Yo Underground 7

YO UNDERGROUND #7
Exciting and eclectic left-field sounds from York and the region, including unique acoustic song styles, North African-inspired free jazz, and a collaboration of audiovisual systems with a group of top-notch local musicians. "Outside-the-box creativity" (BBC Upload)
Saturday 25th April, 7.30 pm at The Basement, City Screen Picturehouse, York (doors 7 pm).
Tickets available from 5 in advance / 10 on the door.
Fully accessible venue.Featuring :
Weather Balloons - Leeds' premier soft rock renegade Annie Prior, singing by moonlight or hot coal of old feeling or burnt terror, new loves, curled spiders, etc. She has a harmonica and a waking dream. Her favourite colour has always been gold.Joe Douglas Trio - an exhilarating ride into free space via North Africa, driven by local legend Joe on drums, Felix Edwards-McStay on keyboards and Louie Hanley-Pir on sax and guembri (a three-stringed, skin-covered bass lute central to Moroccan Gnawa music).Ben Hopkinson's Synaefonia - projected colour and moving imagery communicate musical ideas in real time to a highly creative quintet:
Violin - Kit Shepherd
Violin - Manlu Du
Oboe / Cor Anglais - Desmond Clarke
Double Bass - Iris Casling
Tenor saxophone / Osmose - Ben Hopkinson
NOTE: The performance will contain flashing imagery.