Thursday 25th January 07 - Más Y Más At Music Exchange, Dorchester Hotel, Beverley Road

harriWattsband hope you have all had an excellent Christmas, a good New Year and a well deserved rest. Many thanks for your support throughout 2006 and we start Music Exchange again with a fantastic band, Más Y Más on 25th January 2007. Más Y Más have a compellingly pure and unique sound, the songs and soaring harmonies raise the temperature wherever they play, delivering a message of unity, sensuality and fiesta.

They play the original music of Rikki Thomas-Martínez and some standard Latin songs. An irresistible meeting of Flamenco, Afro-Cuban and Reggae influences, woven together by driving dance rhythms.

Más Y Más have toured extensively including regular appearances at The National Theatre, London, Mambo and Velure, Dublin's most famous club nights at The Gaiety Theatre, the renowned Lillies Bordello, The Lobby in Cork City, The Empire in Belfast, The Dubai Creek, United Arab Emirates, and Café Central in Madrid. For more information see www.masymas.co.uk. Doors open 7.15pm, food served 7.30 - 8.30pm. Music 8.30 - 11.00pm. Tickets are £8 or £10 on the door (Including food). Contact reception 01482 343276 or Dave Watts on 07980 282266.

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