Sunday 10 November 2013

Return of the mighty Urban Voodoo Machine



Back by popular demand The Urban Voodoo Machine return to the Wild Hare Club to play their final gig of the year on Friday 20th December following a German tour and a special Halloween show at London’s Jazz Cafe.  Purveyors of what the band describe themselves as “bourbon-soaked, gypsy blues, bop ‘n’stroll”, the nine piece band have a raw energy and real edge that is all too absent from most of today’s so-called rock and roll.




Their latest album Rare Gumbo collects various recordings from over the years that give an idea of what goes into their rich musical stew - from fired-up polkas to hair raising rockabilly rave-ups, from low-slung, lascivious Stonesy raunch to slower howls that would feel very much at home on a Tom Waits record.  But really for this band it is all about the LIVE experience.


For one night only, Lyde Court will be transformed into the mysterious and transitory Gypsy Hotel, the band’s notorious London club.  Expect a carnivalesque atmosphere and some added glamour courtesy of Trixie Malicious, Canadian queen of burlesque  bump ‘n’ grind, a gal who has danced and joked her way around the world!

 Trixie by Neil Kendall


Manning the decks will be DJ Slim, the band’s accordion player, who I first encountered whooping it up with The Boothill Foot-Tappers way back when and have been bumping into at irregular intervals in various watering holes and shady music venues  ever since.  Expect anything from classic soul to klezmer and of course some cool Yule tunes to make you shake your tail feathers. Opening the show, will be Nick Marsh , once of ‘80s cult band Flesh for Lulu, who will play a short acoustic set featuring songs from his solo record ‘A Universe Between Us’.


Tickets are £15 and available now via the Lyde Court website http://www.lydecourt.com.  Doors open at 7.30, the UVM will hit the stage at 9.30 and there will be drinking and dancing until 2.00 a.m.
 

Dress with burlesque glamour and pirate swagger and in the anarchist colours of red and black.


Last time the band played The Wild Hare Club many people including friends had to be turned away on the night, so to avoid disappointment book now.


Yours ever, Richard MC of the WHC