Manic Organic
Brighton Festival
Wooo, organ music. And where better to hear it than in a seaside town. Ah, it makes me think of Blackpool and the Tower Ballroom. Which is bizarre, as I’m writing about Brighton, which has its own historical organs to boast of. According to the programme, Brighton Dome’s 1936-built pipe organ was the centrepiece of the world’s longest running seaside concert series, and now it’s going to star in this new show, as contemporary music types The Necks, Robert Lippok and Matt Stokes put a modern spin on the whole organ sound.
Brighton Dome Concert Hall, 15 May, 8:00pm, £10.00/£15.00, fpp 49.

Guida La Palma & Jazzinho
Brighton Festival Fringe Jazz
Guida La Palma & Jazzinho are a Brazilian-style multi-ethnic outfit who have garnered glowing reviews from the broadsheets, specialist music publications and most importantly, ThreeWeeks’ sister publication CMU (and we were there first, too). They’ve also been championed by the likes of BBC Radio 1 DJ Gilles Peterson, who in my opinion, knows a good thing when he hears it. All those things considered, I think you can trust that this is going to be a good night. Jazzinho, I’m told, roughly translated, means “sweet little jazz”. I’m reliably informed that some very sweet jazz is what you’ll get.
St Paul’s Church, 23 May, 7:45pm (10:30pm), £15.00 (£12.00), fpp 33.

Adem
Komedia
I’ve rather liked Adem since a promo of one of his singles landed on my desk a couple of years back. He definitely sounds folky to me, and I’m told that he is oft regarded as this new fangled ‘nu-folk’ genre, but I’m not too hot on genres, so I’m not sure. In fact, I’ve not heard the term ‘nu-folk’ bandied about much lately, so maybe it’s a bit passé now, and there’s a whole new other word for sounding a bit folky in a slightly more contemporary manner than you’d expect. Ah, sod it, what does it matter? I like his sound, and I think you will too, so give it a shot.
Komedia, 24 May, 8:30pm (11:00pm), £10.00, fpp 32.