March 17th line up - Cottage Club

The Lentil Collective at the Cottage Club –  17 March 2012 @ 7pm

The Lentil Collective are a three-piece folk and folktronica band from Cape Town, South Africa. Chris Davidson, Die Baard van die Baai, brings his experienced voice and acoustic guitar. The Devonian Nick Jones’ wide array of stringed toys and pedals, including guitar, mandolin and violin, keep things interesting and unexpected while the fat-string fanatic Stephan Willemse’s bass guitar glues it together. Their music is reputed to make moonshine beans sprout and moonlight bushes quiver. They can be found online at www.facebook.com/thelentilcollective They would love you to join them for a few licks, chords and tales

Booking essential – contact us or phone 0217855052.

Download demo for free! – http://www.last.fm/music/The+Lentil+Collective/The+Cottage+Club+Demo+Sessions

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March line up - the Cottage Club

Heather Mac- WITHIN

An Intimate Acoustic Performance at THE COTTAGE CLUB Saturday, 10thMarch 2012 @ 7pm

 Heather Mac has had an illustrious music career spanning over two decades, starting in South Africain the 80’s with rock band, Ella Mental, through the misty hills of Ireland, the sunny side of LA and the glacial lakeof Montreux. Since her return to SA in the early ’90s she has been honing the songs that feature on her new album.

 After a busy 2011, with the launch of her first solo album, a successful run at the National Arts Festival in Grahamstown and dozens of performances around the country, Mac is back in thePeninsula, kicking off her 2012 programme with a performance at the Cottage Club.

.She will be accompanied by guitarist and co-producer, Mark Harris and joined by her daughter Amber, who is a talent to

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February gigs at the Cottage Club

February 25 : Bill Knight with James Hall.

 Bill Knight opens the Cottage Club’s year with a smaakie  of his Kaape Mengsel – Songs of Local legend, including a Preview of his current Work ( almost ready to launch)    “Old Dogs – New Tricks”.  He will be joined on-stage by James Hall, Violin Virtuoso, who will also delight us with his mastery of Classical, Celtic, Balkan and Russian Folk-Tunes. See him playing at the Cottage Club previously with Pete Van Heerden and Thistle do on youtube  http://youtu.be/vWMBL_CRMVE

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Whats on 2012 at the Cottage Club

 Whats up 2012  Booking essential for all shows -phone 021 7855052 or contact us 25 February – Bill Knight & James Hall at the Cottage club – Old dogs new tricks, 10 March – Heather Mac & Mark Harris, 17 March – The Lentills and the Cottage, 12 May – Tony Cox, 26 May – Keith Cattell & Friends, 02 June – Shannon Hope, 09 June – Bill Knight at the Suntouched inn – Napier, 16 June – Pete Van Heerden & Pals, 10 Nov – Roger Lucey – music evening, 24 Nov – Roger Lucey – memoirs, 08 Dec – Koos Kombuis.

 

More to come… Some of Other musicians who will be playing are Valiant Swart & Laurie Levine

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Line-Up December 2011

Lauri Levine & Lize Wiid

Laurie Levine is a singer-songwriter carving out an original niche in contemporary folk music. Her exciting blend of American roots music and the ‘Nu-Folk’ sound has earned her critical acclaim and a growing audience. She is joined on stage by the dynamic multi-instrumentalist Lize Wiid, whose main instruments are keyboard and accordion. Her haunting backing vocals enhance the hypnotic quality of Laurie’s songs, and her accordion playing creates a rich sound reminiscent of French music.

More…Line-Up December 2011