An Evening with A Little Orchestra

How Does It Feel To Be Loved presents a whole evening in the company of Kilburn's favourite twelve-piece orchestral ensemble, A Little Orchestra.

The event will take place on the 26th of January, from half past seven until around eleven, at the Buffalo Bar, just outside Highbury & Islington tube station.

The orchestra will be set up and playing throughout the night and joined by several guest singers and other instrumentalists, including . . . Shirley Lee (of Spearmint), Haiku Salut, Simon from The Loves, and Matt and Sharon from A Fine Day for Sailing.

The evening will be topped off by a performance from The Madrigals, a five piece from London, influenced in equal parts by traditional English folk and Electrelane.

Tickets cost £4 in advance (link) or £5 on the door. Don't forget to tell the Big Other you will be coming.

Forthcoming Live Shows by A Little Orchestra

Sunday 13 February – London

The Loves Retirement Party @ The Lexington, 96-98 Pentonville Road, London N1 9JB

The Loves + Comet Gain + The School + The Lovely Eggs + The Vinyl Stitches + Pocketbooks + + Micktravis + The Werewandas + DJs Paul Wright (Track & Field) + Dan Maier (13th Floor)

Tickets are £8.50 from We Got Tickets and more details are also available on Facebook

After eleven years as everyone's favourite rock'n'roll rah rah band, The Loves are withdrawing from active service - and celebrating the receipt of their metaphorical gold watch with a fine show off. For this, their last ever performance, they will be joined on stage by Claire, Jill, Matt, Nat and Rosie, the string section from A Little Orchestra.

Saturday 19 March – London

Save Our Libraries @ Nettlefold Hall, West Norwood Library, 1-5 Norwood High Street, SE27 9JX

Darren Hayman, Horowitz, Leaf Library, The Give it Ups, A Little Orchestra, Pete Green, A Fine Day for Sailing.

DJs: Scared to Dance and Big Pink Cake.

In protest against proposed cuts to over 1000 local libraries across the UK (including Lambeth's finest), A Little Orchestra will be performing a typically eclectic mix in the time honoured tradition of The Portsmouth Sinfonia and the Boston Pops, joined on guest vocals by a variety of illustrious friends.

Ticket details will be announced soon.

If you would like more information on A Little Orchestra, or might be interested in joining us, please do not hesitate to get in touch.

A Little Orchestra Christmas Shows

A Little Orchestra are very excited to be playing two Christmas shows next month - do come along and helps us get in the festive mood!

Saturday December 4 - The School's Christmas party at The Luminaire, Kilburn
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=136484899736182

Sunday December 5 - The Moose Factory, The George Tavern, Commerical Road

http://events.myspace.com/Event/6089318/Moose-Factory

For the latter, we will be reprising our all-hands-on-deck rendition of Terry Riley's 'In C', so if you would like to join us for that, please email me via the link above and to the right.

Chasing Sheep is Best Left to Shepherds

Performed by "A Little Orchestra" at Jamm, Brixton. Part of the How Does it Feel Loves Rock 'n' Roll Circus, of which there are many photos here. A thoroughly enjoyable evening all round (tap dancing to The Smiths providing a particularly memorable moment).

Rock'n'Roll Circus at Jammmmmmmm

Tomorrow evening, Thursday March 25th, "a little orchestra" will be performing Michael Nyman's 'Chasing Sheep is Best Left to Shepherds' at around about eight pm, to kick off the following exciting event ....

HDIF Presents
Thursday 25th March
The Loves/The Mai 68s/King And The Olive Fields/Funsize Lions
Jamm, 261 Brixton Road, SW9 6LH, 7.30pm, FREE admission

Tonight features the world debut of The Loves' Rock'N'Roll Circus! A night of olympian wonders! Vaulting and unequalled somersaults! Dancing girls! Mime! Comedy! Theatrical performances to boggle both the mind and the eye. Plus musical turns from The Loves, The Mai 68s, King And The Olive Fields, and Funsize Lions. All under the watchful eye of ringmaster Simon Love, who will be the compere for the entire evening. We're making him wear a top hat.

The Loves
Legendary psych-pop collective from Cardiff, who fuse Nuggets-style garage pop, bubblegum fuzz, sugar sweet indiepop, and hand-clapping, hip-shaking rock'n'roll. Favourites of Marc Riley and John Peel, for whom they recorded four sessions, including one live at Peel Acres, the band are fronted by Simon Love, whose "did-he-really-just-say-that?" style of stagecraft is entertainment itself.
http://www.myspace.com/lovetheloves

The Mai 68s
Noise! Revolutionary chic! A stand up drummer! If Laetitia Sadier had fronted early Jesus And Mary Chain, they may have sounded a little like this Leicester foursome - ear-splitting yet full of poise, chaotic yet cool.
http://www.myspace.com/themai68s

King And The Olive Fields
Philip Serfaty and a rotating cast of friends play swoonsome, literate indie pop festooned with ukuleles, cellos, banjos and the like. For fans of early Magnetic Fields, The Wave Pictures and Herman Dune.
http://www.myspace.com/kingsongs

Funsize Lions
Influenced by the B52s, Stereo Total and Le Tigre, Funsize Lions perform crystalline keening electropop sounds, songs that yelp and yammer over the downdraft, songs for dark mornings and airport terminals everywhere... for ever. They feature China Carolina, who is Piney Gir's naughty cousin.
http://www.myspace.com/funsizelions

And here's the info for the other performers on the night:

* A Little Orchestra. Led by Monster Bobby of Pipettes-fame, this 12-strong orchestra will open the show.
* Lucienne Cole. Performance artist Lucienne Cole will perform "Dance To The Music", in which she tapdances to "Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now".
* Mr Solo's Projector Of Graphical Wonderment. Mr Solo, of David Devant And His Spirit Wife, will be doing something or other with his projector of graphical wonderment. We're not entirely sure what this is, or what he plans to do with it.
* Matt Kaufman. The actor and performance artist Matt Kaufman will be our resident mime for the evening.
* DRA Dance Collective. The London based Contemporary Dance company will perform before The Loves close the show.

DJs: Tamla Tim and Phoenix Phil (Pop Art)

Doors 7.30pm
Funsize Lions 8pm-8.30pm
King And The Olive Fields 8.45pm-9.15pm
The Mai 68s 9.30pm-10pm
The Loves 10.15pm-11pm

Last Northern line tube northbound from Oval: 00.22
Last Victoria line tube northbound from Brixton: 00.26