Nizlopi

0	CHELTENHAM: The Frog and Fiddle
P	Sunday 17th May, 2015
N	7:30pm

CHELTENHAM: The Frog and Fiddle

Sunday 17th May, 2015

7:30pm

Event information

'Political, intense, angular and beautiful' Colin Murray, BBC Radio 1

'Nizlopi involved the crowd like no other. If you didn't get stuck in with at least one harmony then you looked odd.' The Sun

'Everything I know about live performance I learned from them'
Ed Sheeran (ex-roadie to Nizlopi)

Nizlopi are John Parker (double bass/beat box) and Luke Concannon (vocals/guitar), a duo who sound like a four piece, folk hip-hop band.

They are most widely known, for being the underground, independent act that topped the UK and Irish charts with 'The JCB song' in 2005.

They have a fierce reputation for inspiring, moving, live shows often taking the show into the heart of the audience.
Having been doing their own things for the past four years, they have come back together in 2013 performing new material, songs from their two previous albums and material for Luke's new solo album 'Give It All'.
'We immediately started writing new material in the rehearsals. The fire is as hot as ever.' says Luke

The band announced a low-key first show back at The Borderline in London in June 2013. The show sold out in hours. A second show was announced. It also sold out in hours. They were back.

A live EP with recordings from those incredible comeback shows in planned for late spring 2014 with festival dates confirming for summer 2014.

John Martyn and Danny Thompson meets The Roots and Ani Di Franco, Nizlopi play joyful, honest, atavistic, heavenly folk stories. And when Nizlopi perform live, they are a positive force like no other.

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JANUARY

January is a singer/songwriter/producer from the south of Gloucestershire. Formed in early 2015 as an accidental side project by Harry Jones, there is already an EP in the works that is catching peoples attention, due to be released in the coming months.

Whilst the live show is currently based around one guy and one guitar, there are plans to expand towards the more experimental sound of the EP.

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BEN CIPOLLA

Ben Cipolla is a young, singer-songwriter from Wiltshire. He began as a 14 year old busker, and has performed his own music ever since. He was spotted busking in 2012 by Radio 2 presenter Clare Teal, who says he is writing 'terrific songs'.

Ben duetted with Clare Teal at the Marlborough Jazz festival, played alongside Eliza Carthy at the Weymouth Olympic Ceremony and performed at Glastonbury 2014.

Ben has also formed an eight-piece band who play a collection of soulful covers, as well as his own material.

The Ben Cipolla Band were voted 'Best Newcomer Of The Year' by the Marlborough Jazz Festival 2014 and their debut will be available towards the end of April.

https://www.facebook.com/BenCipolla

£15 advance/£17 OTD