Author Archives: Richard

 A big nine piece brassy, saxy and soulful band playing music that grabs your heart and moves your feet.  The original, first and never forgotten ‘60s soul band formed by Snake, with Dave Bowie and Mark Creswell back in 1979 in Leeds, rises from the ashes playing Motown, Stax, Atlantic, Junior Walker, Otis Redding…  From […]

 A big nine piece brassy, saxy and soulful band playing music that grabs your heart and moves your feet.  The original, first and never forgotten ‘60s soul band formed by Snake, with Dave Bowie and Mark Creswell back in 1979 in Leeds, rises from the ashes playing Motown, Stax, Atlantic, Junior Walker, Otis Redding…  From […]

We welcome the return of one of our favourite duos. Helen sings and plays a diverse range of material from jazz to folk and pop classics. Banter, stories, superb harmonies and just plain brilliance.

The Snake Davis and Gareth Moulton duo is an established act now not just an occasional thing anymore.. The pair reckon Ropery Hall is the ideal venue for them. Mellow music infused with pop, rock, jazz and soul. Gareth Moulton, the Manchester born singer-songwriter-guitarist, is Snake’s long-time friend and collaborator in the Classic Sax Solos […]

Raised in Scunthorpe, now London-based, Sumudu has been a natural performer from a young age, singing, playing guitar and piano and writing songs. She made her TV debut on BBC’s Pebble Mill at One at the age of 15, performing her own composition, accompanied by Snake on sax and flute… Their next meeting was when […]

Snake is one of the most in-demand rock soul and jazz sax players in the world, widely known for his solos on tracks such as Lisa Stansfield’s “Change”, M-People’s “Search For A Hero, Moving On Up and Take That “A Million Love Songs”. He has played and recorded with artists ranging from James Brown to […]

Annie Dressner is taking her latest album ‘Trying to Be Cool’ (produced by Peter Bruntnell) on the road this April. Dressner is a singer-songwriter, originally from New York City but now living in Cambridge, UK. Brimming with razor sharp wit, emotional poignancy and glorious melodies, Annie’s straightforward lyrical style, smart wordplay and lilting vocals offer […]

As the singer in I Am Kloot from 1999 to 2014, John Bramwell achieved a Mercury Prize nomination for 2010’s The Sky At Night, a Top 10 chart position for 2013’s Let It All In, numerous UK and European tours and a triumphant farewell at the Queen Elizabeth Hall with an orchestra in 2014. Now, […]