Next RMC event: Wednesday 21 November 2001: Polish Club, Bristol. Satoko Fujii and Natsuki Tamura appear as part of triple bill. Part of Japan 2001. For further information nearer the date please email us.
Other useful links:
Performing Right Society Foundation www.prs.co.uk
Arts Council of England www.artscouncil.org.uk
Arts Council of Wales www.ccc-acw.org.uk
Scottish Arts Council www.sac.org.uk
Musicians¹ Union www.musiciansunion.org.uk
Tel 020 7582 5566 Email [email protected]
Jazz Services www.jazzservices.org.uk
Useful for listings, Jazz UK, products, education and a wide range of useful links.
Contemporary Music Network www.cmntours.org.uk
spnm www.spnm.org.uk Email [email protected]
Society for promoting new music encourages composers, new music in many styles , collaborations across the arts an provides excellent listings and offer magazines, new notes and Beat. Good links.
The Wire thewire.co.uk
Specialist monthly music magazine for jazz, modern classical, global, avant rock, breakbeat, electronica. High standards of journalism and excellent presentation. Available in good newsagents.
Avant Magazine www.avantmag.com
Quarterly magazine for jazz, improvised and contemporary classical music. Ungainly presentation and innumerable typos but full of information and interviews unlikely to be found elsewhere. CD and book mail order.
Unknown Public www.unknownpublic.com
Email [email protected]
International music journal and mail-order compilation CDs of new music and hard-to-find recordings in plain brown boxes. Has working links with CMN, Joanna MacGregor¹s Soundcircus label and Gramophone magazine.
Songlines
Excellent quarterly world music magazine with cover-mounted CDs. Sister magazine of the Gramophone. High standards of presentation and journalism.
Sound 323, 323 Archway Road, Highgate, London, N6 5AA
Tel/fax 020 8348 9595 Email [email protected]
Fantastic stock of great value contemporary and experimental CDs. Email lists and mail order.
Leo Records www.atlas.co.uk/leorecords
Abbotsford Orchard, Abbotskerswell, Newton Abbot, TQ12 5NW
Extraordinary and prolific label featuring the likes of Braxton, Crispell, Sun Ra, the Ganelin Trio, Joe Maneri, Sainkho Namchylak and Evan Parker, plus a host of the new, the weird and the unusual from all quarters of the world.
St George¹s Bristol, Great George Street, Bristol BS1 5RR
Tel 0117 9230359 www.stgeorgesbristol.co.uk
Broad-minded continuous programme of classical, jazz and world music and much favoured for broadcast and CD recordings.
Jazz at the Albert, 1 West Street, Bedminster, Bristol, BS3 3NN
Tel 0117 9661968 Email [email protected]
Legendary Sunday night modern jazz haunt for national and visiting musicians. Closes for summer mid July.
The Be-Bop Club, The Bear, Hotwell Road, Bristol
Tel 0117 9877796 Email [email protected]
Join the mailing list at www.musicsender.com/jazzlistings.html
Cosy Wednesday and Friday night haunt for local and national be-boppers. A chance to catch the up-and-coming names as well as the occasional star. Run by trumpeter/drummer Andy Hague who also looks after the music listings at Music Sender. Closes for August.
Venue Magazine www.venue.co.uk
The most comprehensive fortnightly listings magazine for the South West, in particular Bristol and Bath.
The Guardian www.guardianunlimited.co.uk
Check out all the reviews of concerts and other arts that you missed with this simple keyword search.
This list is by no means comprehensive and will be added to in the future. If you would like a reciprocal link or want us to list a music site email us the details for consideration.
Rare Music - A Counterblast to the Musical Mainstream
Performing Right Society Foundation www.prs.co.uk
Arts Council of England www.artscouncil.org.uk
Arts Council of Wales www.ccc-acw.org.uk
Scottish Arts Council www.sac.org.uk
Musicians¹ Union www.musiciansunion.org.uk
Tel 020 7582 5566 Email [email protected]
Jazz Services www.jazzservices.org.uk
Useful for listings, Jazz UK, products, education and a wide range of useful links.
Contemporary Music Network www.cmntours.org.uk
spnm www.spnm.org.uk Email [email protected]
Society for promoting new music encourages composers, new music in many styles , collaborations across the arts an provides excellent listings and offer magazines, new notes and Beat. Good links.
The Wire thewire.co.uk
Specialist monthly music magazine for jazz, modern classical, global, avant rock, breakbeat, electronica. High standards of journalism and excellent presentation. Available in good newsagents.
Avant Magazine www.avantmag.com
Quarterly magazine for jazz, improvised and contemporary classical music. Ungainly presentation and innumerable typos but full of information and interviews unlikely to be found elsewhere. CD and book mail order.
Unknown Public www.unknownpublic.com
Email [email protected]
International music journal and mail-order compilation CDs of new music and hard-to-find recordings in plain brown boxes. Has working links with CMN, Joanna MacGregor¹s Soundcircus label and Gramophone magazine.
Songlines
Excellent quarterly world music magazine with cover-mounted CDs. Sister magazine of the Gramophone. High standards of presentation and journalism.
Sound 323, 323 Archway Road, Highgate, London, N6 5AA
Tel/fax 020 8348 9595 Email [email protected]
Fantastic stock of great value contemporary and experimental CDs. Email lists and mail order.
Leo Records www.atlas.co.uk/leorecords
Abbotsford Orchard, Abbotskerswell, Newton Abbot, TQ12 5NW
Extraordinary and prolific label featuring the likes of Braxton, Crispell, Sun Ra, the Ganelin Trio, Joe Maneri, Sainkho Namchylak and Evan Parker, plus a host of the new, the weird and the unusual from all quarters of the world.
St George¹s Bristol, Great George Street, Bristol BS1 5RR
Tel 0117 9230359 www.stgeorgesbristol.co.uk
Broad-minded continuous programme of classical, jazz and world music and much favoured for broadcast and CD recordings.
Jazz at the Albert, 1 West Street, Bedminster, Bristol, BS3 3NN
Tel 0117 9661968 Email [email protected]
Legendary Sunday night modern jazz haunt for national and visiting musicians. Closes for summer mid July.
The Be-Bop Club, The Bear, Hotwell Road, Bristol
Tel 0117 9877796 Email [email protected]
Join the mailing list at www.musicsender.com/jazzlistings.html
Cosy Wednesday and Friday night haunt for local and national be-boppers. A chance to catch the up-and-coming names as well as the occasional star. Run by trumpeter/drummer Andy Hague who also looks after the music listings at Music Sender. Closes for August.
Venue Magazine www.venue.co.uk
The most comprehensive fortnightly listings magazine for the South West, in particular Bristol and Bath.
The Guardian www.guardianunlimited.co.uk
Check out all the reviews of concerts and other arts that you missed with this simple keyword search.
This list is by no means comprehensive and will be added to in the future. If you would like a reciprocal link or want us to list a music site email us the details for consideration.
Rare Music - A Counterblast to the Musical Mainstream
Events & Links
Mind Your Own Music,
Enfield, Doverhay, Porlock, Somerset, TA24 8LJ
Email: [email protected] Tel: 01643 862272
Fax: 01643 862393
Other useful info:
All venues have licensed bars and are within easy walking distance of each other and the city centre.
Bristol Tourism Bureau (maps, accommodation, etc.)
0117 946 2200
Useful website with links to all sorts including accommodation etc.:
www.visitbristol.co.uk
Venue (Bristol and Bath's fortnightly What's On Magazine): www.venue.co.uk
National Rail Enquiries
(Bristol Temple Meads, 20 to 30 minutes walk to all venues
0345 484950
National Express
(coaches to and from Marlborough Street Bus Station, 5 to10 minutes walk from all venues)
0870 580 80 80
Maps and routeplanning: www.multimap.co.uk, www.theaa.co.uk, www.rac.co.uk
Taxis:
Streamline 0117 926 4001
Imperial Music
(fab independent record shop - it's even got a Sun Ra section - and official stockists of Linuckea, plus tickets for concerts at the Cube
and Vic Rooms)
58 Park Street, Bristol BS1.
Tel: 0117 987 9700
Fax: 0117 909 8853
Biashara
(Fair Trade co-op with neat little section of hand-picked World,
Underground, Latin music, etc., plus loads of clothes, crafts, cards)
47 Colston Street, Bristol BS1. Tel: 0117 926 0902