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
