November Gigs @ The Trades Club

November Gigs @ The Trades Club

Thursday November 1st 9pm
Labour Party Quiz & Curry Night	£4.00
The quiz nights are gaining in popularity, so come and join in – a quiz that is fun without being daft, curries that are tasty and great value and the proceeds going to chums at Hebden Bridge Labour Party.

Friday November 2nd 9.30pm
Ox have had to cancel due to illness so we've got Daniel Orlick instead	£2.00
Daniel is a pioneer of C-Dub, a genre of music defined in the deserts of southern California. The roots of C-Dub can be seen in reggae dub and old time western music fused with hints of ska, hip hop and punk. Solo acoustic with rapid delivery of Ska’d up self penned guitar tunes. A big thank you to Daniel for stepping in at very little notice.

Saturday November 3rd 9pm
Hazel O'Connor Unplugged with Cormac De Barra (Harp) & Fionán de Barra (Guitar) + Neil C Young	£12.00
Hazel puts her own spin on traditional music and this is a chance to get up-close and personal in an intimate show format. Hazel teams up with celebrated harpist Comac De Barra. Cormac who has been performing with her since 1998, after their first project, ‘Beyond Breaking Glass, dubbed "the highlight of the Edinburgh Festival.” They are joined by the multi-talented Fionán de Barra on guitar, whistles and percussion and together they will reach into the very depths of your soul. She writes from the heart, she performs from the heart and she touches your heart. Her husky voice remains charged with passion and her enthusiasm and love of music, never mind wicked sense of humour, is ever present. Support comes from jazz blues instrumental guitarist Neil C Young, word about him is spreading rapidly across t’interweb.		Photo by Tim Jarvis

Thursday November 8th 8.30pm
Spiers & Boden + Robin Grey	£9.00
Main men in the phenomenon that is Bellowhead, John Spiers and Jon Boden have been consistently wowing audiences up and down the country for the last five years with their unique blend of traditional English folk song with a contemporary twist and hi-octane dance tunes which get everyone dancing. Winners of the Best Duo category at the B BC Radio 2 Folk Awards in both 2004 and 2006 Spiers & Boden now find themselves at the forefront of the new folk revival. Support comes from Robin Grey who crafts poetic songs inspired by the work of Paul Simon, Leonard Cohen, Ani Difranco, Bob Dylan, and other such worthy tune smiths.

Friday November 9th 9.30pm
Max Pashm	£9.00
This amazing live four piece band featuring Max's signature crossover sound mixing beats and Greek traditional instruments to a truly fabulous effect. Band members include Max Pashm: Keyboards, Vocals, Beats and Percussion, Merlin Shepherd: Virtuoso Clarinet and sax player, Laura Anstee: Greek Lyra, George Kypreos: Bouzouki / Baglamas. Using his skills as a percussionist and singer, he mixes electronic beats with vocals and world instruments, from a wide variety of different cultures and musical traditions forming his own unique blend of world music. Rising to fame in the mid nineties as an early pioneer of ethnic/electro dance music, he released his first album 'Weddings, Barmitzvahs and Funerals' on Sony Music in 1997, a reflection of his Jewish heritage, Greek and Arab influences and a love of global rhythms.

Saturday November 10th 9.30pm
Wholesome Fish	£7.50
With a raucous blend of traditional instruments (fiddle, banjo, harmonica, guitar) underpinned by a cooking rhythm section, Wholesome Fish create music which ranges from a full-on wall of sound through to exquisite ballads. Their influences are whatever takes their fancy – from Celtic and gypsy-rooted folk through to punk – the sound once being described as “a jumble sale of world music”. With a feel good, get-up-and-dance spirit, the band have played festivals and venues, big and small, in the UK, Ireland, Germany, Holland and Czech Republic, supporting the likes of the Pogues, Transglobal Underground and Jah Wobble along the way. Spreading dance-floor mayhem wherever they go, Wholesome Fish went down a storm at one of last winter’s Cabaret Heavens.

Sunday November 11th 8pm
Radical Film Club: The Corporation (Canada 2003, 165 mins, PG)	£2.00
Exploring the impact corporations have on our environment, our children, our health, our media, our democracy and even our genes. The film implores us to respond and has been critically acclaimed. "May do for big business what Jaws did for sharks" - Daily Telegraph. "Superb" - The Observer. "Compulsive, compelling viewing" - Empire. "This film means business" - Time Out. Directors: Mark Achbar, Jennifer Abbott & Joel Bakan. Featuring: Chris Barrett, Noam Chomsky, Naomi Klein & Luke McCabe.

Wednesday November 14th 7.30pm
Battlefields Without Borders: Iraqis In Crisis
Legendary peace activist Kathy Kelly has visited Iraq 26 times and lived in Baghdad during the 2003 "Shock and Awe" invasion. Kathy was also in Beirut during the Israeli bombing in 2006 and in Qana where 106 Palestinian children were massacred in a missile attack in 1996. There will be food. For further information please 'phone: 01274 730795 or 01422 320139

Thursday November 15th 11pm
The Bees Afterparty	£4.00
The Bees have taken the nation by storm after emerging from their Isle of Wight home, one of their favourite moments of the year came with the acclaim of performing Listening Man on Glastonbury’s Jazzworld stage. Tonight they have a live set at The Hebden Bridge Picture House, on to the Trades Club for an after party with support DJs from 11 and the band take to the decks with The Bees Sound Selection from around 11.40pm playing an utterly enigmatic mix of sounds from Brazil to Jamaica via the US West Coast and The Deep South. Entry to the aftershow is £2.00 with your gig ticket stub, £4.00 without.

Friday November 16th 9.30pm
The Hub	£6.00
Annie from Trailer Trash is special guesting tonight along with usual suspects DJ Ride, Charlie Short, Ben Edwards and MisterSpud. Expect quality underground house and techno for all you hubsters.

Saturday November 17th 9.30pm
All Roots North	£6.00
Eclectic world beats, drum’n’bass and crazy gypsy-folk rhythms with live improvisation from the Acid Ceilidh Collective, featuring pipes from Mike Beeke, fiddler Simon Chantler, drums & didg from Funky Abattoir, and North African rhythms from Mo & Creedy. With DJ Babel, MaestroPotato and DJ Eric.

Thursday November 22nd 8.30pm
Steve Tilston	£6.00
Launching his new box set tonight, Steve Tilston "can stand shoulder to shoulder with any singer/songwriter/guitarist in the world" according to Dirty Linen magazine. The writer of the classic songs "The Slip Jigs and Reels", "The Naked Highwayman", and "Here's to Tom Paine" Steve is a great performer and has had his songs covered by a who's who of the folk scene. Part proceeds to Education in Gambia. More info at www.gambianschools.org. With support from his daughter Molly Boyle and Paul Weatherhead. This is an opener for our 2008 monthly series of Steve Tilson Presents, when Steve will perform and bring along friends from the contemporary folk scene - look out for the second Thursday of every month from February.

Friday November 23rd 9pm
Concert for Tibet 2	£5.00
Following on from the overwhelming success of the first Concert for Tibet, this promises to be a very special evening of great music and much more. The concert will be raising funds for schooling, to help Tibetan children in exile. Like the Burma situation, this is a cause that many of us in Calderdale feel passionately about. With Maghribibeat, Nic Chapman, Alice Jane and DJs Key-Lo and Chemical Monkey playing a deep blend of jackin house and groovy beats. This excellent line up enhanced by beautiful images and information about Tibet, makes it an event not to be missed.

Saturday November 24th 9.30 pm
with Martin Soan, Karen Bailey and Spacehopper	£8.50
With foolish genius Martin Soan, “Jean Cocteau meets Tom and Jerry” according to Jonathan Ross, sassy comic Karen Bayley and Spacehopper, a glamtastic 70s band playing Bolan, Slade, Sweet etc. Also quirky songs from The Chanterelles. Plus regulars Bernard Otter, Peggy Lee et al. This is still by far the best Cabaret around.

Thursday November 29th 8.30pm
Clive Gregson	£7.50
Clive is a renowned singer, musician and record producer. Between ‘85 and ‘92 he formed a partnership that Rolling Stone called "the state of the art in British folk-rock" with Christine Collister and was a member of the Richard Thompson Band before developing a fruitful songwriting partnership with Boo Hewerdine, touring then as a fascinating trio completed by Eddi Reader, the ex-Fairground Attraction vocalist. After recording with Nanci Griffith he was nominated for a Nashville Music Award and he joined Nanci touring with The Blue Moon Orchestra. Nanci then had a hit in the USA and UK with a version of Clive’s 'I Love This Town'.

Friday November 30th 9.30pm
Skaville UK with Rhoda Dakar	£9.00
Nick Welsh (vocals/bass) has written, played and produced with artists like Bad Manners, Busters Allstars, The Selecter, Prince Buster, King Hammond, Laurel Aitken, Judge Dread, Rico Rodriguez & 3 Men & Black. Martin Stewart was Keyboardist in Bad Manners and Selecter, Louis Alphonso was the original guitarist in Bad Manners and co-wrote (along with Martin) all the bands biggest hits including "Lip Up Fatty", "Special Brew" & "Lorraine". With special guest Rhoda Dakar who began her career with the 2 Tone movement as lead vocalist with all-female band the Bodysnatchers and went on to join the Specials and sang on the single Free Nelson Mandela.

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