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Upcoming …… Mr. Kite Benefits |
In 2013, plenty more Mr Kite Benefits to come......some of the benefits below need their details confirmed. These will be added to the website as they become clear. Meanwhile, you can get hold of tickets as indicated below. Please check details in advance as Mr. Kite takes no responsibility for anyone who organises their whole life around a Mr. Kite Benefit which changes! If you're unsure, we suggest that you add yourself to the mailing list to keep updated.
Sam Amidon
Supported by
Kirsty McGee
Sunday May 26th, 2013
to help support
The
Extended Family
via The International Aid Trust
The Met, Bury
Tickets £14
Tickets available from the Box Office on 0161-761-2216
or
online via venue
(plus
per transaction booking fee of £2.50)
An extra special show as
Sam has chosen this night as one of a handful of album launches for his
outstanding new record, 'Bright Sunny South'. The Vermont-born and raised,
London-based Amidon’s particular gift is not to compose new songs, but to rework
and repurpose traditional melodies into a striking new form that makes them feel
very much his own. He delivers these songs in a hauntingly plainspoken voice,
one that encompasses sadness and stoicism, vulnerability and wisdom. He's
collaborated with a range of other artists including Nico Muhly and Bill Frisell
and continues to create fresh material from traditional folk roots.
As Justin
Vernon (Bon Iver) puts it... “It's official. Sam Amidon has burnt
everything to the ground. It smells good, now that the rain has come. I can see
the tips of blades rising.”
Sam Baker
Saturday September 7th, 2013 in aid of.......
St. Bede’s Club, Clayton-Le-Woods, Chorley
Tickets £14 Advance/£16 Door
Tickets available from the Box Office on 0161-761-2216
or
online via
Box Office (plus per
transaction booking fee of £2.50) or online at
WeGotTickets and
See Tickets (plus per ticket booking fee of
£1.40)
Sam Baker, Texan singer songwriter, has carved out a strong
following with his trilogy of albums chock full of poetic lyrics and fine
melodies. He returns with a new album, 'Say Grace', in the pipeline and will no
doubt capture more fans with his singular approach.
An Evening With
Slaid Cleaves
Saturday October 5th, 2013 in aid of.......
St. Bede’s Club, Clayton-Le-Woods, Chorley
Tickets £14 Advance/£16 Door
Tickets available from the Box Office on 0161-761-2216
or
online via
Box Office (plus per
transaction booking fee of £2.50) or online at
WeGotTickets and
See Tickets (plus per ticket booking fee of
£1.40)
Also heading our way from Texas, Slaid Cleaves who will have songs from his new
album, 'Still Fighting the War', to lay on us. Do come down and enjoy one of
Austin's finest songwriters.
Rhiannon Giddens and Leyla
McCalla
of the Carolina
Chocolate Drops
Thursday October 10th, 2013 in aid of
Children of the Andes
The Met, Bury
Tickets £15
Tickets available from the Box Office on 0161-761-2216
or
online via venue
(plus
per transaction booking fee of £2.50)
Taking a break from the Carolina Chocolate Drops,
Rhiannon and Leyla from the band come
back to The Met to tantalise us with their skills.
 Cara Dillon Cara Dillon has one of those rare talents you only come across a handful times in your whole life. Her staggeringly beautiful voice has the ability to reach inside the soul of a song and imbue material with not only profound sweetness but also poignancy and depth. Born in Dungiven in 1975, she was brought up in a close musical family immersed in the rich cultural heritage of her native County Derry. Having won the All Ireland Traditional Singing Trophy aged only 14 she went on to sing with Oige, De Dannan and then Equation. It was in this band that she met her husband and musical collaborator Sam Lakeman. The combination of Cara's expressive vocals and Lakeman's rippling piano and fresh production squeezed new life into ancient material. Their original songs sit happily alongside the traditional, reinforcing the debt they owe, whilst pointing to a distinct and distinguished musical identity all of their own. Whether she's singing her native traditional songs of lost love and emigration, or their original compositions, you will be hard pressed to find a more emotive and captivating performer. Her Autumn tour will showcase the songs on her new album scheduled for release in October 2013. “Cara Dillon is one of Ireland’s truly great singers” The Guardian “Quite possibly the world’s most beautiful female voice…” Q Magazine |
Thursday November 7th, 2013 in aid of....... City Varieties, Leeds Tickets £19.60, £22.60 for Boxes (including 60p per ticket Restoration Levy) Tickets available from the Box Office on 0113-243-0808 or online via venue (plus transaction/postage fee of £2) and Friday November 22nd, 2013 in aid of....... The Lowry, Salford Quays Tickets £20 Tickets available from the Box Office on 0843-208-6000 or online via venue (plus per ticket booking fee of £2) |
 A reading by Michael Morpurgo of his Christmas book, The Best Christmas Present in The World, with Virginia McKenna and accompanied by the acapella Voices at the Door (including Coope, Boyes and Simpson, Fi Fraser, Jo Freya and Georgina Boyes) singing Christmas carols from Britain, France and Flanders. Almost a century after the famous Christmas Truce of 1914 and the football match in No-Man's Land between the British and the Germans, a soldier's letter is found by chance in an antique desk - "Jim's Last Letter: to be buried with me when the time comes." And thus begins the quest to find "Dearest Connie". |
The Best Christmas Present in The World |
St. Agnes Fountain featuring
David Hughes, Chris Leslie (from Fairport Convention), Julie Matthews and Chris While
Tuesday
December 3rd, 2013 in aid of
Bury
Hospice
Bury Parish Church
Tickets £16
Tickets available from the Box Office on 0161-761-2216
or
online via venue
(plus
per transaction booking fee of £2.50)
Christmas starts here - always popular, get your tickets now!
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