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October 10th sees a rare Darrell Mitchell solo outing; down in Dorset, at The Prince of Wales, Park Street, Weymouth.
The gig is part of this years LUPUS Fest which also includes our good pal Damian Clarke from Pressgang as well as plenty of others not least amongst whom will be ex Pretenders, ex Paul Mccartney, ex Norah Jones sideman Robbie Macintosh - get excited!
Lupus (SLE) is an autoimmune disease that can affect virtually any system in the body. Think of it as a 'self-allergy' where the bo… Continue

flippin bloomin blimey - wot a great weekend we had at Bunkfest - 5 gigs in 48 hours ending with a 'just before the headliners' [Baka Beyond] main stage set on the Sunday - couple of photos uploaded, more (and a video) to come.

Bunkfest takes place every year in Wallingford, a self contained town 12 miles south of Oxford. Cos its got a ring road they get to close off the centre of the town for the best part of 3 days over the weekend of Sept 4, 5 and 6 for a whole heap of fun - theres more at www.bunkfest.co.uk.
My colleagues in The Occasional Orchestra and I [not forgetting Darrell Mitchell] will be playing no less than 4 times over the weekend at a number of venues across the town and have even be asked to judge the… Continue

who knew motorbikers didnt like acoustic music? or at least that the desire to see the stunt rider fall off again was greater than the desire to come join us at The Greyhound but still we had a good time and I guess it was a bit of a stretch to imagine that idle curiosity would sustain someone over 7 hours of acoustic rambling although Andy managed it!!
The drunken girlie birthday party interruption was a little light relief anyway even if we didnt know any Spice Girls songs to play for them.
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This Sunday August 23rd at The Greyhound in Brackley Northampton from about 4 pm onwards you can groove to the sounds of Acoustic Journey, our good pal Broon, Nick Lines (although he's a bit poorly at the moment and might have to duck out) the very wonderful A Band of Hope, the equally wonderful Carlecko, the totally splendid Hana Bushnell, somewhat incredibly we'll be joined by our long lost pal and former Creation Records artiste Pat Fish (aka The Jazz Butcher), of course we'd have to have Lew… Continue