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Ben Caplan

Listen now to Ben Caplan & The Casual Smokers - Stranger

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Performing:

Thursday, May 19th @ 19:30 - The Shipping Forecast (15 Slater Street, Liverpool)
Friday, May 20th @ 20:00 - Heebie Jeebies (1st floor, 80-82 Seel Street, Liverpool)

Ben Caplan & The Casual Smokers are primarily a folk group with major jazz and Eastern European influences. Their music has flavours of Tom Waits, Leonard Cohen, and European folk traditions. They tend to enter a song through the backdoor and do the unexpected. They are known for powerful vocals.

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Carmen Townsend

Listen now to Carmen Townsend - River Rat

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Performing:

Friday, May 20th @ 20:30 - Heebie Jeebies (1st floor, 80-82 Seel Street, Liverpool)
Saturday, May 21st @ 19:55 - Mojo (The Stables, Back Berry Street, Liverpool)

Carmen Townsend is the essence of rock, producing a powerful blend of gutsy rock-and-roll guitar and bass, irresistibly talented drums and a voice that you will deem unmistakable after hearing it only once. Carmen’s rocking stage presence together with her energetic and engaging live performance are an audience pleaser nationwide.

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In-Flight Safety

Listen now to In-Flight Safety - Model Homes

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Performing:

Thursday, May 19th @ The Crypt Hall (Metropolitan Cathedral, Mount Pleasant, Liverpool)
Friday, May 20th @ 21:30 - Heebie Jeebies (1st floor, 80-82 Seel Street, Liverpool)

Following their award-winning debut, The Coast is Clear, In-Flight Safety recently released, We Are an Empire, My Dear (Night Danger, 2009). Produced by Laurence Currie (Wintersleep, Sloan), the album offers twelve tracks of sweeping soundscapes shaped by angular guitars, driving rhythms and soaring melodies.

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