music events
Live and Local: Heidi Browne
22nd May - 7:30pm - £10 per person
Doors open at 7pm, music starts at 7.30pm!
Heidi Browne returns to the Hub with her seventh studio album and new songs on guitar, piano, banjo, violin and ukulele.
Since her last visit she's been ‘artist of the week’ on BBC Introducing, been playlisted at Cafe Nero’s internationally, completed two UK tours and released a host of electro-pop tracks in collaboration with her producer/bassist Dan James Short.
Heidi will be playing a selection of her latest releases as well as track from previous albums. Expect an eclectic mix of soulful country and jazzy folk flavours.
She’ll be supported on the night by local singer-songwriter Mungo Parker and local duo The Peace Lilies.
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Live and Local: Wickenwood
26th June - 7:30pm - £10 per person
Doors open at 7pm, music starts at 7.30pm!
For the 50th edition of Live & Local, we’re delighted to welcome back folk balladeers Wickenwood, comprising Phil Marshall, Debs Marshall and Mags Layton. Back at the Hub by popular demand, their sound is based around harmony-driven vocals, with contemporary influences, and their songwriting draws inspiration from the legends and folklore of the people and places they visit.
For example, come and hear the salutary tale of James Snooks, the last man to be executed in England for highway robbery – then hanged and buried at the scene of his crime in nearby Boxmoor. Or the strange request of Norfolk stonemason Thomas Gooding, who died in 1600, and paid to be buried upright in the cloisters of Norwich Cathedral, believing that it would give him an advantage come Judgement Day.
But it’s not all about burials: there are songs about the hardships of working life such as the decline of the Hull fishing industry, and even one about Phil’s grandad, who at 13 years old, lost an arm in a mining accident. These fascinating stories are sung with respect and compassion, all in their own unique style.
Come and be intrigued and uplifted in equal measure.
Wickenwood will be supported on the night by local singer-songwriters Dave Artus, Hamish Currie and Ed Coan.
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STILL WE RISE: Living with Imagination
Saturday 27th June - 7.30pm-10pm - £10
STILL WE RISE is a multi-media crossover band celebrating nature, gender and healing.
It brings together Ellie Hill & Richard Lafford on violin, guitar & keyboards, Anna Schofield’s expressive paintings and Leslie Tate’s dramatic words about bullying & recovery.
Come and enjoy an acclaimed act from Luton Culture Trust and the Watford Fringe!
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