THE TRADES CLUB MAY / JUNE / JULY 2017 There are five sold-out gigs in this programme even before we go to press. If you SUNDAY 4TH JUNE WEDNESDAY 28TH JUNE are fed up of looking at the Gig Guide and realising that you have already missed HEBDEN BRIDGE ARTS FESTIVAL the chance to get tickets for some of our remarkable shows, we have a suggestion: Annual General Meeting become a member of the club. Members receive priority updates on new ticket 1:30 - 3:30PM Teenage Kicks releases, and we sell some of our most exciting shows to members only. It’s never too The focus this year will be on the achievements of the last year - and how to prepare £5 DOORS OPEN 6PM late to support the club; there is still plenty of time to benefit from 2017 membership for a strong future. The Trades Club is a members’ co-operative, every member of the Calder High School showcase some of the best young musicians and performers in with advance notice, priority booking, cheaper tickets and a discount on your drinks. club holds an equal one pound share and has the right to vote at our AGM. Make sure the valley. ------------------------------------------------------------- your membership is up to date, come and join us in the discussion, and to celebrate THURSDAY 18TH MAY 2016. THURSDAY 29TH JUNE ------------------------------------------------------------- Michael Chapman TUESDAY 6TH JUNE HEBDEN BRIDGE ARTS FESTIVAL £11/£13 DOORS OPEN 8PM NOTS Girl Ray From smoking joints with Nick Drake to inspiring Thurston Moore to form a band £9/£11 DOORS OPEN 8PM £6/£8 DOORS OPEN 8PM – plus at least one gig with a drunken bear - “Michael Chapman was never just a The winsome melancholic embers of Girl Ray begin amongst the scattered brown The 4 piece, all female, “nuevo no wavo” band from Memphis, Nots are signed to singer-songwriter – his gritty brand of guitar based songs span folk, ragtime, jazz and brick rows of North London where they have been writing demos since their mid- our friends Heavenly Recordings and have been gaining a lot of attention for their blues… that world-weary voice singing words of bitter experience makes the great JJ teens. At the end of 2015, it all changed when their cult bedroom demo Ghosty blistering live shows. Cale sound like he’s on helium’ – Q Magazine arrived. Dashing up and down the country, Girl Ray went on to support Slow Club, ------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------- Haley Bonar and Ezra Furman. They have just released their debut album, Earl Grey, FRIDAY 19TH MAY THURSDAY 8TH JUNE via Moshi Moshi Records. Brix & The Extricated Tír na nÓg FRIDAY 30TH JUNE £10/£12 DOORS OPEN 8PM £12/£15 DOORS OPEN 8PM A dream line up for lovers of The Fall sound. ‘Ex-The Fall’s Brix Smith and co are Tír na nÓg have been described as Alt Folk, Prog Folk, Psych Folk, and even Space HEBDEN BRIDGE ARTS FESTIVAL no Fall tribute. The battle-scarred, front-line veterans of rock’s toughest tour-of-duty Folk, but the duo, formed by Leo O’Kelly & Sonny Condell in 1970, transcends all Open Mic prove themselves the real deal…. Brix vocalises with unfettered verve and authority, these categories. What is not in doubt is that they are two of the most original and FREE ENTRY DOORS OPEN 8PM while the buzzing guitars of Steve Trafford and Jason Brown whip up a storm’ Record influential songwriters and performers Ireland has produced. Sarah Courtney hosts the popular Trades Club Open Mic Night. Everyone is welcome Collector ------------------------------------------------------------- from first-timers to experienced musicians. Come along to perform, come along to ------------------------------------------------------------- FRIDAY 9TH JUNE listen and celebrate the talent in the valley. Arrive at 8pm to book your spot in the SATURDAY 20TH MAY DISCO running order. Lee Southall – Iron in the Fire Album £3 ADVANCE DOORS OPEN 9PM Launch Featuring The Fabulous DJs, aka Red Helen and Timski, playing groovy disco from SATURDAY 1ST JULY the 1970s and 1980s. Get the strut and sparkle away my lovelies. HEBDEN BRIDGE ARTS FESTIVAL £5/£7 DOORS OPEN 8PM ------------------------------------------------------------- Lee Southall, founder member of The Coral performs his debut solo album, which THURSDAY 15TH JUNE DUTCH UNCLES is rich with crystal clear harmonies, and groove-laden big choruses - and touched £8/£10 DOORS OPEN 8PM with a hint of frenzy at its darkest. With fellow Wonderfulsound musician Nev Cottee Erin Rae & The Meanwhiles We’re delighted to welcome Dutch Uncles to the Trades for the first time, for this whose album Broken Flowers floats with psychedelic rapture, and resigned reflection. £10/£13 DOORS OPEN 8PM special Arts Festival show. The band have gained some of the best reviews in their ------------------------------------------------------------- Singer-songwriter Erin Rae has one of those languid, honey-soaked voices that feels, career for their latest album Big Balloon and are playing sold out shows across the SUNDAY 21ST MAY much older than its years and wouldn’t feel at all out of place among the Ladies of UK. We expect this show to follow suit - so book early! Laurel Canyon, if she hadn’t been born 40 years too late. The Bentley Effect Film & Anti-Fracking ------------------------------------------------------------- SUNDAY 2ND JULY Fundraiser FRIDAY 16TH JUNE HEBDEN BRIDGE ARTS FESTIVAL 3PM START £3/£6 Raconteur’s Delight The inspiring true story of the Bentley Blockade – where fracking met with Billie Marten £10 ADVANCE, £12 ON THE DOOR DOORS OPEN 8PM £6 DOORS OPEN 8PM - SEATED SHOW unconventional resistance. An opportunity to meet the films’ producer and some of As a foretaste of this summer’s Green Gathering, we present five of the finest the activists, on a national tour of the UK from Australia. Learn more about the power A talented singer/songwriter based in North Yorkshire, Billie Marten first caught the performers from this year’s line-up; introducing The Antipoet (last year’s Green public’s attention in 2011 (at the age of 12) via a YouTube performance. By 2014, she of community against fracking. 3-6pm including Q&A. Food available. Gathering hot favourite), along with friends The Tiny Minds, Terry Logan, Johnny ------------------------------------------------------------- had released her first EP and was being compared to Laura Marling and Lucy Rose. Solstice and Captain Chronic’s Parachute Club Disco. She followed up with Writing of Blues & Yellows to widespread acclaim. WEDNESDAY 24TH MAY ------------------------------------------------------------- David Rovics + Will Kaufman SATURDAY 17TH JUNE FRIDAY 14TH JULY £6/£8 DOORS OPEN 8PM Everything Everything KT Tunstall David Rovics has been called the musical voice of the progressive movement in the £14/£16 DOORS OPEN 8PM US. He will make you laugh, he will make you cry, and he will make the revolution DOORS OPEN 8PM SOLD OUT One of the hottest bands in the UK right now, Everything Everything are more An exciting moment for the Trades, as we open up our stage to KT Tunstall. In her irresistible. ‘If the great Phil Ochs were to rise from the dead today, he would probably commonly seen in venues 10 times the size of the Trades Club. This show will sell be hailed as the new David Rovics’ Andy Kershaw, BBC own words ‘Guitar thwacker, boot stomper, yeller, story teller, part-time nomad’ – this out fast. is going to be one of those unforgettable Trades Club nights. ------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------- FRIDAY 26TH MAY ------------------------------------------------------------- SUNDAY 18TH JUNE SUNDAY 23RD JULY St Etienne Bruce Barthol + C.P. Lee Jim Lauderdale SOLD OUT £9/£11 DOORS OPEN 8PM It’s like falling in love for the first time, all over again as St Etienne catch us in their £12/£14 DOORS OPEN 8PM Bruce Barthol, was the original Bass player with USA psychedelic rock legends, SEATED SHOW beautifully cast musical spell. Country Joe and The Fish. This show - ‘A Life In Songs, A Work In Progress’ tells Winner of two Grammys, Jim Lauderdale is a ‘songwriter’s songwriter’, who has ------------------------------------------------------------- the stor of his life through the music he has written over five decades. The songs written/co-written many modern classics for iconic artists. As a solo artist, he has SATURDAY 27TH MAY weave a fascinating biography, and include classics from the Country Joe and The created a critically acclaimed body of work spanning nearly 30 albums of imaginative Fish years. Recycle Radio roots music, encompassing country, bluegrass, soul, R&B and rock. ------------------------------------------------------------- £5/£7 DOORS OPEN 7PM ------------------------------------------------------------- WEDNESDAY 21ST JUNE Recycle Radio will be broadcasting live from the Trades Club on Spring Bank Holiday WEDNESDAY 26TH JULY Saturday, featuring a variety of performances from top local acts: The Tiny Minds, Hannah Nicholson Holly Marland, Paul Weatherhead and Keiron Higgins, as well as the Recycle Radio Julia Fordham £7 DOORS OPEN 8PM SOLD OUT Young Presenters, and MasterBlaster DJs. Blending soulful melancholia with the controlled artistry of a classically trained singer, Another thrilling sold out show, British singer-songwriter Julia Fordham enchants ------------------------------------------------------------- Hannah Nicholson gives voice to the light and dark of human emotion. Previously half audiences