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Live Sessions 2009


 Slam poets, comedians, unpugged acoustic sessions from the greatest new and old musicians in the land....sound good? 

 

 

    Venue: Chapel
    22/05/09 7:30 pm

    Gaynor O Flynn

    Live Sessions

     

    Metaphysical music in the form of a solo acoustic set from award-winning musician Gaynor O’Flynn’s most recent album, Who Am I?

     

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    Venue: Chapel
    22/05/09 8:45pm

    Ana Silvera

    Live Sessions

     

    Ana Silvera brings lush vocals and unexpected perspectives back to the globe at hay after her mesmerising performance last year - this time joined by a co-conspirator on the cello.

     

     

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    Venue: Chapel
    23/05/09 9.00 pm

    Richard Swift

    Live Sessions

     

    Multi-talented US wunderkind takes leave of Mark Ronson and brings his own brand of piano-based folk pop  to the globe at hay. 

     

     

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    Venue: Chapel
    23/05/09 7.30 to 8.15pm

    Little Lost David

    Live Sessions

     

    Haunting wilderness beauty drawing on a host of rich influences from ex-recluse LLD whose voice enraptured Secret Garden Party and Great Escape audiences last year.

     

     

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    Venue: Chapel
    24/05/09 7.30pm

    Jeremy Warmsley

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    When he isn’t entertaining the likes of Mystery Jets, Ed Harcourt, Noah and the Whale, and Soko in in his own living room, Jeremy Warmsley wows with his witty brand of soulful indie folk electronica.

     

     

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    Venue: Chapel
    24/05/09 9pm

    Roots Union

    Live Sessions

     

    Rousing, complex folk to get lost in and dance to from the brilliant Roots Union.

     

     

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    Venue: Lower Gallery
    25/05/09 6.30pm

    Comedy at the Globe: Mike Bubbins

    Live Sessions

     

    Penetrating insights into tracksuits, bitterness and misery from ex-PE teacher Bubbins’ Edinburgh Festival preview.

     

     

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    Venue: Chapel
    25/05/09 8.30pm

    Michael Nyman

    Live Sessions

     

    If Michael Nyman means The Piano to you, think again.  In this intimate live session, Michael Nyman combines his own video pieces with haunting music to create a pioneering new work situated somewhere on the edge of a new art form.

     

    Crystal clear sound will be powered by the new Bose L1 system.

     

     

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    Venue: Lower Gallery
    26/05/09 6:30pm

    Comedy at the Globe: Elis James

    Live Sessions

     

    Deceptively conversational comedian Elis James previews this summer’s Edinburgh Fringe show, The Most Cautious Little Boy in Wales.

     


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    Venue: Chapel
    26/05/09 8:30pm

    Roger Eno + The Paper Cinema

    Live Sessions

     

    Enter into the enchantment of The Paper Cinema where a new world emerges through music and intricate paper imagery to create a live cinema experience. Guest composer Roger Eno improvises on a baffling array of instruments, proving that talented eclecticism runs in the family. 

     

     

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    Venue: Lower Gallery
    27/05/09 6:30pm

    Comedy at the Globe: Tom Craine

    Live Sessions

     

    The 33rd Sexiest Man in Wales previews material from his forthcoming Edinburgh show Comfort Blanket.

     


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    Venue: Chapel
    27/05/09 8.30pm

    Stephen Fretwell

    Live Sessions

     

    Riding high from his gold-selling album featuring Run, the soundtrack to BBC’s hit comedy Gavin & Stacey, Stephen Fretwell plays his only UK festival date as he prepares to record his third album. 

     


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    Venue: Chapel
    28/05/09 8.00 to 10.30pm

    Baka Beyond

    Live Sessions

     

    Festival favourites and pioneering Afro-Celtic fusion geniuses Baka Beyond play tracks from their recent album Baka Beyond The Forest interspersed with short films.

     


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    Venue: Chapel
    29/05/09 7pm to 10pm

    Back of the Moon: Richard James, Le B and Sweet Baboo

    Live Sessions

     

    Brilliant ex-Gorky’s acid folk singer/songwriter Richard James curates and headlines this evening of emerging Welsh folk talent especially for How The Light Gets In, featuring darkly bittersweet alt. country artist Sweet Baboo and folk chanteuse Le B.

     


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    Venue: Lower Gallery
    30/05/09 7.00 to 8:00pm

    Comedy at the Globe: Ed Aczel

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    Preview of deeply dystopian new material from the intentionally shambolic Ed Aczel for his forthcoming Edinburgh Fringe season.

     


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    Venue: Chapel
    30/05/09 8.30 to 10.30pm

    Philip Jeays and Robin Ince

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    Double bill of music and comedy: melancholic arch troubadour Philip Jeays sets the scene with intense philosophical lyrics for warped liberal Robin Ince.

     


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    Venue: Chapel
    31/05/09 5.30 to 6.30pm

    Jess Childs

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    Acoustic singer songwriter Jess Childs showcases her thoughtful material spanning folk, pop and Americana.

     


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    Venue: Chapel
    31/05/09 7.30 to 9.00pm

    Syspender

    Live Sessions

    Upbeat Welsh girl band Syspender are all dressed up and ready to go with an evening of celebratory reggae and pop-influenced riffs on love, desire and being alive.

     

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    31/05/09 6:45 to 7:15pm

    Tony Walton: Seasons of the Heart

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    The sacred power of Love, the mysteries of astrophysics and quantum mechanics, the wonder of Light, the philosophical contribution of Descartes, the humanitarian wisdom of Rilke, the shining example of Shelley, the Sufi truth of Rumi, and the resurrection of our Common Wealth:  a 30-minute selection of Herefordshire poet Tony Walton's poems. Free tickets.

     


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