PAGE 2THX-E01-S3 Tweet us @plymouthherald Message us at facebook.com/theplymouthherald @ Email us at [email protected] The Herald, Friday March 24 2017 The Herald, Friday March 24 2017 Tweet us @plymouthherald Message us at facebook.com/theplymouthherald @ Email us at [email protected] THX-E01-S3 PAGE 3 The gig scene with Coming soon... Music Clare Robinson Tea Dance to Music news thank all the Four chances to see Jonathan Gee

THERE are four chances to see supporters of pianist Jonathan Gee, Marcus Vergette and Andy Trim when they hit the region this week. Known in the UK for his work with Tim Whitehead, Tony Kofi, Pharoah Sanders, and David Murray, Jonathan is involved in Maker Heights projects throughout Europe and recently packed out Jazz At Lin- coln Center in New York, and Rochester International Jazz Festival with his US band. Clare Robinson finds out The trio will be playing music from his acclaimed album Dragonfly plus some Wynton why Maker musicians are Marsalis, Thelonious Monk, and ‘This is the next part of our well-known standards. playing at special event When & Where: March 25, Globe Inn, Chagford; March 26, St Lawrence Chapel, Ashburton; March EOPLE who have a connec- And in 2016 Maker with Rame 27, Bread & Roses, Plymouth; tion with or affection for CIC was set up in order to ensure March 28, St Ives Jazz Club Maker Heights are invited to that community assets and spaces story and we’re loving it’ Pa Tea Dance tomorrow af- which promote music and the arts ternoon at the Kingsand Com- are preserved in the area. munity Hall. To date the CIC has raise over It’s partly intended as a big £10,000 towards repairing the Bar- ‘thank you’to everyone who sup- rack building. Sharleen and the boys heading back to Plymouth ported the recent initiative for the Over the past 20 years, Maker has manner of musicians in London change at Maker with the previous for school holidays, a scheme ori- retention of the Barrack Building helped artists and musicians flour- and contributed drums on Ed Rame Conservation Trust opting to ginally set up by Lady Nancy Astor COTTISH pop-rockers Texas are by the Rame Conservation Trust ish, amid its breath-taking land- S h e e r a n’s previous album. dispose of many freehold assets to a which ran through to the early Texas in (RCT), and it is partly to get people scape, providing studio, workshop “We wanted to get away from the private property developer, caus- 1 9 8 0 s. heading back to Plymouth Pavilions this autumn to promote their new action at involved with Maker Memories, a and performance space as well as city but not somewhere so remote ing a huge amount of upset. Those in the mood are invited to Plymouth project that runs in conjunction hosting the much missed Maker that there was nothing happening. However, a new board of Trustees don gladrags and join the party Salbum Jump On Board. Pavilions with Plymouth Museum and His- Sunshine Festival. “We chose this part of Cornwall has now been appointed and they tomorrow afternoon. Either dance Written and produced by band stalwarts back in tory Centre, which is recording and Tomor row’s Tea Dance will as there is so much quality mu- have retained their leasehold land to this wonderful swing band or Johnny McElhone and Sharleen Spiteri in November preserving photographs, film and bring the two worlds together as sicianship here and we loved the at Maker including most of the simply drop by, enjoy the music and London and Glasgow, and mixed by Craig 2013 audio memories of the many school musicians involved with Maker artistic set up at Maker.” campsite and the Nissen hut com- share memories over a cream tea. Silvey (Arcade Fire, Florence & The Ma- SAT07OCTOBER children who enjoyed time there, will provide music to evoke nos- The swing band will comprise of plex which houses the Canteen. The event, which is completely chine, Noel Gallagher), the upbeat record PLYMOUTH PAVILIONS often as their only holidays away talgia from a bygone era. Antimatador members Jacob The new enthusiastic team are free, will be made possible by a is the perfect antidote to these rather worrying times. from home. “We decided that we had to form Kodicek on keys and Dan Hillman looking at ways of taking the site generous donation from the Corn- GIGSANDTOURS.COM /TICKETMASTER.CO.UK The RCT has been working hard a swing band for the occasion,” on brass, plus Tom Stubberfield on forward successfully. wall Council Community Chest of Due for release on April 21, the album boasts recent single Let’s Work It Out PLYMOUTHPAVILIONS.COM for nearly 20 years to conserve and says session drummer Geoff Lea, b a s s. Looking back is also important, Councillor George Trubody. NEWALBUM JUMP ON BOARD RELEASED APRIL 21ST restore the Barrack and Garrison who relocated to the area from “Our last rehearsal was sound- however, and Maker Memories will All donations go towards restor- which was playlisted on Radio 2 and had a PRE-ORDER NOWFROM TEXAS.UK.COM buildings and surrounding fields London a couple of years ago, spe- ing great,”continues Geoff enthu- focus on capturing the rich and ations at Maker. video starring footballer Thierry Henry. Presented by SJM Concerts, Live Nation, Kilimanjaro &AEG by arrangement with CAA Having sold over 35 million records with and woodland at Maker so the her- cifically because of the strong mu- siastically, “it’s going to be a lot of diverse stories of Maker that exist TICKETS ON SALE 10:00AM TODAY itage and history of the area is not sic scene here. fun.” in living memory, including stories When & Where: March 25, midday to three number one albums, seven top ten fo r g o t t e n . Geoff has performed with all Recently there has been a lot of of attending Maker Camp as a child 5pm, Kingsand Community Hall albums and 13 top ten singles, Jump On Board looks set to continue their im- pressive chart success. “When music’s in your DNA, what’s But at almost 50, how much longer does gone in will come back out,”says Shar- she want to continue? leen. “Jump On Board has references, of TEXAS “For as long as I can still carry it off,” Opportunity to get intimate with Laura Marling in Devon course, but it’s an up-front, mod- she joked. ern-sounding record. “Madonna, Debbie Harry, Chrissie “We feel refreshed. We definitely had a Awards, she reportedly looked baffled. Hynde are still doing it. I know all three of LAURA Marling will play an in- take on womanhood, and what recent Podcast series, Reversal Of She said: “I found it quite stress- great time making this record. It’s time to “Why would I go to The Brits?”she said. them.” timate sold-out solo show at the Laura describes as a particularly The Muse. ful, but that’s in my nature. But I jig it all up. It’s like a new beginning. This “It means nothing to me. Her friendship with Madge began after Exeter Lemon Grove on Sunday to ‘masculine time in her life’. As an exploration of femininity found it one of the more easy, cre- is the next part of our story, and we’re “I look at young bands and I feel sorry she requested that Stella McCartney promote her critically-acclaimed She said: “We ’re accustomed to in creativity, the collaborative pro- ative things I’ve ever done. loving it.” for them because their music is sold bring Sharleen to dinner at her house. new album. seeing women through men’s eyes, ject opened up an important con- “To give my lucid dreaming qual- Te x a s ’s debut album, Southside, went through streaming and you can pick “She was a lot of fun and is brilliantly It was recorded in LA in late 2015, and naturally that was my inclin- versation around whether the lack ity to this, which is where I get a lot Gold back in 1989 and the huge first single, tracks out like you are at a buffet bar. sarcastic. I love a woman who can do and produced alongside US mu- ation to take some power over that, of feminine presence in the studio of imagery from, was an amazing I Don’t Want A Lover, launched former “People download songs, not whole al- sarcasm well.” sician-producer Blake Mills but very quickly realised the environment would make any dif- experience. It was fun, really fun.” hairdresser Sharleen as an iconic singer bums, so it’s tough for young bands to tour Just weeks ago, Sharleen got engaged to (Alabama Shakes). powerful thing to do was to look at ference to the creative outcome. So does the multi-talented star in the mould of Chrissie Hynde and Patti an album.” chef Bryn Williams, whom she has been Semper Femina is Laura’s sixth women through a woman’s eyes. With no ulterior motives, nor any ever think about what she would’ve Smith. She was equally dismissive about ap- dating for the past ten years. studio album in a little over nine “I don’t need to pretend it’s a man pre-conceived expectations, ROTM been if she hadn’t been a musician? Fourth album White On Blonde, re- pearing on major TV shows. She has a 14-year-old daughter, Misty, years, addressing questions of how to justify the intimacy, or the way was as much about the conver- “Yes, I think about that con- leased in 1997, was the group’s first num- “Going on Strictly Come Dancing or from a previous long-term relationship. society views sexuality and gender I’m looking and feeling about wo- sation created than expecting a stantly. I would have always had ber one. It has been certified six-times The X Factor costs a band a fortune. “Life is good. I’m nearly 50 and I’m but without seeking to provide men. It’s me looking specifically at conclusive answer. music in my life, but I think I Platinum and has sold 1.65 million “It’s about £30,000 to go on Strictly and touring with Texas. I’m getting married definitive answers. women and feeling great empathy Guests included Haim, Karen El- probably would have been a chef. c o p i e s. about £100,000 for The X Factor because for the first time, when loads of people my The title comes from a Virgil towards them, and by proxy, to- son, Vanessa Parr, Dolly Parton, “I could see that being a fun way Sharleen knows her audience and you pay for the whole production, the age are either getting divorced or are on poem, the full quote being ‘Va r i u m wards myself.” Shura, and Emmylou Harris. to make money, if I didn’t have to be d o e s n’t mess with the band’s winning lighting, the staging. their third husband. et mutabile semper femina’, which A rich and enriching work, the Laura also made her directorial the head chef of a restaurant – formula on the new album, which delivers “You will sell records but it’s all about “I love my job and I don’t need to worry translates as ‘woman is ever a record is a typically mature and debut with the video for opening t h at ’d be scary.” a familiar mix of tuneful rock. money. I’d rather do a festival, where about anything.” fickle and changeable thing’. raw listen by one of our most tal- track Soothing –inspired by a Asked by the Daily Mail whether she t h e re ’s a real connection to the audience Its loose lyrical thread strings ented and prolific musicians. series of vivid dreams she exper- When & Where: March 26, Exeter checked out the competition at the Brit wh o ’ve come to see you.” When & Where: October 7, Plymouth Pavilions together her keen, freshly observed It follows the success of Laura’s ienced while making the album. Lemon Grove