Showing posts with label Jono Willis. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Jono Willis. Show all posts

Friday, May 10, 2013

LOCAL BAND ATOMIC SON SET TO RELEASE DEBUT EP

        West London-based band Atomic Son are due to release their debut EP this summer. 

        Atomic Son started as a studio collaboration between the internationally renowned producer Youth and singer-songwriter/guitarist Charlie Gardner in 2011. Charlie began recruiting band members for the project between studio sessions and had soon begun rehearsing with local musicians James Simmins (guitar) and Jono Willis (bass guitar). The line-up was completed in early 2012 by the addition of Tom Grashion (drums) and Jamie Grashion (keyboards/guitar). Atomic Son have since played a number of local gigs, as well as further afield at venues around London including The Dublin Castle in Camden and The Scotch Club in Piccadilly and they will be revisiting The Elgin in Ladbroke Grove on Friday 24th May.

 

     You can listen to "Choose Love"from Atomic Son's debut EP on YouTube by clicking here..



Saturday, September 3, 2011

Live music event LOCO will now be held every Saturday at The Grand Union W9, starting tonight!



Live music event LOCO @ The Grand Union W9 has now become a weekly event and will be held every Saturday starting at 8 pm! Acts tonight include an acoustic set from The Freak Elite, surreal cabaret from The ElectroFuture Beard Club, keyboard player and self-confessed Bohemian Joel Sarakula, great songs and piano-playing from Stuart Frobisher, beautiful singing from Emma Lyndon-Stanford, the mercurial Roxanne & The Pain Killers and interesting observations from resident poet Tristan Hazell. Hosted by James Simmins and Jono Willis the night starts at 8 pm and entry is FREE!

Monday, July 11, 2011

Delphi & 7 Glorious Minutes play at The Elgin on Ladbroke Grove this Thursday (14th July)!

Delphi Newman will be performing at The Elgin public house (corner of Ladbroke Grove and Westbourne Pk Rd, W11) this Thursday evening at 9.30 pm with her band 7 Glorious Minutes. Definitely worth catching, Delphi will be playing her usual array of finely crafted songs with a great band that includes Delphi smoky smooth vocalising and guitar playing, Archie Bashford on guitar, Jono Willis on bass and Dave Bush on drums - recommended! See link below for event on facebook...

http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100001080821208#!/event.php?eid=187445117980877

Steve Mepsted's birthday bonanza at The Castle, followed by live Karaoke

I arrived late, but in time to catch the Freak Elite (Neil Anderson, Jono Willis, Michael Giri plus their new guitarist) perform to a full pub, many of whom were getting down to the music. Having finished their own set, the band rearranged slightly and Steve himself joined the realigned line-up to perform a few numbers including covers of 'Wicked Game' by Chris Isaacs and 'Use Me Up' by Bill Withers, which were all very well received by the now exuberant crowd.... To round the night off in style, a bunch of us ended up at a friends house singing covers until 3 am - these included several Elvis numbers including 'Always on my Mind', 'Don't be Cruel', 'Teddy Bear', 'In The Ghetto' and 'Suspicious Minds' inspired by the 'Suspiciously Elvis' gig the previous night at The Tabernacle, as well as great versions of 'Desperado' and 'Take It Easy' by the Eagles... Other artists covered included Bob Marley, The Beatles, Bill Withers and even Status Quo (amongst too many others to mention here) in what was a great end to a fun evening... thanks to Alex for hosting the afterjam, as well as  Neil, Jono, Michael, Emma Lyndon-Stanford, Wiggzaro, Anette et al. for helping make the evening such fun! We need more nights like that!