Colour Your Summer

Experience the Roundhouse transformed into an intimate space for one sizzling month of live music. Kept within the pillars with cabaret-style tables to seat 6 in front of the stage and tiered seating further back, to guarantee a table book now for your group.

Allen Toussaint

Mon 4th Aug 2008

The classic New Orleans sound of the 60’s RnB legend.

Jim White with support from Dawn Landes

Tue 5th Aug 2008

A highly original voice gives an alt-country twist to the sound of the Deep South.

Jose James Quartet with support from Eska Mtungwazi

Wed 6th Aug 2008

Endorsed by DJ Gilles Peterson, they are the future sound of jazz.

Noah and the Whale + The Dodge Brothers

Mon 11th Aug 2008

North London’s finest purveyors of melodic,sometimes melancholic dream pop.

Alabama 3 Unplugged

Tue 12th Aug 2008

Classic American blues-rock mixed up with acid house, techno and country.

Nina Nastasia with support from O'Death

Wed 13th Aug 2008

Simultaneously tough and fragile, her songs crackle and smoulder with an intimate emotional honesty and a dark undertone.

Alela Diane with support from The Cave Singers

Mon 18th Aug 2008

Performing magical and authentic freaky-folk – ‘all told, she is special indeed’ The Guardian.

James Yorkston & Lisa Knapp

Tue 19th Aug 2008

Gentle acoustic folk on all things blighted and beautiful. ‘Truly life-affirming’ The Guardian.

Karine Polwart with special guests Kenny Anderson and Kim Edgar

Wed 20th Aug 2008

Sincere and bittersweet folk & roots harmonies from the Scottish chanteuse.

Polar Bear

Mon 25th Aug 2008

Pioneering jazz, break-beat and electronic soundscapes.

Angus and Julia Stone

Tue 26th Aug 2008

Simple but blindingly effective acoustic compositions with delicate boy-girl harmonies.

Basquiat Strings plus arthurs.hoiby.ritchie

Wed 27th Aug 2008

Cellist Ben Davis fuses traditional string quartet with jazz rhythms.

The Matthew Herbert Big Band

Thu 28th Aug 2008

Electronic music’s most versatile sampling wizard takes the stage with his 16 piece big band.

Duke Special Band

Fri 29th Aug 2008

An inimitable style which harks back to a prerock ‘n’ roll era of an old-school music hall.

Bert Jansch

Sat 30th Aug 2008

One of the most influential folk, blues and jazz musicians of all time.