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31/10/08 - Review of Hand and Heart gig Below is a review of our recent gig at the Hand and Heart Gallery in Nottingham by Jon (Snak), proprietor of the www.soundawesome.com website. Northern Quarter at The Hand & Heart, Nottingham. Wednesday October 29th 2008 The Hand & Heart have a regular Wednesday Accoustic Night but neither Northern Quarter, nor I, had been there before. The venue is upstairs and more like a large lounge than a typical Pub Stage. Luxurious easy chairs, low tables and a glass roof make this an ideal location for small groups enjoying some of the incredible talent to be found. One example of incredible talent, is Northern Quarter; a five-piece (plus sound man) accoustic band with quite a following in and around Nottingham. I was priveleged to be asked to pop along to hear them play live. I am so grateful that my pre-booked acquaintence was understanding and let me off - better still, he came with me. Starting with 'Time On My Mind', Northern Quarter kicked off a session that will be with me for a long time. The track itself is somewhat reminiscient of Beautiful South, although you could never actually mistake the two bands. After 'Dreamers Dreamers' they played the gorgeous, haunting 'Tonight'- a song that a friend of mine openly admits, makes her cry - it's that beautiful. Vicky and Gerry harmonise really well; their voices seem to be made for each other, and the songs themselves are, each one, an emotional experience. The band is much more than Gerry and Vicky - they are more than competently accompanied, with Eddy playing some really neat guitar, backed by Matt playing bass, lending depth to the overall sound and Brian - who played what looked like a tiny box, upon which he sat, banging it with his hands like a drum. But what a box. It's a Cajon, an amazing piece of kit. It would take too long to describe it (look it up) but it sounded at times like a full drum kit - snares and all. All together, Northern Quarter played 11 songs to delight us, taken from both of their albums and at least a couple of new ones destined, I assume, to become part of their imminent third. It's hard to pick out individual tracks in limited space, but 'Enough' beautifully showed off Vicky's range, 'Love'; soft and gentle, 'A little Bit Lost'; foot-tapping fun and 'It's Only Me', a bit Mick Hucknall-esque were only a part of an altogether excellent evening. As far as appointing a genre to Northern Quarter, they are hard to pin down. Just when you've ascertained that they're a folk band with their stong acoustic sound, it blends into melodic folk rock and then they surprise you again with counterpoints that bring The Waterboys to mind. But despite these influences, real or circumstantial, Northern Quarter have their own sound and it's one to which you should just sit back, listen, and thoroughly enjoy. Jon (Snak)
30/10/08 - Gig at the Loggerheads We will be playing a 30 minute set at the Loggerheads in Nottingham on Saturday st November. This will be just Gerry, Vicky and Eddy. Brian is busy elsewhere and Matt is waiting for the baby to drop !
16/10/08 - Gig at the Hand and Heart Gallery We will be playing a 30 minute set at the Hand and Heart Gallery in Nottingham on Wednesday 29th October. We haven't played there before but it looks cool! 28/09/08 - First ever Northern Quarter gig in Leicester! We will be playing a 30 minute set at the Farside Evening at the Y Theatre in Leicester on Sunday 7th December. Although we have done open mic evenings in Leicester before, amazingly this is our first proper gig there. 5/09/08 - New Songs! We have recently added 2 new original songs to the set. 'Dreamers Dreamers' by Gerry and 'If you change your mind' which is the first NQ song to be entirely written by Vicky. We now have 4 new tracks ready to be recorded 11/08/08 - New NQ track available for just 19p !!! We have recently been recording some live tunes in our rehearsal room. One of our new tracks 'end of the day' can be bought for just 19pence by clicking here August 25th 2008 Thanks to a those who came down to The Loggerheads in Nottingham last night to see us. Our next gig is at The Loft in Nottingham on October 26th so hope to see you there. July 27th 2008: Northern Quarter will be playing at The Loggerheads in Nottingham on Sunday 24th August at 8:30pm. There is a BBQ starting at 3pm and lots of other acts are playing. If you have never been to the Loggerheads it is well worth a visit as it has spooky caves which are built into the rock at the back of the pub. July 20th 2008: Thanks to all those who attended our gigs at Well Dressing in Aston upon Trent and the Maze in Nottingham the same evening. Here is a photo of the gig in Aston, this was the first full gig with Matt playing his double bass!
June 3rd 2008: Northern Quarter are playing at the MAZE Mansfield Rd in Nottingham on Sunday 13th July at 8pm Also that day in the afternoon we will be playing at the Well Dressing celebrations in the village of Aston upon Trent
May 26th 2008: GERRY LAUNCHES ONLINE DOWNLOAD STORE Gerry has lanched an online music download store gerryfarrow.ithinkmusic.com where you can not only download both Northern Quarter CDs but also a selection of great independant music chosen for the site by Gerry. Check it out and let us know what you think.
May 16th 2008: Gerry Vicky and Eddy will be playing at the Loggerheads on Nottingham on Sunday 25th May at 5pm. There is a BBQ starting at 3pm and lots of other acts are playing. If you have never been to the Loggerheads it is well worth a visit as it has spooky caves which are built into the rock at the back of the pub. Thanks to all those who attended the last 2 gigs at the Swan and the Running Horse. Below is a photo of the Running Horse gig which was the first with the new lineup.
May 2nd 2008: Gerry, Vicky and Eddy will be playing a charity gig at the Swan in the Rushes pub Loughborough on Friday May 9th, aided on percussion by our friend Stuart Wood. Entry is £3 and the money goes to LOROS. Two days later on Sunday 11th May, the full new line up will be playing at the The Running Horse in Nottingham in the afternoon. Its free to get in, there are 2 other acts and the fun starts at 3pm! April 13th 2008: Nothern Quarter are back with a new CD and a new line up ! Busy Missing Everything containing 11 new original tracks is now available to buy from our friends at CD Baby - just click the link. If you want to download tracks rather than buy the physical cd then click here You can listen to an abridged version of the whole album by clicking on the link on the NQ Music page of this website. We will also be gigging again soon after a line up change. Dave Browne has now left the band and we thank him for his time with us and wish him all the best with the re-formed Spice Pistols. Eddy has moved across from bass to guitar and we welcome new bass player Matt Casterton. We will be playing our first gig with the new line up at the The Running Horse in Nottingham on Sunday May 11th at 3pm.
December 30th 2007: The new Northern Quarter CD 'busy missing everything' is currently being mastered by John Abblet in Quorn and the final touches are being made to the CD cover. Hopefully the CD will be out by the end of February 2008. The track listing is: night of the long knifes more and more enough ? a little bit lost everything to me don't bring me bad news love long walk home 25 more years sleepwalking the weather's going to break
-------------------------------------------- Northern Quarter Gigs: Sunday December 21th 2008, The Loft Nottingham Sunday 7th December 2008, The Y Theatre Frside Evening, Leicester Thursday November 20th 2008, The Loft Nottingham Saturday 1st November 2008 - The Loggerheads, Nottingham
Wednesday October 29th, The Hand and Heart Gallery Nottingham Sunday October 26th 2008, The Loft, Nottingham Sunday 24 August 2008 the Loggerheads, Nottingham Sunday 13th July 2008 (Evening) the Maze Nottingham Sunday 13th July (afternoon) Well Dressing - Aston on Trent Sunday 25th May 2008 - The Loggerheads, Nottingham Sunday 11th May 2008 - The Running Horse, Nottingham Friday 9th May 2008 - The Swan in the Rushes, Loughborough in aid of LOROS Friday 28th December 2007 - The Three Nuns Loughborough
Tuesday 11th December 2007 - Best of Open Mke, Bar 7, Canning Circus Nottingham Saturday 28th November 2007 - Christmas lights turn on Lougborough Market Square
Tuesday 6th November 2007 - Howard Coleman's acoustic special, the doghouse, Loughborough Sunday 14th October 2007 - The News House, Loughborough Saturday 14th July - Gerry and Lyn's wedding! Stratford Upon Avon Sunday 7th July 2007 - Well Dressing, Aston upon Trent
Friday 13th April 2007 - The Running Horse, Alfreton Rd, Nottingham Saturday 10th March 2007 - The Valkyries Bar, Loughborough Saturday October 28th. 2006 The Running Horse, Alfreton Rd, Nottingham Sunday 27th August 2006, The Three Nuns, Loughborough Saturday 17th July 2006,The Running Horse, Alfreton Rd, Nottingham
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