Medicine Music Blog http://www.nessmp3.com/music/bands/ Tue, 09 Feb 2010 06:00:42 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.2 Open Mic Night in Strathpeffer this thursday all welcome http://www.nessmp3.com/music/bands/255 Emma Shearer and Matt Sillars The Coffee Shop Strathpeffer Open Mic session Fab 11th Please let us know if you would like to play, I can add you to the role of honour. Emma Shearer and Matt Sillars playing blues, singer songwriter stuff, a wee bit of country ('cause its good for you) and classic 'punk country'! They open up this night and we are using tonight to launch a regular Open Mic Night at the Coffee Show, the Idea is from Feb 11 there will be an acoustic open mic night or a featured Medicine Show every second Thursday at the intimate Coffee Shop in Strathpeffer. If you would like to take part drop me a line here now, you will need 20 minutes (4 songs) of material and a will to perform, these evening will be free by donation (bring a bottle) events all money raised will go to the artists performing for expences. We will be introducing regular special guest and these will be ticketed shows with different support floor spots drawn from the regular players at the club. Mary Frew member of the Crosseyed Gals and sister of Allan Frew whos new album she is heavily featured on has confirmed she is coming http://www.myspace.com/maryannfrew Tickets for Benny Gallagher Acoustic Strathpeffer Coffee Shop Sessions March 6th on sale at this show exclusivly only 30 available ]]> medicinemusic Sun, 07 Feb 2010 13:55:59 +0100 Benny Gallagher Accoustic Strathpeffer Coffee Shop Session http://www.nessmp3.com/music/bands/255 The Medicine Show Presents Benny Gallagher @ Acoustic Strathpeffer Coffee Shop Session, Coffee Shop Cromarty Buildings Strathpeffer Ross-shire. Scotland IV14 9dg 01997 421500. (By Dingwall) March 6th ticket £15 On sale Thursday 11th at The Acoustic Thursday Coffee Shop Session only 30 available, any remaining tickets will be on sale here on ticket web and at the venue. For 40 years and more, Benny Gallagher has been writing, composing, arranging and performing timeless classics. Small wonder then that, with Graham Lyle, he was one of the first songwriters to be signed by Apple Publishing. Success as an artist quickly followed when the legendary McGuinness Flint stormed the charts with When I'm Dead And Gone and Malt and Barley Blues. Then came seven more albums and world tours with the majestic Gallagher & Lyle - by which time Benny’s reputation was cemented as one of the UK’s foremost songwriters of his generation. Just a small smattering of those to have covered his songs are Art Garfunkel; Bryan Ferry; Colin Blunstone; Don Williams; Donovan Frankereiter; Elkie Brooks; Fairport Convention; Garth Brooks; Jim Capaldi; Joe Brown; Judith Durham; Little Anthony and the Imperials; Mary Hopkin; Phil Everly; Ricky Nelson; Ringo Starr; Rita Coolidge; Simon and Garfunkel; Status Quo;The Fureys & Davey Arthur; and LemonJelly.... ]]> medicinemusic Sun, 07 Feb 2010 14:17:14 +0100 Danny Wilson/Swiss Family Orbison founder Kit Clark premiers new material at the Square Wheels ... http://www.nessmp3.com/music/bands/255 Founding member of Scottish pop trio Danny Wilson and Indie guitar combo The Swiss Family Orbison singer and songwriter Kit Clark is now going out on the road solo and at the piano performing a large selection of brand new songs for the first time in public (and a few older ones too) This will be the very first airing. Square Wheels House Concert Strathpeffer 20th February email rob@medicinemusic for details and invite. Find more music like this on The House Concert European Hub (& Acoustic Music Club Network) ]]> medicinemusic Mon, 18 Jan 2010 23:59:53 +0100 A gid new year http://www.nessmp3.com/music/bands/255 Happy New-year one and all , thanks for your continued support for The Medicine Show and independently minded music in general, 2010 is getting off to a great start for us with shows from 4 international artists that can't be seen in Scotland anywhere else other than at Celtic Connections. We take to Cafe Culture again with an other show at The Coffee Shop in Strathpeffer (with Pedemont Blues Poet Malcolm Holcombe). We am looking for help to establish a regular open mic night at this beautifully intimate and friendly venue, if your interested in helping and/or playing let me know. Again all live shows will be recorded for The Medicine Show www.themedicineshow.eu for later broadcast on Loch Broom FM, Nevis Radio, AF Collective Radio and UKCountryRadio.com and will be featured as video/podcast at Flyinshoes Review www.flyinshoesreview.eu. No Comebacks Hogmanay Show at The Riverside now featured on FSR. We are back on board for Belladrum Festival this year booking roots music across the stages and organising the popular Potting Shed Stage again, dates 5 6 August and tickets are on sale, last year the Festival sold out with 2 weeks to spare, so book your tickets well in advance www.tartanheartfestival.co.uk Looking forward to seeing you at a medicine show soon, oh and has anyone got a set of wheel chains for a car? (I'm serious I don't want to miss a thing) Rob Ellen A.J. Roach and Nuala Kennedy team up for Celtic Connections and the Medicine Show Robby Hecht UK Tour and Monday Night Medicine Show at The Riverside Malcolm Holcombe Plays Strathpeffer Coffee Shop in January only other Scottish date apart from Celtic Connections ]]> medicinemusic Tue, 05 Jan 2010 02:29:19 +0100 Malcolm Holcombe Strathpeffer Show in January http://www.nessmp3.com/music/bands/255

Malcolm Holcombe in Concert The Coffee Shop Strathpaffer 21st January 8pm Tickets £8 www.malcolmholcombe.com Sure. There are the inevitable comparisons to Tom Waits, but that's mostly due to Malcolm Holcombe's dark blue minstrelsy, delivered in a burned up voice and from a fate that'd have him be quiet. Certainly, both artists are poets, one quite famous, one not so much. But Holcombe is, if we can remove it from the parlance of down playing for the moment, what Waits will never be thanks to the homogenization of the big label / MTV / big box super store: a regional bard and hero. Holcombe's very song-making essence is the soil, rock, river, tree, and mountain of Weaverville, North Carolina, a mountain town sitting in the shadow of Asheville, and surely influenced by the insurgent / revolutionary goings on at Black Mountain College, late by Holcombe's boyhood. And not unlike fellow North Carolinian and dark horse brother Tom House, Holcombe has carved out a voice of the place from whence he comes. A musical landscape where all themes lead to home. (In this same way, as his uniqueness is rooted and revealed through traditional structure, Holcombe is brothers in arms with a duo of Texas' best known troubled troubadours, Steve Earle and Townes Van Zandt, but his delivery is more akin in respects to that of Vic Chesnutt.) All of which is a long way to say that Not Forgotten is glorious in its sublime earthiness. It rattles, moans, shivers and soothes. It is stories told in fragments of prose and poetry, accompanied by warm guitar, scratchy-scratchy vocals with stuttering pregnant pauses and line breaks in unusually effective and affecting places. Take the oddly named "Animated Sanctuary," for example, which is all at once tender, off kilter, and lovely. The title song, "Not Forgotten," decries the singer's protagonist as a mother or a father, but humbly and movingly makes mention of itself as "just a little one, not forgotten." Nature reigns supreme in imagery, from the multiple fertile references to gardens, seed, blooming flowers, birds, all breadcrumbs back to love, to brotherhood, and to the all important physical and esoteric home. He plays for us at The Coffee Shop Strathpeffer January 21st and will be recorded for future broadcast on The Nevis Radio Medicine Show Coffee Shop Cromarty Buildings Strathpeffer Ross-shire Scotland IV14 9dg 01997 421500 Malcolm Holcombe performs "For the Mission Baby" at WNRN in Charlottesville, Virginia ]]> medicinemusic Mon, 02 Nov 2009 20:37:09 +0100 Robby Hecht Highland Date http://www.nessmp3.com/music/bands/255 Robby Hecht played two shows at Celtic connections last year and was one of the high spots for many at Belladrum on the Potting Shed Stage in August he returns for Celtic Connections 2010 and plays one Highland show for The Medicine Show. Monday 1st February Robby Hecht - Monday Night Medicine Show The Riverside Tavern Conon (by Dingwall) record for the Nevis Radio Medicine Show. The music of Robby Hecht represents a return to the early 70s golden era of acoustic pop where thoughtful, well-crafted lyrics were blended with timeless melodies to impact mainstream music and culture. His debut album Late Last Night, produced by Lex Price (Mindy Smith) and mixed by Roger Moutenot (Yo La Tengo, Josh Rouse), was released in May of 2008 and features an impressive list of guest performers including Mindy Smith, Jeff Coffin, Thad Cockrell, Jill Andrews of The Everybodyfields, John Deaderick (Patty Griffin), Andrea Zonn (James Taylor) and more. Raised in Knoxville, Tennessee, Robby first began writing and performing while attending The University of Wisconsin-Madison, developing and pairing his soulful voice and unique finger-style guitar. After spending time living in Paris and San Francisco including a period fronting the band AllDay Radio, he eventually returned to his home state, settling in Nashville. A 2008 Kerrville New Folk Winner, Robby has played folk/roots festivals and venues across the country, sharing the stage with such legendary artists as Richie Havens, Greg Brown, and Patty Griffin, and garnering comparisons to early James Taylor, Paul Simon, and Amos Lee. Like these celebrated artists, Robby Hecht is a unique voice -- one that is stirring, instantly recognizable and truly original.
Find more music like this on The House Concert European Hub (& Acoustic Music Club Network)
]]> medicinemusic Sun, 06 Dec 2009 00:42:48 +0100 AJ Roach and Naula Kennedy hook up for Medicine Shows and Celtic Connections http://www.nessmp3.com/music/bands/255 A.J. Roach www.roachmusic.com is over for Celtic Connections Festival and he and Irish traditional singer and flute player Nuala Kennedy http://www.nualakennedy.com are coming to do The Medicine Show at Loch Broom FM a live show at The Argyll Hotel Ullapool Feb 2nd and as special Guests of Robby Hecht at The Riverside Tavern Conon Bridge Feb 1st, all of which will be recorded for Nevis Radio, UKCountryRadio.com & LBFM for The Medicine Show The Riverside Tavern Conon Bridge (Dingwall) as guests of Robby Hecht Feb 2nd http://houseconcerthub.ning.com/profiles/blogs/robby-hecht-monday-night Loch Broom FM Medicine Show live session 7pm February 2nd The Argyll Hotel Ullapool Argyll Street Ullapool Ross-shire Scotland IV26 2UB 9pm (entry by donation) A. J.'s (House Concert Hub site) relentless touring schedule since the US release of 'Dogwood Winter' – at times playing as many as 260 dates per year -- has paid off. In May of 2004, he was the winner in the general category of the coveted Chris Austin Songwriting award at MerleFest, placing him in the company of such seasoned veteran artists as Gillian Welch and up-and-comers like Tift Merritt and Adrienne Young. In October of 2006 'Revelation' was released on the Lucky Dice label in Europe. The release was paired with a near sold-out 24-date tour, and followed by a 31-date tour five months later. Both the record and the tours were met with rave reviews from fellow artists, critics and fans alike. While both 'Dogwood Winter' and 'Revelation' are stunning achievements, nothing compares to hearing and seeing A. J. in a live setting. His performances are so powerful, that it is commonplace for audience members to be moved to tears. As a master storyteller, A. J.'s dry and cutting wit between songs has become nearly as celebrated as his performances and the songs themselves. The Glasgow Herald had this to say about one of Roach's recent performances: "Roach took the audience packed into the estimable Fallen Angels Club, on a backwoods travelogue that was virtually a masterclass in illustrating how much sophistication goes into creating so-called primitive music." sell music onlineQuantcast Naula Kennedy New Album to be released on Compass Records January 2010! Scottish domiciled Irish traditional singer and flute player Nuala Kennedy performs a range of material from across the Irish and Scottish traditional music repertoires. Her traditional songs include those from Ireland, Scotland, sung in English and occasionally in Gaelic. She is a known cross-genre collaborator, taken part in the Scottish music residencies Burnsong and Distil. In August 2007, Kennedy was was a musician-in-residence at OMI International World Arts Center in New York. Out of this she formed ‘Voyage De Nuit’ a new-music quintet with French flamenco-jazz guitarist Philippe Guidat. They toured Scotland in the Summer of 2009 for eighteen concerts as part of Tune-Up, a Scottish Arts Council touring initiative. She performs traditional music and song with the acclaimed Troy MacGillivray from Nova Scotia. She is also part of the group ORIEL: the Music and Song of South-East Ulster, which features Gerry ‘fiddle’ O’Connor, Giles le Bigot and Martin Quinn. Now she and AJ Roach are hooking up for this very special one off performance. ]]> medicinemusic Sat, 02 Jan 2010 15:20:24 +0100 Foy Vance Inverness date Dec 1st http://www.nessmp3.com/music/bands/255 http://www.foyvance.com 'An unbelievable voice...in the premier league of British songwriters' The Sunday Times 'The missing link between Richie Havens and Stevie Wonder' The Independent‘A gospel fuelled Pearl Jam’ 'Foy's a giant' Pete Townshend ‘One of the most soulful and powerful singers and writers I've heard in a long while’ Bonnie Raitt Foy was the discovery of the first Grass Roots stage in 2005 at Belladrum Festival, people are still talking about that performance here, this return is long over due and much anticipated. Hootananny Inverness Dec 1st £5 tickets from hoots and the ironworks After wowing the crowd with his jaw dropping performance with Ulster’s 70-piece Symphony Orchestra at BBC’s Orchestral Manouevres sell-out concert in Belfast, Foy is currently on a UK tour with festival dates planned throughout the summer. ]]> medicinemusic Sat, 21 Nov 2009 18:10:38 +0100 Carrie Elkin & Danny Schmidt UK Tour 2009 http://www.nessmp3.com/music/bands/255 CARRIE ELKIN www.carrieelkin.com http://houseconcerthub.ning.com/profile/CarrieElkin : A troubadour in the most classic fashion, Carrie Elkin has ridden a Gypsy breeze of serendipity for the last ten years, landing for a time in Cleveland, Athens, Taos, Steamboat Springs, Colorado Springs and Boston, finally coming to settle in Austin, TX in the summer of 2007. It’s exactly this sort of openness to the people and places that pass through her life, and to the opportunities that might emerge in every new and particular circumstance, that grew to become the central theme of her brilliant new album “The Jeopardy of Circumstance”. The album features two other stalwarts of the Austin scene, her best friend Danny Schmidt and long-time friend and colleague Colin Brooks of The Band of Heathens. While already making quite a buzz around the Austin scene with her highly spirited and spontaneous performances, Elkin spends the majority of her time on the road still, touring nationally and in the UK and Europe.

DANNY SCHMIDT: Austin, TX-based singer/songwriter, Danny Schmidt www.dannyschmidt.com has been building an enthusiastic (nearly cult-like) following while simultaneously inspiring the admiration of his fellow artists and critical acclaim from industry professionals. He is an authentic timeless troubadour in the tradition of Townes Van Zandt, Bob Dylan, Leonard Cohen and Dave Carter, who delivers his craft with a quiet power, a level of complexity and an underlying humanity that is truly rare in this age of sound bite marketeering. It's his songwriting which won him the prestigous Kerrville New Folk award, but it's his intense live performances that leave listeners with a sense that each of his songs is necessary, plain and simple. His guitar work is effortless and sparkling, his arrangements are fresh and unpredictable, his voice ageless. Stylistically and musically, Danny’s writing spans an impressively diverse reach, from deeply-rooted Appalachian mountain gospel to haunted English balladry, from syncopated Piedmont country blues to vagabond 60’s protest folk-stumpery. He tackles universal themes of love, loss and longing . . . restless discontent and grateful joy. And he captures both the sorrow and the beauty inherent in our everyday lives with the wisdom of a perceptive, compassionate elder and with the innocent awe and tenderness of a child.



In the words of Sing Out Magazine: "He is perhaps the best new songwriter we've heard in the last 15 years." And in the words of Texas Monthly: "With seductive simplicity, his music simply demands your attention."





Danny and Carrie sing "Company Of Friends"

Danny Schmidt & Carrie Elkin Tour Schedule 2009

Please find listings for the above tour, please add to any gig guides and listing you think appropriate.

Danny Schmidt www.dannyschmidt.com
Carrie Elkin www.carrieelkin.com


Thursday 26 November 2009
Venue RADIO SHOW House of Mercy London
Venue website www.houseofmercy.net
Note House of Mercy radio broadcast weekly on:-
www.totalrock.com London
www.taintradio.org North Carolina
www.radioseagull.com Holland
www.radiofreephoenix .com Arizona

Thursday 26 November 2009
Venue Prince Albert, (Thanksgiving)
Trafalgar St, Brighton
Postcode BN1 4ED
Venue website http://www.thegildedpalaceofsin.com
Venue/box office tel:
Other ticket outlet www.WeGotTickest.com
Doors 8pm
£ £6.50 adv /£7 door

Friday 27 November 2009
Venue Miss Peapods,
Penryn, Cornwall
Postcode TR10 8FG
Venue website www.misspeapod.co.uk/
Venue/box office tel: 01326 374424
Other ticket outlet
Doors 6.30pm
£ TBC

Saturday 28 November 2009
Venue Topsham Wine Celler
Ferry Rd, Topsham, Exeter
Postcode EX3 0HY
Venue website www.pebblebed.co.uk
Venue/box office tel: 07814 788348
Other ticket outlet
Doors 6.30pm
£ £17.50 (includes tapas/wine)


Sunday 29 November 2009
Venue The Beacon Hotel, Beacon Folk Club
Tunbridge Wells
Postcode TN3 9JH
Venue website www.the-beacon.co.uk
Venue/box office tel: 01892 524252
Other ticket outlet
Doors 8pm


Monday 30 November 2009
Venue London House Concert
Postcode Private
Venue website
Venue/box office tel:
Other ticket outlet by invite only
Doors

Tuesday 1 December 2009
Venue The Six Bells Chiddingly, Sussex
Postcode BN8 6HE
Venue website www.6bellsfolk.co.uk
Venue/box office tel: 01825 873337
Other ticket outlet
Doors 7.30 pm

Wednesday 2 December 2009
Venue The Kitchen Garden Cafe,
17 York Road, Kings Heath, Birmingham,
Postcode B14 7SA
Venue website http://www.kitchengardencafe.co.uk/
Venue/box office tel: 0121 443 4725
Other ticket outlet
Doors 7.30 pm

Thursday 3 December 2009
Venue Lauries Bar
34 King Street,Glasgow, Scotland
Postcode G1 5QT
Venue website www.lauriesacousticmusicbar.co.uk
Venue/box office tel: 0141 5527123
Other ticket outlet
Doors 7.30pm
£ £10

Friday 4 December 2009
Venue The Cluny 2
Lime Street Newcastle, Tyne on Wear
Postcode NE1 2PQ
Venue website www.jumpinhot.com
Venue/box office tel: 01912304474
Other ticket outlet ticketweb
Doors 7.30pm
£10
Note 24th Anniversary gig -Headline will be Peter Molinari

Saturday 5 December 2009
Venue Belper Music & Arts @The Kings Head Belper
Postcode DE56 1FF
Venue website www.belpermusicandarts.co.uk
Venue/box office tel: 01773 825525
Other ticket outlet None
Doors 8pm


Sunday 6 December 2009
Venue Barnsley House Concert
Wombwell, Barnsley, Yorkshire
Postcode S73 8ES
Venue website www.wombwellfolk.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk
Venue/box office tel: by invite only
Other ticket outlet None
Doors 8pm
£ suggested donation £10

Monday 7 December 2009
Venue David A Connolly House Concert Linford House , Lichfield
Postcode WS13 7EU
Venue website
Venue/box office tel: By invite only
Other ticket outlet
£ suggested donation £10

Tuesday 8 December 2009
Venue Amberley Folk Club @ The Black Horse
Amberley
Postcode BN18 9NL
Venue website http://www.amberleyfolkclub.com/index.php
Venue/box office tel 07787 570207
Other ticket outlet None
Doors 7.30pm
£ £7

Wednesday 9 December 2009
Venue St Bonaventura Social Club
Bristol Avon
Postcode BS7 8HP
Venue website http://www.crhmusic.com/
Venue/box office tel: 0145 255 0575
Other ticket outlet
Doors 7.30pm
£ £10adv

Thursday 10 December 2009
Venue Taylor John's House Coventry
Postcode CV1 4LY.
Venue website http://www.thetinangel.co.uk
Venue/box office tel: 024 76559958
Other ticket outlet
Doors 7.30pm
£ £8 adv / £10 door

Friday 11 December 2009
Venue The Old Courthouse
Thirsk, Yorkshire
Postcode YO7 1QS
Venue website www.inthedock.net
Venue/box office tel: 01845 595911
Other ticket outlet
Doors 7.30pm
£ £10

Saturday 12 December 2009
Venue Private House Concert (venue TBC - might be in a formal venue)
Chippin, Lancs Lancashire
Postcode
Venue website
Venue/box office tel: By invite only
Other ticket outlet
Doors

Sunday 13 December 2009
Venue The Green Note
London
Postcode NW1 7AN
Venue website www.greennote.co.uk
Doors 7pm
Venue/box office tel 020 7485 9899
Other ticket outlet None
£ £9 adv.

Proud Euro Publicists for Carrie Elkin
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]]> medicinemusic Wed, 04 Nov 2009 18:27:58 +0100 Tokyo Rosenthal at the Arglly Hotel Ullapool and on the Medicine Show http://www.nessmp3.com/music/bands/255

Tokyo Rosenthal Ullapool at The Argyll Hotel 20th November. http://houseconcerthub.ning.com/profile/TokyoRosenthal Here are some of the reviews. "Rosenthal can draw you into his lyrics much the same way that James Taylor and Don Henley can". "Take Jackson Brownes personal confessions and wrap them in Kris Kristofferson’s world weary tales of broken relationships and you have an idea of what to expect from Tokyo Rosenthal." "This is Americana with real teeth in the lyrics" Find more music like this on The House Concert European Hub (& Acoustic Music Club Network) This level of acclaim wasn't an overnight trip. Hardly, as “Toke” has spanned the music scene for three decades. But it's most recently that recognition has finally reached hit home, through the recording of his CD, "One Score And Ten". Always writing and always gigging, his musical journey continues. He is on tour in support of the new album "Love Won Out" He joins me on The Nevis radio Medicine Show Wednessday 11 November. and plays The Nevis Radio Medicine Show session 18th November Ullapool at The Argyll Hotel 20th November. Listen again to more Medicine Shows here. Health and Happiness From The Highlands Of Scotland Listen again to some broadcasts, sessions and concerts here Go to folder - FileFactory.com ]]> medicinemusic Mon, 02 Nov 2009 17:46:34 +0100 Vanessa Peters UK Tour November dates http://www.nessmp3.com/music/bands/255 VANESSA PETERS TOUR LIST November 2009 www.vanessapeters.com Please add the following dates to gig guides and listing Vanessa is available for interview and Personal Appearances before or on the day of these shows. Contact Rob Ellen rob@medicinemusic.co.uk Find more music like this on The House Concert European Hub (& Acoustic Music Club Network) In a world made small by airplanes and email, Vanessa Peters is at home everywhere she goes - an essential trait for a wandering gypsy songwriter. Vanessa Peter's music reflects the influences of growing up in Texas as much as it reflects how her music has matured out on the road. Voted as one of the top 10 folk artists in Austin a few years ago, Vanessa then packed her things, took her show on the road, and hasn’t looked back since. In the last three years, she has released three albums and played over 250 shows in 10 countries. Together with Manuel Schicchi (lead guitar and harmonies), Vanessa has toured throughout the US and performed at some of the best venues in Europe: Folk Club in Torino (IT), Roepean in Ottersum (NL), Mono in Oslo, and Electro-Acoustic in London. This past summer, the band got another surge of interest when Vanessa and Manuel entered Aimee Mann’s video contest for her hit single, “Freeway.” They placed as runners-up in the contest and overnight their video went from 3,000 hits to 30,000 – it’s now over 100,000! Aimee even singled out their video as one of her favorites when she announced the winners. Their newest record, “Sweetheart, Keep Your Chin Up,” is co-produced with Salim Nourallah (The Old ‘97s) and expands on the sound they have become known for:a blend of rootsy pop jangle and country noir. Like its predecessor “Little Films,” “Sweetheart, Keep Your Chin Up” is something of a concept album, taking fairy tales and myths and putting a modern spin on them, giving voice to such characters as Odysseus, Penelope, The Sirens, the Wicked Witch of the West, and others. Their 2009 touring will take them across America and Canada and back to Europe as well, where they will focus on Italy, the Benelux, Germany, Scandinavia, and the UK. Sunday 01 November 2009 Venue Live @ The Acoustic Shift, Cardiff Postcode CF10 1PL Venue website www.cafejazzcardiff.com/ Venue/box office tel: 029 20387026 Doors 8pm Monday 02 November 2009 Radio Show House of Mercy, London Tuesday 03 November 2009 Venue The Beehive Swindon Postcode SN1 3JS Venue website www.bee-hive.co.uk Venue/box office tel: 01793 523 187 Doors 8.30pm Wednesday 04 November 2009 Venue Bedford Live @ Harpurs Cellar Bar Bedford Postcode MK40 2RD Venue website http://www.myspace.com/bedfordlivepresents Doors 8.30pm Thursday 05 November 2009 Venue The Prom, Bristol Postcode BS7 8AL Venue website www.theprom.co.uk/ Venue/box office tel: 0117 942 7319. Doors 7.30pm Friday 06 November 2009 Venue The Grub Café, East Grinstead Postcode RH19 1EP Venue website www.grubonline.co.uk Other ticket outlet wegottickets.com Doors 7.30pm Saturday 07 November 2009 Venue The Windjammer, Dartmouth Postcode TQ6 9RT, Venue website http://www.thewindjammer.co.uk/ Doors 6pm Sunday 08 November 2009 Venue The Marine Theatre, Lyme Regis, Dorset Postcode DT7 3QA Venue website www.marinetheatre.com Venue/box office tel: 01297442 138 Doors 7.30pm Thursday 12 November 2009 Venue The Green Note London Postcode NW1 7AN Venue website www.greennote.co.uk Doors 7pm Venue/box office tel 020 7485 9899 Friday 13 November 2009 Venue House Concert York Postcode YO1 6LF Venue website www.houseconcertsyork.co.uk/ http://houseconcerthub.ning.com/profile/HouseConcertsYork Venue/box office tel: 07960 350909 Saturday 14 November 2009 Venue Barnsley House Concert, Wombwell Postcode S73 8ES Venue website www.wombwellfolk.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/ http://houseconcerthub.ning.com/profile/HedleyJones Venue/box office tel: by invite only Peace, Health & Happiness Event Management/Publicist/Tour Organiser/Music Marketing/Radio Dee Jay/Music Fan www.medicinemusic.co.uk ]]> medicinemusic Sun, 04 Oct 2009 18:49:19 +0100 Medicine Music shows and services http://www.nessmp3.com/music/bands/255

Please visit my Reverb Nation site to view our publicity service and artist roster. Please also consider joining our mailing list and streat team below. Click The Banner below Medicine%20MusicQuantcast The House Concert European Hub The place for prespective house concert artists, hosts and guests to network Visit The House Concert European Hub Face Book Rob Ellen's Facebook Profile Flyin Shoes review, is our Webzine and review site, we have a growing list of respected reviewers, if you would like to join us as a reviewer please aply below Visit flyinshoes review Youtube Medicine Show Videos http://uk.youtube.com/user/medicinmusic My Space http://www.myspace.com/robellen View my page on LiveBluesWorldBeboRob Ellenhttp://www.bebo.com/RobE5677 http://www.bebo.com/RobE5677 Here are your fourthcoming Live Medicine Shows and sessions

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I'm delighted to announce the Medicine Show has been invited to UKCountryRadio.com www.ukcountryradio.com The Medicine Show "Health & Happiness Hour" will broadcast 8pm the second Wednesday of every month. Repeated 4pm on the next day. Visis my UKCountryRadio.com page here http://www.ukcountryradio.com/presentersRobEllen.html Broadcasting Health and Happiness from the Highlands Of Scotland Frequencies and channel numbers FM 102.2 MHz. - RDS name: Loch Broom FM (North Sky, Wester Ross, Lewis, Grairloch - Tonge) FM: 102.3 MHz. - RDS name: Nevis_FM (Skye & Mallaig) FM: 102.4 MHz. - RDS name: Nevis_FM (Loch Leven) FM: 96.6 MHz. - RDS name: Nevis_FM (Fort William) FM: 97.0 MHz. - RDS name: Nevis_FM (Glencoe) NEVIS RADIO STEAM http://www.radiofeeds.co.uk/query.asp?feedme=Nevis%20Radio (Outside UK) ONLINE http://www.nevisradio.co.uk (Inside UK) Tuesday nights Loch Broom FM Medicine Shows are repeated Saturdays at 12 noon till 3pm, and AF Collective Radio Thursdays 8pm www.afcollective.com and now available on listen again www.themedicineshow.eu UKCountryRadio.com www.ukcountryradio.com 8pm The second wednesday of every month Repeated 4pm on the next day. Some shows and sessions are available to download at http://medicinemusic.podomatic.com Listen again to to some Medicine Shows, Sessions and Concert Below More info here www.themedicineshow.eu Go to folder - FileFactory.com The Medicine Show is a "Pass The Hat Prodution" for Nevis Radio, Loch Broom FM, Nessmp3.com Live Radio, Nevis Radio On Line and AFcollective Radio, made possible only by your donations. Please help keep the wheels on The Medicine Show rolling The Medicine SHow is a "Pass The Hat Prodution" for Nevis Radio, Loch Broom FM, nessmp3.com Live Radio, Nevis Radio On Line UKCountryRadio.com and AF Collective Radio and made possible by your donations. Please help keep the wheels on The Medicine Show rolling Heres The Medicine Show Podcast podcast take the medicine show in your pocket direct from your USB Socket

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Great minds think a bike. Click to visit our sponsor MEDICINE in the modern sense is perceived to be a treatment for ailment, but in the ancient sense particularly in the minds of Native Americans, medicine is all that is good in nature connecting the spirit world with the physical. The Medicine of music can be a direct connection with all it is to be human and also our best prescription for the disconnecting-ailments of our modern culture" Belladrum Festival and Tartan Heart Fringe The Best Possible Two Weeks to be in The Highlands Medicine Music book the roots acts across all stages at Belladrum Festival and organise the potting shed stage and the belladrum fringe, and organise the radio support for the event. We extend congratulations to all who work on the festival and to our friends and coleges who help to put the Fringe and Potting Shed Stage together. The Tartan Heart Fringe sets the mood in the run up to Belladrum Festival August 7 8 2009 and features not only the best of Highland talent but artists from around the world too, from July 24th - August 8th and offers a highland trail for the intrepid musical explorer around some of the musical hotspots of one of the world historically musical sensitive lands

This years Tartan Heart Fringe media partners are www.nevisradio.co.uk Tune in for all information on the Fringe and Potting Shed Stage as it happens.

Tartan Heart Fringe dates at My Space home The best 2 weeks to visit the Highlands The Belladrum Festival Home Site Grass Roots UK Festival Award 2008 For Belladrum Festival Thanks to every one who rolled up there sleeves for the fringe and Belladrum, The Tartan Heart Fringe and The Potting Shed Stage 2009 in the run up, on what turned out to be a vintage year, with Belladrum being nominated for 4 festival oscars. BELLADRUM HAS BEEN NOMINATED FOR FOUR FESTIVAL OSCARS - VOTE FOR US NOW AND WIN TICKETS! Belladrum Tartan Heart Festival has been nominated in four categories of the national UK Festival Awards 2009 : Family Festival Award, The Grass Roots Festival Award (thanks to your votes, Bella won this last year): Best Medium Sized Festival; and Best Toilets! In addition, Lau have been nominated for the Virtual Festivals Critics Choice Award for their performance at Bella. To vote for Bella and Lau, go to www.festivalawards.com and register your votes in as many categories as you like - though we'd recommend the FAMILY FESTIVAL AWARD as the one we'd really like to win this year. The deadline for voting us onto the shortlist is 14th October. Then a second round of public voting which is your chance to vote us into the winning position ends on 4th November. Winners are announced on 19th November. By voting you could win a pair of tickets to any of the winning festivals in this year's awards! BELLA NOMINATED FOR THE FAMILY FESTIVAL AWARD Every year, there seem to be more and more children at festivals, with increasingly impressive areas and facilities for kids reflecting the rise. Games, workshops, kid zones and activities for youngsters all combine to make their weekend a memorable one - and often a much easier one for their mums and dads. Which festival was the most enjoyable for kids and parents this year? THIS HAS TO BE BELLA - SCOTLAND'S ONLY REAL FAMILY FESTIVAL! ...AND THE GRASS ROOTS FESTIVAL AWARD Often the best small festivals spring from an organic labour of love and a long-time dream which has been shared by thousands more. These festivals should be celebrated, not just for the courage and vision shown by their organisers, but also because they never forget where they've come from, supporting their local communities and new music along the way whilst retaining an independent spirit and resisting commercial saturation. HELP US WIN THIS AGAIN! ...AND BEST MEDIUM SIZED FESTIVAL Festivals nominated for this award generally started life much smaller, but have evolved upwards from their original roots due to their popularity and success in filling a growing niche. With a unique identity, following, and intimacy, many outdoor music fans think middle-capacity festivals get the perfect blend of atmosphere and scale. But which one did the business this year? VOTE FOR BELLA! ... AND BEST TOILET Whether it’s the pongy portaloos, the lingering longdrops or the unpleasant urinals, all festival toilets tang, but some stink more than others. But which festival boasted the cleanest cans and the best ratio of toilets to person? THEY WERE CLEANER THAN EVER AT BELLA! ...AND LAU FOR THE VIRTUAL FESTIVALS CRITICS' CHOICE AWARD Lau have been nominated for this award for their performance at Bella' 09. The award is designed to celebrate those special acts who added something a little extra to their festival show. It could be comedy, nostalgia, crowd interaction or just that 'secret ingredient' - basically something that sets them apart from other performers as a real crowd pleaser. Don't bogard this news my friend, pass it on Tartan Heart 2010 6th and 7th August, 2010 www.tartanheartfestival.co.uk Subject to license. Bill subject to change. Ticket prices exclude and booking fees and postage The Tartan Heart Fringe has a record of being first to find talent and bring them to the Highlands IE Seasick Steve, Mia Riddle, Phil Lee, Blou, Robberto Cassani. The proverbial "Hard Acts To Follow" This year Nevis Radio gave day today coverage of the Fringe and recorded and broadcast live from The Potting Shed Stage www.nevisradio.co.uk for Fringe and Potting Shed stage Belladrum information as it happen, The Medicine Show Will have its own Stage again at Belladrum 6 7 August 2009 The Potting Shed Stage offers an area where artists and festival goers can relax and socialise together, with music happening spontaneously and organically, under the supervision of Rob Ellen of The Medicine Show. We will scheduled four of the leading lights of this years Tartan Heart Fringe, the rest will be adhock and inpromtue, among Festival artists and special guests on the day, the idea being that it become a place for some magical musical collaborations to happen spontaneously. The Tartan Heart Fringe and Belladrum Potting Shed Stage is sponsored by Square Wheels Cycles of Strathpeffer

"Belladrum is sometimes described as the "Glastonbury of the North", but it is much broader in its appeal. People from all social and class backgrounds are here and you quite literally see three generations of the same family all jumping to the same infectious rhythms. It is becoming a real focus of community cohesion and not a little pride among the thousands who gather here that they can stage something like this in the Highlands. The food is pretty damn good too". Ian MacWhirter The Herald Medicine Music have been involved in promotion publicity and booking the Belladrum Festival from Year one. Belladrum Festival Home Tartan Heart Fringe Home Publicist Promoter and Radio Presenter Sweaty Bella: Belladrum Mountain Bike Race Belladrum Tartan Heart Festival is set to capitalise on its superb Highland setting with a mountain bike race for all ages organised by Fringe and potting shed sponsors Square Wheels Cycles of Strathpeffer. The two day festival of music and performing arts will offer ‘Sweaty Bella’ on Saturday 8th August, a race through the beautiful policy woodlands of Belladrum Estate which hosts the event. Open only to festival ticket-holders, riders will encounter a mix of forest road, single track paths and wooden features. The course will be timed laps over three miles and will last about two hours. There will be a race for 10 to 14-year-olds and 15-year-olds upwards. Besides the two main races, a variety of other prizes will be on offer. ]]> medicinemusic Sun, 04 Oct 2009 20:24:04 +0100 Nels Anrews & Ana Egge and Naomi Sommers concerts Listen Again http://www.nessmp3.com/music/bands/255 We had such a great couple of days with Nels Andrews and Ana Egge, part 2 of the Monday Night Medicine Show Concert was broadcast On Nevis Radio you can listen to that now below. Naomi Sommers on The Nevis Radio Medicine Show 10pm GMT Naomi Sommers Monday Night Medicine Show at The Riverside Tavern Conon Bridge (Dingwall) Monday 26th October, was broadcast on the nevis radio medicine Show October 28th 2009 http://houseconcerthub.ning.com/profile/NaomiSommers http://www.naomisommers.com You can listen again to a fantastic night with a full house for Naomi, who Americana UK discribe as the new Nanci. Naomi is a singer/songwriter in the folk and bluegrass style. She grew up in New England, in a family of musicians, making records and playing with my family band. (Her father Phil Rosenthal is a bluegrass musician and runs a small, home record label, American Melody.) She has released a new album this year, called Gentle As The Sun, to wide spread aclaim and universal glowing reviews, recorded in Nashville, produced by Jim Rooney (John Prine, Iris Dement) Its been one of the Medicine Show albums of this year. Enjoy Rob Ellen www.themedicineshow.eu Go to folder - FileFactory.com The Medicine Show is a "Pass The Hat Prodution" for Nevis Radio, Loch Broom FM, Nevis Radio On Line, UKCountryradio.com and AFcollective Radio, made possible only by your donations. Please help keep the wheels on The Medicine Show rolling ]]> medicinemusic Thu, 29 Oct 2009 12:15:45 +0100 The Medicine Show On The Road Video Diary http://www.nessmp3.com/music/bands/255 The Medicine Show On The Road Video Diary A vintage Belladrum Festival this year then What a great adventure, 8 weeks on the road, two weeks of The Belladrum Fringe and Festival and six weeks of The Medicine Show on the Road around Scotland, England, Ireland, and Holland. Heres a collage of images and memories. Thanks to everyone who made it possible. Ramblin Part1 Scotland England and Ireland Ramblin Part2 London and Holland More Videos from the Medicine Show On The Road 09 here http://www.youtube.com/user/medicinmusic For a full report and pictures to visit Tom Masons Blog http://www.tommason.net/journal.html The Medicine Show on the Road August 16th BBC Radio Kent with broadcast legend Dave Cash. August 10th Tynemouth http://www.youtube.com/user/medicinmusic and join the virtual Medicine Show, as we tour the Highlands head for Belladrum Festival and go on the Road around Europe with Phil lee Tom Mason, and to London with Carrie Elkin and Robby Hecht, The Green Note August 13 Texas Tim Scott and Matt Morrow Sasparilla's Strathpeffer Fringe Video Diary Here is Eliza Gilkyson at Roy Bridge what a great night. Cara Luft and Hugh MacMillan Ullapool Argyll Hotel July 28th "Cracker Jack"

The Hostess with the mostess, Franner and Sot set the mood for Tim Scott and Cara Cuft, 28th July 09 on the Fringe.

More from the video diary here http://www.youtube.com/user/medicinmusic please visit and subscribe, I'll be posting videos daily all the way up to and including Belladrum, then follow us on tour with Phil Lee ]]> medicinemusic Thu, 17 Sep 2009 09:07:53 +0100 Take The Pig To the Gig http://www.nessmp3.com/music/bands/255 Meet the newest member of the Medicine Show family

"The Gig Pig"

She is a Chevy Day Van V8 5 Litre, seats 6 people + driver, in unrivaled luxury with DVD CD, TV and room for gear. The Purple Pig is converted to LPG Gas, so runs at half the price of petrol. Let me know if you want to take the pig to the gig, it comes with me as tour manager and merch man. we will be offering themed concert trips too, watch this space ]]> medicinemusic Mon, 17 Mar 2008 17:01:14 +0100 Grass Roots at Hoots TV http://www.nessmp3.com/music/bands/255 Grass Roots at Hoots TV Thanks to Rob who has capured some of the Grass Roots at Hoots gigs on film over the last couple of years, you can now view 6 of them all together click here Rod Picott and The Gun Shy Dogs Al Perkins and The Underdogs Kevin Montgomery and The Underdogs (With Al Perkins) AJ Roach Nels Andrews Enjoy ]]> medicinemusic Wed, 06 Feb 2008 03:20:05 +0100 Psychologist Oliver James puts his case against Affluenza http://www.nessmp3.com/music/bands/255 Oliver James puts his case against Affluenza - a virus he says is sweeping through the English speaking world. http://www.selfishcapitalist.com Oliver demands an apology for neoliberalism on Newsnight from politicians Theresa May (Tory) and Tony Macnulty (Labour) Go Oliver!! ]]> medicinemusic Fri, 20 Feb 2009 14:42:27 +0100 Instigate Debate (and have a gig in your home) http://www.nessmp3.com/music/bands/255 This is a wonderfull Idea www.instigatedebate.com, Instigate Debate - Get involved and get a free gig - at your place. Instigate Debate is an experiment. An avenue for exchange between the public and public figures, without the hindrance - or safety net - of media spin. It's simple. If you have a mobile phone, it most likely has a camera. Whoever you are, wherever you are, if you spot a public figure, any of the wonderful people who regularly appear in our fantastic magazines, newspapers or even on our tellies, try not to gush, or faint. Instead, ask them a question, and film the response. There is a list of suggested questions on www.instigatedebate.com. What do you want to know? How can we find out? Instigate Debate make a promise to everyone who submits a video - a group of some of the UK's best musicians - Jon McClure, Tom Clarke (The Enemy), Carl Barat (Dirty Pretty Things), Drew McConnell (Babyshambles) and other friends - will play a set in your living room, what the hell, your garden, for you and your friends. They will do as many of these gigs as humanly possible. No matter where you are in the UK, they will come to you. Submit your video at www.instigatedebate.com, include your contact details, and we'll get in touch asap to book a time for the gig. They want to get this - and the debate - moving NOW. A few tips to get you started: Be polite, don't get in their faces. This isn't a stitch-up, and they shouldn't feel that it is. Tell them you're from Instigatedebate.com, and want to get their views on an issue. They have hired you. The debate has already started on www.instigatedebate.com, check out the videos there for examples. House Concerts come of Age.
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