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| Pubs |
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| The Rising Sun |
| The Rising Sun has an “Open Mic Night” on the 4th Wednesday of the month, starting on 24th February 2010. |
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| Beer and Blues at 21 South Street, Reading |
| We are pleased to sponsor Thirdsday Blues at 21 South Street, Reading. The Arts Centre at 21 South Street is the venue for a Blues night every third Thursday (Thirdsday) in the month. Call the box office 0118 960 6060 or see www.readingarts.com for more information. |
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Goring Gap Gig
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| Goring Gap Gig hosts fantastic jazz concerts on the second Friday of each month in Goring Village Hall. See the website at www.goringjazzgig.co.uk for details of upcoming musicians. Call John Calvert on 01491 874492 or Bill Jackson on 01491 875758 or email jcjazz@btinternet.com for ticket information or to book a table. |
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| “We are pleased to be assisting the museum with bar and beers for the following events at the Museum of English Rural Life, this is a wonderful museum and is well worth a visit - click on their website address at bottom of page for more details and opening times” |
| Museum of English Rural Life |
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| Songs stories and traditions |
| Local musicians and former University of Reading students, singer Hilary James and Simon Mayor, one of the world's foremost mandolinists, return to present a second series of folk music concerts, workshops and illustrated talks: |
Sex, drink and death in 17C England, with special guest Tim Healey
16 March |
The Victorian village band workshop and The Victorian farmer's year in song, with John Kirkpatrick
18 May |
The Sands of Song, with Belshazzar's Feast, including pre-concert event 'In conversation with Belshazzar's Feast'
22 June |
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| For full details visit the folk music series page |
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Brewhouse Music Presents |
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27th March 2010 |
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All tickets £12
( purchase by end of February for £2 discount )
Doors open at 7.00pm, West
Berkshire Brewery Real Ale Bar
Tel: 01635 202968
email: info@wbbrew.co.uk |
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| Formed in 1991, the English duo RAG MAMA RAG, have slowly and consistently built up their reputation as one of Europe’s finest Country Blues acts. |
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| With an interesting and wide range of instruments, (ASHLEY DOW, Henderson Acoustic Guitar, National & Dobro Resonator Bottleneck Guitars, Weissenborn Acoustic Lap Steel, Ukulele and Vocals, plus DEBORAH DOW, Harmonica, Washboard, Percussion and Backing Vocals), RAG MAMA RAG create an exceptionally full and hard driving rhythmic sound which soon has audiences’ feet tapping. |
| Their repertoire is 20s and 30s Blues based, but extremely varied, encompassing Mississippi Blues, East Coast Ragtime sounds, early White Country tunes, Original Compositions, and many other regional styles of the 20s and 30s period. Touring non-stop in Europe during the last ten years RAG MAMA RAG have clocked up well over 2000 concerts and have played at many major festivals in France, Belgium and Germany. We have seen Ashley and Deborah perform a couple of times and guarantee a great evening of good-time sounds. |
| Support by Mark T |
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| RAGMAMRAG Biography |
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Formed in 1991, the English duo RAG MAMA RAG, have slowly and consistently built up their reputation as one of Europe’s finest Country Blues acts. |
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| With an interesting and wide range of instruments, (ASHLEY DOW, Henderson Acoustic Guitar, National & Dobro Resonator Bottleneck Guitars, Weissenborn Acoustic Lap Steel, Ukulele and Vocals, plus DEBORAH DOW, Harmonica, Washboard, Percussion and Backing Vocals), RAG MAMA RAG create an exceptionally full and hard driving rhythmic sound which soon has audiences’ feet tapping. |
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Their repertoire is 20s and 30s Blues based, but extremely varied, encompassing Mississippi Blues, East Coast Ragtime sounds, early White Country tunes, Original Compositions, and many other regional styles of the 20s and 30s period.
Touring non-stop in Europe during the last ten years RAG MAMA RAG have clocked up well over 2000 concerts and have played at many major festivals in France, Belgium and Germany. |
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We have seen Ashley and Deborah perform a couple of times and guarantee a great evening of good-time sounds. |
| Support by Mark T |
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| Brian McNeill:Saturday 29th May Brian McNeill: A career spanning more than 40 years has established Brian McNeill as one of the most acclaimed forces in Scottish music. Brian has been described as ‘Scotland’s most meaningful contemporary songwriter’. He plays fiddle, octave fiddle, guitar, mandocello, bouzouki, viola, mandolin, cittern, concertina, bass and hurdy gurdy! Expect an evening of beautiful and varied songs and tunes from this virtuoso performer. |
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