She'Koyokh + + Dance Dance You Rascal You DJs

Doors: 8pm till 4am
Entry Price: Gig + Club: £7 advance / £9 at the door; Club Only (after 11.30): £5 at the door
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She’Koyokh are the UK’s finest exponents of klezmer, Balkan and Turkish and Eastern European music. A live force to be reckoned with, they’re a wild swirl of violin, clarinet, jazzy guitar licks and dance-inducing percussion, plus the sweet and passionate voice of Turkish singer Cigdem Aslan. The band will play two sets along the course of the night, followed by the Dance Dance You Rascal You / Des Was a Bowie Fan DJs playing Hot Swing, Rock’n’Roll, Gypsy, Motown, New Wave and Northern Soul till 4am!

She’Koyokh is a Yiddish word meaning “nice one!” and the band have been hailed as “one of the finest and most entertaining British-based exponents of global music” (The Guardian), She’Koyokh have spent fifteen years absorbing the rich folk music traditions of Jewish Eastern Europe, Turkey and the Balkans. Their latest critically acclaimed album, First Dance on Second Avenue, is out now on Riverboat Records.

Dance Dance You Rascal You is a club playing Hot Swing, Jive, Rock’n’Roll, Brass-Fuelled Gospel, 60s Pop, Gypsy, Motown, New Wave and Northern Soul.

The night takes its name from the Harlem Hamfats’ [version of] the glorious ‘I’ll be Glad When You’re Dead You Rascal You’, and the feeling is a mix of prohibition-era romance, rock’n’roll hedonism and 60s loving and dreaming.

Expect to hear: King Oliver and His Creole Jazz Band * Billie Holiday * Louis Armstrong and His Hot Five * Sidney Bechet * The Washboard Rhythm Kings * Harlem Hamfats * Bessie Smith * Jelly Roll Morton * Muggsy Spanier * Buster Bailey * Sister Rosetta Tharpe * Sister Wynona Carr * Firehouse Five Plus Two * Serge Gainsbourg * Frances Gall * Jacques Brel * Lajkó Félix * Goran Bregovi? * Beirut * The Turbans * The Bobby McGees * Django Reinhardt * Tcha Limberger and His Budapest Gypsy Orchestra * Elvis * Jackie Wilson * The Diamonds * Ritchie Valens * The Everly Brothers * The Shangri-Las * Frankie Ford * Eddie Cochran * Dion and the Belmonts * Danny and the Juniors * Wilbert Harrison * The Monotones * Dee Dee Sharp * Betty Everett * Marvin Gaye * Tammi Terrell * The Ronettes * Wanda Jackson * James Brown * Buster Brown * Peggy March * Sandy Shaw * The Ramones