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Novemeber 14th saw a great blues night at Charlotte Street Blues in London’s West End. In the shadow of the BT tower Its an odd mix of people, both young and old, and its an odd mix of food and live bands. Works really well and there are plenty out of the way places to chill out and chat if live music isn’t your thing. Below is pictured drummer Igor from Sons of Blues who where the support band for Joanne Shaw Taylor. Miss Taylor can certainly rock and the two bands had the crowd cheering for more.
Enjoy the gallery below.
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I caught up with Hardwired in Cambridge at the Fordham Festival back in the middle of August. Below is my favorite shot of the day, drummer Igor dripping with sweat after a great performance. Click for larger.
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The Gypsy Hotel night is going from strength to strength and I caught up with them in August before my holiday. Things have been that busy that it has taken till now to get these photos up. Live music, burlesque, and a burping competition were all part of the fun this time. I was looking for more portrait shots of interesting characters. Also my shots are being used by Suri Sumatra. Check out her link on the links page. Enjoy.
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Two large galleries of mine now up on The Urban Voodoo Machine website.
Check back for more photos soon.
The Gypsy Hotel Extravaganza at the Hackney Empire was a complete success and one incredible night. The photos are in small as many are being considered for publication. More about that at a later date. I had so much fun backstage and took over 2000 photos, working for 18 hours straight. The Hackney Empire is an incredible venue and perfect for this type of night, with bars on every floor and a large areas in front of the stage for dancing. Above is a picture of Paul-Ronnie Angel, the organiser and front man of The Urban Voodoo Machine, who were the headline band of the night.
Click the small pic above for a link
Next month I have been asked to cover the largest event yet for the Gypsy Hotel at the Hackney Empire on 3rd July. With 1400 capacity and 5 hours of live entertaiment its going to be a fantastic night.
Get your tickets at
www.gypsyhotel.co.uk
It is also the launch night of The Urban Voodoo Machine’s first and long awaited album.
More info at theurbanvoodoomachine.com
As always click a picture for the large version
Every thursday its band night at Bardens in Dalstons at Stokey Rocks. On May 28th a new band played called Hardwired. One member is a close friend so i said I would shoot some photos of the band. It was a good night all round, especially for a Thursday.
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On the right, Claire from the Medieval Babes
May has been hugely busy and there is still a wedding and a gig to go.
Gypsy Hotel is regular night that has been running for two years. I’ve photographed there many times and love the great atmosphere and varied types you get there. It runs mostly from Barden’s in Dalstons, London. On July the 3rd they have a super sized event running at the Hackney Empire. The organiser of the night, Mr. PR Angel (pictured below) will be headlining with his 9 pieces rock and roll gypsy blues band. Varied acts are running all night and with a capacity of 1400 people its gonna be a rockin night. Check out their links below.
http://www.myspace.com/gypsyhotel
www.gypsyhotel.co.uk
www.myspace.com/theurbanvoodoomachine
www.theurbanvoodoomachine.com
PR
Cristian
Jay and his lovely wife(whose name escapes me but I’ll update)
Jo Whitney, part of the Voodoo machine and another band, The Tropics of Cancer
Crowd
Tropic of Cancer
one of the Dead Brothers
Gary and friend
Joe Whitney
Lady Ane
Lala Morte www.myspace.com/misslallamorte
Dj Scratchy
The EMFEB Orchestra recently played at the Rosemary Branch Theater and I went along to cover the event. This was my first classical music gig and it was very different to the usual rock gigs I attend. At a normal gig you have to fight your way to the front and then you take as many pictures as you can without worry.
At a classical gig you have to be considerate, especially when people are doing their solos otherwise you may distract them. With this in mind I mainly used my 50mm f1.4 lens.
The other big difference is that before the gig the musicians are actually practicing until the last second rather than swilling beer. This shot below is my favorite of the practice session.
The orchestra was set up by young talented composer Owen Bourne, link below.
Enjoy the pictures
http://www.owenbourne.com/
http://www.emfeb.com/
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