{"id":709,"date":"2018-10-15T20:50:06","date_gmt":"2018-10-15T20:50:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theshangrila.co.uk\/?p=709"},"modified":"2018-10-15T21:10:56","modified_gmt":"2018-10-15T21:10:56","slug":"friday-28-september-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theshangrila.co.uk\/?p=709","title":{"rendered":"Friday 28 September 2018"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Bo Weavil<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/theshangrila.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Bo-Weavil.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-700\" src=\"https:\/\/theshangrila.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Bo-Weavil-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Bo Weavil\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/theshangrila.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Bo-Weavil-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/theshangrila.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Bo-Weavil-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/theshangrila.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Bo-Weavil.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>5-piece traditional folk and blues act from Lancashire, Bo Weavil showcase old time and country blues from the 1920s and 30s, creating good times from happy hoedown to folk festivals. \u00a0Described by Band on the Wall as &#8216;a positive string orchestra with melodica and harmonica thrown in for good measure&#8217;, they are pure foot-stomping excellence with a kick!<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/www.boweavil.co.uk\/<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Leonie Kate Higgins<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/theshangrila.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Leonie-Higgins-2.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-699\" src=\"https:\/\/theshangrila.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Leonie-Higgins-2-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Leonie Higgins 2\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Manchester-based singer, songwriter, writer, and particularly\u00a0 beautiful cellist L\u00e9onie Kate Higgins is one fifth of all-female performance group Eggs Collective (razor-tongued cabaret) and one third of band Geddes Loom (singing, beatbox, cello, guitar, and technology).<\/p>\n<p>L\u00e9onie has performed at theatres and festivals nationally including Royal Exchange Theatre, Southbank Centre,\u00a0 The Marquee Club and of course, Shangri La!<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"980\" height=\"551\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/_M0mL2NQXkg?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; encrypted-media\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ben Mellor<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/theshangrila.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/ben-mellor-2.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-701\" src=\"https:\/\/theshangrila.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/ben-mellor-2-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"ben-mellor-2\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/theshangrila.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/ben-mellor-2-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/theshangrila.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/ben-mellor-2-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/theshangrila.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/ben-mellor-2.jpg 718w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Former BBC Radio 4 National Poetry Slam winner, Ben is a regular performer at Shangri La! and a charismatic purveyor of high quality words for poetry, plays, stories and general musings.\u00a0 An Edinburgh Fringe favourite, he is the creator and host of highly-acclaimed Manchester spoken word and performance night Pen:Chant. \u201cA pure undiluted talent. Concentrated.\u201d\u00a0says Lemn Sissay and we totes agree!<\/p>\n<p>http:\/\/www.benmellor.net\/<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bo Weavil \u00a0 5-piece traditional folk and blues act from Lancashire, Bo Weavil showcase old time and country blues from the 1920s and 30s, creating good times from happy hoedown to folk festivals. \u00a0Described by Band on the Wall as &#8216;a positive string orchestra with melodica and harmonica thrown in for good measure&#8217;, they are [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":700,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theshangrila.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/709"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theshangrila.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theshangrila.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theshangrila.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theshangrila.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=709"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/theshangrila.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/709\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":715,"href":"https:\/\/theshangrila.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/709\/revisions\/715"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theshangrila.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/700"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theshangrila.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=709"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theshangrila.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=709"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theshangrila.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=709"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}