AL BAKER & THE DOLE QUE a Manchester folk-punk gang fronted by an obscenely talented songwriter in the tradition of Phil Ochs, Bob Dylan, Billy Bragg, Woody Guthrie and Frank Turner (http://www.myspace.com/alandhisguitar)
THE RUBY KID (Nottingham-born, Sheffield-honed and London-based indie-rap poet who enjoys the music of Aesop Rock, Atmosphere and Mr. Lif and the politics of Marx, Luxemburg, Trotsky etc.) http://www.myspace.com/therubykid
BEN CHILDS founding member of Manchester ska-punk-rappers SONIC BOOM SIX brings his lovely soulful acoustic to Leeds in the same stylings as The Pogues, Chris Murray and Babar Luck (http://www.myspace.com/benchildsmusic)
ELIJAH AT SEA new-on-the-scene-Leeds-sing-a-long-grit-and-guts folk to make you sway with ale and shanties a-plenty (http://www.myspace.com/elijahatsea)
PLUS poetry/spoken word from Steph Silk, Conor Whelan (editor of The Scribe Magazine), Henry Raby (editor of The Henry magazine) and more TBC
Profits and a collection in aide of the University and College Union (UCU) of Leeds University who go on strike in Feburary and March as they try and defend their jobs and student's education (http://leedsucu.wordpress.com/)
Doors 7.30, a mere £4 entry at the Packhorse, Woodhouse Lane, LEEDS
P.S. aftershow party in Mine for Amnesty International with Leeds PunkSoc Djs
THE RUBY KID (Nottingham-born, Sheffield-honed and London-based indie-rap poet who enjoys the music of Aesop Rock, Atmosphere and Mr. Lif and the politics of Marx, Luxemburg, Trotsky etc.) http://www.myspace.com/therubykid
BEN CHILDS founding member of Manchester ska-punk-rappers SONIC BOOM SIX brings his lovely soulful acoustic to Leeds in the same stylings as The Pogues, Chris Murray and Babar Luck (http://www.myspace.com/benchildsmusic)
ELIJAH AT SEA new-on-the-scene-Leeds-sing-a-long-grit-and-guts folk to make you sway with ale and shanties a-plenty (http://www.myspace.com/elijahatsea)
PLUS poetry/spoken word from Steph Silk, Conor Whelan (editor of The Scribe Magazine), Henry Raby (editor of The Henry magazine) and more TBC
Profits and a collection in aide of the University and College Union (UCU) of Leeds University who go on strike in Feburary and March as they try and defend their jobs and student's education (http://leedsucu.wordpress.com/)
Doors 7.30, a mere £4 entry at the Packhorse, Woodhouse Lane, LEEDS
P.S. aftershow party in Mine for Amnesty International with Leeds PunkSoc Djs