The Jam Jar Presents: Me and My Friends

Name: The Jam Jar Presents: Me and My Friends
Start: 2025-04-11T20:00:00+01:00
End: 2025-04-11T21:00:00+01:00
Location: The Jam Jar Bristol

Schedule

Fri Apr 11 2025 at 08:00 pm to 09:00 pm

UTC+01:00

Location

The Jam Jar Bristol | Bristol, EN

🧡 Afro-folk for the soul 🧡
The Jam Jar & Me and My Friends go way back! Their incomparable sound of soulful British folk combined with West African and Caribbean influences has been rocking the dancefloors and captivating audiences for over a decade and is now enjoyed online by hundreds of thousands of monthly listeners across the world. We can't wait to welcome them back! 🦒🐘
“A sublime fusion that combines pastoral dreaminess with the heat of highlife and Afrobeat sounds” Songlines
“Such interesting influences… beautiful” Cerys Matthews, 6Music
𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗝𝗮𝗺 𝗝𝗮𝗿 𝗣𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀
𝗠𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗠𝘆 𝗙𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗱𝘀
+ 𝗦𝘂𝗽𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁
𝗙𝗿𝗶𝗱𝗮𝘆 𝟭𝟭𝘁𝗵 𝗔𝗽𝗿𝗶𝗹
𝟴𝗽𝗺 - 𝟭𝟭𝗽𝗺
𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗝𝗮𝗺 𝗝𝗮𝗿, 𝗕𝗿𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗹
Me and My Friends play soulful, poignant music with a beat: a unique blend of Afrobeat grooves with deliciously rich harmonies, languidly graceful cello and playfully funky clarinet, all tied together by the hauntingly elegant voice of singer and guitarist Nick Rasle.

Over the past decade Me and My Friends have toured across Europe, gaining support from the likes of Gilles Peterson, Cerys Matthews, FiP, Soundway Records and Quantic. Their whirlwind live shows are dedicated to creating the warmth and connection that all humans crave, with a penchant for tearing up their own tracks with explosive dynamism and spontaneity. 🔸🔸

New album Before I Saw The Sea represents an audacious development in the band’s signature sound. Intimate and reflective, it is an immersive set of nighttime meditations conceived during lockdown, its laidback grooves combining bittersweet nostalgia with hypnotic rhythmic interplay. This is a record made to accompany journeys when none could be made, as we awaited the parting of the stormy clouds. 🌤️
“An amazing live show!” Will Holland (Quantic).
“A life-affirming sound”, Loose Ends, BBC Radio 4.
“I’m loving this!” Steve Lamacq, BBC Radio 6