar) and the Americans Steve Rodby (double bass) and Mark Walker (drums). There’s a real buzz about this international alliance and their set was also rapturously received. Finally there was evidence that the future of jazz in this country is in good hands as the students of Cardiff’s Royal Welsh College Of Music And Drama rose to the occasion and played a superb set at a packed Guildhall. Info: www.thejazzmann.com
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Acoustic Blues Night The Andrew Buchan, Cardiff. 9pm, free. Info 029 2021 2509. BBC NOW: Americana Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff Bay. 2pm, £9-£12. Info 029 2063 6464. Garry Walker conducts a programme of Virgil Thomson, Samuel Barber, Aaron Copeland and Walter Piston. Buska Grand Pavilion, Porthcawl. 7-10pm. Info 01656 815995. Acoustic showcase featuring singer-songwriters etc. Daniel De Borah St David’s Hall, Cardiff. 1pm, £6.50/£5.50 adv. Info 029 2087 8444. Australian concert pianist. Jazz Cafe The Gate, Cardiff. 8pm, £3/£2. Info 029 2048 3344. Jazz Jam Session Jazzland, Swansea. 8.30-11pm. Info 07802 912789. Also includes a vocal/piano workshop with Claire Martin and Gareth Williams. Kris Kristofferson St David’s Hall, Cardiff. 8.30pm, £29.50/£26. Info 029 2087 8444. See Music. PaperPlane The Moon Club, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £5. Info info@ thefullmooncardiff.com. The Dick Williams Six Café Jazz, Cardiff. 8pm, £4.50/£4/£2 NUS. Info 029 2034 0591. Hafren, Newtown. 8pm, £23.50. Info 01686 614555. In Llanelli tomorrow. Claire Martin And Her Band Jazzland, Swansea. 8.30-11pm. Info 07802 912789. Community Samba Band – Practise Dates Felindre Village Hall, Powys. 7-9pm, £4/£2 under-16s. Info [e-mail]. Dean Friedman The Gate, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £20/£17.50. Info 029 2048 3344. Buzz’s postman is a fan of Dean Friedman. This is the only thing we know about him, apart from that he drinks Jack Daniels. Dominic Marshall Trio Café Jazz, Cardiff. 8pm, £6/£5. Info 029 2034 0591. Evarose + Attention Thieves Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £6. Info 029 2023 2199. Gwdihw Open Mic Gwdihw, Cardiff. 8pm, free. Info 029 2039 7933.

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WEDNESDAY 25

Africa Entsha & Wrexham Community Choir Foyer, Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff Bay. 1pm, free. Info 029 2063 6464. Ampersand Open Mic The North Star, Cardiff. 8pm, free. Info 029 2062 4050. Bandaoke 90s Special Porter’s, Cardiff. 8pm. Info [e-mail]. Sing along to a live band playing 1990s hits. Ben Bryden’s Bright Noise Dempseys, Cardiff. 8pm, £7/£5. Info 029 2023 9253. Cerys Matthews Theatr

Barb Jungr St David’s Hall, Cardiff. 8pm, £12. Info 029 2087 8444. Singing the songs of Bob Dylan. Ben Kenney Hobo’s, Bridgend. 7pm, £15 adv. Info www.hobosmusicvenue.com. One of the shirted members of Incubus plays a set of solo songs in what is sometimes known as the ‘old man hat’ style. Cerys Matthews Y Ffwrnes, Llanelli. 7.30pm, £23.50. Info 0845 2263510. Damian Clarke The Old Post Office Bistro And Bar, Rosebush. Info 01437 532205. Danny & The Champions Of The World The Chattery, Swansea. 7.30pm, £10 adv. Info 01792 473276. Dewi Griffiths The Old Library, Cardiff. 6-8pm, free. Info 029 2066 6566. Evile CF10, Cardiff University Students Union. 7.30pm, £5 adv. Info 029 2078 1458. British thrash breakout band touring the UK for cheap. Fighting Fiction The Parrot, Carmarthen. 7.30pm. Info 01237 236012. Brighton punk rockers. Four On The Door The Gate, Cardiff. 6pm, £4. Info 029 2048 3344. Monthly gig of up and coming bands. Jazz, Blues & A Bit Of Food The North Star, Cardiff. 7pm, free. Info 029 2062 4050. Jimjam Open Mic Session The Claude Hotel, Albany Road, Cardiff. 9pm, free. Info 07557 505123. With guest band Roosvelt. Jonathan Crespo Quintet Café Jazz, Cardiff. 8pm, £6/£5. Info 029 2034 0591. Martyn Joseph Lyceum Tavern, Newport. 8pm, £14 adv. Info 01633 858636. A Lyceum Folk Club night. Matt Cook Tempus Bar, St David’s Hotel, Cardiff. 7pm, free. Info 0844 8246171. Open Mic Night Lyceum Tavern, Newport. 8.30pm. Info 01633 858636. Orbits The Full Moon, Cardiff. 8pm, free. Info info@ thefullmooncardiff.com. Shrine + Dimensions + We Are Romans The Moon Club, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £5. Info info@thefullmooncardiff. com. Complex metal bands. Headliners are from Brighton. Sky Larkin + Radstewart + Mowbird Gwdihw, Cardiff. 8pm, £5. Info 029 2039 7933. Leeds indie sorts headline Jealous Lovers Club’s second gig this month.

ACAB Kiwi’s, Cardiff. 10pm, free. Info 029 2039 8965. Agnieszka Pluta Foyer, Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff Bay. 5.45pm, free. Info 029 2063 6464. Polish pianist. Amser Jazz Time Royal Welsh College Of Music & Drama, Cardiff. 5.30pm, free. Info 029 2039 1391. Every Friday in the foyer until Dec 13, starting this week. Aubrey Parsons Tempus Bar, St David’s Hotel, Cardiff. 6pm, free. Info 0844 8246171. Cerys Matthews Torch Theatre, Milford Haven. 7.30pm, £23.50. Info 01646 695267. On tomorrow also. Gary Griffiths & Hannah Stone Holy Cross Church, Cowbridge. 7.30pm, £12/£10. Info 01446 773824. Baritone and harpist perform for the Cowbridge Music Festival concert of 2013. *Islet + The Vestals + Houdini Dax + Science Bastard Le Pub, Newport. 7.30pm, £5. Info 01633 221477. First of three gigs here this weekend celebrating the 25th birthday of local record shop Diverse. Janet Devlin The Globe, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £8.50 adv. Info [e-mail]. Acoustical singer who was on X Factor. Jacqui Dankworth And David Gordon’s Butterfly’s Wing Royal Welsh College Of Music & Drama, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £15/£12. Info 029 2039 1391. Jazz foursome, also featuring violinist Chris Garrick and cellist Ben Davis. Kris Drever Rhos Y Gilwen, Pembrokeshire. 8pm, £10 adv. Info 01239 841387. Folk singer/ guitarist from Orkney. Leighton Jones The North Star, Cardiff. 9pm, free. Info 029 2062 4050. Live/Wire + The ZZ Tops Memorial Hall Theatre, Barry. 7pm, £18.50 adv. Info 01446 738622. AC/DC and ZZ top tribute bands. Metheglin + Julie Gordon & Stainless Steve Garrett Pontardawe Arts Centre. 7.30pm. Info 01792 863722. An Acoustic Meeting Ground night. Moon Club The Moon Club, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £4. Info [e-mail]. See what’s been done here? Because I sure did! Ols Samuel The Full Moon, Cardiff. 8pm, free. Info info@ thefullmooncardiff.com. Organ Recital National Museum & Gallery, Cardiff. 1pm, free. Info 029 2039 7951. Paper Moon Dempseys, Cardiff. 8.30pm, £8. Info 029 2023 9253. Playing live as part of Four Bars Swing, a lindy hop/swing dance night having its first birthday. Poizon Bogiez, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £5 adv. Info contact@ bogiez.com. A tribute to the band Poison. Fair play for not being put of by this being a joke on The Simpsons. Postclassic era, I’ll grant you. Rock Around The 60s Congress Theatre, Cwmbran. 7pm, £15. Info 01633 868239. Featuring the New Honeycombs plus an Everley Brothers tribuyte, Walk Right Back. Salvation The Yard, Cardiff.

9.30pm, free. Info 029 2022 7577. The Boxettes Queens Hall, Narberth. 7.30pm, £12/£10. Info 01834 861212. All-female beatbox/vocal group. Bellatrix is in them, if her name rings a bell. The Charleston Chasers Borough Theatre, Abergavenny. 7.30pm, £15. Info 01873 850805. Music from the 1920s and 30s. Tradicional Cubano Royal Welsh College Of Music & Drama, Cardiff. 1.15pm, £8/£6. Info 029 2039 1391. Yr Ods + Clinigol Y Ffwrnes, Llanelli. 8pm, £8. Info 0845 2263510.

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3amp The Vulcan Lounge, Cardiff. Free. Info 029 2023 1669. All To Ruin + Blue Collar Decade + Storm The Walls + Giving Into Ghosts Hobo’s, Bridgend. 7.30pm, £4/£3 adv. Info www.hobosmusicvenue.com. Candelas + Bromas + Yr Eira Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff. 8pm. Info 029 2023 2199. Cerys Matthews Torch Theatre, Milford Haven. 7.30pm, £23.50. Info 01646 695267. Crinkle Cuts The Full Moon, Cardiff. 8pm, free. Info info@ thefullmooncardiff.com. Derek Paravacini Theatr Brychieniog, Brecon. 7.30pm, £17.50/£27.50 VIP. Info 01874 611622. Virtuoso pianist who is notable for being blind and autistic, but has tens of thousands of pieces in his repertoire. GlastonBarry Memorial Hall Theatre, Barry. 5pm, £12/£10 under-18s/£20 VIP. Info 01446 738622. Featuring sets from Oasish, Stereotonics, The Vinyl Eyes, The Shamones, Back To November, John Adams, Scot Hawtin and guest DJs (more live acts are also TBC). Gramercy Riffs The North Star, Cardiff. 9pm, free. Info 029 2062 4050. Hansel Und Gretyl + Deadcell Bogiez, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £8.50 adv. Info [e-mail]. Industrial metal bands from New York and Holland respectively. Laid Blak The Globe, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £8 adv. Info [e-mail]. Reggae/hip-hop group from Bristol. Lee Ingram Cardiff Central Library. 1pm, free. Info 029 2078 0960. Jazz pianist. Legend Live Queens Hall, Narberth. 8pm, £15/£14 adv. Info 01834 861212. Bob Marley tribute. *Loserpalooza The Moon Club, Cardiff. 5pm, £4. Info [e-mail]. Annual half-dayer of doomy rock and metal, now on its third instalment. Sonance, Spider Kitten, Ghast, Atomçk, Pohl and Homoh are the bands playing. Monkjack The Yard, Cardiff. 9.30pm, free. Info 029 2022 7577. Paul Child Congress Theatre, Cwmbran. 7.30pm, £15/£13.50. Info 01633 868239. Featuring the BBC Television Orchestra and special guest Scott Quinnell, who now apparently has a post-rugby business making candles. Skunkboy + Rob Lear & Band + Julia Harris &

Hall, Sun 8)  STATUS QUO + 10CC (Motorpoint Arena, Sun 8)  ELECTRIC SIX (The Glee Club, Mon 9)  WET WET WET (Motorpoint Arena, Tue 10)  GAVIN BUTLER & NEIL STARR (Dempseys, Cardiff, Sun 15)  UNION J (Motorpoint Arena, Sun 15)  JLS (Motorpoint Arena, Wed 18)  JOOLS HOLLAND (Motorpoint Arena, Thurs 19) BUZZ 74