Priscilla Ahn My first ever visit to The Glee Club and the first thing that strikes me is how small and intimate the studio is, so your really up close and personal to the artist’s. So when local Jake Flowers takes to the shoe box sized stage armed with his acoustic guitar there really is no place to hide. As he picks at his strings you feel the calm descend in the room.Jakes voice is soft and soothing ,as soon as you hear it your swept away to English landscapes, straw bales basking in the late evening sun, the country pub in winter with a welcoming fire to the weary traveller [you get the picture]. “ Footprints” and” One For The Ditch” keep alive the tradition of folk song writing, story telling handed down from one generation to the next.


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A Camp I like gigs at the Glee Club. It always seems to be an eclectic crowd in there, all of whom are particularly cordial, I’m sure radio 2 would be the preferred stereophonic station if polled and words like ‘twee’ and ‘quaint’ slip seamlessly into conversation. You get the picture. Delightful. And thus it was – amongst a lampshade festooned stage – net curtains and all – that the theatrical A Camp took to the stage.


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Jo Hamilton On arrival at the Glee Club to celebrate the launch of Jo Hamilton’s long-awaited album, ‘Gown’, I was presented with a glass of champagne set with a Hibiscus flower – a gorgeous touch that added to the fairytale ambience. This attention to detail was present in all aspects of the show; the stage had been taken over by long trails of ivy like an ancient overgrown courtyard, set against a backdrop of twinkling stars...


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Frightened Rabbit Well, it's been a while since I've been to the Glee Club and whilst it feels a bit weird to be sitting down for a gig, it's quite nice that it's warm and comfortable and that I can actually see what's going on onstage (being somewhat stunted tends to have the odd drawback). Anyway it appears that tonight is going to be bloody marvellous, if support act Ross Clark and The Scarfs Go Missing are anything to go by.


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Imelda May The support act for tonight's gig is a local band called The Toy Hearts. They are essentially a family band who play a mixture of Bluegrass and Swing, and have a monthly residency at The Kitchen Garden Cafe in King's Heath. It isn't often that I enjoy a support act, but this is one of those rare events...


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Noah & The Whale Looking and sounding as if Juno's Michael Cera was a formative influence, Planet Earth are two young lads playing quirky, personal guitar music. There wasn't much polish to their act, but then they had enough charm to see them through, even if many in the crowd preferred to chat near the bar..


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Beth Rowley You can’t help but like Beth Rowley. The diminutive songstress with the huge voice (and the cute dimples) even gives out sweets at her gigs and has a meet and greet at the end of her performance. She’s simply lovely.


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Gemma Hayes When Gemma Hayes recently appeared near the top of the NME's cringe-worthy 'Sexiest Female' vote it was a surprise, not because she's not an attractive lady, but because the rag had otherwise failed to mention the Irish singer/songwriter in the past few years. Which is a shame. Gemma Hayes took a couple of years out after touring her Mercury-nominated debut 'Night On My Side', 2005's returning album 'The Roads Don't Love You' was strong, as is the new album, 'The Hollow Of Morning'.


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