Wednesday 1st July
THE HAND
ICHI
RACHAEL DADD
WIG SMITH
LITTLE BOAT
ibar
15 Holdenhurst Road
Bournemouth
7.30-11PM
£5/3 NUS
THE HAND
Sublime folk evocations from the Bristolian duo of Rachael Dadd and Wig Smith, intricately-picked banjo and kora topped by wonderfully harmonious vocals. Rachael and Wig met whilst working on the Bristol ferry boats, where they discovered they were kindred musical spirits, singing Leonard Cohen and Sibylle Baier songs to lone commuters on quiet winter shifts. They have since signed to the Japanese label Angel's Egg, and played at Camp Bestival and Truck Festival, and we find them here in Bournemouth just ahead of a Glastonbury appearance.
ICHI
Absolute must-see, one-of-a-kind performance from this one-man-band. Hailing from Nagoya, Japan, Ichi mixes glockenspiel, steel drum, trumpet, harmonica, double-bass and beats to create an evocative placeless exotica, perhaps the soundtrack to the Rugrats Go Caribbean? Mix in table-tennis, a giant moustache and lo-fi pyrotechnics and you have one of the most jaw-dropping and hilarious performers I have ever witnessed, and one of the most talked about acts of this years Homegame festival.
RACHAEL DADD
I first discovered Rachael's music at a Glastonbury many moons ago. The NME had singled out her band Whalebone Polly as the one act to avoid, based purely on their name (classic NME logic!). I obviously felt duty-bound to catch this band that had upset the NME so much, and was bowled over by their set; the Appalachians rewired via the West Country, lifted by the lushest harmonies. Rachael's solo work has continued to mine similar territory, melodic neo-folk played on intricately picked guitar or banjo, with a forthright lyrical sensibility that harkens back to a less cynical age. Her songs caught the ears of Japan's Angel's Egg label, and it was whilst touring there, playing to crowds of 3000 a night, that she met Ichi. Ah, it all starts to come together..! Her last album was described by Julian Peck of Sunday Best as "absolutey staggering", and her latest, "After The Ant Fight" was recorded with Ali Chant, who has previously worked with John Parish, PJ Harvey and Howe Gelb.
WIG SMITH
Wig Smith made his first live appearance supporting Diane Cluck, and as such, has perhaps always been bound for musical greatness! A self-taught kora player, he writes songs inspired by his love of world music, poetry and folk tales. Another Angel's Egger, Wig toured Japan with Rachael in 2008, and will treat us to some of his solo numbers tonight.
"Wig Smith plays a fiendishly complex 21-stringed kora like a dulcimer muted in velvet with fragile and charming songs about snow and toes."
Venue Magazine
LITTLE BOAT
It seems a great poetic justice that Bournemouth's own one-man-band-wonder, Little Boat, will open the evening, having finally returned from his travels in Japan. Expect magical looped percussion explorations, noises that shouldn't seem to come from a guitar, and possibly (based on his last performance here) even some vocals. For my money, Little Boat is the best loop-pedal based musician I have seen, matched only by David Thomas Broughton for musical inventiveness. Oh. Yes.
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PLUS!
TRAVELLING CRAFT STALL
Rachael is also a talented artist, and will be bringing a selection of beautifully hand-embroidered badges, pocket mirrors and special edition CDs.
SPECIAL FEATURE:
"You've Been Framed (For An Art Crime You Didn't Commit)"
Please bring a small "artwork" (A4 or smaller, tiny is fine). Perceived artistic abilities (or lack thereof) unimportant. Works will be framed on the evening, then redistributed in a raffle stylee. Participants must then exhibit the framed artwork they win, in their home or office, for exactly one calendar month, and when met with enquiries must answer, "Yes. I did it. It's pretty good, isn't it?"
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