Mono often shares it's taste in music with you, in the form of live performances by your favourite bands, recent shows have included The Vaselines, Teenage Fanclub,David Grubbs, Crystal Stilts, Moby, 1990s, The Pastels, Yahweh, Frightened Rabbit, Emily Barker, Skeleton Bob, RM Hubbert, Sexual Ojects and Peter Parker.
Books
A small library can be found in the restaurant area of mono, where customers can read at their leisure while enjoying a coffee or afternoon tea.
mono's Details
Status:
Single
Here for:
Dating, Serious Relationships, Friends
Hometown:
Glasgow
Body type:
7' 6" / More to love!
Zodiac Sign:
Gemini
Children:
Proud parent
Occupation:
Vegan Bar/Restaurant/Live Music Venue
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mono Glasgow, Lanarkshire UK bar/restaurant/music venue
mono is working Posted at 2:43 PM Dec 8, 2008 view more
About me: Mono is an exciting bar and restaurant, proudly serving drinks and home cooked dishes, all free of meat, fish and dairy products. Mono is renowned for it's relaxing atmosphere, encouraging it's customers to spend time having dinner, drinks, reading or simply listening to the great music provided by inbuilt record shop Monorail.
This week's is a one off, impromptu live gig featuring a unique re-union between 3 former members of the British Council sponsored, 16 piece collaborative group Orchestra Scotland Brasil.
Jetting in from São Paulo, Brazil as part of a month long creative residency in London is Alfredo Bello (AKA DJ Tudo) bass player, producer and musical archivist extraordinaire. Joinging him will be drummer Stuart Brown and Alan (lots of instruments) Bryden... and friends.
Expect a vibrant and exciting collision of jazz, electronica, brazilian folk music and more. I can promise some really exciting live music, some DJs playing brilliant out there music, nice beer and good chat!
This week (4th November) we are featuring 'AsGuests' who will play an extended first set @ 7.30pm. AsGuests (www.myspace.com/asguests )won in 2004 the Pim Jacobs Muziek Prijs and The Dutch Jazz Competition, hosted annually by the North Sea Jazz Festival. At the core of the band is vibist Miro Herak and pianist Michal Vaňouček who founded AsGuests in 1997. The group has engaged in many collaborations and tours throughout Europe. Here they make their first trip to Scotland and featuring alto saxophonist Paul Towndrow in this exciting line up. The musical ethos of AsGuests has always been about challenging the boundaries of styles, bringing new sounds and combination of instruments together, often with interesting results and always on the cutting edge.
Second Set.. will be the regular house band hosting a jam session.
Next week, the 11th of November, our guest will once again be tenor saxophonist John Burgess from Edinburgh.
On the 18th November we have a special night led by Stuart Brown (percussion) - details to follow. House band Lorne Cowieson - trumpet Euan Stevenson - piano Jim Drummond - drums Andy Sharkey - bass
Really hope you can make it for what looks to be a exciting month at .
Just dropping by to say thanks for being a friend, means alot to have the support. Hope you manage to have a quick listen to our tracks, would certainly be interested to know what you think.
Our next show is at the infamous 'King Tuts Wah Wah Hut' in Glasgow. Tickets are £6 and are avilable now. Hope to see you there!
Fresh from their tour Kakatsitsi -traditional drummers, dancers and singers from the Ga tribe of Southern Ghana will be giving a rare FREE performance TONIGHT 20th September at Mono from 9pm
This Sunday.... THE FIVE ACES ROCKIN’ DANCE PARTY. A night of rockin’ soul, rock n’ roll and rhythm & blues featuring live music from The Five Aces, The Bottleneckers and The Privates Hammond Orchestra. Mikey Collins will be DJing which makes this an unofficial pre club to the last night of the glasgow mod weekender. Tickets £5. The Venue @ Oran Mor, Byres Rd. Doors at 7pm, 1st band onstage at 7.45pm sharp Last band offstage by 10pm latest.
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