Get The Blessing Pete Judge (Trumpet) Jake McMurchie (Saxophone) Jim Barr (Bass) Dave Smith (Drums) Through a love of Ornette Coleman, formed in 1999 by regular Portishead and Radiohead collaborators Jim Barr and Clive Deamer, Get The Blessing forged a sound in jazz that opened the doors to new generations of jazz audiences, and more importantly jazz musicians resulting in alternative breakthrough acts that has included GoGo Penguin, Ishmael Ensemble, Yazz Ahmed and Mammal Hands. A fusion of submersive fx laden sax and trumpets, infectious beats, killer bass lines and collective spontaneity Get The Blessing produce incredibly infectious and compelling music. For this festival special Clive Deamer is replaced by Dave Smith, best known for his six years touring and recording with Robert Plant and the Sensational Space Shifters. “at last, a noisy, thrashy post-jazz combo that sounds like a proper band” - The Independent “Excellent, Unmissable” - Jazz Journal Temperate Red - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lFAMMBqEd9c Not With Standing - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=32W8IXl22t0 www.gettheblessing.bandcamp.com/music FFO GoGo Penguin, Portishead, Radiohead, Ishmael Ensemble, Yazz Ahmed, Mammal Hands Dilettante (Solo Show) Francesca Pidgeon (Voice / Guitar / Saxophone / Keys / Percussion / Looper and FX) Dilettante is the art-pop brain-child of multi-instrumentalist Francesca Pidgeon. Based in the North of England but now performing across the UK and internationally Dilettante has supported the likes of Caribou, Self Esteem + Philip Selway (Radiohead) with her unorthodox but intricately woven looped woodwind and fuzzy guitar licks. Dilettante is one of the most exciting acts to have emerged in Northern UK in recent years. With music steeped in modern history, in one moment she conjures up images of great new wave bands such as Talking Heads, then flipped in a moment she’s a skewed modern jazz crooner.