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Sunday 8th of January
Substance presents Hair of the Dog
Featuring - To Life + Finn Muirhead + Andre Tajchman + John Villiers
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 15 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
To Life
To Life is a London based alternative instrumental group
https://www.facebook.com/tolifeband
Finn Muirhead
An 18 year old Singer/songwriter
https://www.instagram.com/finn.muirhead1/
Andre Tajchman
Singer/ songwriter
https://www.facebook.com/AndreTajchman/
John Villiers
For the recording of these solo acoustic works, Andy Parker decided to release it under the stage-name of John Villiers ? using his middle names, to separate it from his previous Andy Parker titles.
?I set out to develop an atmospheric acoustic guitar set that I could perform solo, but still embody some of the ideas of my previous electric guitar recordings ? this was also behind the reason for the name change. Since I?d been landed with four names in total, I felt that it was time to give the unused ones an outing! They?re all my names, after all. And besides, there are loads of Andy Parkers out there and far fewer John Villiers!
?For the first single, I created the Catch A Wave Suite EP. This was intended to be a promotional release only, in advance of Pastoral, so the tracks of the EP are slightly different from the versions contained on the album. As a suite though, these are closer to the way they are performed live?
?Continuing the idea behind the first album Pastoral album on to the second, Unsung, I wanted to take the listener on a journey across a landscape, using the various moods and modes of musical expression acquired over the years, just using an acoustic guitar. I?ve tried to keep it relaxed, but expressive, to create a calm atmosphere for you to enjoy. I hope that I?ve succeeded!
?The stay-at-home ?lockdown? of 2020 actually turned out to be a very creative time for me, as Pastoral came out in March, followed by Unsung in October and all the intervening time spent recording A Different Circus, an album of songs directly influenced by being stuck all on my own in a recording studio?
https://intothered.co.uk/artists/john-villiers/
The Spice of Life is an over 18?s venue .ID will be required if you are asked.
http://www.spiceoflifesoho.com/
http://substancegigs.com/index.php
https://en-gb.facebook.com/substance.gigs
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
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