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Wed 10th Feb - Voodoo Lounge Live presents: Bex Marshall, blues songstress, (BBC2,Bob Harris/Paul Jones live sessions and BBC6) with support from Lexie Green and Eats Shoots and Leaves
Bex Marshall:
Bex Marshall 'Top UK Blues Guitarist(...there is no one like her in the U.K 'Blues Matters') Paul Jones just started playing Kitchen Table this week and has recorded a session with Bex to be aired 11th Jan 2010
2009 Bex completed three US tours in the last year where her album 'Kitchen Table' got to #20 in the AMA charts in Feb (and #15 UK artist chart in the Independent Roots Music Chart).
Blues Review (USA) gave a stunning review in last months issue (below) and just recently did a live session on the BBC 2s Bob Harris Sat show( who is regularly playing tracks from the album.
She has a fantastic current two page article in Maverick Magazine and a similar articles coming out in Blues Matters/Rock n Reel and performing musician this month
Her info can be seen at www.myspace.com/bexmarshall or www.bexmarshall.co.uk.
Recent Reviews/Quotes.........
Bob Harris ...'Bex is fantastic on stage....Bex has an incredible voice....
amazing guitarist'
.jpg) Paul Jones ...'I think thats rather good'...A rather good statement of intent... a mission statement' (session to be aired 11th Jan)
..the songs on her second album (the first to be released in America) are an artful blend, wth a blues in various shades at their base. Marshall is a triple treat; she writes with substance, sings compellingly,and plays wicked steel-top resonator. Her voice adapts to her themes, its gritty character at once familiar and unique. She purrs like a feline amid the driving soul of "Kitchen Table" but gets agitated and forthright in the cautionary acoustic blues of "Red Light."
Marshall moves
instinctively around the strings, with blue soul, rock fire,and the dexterity of a bluegrass picker evident at turns. She plays deep in the well during 'Black Guitar,' the tale of a forlorn, grizzled bluesman, but at songs end released as if she can no longer contain the spirits of the the hellhounds. In "Too Much Rock & Roll," she uses jittery slips and slides to shore up a spooky, Delta styled accound of a soul who just couldn't take it anymore. Conversely, Marshall is the cosummate folk-rock songstress on "Here Is My Heart," playing beauutiful melodies stripped bare to underscore the point.
With any recounting of life's rocky road, a couple of missteps inevitably pop up. Kitchen Table largely avoids them while serving serious notice
- Tom Clarke BLUES REVUE USA
...a younger version of Bonnie Raitt. Seldom do we hear such blues inflected rawness in female guitar players and so it''s refreshing to hear it done with such authenticity and assurance....Allan Wilkinson - FOLK AND ROOTS MAG
...this cracking set of originals proves the Devonshire songstress deserves wider recognition for her spit'n sawdust voice box and fluid resonator guitar licks...Henry Yates - CLASSIC ROCK MAG
...the young Londoner showcases an outstanding in a slide guitar clamour DEREK TRUCKS would be pleased to call his own..... Frank-John Hadley - DOWNBEAT MAG (USA)
....In these days the art of sequencing an album seems like a lost art, yet its relevance is not lost on this fine new discovery. Marshalls album is of such class and maturity and class....without an apparent weakness or filler and is superb****Noggin - BLUES MATTERS.
....In the U.K there are not too many female performers that possess the magic three attributes, a great singer, a great songwriter and a great guitarist. Bex Marshall scores three out of three with Kitchen Table...**** JHS - MAVERICK MAGAZINE
...Troubadour to the core...perfectly whiskey voiced: the right combination of harsh and gentle-but she's also an excellent guitarist....Kitchen Table sounds like a significant breakthrough by a major label...**** Gerry Ranson
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A hard touring blues loving Londoner with a voice that suggests a rock version of Esther Phillips' sardonic rasp....Kitchen Table, measures out its groove and plays like a relaxed conversation, complete with jokes, asides and perfectly turned licks ****Edd Hurt - NASHVILLE SCENE
A former croupier, she''s good with her hands, dealing out rootsy original tunes flecked with bluegrass plucking and honeyed slide-guitar washes.
Marshall's competent axe work has Mark Knopfler''s feathery touch....PICK OF THE WEEK - Falling James L.A. WEELY.
...She takes American roots, blues and country music and blended it into an elegant emotional exploration. She uses her considerable song writing skills, her even more considerable acoustic resonator skills (a slide on her little finger), and adds them to gravely vocals that combine folk, country and blues with a little rock, into an extremely personal and powerful music... Jim While - PITTSBURGH POST-GAZETTE
...Black Guitar suggests what might be the result of teaming Bonnie Raitt and Led Zep and letting them jam in an everglades moonshine joint...As a writer she's mastered the art of making new material sound like its been found in long forgotten vaults.. **** Mike Davies - NET RHYUMS
.....there is a hint of Waterson/Carthy
about her knowing visage, but this material is far from Anglo folk, its soiled and soaked n American bar and field influences...A few decades to late to open for Rory G but more than a few times there's a touch of the Irish genius style about these songs and their delivery...Pete Sargent - FAIRHEARING
....The absolute stand out of this album is Marshall's vocals which, whilst showing influences of Janis Joplin, Bonnie Raitt and Beth Hart, presents her own style - powerful, yet subtle, husky, yet clear cut and utterly unforgettable.....Julia Borodin - ROOTSOFROCK.
....No Gimmicks! That raw and real connection she creates between herself and the audience is electric......Kitchen Table is the kind of timeless album that will be played for many years...Brent Conley (USA)HOOPLA
Occasionally there is also a hint of Ry Cooder...Bex has a strong gritty voice some what akin to Tina Turner, Janis Joplin or Joan Armatrading and her songs are equally intelligent and interesting....Norman Dawen ART BLUES REVIEW (AUSTRIA)
...Kitchen table is a varied album that demonstrates Marshalls versatility and her deep love of the Blues which she takes to all kinds of interesting places....she has the potential to cross over to a mainstream audience in much the same way as KT Tunstall, Joss Stone or Duffy? Micheal Hingston - COUNTRY MUSIC PEOPLE
..Bex Marshall is a musical tornado, to see her live is to experience a wild, gusting, powerful force that blasts forth guitar riffs Robert Johnson would be proud of, while a voice draws up the ghosts of old blues women's heartaches.
This woman can sing and play like no body's business. The double treat puts Marshall holding her own next to any blues man/woman today. No Lie And she can throw down bluegrass, Country, Soul and Rock and roll the next minute,just as natural as you please. Bridgette at Outlaw Magazine 09 TX March 09.
Lexie Green
"...in less than three years has managed to pack in more than most musicians could hope for in a decade."
(Randall Rootz Festival 2009)
December 2006, in a little farm kitchen somewhere in the Cambridgeshire flat fens Lexie started writing and recording. With no prior experience and using the most basic of hardware she gained an internet following. By 2008 Lexie had attained international songwriting awards, become a regular sound on internet radio and had finaly performed her first live show!
Her voice has been likened to Norah Jones, Martha Wainwright and at times Bonnie Raitt. Her original songs are an ecletic collection from childhood influences of Pink Floyd, Peter Green and Bruce Springsteen to name a few.
http://www.lexiegreen.com/fr_index.cfm
Eats Shoots and Leaves:
Stamford band making their debut
Originally formed a few months ago by three members of a family who needed something more interesting to do than their day jobs, Eats Shoots and Leaves quickly found two more - an unsuspecting singer and guitarist - to join their quest to banish the tedium that is employed daily life. Besides having become extremely good at buying guitars and amps (some of which may even fit on the stage), Eats Shoots and Leaves play proper, no-frills rock music.
Doors 8.30 - £4
We are in Stamford, Lincolnshire, about 10 miles from Peterborough, at 9A North St in the town. Mama Liz's is a slice of New Orleans in every way, our drinks, food menu, ambience and decor are all a celebration of the vibrancy and world famous atmosphere of that remarkable city which has given the world so much in so many ways, food, music and good times.
We are on three levels, ground floor is the Mama Liz's bar, with a range of cocktails, continental lagers, real ales and much more in a brilliantly recreated slice of Bourbon St, New Orleans.
Upstairs is Mama Liz's Soulfood Shack and Steakhouse, serving Cajun and Creole Classics like Gumbo, Jambalaya and Cajun Chicken and loads more.
Downstairs, in the cellar is the remarkable Voodoo Lounge Music Club, set in a Victorian wine bottling cellar. An incredible music venue which will astound and thrill even the most seasoned gig going veteran. With the stage set amongst the brick arches, containing some original 'OBEY' artwork on the walls around the stage, DJ desk and bar, Voodoo is set to be the amongst the most exciting new venues anywhere this year.
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Hope to see you soon,
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