Concert: Nigel Burch/Dylan Bates @ King Kong Klub

BURCH/BATES live in King King Klub (Brunnenstr. 173, Mitte)


The Bladdered Balladeers

'A cross between the music of Ian Dury, Brecht and Weill, an Irish pub band and a 1950's skiffle group. Songs of urban-alienation with plenty of fierce spontaneous playing.' (THE GUARDIAN.)

Unplugged Cockney-Brechtian folk-punk cabaret from

Nigel Burch, the banjo-bashing troubadour of urban angst

accompanied by Dylan Bates, fiddler extroadinaire.

Manic minstrel Burch delivers his dark and gritty bittersweet ditties

with wit and a vitriolic fervour.

Violinist Bates adds an entertaining jazz-tinged playful poignancy.

Spit-and-sawdust vaudeville...

http://www.myspace.com/nigelburch

I'm co-organising these gigs, it's been a heavy few days getting bladdered with the balladeers and they've been fantastic. I've also never seen a violin played through a plastic bag before.

Tonight's the last chance to see them in Berlin, so if the description interests you come down and check them out! It's well worth it.

Oh, and entry is only 1 Euro.