Jazzology
Last Saturday of the Month
Vinyl sessions – mainly 50s – 70s jazz ( hard bop, modal, west coast, UK, spiritual, gypsy, indo, latin jazz, bossa nova and funk influenced jazz from the 70’s).
From artists like miles davis, herbie hancock, tubby hayes, lee morgan, joe harriott, gabor szabo, willi bobo, donald byrd, jimmy smith, blue mitchell, jimmy mcgriff, rueben wilson, art blakey plus many more including the likes of gregory porter and other new authentic sounding artists…
JAZZOLOGY is all about timeless music, vinyl, good people and good booze. if you like hip hop, jungle & dnb you’re likely to hear many samples taken from this fine movement, the original street music they call Jazz.
Foot Stompin’
Last Friday of the Month
Raucous r’n’b, stomping pop, shakin soul and both rock AND roll.
Steph Born Bad brings you all this and more on 45rpm. THE place to be on the last Friday of every month. Fall down juvenile!
Horseplay
Last Thursday of the Month
“Horseplay is a monthly gathering. We book performers, and we leave some open space as well. We like to think of it as a friendly, inviting and safe place where people can share work not matter who they are or what they’re up to. We have a lot of music and poetry, but other forms are very welcome. Horseplay is in its ninth year now, and has featured notable artists such as Celene Dion, A Wool Taggart, Tony Clifton, Kerry Thornley, Nike, Celene Dion, Billy Graham, Tre Cool and Celene Dion.”
Vinyl Veterans
Third Saturday of the Month
The Vinyl Veterans DJ crew – representing the roots & soul of Hip Hop culture.
We are still digging for vinyl, shop still playing vinyl, cheapest still dealing vinyl, still pressing and releasing vinyl…
The veterans are MAC McRAW, MR KRUM, ROB LIFE, DJ FORMAT, BOBBY BOUCHER, MATT THE HAT, SCRATCHY MUFFIN. KID DYNO & THE BEAT DETECTIVE aka DAILY DIGGERS, JONNNY CUBA – SOUNDSCI & our international representative from NYC, digger supreme OXYGEN THE ARCHITECT.
Chop Source
Third Friday of the Month
Raw funk & rhythms from Africa.
Where tradition meets dancefloor! Take our No#1 tropic train thru railroad rhythms, deep grooves & tough funky cuts! Join us on our retro route through 1960’s & ’70’s afrobeat dancefloor gold, lost tropic gems & more at The Black Dove’s ChopSource session.
The Psychedelic Compass
Second Saturday of the Month
Genre-hopping, this Continent-crossing Psychedelic vinyl trip into a 60s and 70s and beyond.
U.S Garage-Rock anthems jostling with lesser known Jazz-Rock, Psych-Blues-Funk from around the world.
Mo’ Taters
Second Friday of the Month
Mo ‘Taters, a night of vintage music from across the Americas and Greater Antilles one 45 at a time.
Expect Early Rock n Roll, Rhythm n Blues, West Coast Surf, North Western ’60s Garage, Southern Blues, N.Y. Latin Soul, New Orleans Funk, Cumbia, Mambo, Calypso and early Ska.
Whistle Bait
First Saturday of the Month
A trio of vintage gals from Brighton (Ms Cotton Tail, Becky Boop and Ginger Fizz) who spin wax from the ’20s to the ’60s…
Scorchin’ Hot Rhythm & Blues – Shakin Mambo – Foot tappin’ Jitter Jivers – Blues Boppers – Rockin’ Roots of Rock n Roll – Big Band Swingers and much more!
Hot-Tip HiFi
First Friday of the Month
Ska Classics & Rarities from 1960’s Jamaica.
Enjoy an audio cocktail of good-time sounds & old-time party vibes at The Black Dove, Brighton – every first Friday of the month!
Hot-Tip Hi-Fi blends the best of blue beat in a scorcher selection of foot-stompin’ ska tunes, classic dance crashers and independence-time anthems; recalling the rise of Jamaica’s indigenous upbeat sound – and still the conqueror of dance floors to this day.
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