Friday October the 12th and Saturday October the 13th see the return of Telford’s Oktober Beer festival for a second outing!

We’ll be aiming to at least match last years effort, where we had on  over 30 regional and national real ales and ciders over the course of the weekend, as well as our usual selection of national and international beers. All ably backed up by some of the best Live Music acts from Chester and the surrounding areas.

Watch this space for further details.

Friday October the 12th and Saturday October the 13th see the return of Telford’s Oktober Beer festival for a second outing!

We’ll be aiming to at least match last years effort, where we had on  over 30 regional and national real ales and ciders over the course of the weekend, as well as our usual selection of national and international beers. All ably backed up by some of the best Live Music acts from Chester and the surrounding areas.

Watch this space for further details.

On Tuesday 11^th September, Crackling Vinyl is proud to present another night of brilliant live music and superlative vinyl excellence at Telford’s Warehouse in Chester. This is our first night back after our summer break.

Cate Le Bon

New album released 30^th April 2012 on Ovni (Turnstile)

‘Fold The Cloth’ video: http://vimeo.com/33373552

“like a Valley-born Nico locked in the cupboard with The Fall” **** Q

“Cate Le Bon follows her own path” **** MOJO

“her lyrical style recalls the whimsical, pastoral fantasy of Syd Barrett and her music jumps everywhere, from garage rock to harmony pop to electronic….with it’s own sense of logic.” **** The Times

“Le Bon is someone whose take on songwriting is so sideways, it would be completely impossible for anyone else to replicate it” Guardian Guide

“like an unearthed psych classic” NME 8/10

“absolutely brilliant” Drowned In Sound

“Le Bon’s days as a farmgirl in West Wales may be long behind her, but she’s clearly held on to certain agricultural principles: namely, that the right amounts of patience and nurturing can produce glorious yields.” Pitchfork

“How would I describe the album?” muses Cate Le Bon. “Cut a remote island in two and place one half to your ear…”

Cate Le Bon, the Cardiff-based singer who popped up on Gruff Rhys’s Neon Neon album before issuing her own debut album, My Oh My, in 2010, returns with her second album, CYRK, in April 2012. It follows Le Bon’s extensive tour with St Vincent in the USA, where the album has already been released too much acclaim and Cate is currently on her own headlining jaunt.

“CYRK is like a time travel travelogue which continually returns the sea,” says Le Bon, who took the album’s title from the Polish word for Circus and took inspiration from a trip to the Isle Of Eigg. “I mostly write about the sea, matters of the heart and animals – or a mish-mash of all three.”

Recorded with producer Krissie Jenkins in Cardiff and set for release on Gruff Rhys’s Ovni imprint, CYRK found Le Bon raiding Super Furry Animals’s collection of synths, pedals and guitars. “We spent days plugging different things into one another – it was so much fun,” she says.

Players include Le Bon’s “trusty” backing band (Andy Fung on drums, Steve Black on bass and  Niwl’s Sion Glyn on guitar) plus H. Hawkline on synths and Meilyr and Gwion from Racehorses playing brass on Great. “If you listen very carefully,” says Le Bon, “you can hear Gruff Rhys wailing backing vocals on Falcon Eyed too.”

The completed album is a 35-minute blast of colour, ever-changing as it whizzes from the garage pop opener Falcon Eyed to piano-led Puts Me To Work and the psychedelic title track. Elsewhere, the delights of Fold The Cloth, The Man I Wanted (“The only time that I have put a recorder track down and not been ridiculed for it. Result.”), the proggy Through The Mill and closing number Ploughing Out, a track so epic it demanded to be split into two parts. “The song ends with a cacophony of instruments, a mixture of everything that has appeared on the album,” says Le Bon. “It’s the finale. I make my saxophone debut; it will also be the last time I ever play saxophone. I very nearly ruptured my cheeks.”

http://www.Catelebon.com

http://twitter.com/catelebon

H. HAWKLINE

H. Hawkline has released two acclaimed albums on Shape Records, both of which plough a singular furrow across the over-farmed, muddy field of rock ‘n’ psych ‘n’ folk ‘n’ roll. Unequal parts sane Syd Barrett, John Renbourn and Paul Giovanni, H. Hawkline’s song embers will warm any heart yearning for an antidote to the inane and anodyne. He’s ace. And he has hair a stork could nest in.

http://hhawkline.bandcamp.com

http://twitter.com/h_hawkline

Chester’s excellent 2nd hand vinyl emporium, Grey ‘n’ Pink Records join us in the top bar. Cash back available over the bar.

Previous live guests at Crackling Vinyl have included: Laura J. Martin, Y Niwl, Colorama, Richard James, Toy Horses, T.G. Elias, Georgia Ruth, Chris T-T, She Makes War, Sam Airey, Houdini Dax, Trwbador, The Gentle Good, Golden Fable, Pulco, Harry Keyworth, Greta Isaac, Atlas Twins, Sophie Ballamy.

Crackling Vinyl DJ’s: Ben ‘Soundhog’ Hayes, Elin Bach, Jeremy Horrill, Adam Walton.

With their sound suiting adjectives such as organic and rootsy, FoE are sensible enough to have some impressive tricks up their sleeve: heady jazz soliloquies, funk-inspired digressions and electronic deviations add to their eclectic credentials.

We have a fresh and exciting sound that is hard to categorise. Our music is an eclectic fusion of break-beat, electronica, hip hop and jazz. We pride ourselves on our live performance and our ability to always get people to groove and dance to our music.

Salsa dancing events and lessons are organised by Don Stephens, for people from the whole of the North West. From Anglesey, Bangor and Llandudno, to Rhyl, Deeside and Chester.

The music played each evening is a mix of newer salsa styles, such as funky salsa and salsaton, to the older favorites like Cuban and New York.

Also some bachata, merengue, cha cha and kizomba music is played on the evening.

About the Classes

Salsa lessons are given at the beginning of each Salsa evening. The beginners’ lesson starts at 8.15pm and usually lasts about for 45 minutes. There is a small step introduction session first, in the form of a line.

This lesson is for absolute beginners and people who are just starting out in the salsa scene. You will be learning basic footwork, basic handholds and basic turn patterns. This lesson is usually taken by Don Stephens or guest teacher.

The improvers’ lesson starts around 8.15 and usually lasts for 45 minutes. There is a step introduction first, in the form of a line, using more complicated footwork.

This lesson is aimed at people who already know the basic steps, handholds and turns, but want to put them into more complicated routines for a smoother look on the dancefloor. This lesson is usually taken by Don Stephens or guest teacher.

After the lessons finish, mixed salsa music is played until 12.30am.

All of the events have a friendly atmosphere and are well attended, with an almost even ratio of men and women.

Also there are guest teachers at some of the events so please keep an eye out for future flyers and promotions.

http://www.salsa-inferno.co.uk/index.html

Salsa dancing events and lessons are organised by Don Stephens, for people from the whole of the North West. From Anglesey, Bangor and Llandudno, to Rhyl, Deeside and Chester.

The music played each evening is a mix of newer salsa styles, such as funky salsa and salsaton, to the older favorites like Cuban and New York.

Also some bachata, merengue, cha cha and kizomba music is played on the evening.

About the Classes

Salsa lessons are given at the beginning of each Salsa evening. The beginners’ lesson starts at 8.15pm and usually lasts about for 45 minutes. There is a small step introduction session first, in the form of a line.

This lesson is for absolute beginners and people who are just starting out in the salsa scene. You will be learning basic footwork, basic handholds and basic turn patterns. This lesson is usually taken by Don Stephens or guest teacher.

The improvers’ lesson starts around 8.15 and usually lasts for 45 minutes. There is a step introduction first, in the form of a line, using more complicated footwork.

This lesson is aimed at people who already know the basic steps, handholds and turns, but want to put them into more complicated routines for a smoother look on the dancefloor. This lesson is usually taken by Don Stephens or guest teacher.

After the lessons finish, mixed salsa music is played until 12.30am.

All of the events have a friendly atmosphere and are well attended, with an almost even ratio of men and women.

Also there are guest teachers at some of the events so please keep an eye out for future flyers and promotions.

http://www.salsa-inferno.co.uk/index.html

Chester’s favourite surf punkers are back for another spectacular preformance following on from the main stage at Chester Rocks.

With DJ Adam Walton (BBC Radio)