Events on Friday 26th February
“Alice Taylor-Matthews is a fantastic local act who is rapidly moving up the ranks with finals in numerous prestigious competitions and is winning fans all around the country with her laid back naturalistic wit. Just two weeks ago Alice appeared at the BBC 6Music Festival alongside the likes of Mark Watson and Shaun Keaveny so this unstoppable rise looks set to continue.”
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Alice Taylor-matthews & Chums
“The power... the passion... the perfection Welcome to Oye Santana four decades' worth of hits from Black Magic Woman and Oye Como Va via Carnaval , Dance Sister Dance and She's Not There to Smooth , Maria Maria and Coraz n Espinado played with power, passion and perfection. Prepare yourself for guitar wizardry, keyboard mast ery, astonishing vocals and powerhouse brass, and a rhythm section with more gr oove than you could shake a pair of maracas at. You'll be open mouthed, we promise. But there's more to Oye Santana than that. Every date we play is a show and every track is a fiesta come and listen, come and dance, come and party”
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Oye Santana
“A five piece all male outfit of Vocals, Guitar, Keys, Bass, Drums. All the band sing backing vocals-many of the songs we choose are either vocal or bassline lead. The authentication, tradition and look of a soul band combined with carefully selected Disco and related evocative floor pleasers from the late 70's Boogie era of Disco right through to recent house music classics from the last ten years. Disco Funk music and its related forms.”
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Supernature/boogie Truckers
“YHA Bristol has teamed up with MTV Award nominated, double platinum-selling Swiss band 77 Bombay Street to host a series of free intimate gigs at Youth Hostels across England and Wales in February 2016.”
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77 Bombay Street Free Gig
“This superstar combo of Bristolian jazzers is an ongoing celebration of the late local hero George, a great sax player and tunesmith with a carnival soul, ensuring that his lively, danceable Caribbean street-jazz isn't lost to the party people still to come.”
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George Mabuza Group -