Buds & Spawn

11/12/2024

Thanks to everyone that braved the weather on Friday for Stephen Evens and Marina Organ at The Dorothy Pax - we had a BRILLIANT night!

Aitch got some great shots of the proceedings 😁❤

Photos (c) Aitch Nicol

06/12/2024

Toniiiiight!!

Join us at The Dorothy Pax from 8pm for live music from charismatic songwriter and storyteller Mr Stephen Evens, and a DJ set from the brilliant Marina Organ of the Other Rock Show and The Organ

FREE ENTRY! But we'd love it if you showed your appreciation by putting your hand in your pocket at the end (cash and card accepted!)

SET TIMES:
8 - 8:45pm - Marina Organ (DJ)
8:45 - 9:45pm - Stephen Evens (live)
9:45pm - 10:30pm - Marina Organ (DJ)
10:30pm - close - Laura Fives (DJ)

04/12/2024

"once I’d twigged that my school music teacher had lied to me when I asked if there was more that 4/4 and waltz time, I realised that there was this huge variety of rhythm we were NOT USING, or using absurdly little. Like artists only every using the colours blue or orange, ever."

Marina Organ of the Other Rock Show and The Organ talks to our Aitch about time signatures, dancing to Cardiacs and the 'wonk orthodoxy' ahead of her DJ set for us at this Friday 6th December at The Dorothy Pax in Sheffield (free entry, 8pm start)

It's hard to overstate how important Marina Organ and her partner and collaborator Sean Worrall have been to building the thriving scene of interconnected and mutually supportive brilliant musicians that we might now refer to 'Cardiacs Family'. Just imagining the people that might not have met, the

03/12/2024

Last time Stephen Evens came to Sheffield (Nov 2019), all the water in the world fell out of the sky so only a very lucky handful of people got to see his brilliant show. Fortunately, our Aitch got some quite excellent pictures so you can imagine all the fun you missed. He made us laugh, he made us cry, he filled our hearts with joy.

THIS time, we made sure we've booked him in a venue that you can get to by boat, so there'll be no excuses if the rain comes back.

Join us this Friday 6th December at the gorgeous canalside venue The Dorothy Pax (top beers and best vibes in Sheffield) from 8pm. It's a free entry gig, but we'd love you to put your hand in your pocket at the end to show your appreciation if you enjoy yourself.

02/12/2024

Did you know that Mr William D Drake is performing live for Riley & Coe on BBC Radio 6 Music tonight!! Tune in from 9pm 🎹❤🥳

Marc Riley plays the music he loves from every era and genre.

01/12/2024

Marina Organ is a walking encyclopaedia of wonky music, weird time signatures and all things adventurous in music. She hosts the weekly Other Rock Show on Resonance FM every Sunday night from 9 - 10pm and, along with partner Sean Worrall, set up the completely essential Organ fanzine (now living online at organthing.com / The Organ) which determined most of my teenage listening in the early 90s.

So we're super ecstatic that she will be bringing her excellent tune selection and her brilliant and knowledgeable self to our next event on Friday 6th December at The Dorothy Pax - Buds & Spawn presents Stephen EvEns + Marina Organ (DJ set)

Get a taster of her choices by tuning in to Resonance FM at 104.4FM or online at https://www.resonancefm.com at 9pm tonight - great for an end-of-the-week pep before bed!

On the air!

29/11/2024

Stephen Evens at his best! I defy you not to be walking around exclaiming 'A Bee!' at random moments (sorry kids 😅)

Come shout 'A Bee!' at him in person this time next week at The Dorothy Pax (Friday 6th December from 8pm) It's FREE ENTRY, but if you like it you can chuck a few quid in the bucket for his troubles.

Full details here: Buds & Spawn presents Stephen EvEns + Marina Organ (DJ set)

Stephen EvEns releases A Bee, out April 12, and is from the forthcoming album Here Come The Lights, March 29 2024 Records Featuring, and with t...

27/11/2024

Looking for a Christmas present for the Pondie in your life? Well, the Alphabet Business Concern have decided to buck the trend and have declared that this Thursday shall be BROWN THURSDAY (of course they have).

Everything in the Cardiacs shop shall be 20% cheaper for the whole day.
Get on it.
https://abc-mary.myshopify.com

26/11/2024

Some photos of a very beautiful evening with William D Drake and Regal Worm at The Dorothy Pax on Friday 1st November.

Thanks to everyone that joined us, especially those that had travelled great distances to be with us - one person had come all the way from Greece!

Photos (c) Aitch Nicol

21/11/2024

Show them some love if you haven't already!

Give us a page like, means so much and it’s FREE and more people will see our gigs…..which is MASSIVE!

DP

20/11/2024

"It's my folk music, it feels like home"

Stephen Evens talks to our Frank about his musical heritage, playing with Graham Coxon and The Scaramanga Six , recording with Steve Albini and the mischievous brilliance of Tim Smith.

Come and join us for his upcoming gig at The Dorothy Pax in Sheffield on Friday 6th December - he can make you giggle, he can make you cry and he writes a bloody good pop song. Free entry, but be prepared to put your hand in your pocket at the end to show your appreciation.

What better way to spend a cold and grey Friday afternoon than probing that brilliant human Stephen Gilchrist, aka Stephen EvEns, for facts.You may have seen him tubthumping for Tim Smith's Spratleys, Graham Coxon and The Scaramanga Six or them there Cardiacs but you may not know he is a jolly g

11/11/2024

Woo hoo! Next up at The Dorothy Pax along with record selections from the excellent Marina Organ! See you on 6th December?

So these have been put away from a few more weeks but we will be back visiting these hamlets at the end of the month.

29th November - The Golden Lion, Bristol w/ & .home
30th November - The Parish, Huddersfield w/ & The Lords Of Misrule
1st December - The New Adelphi, Hull w/ & the Obtuse Angels and
6th December, The Dorothy Pax, Sheffield

Wondering about having a Weekend At Bernie’s 2 listening party with .bourne.54 as there’s nothing going on for a few weeks. What do you think?

08/11/2024

I'm not sure I even have the words to say how utterly glorious it is that these recordings are finally going to be out in the wild!! I was lucky enough to attend a couple of those live shows and remember being completely bowled over 😍

Magnificent.

https://lakeofpuppies.bandcamp.com/album/lake-of-puppies

08/11/2024

For everyone wondering how we're making our next few gigs free entry, yet still making sure our artists get paid. The answer is THESE GUYS!!

Want to help keep this gorgeous venue going and available for our wonky music meet ups? Consider putting a quid or two a month into their Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/TheDorothyPax

The Dorothy Pax = Heroes 💞

The owner of one of Sheffield’s valued live music venues has told of the industry struggles - but his determination to champion music has not wavered.