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Mr Meltdown


Last Updated: 12/8/2009

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Gender: Male
Status: Single
Age: 53
Sign: Aquarius

City: Cardiff
State: Wales
Country: UK
Signup Date: 9/18/2005
Sunday, June 07, 2009 

Current mood:  hyper
Category: Music
Time for another of our Yurt-tastic Meltdown @ Milgis nights – second Sunday of every month -  which are free. And in a yurt! And feature a dazzling and diverse array of South Wales sounds. This month Cardiff indie-king Spencer McGarry goes orchestral with the help of a septet inc Hot Puppies Bec'n'Beth and a set of killer songs. Chris King's americana has found acclaim in Memphis and his native Merthyr. Adrian Hughes' virtuoso guitar playing dazzles and delights. 
 
SPENCER McGARRY and his Orchestral Septet + CHRIS KING + ADRIAN HUGHES + more tbc
 
Sun June 14th  8.30pm 

Milgis Lounge Bar, 213 City Rd, Cardiff CF24 3JD (In the YURT!!)

Cost: FREE or whatever you would like to donate in Meltdown’s magic hat.
Contact venue: 02920 473150
 
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SPENCER McGARRY

Previewing songs from Spencer's forthcoming album, Episode 2, this is going to be an extra special set marking new musical directions for this fearlessly eclectic, dazzlingly accomplished and insanely entertaining indie troubadour. Guitar, keyboard, cello, violin, flute, bass and 3-part harmonies feat Hot Puppies’ Bec’n’Beth among others squeezed into a Yurt! With you!? 

 

 “An excellent debut”David Quantick (WORD magazine reviewing Episode 1)
”Television covering Like a Virgin! How great is that? It’s tighter than the trousers of Hamburg-era Beatles, too”
Tim Jonze (Guardian review of single A Paler Shade of Wit)
”Superior Lyrical Pop”
Huw Stephens (Radio 1)

"gracious wizardry" Adam Walton BBC Radio Wales

 

CHRIS KING BAND
"Somewhere between Coldplay and Cash, Chris King is proof that Americana is living and breathing in the UK." Bryan Hayes - Retriever Records, Memphis

 

ADRIAN HUGHES

Astonishing young acoustic guitarist with a flamboyant set which matches a passion for clawhammer, slide and jazz with a repertoire embracing trad welsh tunes and the hits of Michael Jackson!