The Courtyard Music Archive

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New Desert Blues - 2nd March 2016

Not unlike someone simultaneously playing a Neil Young album and something by Sigur Ros, and are extremely warmly received – The Guardian

“The material emerging as they ready their debut album sounds more self-assure and stadium-ready than ever - NME

“Full of extravagant guitar work, crescendos and stunning choruses.” – The Line of Best Fit

Live review by The Upcoming

http://www.newdesertblues.com/

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Tor Miller - 25th February 2016

Live at The Courtyard Theatre:-

http://www.tormiller.com/

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Leo Stannard - 23rd February 2016

http://www.leostannard.com/

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August and After - 10th December 2015

Vedantha Kumar and co-vocalist, Ned Mortimer, became close friends at university, bonding over a mutual preference for songwriting over essay writing. They forged an immediate musical chemistry, playing long into the night and honing their complementary voices and intricate guitar playing. After growing their fan base with a collection of home-recorded tracks, Embers, the boys met classical violist, Jordan Bergmans, at a Christmas party on London's South Bank. Realising her immense ability (to make both music and chocolate mousse), the boys courted her for several months and, with her trademark laugh, she fell with open arms into the band. Several moons later, the acclaimed ‘Wolves’ was born, receiving plaudits from the likes of BBC 6 Music and Kerrang! Radio.

http://www.augustandafter.co.uk/

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C Duncan - 1st December 2015

photos by Getty images

Live at the Courtyard:

http://c-duncan.co.uk/

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L’Orchestre du Montplaisant - 21st November 2015

L’Orchestre du Mont-Plaisant is a baroque super group born and based in London since 2011. ODMP is a quartet that brings together world rhythms and moody cinematic moments playing blues and dance pieces, with notable influences from Congolese Soukous, African highlife, Ethiopian jazz, cumbia, whiff of Middle-East and Turkish Psychedelia.

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Allman Brown - 12th November 2015

Following on from an amazing EP launch at St Pancras Old Church in June, Allman Brown has announced a headline show at London's beautiful The Courtyard Theatre on Thursday 12th November. Having amassed over 1.5 million Spotify streams for his 2013 debut single “Sons And Daughters” and having recently released the critically acclaimed "Your Love" EP, London based singer-songwriter Allman Brown will be showcasing a set of breathtaking songs, with a live show that is growing in both strength and stature.

Thank Folk For That live review

http://allmanbrown.com/

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MAC MCCAUGHAN (SUPERCHUNK) - 11th November 2015

Superchunk frontman Mac McCaughan released Non-Believers earlier this year, his first solo album under his own name. Coming from the indie and punk rock worlds, McCaughan has always shied away from the perceived hubris of putting out a record under his own name. “There’s something about it that’s way too ‘look at me,’” he admits. However, given the fact that Non-Believers explores a very personal set of influences, putting out an album as simply Mac McCaughan for the first time just makes sense.

God is in the TV review

https://www.mergerecords.com/mac-mccaughan

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Leo Kalyan - 10th November

Two years ago, London-based Leo Kalyan uploaded a refix of Duke Dumont's Need U (100%) and Jessie Ware's Running to Soundcloud. Anchored around his own delicate vocals, it popped up online for the purest of reasons; because making it was fun, the result of Kalyan teaching himself to produce. “I literally just put it up because it was a sound I was working with at the time,” Kalyan explains. “I had the instrumental and I thought I'd do a cover of some sort and then it turned into a mash-up. One blog posted it and then another blog posted it - it was all really organic. There was no plan.” In fact, this sense of just organically letting things take shape permeates the self-styled “oceanic beats” Kalyan's made since; from the percolating electro-soul of Temptation (his first original song), to the stuttering majesty of the Karma Kid and MNEK collaboration Over You, to the recently released Silver Linings EP - his is a sound that luxuriates patiently, washing over you in its own time. “I want people to connect to my music. I want them to feel things” he says.

Live at the Courtyard Theatre:

http://www.leokalyan.com/

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COMMUNITY 2015: ROSEAU, GWILYM GOLD PLUS GUESTS - 5th November 2015

This November, Community takes over the creative hub of Shoreditch and Hoxton for three days, playing host to new and emerging talent across 11 well-established East London venues and a collection of reimagined spaces. From hip hop and grime to indie, rock and electro pop, Community will showcase a genre diverse line up of acts hotly tipped for 2016.

Community Festival photos from day 3

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COMMUNITY 2015: THE JAPANESE HOUSE, DRELLER PLUS GUESTS - 4th November 2015

This November, Community takes over the creative hub of Shoreditch and Hoxton for three days, playing host to new and emerging talent across 11 well-established East London venues and a collection of reimagined spaces. From hip hop and grime to indie, rock and electro pop, Community will showcase a genre diverse line up of acts hotly tipped for 2016.

Photos

http://thejapanesehouse.co.uk

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COMMUNITY 2015: COMMUNIONS / FEWS / STEVE - 3rd November 2015

This November, Community takes over the creative hub of Shoreditch and Hoxton for three days, playing host to new and emerging talent across 11 well-established East London venues and a collection of reimagined spaces. From hip hop and grime to indie, rock and electro pop, Community will showcase a genre diverse line up of acts hotly tipped for 2016.

Live at the Courtyard Theatre:

http://www.communityldn.com/stage/courtyard-theatre

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Dominic Wolf x Mountain Range - 30th October 2015

In order to celebrate the launch of Mountain Range’s new album and Dominic Wolf’s new live set, ID.539 presents on 30th October at The Courtyard Theatre, a night of musical and artistic adventures and discoveries.

http://www.dominicwolf.net

http://www.eddowie.co.uk

https://soundcloud.com/mountain-range

https://soundcloud.com/joshrawl

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Rationale - 29th October 2015

The Radical review

Orojoo review

Getting ready for @iamrationale's show in #London at The Courtyard tonight #giveit pic.twitter.com/DusFA8sRTO

— Alex Marshall (@__alexmarshall) October 29, 2015

.@iamrationale at the Courtyard was phenomenal tonight 🔥💯👏🏼🔝 pic.twitter.com/2SEwbtzB0q

— Cristina Broz (@cri_broz) October 29, 2015

https://soundcloud.com/iamrationale/something-for-nothing

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FolkOnMonday Presents: The Lucy Ward Band - 7th October 2015

After winning the BBC Radio 2 Folk Horizon Award (Best Newcomer) in 2012, Lucy’s career has gone from strength to strength, establishing her as one of the hottest performers on the UK acoustic scene. She's played festivals and venues all over the UK, Germany and Holland as well as dates in Canada and Spain. She has played not one, but two, main stages at Glastonbury Festival and has written for film and theatre. Her elevation to the very top of the folk ladder was acknowledged with a nomination for the BBC Folk Singer of the Year Award in February 2014. Lucy is the youngest artist ever to be nominated for this award.

http://www.lucywardsings.com

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Woodburner presents: ORATNITZA - 2nd October 2015

Oratnitza’s music is a blend of folk melodies, distant aboriginal themes, hip hop, dubstep, D’n’B and irregular rhythms.

With a totally original take on traditional Bulgarian songs, Oratniza have been taking audiences by storm in Bulgaria and across the whole of Europe.

A masterful combination of regional folklore elements, combined with foreign musical styles and the use of atypical instruments, Oratnitza is bringing in a new wave in the Balkanbeat scene and it`s called 'Bulgarbeat!", 100% live!

https://oratnitzaband.wordpress.com

One moment you're standing in the #CourtyardTheatre, the next you are soaring over mountains in #Bulgaria #Oratnitza pic.twitter.com/Kw6H45i7gx

— Momchil Vesselinov (@chilzies) October 3, 2015

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Lyla Foy - 1st October 2015

For a project that began as a single song in a London bedroom, Lyla Foy’s hypnotically hushed songs have come quite a long way over the past years, figuratively and literally, as her unity with Sub Pop finds her spending quality time supporting Mirrors the Sky across the globe. Funny how taking a singular route has led to such a momentous journey.

Having been in the studio over the last six months working on new recordings, she is back with a special intimate performance at The Courtyard Theatre in London on 1st October 2015. The show will feature a lot of new material, which will comprise her next release.

A photo posted by robynsherwell (@robynsherwell) on Oct 1, 2015 at 2:45pm PDT

A video posted by Hazel Tratt (@hazehazeyhazels) on Sep 29, 2015 at 8:49am PDT

http://www.lylafoy.com