The Gladstone Pub, Live music in London http://www.thegladpub.com Just another WordPress site Fri, 24 May 2013 13:57:28 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.5 AT THE GLAD: Sat 25 May- Bobby J & Hot Teeth plus Surprise Guests http://www.thegladpub.com/at-the-glad-sat-25-may-bobby-j-hot-teeth-plus-surprise-guests/ http://www.thegladpub.com/at-the-glad-sat-25-may-bobby-j-hot-teeth-plus-surprise-guests/#comments Fri, 24 May 2013 13:57:28 +0000 The Glad http://www.thegladpub.com/at-the-glad-sat-25-may-bobby-j-hot-teeth-plus-surprise-guests/ Born from the ashes of the Moon Music Orchestra, Bobby J and Hot Teeth bring you the heaviest, most psychedelic of grooves lashed to the shiniest of glammed up super sparkling hooks. Think Queens of the Stone Age meet Funkadelic put though a day-glo Prince filter.

Bobby J & Hot Teeth onstage at 10.00 pm

Guests from 8.00 pm

]]> http://www.thegladpub.com/at-the-glad-sat-25-may-bobby-j-hot-teeth-plus-surprise-guests/feed/ 0 AT THE GLAD: Sun 26 May- The Obscuritones http://www.thegladpub.com/at-the-glad-sun-26-may-the-obscuritones/ http://www.thegladpub.com/at-the-glad-sun-26-may-the-obscuritones/#comments Fri, 24 May 2013 13:57:27 +0000 The Glad http://www.thegladpub.com/at-the-glad-sun-26-may-the-obscuritones/ The superbly stylish triple female fronted Obscuritones deal in London greaserbilly for rock-a-hulagans. Playing the best rockabilly rarities from the fifties, surfin, spy and garage rock from the sixties and wild originals from the hereafter, they put on a fantastic show. If Imelda May had this much attitude she still wouldn’t be fit to tune their guitars….

Two sets, 8.15 pm & 9.15 pm

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]]> http://www.thegladpub.com/at-the-glad-fri-31-may-guest-djs-trouble-in-mind/feed/ 0 AT THE GLAD: Sat 1 June- The Vamp/ The Yes Mess http://www.thegladpub.com/at-the-glad-sat-1-june-the-vamp-the-yes-mess/ http://www.thegladpub.com/at-the-glad-sat-1-june-the-vamp-the-yes-mess/#comments Fri, 24 May 2013 13:57:27 +0000 The Glad http://www.thegladpub.com/at-the-glad-sat-1-june-the-vamp-the-yes-mess/ The Vamp are a superbly energetic seven piece hotchpotch of musicians from across the UK, Italy, Uzbekistan and Poland that cite influences as wide as Gogol Bordello, Tom Waits and Django Reinhardt. An ideal Saturday night Gladstone band, you’ll hear flavours of Eastern European folk, Balkan and Turkish infused rowdy sea shanties, pirate rock and gypsy jazz- the type for drinking and dancing to that is- mixed with what we could only describe as how the house band in a Bukowski novel might sound..

http://www.myspace.com/thevamplondon

The Vamp onstage on 10.00 pm

The Yes Mess are fast becoming one of our favourite acts to play here at The Glad, there’s no-one quite like them. They’re an enigmatic, super-funky, hook laden, multi layered ensemble that rattle the same hallucinatory cages as the Beta Band at their oddest, with elements of Syd’s Pink Floyd in the mix.

The Yes Mess onstage at 9.00 pm

]]> http://www.thegladpub.com/at-the-glad-sat-1-june-the-vamp-the-yes-mess/feed/ 0 AT THE GLAD: Sun 2 June- Ellie Rose Rusbridge/ Dear Joy http://www.thegladpub.com/at-the-glad-sun-2-june-ellie-rose-rusbridge-dear-joy/ http://www.thegladpub.com/at-the-glad-sun-2-june-ellie-rose-rusbridge-dear-joy/#comments Fri, 24 May 2013 13:57:26 +0000 The Glad http://www.thegladpub.com/at-the-glad-sun-2-june-ellie-rose-rusbridge-dear-joy/ Described by Time Out as playing ‘dusk-lit songs, strong and tender and sung in a voice that curls darkly at the edges in a way that’ll entice fans of Joanna Newsom and Regina Spektor’, the wonderfully talented Ellie Rose Rusbridge brings her full band to the Glad tonight for what promises to be a very special performance.

http://soundcloud.com/ellieroserusbridge

Ellie Rose Rusbridge onstage at 9.15 pm

Dear Joy, a music project created by Thai/Scandinavian singer/songwriter Lou Vilstrup, play ensemble folk informed as much by Eastern European gypsy styles as contemporary alternative acoustic singer songwriters. Vilstrup’s strong voice, beautiful ear for melody, and finely wrought lyrics are complemented by excellent arrangements and sympathetic group accompaniment.

Dear Joy onstage at 8.00 pm.

]]> http://www.thegladpub.com/at-the-glad-sun-2-june-ellie-rose-rusbridge-dear-joy/feed/ 0 AT THE GLAD: Mon 3 June- Eist. Trad Irish & Roots Round Table Folk Session http://www.thegladpub.com/at-the-glad-mon-3-june-eist-trad-irish-roots-round-table-folk-session/ http://www.thegladpub.com/at-the-glad-mon-3-june-eist-trad-irish-roots-round-table-folk-session/#comments Fri, 24 May 2013 13:57:26 +0000 The Glad http://www.thegladpub.com/at-the-glad-mon-3-june-eist-trad-irish-roots-round-table-folk-session/ The Glad’s monthly trad Irish & roots round table session. Curated by Irish duo Glenn Comiskey and Catherine Doogan( folk group Mariah Wade), it’s an evening of traditional Irish, English and American folk songs performed round our big table (with the accompaniment of a few pints..), Guests with a traditional song or instrument from any part of the world are more than welcome.

Music begins at 8.30 pm.

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Currently working with Talk Talk producer Tim Friese-Green, East London collective Firefly Burning blend influences from the chamber folk style of Sufjan Stevens and the post-minimalism of John Adams. to modern classical composition and Eastern and African folk music. Close harmonies and intricate rhythms set an intimate and intense atmosphere that demands and repays close attention. A truly unique ensemble, they’re a real Sunday evening treat.

‘the music is so utterly hypnotic…firefly are intoxicating, beautiful and affirming’ Matchbox Magazine

‘urgent dancing piano lines and frantic strings over which Bea Hankey sings with majestic, hypnotic grace..’ Time Out

‘music that paints sound pictures and takes the audience in myriad directions at will…a vital, indefinable band. Like no other band I have seen before.’ For Folks Sake

‘quirky, challenging and innovative music…uncompromising in their bold and stark musical vision.’ Bright Young Folk

http://www.fireflyburning.co.uk/#23a/bandcamp

Firefly Burning onstage at 9.00 pm

Formed in 2009, Quest is a contemporary London based ensemble who devise and perform original work. The core of the group comprising piano, violin and cello, aim to explore and create a unique take on the classical piano trio. Their distinctive sound is driven by the individual voices of the instrumentalists, blending their varied cultural and musical backgrounds of classical, jazz and world music to create beautifully melodic lines, rich harmonies and intricately interwoven rhythmic counterpoint.

http://soundcloud.com/quest-ensemble

The Quest Ensemble onstage at 8.00 pm

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We have a very special performance this evening from acclaimed Senegalese percussionist, songwriter and guitarist Amadou Diagne, and Groanbox multi-instrumentalist and singer Cory Seznec. This promises to be a real high point of our year, definitely not one to be missed!

Born into a large Griot family of Sabar drummers Amadou Diagne has been surrounded the traditional music of his home from the beginning, and it is this well of tradition from which he takes his inspiration for his own music. Over the years he has played such giants of African music as Youssou N’Dour and Cesaria Evora. His unique finger picking guitar style is enhanced by percussive slapping of the strings and drumming on the guitar body to explore and improvise as he plays.

Franco-American Cory Seznec is one third of the Guardian four star favorites the Groanbox Boys. A truly impressive roots act, they blend influences from all over the world, combining their basis in American old-time and bluegrass music with African, Cuban and European folk influences. Seznec is equally adept at fingertsyle guitar, claw hammer banjo, vocals, harmonica and a variety of other stringed instruments.

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The Ramshackle Union Band onstage at 10.00 pm

Smugglers Records recording artists the Hellfire Orchestra blend the punk rock meets folk of the Pogues with the London lyrical delivery of The King Blues and the anything goes attitude of Joe Strummer and the Mescalaroes to create a fantastically energetic Saturday night sound. They played their first gig here two months ago, we liked it so much we immediately gave them a residency.

Hellfire Orchestra onstage at 9.00 pm

Tonight making their Glad debut, four piece the Ragged Flags incorporate American country rock into their British pop folk sound.

The Ragged Flags onstage at 8.15 pm

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