Yes, they are back! Will Lawton & The Alchemists make a welcome return to The Thursday Night Music Club to fill the place with people and melodies. This band features Will Lawton (piano and vocals), Weasel Howlett (drums), Buddy Fonzarelli (upright bass) and sometimes extends to include Ami Kaelyn (guitar and vocals) and Harki Popli […]
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The Sunday Social for October welcomes back firm favourites Canute’s Plastic Army. Canute’s Plastic Army features the soaring, passionate vocals of Anish Harrison and dynamic, intricate acoustic guitar of Neil Mercer combining into a powerful force of dark-folk nature. Their first EP, Building Walls, was released in summer 2017 on Secret Chord records and they […]
We finally get to welcome Paul Henshaw to The Thursday Night Music Club after last years Covid-Cancellation, and we couldn’t be more excited to bring a performer who strives to make interesting music with songs that are deep and drenched in honesty to youHenshaws songs are written from the heart with life experiences and stories […]
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Live Music Session #83 – Bone Chapel
Strikingly Authentic Cosmic Blues from Pete Cousins (Pig Nose, Teddy White) with a three string guitar, a stack of songs about everyday despair, redemption and apocalyptic philosophy, tied together with a whisky soaked voice that could tempt the chains from the walls of a a prison cell. Add the sonic junkyard that provides the shamanic […]
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Live Music Session #82 – Matt Owens
It is a more than welcome and very overdue return to The Thursday Night Music Club for Matt Owens! Matt is a British singer-songwriter, who co-founded Noah and the Whale and Little Mammoths. “Whiskey and Orchids”, his debut solo album was recently followed by the lockdown release of abum 2, “Scorched Earth”. Matts music is […]
This months Sunday Social session features the return of the fabulous canal dwelling folkies Fly Yeti Fly. Fly Yeti Fly are the Wiltshire-based acoustic duo Lorna Somerville and Darren Fisher. Blending sensitive vocal harmonies with intricate guitar arrangements, mandolin and harmonica, the duo weave songs and stories from their travels together, with a sound that […]
This session of the Thursday Night Music Club introduces Concrete Prairie to Swindon audiences, alongside local artist Jol Rose. Concrete Prairie are from Bath with a sound based on folk / country and Americana. They utilise guitar, banjo, bass, fiddle and harmonica to make a beautiful heartworn racket. Jol Rose is a Swindon-based singer-songwriter. Jol […]
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Live Music Session #79 – Mark Harrison
The Thursday Night Music Club welcomes back the brilliant blues of Mark Harrison. Mark takes elements of roots music, including folk, blues and gospel, to create something new. Each song is a snapshot of life or has a story to tell, like a 3-minute film or novel. Mark’s live shows are well-known not only for […]
The Sunday Social music session eases back into town with the folk acoustica of the brilliant Bob Heath. Bob Heath is a musician, music therapist, songwriter and singer, writing and performing for many years. Releasing a solo album ‘Skinny Ghosts’ in 2014, he formed the band ‘Souls & Shadows’ as a vehicle for performing his […]
The Thursday Night Music Club returns (fingers crossed)! And what a way to make that return, as we welcome back the amazing Hannah Rose Platt! Hannah specialises in Americana country music with storytelling at its heart. Her melodic, poetic and accessible music offers self-written narratives to ordinary people who had no one to unfurl their […]