LISTINGS: Rock & Pop, Jazz, Folk/Roots, Open Mic/Jamming, Opera, Concerts & Recitals - May 17 - May 24
ROCK & POP
THURSDAY (MAY 17)
Newton Faulkner, Leadmill, Leadmill Road.
Kirsty Almeida, The Greystones, Greystones Road.
The Black Delta Movement/Shermer/ Still Down Gil, South Seas, Spooner Road, Broomhill.
The RecrootsGoat Leaf/Blind Mouse/The Dismissive Attack, West Street Live.
FRIDAY
Seventh Son/ The Kamen, South Sea, Broomhill.
The Fapy Lafertin Quintet, two of the greatest living Gypsy guitarists , Fapy Lafertin and Lollo Meier, joined by the great Gypsy violinist Tcha Limberger and supported by Dave Kelbie and Andy Crowdy. Library Theatre, Tudor Square, 7.30pm (£12/ £10).
East Park Reggae Collective, Ashanti Beats Friday fund-raiser for Peace in the Park, Penelopes, Arundel Gate, 8pm.
John Strong Band, Delaney’s Music Bar, Cemetery Road.
Kerri Leigh, vocalist performing classic and modern day pop, G Casino, Duchess Road,
Reservoir Rocks, West Street Live.
Red Hot White, The Harlequin, Nursery Street.
Retrospectives, Corporation, Milton Street.
Steve Cosgrove’s Bluestown, New Barrack Tavern, Penistone Road
Stonestreet, Dove & Rainbow, Hartshead Square.
Lawson, The Leadmill, Leadmill Road.
Darke Horse, playing as part of their EP launch, Plug, Matilda Street.
Dizzy Club, The Greystones, Greystones Road.
Dominic Kirwan, Winding Wheel, Chesterfield
Bangkok Messiahs Of Groove, Snafu, Rotherham.
Katriona Gilmore & Jamie Roberts, The Rock, Rotherham.
SATURDAY
Wet Nuns/ Dead Sons, plus the Tramlines People’s Choice finalists - The Blue Lip Feel, Polkadodge, The Ratells, Sour Cherry, The Monday Club, Pistola Kicks, Dead Like Harry and 10 Bob Millionaire - competing to appear on the Main Stage of the festival in July, Leadmill, 6.30pm-11,30pm (£5).
Glacier / Live For Today / Black Echo / The Starkins / Fear Of Sharks, Corporation, Milton Street.
Westlife, Motorpoint Arena.
Jake Morley, Plug, Matilda Street.
Robin Williamson, The Greystones, Greystones Road.
Sleepwalker / Velozity, The Venue, Stocksbridge.
Tom Hingley (Inspiral Carpets)/ Smiling Ivy, South Sea, Spooner Road, Broomhill.
Lionel Richie Tribute, performed by Moni Tivony, G Casino, Duchess Road,
The Band With No Name, White Lion, London Road, Heeley, 9pm.
The Tempertons, Sheffield-based nine-piece funk/soul/groove band, Nottingham House, Whitham Road, Broomhill.
Mark IV, West Street Live.
Montuno, Delaney’s Music Bar, Cemetery Road.
Don’t Shoot The Messenger, The Harlequin, Nursery Street.
Dale Storr, with Kim Mayhew and guest Ian Sanderson, New Orleans Rhythm and Blues, Jazz and Funk, Cobden View, Crookes, 9pm.
The Problem with Marie, soft rock five-piece, Shiny Sheff, Crimicar Lane, Lodge Moor, 9pm
Band of Brothers, Wadsley Bridge WMC, Halifax Road.
July Julay, Latin vocalist whose regular appearances at Carnival Latino London and throughout Europe has established a following in the Latin American music community, La Mama Latin Tapas Bar and Restaurant, Abbeydale Road.
Mahogany Newt, Burlington Club, High Street, Wath on Dearne.
Manhattans, Trades Club, Barnsley.
Wild Mcbride, Snafu, Rotherham.
SUNDAY
Spur of the Moment, Delaney’s Music Bar, Cemetery Road, 3pm-8pm.
The Aces, Wadsley Bridge WMC, Halifax Road.
Day Old Hate/Fight The Bear/The Jooles/Guilty Reflex, West Street Live.
Tea, Clowne Rock & Blues Club, Villa Park, Recreation Close, Clowne, 8.30pm.
Let There Be Drums, high energy percussion extravaganza featuring Bobby Harrison the original drummer with Procol Harum and his band Journey 2 Freedom. Paul Fenton who toured as drummer with Marc Bolan and continues to work under the name T.Rex and John Coghlan, the original drummer with Status Quo with his band John Coghlan’s Quo, Buxton Opera House, 7.30pm.
Bill Sheffield & Dave Saunders, The Greystones, Greystones Road.
Bonnie, Trades Club, Barnsley.
MONDAY
Tuesday Lates/Scrim/Monoking/Lucy Winterton, West Street Live.
Michael Kiwanuka, Mercury music prize nominee plays at the Leadmill, Leadmill Road.
Broken Hands, SOYO, Matilda Street.
Paul Jones & Digby Fairweather’s Half Dozen: Rockin’ In Rhythm, Buzton Opera House.
TUESDAY
Coyote Mad Seeds/Surviving Savannah/The Smithereens/And Abide, West Street Live.
Son Para Todos, Latin rhythms, Cubana, Trippet Lane.
Saint Etienne, The Leadmill, Leadmill Road.
WEDNESDAY
Red Jester/ Soul Funkful/ The Outfits, followed by Mod/indie Djs, The Viper Rooms, Carver Street, 8pm.
Audery Horne/ The Tempertons/ Building Ships/ Katherine Hurdley & Alex Percy, + Drop The Bomb and Murder She Wrote DJs, Peace in The Park fundraiser, The Washington, Fitzwilliam Street 8pm-11am (£₤2 suggested donation).
The Library, South Sea, Spooner Road, Broomhill.
Brave New Storm/Chris Murphy & Boxer Genius/Sam Browse & Friends, West Street Live.
Tristan Mackay, O2 Academy, Arundel Gate.
One Night Of Queen, Buxton Opera House.
THURSDAY (MAY 24)
Brit Floyd - The World’s Greatest Pink Floyd Show, City Hall, 8pm (from £27.50).
Bury The Ladybird/The Black Hands/Take To The Seven/Rock Melon, West Street Live.
Down the Machine/ Semiphore, South Sea, Spooner Road, Broomhill.
Hired Guns / Abandoned Faith, Dove & Rainbow, Hartshead Square.
Heather Peace, The Leadmill, Leadmill Road.
Gordon Giltrap, The Greystones, Greystones Road.
Studio Live, bands, live acts, and DJs, Studio 557, Ecclesall Road, every Thursday, 6pm.
Alfie Boe, Buxton Opera House.
JAZZ
Impressions, the rich vocals of Karen Lake backed by Pete Lyons on tenor sax, Jez Matthews on piano. Rich Keates on bass and Brian Bestall on drums, Cubana Tapas Bar, Trippet Lane, Thursday, May 17, 8.30pm.
Tina May Quartet, the singer backed by pianist Nikki Iles, bass player Julie Walkington and accordionist Karen Street in double-bill with Ensemble 360 evoking the music of Twenties Paris, a Music in the Round/ Sheffield Jazz concert, Crucible Studio, Friday, 7.45pm.
The Dizzy Club. Sheffield’s long standing jazz and swing band comprising John Naylor, vocals. Patrick Walker, violin and guitars, Steve Brickley, double bass and Caroline Boaden, drums, The Greystones, Greystones Road, Friday, 8pm (£5).
Jazz at the Showroom, Sunday lunch session, Showroom Cinema, Sunday, 1pm-3pm.
Jazz Preservation Society, residency for the trad and mainstream ensemble, Norfolk Arms, Ringinglow, Mondays, 8.45pm (£3 entry).
Ralph Salt Quintet, Travelers, Apperknowle, Monday.
The History of the Big Bands, with a 13-piece big band and vocals from X Factor’s Andy Abraham, Lyceum Theatre, Wednesday, 7.45pm (£23).
Lescar Jazz, the Nicola Farnon Quartet warming up for a summer of festivals round the country with the vocalist and bass player joined by Chris Walker on guitar, Piero Tucci on keyboards and tenor sax and Phil Johnson drums, Lescar Hotel, Sharrowvale Road, Wednesday (£4 /£3.50).
The Big Swing, Revolucion de Cuba, Mappin Street Wednesdays from 7pm with informal swing dance class with pro DJ and dance instructor Mike Tate, 9pm with live music, 8.30pm-1am.
FOLK/ROOTS
Sheffield City Morris Men/Silkstone Greens, The Forum, Devonshire Street, tonight (Thursday, May 17), 7.45pm.
Jack’s Rake, singers & musicians welcome, Crookes Folk Club, Princess Royal, Slinn Street, tonight (Thursday, May 17), 8.15pm.
Martyn Joseph & Stewart Henderson, The acclaimed singer-songwriter teams up with the poet, broadcaster and writer on their ‘Because We Still Can’ tour, Sheffield Cathedral, Friday, 7.30pm (£16). Worrall Folk and Ale Festival, Lashings of music, real ale from local brewers and the famous Worrall Burgers in the grounds of Worrall Memorial Hall, Towngate Road. Kicks off on Friday at 7.30pm with Jack’s Rake, Vic Shepherd and John Bowden and Richard Brown, on Saturday at 2pm trio Skyhook are the headliners, plus an open mic session, followed by a family ceilidh at 7pm. The Saturday evening concert starts at 8.30pm and will be headlined by Charlie Barker and Tom Sweeney, plus support. Tickets available on the door priced £4.50 (Friday) and £6.50 (Saturday), witbh concessions. All proceeds go to Worrall Community Association Ltd. Tel David Bryan on 07527160668 or see Facebook.
Edale Folk Festival, Award-winning musicians, writers and crafts people join a new festival. Folk singer Bella Hardy, recently named Best Original Songwriter in the BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards returns to the home stage with her musical trio and they’ll be joined by other local talent including Bamford-grown Robin Beatty’s Old Dance School. National names include The Destroyers, Kris Drever & Eamonn Coyne, Katriona Gilmore & Jamie Roberts and Jack McNeill. Edale writer Mark Wallington will preview his book about his travels round the UK’s Open Mic Nights and Kathy Towers, awarded the 2011 Seamus Heaney prize for poetry, will be reading from her work. Former Derbyshire Poet Laureate River Wolton leads a writing workshop as well as sharing the stage with Sheffield singing trio the Top Shelalas. “The festival is designed to be a fun weekend where families can come and take part in music workshops or just relax while others provide the entertainment,” says organiser Sarah Eldridge. “With art and crafts as well as excellent music, plus the opportunity to walk in the Peak District, what more could anyone ask?” Any profit goes to a school in Kenya with links with Hope Valley School and charity Freedom From Torture. Edale playing field, Friday, Saturday, Sunday. See www.edalefolkfestival.co.uk.
Katriona Gilmore & Jamie Roberts, Lap-tapping guitar, fiery fiddle and trademark harmonies, The Rock@Maltby, Wesley Centre, Maltby, Friday, 8.30pm (£10/£8).
The Repeters, plus songs and tunes from the floor, all welcome, Old Horns Music Club, High Bradfield, friday, 8.30pm.
No Smoke Folk, Commercial Hotel, Station Road, Chapeltown, Fridays, 8.30pm.
Sheffield City Morris Men, May Festival, Rivelin Primary School, Morley Street, Saturday, noon-3pm.
Robin Williamson, Multi instrumentalist, singer, songwriter, storyteller and founder member of the Incredible String Band, The Greystones, Greystones Road, Saturday, 8pm (£10 adv).
Cloudtreet, Queensland-based duo of John Thompson and Nicole Murrey are currently touring the UK with their performances of Australian, English and Celtic songs, accompanied by driving guitar and Irish flute support. Wortley Folk Club, the Venue, Stocksbridge. , Saturday, 8.15pm (£10/ members £9).
Viva Guitar, Three Cranes, Queen Street, Saturday, 8.30pm.
Booit Straps Folk Club, singers/ musicians, Commercial Hotel, Station Road, Chapeltown, Mondays, 8pm.
Sheffield City Morris Men, Cotswold style dance team, welcomes dancers old and new, Burton Street Centre, Hillsborough, Mondays, 7.45pm, and in the Gardener’s Rest, Neepsend Lane, from 9:45pm (www.scmm.co.uk; contact Dominic Rice, 2665373).
Irish music session, Bath Hotel, Victoria Street, off West Street, Mondays, 8pm.
Folk Train, Albert’s Skiffle Band on the Hope Valley line and a musical evening at The Rambler Country House Hotel (real ale and good food) in Edale. Tuesday, 7.14pm.
Eliza Carthy, The launch of Wayward Daughter: An Official Biography Of Eliza Carthy, written by longtime fan Sophie Parkes. Eliza will be signing copies, answering fans’ questions as well as singing and playing with guests, including Bellowhead frontman, Jon Boden, Saul Rose and the Bar Steward Sons Of Val Doonican (plus a few surprise appearances). The Greystones, Greystones Road, Tuesday, 8pm (£14).
Traditional Folk Music And Song Night, all welcome to watch or join in, White Lion, London Road, Heeley, Tuesday, 8pm.
Acoustic Heatbeat, Weekly club at the Three Cranes, Queen Street, Wednesdays, 8.30pm.
Folk Night, Shakespeares, Gibraltar Street, Shalesmoor, Wednesdays.
Virtually Acoustic, Up and coming talent from across Yorkshire, The Hop, West One Plaza, Fitzwilliam Street, Wednesdays, 8pm.
Reg & Friends, weekly acoustic folk night, Shakespeare, Gibraltar Street, Wednesdays, 9pm.
Rivelin Folk Club, Nether Edge Bowling Club, Nether Edge Road, Wednesday, 8.30pm (www.rivelinfolkclub.org.uk, tel 2665638).
Gordon Giltrap, Emerged as a big names on the London folk scene alongside Bert Jansch and Mike Oldfield, now one of the UK’s most highly regarded guitarists (and who can forget his theme for the BBC Holiday programme?) The Greystones, Greystones Road, next Thursday, 8pm (£10).
Jack’s Rake, singers & musicians welcome, Crookes Folk Club, Princess Royal, Slinn Street, next Thursday, 8.15pm for 8.30pm.
OPEN MIC/JAMMING
Showroom Showcase, open mic night - music, poetry, storytelling, anything as long as it’s under 10 minutes - guitar, piano and mic provided, Showroom Bar, Thursday, May 17, 8.30pm.
Use It Or Lose It, acoustic night aimed at helping to revive the fortunes of the pub, Dog and Partridge, Monday, 8pm.
Open Mic and Jam Night, hosted by Jack, Chris and Mick. Bring your instrument or just your voice and join in, Bar 360, West One, every Monday.
Open Mic, The Harlequin, Nursery Street, Tuesday.
Open Mic, The Black Bull, Tuesday.
Strum ‘n’ Fiddle, weekly open mic night, Delaney’s, Cemetery Road, Thursdays, 8.30pm-11.30pm.
Open Mic / music / poetry, The Rude Shipyard, Abbeydale Road.
Open Mic And Singalong, all welcome, Palm Tree Tavern, Palm Street, Walkley, every Thursday.
Acoustic Jam, bring your own guitar and join in, The Horse and Jockey, Wadsley Lane, Hillsborough, every Thursday, 8pm-11pm.
Open Space, open to everyone (not just students), and is geared towards original material from songwriters of different levels of ability, Coffee Revolution, University of Sheffield Student’s Union, Thursdays, 7.30pm-10pm.
Open Mic, with Nearly Famous, The Ball, Upwell Street, Grimesthorpe, Friday nights.
Open Mic, acoustic, electric, free drink for any performer, all welcome, The Cricketers pub, Bramall Lane, 7pm (Dee, 07982404316).
Jam Session, Woodseats Club, The Dale, Woodseats, every Sunday, 4.30pm to 7pm (non members welcome).
Open Mic Night, Dempseys Bar and Club, Hereford Street, every Monday, 7pm till 4am (£3, all you can eat buffet).
Open Mic/Acoustic Evening, The Greystones, Greystones Road, Mondays, 9pm.
Can U Jam, all musical gear provided, all genres welcome (original material and/or covers), The Springvale, Commonside, Walkley, every Wednesday, 8pm.
Open Mic/ Jam Night, Green Room, Devonshire Green, Mondays, 9pm (0787 5684151).
The Noise Upstairs, avant-garde free-improv jam night, bring instruments, laptops, voices, etc, The Riverside, Mowbray Street, Wednesday, 8.30pm-11pm.
Open Mic Night, for singers, singer/songwriters, rappers vocalists and bands of all genres who perform either covers or original material, guitars and drums provided or bring your own instruments, Bar 23, West One, Wednesday, 8pm-12.30am and continuing alternate weeks.
Elvis and Open Mic Night, with Tom Collins, Yew Tree, Holmeley Lane, Coal Aston, every Wednesday, 9.30pm.
Open Acoustic Jam “Sit-in, ” Nailmakers Arms, Backmoor Road, Norton, Wednesdays.
Acoustic Music Showcase, presented by Pocket Music, Red Deer, Pitt Street, every first Thursday of the month, from 8pm
Open Mic Night, Red Deer, every third Thursday of the month, from 8pm.
Opus Acoustics, relaxed evening of acoustic entertainment, The Riverside, Mowbray Street, Thursdays, 7.30pm.
CONCERTS/ RECITALS
Kris Garfitt, trombone, at the Sheffield Cathedral Lunchtime Recital, Friday, 1.15pm (free, suggested donation £2).
Hispanic Celebration, music from the Iberian peninsula and Latin America featuring a wide range of musical styles from Portuguese Baroque, to Flamenco, salsa and bossa nova performed by staff and students from Sheffield University’s Department of Hispanic Studies and guests, singer Rosie Brown and guitarist Andrew Clegg. Firth Hall, Western Bank, Friday, 7.30pm (£4/ £3 concessions).
No Strings Attached, Sheffield-based clarinet quartet play a highly eclectic, ten-item programme ranging from Let’s Face the Music and Dance to Dido’s Lament and from Swan Lake to Rossini gone mad, with Bailero and Mozart also in the mix at a Chesterfield Library Theatre Lunchtime Concert, Saturday, 11.45am (free).
Sheffield Chamber Orchestra, conductor Robin McEwan, welcome talented young Sheffield violinist Harry Castle to play Vaughan Williams’ The Lark Ascending and Sarasate’s Ziguenerweisen, while playing Delius’ On Hearing the First Cuckoo of Spring and Dvorák’s D minor wind serenade under their own steam before joining forces with the Abbeydale Singers after the interval to perform selections from Bach’s B minor Mass. Bents Green Methodist Church, Saturday, 7.30pm (£10/ £8 concessions/ £5 Friends of SCO, under 18s).
Filarmonica della Scala, live from the La Scala Opera House stage. Cineworld Sheffield, Monday, 6.45pm. See Cinema – Live Relays
Daniel Bath/ Shahbaz Hussain, harmonium and voice, tabla, the former a versatile musician the latter a recipient of much praise, make their own intriguing sound largely of an improvisatory nature at the Sheffield Cathedral Lunchtime Recital, Tuesday, 1.15pm (free, suggested donation £2).
Hallmark of Harmony, invite you to an open night where, among things, chorus, its quartet and guests will be performing. Holt House School, Bannerdale Road, Tuesday, 7.30pm (free).
Flamenco Passion, weekly Spanish guitar strumming at the Cubana, Trippet Lane, Wednesday, 8pm-11pm.
LES NATIONS
Ends Saturday. Music in the Round Festival centred on the musical life of Paris. All concerts given by Ensemble 360 at Crucible Studio. Evening concert admission £15/ £10 disabled, unemployed/ £3 students, under 18s. Lunchtime concerts £10/ £7/ £3.
Études, Satie – Embarquement pour Cythère (The Embarkation for Cythera – a Watteau painting) for violin and piano; Rossini – Duetto for cello and double bass; Messiaen – Le Merle Noir for flute and piano); Debussy – L’Isle Joyeuse (piano); Dutilleux – Oboe Sonata. Thursday, May 17, 12.45pm.
Inspiring Women, Françaix – Divertissement for bassoon and strings; Lili Boulanger – Nocturne for flute and piano; Lennox Berkeley – Petite Suite for oboe and cello; Copland – Movement for string quartet; Fauré – Nocturne Op 74; Adela Maddison – Piano Quintet. Thursday, May 17, 7.45pm. See page 28
Across the Pyrenees, Manuel de Falla – Concerto for harpsichord, flute, oboe, clarinet, violin and cello; Louise Farrenc – Nonet for violin, viola, cello, double bass and wind quintet. Friday, 12.45pm.
The Creation of the World, Ravel – his jazz-inflected Violin Sonata; Joseph Kosma – Divertissement for flute, clarinet, bassoon and piano; Stravinsky – Piano-Rag-Music; Gershwin – Three Preludes, arr Jascha Heifetz for violin and piano; Milhaud – Le Création du Monde, his jazz ballet The Creation of the World in its piano quintet version. Friday, 7pm. See page 28
Americans in Paris, chanteuse Tina May comes to town with Nikki Iles (piano), Julie Walkington (double bass), Karen Street (accordion) and a mix of Gershwin, Porter, Bach! Edith Piaf with Ensemble 360’s Tim Horton (piano) and Matthew Hunt (clarinet) getting in on the act somewhere. Friday, 9pm.
The Italian Connection, Boccherini – Oboe Quintet Op 55 No 6; Fauré – Piano Trio Op 120, not with violin but clarinet which he seems to have originally conceived it for; Couperin – Le Piemontoise, the Italian portion of Les Nations played here by violin, oboe, bassoon and piano. Saturday, 12.45pm.
Au Revoir! Honegger – Pastorale d’Été, ‘Summer Pastoral’ a short symphonic poem for wind quintet, string quartet and double bass; anon – guess this work for clarinet and piano to win a prize; Ravel – Piano Trio; Fauré – bring and sing performance of Cantique de Jean Racine; Debussy – Syrinx for flute; Georges Onslow – Nonet Op 77 for wind quintet, violin, viola, cello and double bass by a colourful British/ French composer (1784-1853) with Germanic leanings. Saturday, 7.45pm.
Bernard Lee
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Wednesday 23 May 2012
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