Saturday night I was asked to pop down and cover the first anniversary of the Spanish Harlem nights at The Wardrobe. To celebrate this fact they had an amazing line up. The New Mastersounds were accompanied by some awesome guests performers Cleve Freckleton and the Haggis Horns Brass. The opening band...
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Singing in the Rain // Charity Gig – Leeds Metropole Hotel
We found ourselves covering a charity concert on Friday night. Called ‘Singing in the Rain’ it was in aid of the victims of the Cumbrian floods and they had got together some great local bands from Leeds.
Kinch
Birdman Rallies
Hannah Trigwell and
The Moves
We didn’t manage to stay for all the gig but caught the set...
Be the Architect – Hope and Social
The Hope & Social guys have been working really hard over the last few weeks to get this live album out. It is the recording of the gig they did at the Crypt back in October. What is also pretty cool is that they have used some of the images we took on the night...
Hope & Social: Christmas Gig
On Saturday the Hope and Social guys held their Christmas gig in the church where they recorded Architect of this Church. It was a very Christmassy affair to help raise money for repairs to the roof. A number of the parishioners were there serving up tea coffee or little drop of mulled wine if you...
Northern Vinyl
Yesterday was a promo shoot for a local Leeds band called Northern Vinyl. I have done some work with these guys before and were looking to get some new images for their agent.They are a three piece pop and rock function band and play a lot of 60’s hits by the Beatles and the Who...
Hope & Social – Oporto Leeds 12th October
We covered these guys back in June for their album launch party – See previous post and they have asked us to get involved with a special evening they are putting together on the 17th October. More than just a gig, the night will be a unique experience. In the first half they will...
U2 – Don Valley Stadium
U2 Rolled into Sheffield tonight for their only gig outside of London in England. We have been working quite hard as The Sound Gallery to get press passes for this event and at 12.15 pm just 8 hours before the gig was due to start we got the green light. I will post later on...
The Wetspot – Wardrobe 18th July 2009
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How can I best describe ‘The Wetspot’ – Burlesque and Cabaret. The idea behind it is to mix together amazing performances by burlesque dancers cabaret acts singers etc and combine it with DJ sets of classic Rock’n’Roll Jump Jive and Swing to get the crowds dancing. There isn’t a dress code but the vintage frocks...
Joe Bataan @ The Wardrobe
Last Saturday we were asked down by the owner of The Wardrobe to photograph the legendary New Yorker Joe Bataan on his whistle-stop, 3 date tour of the UK. Born and raised in Spanish Harlem Joe pioneered latin soul music in the 70s, including songs you’ve no doubt heard (Gypsie Woman, Coco-E, The Bottle, Ordinary...
Portico Quartet & ODi: Brudenell Social Club 20th May
Portico Quartet are four young musicians from South London who sound like nothing you’ve ever heard before. Living and playing together they describe their ethos as like an Indy band that plays post-jazz, and their unique sound has won them fans from Gilles Peterson to Radio 4 and Notion to BBC Music Magazine, and made...