Wednesday 8th October
7.30pm
Doors 7.00pm

£14

CHRIS HOBAN

Fresh from taking the stage with Steve Knightley & Friends at the The Sidmouth Folk Festival, we are delighted to have Chris returning to 'Music In The Malthouse' at the fabulous The Bridge Inn, Topsham for a solo gig on 20th August, 8.00pm.

The main feature in the programme will be 'Cartography' - a chronological journey through song and narrative of our relationship to the land on which we live - including landowners and commoners, heaths and allotments, enclosure acts and rights (or the lack of them), Dartmoor landowners and exuberant West Country miners.

Featuring renowned original songs including 'Hallows' Eve', 'The Old Lych Way', 'Katrina', 'The Terror' and one or two surprises.

Chris is a Topsham-based songwriter, composer, arranger, lyricist and multi-instrumentalist who plays the guitar, 'cello, piano, piano accordion & mandocello.

"Chris Hoban... expresses, with musical skill and poetic originality, the beauty and diversity of the whole of England." (Dame Judith Weir, Master of the King's Music 2014-24)

BOULEVARDIER


Wednesday 17th September
7.30pm Doors 7.00pm

£16

Boulevardier, the SW’s premium Jazz swing band, will bring to life the greatest tunes from the 1920s, 30s and 40s from the artists of the eras. Boulevardier feature: Mattie James, Craig Milverton, Cheryl Cole and Jim Rintoul.

Boulevardier are led by jazz swing vocalist and session musician Mattie James. He is an experienced singer, bassist and guitarist happy to explore a range of genres including, jazz, funk, soul, folk, rock. pop and world music. This evening he will be paying tribute to the best jazz male vocalists of the era including Frank Sinatra, Nat King Cole, Chet Baker, Tony Bennet, Harry Connick Jr and Sammy Davis Jr. Boulevardier has spent the last three years performing around the SW at festivals, hotels, cafes, restaurants, village halls and more...

Craig Milverton is one of Britain’s finest Jazz Pianists recognised in 2010 by winning Best Jazz Pianist in the British Jazz Awards. An extravagantly gifted pianist with an unrivalled sense of swing" Jazz CD of the Month, Dave Gelly, The Observer. "The best pianist to come along in Britain in the last two decades, and the nearest to the great Oscar Peterson" Digby Fairweather.

Cheryl Cole is a dedicated multi-instrumentalist, proficient in Alto and Tenor Saxophone, Flute, and Piano. She regularly performs with several local jazz ensembles, a blues band, various function bands, and the Exeter Jazz Orchestra. For Cheryl, music is more than a vocation — it’s a powerful means of expression and escape, transporting both performer and listener to places that are unexpected, emotive, and deeply meaningful.

Jim Rintoul is a busy electric and double bass player; playing all kinds of music around the UK for the past 20 years and with long stints in Australia, New York and Tokyo. As well as a busy playing schedule he has a business specialising in teaching jazz, classical and electric bass to adult beginners.


Saturday 4th October
7.30pm Doors 7.00pm

£10

Music with comedy, Los No Boss return promoting their new album 'King of Devon’


Wednesday 15th October
7.30pm Doors 7.00pm

£17

BSW are thrilled to present Mississippi MacDonald, one of England's finest Soul-Blues singer songwriters and guitarists on the circuit right now.

 3 x UK Blues Award Winner and Take me to the River All Star, in 2025 and 2024 he won the awards for both Traditional Blues Artist Of The Year and Acoustic Blues Act Of The Year.

Since his signing to APM Records in 2021, he has appeared on BBC Radio 2’s Blues Show with Cerys Matthews and has played extensively in the UK and the US, including a Washington State Blues Society showcase on Beale Street during the International Blues Challenge, appearances on King Biscuit Time (Helena AK), and Radio Memphis.

In May 2024, Mississippi was part of the Take Me To The River All Stars along with William Bell (Stax Records), the legendary Hi Rhythm section, Jools Holland and Eric Gales.Mississippi’s first record for APM, “Do Right, Say Right” was named in the top 10 Blues Albums of 2022 by Mojo Magazine, and was album of the year on HRH Blues Radio.

Since then, he has released further albums 'Heavy State Loving Blues' and 'I got what you need'. 

Mississippi MacDonald’s blues are authentic, heartfelt, and reflect a lifetime of learning from the greats.“Mississippi MacDonald represents the next generation of great guitarists who hail from the UK…wholly authentic, he’s earned the right to claim the name” Living Blues, USAFor this gig he will be joined by Lucy Piper on Drums, and from Tennessee, USA, Brent Cundall on Bass.

Heavy State Loving Blues: https://open.spotify.com/album/3Yh5Oq9qa4e7PvKN3bCPTQ?si=Bh2tZdPJQ8ufo4l8JtfPfg

Website –  www.mississippimacdonald.comInstagram: @Mississippimacdonald