Jb’s post Limetree gig & get together with  friends old and new is our way of giving back some of the love showered upon us at this year’s Limetree, and will be held this Saturday December 3rd at OL2 8JB . If you enjoyed our  efforts at this years Festival please make  a date in your musical diary for this post Limetree get together celebrating the people who’s efforts made it such a memorable event. Five of the Jb’s artist list have joined up to recreate the excellent vibe that was on show over the August bank holiday. Lets keep the Limetree family warm over these dark , cold winter months and plan towards next years extravaganza! Gene and the crew x x x

Rich Cawthorne

Since starting as a DJ in 1995, he’s been in and around the clubbing scene ever since. For the last few years Rich has been based in Hull mainly involved in the hard dance scene, but can turn his hand to any genre. Always full of energy,and never without a smile on his face when behind the decks,this energy shows through in his sets as they are always lively and guaranteed to entertain!!

Top Dollar

New to monkey gloo records this year, Top Dollar has spent the last 15 years DJing in the Midlands and London, playing everything from Old Skool Hardcore, Drum n Bass, Funky Breakbeat, Deep Electro and Tech House. This has just increased Top Dollar’s passion for tunes that make the dance floor bounce.

Simon Barker

After a residency at Gorms Garage in Ibiza from 1998, the next 3 years on the White Isle saw Simon DJ all over Ibza at places such as the home of Manumission, Privilege and Eden. Djing on nights such as Judgement Sundays, Sundissential, Dave Pierce Dance Anthems and MTV. Simon is returning to Limetree playing electronic, twisted and extremely filthy house.

Tim Ellis

Having spent the last sixteen years involved in music production, recording and mastering, he’s produced two albums to date of his own dance music and he’s been DJ’ing for the last twelve years across England. From residencies in Leeds, Reading and Hull, to hosting dance nights across Yorkshire, Tim returns to Limetree with his eclectic mix of funky house, dirty disco, hard house, trance and dirty electro.

Dj gloo

Another new addition to monkey gloo records, Dj gloo has been DJ’ing for the last ten years around most of North Yorkshire. Starting out in small, member only, hard house clubs in Leeds, his DJ’ing skills shine through to bigger crowds. At home playing filthy house, drum and bass, dub step, psychedelic trance or hard house, his sets promise to be bangin

After a traumatic immigration to the northern hemisphere, and many years of struggling along the tides of a stressful London rat-race, Mark and Maria fatefully met. They shared their disillusionment with the futile survival of life in the big cold city, and they shared a common dream: to express their life journey and African memories through music. And so MarsMusic was formed in January 2010 and has since been performing regularly on the London circuit, most notably at The Monto Water Rats in King’s Cross, and at the Crisis Christmas charity gig for the homeless on Christmas day 2010.

Maria’s melodically mesmerizing vocals and rhythm guitar lift her listeners up above impenetrable grey clouds to the vast blue skies above. Mark’s deep grounded bass and electronic beats and percussion provide the sturdy vehicle which transports these listeners through the landscape of this “brave new world”. A MarsMusic world.

Their performances are generous and full of heart. They give everything of themselves.

This band is one to be watched. It represents a whole new wave of music: one that is inspired by love and compassion, and one that is driven by a strong desire to heal the suffering of the world.    This is heart music.

DRX has been in the music game since the tender age of 15 when he earned his first residencies at dnb nights in Huddersfield, Leeds and Manchester. Since then his dj’ing skills and tastes have changed somewhat, now leading the way in the fast evolving bass music culture coming out of London. Frequently playing around the country and co-ordinating  Depthcuts sister night LDN DC, DRX is highly regarded amongst his peers and his sets are not to be missed.

Voices Of The Day are a community choir based In Leeds, with members hailing from far and wide. The choir was founded in early 2010 by Cleve Freckleton (former frontman of ‘Chunky Butt Funky’) and a collective of musicians from the Leeds scene inspired by the belief that music and song is something that can be shared by all, and that by coming together as a community and family and reaching out and supporting one another, great things can be achieved.

Since its first performance at The Headingley Music Festival in 2010, the choir have built an extensive repertoire of pop soul and funk classics, and through the open door policy of having no auditions has grown to over 100 members and counting. Voices Of The Day is simply about singing for the love of singing. Over the last year the choir have performed in numerous established music venues in the Leeds area, as well as The Halifax Piece Hall and are thrilled to be returning to play The Limetree Festival again this year. Voices Of The Day can be summed up in the following four words: Uplifting, Soulful, Heartfelt and Relevant. Come, share in the abundant energy and joy and be a part of a new movement!

Gary has carved out a strong fan-base in his adopted home of Leeds and around the U.K. The Scottish songsmith has graced the Festival circuit also (Glastonbury, Kendal Calling, Live At Leeds, Moorfest, and the Wimborne, Warwick, Holmfirth, Bromyard, Fylde and Otley Folk Festivals). Along the way he has supported the likes of Johnny Flynn, Laura Marling, Noah and the Whale, Fionn Regan,James Yorkston,Emma Pollock,James, Drever,Mcusker &Woomble, Nick Harper and Dougie Maclean. When not playing his own shows, the multi-instrumentalist also plays drums for Leeds-based band Hope and Social (ex-Four Day Hombre). He also plays drums, guitar and sings for Wakefield-based Folk singer/songwriter Rosie Doonan.

“Like Cat Stevens on Acid”-Tom Goodhand, Leeds Guide” With a distinctively raw voice and rhythmic guitar style,Gary has focused on the bright and breezy, the cheerful and chirpy, rather than the dark and dirty, with a handful of radio-friendly melodies, whilst at the same time maintaining some measure of depth in his lyrics…helped along by a handful of local musicians,the album makes up a cohesive acoustic whole…With a command over writing memorable chorus songs, Gary makes each song accessible and user friendly and finally shrugs off the blues with the delightfully optimistic Bucket of Stars, which closes this impressive debut.” – Alan Wilkinson, Maverick Magazine.

I have made my living for the last few years gigging and busking around Cumbria and the north west of England… busked at festivals many times and always received a warm and enthusiastic reception from the punters. ” your the best thing I’ve heard all festival.” “It’s great to here some real blues.” “you should be on the main stage.” I play guitar,harmonica,sing and use both feet on my home made stomp box, all at the same time! so I make as big a sound as a band but with a short set up time. (imagine Sea Sick Steve could play great harmonica!)

I also cover songs by Little Walter,Muddy Waters,Bo Diddley,Sonny Boy Williamson,T-bone Walker,Jimmy Reed and The Rolling Stones and others. I have played at many local festivals and venues including Solfest, Brampton Live, Sedbergh folkfest, Macfest, Zeffirellis Jazz Bar Ambleside, The Brewery Arts Centre Kendal and the Carnegie Hall Workington. I have also played support for Rory Mcleod, Rod Clements(lindisfarne) and It Bites! I have an upbeat,driving sound which is contempary and original yet authentic and rootsy. I always get a good reaction from audiences and inevitably get them to dance and usually sing along..

Our debut EP, entitled E=GC2, is a 9 track project illustrating our wide ranging influences, and true skill as musicians to bring together everyone’s style and make it merge into 10 perfectly formed pieces. With each member being well established in their own music scenes in various forms, and all being associated with not playing and creating but teaching music in someway, Genius Collective are as passionate about their local community as they are about recording and performing. With a low budget, high quality mentality, the music has been pain stakingly crafted by producer Vice (James Kennaby), who created the band in January 2010, alongside Keys player Bonez (Matt Salmon), with the intention of crafting a Jazzy, Funky Hip Hop sound that was yet to be heard in Birmingham’s urban landscape.

From the band…We are really looking forward to our festival slots this year and feel the band are developing and progressing very naturally ;so we look forward to seeing you at the lime tree festival on the Sunday afternoon with our own blend of rock music derived from all over the place… with a few crowd pleasers thrown in for good measure. Thanks see you there…..

The Tom Hollister Trio have ex-Guns n’Roses boss Alan Niven to thank for the meteoric rise to fame they’re currently experiencing.

The man who gave Axl and co their big break saw YouTube clips of 19-year-old guitarist Chris Buck playing covers of the Police and Eric Clapton, and labelled him “the best up-and-coming guitarist this century.”

That led to the Trio, who only got together in February, being signed by Niven. It looks like there’s plenty more to come from the Welsh three-piece – especially when you factor in that Sonisphere was just the seventh-ever gig played by Buck, Tom Hollister and Adam Roberts.

Buck says: “It’s fantastic that Alan stumbled across me from all the millions of guitarists on YouTube. He’s said a lot of nice things about me and it’s fantastic to hear.

“But I’m just trying to do a job. I kind of base my playing style on Clapton and Stevie Ray Vaughn, but there are a lot of players I idolise.”

Playing to the Knebworth festival did give singer Hollister some concerns. He says: “The band ahead of us were really heavy so we were a bit frightened playing blues to the same crowd.

“We made no bones about the fact we’re a blues band, although we did a slightly heavier set than usual. People appreciated it – they chilled out and enjoyed us, so it was great.”

The band are working on heading to the States to hook up with Niven and play some shows with other bands, and are looking forward to securing a support slot with a more established act.