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Bella Spinks An…

Apr 25th

+ Danielle Fricke

@ Brighton Unitari…
King Creosote

Apr 26th

+ KY10

@ St. George's Chu…
eat-girls

May 6th

+ + ism

@ The Rossi Bar
The Rheingans S…

May 9th

+ + special guests

@ Komedia (Studio)
Rich(ard) Dawso…

May 23rd

+ + Faye MacCalman

@ St. George's Chu…
Rich(ard) Dawso…

May 24th

+ + Faye MacCalman

@ Folkestone Quart…
The Young’…

May 28th

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@ Komedia (Main Sp…
Adrian Crowley

Jun 3rd

+ + special guests

@ The Prince Alber…
Mama’s Broke

Jun 4th

+ + special guests

@ The Folklore Roo…
Gasper Nali

Jun 5th

+ + special guests

@ Komedia (Studio)
Panda Bear

Jun 6th

+ + special guests

@ CHALK
AVAWAVES

Jun 11th

+ + special guests

@ Komedia (Studio)
Gemma Rogers

Jun 12th

+ + special guests

@ The Folklore Roo…
Eliza Carthy +…

Jun 20th

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@ Lewes Con Club
Eliza Carthy +…

Jun 21st

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@ Folkestone Quart…
Helicon

Aug 9th

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@ The Hope & Ruin
Martha Wainwrig…

Aug 29th

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@ The Booking Hall
PINS: Wild Nigh…

Sep 19th

+ Special Guests

@ The Prince Alber…
Oyama

Sep 30th

+ + special guests

@ The Prince Alber…
Ye Vagabonds

Oct 7th

+ + Special Guests

@ Komedia (Main Sp…
Herman Dune

Oct 21st

+ Special Guests

@ Komedia (Main Sp…
Penguin Cafe Pe…

Nov 26th

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@ St. George's Chu…

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A transportive and euphoric meeting of violin, pia

A transportive and euphoric meeting of violin, piano, and synth...

AVAWAVES @avawavesmusic + special guests play Komedia Studio @komedia_brighton on Wednesday 11th June.

A transportive and euphoric meeting of violin, piano, and synth, AVAWAVES embrace a fusion of modern composition, ambient, and electronic styles while incorporating the pair’s acclaimed soundtrack work. The international, contemporary virtuoso duo comprising Anna Phoebe and Aisling Brouwer, are celebrating the release of their third studio album, ‘Heartbeat’, which represents strength, resolve, and moving forward.

Tickets and further info:
https://bit.ly/MeltingVinylTickets
@meltingvinylbrighton

Doors 7.30pm / Start 8pm
£14 in advance / £18 on the door
Standing
Age restrictions - 14+ Under 16's to be accompanied

#synth #piano #violin

"Quite simply extraordinary" fRoots The Rheingan

"Quite simply extraordinary" fRoots

The Rheingans Sisters @rheinganssis + special guests play Komedia Studio @komedia_brighton on Friday 9th May.

After a decade releasing celebrated albums (BBC Radio 2 Folk Award winners of ‘Best Original Track’ 2016 and ‘Best Group’ nominees in 2019) and touring across the world, The Rheingans Sisters release their much anticipated fifth studio album.

The visionary duo's 5th album and new live show is a sonic and aesthetic development of their live work so far, creating an even more immersive musical journey for their audience. From baroque fiddle tunes to trance beats, from metal-inspired arrangements of folk ballads to improvisations with phone voice notes, Rowan and Anna once again create like painters; revealing in bold colours the next grounded yet soaring contribution to the sisters’ unique “avant-garde trad” (Songlines).

"Scandi-noir, but tinged with joy and avant-garde trad" ~ Songlines
"With their golden voices, fertile soundworlds and evocative influences from across Europe, the Sheffield duo’s fifth album is admirably confrontational." ~
The Guardian, Folk Album Of The Month (Sept 2024).

Nominees: 2019 BBC Radio 2 Folk Award 'Best Group'
3rd Place in fRoots Critics Poll 'Album of the Year' 2018
Winners: 2016 BBC Radio 2 Folk Award for 'Best Original Track'
Nominees: 2016 BBC Radio 2 Folk Award 'Horizon'
Nominated for 2015 fRoots Critics Poll 'Album of the Year'
Songlines 'Top of the World' Album * * * * *
"Superb" - The Independent
"Quite simply extraordinary" fRoots

Tickets and further info:
https://bit.ly/MeltingVinylTickets
@meltingvinylbrighton

Friday 9th May
Doors 7.00pm / Start 7.30 pm
£18 + booking fee / £22 on the door
Standing
Age restrictions: 14+ Under 16's to be accompanied

#folkmusic #folk #folkmusic #livemusic 💥#folkmusicians #newacoustic #indiefolk #indiefolkmusic

New show announcement 📣 Oyama @oyamaband - a

New show announcement 📣

Oyama @oyamaband - a five-piece shoegaze/indie collective from Reykjavík - plus special guests play The Prince Albert, Brighton @theprincealbertbrighton on Tuesday 30th September.

Oyama is a five-piece shoegaze/indie collective from Reykjavík who has just released their second full-length album Everyone Left, which finds Oyama strikes a balance between elusive reality and tangible dreams.

Their new album has a contemplative vibe and shares thematic threads with its predecessor; their idiosyncratic songwriting earning recognition from leading music media. As KEXP's Jim Beckmann noted, "Sharing a name with the relatively small Japanese central city, [the band] has grown into a sonic metropolis of multiple influences, from psychedelic to ambient."

Featuring guitarist Alison MacNeil from cult Icelandic-Canadian math rock unit Kimono, Oyama creates a sound that combines a steady urban pulse with serenity, and with guitar delay causing ripples on the sonic pond, their sound is truly immersive.
Tracks were recorded at Sundlaugin studio of Sigur Rós and mixed by Árni Hjörvar Árnason (The Vaccines).

Melting Vinyl presents
Oyama + special guests at The Prince Albert, Brighton on Tuesday 30th September.
Doors: 8pm. Show starts: 8.30pm
£14 + bf in advance / £18 on the door
18+

Tickets and further info:
https://bit.ly/MeltingVinylTickets
@meltingvinylbrighton

During May? We’re expecting modern folk brilia

During May?

We’re expecting modern folk briliance; a Geordie folk music maverick; extremely talented composers and song makers; traditional folk laced with baroque fiddle tunes and trance beats; pop, post-punk and minimal synth mixed with dub; immaculate 3-part harmonies and so very much more.

Join us (and other like-minded folk who love live music):
https://bit.ly/MeltingVinylTickets
@meltingvinylbrighton

@rheinganssis
@theyoungunstrio
@ismband_
@eatgrrls
@fayemaccalman
@richarddawsonofficial

Multi disciplinary artist Danielle Fricke @daniell

Multi disciplinary artist Danielle Fricke @daniellefricke creates hyper-vulnerable and intimate performances with a mixture of her haunting songs and improvised layered vocal meditations.... and she supports Bella Spinks And Voices @bellaspinks on Friday 25th April at Brighton's Unitarian Church @brightonunitarianchurch

*Kindly note that this show is now SOLD OUT.

Bella Spinks is an established solo artist in her own right, playing many Melting Vinyl nights over the years. Now she combines her solo work with another passion; @voca.choir the 40+ person choir she leads every week in Brighton.
Enjoy what promises to be a very special evening: the reimagining of some of Bella’s work in vocal form, with the intimacy of her songwriting and storytelling against the choirs powerful sound.

Doors 7pm / Start 7.30pm
Seated
Age Restrictions: Over 14s welcome, under 16s to be accompanied

Here's the running order for what promises to be a

Here's the running order for what promises to be a wonderful show ~

19.00: Doors open to the building
19.30: Doors open to the auditorium/playlist
20.00 - 20.45: The Young’uns (1st set 45 mins)
20.45 - 21.15: Interval Playlist
21.15: The Young’uns (2nd Set)

The Young’uns 20 @theyoungunstrio play Creative Folkestone @creativefstone on Tuesday 22nd April.

We're thrilled to be making merry with much loved folk trio, the Young’uns, as they celebrate 20 years of singing together.

One night in Stockton On Tees, three teenagers heard strange sounds coming from the backroom of a pub. They went in.
They heard people singing songs they’d never heard before. Songs without instruments. Songs in their own accents. Songs about places they knew. Folk songs. They joined in. Because they were the youngest ones there by several decades, they were soon labeled ‘the Young’uns.’

20 years on and they’ve carried their unfortunate name around the world, from Sydney to Vancouver, from Radio Tees to Radio 4, won 3 BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards and gained a reputation for singing life affirming songs of social conscience in immaculate 3 part harmony.
But as well as their 20th anniversary, Sean Cooney, Michael Hughes and David Eagle will each be celebrating their 40th birthdays on tour!

Limited tickets available via the link in our bio @meltingvinylbrighton or at
https://bit.ly/younguns20folkstone

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#rootsmusic #younguns #meltingvinylbrighton #folkmusic #singersongwriter #folkandmore #brighton #brightonlivemusic #singersongerwriter
@bn1magazine @finding_land_folk_show @folkradiouk @folkonfoot @folkelife

New show announcement 📣 Penguin Cafe Performs

New show announcement 📣

Penguin Cafe Performs Music From The Penguin Cafe Orchestra
at St George’s Church, Brighton on Wednesday 26th November.

Penguin Cafe is bringing the music of the legendary Penguin Cafe Orchestra back to life, with a UK tour featuring a collection of PCO classics, celebrating the unique sound that has captivated audiences worldwide.
Penguin Cafe was founded by Arthur Jeffes, after bringing together a talented group of musicians from Suede, Gorillaz, and Razorlight, to perform his father Simon Jeffes’ legacy of world renowned Penguin Cafe Orchestra music, ten years after his untimely death in 1997.
Soon after he began to create new and unique genre-defying music, with the spellbinding philosophy of his father always in mind.
Outside of Penguin Cafe, Arthur’s composition work has included several shorts and commissions. He worked with Greenpeace and Aardman Animations to compose the soundtrack for Turtle Journey, released in 2020 to high acclaim, to promote the Greenpeace ‘Protect the Ocean’ campaign.
With a beguiling blend of melodic instrumental pop absorbing influences of folk, minimalism, and world music, this group are responsible for producing catchy ear-worms: Telephone and Rubber Band, Perpetuum Mobile, Music for a Found Harmonium - a slice of 70s musical counterculture recreated for the 2020s.

Doors: 7pm. Show starts: 7.30pm.
£30 in advance (+ Booking Fee)/£35 on the door.

Tickets and further info:
https://bit.ly/MeltingVinylTickets
@meltingvinylbrighton

New support announced @ismband_ for @eatgrrls 06-0

New support announced @ismband_ for @eatgrrls 06-05-25 @therossibar: Brighton’s ism can be anything and everything, not at the same time, but on the same day? The three-piece change their theme for every gig they do, transforming each concert into a new world of art and captivating moments. MV saw them at a @bimm_brighton gig in March and were blown away by them x

How do we describe thee?! : dynamic, art-rock, art-pop, alternative rock, captivating, conceptual, dramatic, performative, thematic, transformative, eclectic, bold, genre fluid, indie, playful, colourful, raw, powerful, female fronted, engaging. 🎟 link in bio
#eatgirls #ismband #therossibar

"Like a gothic Leonard Cohen - leaving you aching

"Like a gothic Leonard Cohen - leaving you aching for more."

Very exited to have Adrian Crowley + special guests play @theprincealbertbrighton on Tuesday 3rd June.

Adrian Crowley is an award-winning Irish songwriter, singer, and composer who has, in over two decades, created a deeply affecting body of work. The Dublin-based artist is noted as having a uniquely dark poetic sensibility and an arrestingly resonant voice.
Measure of Joy: on Valley Eye Records (produced by John Parish) is out on 7th February.

"Like a gothic Leonard Cohen – leaving you aching for more." UNCUT

£15 + booking fee / £19 on the door
Standing
Age restrictions: 18+
Doors: 8pm / Start: 8.30pm.

Tickets are now on sale via https://bit.ly/MeltingVinylTickets
@meltingvinylbrighton

#folkmusic #folk 💥 #folkmusicians #folkmusician #newacoustic #indiefolk #indiefolkmusic

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In response to the recent developments of Covid-19

Dear Melting Vinyl supporters,

At present we are in the process of finding out what the effect of the UK Government’s latest advice to the public to avoid contact in social spaces means in terms of our upcoming events.

It may mean some shows planned for the near future could be postponed to a later date in order to safeguard our local community.

Melting Vinyl are dedicated to supporting artists and the local live music venues and we are currently in close communication with both – we will keep you all updated as soon as any news comes in on our social media.

Many thanks for your patience and understanding and please bear with us as we navigate through this unprecedented time.

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