The Popes guitarist  Ian Bramble known for  his catchy song writing              and wild slide guitar will be playing his raucous blend of Irish rock, slide guitar blues and Indie. The NME said “Songs that lodge in the head for weeks”. The band will be playing songs from their new  album Walking To Jericho available on Stone Rolla Records.  

We are thrilled to have Kent  Duchaine and Leadbessie back  at The Brase – ” an American  blues legend, travelling the  globe for the past thirty years playing the blues on his    beloved ‘Leadbessie’ a 1934 National steel guitar.               He has played at most of the major Blues festivals  in the U.S.A. & Europe  Grammy nominated and  a  W.C.Handy award  winner..”

The Tower Arts Centre Winchester  “No apologies! The return of one of the best bands in the UK this time packing the long awaited CD Honest Soldier. Top quality music played with total conviction”. Fibbers York  “Mind blowing acoustic guitar work  driven by a solid classy rhythm section” Oxford Curfew  “Highly evocative slabs of industrial folk-rock.”  

  Kangaroo Moon continues to be a many headed marsupial with regular surprises.  They weave strands from world, rock, folk and dance, with acoustic  and electronic influences into a funky, psychedelic,  heart-lifting wall of sound.  Trancy, richly melodic and dancey, listeners experience a sound which unites the   body and soul in deep, joyful psychedelia and elemental dance and have played and danced their   way through more than a few permutations of global sound.  

  Long established five-piece band from Milton Keynes who have been playing for 20+ years.  They play   original music and have recorded three albums. Their style is a fusion of country rock with a flavour of  cajun and bluegrass.  Instruments include mandolin and fiddle and the  band sing three and four part harmonies.  

 A lively five-piece ‘roots reggae ska meets Northern soul’  fusion band led by singer Mark Da Costa. They perform a mixture of original songs and re-arrangements.  

  Playing a blend of Balka n, Klezmer, Hot Jazz, Swing and Americana music, both original a nd traditional.  Their Performance evokes the old world and the new,  the eerily haunting sounds from the east, with definite  roots in the west. Influences are far and wide but range from New Orleans Jazz, to Eastern European, Greek,  Turkish, Bulgarian, Roma and Klezmorim Music, Manouche Swing, to Acoustic Metal.     Guaranteed to get you up and moving!!!  

              Paul Henshaw is  a RIOT FOLK singer songwriter living on the North Wales coast wh o pretty much spends his life thumping lumps out of his guitar and singing about life, hangovers and anything else he’s passionate about.