Cabaret Voltaire.

04/11/2024

Her first tour, Nadia Kadek opened for Benjamin Francis Leftwich on Friday - thank you. She said how nice it was that everyone listened intently.

02/11/2024

Yesterday Benjamin Francis Leftwich played in Totnes - so much authenticity and emotion. More photos coming...

26/10/2024

Serene, dreamy, but groovy: last night in Totnes, Rozi Plain performed at St Mary’s.
Thank you for another memorable evening. Props to Yama Warashi for opening, Tamarind Tree for the yummy band food, and Ben and Andy for sound and lights.

16/10/2024

He’s been nominated for the Mercury Music Prize! His music was on Normal People! Cillian Murphy is in his music video!

There’s lots to shout about with Fionn Regan, and most all, he is coming to Totnes next year.
Tickets are on sale Friday.

30/09/2024

With a face like Honiton, Simon Armitage had a Gawain-like adventure to the South West’s finest chapels last week to read poetry and bird table with us.

08/09/2024

Penguin Cafe tickets have sold out in Totnes, but there’s still a few for Bruton. Not that many though, so go to the website or the Stripy Duck bookshop and buy one if you are planning on coming.

22/08/2024

Dear poet laureate Simon Armitage is coming to lovely Totnes and Bruton next month. Both events have sold out. Hurrah.

16/08/2024

31/07/2024

Guess what? Benjamin Francis Leftwich is coming to Totnes for a church concert this November. His performances have such passion and pathos, so you should come along.

Tickets now on sale from the website or Narnia Totnes.

17/07/2024

Did you know that Penguins swim South West at Winter? I love this band. In celebration of vinyl releases, hear all the original Penguin Cafe Orchestra tunes in beautiful church settings in Bruton and Totnes. Tickets on sale this Friday.

29/06/2024

Bernard Butler in Bodmin: warming up for Glastonbury, on the fringes of the moor.

21/06/2024

Bernard Butler in Bodmin: join us in Cornwall’s largest parish church ahead of the Glastonbury Acoustic Stage show. It’s going to be a special occasion with lots of new material. I’m chuffed that Annie Dressner is opening the show, her songs are clever and touching. Come along on Thursday 27 June with tickets from the Cabaret Voltaire website.

15/06/2024

Last night in Totnes: Erland Cooper played in St. Mary's. It was a creative and entrancing show.

Alex Kozobolis opened.

Thanks to Tamarind Tree for yummo band food and to for production.

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31/05/2024

Two family themed concerts are happening in beautiful churches this Autumn. Father and daughter Carthys headline, while Small Plant - a talented couple from Totnes - are opening.

Martin and Eliza with their unparalleled knowledge of folk and its anecdotes, feel like conduits to another time. Indeed, many 60s musicians were inspired by Martin. When Bob Dylan visited England, the first thing he did was watch Martin perform, who also taught him guitar techniques. He was not the only one who learnt from the master. Simon and Garfunkel used his arrangement of Scarborough Fair. Daughter Eliza has a stellar career too, clocking up two Mercury Prize nominations. It’s no wonder they recently performed on Later...with Jools Holland.

Tickets from cabaretvoltaireevents.com. Tickets for Bruton are also available in person from Stripy Duck Bookshop, while Totnes ones can be picked up from Narnia Totnes.

27/05/2024

This Autumn there’s a beautiful harp concert in Totnes with Mary Lattimore. Walt McClements opens.

08/05/2024

Could there be a more perfect band to play on the fringes of Bodmin Moor in the depths of winter?

📣 St Petroc's Sessions presents: The Unthanks in Winter

The Unthanks
📍 St Petrocs church, Bodmin, PL31 2DP
📅 Wed 18th December 2024 7:30PM

➡️ The Unthanks have been described as “a take on tradition that flips so effortlessly between jazz, classical, ambient and post-rock, it makes any attempt to put a label on them a waste of time”.

The Unthanks tour In Winter embraces both the dark and the light in the most ritualistic of seasons. Echoes of winter tunes known throughout the western world, mix with the traditional and the newly written, all passed with great care and love through The Unthanks filter. In Winter is an abstract new work that captures the warmth and nostalgia of the festive season, the chill and darkness of the winter months, and the reflective ritualisms of the turn of the year; the end and beginning of the circle of life.

In Winter features a new sound palette for The Unthanks, incorporating vibraphone, clarinet and saxophone into the core band that features vocal harmony, piano, violin, double bass, guitars and percussion. The Unthanks tell stories that capture children. They make music cutting edge enough to be BBC 6Music regulars. They can equally be found on Radios 2, 3 and 4, reframing history and drawing together the worlds of folk, jazz, orchestral, electronic and rockmusic.

“They run from the very root of folk music to the very tip of the branch.” Elvis Costello

🎫 Tickets will be available to purchase online from Fri 10 May 2024 at 12:00PM: https://intobodmin.co.uk/events/

Cabaret Voltaire. intoBodmin

08/05/2024

After an extraordinary sellout show last year, I’m really pleased to announce that Rozi Plain is returning to Totnes this Autumn. She’s kooky, serene, and exquisite, all at the same time. With releases on Memphis Industries, Rozi is an alt folk favourite of 6 music with a double life as bass player for This is the Kit and Alabaster DePlume. On sale Friday, yeah?

05/05/2024

A South West trip for Alabaster DePlume, moments were had.