Elt at Jazz At The Lescar at Hop Hideout

A beer shop residency! After a magical sellout gig a couple of years ago, we're absolutely delighted to welcome back Mercury-nominated ECM solo artist Kit Downes (harmonium), with his long term musical companion, brilliantly innovative sax player Tom Challenger (tenor sax), this time joined by Norwegian vocalist Ingebjørg Loe Bjørnstad (vocals), in the intimate and wonderful surroundings of the Hop Hideout beer shop (next door to The Broadfield).
Kit and Tom's duo ensemble Vyamanikal has resulted in three unique and very personal albums, and a recording on ECM. Whilst touring Europe they met Ingebjørg in Oslo and found an instant connection, not least in mutual tastes for musical abstraction and pacing. Ingebjørg takes apart the sound of her own language, her home dialect, and then transforms it into a unique and magical sequence of sounds that blend seamlessly with the textures of the harmonium and saxophone, creating songs that sound both ancient and modern at the same time. ...

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A beer shop residency! After a magical sellout gig a couple of years ago, we're absolutely delighted to welcome back Mercury-nominated ECM solo artist Kit Downes (harmonium), with his long term musical companion, brilliantly innovative sax player Tom Challenger (tenor sax), this time joined by Norwegian vocalist Ingebjørg Loe Bjørnstad (vocals), in the intimate and wonderful surroundings of the Hop Hideout beer shop (next door to The Broadfield).
Kit and Tom's duo ensemble Vyamanikal has resulted in three unique and very personal albums, and a recording on ECM. Whilst touring Europe they met Ingebjørg in Oslo and found an instant connection, not least in mutual tastes for musical abstraction and pacing. Ingebjørg takes apart the sound of her own language, her home dialect, and then transforms it into a unique and magical sequence of sounds that blend seamlessly with the textures of the harmonium and saxophone, creating songs that sound both ancient and modern at the same time.
You will never get closer than this to three incredible musicians at the forefront of European music, and with just 40 tickets available (20 each night), you'll need to buy early! Come down and hear some of the most beautiful contemporary music being made in Europe, on your doorstep, and of course sample some of Hop Hideout's equally wonderful selection of beers.

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