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LIVE AT THE BEDFORD
We are excited to be starting live music properly back at The Bedford!
This show is FREE entry however there are a limited number of advance tickets available (at no charge) that you can sign up for which will guarantee a seat (max 6 per table).
Now that social distancing rules have been relaxed, you can also turn up on the night without having to book in advance on a first come first served basis for extra seats and standing room.
If you can’t make it in person then the live stream can be accessed via our Facebook page www.facebook.com/thebedfordpub
Doors open at 7:00pm – Full menu available
This evening we have live music from:
8:00pm THE GLEEMAN
8:30pm FERGUS
9:30pm LADY ORACLE
BOOK YOUR TICKET8:00pm THE GLEEMAN
The Gleeman is yet to be unleashed on the commercial music industry. The first radio release is scheduled for May 2022 through Absolute Distribution. The album ‘Something to Say’ will be released early in 2023. This will be the debut London show at The Bedford for this Cornish musical storyteller who will move you with human tales and memorable melodies that resonate deep within us all.
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8:30pm FERGUS
FERGUS has received critical acclaim from the likes of BBC Radio 1, 6 Music, Radio X, Clash, HUNGER, Wonderland, Songwriting Magazine, Atwood, WTHB, TMR, and Hidden Herd. Collectively his songs have amassed over millions of streams on streaming services.
Music has always framed his life. A choirboy with perfect pitch, he grew up around a mother who doted on classical music, and a tone-deaf father who matched his lack of musical skill to an omnivorous love of punk, folk, pop, and heaven knows what else. “I’ve always been moved by music,” he reflects. “I’m not actually that visibly emotional in life, I’m more internal. Music has always been there, so that’s how my emotions get out.”
A window to view the world through music is wrapped around his being. As a child, he performed across the globe with the King’s College choir, obeying the strict dictums of choral life.
Winding up studying in Bristol, he became a fixture on the city’s open mic scenes. Desperate to learn his craft, FERGUS tried to unlock something inside himself – yet the more he tried, the more anxious he became. “I didn’t really have confidence in the songs,” he sighs. “I didn’t see the reaction I would have needed to have gained that confidence. I didn’t really notice my own skills, basically. It took a good couple of years until I actually developed my own way of playing guitar.”
His parents attended a charity event, and won a day’s studio time – the producer at the helm was Jake Gosling, one of pop’s heaviest hitters.
The two instantly hit it off. FERGUS and Jake sat for hours in the studio, swapping reference points, discussing gigs, and reminiscing about key songs in their lives. “I kept saying that my goal is originality. It’s my number one. I’ve relaxed a bit with it, but I had a chip on my shoulder about being original. I didn’t want to use any chord sequence, or any lyrics that had been used before. And Jake liked that.”
After a while, the producer asked to hear a song, and FERGUS dutifully obliged. He played ‘Sinking’ – which has since gained several million global plays – before Jake nodded, and asked for another. By the end of the day, they’d made plans to record again, and FERGUS was promptly signed to the producer’s in-house imprint Goldun Egg Records, one of the new breed of independent labels carving a name for themselves where the artist comes first.
2018 brought debut EP ‘Purple Road’, before FERGUS released his beautiful follow-up ‘Three Of Swords’. Each new project brought fresh confidence – Jake speckled his folk-hewn elements with pop magic, adding lush electronics and string adornments to those incredibly personal revelations. 2020 brought the ‘Closer Quarters’ acoustic EP, a stripped-down selection that went straight to the core of FERGUS’ work. All the while his audience was growing and growing – songs like ‘Not Enough’ or ‘Nobody Knows’ have cut deep to the heart of thousands of people.
FERGUS’ debut album, a song cycle that touches on matters of the heart. “It’s a love album,” he smiles, “about all the aspects of love and relationships, and the ups and the downs. It’s been over two years in the making. I’m fascinated by bodies of work that are really cohesive, and that tell a story. That’s what I’m hoping to do with this one.”
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9:30pm LADY ORACLE
Drawing on her love of 80s Soul, 80s Pop, New Wave and Trip Hop Lady Oracle writes robust songs with all the intensity of a BBC drama and the zest of a Top 40 summer hit. It is a heady combination that leaves you with the tunes in your head and the words firmly etched onto your heart. This is a new venture for this London based artist who wrote not only a new album but entered back on the scene with a whole new sound and genre a far cry from her blues rock days. Gigs this year will be few due to Lady Oracle’s best creation this year, her months old baby but with a podcast and YouTube show on the way her music will never be far away.
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