Street Funk, Circus, Carnival & Jazz Night with Tongues of Fire – Sat 26th July

Doors 7.30pm. Start 8.15pm. Adv ticket £14. OTD ticket £18.

Come and enjoy a night of contemporary New Orleans grooves, Ska, funk, Balkan tunes and more, played with fire and verve.

Street funk, circus, carnival, and jazz, combine in Tongues of Fire’s musical storm of brass, reeds and percussion. This six piece band make a joyful noise for dreaming, dancing and celebration, a rich, wild and unique sound.

The band is driven by an awesome drum section of Emma Holbrook and Jo Meikle with the mighty Tom Francombe of sousaphone, all musicians with their roots in Taunton. Stuart Henderson is one of the UK’s leading jazz players, former lead trumpet for the Scots Guards and special guest is tenor sax player Simon Prince, coming down from Manchester.

Tongues are led by veteran street musician Tim Hill, another local player. he recently ran the Deane Big Band through his music and some Sun RA.

“Wicked big band jazz from the excellent Nanny Tango label. A seven piece brass band dropping dance floor devastating marching tunes and each single comes with an illustrated 8 page manifesto of the band.”
Fatcity Records

The band draws on traditions of funky marching bands and village, chapel and circus bands and play in the landscape and on the street, on stages and lead parades and processions.

Soon they will be playing at the Stockton International Riverside Festival. The band have played across the UK, Ireland and Europe and work closely with The Sound of the Streets, the charity that promotes outdoor music, creates festivals and education projects.

“Referencing the collective shamanic voodoo of Sun Ra and Albert Ayler’s mystical shrieks and shronks, they fire up an unholy modal roustabout of a party. Blindingly good. 5/5”
International DJ Magazine.