Garance and the Mitochondries + Rupert Gillett

Doors: 8pm till Midnight
Entry Price: £6 advance / £8 at the door
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French Folk * Pop * Gypsy * Cello Folk

Garance and the Mitochondries are a spellbinding dirty-tango band that haunt the margins between Tom Waits, Edith Piaf and 60s French Pop, with an electric yet softly-cinematic sway, informed by charming burlesque and cabaret flourishes and some sublime Gypsy accordion, violin and clarinet touches.

Garance came to London to learn English in 2009, becoming a darling saleswoman, gardener and florist as her music brought romance to the streets, before finding her band to give her music full voice – an all-star cast of Jamboree favourites including Ewan Bleach, Alistair Caplin, Mirabelle Gillis, Leander Lyons and Adam Beattie, topped off by ace musicians Harry Deacon and Barny Rockford. Let them dance into your dreams.

Rupert Gillett is a cellist/double bass player & multi-instrumentalist specialising in improvised styles on the cello.

Rupert has played regularly in a number of ensembles such as Dai & the Ramblers, Acoustica, The Dead Victorians, The London Klezmer Quartet, The Niche London Quartet, the Boneshaker and many more. He has featured live on BBC Radio London and BBC 6 Music with his own band Kuma Lisa, as well as having performed live on BBC Radio 3, BBC 6 Music and BBC 2 television.