SWEET BABOO

http://www.sweetbaboo.co.uk

Sweet Baboo is Stephen Black, a native of the north Wales countryside and a single-minded, idiosyncratic singer. Black possesses an ear for a sparkling melody, a restless soul, and a gift for a deft lyrical turn from darkly funny to piercingly tender, twinklingly boastful to deliciously self-deprecating.

Sweet Baboo's third album, I'm a Dancer/Songs About Sleeping, was nominated for the inaugural Welsh Music Prize in 2011, a year which also saw the release of his EP, Girl Under A Tree. Influenced by fond musical favourites, The Beach Boys, Daniel Johnston and Gorky's Zygotic Mynci, Girl Under A Tree tells tales of girls, loss, adventure and drinking.

Over the last few years, Sweet Baboo has played at Latitude, Green Man Festival, SXSW and The Camden Crawl, as well as touring Germany with Johnny Flynn and the UK with Islet and Slow Club. He has also been invited to record sessions for BBC 6 Music's Marc Riley, Huw Stephens and Stuart Maconie. Notably, Black's song How I'd Live My Life (AKA The Bumblebee Song) is the soundtrack to a series of TV spots for the Visit Wales tourist board campaign.

SUNDAY 17 NOVEMBER

EXCHANGE BRISTOL

Old Market, Bristol BS2 0EJ

Doors 7:30pm

Ages 14+ (under 18s must be accompanied by an adult)

Tickets £7.00 advance

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