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LIVE 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).
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:
BOOK YOUR TICKETTHE GILLIES
Music for your graveside is one way The Gillies describe their songs. Their fragile, dark musical bare bones style is the sound of steel strung and tenor guitars weaving together. It flits between the ethereal and gritty down-home reality, understated melodies pull you into their haunting songs of love, loss, tangled relationships. The Gillies (Susan Turner and Mark Evans) are an award winning acoustic Americana / Folk duo from SE London, winning Best Single in the GSMC Music Awards, and they have recorded six albums working with Award winning producer Phil Dearing of LSound Studios London.
In 2025 they will be returning to Cafe Korb in Vienna as part of their European spring tour.
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DYLAN WHITE
Dylan White, Oasis, U2, Paul Weller, Suede, Arctic Monkeys, The Libertines…. all names that can rightly be placed together but, whilst there’s a connection, Dylan White was the odd one out: he was a record plugger working for these luminaries, rather than actively
releasing music himself. Now, however, the gamekeeper has turned poacher as his own album ‘Unfinished Business’, recorded with multi-instrumentalist and producer Steve ‘Smiley’ Barnard [Robbie Williams, Joe Strummer, The Alarm] has recently been released
on ‘All The Cats Recordings’ available on CD and digital formats.
He’s already released three singles and had a raft of radio plays and plaudits from the likes of the late great Janice Long, Alan McGee, Johnnie Walker and Rodney Bingenheimer to name but a few. The album’s title comes from the fact that, before his adventures as a plugger began, he played and recorded songs. As he says himself, “From 1978 at the age of 20, to around 1988, I put my heart and soul into the desire of being a rock star and so began my adventure into the world of music. I formed various bands and would play gigs in London’s pubs and clubs, and try my hardest to write my own songs”.
As his radio plugging career took off in the 90s, those songs that hadn’t yet brought him the success he’d wanted, languished unheard in a drawer. When Covid hit, he realised that if he didn’t do something with all this old material soon, then he may never have the chance, so the first of his singles (which he’d re-recorded in 2011 and sat on) was released in 2020. Dylan says “It was time to wind the clock back 40 years, I went back into the 78-88 cassette box and re-recorded two further forgotten songs.” ‘Caught By Love’ released in 2021 and ‘Designs On That Girl’ released in 2022.
But it was now time to see if Dylan had enough old songs for an album, and sure enough ‘Unfinished Business’ has thirteen tracks, all bar one, which is a cover of ‘Lost In Music’ are from his 78-88 cassette box. In 2022 Dylan started doing open mic nights which he now does on a regular basis, this is something he never thought he’d be doing again!! As Dylan White says himself, “I can’t quite believe I’m doing this 40 years after creating these songs, but a good tune will never let you down and you’re only old when you stop dreaming!”
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WATKIN A. SHARKEY
Watkin A. Sharkey is an alternative folk singer-songwriter influenced by John Martyn, Ralph Mctell & Bob Dylan. Joined by Chris Powell on Harmonica.
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SARAH BIRD
Sarah Bird is an award-winning Australian singer- songwriter and guitarist. Her unique voice, accompanied by sophisticated lyrics and complex guitar playing, makes this Bird a standout performer. Amidst the pandemic, a song that was recorded with just voice and acoustic guitar won Sarah The European Songwriting Award. Among her many accolades, Sarah is also the winner of the APRA Women in Music Mentorship Award, is a German Songwriting Award nominee, she represented Australia at the Dubai World Expo, and has over 10 million streams on Spotify. Recently Sarah was signed to Ultra Music Publishing, working with producers and artists from around the world, and is excited for new releases which will to be launched this year.
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