Sun 5th Jan
My Secret Sister
Su Hart, Bel Barnett & Zoie Kennedy acappella with a wide variety of styles and sources. A special start to the year's music...

Mon 6th Jan
Cameron Pierre
Lovely guy & lovely guitarist, gentle groover Cameron spends a lot of time in the Caribbean nowadays - wouldn't you? - so we're lucky. Trio with Anders & Andy.

Wed 8th Jan
Starlings
The early birds catch us all with the first guaranteed stormin' gig of the year. All-fem groove creatures show the boys how it's done.

Sun 12th Jan
Schmoozenbergs
Swing with showpersonship from Gina & the boys. They started with standard swing guitar repertoire, but have developed several albums of their own music which shows them to still better effect.

Mon 13th Jan
Leburnicus
Guitars rule the beginning of 2025. LeBurn is a bona fide Blues champion with a mastery of urban electric styles and plenty pizzazz. You might recognise the drummer too.

Tue 14th Jan
EDDY
From the Black Mountains to Bristol with a piano & a guitar. Strength through vulnerability: it can be done, especially when you can have such a sense of a pop tune too.

Wed 15th Jan
Jonah Hitchens Band
We tried to get these in before Xmas but too busy; never mind, the party rolls on into January round here. J has a great bluesy-soul voice, is no slouch on the guitar, and his band are premium.

Sun 19th Jan
Luke Philbrick
A unique voice, not just the actual singing, but the band as a whole makes something of a one-off reading of the blues, with folk, drone & psych undertones.

Mon 20th Jan
Orfic
Sophie's second showing this year already, which has to be a great omen. This line up - with Matt Brown, Pete Judge & Chris Jones - is 'jazzier' but retains energy and unpredictability.

Wed 22nd Jan
Gringo Ska
Steer by their own stars, including periodic disappearances, but when the fates place them all on the same stage the melodic bounce is as irresistible as ever and their eternal favourite status is renewed.

Sat 25th Jan
Cyril Cyril
From Geneva, Cyril Y runs a very hip worldbeat label and visited Walcot years ago with Velvet-Underground-plays-Cajun Mama Rosin. Cyril B shares a love of new musical machines and odd instruments. The multiplication of Y by B creates infectious mayhem.

Sun 26th Jan
Troyka
Considerable confusion as to what it means, and why there aren't only 3 of them, but what Troyka certainly does signify in these parts is excellence in their own reading of music from the Balkans and Near East.

Mon 27th Jan
Fairfield House Ethio Jazz Project
Specially assembled project played only one gig and everyone thought that was a bit of a waste, so now the total has doubled at least. Top Drawer stuff from allstar line up.

Tue 28th Jan
The Spoonful
What the Spoonful actually is of is another riddle, a blues riddle. Luckily this one is easier, and Zac & Simon, plus Will on the bass, they know all about it.

Wed 29th Jan
Echo Den
Live sci-fi dub battalion with some pretty decent songs too, expanding your mind and moving your feet with equal force.