Wandering Wires

Submitted by OldFireStation on November 19, 2018 - 15:36

Venue, Timing and Cost

Venue: 
The Old Fire Station
Date(s): 
Friday, 1 March 2019
Timing: 
8pm
Cost: 
£10/£8

Formed at Oxford University in 2016, contemporary jazz quartet Wandering Wires have supported the Comet is Coming at Oxford’s O2 Academy, headlined Oxford’s Offbeat festival, featured on BBC Introducing’s national show and played at Truck festival. A regular feature of the Oxford music scene, Wandering Wires have sold out a variety of venues around Oxford, including Modern Art Gallery, the Jazz Society and Sandy’s.

The groups second studio album, ‘Homecoming’ was released in March 2018. Inspired by artists such as Gretchen Parlato, Mark Guiliana, Robert Glasper and Hiatus Kaiyote, ‘Homecoming’ showcases their electric blend of jazz, soul, and Brazilian influences.

Wandering Wires return to the Old Fire Station in full force, accompanied by a 14-piece orchestra, to celebrate a year since the release of ‘Homecoming’. The show will feature fully orchestrated arrangements of songs from ‘Homecoming’, alongside upcoming singles to be released in 2019. The group also play host to Feelgood Experiment from Bristol as support.

Feelgood Experiment features the best of Bristol’s blossoming jazz scene creating a truly progressive sound with compelling rhythm and mellifluous harmony doused with liberating improvisation and rich lyrical content. With support from BBC 6Music & Clash Magazine the band released their debut EP in November 2017. Winners of 2016’s Love Supreme Discovery Competition, they have already shared stages with Nubya Garcia, Ezra Collective, Alfa Mist among others. With a follow up release planned next year the band are set to further solidify their standing in the UK jazz scene in 2018.

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