This looks like being a great summer of a cappella in the UK, and we just wanted to draw your attention to some of great gigs that we, The Magnets, are doing, as well as those of some of our friends on the cutting edge of the contemporary a cappella scene. Please do come and support us as we do our bit to take all-vocal music to a wider audience.

 

The Magnets: Under The Covers

The Magnets dare to take a cappella music where other vocal groups fear to tread with their fusion of vocal harmonies and beatboxing. In Under The Covers they use their unique sound to explore unexpected corners of the pop canon from Joy Division to Scissor Sisters, and to demonstrate that an a cappella group can make a sound to rival any band with instruments. Simply great music, made simply with the mouth.

www.themagnets.com

Friday 27^th March

Blacksheep Club, Ryde, Isle of Wight

 

Friday 8^th May

Brighton Fringe Festival – The Komedia, Brighton 6pm. Tickets £12.50/£10, www.komedia.co.uk

 

Friday 5^th/Saturday 6^th June

E4 Underbelly (an amazing tent in the shape of an upturned cow!), South Bank Centre, London. 7pm. Tickets £15/£12.50.

www.southbankcentre.co.uk/calendar/productions/the-magnets-45938

 

Sunday 7^th June

Steyning Festival – Sussex, http://www.steyningfestival.co.uk/

 

25^th – 28^th June

Glastonbury Festival – Date and time to be confirmed.

 

23^rd July

Harrogate Festival

 

7^th – 31^st August

E4 Underbelly - Edinburgh Fringe Festival – Time and ticket prices to be confirmed.

 

16^th October

Belfast Festival

 

 

Shlomo and the Vocal Orchestra

 

Southbank Centre Artist in Residence Shlomo appears along with unique beatboxing choir the Vocal Orchestra in a performance combining uncanny vocal renditions of classic tunes, intricate improvisations and floor-wobbling basslines - in short, a live show the likes of which you have never seen before.

 

http://www.myspace.com/shlomoandthevocalorchestra

 

Monday 1^st June to Wednesday 3^rd June - E4 Underbelly, South Bank Centre, London. 7pm. Tickets £16/£12.50

 

25^th – 28^th June – Glastonbury Festival – Date and time to be confirmed.

 

 

Naturally Seven

 

Naturally 7 bring together gospel, doo-wop, beat-boxing and soulful R&B, and call the results `vocal play' - their astonishingly versatile voices provide not just the lyrics, melodies and harmonies, but every musical instrument in every spectacular performance.

 

http://www.n7house.de/

 

June 8, 2009 UK Gateshead/ Newcastle The Sage

June 10, 2009 UK London Barbican

June 11, 2009 UK Birmingham Town Hall

June 12, 2009 UK Cambridge Corn Exchange

June 14, 2009 UK Manchester RNCM