Author Archives: Richard

A founding member of the hip and happening US transcendental folk band Elephant Revival, Daniel Rodriguez, both as a writer and performer, had for many become the “voice” of the band. When they each decided to take time off to explore new projects, his creative output continued to set the highest standards. Late in 2020, […]

Journey back in time to those carefree days of the 70’s when Scotland’s original boy band ruled the charts. Selling over 300 million albums worldwide, the Bay City Rollers attracted fans of all ages and a phenomenon known as Rollermania swept across the globe.Tartan clad fans in the UK and other parts of Europe were […]

A firm friend and former member of The Snake Davis Band, John is one of Snakes’ very favourite collaborators.  A highly gifted and creative keyboard player and singer from Manchester, John has played and recorded with quite a few well-known artists such as Corinne Bailey Rae, Tom Jones, Lily Allen, James Yorkston, John Squire (Stone […]

Joining Snake tonight for a Ropery first is the immensely talented Frank Birkbeck, a professional guitarist and multi-instrumentalist. Frank’s musical prowess is immense and has led him to perform at renowned venues such as Ronnie Scott’s, Matt and Phreds, and the Theatre Royal. As the leader of the highly sought-after jazz group, The Frank Birkbeck […]

BIG, brassy, saxy and soulful. Music that grabs your heart and moves your feet. The original, first and never forgotten 9 piece 60s soul band formed by Snake, with Dave Bowie Jr. and Mark Creswell back in 1979 in Leeds, back on the road after a 30 year lie down. Motown, Stax, Atlantic, Junior Walker, […]

Rogues Gospel was recorded in the summer of 2020 in Bungalow Magic studios with longtime collaborator Paul May taking care of percussion and drums., Garwood on vocals, keys, guitar, bass and guitar. The framework for the songs was created with percussion and organ as the bed, with extra instruments being added as the compositions took […]

BCO play a blistering barrage of traditional folk and gypsy-flavoured music from across the Balkans and Russia, Klezmer laments, Romanian Doinas, Hungarian Czadas and their own unique re-imaginings of some of the biggest tunes ever written by the classical greats.  The Budapest Café Orchestra was established in 2009 by British composer and violinist, Christian Garrick, […]

Martyn Joseph is a completely unique and mind-blowing artist. Take everything you think you know about singer songwriters and rip it up. For one man and a guitar he creates a performance with a huge far-reaching sound that is energetic, compelling, and passionate.  Be it to two hundred people or twenty thousand, he blows the […]