Shows

Oren Marshall, David Thomas Broughton, Liz Green, One Little Plane Fri 3rd October 2008 The Strongrooms, Curtain Road, E1 The Local is delighted to be part of Concrete & Glass. On the Friday of this two day celebration of the most original, innovative and exciting artists and musicians around, we present:

Oren Marshall, David Thomas Broughton, Liz Green, One Little Plane

7.00pm

Oren Marshall (Live)
“The incredible sub-sonic tuba maestro Oren leads this quirky project that seamlessly mixes West African textures with full-on jazz improv.” Timeout

“Oren started the show with a solo of such ingenuity that the audience laughed for joy…He plays his instument with the agility of a piccolo player.” Evening Standard

Described as the “Jimi Hendrix of the Tuba”, Oren Marshall is a pioneering player of acoustic and electric tuba who, crossing between classical - jazz - improvised- world music, has collaborated with the likes of Derek Bailey, Moondog, the Pan-African Orchestra and the London Philharmonic.

David Thomas Broughton (Live)
Layer upon layer of musical quality from Broughton, whose songs are touching and sensitive' The Guardian Guide

Over the course of five songs and almost forty minutes of music, The Complete Guide to Insufficiency introduces the world to David Thomas Broughton, a singer-songwriter who could well become one of the most interesting and compelling figures of the neo-folk movement. Simply put, The Complete Guide is the darkest, most beautiful, enthralling, and rewarding album I have heard since Devendra Banhart’s difficult-yet-powerful Oh Me, Oh My. Coke Machine Glow

Liz Green (Live)
‘Mid-Term Report No 1 Best New Act’ June 08 Mojo

“Her delicate songs are a perfect knot of grassroots jazz, muddy blues and homespun folk, and recall the kiss of a needle on a brittle 78… you sense that once the world gets wind of her elegant, spooky songs there will be nowhere for Green to hide.” Observer Music Monthly

“Lilting folk, spiked with venom and stalked by sadness” Sunday Times

“Hauntingly beautiful” The Sun

“Astonishing raw blues” Time Out

“Part Joanna Newsom, part thirties-starlet” Esquire

“Green could quite literally charm the birds off the trees… beautiful.” DJ Magazine

“Beautifully spectral” Fact

“An enthralling other-worldly combination of Billie Holiday and Judy Garland” Flux

Liz Green has come a long way in just one year considering she has only released one single, the acclaimed ‘Bad Medicine’. She has hit everyone’s ‘one to watch’ radars from the Observer Music Monthly to Zane Lowe on Radio One. Added to this, after gracing the Mojo BBQ at this year’s SXSW, Liz impressed so much that the magazine listed her number one in their top ten acts to watch this year and invited her to support Rachel Unthank.

One Little Plane (Live)
One of the first things to strike you about debut album ‘Until’ is its not by any measure a run of the mill collection of songs, and while it does have its share of few folksy acoustic guitar moments someone along the lines of Bat For Lashes would be a legitimate comparison to make. Right down to Kathryn Bint's voice and her unorthodox song arrangements, she aligns herself with the more interesting female songwriters out there - like Stina Nordenstam and Emiliana Torrini to some degree perhaps, but thanks to Kieren Hebden's presence there's an added emphasis on the beats. Boomkat

This is a lovely summer's record, one for sunny week end mornings and all the times in between. Colin Greenwood, Radiohead