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Sunday 25th of September
Substance presents Thomas Truax

Featuring - Thomas Truax + Savannha Gardner

The Spice of Life is a Soho landmark, historic music venue and is in the heart of London's West End.

Renowned for having a great live sound The Spice of Life and Substance have worked together for over 14 years to bring the very best new music to the heart of the capital.

"One of the best little venues in London" Evening Standard

The Line up

Thomas Truax
Merging a fevered imagination and solid songwriting with a mad scientist's brain for weird gadgets, American singer Thomas Truax is a true one-off.
UNCUT magazine says "Truax is shaping up nicely as one of the great rock eccentrics" while Splendid magazine called him "one of the five or ten best singer/songwriters in the world that you've never heard of...an exceptional talent."

His evolving "band" of self-made sound sculptures include a motorized drum machine made of bike wheels called 'Mother Superior' and a souped up Gramophone called 'The Hornicator', but he never leaves his trusty guitar out of the equation too long.

Thomas crafts rich, poetically evocative songs about insects, trees, technology, and a lifelong obsession with things lunar, including various reasons 'Why Dogs Howl at The Moon'. His nine studio LPs include highly-rated covers album 'Songs From The Films Of David Lynch'. Notable supporters and collaborators include Jarvis Cocker, Duke Special, Richard Hawley, The Dresden Dolls, Bob Log III and the late author Terry Pratchett.
His latest album ?All that Heaven Allows? has been garnering national airplay on BBC6 and extremely positive reviews.

?He still knows how to pull together albums of real beauty?his duet with Gemma Ray is worth the admission price alone.? -Buzz Magazine

"His gigs are extraordinary, fizzing with showmanship." -Q

"When he performs, it is a spectacle - the originality and seeming impossibility of what he does is much of the appeal." -The Guardian

https://www.thomastruax.com/

Savannha Gardner
A free spirit writing songs about bandits & adventures, the tales of the heart, and what it's like to be a woman in this day and age. Californian Country Artist Savannah is known for her sultry vocals, passionate storytelling, and her soulful take on Classic Country and Outlaw music.
She has played the Viper Room on Sunset Blvd, recorded in Sun Studios in Memphis and is currently gigging all around the UK where she is based. Her songs have caught the attention of BBC Introducing, music blogs, and audiences across the UK as she continues to infuse soul & blues into the genre creating her own modern sound.

Savannah?s musical inspiration ranges from the big voices of Memphis in the 50s, rock & soul music of the Woodstock era, and the alternative & outlaw country scene of today. Her biggest influences are Johnny Cash, Dolly Parton, Amy Winehouse, Brandi Carlile, Chris Stapleton, and First Aid Kit.
https://savannahgardner.com/



The Spice of Life is an over 18?s venue .ID will be required if you are asked.

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Description

A pub and music bar on the perimeter of Cambridge Circus, at the corner of Romilly Street and Moor Street. First licensed in 1686 as the George, the current building dates from 1898 and the current name from 1986. (One of the old names, Cantons, can be seen being held by one of the gargoyles on the top of the building).

Famous in the 1960s and 70s for folk music and then punk, latterly it has become a jazz venue and home to SpiceJazz club. Up to 5 real ales from the McMullen range on offer and free admission to the main bar but you may have to pay for some music gigs in the basement.

Upstairs at the Spice is for drinks, eats and good times. Enjoy Great British classics with special seasonal dishes prepared daily by our chefs.

6 Moor Street,

Soho,

City of Westminster,

Greater London,

England,

W1D 5NA.

020 7437 7013