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PLEASE NOTE: DOORS OPEN: 7pm, MUSIC STARTS AT 8.30pm.
The venue comprises both seated and standing space. There are a limited number of seats. These are allocated on a first come first served basis, so if you’d like a seat, please ensure you arrive early.
We reserve the right to release all unclaimed tickets for re-sale at 9.15pm. If you will be arriving after this time, please inform us in advance, so that we can hold your tickets for you.
We can be contacted by email on mail@greennote.co.uk
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Modeste is an award winning singer songwriter and guitarist from Madagascar whose music is a unique blend of traditional Malagasy sounds. He creates beautiful melodies & rhythms with hypnotic guitar playing & vocals and is known for his exceptional and unique guitar skills and powerful live performances.
As the Independent said, ‘He’s so effective in this musical sleight of hand that audience members scan the stage in search of a (non-existent) second guitar player’.
Modeste has performed at many venues and festivals across the UK and abroad, including the Barbican, Royal Festival Hall, Brighton Dome, WOMAD, Shetland Folk, London Jazz Festival, Musicport, Wilderness, Big Chill, Hop Farm, London African Music Festival, Rise and BT River of Music.
He has toured with Cesaria Evora for the UK stretch of her tour as well as sharing the stage with Mory Kanté, Yvonne Chaka Chaka, Lokua Kanza and more.
Modeste has also been featured and has played live on countless BBC radio programmes including Janice Long’s Radio 2 show, the World Service, Charlie Gillett’s BBC London show and many live broadcasts and performances with BBC Radio 3.
“With an almost endless variety of rhythms, tempos and styles, and with a growing UK-based population of talented Malagasy musicians such as Modeste, there’s no reason why the unique and distinctive style of the Indian Ocean’s jewel shouldn’t break a few barriers here, too.”
The BBC
“Hugues is a pleasingly smoky-toned singer and a fine guitarist, able to play rhythm and lead all at once. He’s so effective in this musical sleight of hand that audience members scan the stage in search of a (non-existent) second guitar player.”
The Independent
“These days we are blessed by some truly world class artists living in our midst and we really ought to celebrate them more. A case in point is Madagascar’s Modeste Hugues.”
fROOTS
“Modeste is an ace musician, razor sharp, endlessly inventive, his warm songs coloured by exuberance, tenderness, and buckets of joie-de-vivre.”
Penguin Eggs
