Amnesty Show in Cardiff Dec 21st
MELTDOWN CHRISTMAS CRACKER in aid of Amnesty International. on Sunday Dec 21st, 8pm - 1am at CLWB IFOR BACH (Womanby St, Cardiff City Centre, Cardiff) ALL THREE FLOORS!!! Live music and bar each floor. Tickets £8-50/£7-50 conc from www.clwb.net or Spillers, The Hayes, Cardiff Featuring: Martyn Joseph, Hassan Erraji, Captain Paranoid and the Delusions, DJ Jaffa, Wonderbrass, Rocketgoldstar, Junior Hacksaw, Railroad Bill, Naughty, Tanya Walker, Red Pony, Sodamen, Spiral Brothers, River Ghosts, Toreth, Neutrino etc.Description of event and performers Cardiff`s legendary venue Clwb Ifor Bach and Cardiff`s renowned anything-goes music and performance club Meltdown join forces to celebrate the best in South Wales music and to raise over £1000 for Amnesty International with a smorgasbord of seasonal sounds. The event will turn all three floors of the venue into a triple decker celebration of the diversity and excellence of the South Wales scene. Music will include Rock, World, Indie, Blues, Hip hop, Folk, Jazz, and Skiffle, with Modern Dance, Comedy and Circus skills also stirred into the mix. And most likely some tinsel. In the Electric Bar on the top floor Explosive music/art/performance collective Captain Paranoid and the Delusions, mixing wild swamp-funk riffs, political suss, and sizzling songs in the spirit of their Alabama 3 soulmates. Rocketgoldstar, superb songcraft and wild experimentation collide. `Cardiff`s answer to the Flaming Lips` NME Red Pony, Exciting, eccentric, delectable new band combining White Stripes rawness with Britpop wit. "Their sterling take on greased-down, slicked-up toerag-style rock`n`roll comes with a curveball of shrieking violin sweeps" NME Nov 2003 Tanya Walker, Stunning songs full of soul and sass with added cello. Naughty sharp songs, funksome rock and awesome attitude. The Sodamen, scorching country tinged indie rock. Cutting edge traditional Welsh Folk from Toreth. Comperes Debbie Manley and Gaz In the Acoustic Bar on the ground floor Chart topping acoustic balladeer Martyn Joseph, acclaimed for his ‘burnished voice’ (Guardian). `Accomplished work such as this deserves to be heard` `Q` magazine. `Martyn proves that the path to integrity is a celebration not a chore` Mojo. Mesmerising North African multi-instrumentalist Hassan Erraji. ‘A master musician’ Ian Anderson, Folk Roots magazine Sizzling blues player and Ray Davies sideman Junior Hacksaw with his blues band. `Virtuoso blues guitarist` Salon magazine USA Indie-skiffle band Railroad Bill. `Glorious` Folk roots magazine. The surreal and rootsy River Ghosts Glastonbury Festival Avalon Cafe DJs, the Spiral Brothers. Comperes Moses (tbc) and Paul Clarke In the Jazz `n` Dance `n` Caberet Bar on the middle floor the amazing 20 piece Jazz Band Wonderbrass (fresh from collaborations with South African trumpeter Claude Deppa). DJ Jaffa Erban Poets founder and winner of the Hip Hop category Diesel U-Music Awards. Dance guerrillas Neutrino and a variety of comedy and circus acts