Eclectic Cabaret #9

Friday 16th November, 2018, 8:00pm - 11:00pm

The next Eclectic Cabaret will be on Friday 16th November at 8:00pm.  We're very pleased to say there will be a bar along with the usual fantastic food for sale.  Please do feel free to also bring your own drink if you would prefer.  As ever, any and all money raised goes towards the costs of running the WADSStock Festival.

We are starting to think about the line-up for next year, so if you are a performer of any kind, please read our guides for artistes and drop us a line if you think you fit the bill.

We have a fine selection of eclectic artistes for your audio-visual pleasure:

The Shapes (unplugged)

The Shapes have recorded a number of albums and EPs and have played at practically every music venue in Oxford and county including the prestigious Common People, Truck festival (2013,2014 and 2015… and 2016) and the annual Kid’s are alright charity event (2013,2014,2015 and 2016). Each of the band members brings a wealth of experience in folk, country, rock, soul and pop bands but now concentrate on the unique upbeat indie sound that has received wide acclaim in the media. Often compared to REM, Crowded House, the Shapes like to surprise with their eclectic range of hummable songs which tell stories of lives dedicated to good music.

Waterfahl

We're very pleased to announce the return of the brilliant Waterfahl. This acoustic duo call their style Nordicana, described as bluesy Americana mixed with the tone of Nordic song-writing from their Danish background. Acoustic guitar and female vocals with the addition of harmonica and percussion.

They released an EP last year and are now working on their first full album.

Death of the Maiden (unplugged)

Tamara Parsons-Baker has spent the past few years establishing herself as Oxford’s best double barrelled surname performer, and, in a not so subtle nod to the fact that she’s been literally slaughtering the competition, has a new band named Death of the Maiden. Those who she deemed to bestow mercy upon, or were possibly her accomplices, can be found performing in her band with Emma Coombs (drums), J (seriously, you have a one letter moniker for a bass player?) and Hannah Bruce (guitar, and also a sterling solo performer in her own right). Aside from being brazen, and let’s face it, a little bit showy about having committed multiple homicides, Death of the Maiden produce gothy baroque-pop burlesque death-folk. If that description makes you want to vomit 1) yeah, it should 2) swallow it and get prepared to tell people in future "actually I heard a gothy baroque-pop burlesque death-folk band once, and they were really good. No I can’t remember what they were called, something about Maidenhead I think".

Death of the Maiden

Genevieve Miles

A brilliant young voice, we welcome Genevieve Miles' debut at the Eclectic Cabaret. Genevieve’s upbeat blend of folk and pop has been entertaining audiences in and around the Cotswolds for several years - singing her clever and witty originals along with classic covers.
With her sense of fun and audience involvement, she has become an uplifting and popular festival performer with wide appeal.

"Saw @genevievemiles performing yesterday - what a star! Fresh, inventive and just plain fun. Folky, quirky (in a very good way) and so natural in front of an audience”