SoundCurious is an exciting new event based in Coachwerks, a renovated old garage in Hollingbury, Brighton. The first SoundCurious has an audio visual theme, with live soundtracks from the likes of Collectress, Hamilton Yarns, Robert Stillman and Bela Emerson, and Willkommen’s own Sons of Noel and Adrian. The latter will be performing a live soundtrack to one of Jean Painleve’s remarkable nature documentaries, The Love Life of the Octopus.

SoundCurious runs from 10th to 11th October. More info here.

September 13th, 8pm, at Sanctuary Cafe Cella, Brunswick Road East, Hove

Whalebone Polly is a duo made up of Kate Staples of This is the Kit and Rachael Dadd of The Hand and their music has much in common with those groups – rippling banjos, warm harmonies and odd percussive interludes.

Rozi Plain has played with Francois and the Atlas Mountains and has had records released by the Fence Collective. Her songs are sumptuous and charming.

Rowan Coupland amassed a mini-choir for his last Willkommen show at the Sanctuary – who knows what he’s got in store for us next?

For the next Willkommen night we’ve got a fine and eclectic mix of music in store. The Hand are a duo from Bristol who play mesmeric songs on kora and banjo. They toured in Japan last year with This is the Kit (who played a great Willkommen night last November) and while there struck up a rapport with Ichi.

Ichi takes the notion of a one-man band to new heights, conjuring up fun, surprising tunes from steel drum, trumpet, glock and more.

These musical compadres have been on the road in Europe and the UK since March this year, and I believe this is their last gig together before Ichi returns to Japan, so let’s make it one to remember!

Support comes from the delightful Jo Burke (of the Mary Hampton band and Laish), who will be performing her own material.

Friday 3rd July, Sanctuary Cella, Brighton, at 8pm. Tickets are £5 and are on sale online here and at Resident Records – 01273 6060312 – and Edgeworld Records.  More info here

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Thanks to all that voted for the Leisure Soiciety – they won Record of the Week and the song has been played every day on the Radcliffe & Maconie show on Radio 2 this week. They are playing next Saturday the 29th at the Willkommen Records showcase night at the Sanctuary Cafe in Brighton, along with Richard Dawson, Laish and Rowan Coupland – come along!