Wednesday, March 28, 2012

Upcoming this week Wednesday & Thursday:

Bonanza & Son (ResonanceFM) Presents
'The Gaslight’ @ Filthy MacNasties.
MUSIC•ART•LITERATURE•FILM•CULTURE

A brand new ‘Café-Art night' from Bonanza & Son…

Named after, and taking it’s inspiration from, the famous Greenwich Village Café, The Gaslight Club which was a favourite haunt of the young Bob Dylan and where he premiered early songs such as ‘Masters Of War’.

Other esteemed artists to have performed there include Son House, Allen Ginsberg, Jimi Hendrix, Bill Cosby, David Bomberg, Bonnie Raitt & Bruce Springsteen to name just a handful.

Expect all manner of
acoustic acts • film screenings • spoken word • performance art • book and poetry readings • private views and one-night-only pop-up art exhibitions • dance • special guest djs • comedy • political satire • puppet shows • etc…

Live acoustic sets from:

Emit Bloch + Friends
We have no idea what Mr Emit Bloch is gonna come up with tonight as we had a brief telephone conversation with him today and he said 'The Gaslight made him think of 1920’s Psychedelia meets Surreal Victoriana!’... Sounds good to us,. He’ll be joined by ukelele player and sweet-voiced, vocalist Kater Garner and multi-instrumentsalist Oscar Lisshagen.
http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100000650357153


Glenn William Hodge
Cheeky, cockney, chappie Hodge is a modern day Anthony Newley or early David Jones, (That’s David Bowie to you). A speedy, cockney, wordsmith with urban tales not dissimilar to Lily Allen both lyrically and stylistically but with a welcome shot of Small Faces or Kinks. There’s a Pop-Folk sensibility present too especially with the addition of fiddle player Rich Nottigham to Glenn's soulful, acoustic guitar work.

Glenn sings about life, love, death and everything in between.

Other influences abound including Dylan Walshe, Ryan Adams, Frank Turner, The Felice Brothers, Noah and The Whale, Mumford & Son’s and even, at times, The Red Hot Chilli Peppers, a veritable melting pot indeed.
www.facebook.com/pages/Glenn-Hodge-Band/233044746740191



Pop-Up Exhibition/Private view of Artwork from
Kate Garner
Renniassance Woman Kate Garner will show some of her recent work, she’s going to surprise us too so there’s not much I can tell you other than she’s a consummate photographer, singer, painter, ukelele player, model, wife and mum. Some of you may also remember her from quirky, 80’s pop group Haysi Fantayzee.
www.kategarner.org


Film Screening:
‘No Direction Home Pt 2’-Bob Dylan/Martin Scorsese
2nd installement of Marty Scorsese & Bob Dylan’s epic, celluloid masterpiece.


+ Bonanza & Son DJ set (ResonanceFM)
10 decades of Volk-Music!

@ Filthy MacNasties
68 Amwell Street, (Off Pentonville Road Nearest tube Angel)
EC1R 1UU
Wednesday 28th March 2012
7-11pm FREE ENTRY





Bonanza & Son Promotions Present:
'Countrier Than Thou’… (Don’t be so!)
‘Country • Bluegrass • Blues • Americana’

@ The Lock Tavern

Thursday 29th March 2012

Live Acts:
Piney Gir

+George Frakes

+ Bonanza & Son DJs

Bonanza & Son is now in its ninth year of presenting the best in Country, Blues, Americana and Roots Music as well as regularly djing quality music from Country to Krautrock on a weekly basis all over London. Countrier Than Thou has now successfully moved into it’s fifth year at the Lock Tavern.

Way back in the days when Country was still a dirty word round these parts and Americana was thought by some to be simply a typo’ error, not only having consistently sourced excellence in traditional Country, Bonanza & Son has also discovered the most forward thinking Avant-Country, Punk-Blues, Americana and Roots with zero irony just good old quality music and very good times.

Bonanza & Son also broadcast a popular weekly radio show on Resonance 104.4FM (Every Wednesday afternoon 4-5pm with repeats Sunday afternoons 1-2pm).


Bonanza & Son Promotions Present:
'Countrier Than Thou'

@ The Lock Tavern

Thursday 29th March 2012

Live acts:

Piney Gir:
Bonanza & Son is very proud to Have Piney Gir on the Countrier Than Thou stage fresh from her barnstorming of Mark Radcliffe’s BBC Radio slot.

Expect lots of sunny, apple-pie, Country-Pop corking bubbly from shape-shifting Kansas girl's current album ‘Geronimo' which perfectly melds Americana, Electronica and lush 60’s Girl Pop fare. There’ll be a twang here, a yodel there and even a Mariachi trumpet rising from the canyons…. Yeeee haaaaa!
www.facebook.com/pineygir
www.pineygir.com/


+ George Frakes:
George Frakes is an astonishing, young talent with his consummate fingerpicking and exquisite songwriting; he’ll be taking us on a spiritual journey upon a magic-carpet ride of Neo Psychedelic Country-Folk, nodding respectfully to the likes of Nick Drake, John Martyn, Bert Jansch and Hank Williams whilst emerging, mysteriously from the mists of North London dressed and draped impeccably, as he does in paisley, velvet, corduroy and fur with song-smithery to match
www.facebook.com/georgefrakes1


+ Bonanza & Son DJ set (ResonanceFM)
Radio Presenters, DJ & Club night promoters playing old, dusty vinyl of the Country, Blues, Bluegrass & Americana variety plus a few oddities to twist your heads.

+ Bonanza & Son will also be screening rare cinematic, Americana curios all night including Giuliano Carnimeo's Spaghetti Western ‘Fistful of Lead' from 1970.

Thursday 29th March 2012
@ The Lock Tavern,
35 Chalk Farm Road,
London,
NW1.
Free Entry
8-Midnight


UPCOMING:
For all future events please go to
www.facebook.com/BonanzaANDSon
www.bonanzablues.blogspot.com
www.mixcloud.com/bonanza-son/


Bonanza & Son Music & Promotions
Promoters, Radio Presenters & DJs
Bonanza & Son on Resonance104.4FM
BRAND NEW SHOW TIMES
Wednesday 4th April 4-5pm (Sunday Afternoon repeats 1-2pm)
www.resonancefm.com
www.mixcloud.com/bonanza-son
www.bonanzablues.blogspot.com
www.facebook.com/BonanzaANDSon

Friday, March 23, 2012

Our radio show is relaunching with brand new day and times...

Bonanza & Son on Resonance104.4FM
*NEW DAY NEW TIMES*
Wednesday 4th April 4-5pm
(with repeats every Sunday 1-2pm)

We are proud to relaunch the show with a live session from
The Ely Plains plus Country and Americana new and old.
Competitions cd giveaways etc.



Bonanza & Son On Resonance104.4FM
‘Tracing the roots and subsequent influence of the pioneers, innovators, outlaws, renegades and mavericks of Country Music and Americana’s past present and future’

At the moment we are really digging the criminally lesser known album ’Ray Wylie Hubbard & The Cowboy Twinkies’(1975) expect lots more on the show…


Tune in on 104.4FM in London or online at www.resonancefm.com

Friday, March 09, 2012

Upcoming this week Wednesday & Thursday:

Bonanza & Son Present:
'The Bonanza Film Club'

@ Filthy MacNasty's

Wednesday 14th March 2012

A truly unique experience and the ONLY audio visual film club and pub quiz in the known Universe!



Expect to hear film soundtracks, scores, commercials, TV themes, musicals etc whilst your favourite films and perhaps some you aren’t so familiar with are screened all night long + a FREE ENTRY film and music quiz with prizes... yes, you heard right, a recession busting FREE quiz with PRIZES!?? How is that possible?

Your hosts, DJs & Quiz Masters:
Bonanza & Son (ResonanceFM)
(Film soundtracks, scores, TV themes, commercials, adverts, musicals, radio broadcasts & all manner of strange sounds & effects)


FILMS SCREENED ALL NIGHT

Wednesday 14th March 2012

Filthy MacNasties
68 Amwell Street (off Pentonville Road),
Angel,
EC1R 1UU.
7-11pm… FREE ENTRY


Bonanza & Son (ResonanceFM)
Present
'The Cosmic Film Club'

@ The New Rose

Thursday 15th March 2012

A truly unique experience and the only audio visual film club and pub quiz in the known Universe!



Expect to hear film soundtracks, scores, commercials, TV themes, musicals etc whilst films are screened all night long

+ a FREE ENTRY film and music quiz with prizes... yes, you heard right, a recession busting FREE quiz with PRIZES!??

How is that possible?

Your hosts, DJs & Quiz Masters:
Bonanza & Son (ResonanceFM)
(Film soundtracks, scores, TV themes, commercials, adverts, musicals, radio broadcasts & all manner of strange sound effects)

FILMS SCREENED ALL NIGHT

Thursday 15th March 2012
The New Rose
84-86 Essex Road,
Angel,
N1 8LU
FREE ENTRY
8pm-Midnight


Bonanza & Son On Resonance104.4FM
‘Tracing the roots and subsequent influence of the pioneers, innovators, outlaws, renegades and mavericks of Country Music and Americana’s past present and future'

Tune in on 104.4FM in London or online at www.resonancefm.com

All past Bonanza & Son ResonanceFM radio shows are archived on our Mixcloud page and can be listened to at any time.
Each week after the Sunday repeat has been broadcast we’ll upload the show to
http://www.mixcloud.com/bonanza-son/

Winner of the Radio Academy Nations & Regions Award for three years running!
Nominee, Sony Radio Academy Awards 2010 "Station Programmer of the Year"
Runner-up, PRSF New Music Award 2008
As featured in the Independent on Sunday's Happy List
The Guardian calls it 'The best radio station in London';
The Village Voice, 'The best radio station in the world’.

The average, monthly, listener figures for Resonance on FM is in the region of 120,000 & online listenership is considerably more than that.

Imagine a radio station like no other:
Resonance104.4fm is the world’s first radio art station.

Resonance104.4fm is not-for-profit (UK registered charity no. 290236)
and is funded entirely by grants and voluntary donations.
You can support the station’s continued growth with a secure donation via
www.resonancefm.com


Bonanza & Son has a Facebook ‘PAGE' for all upcoming events:

www.facebook.com/BonanzaANDSon


We also have a blog with lots more weird and wonderful music and facts that you might like to explore:

www.bonanzablues.blogspot.com

Bonanza & Son Promotions & club nights include:
Countrier Than Thou’ @ The Lock Tavern
'Day Of The Dead’ @ Filthy MacNasties
'The Cosmic Film Club' @ The New Rose

BRAND NEW NIGHTS:
‘Love & Hate’ @ The Drop, Stoke Newington
‘The Gaslight’ @ Filthy MacNasties


Bonanza & Son also perform regular DJ sets at all of the above venues plus;
The Defectors Weld, Shepherds Bush.
The Lauriston, Hackney.
The Three Crowns, Stoke Newington.

For all future events please go to
www.mixcloud.com/bonanza-son
www.bonanzablues.blogspot.com
www.facebook.com/BonanzaANDSon

Tuesday, March 06, 2012

Bonanza music quiz

Thanks to everyone who took part in the launch of our brand new music quiz last night at The Defectors Weld. It was a sold-out success so book early for the next one.

Friday, March 02, 2012

Davey Jones RIP...

Davey Jones RIP… We pay our respects along with lots more music by dead folks!