The Swansea Fringe Festival

 

Thursday 28th Sept 2006

This year's Fringe Festival begins with our new monthly Thursday double-bill - our usual poetry and music event begins now at 8.30pm, but is now preceded by the new Swansea Bay Film Society's monthly presentation of local shorts and quality features at 6.45pm.

 

Swansea Bay Film Society – The Dylan Thomas Centre                                  

6.45pm

Tickets: from The Dylan Thomas Centre (01792 463980) or on the door*

Film showing will be the winning entries from June's Swansea Bay Film Festival.

 

Last Thursday – The Dylan Thomas Centre                                  POETRY/MUSIC

8.30pm

Tickets: from The Dylan Thomas Centre (01792 463980) or on the door*

 

Guest poets this month are champion slammers Steve Murray and Neil McCarthy, music from Boatbar to Hamburg: "Anthony Bunkham's poetic, sincere narratives accompanied by the beautiful harmonies of Dai Godwin warm the soul" - Susie Wild.

 

*FRINGE SPECIAL – ONE TICKET GIVES ENTRY TO BOTH EVENTS

Full Price £5-00 Concessions £3-50 Swansea PTL £2-00

 

Friday 29th Sept 2006 Saturday,

Mumbles Rugby Club in association with Mumbles Mostly Jazz & Blues presents

Junior Hacksaw -

MUSIC

Veterans of the blues/rock circuit Junior Hacksaw are a tight, 3 piece blues band. Between them, they have played with some of the biggest names in the business, the world over. We won’t bore you with names and places, just let the music speak for itself!

Tickets: £3-00 from Mumbles Rugby Club, 588 Mumbles Road, Mumbles, Swansea
Tel. +44 (1792) 368989

 

Swansea Latin American Association - Fuego Latino

A Weekend of Film, Dance, Percussion and Poetry

In partnership with the EDS Dylan Thomas Prize

6.30 - 8.30 - Film. Cost: £4 (£3 concs.)

9.00 - 10.30  Tri-Lingual Reading of Chilean Poet Pablo Neruda      POETRY         (Spanish/Welsh/English)  £3. (£2 concs)

Tickets: from The Dylan Thomas Centre (01792 463980) or on the door

 

David Sanders -  Coffee Cesso @ Waterfront

MUSIC

8:00pm - 10:00pm

A passionate, adventurous, and lyrically captivating musician, David's songs enchant his audiences with journeys through loud, ardent songs to understated, dreamy melodies. His dedication to continually produce inimitable music led him to record parts of his upcoming album within a church spire, to best capture the mood and his vocal range.

David is currently completing his debut album, to be released in May. His EP 'The House is on Fire' is available to purchase on email request.

Other artists David has supported include Paul Curreri, Devon Sproule, Miles Hunt, Dodgy, Darren Nauendorf and Joseph Arthur
 http://www.myspace.com/davidsandersmusic

FREE ENTRY - 01792 456 100 Address: Coffee Cesso Waterfront Museum
                                                        Oystermouth Rd   Maritime Quarter                                                         Swansea SA1 3RD

Saturday 30th Sept 2006

Film – The Dylan Thomas Centre

FILM
See Dylan Thomas Prize website
Tickets: £8 (£6 concessions) from Dylan Thomas Centre box office (01792 463980) or book online at www.dylanthomasprize.com

A day-long programme of Latin-American films as part of the Fuego Latino weekend; for further details of the films showing please see the Dylan Thomas Prize website: www.dylanthomasprize.com

In association with the EDS Dylan Thomas Prize

Stewboss plus Bill Mallonee – The Chattery Restaurant                                 MUSIC

9pm

Tickets: £10 from the Chattery (01792 473276) or on the door

Rocking, upbeat, alt. country band with a nice line in bittersweet lyrics (the "Midnight Shift" especially) and ex-Vigilante Of Love (who was the first one to introduce the Chattery, and Swansea, to Duke Special!!)

www.stewboss.com

 

King of Despair – Uplands Tavern                                                             MUSIC

8.30pm

King of Despair formed in 2003 from the ashes of Bigelow, and with some new faces including Dai Godwin, former Caves frontman on guitar and backing vocals. The superb blend of sounds, not least the outstanding vocals, and the mixture of original and cover material in a well crafted set have made King of Despair firm favourites of the local music scene. Expect a well crafted, soulful and at times melancholy set from one of Swansea’s best bands.

With support from The Screaming Eagles

FREE ENTRY - 42 Uplands Crescent, Uplands, Swansea, SA2 0PG - 01792 458242

 

Graduate Showcase – Exposure Gallery                                                       ART

7 – 9pm

PRIVATE VIEW BY INVITATION ONLY, open to the public from MONDAY 2nd

A unique chance to see the best of Wales’ new artistic talent, chosen from the Welsh University graduate shows this year. Exposure Gallery is a not-for-profit community owned and run gallery, created by Swansea Institute Graduates to provide opportunities for emerging artistic talent. The exhibition is funded by the Arts Council of Wales.

The exhibit is open to the public from Monday 2nd October from 10am to 5pm and runs throughout the festival and beyond.
www.exposureart.co.uk

Sunday 1st Oct 2006

Film – The Dylan Thomas Centre

FILM
12 – 1.30pm
Tickets: £4 (£3 concessions) from the Dylan Thomas Centre box office (01792 463980)

Please refer to the Dylan Thomas Prize website for further details: www.dylanthomasprize.com

In association with the EDS Dylan Thomas Prize

Steve Flynn: Short Stories – Tee Total (above Waterstones)                         MUSIC/POETRY

1pm – 2pm

Steve Flynn is one of, if not the most, prolific songwriters in Swansea. His recordings have recently attracted interest from a London music publisher. Steve can also often be found performing in a duo with bassist Owen under various guises (No Distraction, Tall Stories to name but two).

This event follows on from the huge success of the storytellers series at last years Fringe; it features singer songwriters performing in the intimate environment of the Tee Total café, talking about their music and performing new and established sets.
FREE ENTRY - 01792 463567 Address: 17 Oxford St, Swansea, SA1 3AG

 

Descarga Cubana Percussion Workshop – The Dylan Thomas Centre

MUSIC
2.30pm – 3.30pm
Tickets: £8 online from the Dylan Thomas Prize website – www.dylanthomasprize.com (01792 474051)

Descarga Cubana host a percussion workshop, open to all. No previous experience required.

In association with the EDS Dylan Thomas Prize

Fuego Latino Dance Workshop – The Dylan Thomas Centre

DANCE
4pm – 5pm
Tickets: £8 online from the Dylan Thomas Prize website – www.dylanthomasprize.com (01792 474051)

Come and take part in a dance workshop, open to all, with Fuego Latino. No previous experience required.

In association with the EDS Dylan Thomas Prize

Live Music & Dance with Fuego Latino and Descargo Cubana – The Dylan Thomas Centre

MUSIC & DANCE

6pm – 8pm
Tickets: £10 – online bookings at www.dylanthomasprize.com or on the door at the Dylan Thomas Centre (01792 463980)

Following on from the afternoon workshops run by these two groups come and see the experts at it and perhaps get up and dance yourself.

In association with the EDS Dylan Thomas Prize

King of Despair – No Sign Wine Bar                                                            MUSIC

8.30pm

King of Despair formed in 2003 from the ashes of Bigelow, and with some new faces including Dai Godwin, former Caves frontman on guitar and backing vocals. The superb blend of sounds, not least the outstanding vocals, and the mixture of original and cover material in a well crafted set have made King of Despair firm favourites of the local music scene. Expect a well crafted, soulful and at times melancholy set from one of Swansea’s best bands.

FREE ENTRY - 56 Wind St, Swansea, SA1 1EG - 01792 465300

 

Monday 2nd Oct 2006

Schools Performance followed by Peter Read & Phil Bowen – The Dylan Thomas Centre

POETRY
6.30 pm – 8.30pm
FREE ENTRY but please reserve places from the Dylan Thomas Centre box office (01792 463980)

The Dylan Thomas Centre/Swansea Fringe Poetry in Performance Week begins with a Schools Performance followed by a reading by our Poets in Schools Peter Read and Phil Bowen. Funded by the City & County of Swansea’s Beyond Wordplay project, a week of schools visits by our poets will be followed by this opportunity for the young people to perform their work. This will be followed at approximately 8.45pm by a reading by two fine poets and performers; actor, poet and playwright Peter Read, and poet and playwright Phil Bowen.

Puppetry of the Penis – Swansea Grand Theatre (Main Auditorium)

COMEDY
7.30pm
Tickets: £10 & £14 available from the Grand Theatre Box Office (01792 475715)

Puppetry of the Penis is a mind blowing show featuring two handsome, well endowed Australians who manipulate their manhood into various shapes, objects and landmarks. Witnessed by Elton John, Naomi Campbell, Posh and Becks, Lulu, Bono, Hugh Grant, Joan and Jackie Collins, Tim Rice and Ruby Wax, this Ancient Australian Art of Genital Origami has had West End and
New York Audiences in fits of laughter and squeals of amazement.

Written, devised and performed by David Friend and Simon Morley

WARNING: Puppetry of the Penis is a non-sexual show featuring full frontal male nudity. Not suitable for the easily offended!

Tuesday, 3rd October 2006

Aggi Thomas – Tee Total (above Waterstones)

MUSIC
1pm – 2pm
FREE ENTRY    01792 463567 Address: 17 Oxford St, Swansea, SA1 3AG

Aggi Thomas has a big, soulful, emotive voice while she is a confident, natural performer. Think Joni Mitchell with the cheeky brashness of Amy Winehouse and you'll be halfway there. Just turned 21, Aggi's incredibly talented vocals are a regular on the local acoustic scene and we've watched her songwriting abilities soar over the past 12 months.

This young singer songwriter will be playing a selection of her own songs and talking about them at one of the Storytellers events at TeeTotal.

We expect to see great things of Aggi in the future, go along so that you can say you saw her here first

 

Poetry Slam Semi-Final #1 – Dylan Thomas Centre

POETRY
7pm
Inclusive Ticket for both events £3/£2 concessions (01792 463980)

The winners of preceding heats compete for a place in Saturday’s Final, followed by Guest Poets Emily Hinshelwood & Clare Potter, appropriately both former winners of the John Tripp Award for Spoken Poetry.

 

The Deadstring Brothers – The Chattery Restaurant

MUSIC
9pm
Tickets: £8 from the Chattery (01792 473276) or on the door

Not unlike Exile-era Stones, Deadstring Brothers deliver a menacing sound that draws equally on the melancholy of country ballads and the abandon of rock and blues. The bands music is deeply rooted in the storytelling and instrumental traditions of Hank Williams, Johnny Cash, and the Outlaw Movement, but is also informed by the song structure and understated aggression commonly associated with Detroit bands.

www.deadstringbrothers.com

 

Paul Hughes – The White Room, Grand Theatre Arts Wing

ART
7.30pm
FREE ENTRY

Paul was born in Aberystwyth, but has spent most of his life living and working in Swansea. He is currently a lecturer at Gorseinon College.

Paul’s work deals with the tension between the physical and the spiritual. His paintings are inspired by the South Wales landscape, particularly in and around the Gower peninsular. He uses shapes, structures and colours to provide a starting point for his semi-abstract paintings. He doesn’t want his work to be just paint on canvas, but to become objects in their own right.

The exhibition runs until Sunday 8th October

 

Boys From the Hill – The Brunswick Pub

MUSIC
9pm
FREE ENTRY

Boys From The Hill are a product of the maritime, industrial, historical and political song culture of South Wales and particularly Swansea.
They gig constantly and tirelessly playing the bars and clubs of Swansea and its hinterland bringing with them, like urban troubadours, the politics of humanity and justice to good time traditional music.
They have huge hearts and unwavering commitment.
www.officialboysfromthehill.com

Wednesday, 4th October 2006

 

Roundyhouse Day – The Dylan Thomas Centre

POETRY
The long-running Swansea Poetry magazine presents a Poetry Workshop and an evening of readings from star contributors:

Workshop with Byron Beynon LITERATURE
2 – 4.30pm
Cost £10 from the Dylan Thomas Centre (01792 463980)
Advance booking recommended

This workshop, run by Byron Beynon, gives an introduction to the Roundyhouse magazine, followed by a look at some contemporary styles in poetry; creative writing ideas and exercises; steps towards getting your poetry published.

Roundyhouse Readings
7pm
FREE ENTRY

Roundyhouse readings with Tony Curtis, Nigel Jenkins, Herbert Williams, Paul Henry and Roundyhouse editors Byron Beynon, Phil Carradice, Sally Roberts Jones, Brian Smith and Alexandra Trowbridge-Matthews.

 

Cesso Poetry/Spoken Word Night  - Coffee Cesso @ Waterfront
POETRY

8:00pm until late
Free House blend for anyone reading
Read your own or perform your favourites

FREE ENTRY - 01792 456 100 Address: Coffee Cesso Waterfront Museum
                                                        Oystermouth Rd   Maritime Quarter                                                         Swansea SA1 3RD

Corneilius – The Brunswick Pub

MUSIC
9pm
FREE ENTRY

Corneilius' warm voice, his songs and his fine guitar playing has had audiences glowing at festivals all over the UK. He sings with a passion and commitment that inspires a genuine laughter as well as recognition as he tackles the emperors new clothes of our times - those illusions that are called fashion, spectator sports, media, news, religion, democracy, revolution and the cult of the couple "in-love-ism"

His song of friendship "The Perfect Cup of Tea" is one of this seasons classic songs, and his satire on Bob Geldof, "I don't like Geldof" is a recent hit on google video .... his work is featured on many websites world-wide.

www.corneilius.net

Thursday, 5th October 2006

 

Maria Owen – Tee Total (above Waterstones)

MUSIC
1pm – 2pm
FREE ENTRY   01792 463567 Address: 17 Oxford St, Swansea, SA1 3AG

Maria began playing with Swansea band Chalk Circle to much critical and popular acclaim, including performances at Glastonbury and UK tour. Following the split of the band in 2001 to pursue solo projects, Maria has performed as a solo artist and successful singer-songwriter. In 2003, she worked closely with hip-hop legends, The Headcase Ladz, and later with stoner metal gods, Suns of Thunder, working with producers ex-Skindred and DubWar veterans.
This encouraged her to take a new direction with her own music and Rock became the way forward. She has recently recorded her debut EP with producer Jon Williams.

Poetry Slam Semi Final #2 + Ek Zuban: One Voice – Dylan Thomas Centre
7pm
Tickets: Inclusive Ticket for both events £3/£2 concessions from the Dylan Thomas Centre (01792 463980).

Ek Zuban: One Voice - where the social meets shamanism - a spoken word and musical collaboration by Bob Beagrie, Andy Willoughby and Shaun Lennox, performing poems from 'The Flesh of the Bear' Anglo-Finnish Exchange, weaving social realism and mythos across borders and peripheral territories.

The Tees Valley has been an unacknowledged hotbed of literary activity over the last ten years with 5 independent presses, a vibrant live scene with a number of significant poets beginning to emerge, as can be seen from the new Iron anthology 'North By North East'.

Two of the area's most active poets have teamed up with Blues maestro Shaun Lennox to present a polyvocal voyage of lyrical grit from Teesside's post-industrial landscapes across the Finnish Archipelago and the Siberian Steppes to Khanty Mansisk. Along the way you'll encounter a host of curious characters including The Grey Man, The Mermaid, The Baba-Yaga, The Man of Blood and Jesus of The Elk.

 

'Open mic blues jam'   - Coffee Cesso @ Waterfront

MUSIC

7-30 till late.

Local artists playing an open mic set and the chance to get up and jam with other artists

FREE ENTRY - 01792 456 100 Address: Coffee Cesso Waterfront Museum
                                                        Oystermouth Rd   Maritime Quarter                                                         Swansea SA1 3RD

 

Gina Yashere: I Don’t Think So! – Swansea Grand Theatre

COMEDY
7.30pm
Tickets: £11.50 & £14.50 from Grand Theatre Box Office (01792 475715)
16+

Jeremy Meadow Ltd in association with PBJ management Ltd Presents Gina Yashere

In her first tour since 2001, dynamic stand-up comic and TV and Radio favourite Gina Yashere is back with a brand new show packed with the inspired jokes, infectious wit and razor-sharp observations you’d expect from “One of the best comics in the land” (The Guardian).
Expect a fast-moving and hilarious evening from one of Britain’s freshest and most popular talents.

Friday, 6th October 2006

 

Seventh Quarry Day - Dylan Thomas Centre

LITERATURE

More recent but highly successful Swansea magazine The Seventh Quarry presents a workshop and performance:

AN AWFULLY BIG ADVENTURE - Writing for Children, Peter Thabit Jones
9.30am – 3pm (including lunch-break)
Tickets: £20 from the Dylan Thomas Centre (01792 463980)
Advance booking recommended

Have you ever wanted to write for children? This day of workshops with The Seventh Quarry’s editor will present you with the opportunity to develop a picture book, story and poetry for an area of literature that is more popular than ever. You will be guided through the publishing requirements and the full craft of each form. The approach of the structured workshops will be one of encouragement and positive feedback.

The Seventh Quarry Presents: George Wallace
7pm
FREE ENTRY & WINE

George Wallace, Long Island’s (Suffolk County) first Poet Laureate, has had his work translated into nearly a dozen foreign languages. He has performed across America, including Carnegie Hall, and throughout Europe. The author of thirteen collections of poetry, he has been a driving force in New York’s poetry community, creating radio, television and public performance venues.
Mary de Rachewiltz, the daughter of Ezra Pound, said of George: “I am reminded of e e cummings, the best I know.” Leading American composer David Amram described him as “a spellbinding reader.” His poetry is archived at Hofstra University, New York, and Long Island Studies Institute. His poetry will be featured in forthcoming issues of The Seventh Quarry.

 

Gemma Ray Ritual – Singleton Hotel

MUSIC
9pm
FREE ENTRY

The bands music has been described as ‘voluptuously soulful blues that rock’, and as ‘original progressive blues’ but neither does their original sound justice, which is characterised not in the least by a raw emotion and intensity in the live environment. Drawing on influences from Bjork to Pink Floyd, Sam Brown to The Mars Volta, she has been described as ‘a grittier Loretta Lynn … from the wrong side of the tracks’ and ‘uncouthly ace’ by NME. Highly recommended.

“Gemma Ray obviously gets her kicks by taking in strays from late-90s also-rans like Ten Benson and January but when she leads her ritual down the same dark paths as The Duke Spirit, PJ Harvey and Nick Cave, they’re a brilliantly brooding prospect. 8/10.” Rick Martin, NME

The Singleton Hotel, 1-2 Dillwyn St, Swansea, SA1 4AE - 01792 4721

Saturday, 7th October 2006

 

Tony Webb – Tee Total (above Waterstones)

MUSIC
1pm – 2pm
FREE ENTRY   01792 463567 Address: 17 Oxford St, Swansea, SA1 3AG

The excellent and ever popular Tony Webb closes the 2006 storytellers series at Tee Total with his well honed brand of acoustic music, which has proved so popular with audiences across South Wales. His material is a mellow blend of styles, often compared to an acoustic Neil Young, but with distinctive touches.

Young Welsh & Poetic Day – The Dylan Thomas Centre

POETRY
10am – 6pm
FREE

Local publisher and poetry website Young Welsh & Poetic will present a FREE workshop especially for young writers under 30, run by Festival Poet Peter Read, and participants will get the chance to participate in a public reading at 5.30pm in the Dylan Thomas Centre bookshop.

The Dylan Thomas Centre will also be hosting stalls by local publishers and magazines, and displaying a wide variety of poetry information. Bookstalls will be open 10am – 5pm

Grand Slam Final followed by Rhian Edwards and Nathan Penlington

POETRY
7pm
Tickets: Inclusive Ticket for both events £3/£2 concessions from the Dylan Thomas Centre (01792 463980)

The winners of the two semi-finals meet in a show-down to decide Swansea’s first Open Slam Champion.

Followed by the Festival’s closing event with the fabulous poetry duo:
Rhian Edwards & Nathan Penlington Two of the UK's most innovative Welsh-born spoken-word artists, Rhian Edwards and Nathan Penlington, tear-up the boundaries of page and stage with a slickly staged scrapbook cabaret featuring twilit tales of woe and weird wonder, curious conjuring that will baffle and confound, and celestial song.

Rhian Edwards: 'Astounding performances that get you in the emotional gut'
The Verb, BBC Radio 3

'An exceptional writer and one of the most compelling performers on the spokenword stage' – Hugo Williams, Times Literary Supplement.

Nathan Penlington: 'A natural performer, witty, inventive, stylish and original' - Robert Newman.
'Sensation' - The Guardian

Swansea Poetry-in-Performance Festival is an EDS Dylan Thomas Prize Ltd/Dylan Thomas Centre initiative, funded by City & County of Swansea via the Beyond Wordplay Project, Academi and SW Wales Tourism Partnership, and is part of the Swansea Fringe Festival and Swansea Writing Schools. With assistance from Swansea and Neath & Port Talbot Library Services.

Open Poetry Slam Events:

18th August – Pontardawe Festival 7pm
25th August – Gwyn Hall, Neath 2pm
13th September – Dylan Thomas Centre, Swansea 7.30pm
22nd September – Gorseinon Library 7pm

The Slams are open to all over 18 on payment of £2-50 entry fee which can be paid at the venue you are competing at, in advance or on the day. Work read must be original work of the performer, in English.

For booking information contact the Dylan Thomas Centre on 01792 463980

The Dog-Eared Collective Theatre Company - Coffee Cesso @ Waterfront

THEATRE

8:00pm - 9:30pm

The Dog-Eared Collective theatre company are serving up their vibrant brand of off-the-wall comedy in new show The Bi-Annual Barbecue and other stories.

The company invite press to come and review the show, as The Bi-Annual Barbecue and other stories has already achieved sell-out audiences at the new Carriageworks theatre in Leeds and The Rosemary Branch theatre in Islington.

The company’s sketch based theatre is packed with wildly eccentric characters and farcical word play.

“Unashamedly whimsical, silly and surreal, very much in the vein of television’s The Mighty Boosh.” CAMDEN NEW JOURNAL

“Exhilarating anarchy” ISLINGTON TRIBUNE

“Genuinely funny” BBC MANCHESTER

Set on the fictional island of Sea-Goat The Bi-Annual Barbecue and other stories is a bizarre comedy that charts one widow’s quest to hold a village barbecue in the face of crippling adversity. With a mixture of farce, sitcom, slapstick and stand-up, the performers bring to life the island’s peculiar communities. Poachers, Gypsies, Mariners and Morris men all become comically embroiled in the madness that ensues.

FREE ENTRY - 01792 456 100 Address: Coffee Cesso Waterfront Museum
                                                        Oystermouth Rd   Maritime Quarter                                                         Swansea SA1 3RD

 

Sunday, 8th October 2006

 

Jimmy Carr: Gag Reflex – Swansea Grand Theatre

COMEDY
7.30pm
Tickets: £15.50 -£17.50 available from Grand Theatre box office (01792 475715)
16+

Direct from presenting the third series of his hit show ‘8 Out of 10 Cats’ in the UK, two series of ‘Distraction’ for America, and completing his first book (with Lucy Greeves; ‘The Naked Jape’ is out Nov 06, by Penguin), Jimmy Carr returns to what he does best, with a brand new stand up show: Gag Reflex. After his sell-out 72 date national tour ‘Off the Telly’ in 2005, Jimmy Carr returns to the Swansea Grand Theatre.

 

Theatre Play Offs Final – The Dylan Thomas Centre
7.30pm
Tickets: £3 (£2 concessions) from The Dylan Thomas Centre box office (01792 463980)

Following on from the runaway success of the inaugural 2005 event, the Theatre Play Offs return this year. The final, as with last year, will be staged as part of the Fringe and, if last year is anything to go by, promises a varied and very high quality content – last years winner has been picked up by the BBC!

The play offs are an X-Factor style competition for budding playwrights, who are given the chance to have their material performed for free at the Dylan Thomas Centre.

To get involved prospective playwrights should contact: info@actswansea.com

 

PRESENTS

David McAlmont   Set One: You Go to My Head – Taliesin Arts Centre

MUSIC
7.30pm
Tickets: £12, £10 concessions from Taliesin box office (01792 602060)

You take a classic song and a great voice - and, as David McAlmont says, when you put the two together you can't really go wrong.

McAlmont has long had the voice. From his hits with Bernard Butler through his acclaimed solo releases to his collaborations with the likes of David Arnold and Craig Armstrong, his unique voice with its multi-octave range has adorned and enriched British music for a decade and more.

In the old cliché David McAlmont could sing the phone book and make it sound good. But a great singer deserves great songs - hence Set One: You Go To My Head, a glorious collection of classics and standards that provides a timeless vehicle for his thrilling voice.

They include songs by Cole Porter, Johnny Mercer and Harold Arlen made famous by the likes of Ella Fitzgerald, Nat King Cole and Frank Sinatra, such as You Go To My Head, Under My Skin, Night and Day and One For My Baby.

“It’s a mystery that McAlmont isn’t a megastar” The Independent on Sunday