Sun July 25th  8.30pm
Milgis Lounge Bar, 213 City Rd, Cardiff CF24 3JD (In the YURT!!)
Cost: £1 plus whatever you would like to donate in Meltdown’s magic hat.
Contact venue: 02920 473150
Websites: www.myspace.com/paulcourtneyclarke
www.milgilounge.com

CHLOE MATHARU
Chloe Matharu is a captivating nineteen year old singer from Edinburgh whose cultural roots lie in Scotland, Wales and India. She’s heavily influenced by the likes of Pentangle and Fairport from the 1960’s Folk Revival and grew up surrounded by the wealth of traditional music in Scotland and Wales. While at school Chloe won a place in the Radio 2 Cambridge Folk Festival with it’s Youth Band. She’ll be releasing her debut album, Next Market Day, later this year.
‘ delivers a wonderful variety of songs with confidence and sincerity … a voice with the purity of a folk classic’ – Bella Hardy.
“There’s a … refreshingly unaffected, intimate and pastoral quality to Chloe Matharu’s singing” Karine Polwart
“Sounds like she’s channelling Pentangle from 1967” Ken Josenhans Ann Arbor USA
www.myspacemusic/chloematharu

EVENING CHORUS
New young folk-inflected band with an alternative homespun feel who delight in the power of combined voices and interweaving instruments – think Fleet Foxes unplugged. They took the Yurt by storm when they played in the Autumn, have a growing reputation in Cardiff & Bristol (and Chicago!) and recently won their way through to the last phase of the Green Man Festival Poll deciding who opens the Festival!
“they harmonize in a soulful way to emphasize the sorrow of heartbreak. Banjo, violin and guitar build, then fall down to a quiet strum, only to build again, … incredible potential”  www.loveshackbaby.net music blog, Chicago, Illinois.
www.myspace.com/caldugganmusic

INTERAILIA
The Interalia are a multi-generational quartet of musicians who specialise in jigs, reels and hornpipes, heartbreaking original songs and magical covers of old folk songs. “We pick the tunes and songs that speak deepest to us, and deliver them in a raw and evocative style that stirs up the soul of anyone who listens”.
www.myspace.com/theinterailia

CHAIR MASSAGE fit for the STARS
As part of the backstage ‘On the Spot’ massage team at the John Peel Stage in Glastonbury (check out http://massageonthespot.co.uk) Paul has garnered ecstatic appreciations from rising stars such as James Allen from Glasvegas ‘Thanks millions, needed that!’; Ezra Koenig of Vampire Weekend ‘Very nice!; and oodles of others (see below). Paul will be offering chair massage for donations between 6pm and 8pm. And if you’re a musician remember that Paul’s magic hands have massaged FOUR artists who went on to be nominated for a Mercury Award. No guarantees though!

Natasha Khan aka Bat for Lashes said ‘what you’re doing is brilliant! such a special treat before and after performing. Thank you – amazing!’
Katie White of the Ting Tings commented ‘Just had something similar in San Diego, you are far better’;
Marina

Why not combine a meal and a massage with your nightout! Check out the culinary gorgeousness on www.milgilounge.com.

COMING SOON

Sun Aug 8th
AROUND THE WORLD IN A MELTDOWN
Our own little Womad
KLEZMER KOLLECTIV (Wales/Italy) + VII & MEGAN (Peru/Wales) + more tbc.
More details soon.

In the Bar room:
Juju Nations DJs
http://www.watusifestival.com/
8pm+, free entry!

DRAW THE ARTIST – Ever fancied having a go at life modeling? Are you an artists who has attended life classes and wondered what it is like to be the model? Well, here’s your chance. We will not be supplying a model for this session (although there will be a tutor and a model on standby just in case no one ‘goes for it’) and those attending will be encouraged to model for short and strenuous or longer and relaxed poses – and it is As Bare As You Dare…

DRAW THE WRITER – We have lined up three life models who are all published writers and write in very different styles. Each model will be reading their own work for the duration of the session, holding longer more comfortable poses throughout. Expect comic and tragic tales, fiction and non-fiction pieces. One model-writer for each draw the writer session enabling a piece to be completed.

DRAW THE MUSICIAN – Live music performed by the life model – an interesting performance evening with static poses but of course some movement. And aural and visual feast.

DRAW THE DANCER – Confirmation of this event to follow – I am talking to the dancer on Monday. He is a professional Ballet Dancer and has developed a performance specifically for life drawing.

2nd Draw the artist – no models – those attending have opportunity to model

9th Draw the Dancer

16th Draw the Writer

23rd Draw the Writer

a yurtful of stories and music with ……

Guest Storyteller ESYLLT HARKER
Welsh and English, stories and songs, beautifully performed by one of Wales’ leading tellers
(www.bodyandvoice.co.uk)

and

Guest Musicians GLOWGLOBES
Cardiff debut for Bristol duo – guitar, double bass and bags of charming songs
(http://www.myspace.com/glowglobes)

plus “Word from the Floor”
If anyone in the audience would like to tell a story or sing a song or play a couple of tunes, please arrive early and speak to one of the hosts (either Guto Dafis or David Ambrose) before the show.

Admission is Free, or whatever you would like to donate as the hat comes round…

Milgis Lounge Bar
213 City Rd, Cardiff CF24 3JD (In the YURT)
Contact venue: 02920 473150
Web www.milgilounge.com

Coming up:

17 August
Guest storyteller: Francis Maxey
Guest musician: Lynne Denman
21 September
Guest storyteller: Guto Dafis
Guest musicians: Syren (Swedish dance music featuring Jon Mills on melodeon)
19 October
Guest storyteller: Steve Killick
Guest musicians:  Gill Stevens & Bethan Nia (www.bethannia.co.uk)
16 November
Guest storyteller: Cat Weatherill (www.catweatherill.co.uk)
Guest musician: Dirty Ray (www.myspace.com/dirtyrayweatherill)
21 December
Guest storyteller: Mary Anne Roberts
Guest musicians: Domestic Violins

Caerdydd
CF24 3JD
029 2047 3150
www.milgilounge.com
www.myspace.com/milgilounge

I ddod:

17 Awst
Storiwr gwadd: Francis Maxey
Cerddor gwadd: Lynne Denman
21 Medi
Storiwr gwadd: Guto Dafis
Cerddorion gwadd: Syren (cerddoriaeth o Sweden, gyda Jon Mills ar acordion diatoneg)
19 Hydref
Storiwr gwadd: Steve Killick
Cerddor gwadd: tbc
16 Tachwedd
Storiwr gwadd: Cat Weatherill (www.catweatherill.co.uk)
Cerddor gwadd: Dirty Ray (www.myspace.com/dirtyrayweatherill)
21 Rhagfyr
Storiwr gwadd: Mary Anne Roberts
Storiwr gwadd: Domestic Violins

Thursday 15th July
6-9pm

The Yurt – Milgi
213 City Road, Cardiff, CF24 3JD
£5 on the door
With help from our busy team of volunteers we’ll magic your flags into beautiful bunting to be exhibited in the autumn. This is a great way to support WAA’s new community arts project, Keepsakes.
For more info about Keepsakes and to download a flag template – visit the WAA website:

http://www.womensarts.co.uk

http://www.milgilounge.com

Women’s Arts Association
Tel: 02920 487850
Email: info@womensarts.co.uk

To Book a stall email:

info@milgilounge.com

Join our new facebook group // Here’s the link:

http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=118174914879569&v=app_2392950137#!/group.php?gid=118174914879569

Number 3 in our Swing mixes.

Found and forgotten photographs curated by Jon Pountney and Bec Kelly

Made up of found and forgotten imagery, the exhibition seeks to stimulate a discourse between personal and group memory. Found personal photos with unconscious cinematic overtones vie with pictures of subjects with universally understood values, asking the viewer to consider the difference between a photograph taken with intention, and ones exhibited with their original intentions unknown.

NEXUS QUARTET + LUCELLO + AILSA MAIR HUGHES + MIRIAM WAKELING + more tbc

Cost: £5 / £3 conc
Contact venue: 02920 473150
Websites:
www.myspace.com/mr.meltdown
www.milgilounge.com

MORE DETAILS

Mr Meltdown presents
CELLOBRATION!

A unique night of duelling cellos, looped cellos, rock cellos, jazzy cellos and cello-fuelled-storytelling – in a Yurt – in which we showcase the astonishing diversity of the cello with a unique coming together of musicians who each explore its possibilities across a range of genres.

NEXUS QUARTET four young guys in their late teens, trained as classical cellists, who create a fabulous cello-driven-rock-metal hybrid (as you do)!

LUCELLO dazzling solo cello infused with jazz, blues and improv from Mavron Quartet member Lucy O’Connor who played a Yurtstorming set at Meltdown in 2009.
www.myspace.com/lucello1

AILSA MAIR HUGHES magically combining cello and storytelling. Ex member of the beguiling Room Temperature Cat
www.myspace.com/ailsamairhughes

MIRIAM WAKELING Sings and plays cello through a loop pedal. A member of experimental band Mantlepiece, Chamber Orchestra ‘The Upbeat Camerata,’ ‘The Taunton Sinfonietta’ and RWCMD Symphony Orchestra. At Somerset’s festival ‘Hestfest,’ she collaborated with percussionist and Guitarist Dan Broadbent to perform a mixed set of ambient folk
www.myspace.com/miriamwakeling

PLUS Jamming Cellos, duelling cellos, collaborative cellos etc featuring the above musicians and more!

–
Paul Clarke
Tel: 07906 007024

s u m m e r   # 1

project/ten, cardiff’s only roaming gallery, will be settling for three weekends in june, taking residence in a warehouse on northcote lane, cardiff.
this, the gallery’s second pop-up exhibition, features new work from the whole collective, including chairs from london-based product designer osian batyka-williams, print folios from illustrator tom kitchen and new work by jon oakes, recently short-listed for this year’s ‘welsh artist of the year’ prize. summer #1 will be a continually changing exhibition, in respect that sold work is replaced and walls refreshed each weekend.

summer #1 also introduces the collective’s latest additions – new artist from west wales, ben lloyd; matt needle, a graphic designer boasting an impressive list of clients that include nike, reiss clothing and tiger beer; and carwyn evans, who recently graduated with a masters from the royal college of art, london.

each weekend features a large-scale site-specific installation which will act as a continual draw to the exhibition. june 11-12 sees debbie smyth’s outstanding and intricate nail and thread work produced on-site in a ‘live pinning’. june 18-19 further introduces the work of artist ben lloyd, and june 25-26 showcases work by architect rob stevens.

this exhibition promises to be bigger, better and bolder, and builds on the foundation laid by the first pop-up. project/ten is quickly establishing a reputation for quality, integrity and collection-worthy art and design, and leads the way as cardiff’s first design-focused gallery.

all work will be for sale with prices ranging from £25 – £4500

opening hours: every friday 8 – 11pm and saturday 1 – 11pm from friday june 11 to saturday june 26; entrance through milgi, 213 city road and from northcote lane, cardiff.

for further info about the artists and designers, forthcoming exhibitions/events, and to register for the mailing list, see project-ten.co.uk or get in touch with the project/ten office.

project-ten.co.uk info@project-ten.co.uk

project/ten office  59 alfred street  cardiff  cf24 4tz  +44 (0)7811 888673