Performances:
Fri 16 May: 8:00pm
Sat 17 May: 8:00pm
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Brighton Festival
Fat Cat Nights with the Great Escape
Fri Vashti Bunyan, Vetiver, Haushka, Tom Brosseau
Sat Nina Nastasia, The Twilight Sad, Frightened Rabbit, Silje Nes
Brighton-based label Fat Cat returns for these specially produced Festival concerts in association with the Great Escape.
Heading up Friday night’s line-up is British chanteuse Vashti Bunyan, celebrating the recent re-release of her early pop material including her 1965 debut single penned by Jagger and Richards. Plus the lush acoustic textures of Andy Cabic’s uber-cool Vetiver; North Dakota's golden-voiced folk-roots troubadour Tom Brosseau; and German composer Haushka, whose disruptive ‘piano interventions’ bring to mind the rhythmic sounds of Steve Reich and John Cage.
Saturday night sees New York’s cult singer-songwriter Nina Nastasia headlining another dream roster with her spectral Americana and smouldering vocal intensity. Also featuring the skewed anthemic rock of Glasgow’s accordion-toting The Twilight Sad; Glasgow's exuberant post-punk Indie rock trio Frightened Rabbit; and the multilayered organic hooks of Norwegian multi-instrumentalist/singer Silje Nes.

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