Franky and the Jacks Presents Proper Folked for Christmas!

Franky and the Jacks Presents Proper Folked for Christmas!
Sunday 22 December 2013

Otti Albietz | Pepe Belmonte | DJ My Therapist | Harriet Starling and the Good Honeys | Apple of my Eye

Doors: 5pm to 11pm
Entry Price: £6 Door
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Franky & The Jacks say they were born down here at Jambers and now it’s time to be reborn. In booze, thrumming voices, strumming strings and dancing feet. In sweat and smoke and stories told. Theyve got some staggering acts and surprises, treats galore and some stuff they aren’t even sure about yet!

 

FRANKY AND THE JACKS

 

The influence of the gypsy jazz rhythms championed by the likes of Django Reinhardt an Les Doigts de L’homme is strong and with songs that are lyrically akin to the storytelling country styles of Hank Williams and Townes Van Zandt, yet still managing to keep their feet firmly on British soil, many of the songs can appear simultaneously both uplifting and tragic.

 

Set within the walls of the wailing harmonica and the screeching fiddle, the sometimes dark and often caustic lyrics belie the foot stomping swing of the double bass and guitar. Here is where comedy and tragedy meet head to head to deliver a full spirited testament to Franky and the Jacks’ one and only mantra …“Make ‘em dance”

 

OTTI ALBEITZ

PEPE BELMONTE

Trad Blues singer from Cork, Ireland with a distinctive voice and guitar sound

DJ MY THERAPIST

Firm favourite of Electric Jalaba, One Taste and more big London nights!

HARRIET STARLING AND THE GOOD HONEYS

Blending bluegrass, swamp blues and retro reworkings with heartbreaker voices, intricate guitar and foot stomping mandolin. They’ll seduce you onto your feet and make you wanna shout “Goddammit”

 

APPLE OF MY EYE

Singing songs full of love and loss, curses and damnations, adventure and ruin. What binds these tales together are the rich and original vocal harmonies, both acapella and over the intricate melody lines of the bazouki, mandolin and violin supported by the texture of the guitar, harmonica and double bass.

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