Blue Cavern Music Club: An Evening with Alice Armstrong
at Calico Reading
World-class band nights return to Reading with Blue Cavern Music Club.
Experience a special 4 piece live band performance from award-winning Soul & Blues singer-songwriter Alice Armstrong on Wed 7th Aug 2024 at the stunning Calico bar in Reading (at Hotel 1843, London Street).
Alice's powerhouse vocals, emotive songwriting and engaging live performances will leave you mesmerized. This is one show you cannot miss!
Doors 7pm. Live music 7.30pm-10pm
Support from award-nominated Berkshire blues singer-songwriter Thomas Heppell.
About Alice Armstrong
Alice Armstrong is an award-winning singer-songwriter and entertainer from Surrey, UK, known for her impressive vocal range, dynamic songwriting and unmatched stage presence.
In 2024 so far, Armstrong has been voted Contemporary Blues Artist of the Year at the UK Blues Awards, played sold out shows across the UK, chatted live on BBC Radio 2 with Cerys Matthews and is a common addition to Joe Bonamassa’s personal Spotify playlists. Her second EP, ‘Live at Area 88’ comes out on the 14th June.
An Alice Armstrong show promises a vibrant, genre-busting performance packed with world class musicianship and wry British repartee. Her personal and provocative content is heavily infused with soul, blues, funk, rock and jazz, and is served with an enigmatic performance and audience interaction reminiscent of the likes of B.B. King, Koko Taylor, Janis Joplin and Tina Turner (with a touch of Maria Callas), leaving the awed audience laughing, crying and tapping their feet in equal measure.
About Thomas Heppell
Thomas's debut solo EP, 'Be My Home', not only received airwave love from Jazz FM (Blues and Boogie - David Freeman) and Blues Radio UK (Richard Dunning - Chairman of Blues UK Federation), but also secured him three nominations at the UK Blues Awards 2023. With nods for Best Young, Emerging, and Acoustic Blues Artist, it's evident Thomas is a force to be reckoned with in the British Blues panorama.
