band on the wall roundup

Although I’ve written about the Band on the Wall gig last week on facebook and twitter, I thought it would be nice to put something up here too with a couple of photos from the day. Thanks again to everyone who came for making it such an amazing night (we had a great time, sounded like you did too?!) and thanks to everyone at Band on the Wall for helping it all happen…

Also I have a few posters left over so if you’d like one, just make a donation of £3 or more to cover postage using the yellow ‘Donate’ button on the right (include your address) and I’ll send you one – first come first served!

Posted by Ben on 21/06/2011 at 12:14 in gigs, misc and tagged band on the wall, manchester, photos. Leave comments here.

Band on the Wall poster

This time in 4 weeks I’ll probably be nursing a massive hangover as it will be the morning after the night before – the night before, of course, being Monday 13th June which is when we’ll be doing a really special live recording at the legendary Band on the Wall in Manchester. If you haven’t already don’t forget to get your tickets!

Adding to the excitement, here’s the poster design that you’ll shortly be seeing around and about Manchester, designed by Efpi Records‘ Artist in Residence Angela Guyton. I’ll buy a drink at the gig for the first person to tweet @beatsnpieces or facebook (here) a photo of one in the wild, so keep an eye out!

Posted by Ben on 17/05/2011 at 13:07 in gigs, news and tagged angela guyton, band on the wall, gig, manchester, poster, recording. Leave comments here.

Live Album Recording @ Band on the Wall

We’ve been talking about this behind the scenes for a while now but now I can at last let the cat out of the bag and announce that we’ll be doing a really special gig at the legendary Band on the Wall venue in Manchester on Monday 13th June that will be recorded for a live album release later in the year.

More details on the Band on the Wall website here – you can also get your advance tickets from there, bargain at only £7.50. If you’ll be there say hello on facebook too!

All of us in the band are really excited about this and we can’t wait! See you there…

Posted by Ben on 12/04/2011 at 12:28 in gigs, news and tagged band on the wall, gig, live, manchester, recording. Leave comments here.

jazz on 3

I was lucky enough last night to attend the live broadcast of BBC Jazz on 3 from Band on the Wall in Manchester, featuring live sets from Arun Ghosh, Stuart McCallum and Simcock/Walker/Swallow/Nussbaum (pictured below). Jez also played a few tracks from artists performing at this year’s Manchester Jazz Festival including a track of ours which was really exciting! Listen again for the next 7 days here – the Simcock/Walker/Swallow/Nussbaum set in particular is awesome… I’m just heading into the RNCM now as I’m working for their gig there tonight, can’t wait!

Posted by Ben on 27/07/2010 at 12:46 in misc, news and tagged adam nussbaum, band on the wall, bbc, gwilym simcock, jazz on 3, manchester jazz festival, mike walker, mjf, rncm, steve swallow. Leave comments here.