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Coming This Thursday 22/05/2025

19/5/2025

 
Coming This Thursday 22/05/2025
Evening @ The Goods Shed, Stroud, GL5 3AP

Join the electronic jazz revolution
With @mikeflynnbass on bass and pedals 🎸⚡️

@jazzstroud_ presents Unfurl - In The Round

I’ll be on saxes/flute 🎷🪈 alongside @dylan._lewis on trumpet 🎺 and @lukesoaresmusic on drums 🥁
+ other guests

Tickets on @sva__ website and jazzstroud.org

⭐️ Spacious soundscapes, bass lines and flowing beats
⭐️ Mixing Jazz, electronica, broken beats, spoken poetry and vocals
⭐️ Spontaneous improvised electronic jazz fusion

Info+Tickets:
https://www.jazzstroud.org/jazz-stroud-tickets/unfurl

Stroud Jazz Festival

19/5/2025

 
This Sunday 25/05/2025 @thestroudhotel with @jazzstroud_  🎤🎹🎸🥁🪈
Get ready for a weekend of smooth sounds, summer air and laid back Bossa nova vibes as we take part in the Stroud Jazz Festival.
We are taking the music outside (weather permitting!) with live jazz in the secret garden, perfect for sipping something cold while the band plays on.
There will also be live music in the function room where the jazz keeps flowing so whether you’re a life long aficionado or fancy a relaxing weekend with great tunes, this one is not to miss.
@novabossmusic will be 1-3pm
Bringing a laid back mix of Jobim and other classics, combining swinging samba rhythm with jazz harmonies 
Sunday 25/05/2025 @ GL5 3AP
13:00-15:00
For full list of Jazz Stroud events check out:
jazzstroud.org
for some fabulous live music coming to venues near you
#jazzstroud #livemusic #bossanova #saudade #stroudhotel  🎶🎵
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Looking forward to bringing some sunshine grooves

10/5/2025

 
Looking forward to bringing some sunshine grooves to @thestroudhotel tomorrow 13:00 with @novabossmusic 🌞🎶 
Expect laid-back Bossa vibes, smooth jazz, and a touch of Jobim & friends ✨ Free entry – come hang if you’re local! 🎹🎤🎸🥁
@novabossmusic @mikeflynnbass @handsonicsam
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Just Announced: Unfurl Sessions - In The Round At The Goods Shed

25/4/2025

 
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The new electronic jazz improvisation session returns for a special @jazzstroud_ addition in the round at the Goods Shed including special guests for a night of spontaneous improvised electronic jazz fusion.

Led by award-winning bass guitarist and effects pedalboard maestro @mikeflynnbass the Unfurl session explores spacious soundscapes, bass lines and flowing beats, mixing jazz, electronica, broken beats, spoken poetry and vocals.
Tickets: Pay What You Can £8, £10 or £12

Thursday, May 22, 2025
8:00 PM 11:00 PM
Brunel Goods Shed Station Approach, Stroud
GL5 3AP

Info+tickets:
https://www.jazzstroud.org/jazz-stroud-2025-events/unfurl

http://www.rorymusic.co.uk/freelance/unfurl-sessions-in-the-round-at-the-goods-shed

Broadway Boss

14/4/2025

 
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Back To Broadway

4/4/2025

 
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No plans tonight?

2/11/2024

 
No plans tonight? Fancy some live music while supporting a great cause? Join me at The Long Table, Brimscombe Mill for some beautiful Bossa arrangements, This Evening 2nd November, and enjoy a healthy home cooked meal. The Long Table brings community and food together creating a wonderful Stroud experience for all. Free entry!

😋 🎷🎤🇧🇷🌊🥗
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Delicious pay-as-you-can evening meal 6-8pm - Rory  -live from 7pm
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Join us for an exhilarating autumn evening of live music, delicious food, and vibrant community spirit. Immerse yourself in the captivating sounds of Brazilian rhythms with Rory's smooth saxophone, flute, and vocals.
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Rory's music effortlessly blends the introspective poise of Bossa Nova (New Wave) with the lusciousness of acid jazz. His dynamic mixes feature laid back beach vibes, infectious dance beats, pumping riffs, funky bass lines and scat, layered up with the sound of his alto sax and flute and lyrics in Portuguese and English. 

This uplifting and unifying music celebrates the richness of the Rio sound at its meeting point with a cosmopolitan, international flavour, and features tunes from Jobim to Jamiroquai, Lyra, Lins and Lambada.

Having headlined a 5-date residency at London's Jazz Café with his 12-piece ensemble, Diáspora, and performing across the country with Diáspora's baby band, Fiesta Latina, Rory brings his extensive expertise to The Long Table for a thrilling one-man band performance!

Whether you're a long-time fan of Brazilian music or new to its infectious rhythms, this evening promises a joyous celebration of music and community. Bring your friends, family, and dancing shoes for an unforgettable night.

Delicious pay-as-you-can evening meal 6-8pm - Rory -live from 7pm
https://www.thelongtableonline.com/.../7/13/latin-night-rory

Join us in the Balcony Bar at Stroud Brewery Taproom on 17th October for a night of captivating cabaret, Latin rhythms, and Eastern European flair.

3/10/2024

 
Join us in the Balcony Bar at Stroud Brewery Taproom on 17th October for a night of captivating cabaret, Latin rhythms, and Eastern European flair, all in support of Amnesty International UK fighting for justice, freedom, and equality across the globe.

Moscow Drug Club will take you on a musical journey like no other, blending Berlin cabaret vibes with the magic of Django Reinhardt and Tom Waits. Expect an intimate evening filled with mesmerizing tunes and storytelling.

Plus, enjoy retro Brazilian grooves with a soulful acid kick from Rory with “Bossa Village”.

Grab your tickets now before they’re gone Link in Bio
#StroudBrewery #MoscowDrugClub #LiveMusic #AmnestyInternational #Fundraiser

Thursday 17 October 2024
8:00 PM - 10:30 PM
@stroudbrewery GL5 2BY
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Tickets:
https://www.tickettailor.com/.../midglosamnestygroup/1337651
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Stop!

8/9/2024

 
​Stop! ✋ Saturday night with @jonhickmanmusic 🎹🎷
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Tomorrow night at Waterloo House

4/9/2024

 
​Tomorrow night at Waterloo House, Alex Chapman Music & Friends returns after an August break with the “charismatic sandalophonist and purveyor of fine Summer shirts” (I quote!) Rory who debuted for them this time last year and brought a rather fun set of musical classics.

The Scrabble Rabble have been holding the fort; The Bar Hogs have been from port to port; The Party Potters have been deep in thought; The Sofa Surfers were on Centre Court; Suzie & The Mechanics are standing tall and sh... ip shape!

Captain Christo has two new copper tops; Sister Georgie has pulled out all the stops, while Paduan Finn & Junior Potter Millie have new mops.

Following an intense year and well-earned Summer break, we’re thoroughly looking forward to going back to our musical home tomorrow Thursday, 5th September at Nailsworth's jauntiest joint, Waterloo House, Nailsworth.
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As always, the frolic begins at 8pm!
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Tomorrow evening at The Long Table from 7pm

30/8/2024

 
​Tomorrow evening at The Long Table from 7pm 🎷🪈🎤
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Rory is in Stonehouse

30/7/2024

 
Nice day for a sunny gig next to an inclusive bench with Stonehouse in Bloom 🌸🌻🎷🎤😎☀️
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Gloria on the decks

30/6/2024

 
Gloria on the decks @exiliolatinx #gaysax 🏳️‍🌈🎷

Gay Sax @ Exilio LatinX Pride 2024

28/6/2024

 
🌈✨ Ready to Dance the Night Away? Join @exiliolatinx for the Ultimate Pride After Party! ✨🌈

We’re bringing the heat with the only Pride after party playing tropical beats, bachata, salsa, reggaeton, guaracha, and more! Experience live shows and performances by the incredible @betancourth.mau, @yomeentacano, @mc_yango, @sidneyleo, and @gaysax 🎷🏳️‍🌈
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📅 Date: Tomorrow, June 29th
📍 Venue: 229.London: 229 Great Portland St, London W1W 5PN
🎟️ Tickets: Get yours now at www.exilio.co.uk

We are delighted to announce that Gay Sax 🎷 aka Rory will be making a special appearance! Don’t miss out on this unforgettable night filled with vibrant Latin music and celebration.

Tagging our amazing supporters: @bluepearldentalcare, @aymarasocial, @tinytreasuresbyviv, @bebeevents, @229london, @somoschibchaslondon, @jair_hairsalon, and of course, @exiliolatinx.

Let’s make this Pride one to remember! See you on the dance floor! 💃🕺🎉
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#ExilioLatinx #Pride2024 #LGBTQ+ #CelebratePride #LatinVibes #LoveIsLove #PrideParty #TropicalBeats #Bachata #Salsa #Reggaeton #Guaracha #LiveShows #WeAreEverywhere #Latinos #LatinPride #CommunitySupport #LondonEvents #DanceParty #GaySax
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🌈✨ ¡Feliz Orgullo! ¡Prepárate para bailar toda la noche en la mejor fiesta después del desfile! ✨🌈

Únete a nosotros mañana en 229.London para la ÚNICA Fiesta Tropical LGBTQ+ de Exilio Latinx. Disfruta de los vibrantes ritmos de salsa, merengue, bachata, reggaetón, guaracha y más, con actuaciones en vivo de @betancourth.mau, @yomeentacano, @mc_yango, @sidneyleo, y el invitado especial @gaysax 🎷🏳️‍🌈 Rory

📅 Fecha: Mañana, 29 de junio
📍 Lugar: 22.London: 229 Great Portland St, London W1W 5PN
🕒 Hora: 10 PM - 3 AM
🎟️ Entradas: Consigue las tuyas ahora en www.exilio.co.uk

Agradecimientos especiales a nuestros increíbles patrocinadores: @bluepearldentalcare, @aymarasocial, @tinytreasuresbyviv, @bebeevents, @229london, @somoschibchaslondon, @jair_hairsalon, y por supuesto, @exiliolatinx.

¡Hagamos de este Orgullo un evento inolvidable! ¡Nos vemos en la pista de baile! 💃🕺🎉
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#ExilioLatinx #Orgullo2024 #LGBTQ+ #CelebraElOrgullo #LatinVibes #LoveIsLove #FiestaDeOrgullo #RitmosTropicales #Bachata #Salsa #Reggaetón #Guaracha #ShowsEnVivo #EstamosEnTodasPartes #Latinos #OrgulloLatino #ApoyoComunitario #EventosEnLondres #FiestaDeBaile #gaysax
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Just Announced: Latin Night @ The Long Table, Stroud, Gloucestershire

13/6/2024

 
  • Saturday, 13 July 2024
  • 18:00 22:30

More info: https://www.thelongtableonline.com/events/2024/7/13/latin-night-rory
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Join us for an exhilarating summer evening of live music, delicious food, and vibrant community spirit. Immerse yourself in the captivating sounds of Brazilian and Latin rhythms with Rory's smooth saxophone, flute, and vocals.

Rory's music effortlessly blends cool Samba and Bossa Nova with the fiery energy of Latin and salsa. His performances feature a dynamic mix of classic songs, infectious dance beats, funky grooves, jazz improvisation, and lyrics in Portuguese, English, and Spanish. This uplifting and unifying music celebrates the rich diversity of Latin American rhythms. Having headlined a 5-date residency at London's Jazz Café with his 12-piece ensemble, Diáspora, and performing across the country with Diáspora's baby band, Fiesta Latina, Rory brings his extensive expertise to The Long Table for a thrilling one-man band performance!
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Whether you're a long-time fan of Latin music or new to its infectious rhythms, this evening promises a joyous celebration of music and community. Bring your friends, family, and dancing shoes for an unforgettable night.
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Delicious pay-as-you-can evening meal 6-8pm - Rory -live from 7pm

It’s Pride Month

9/6/2024

 
Woop Woop! 🥳🥳 It’s Pride Month. 🌈🦄

Rory be bringing a sassy and saxy-licious cocktail of dance anthems, classic soul and bubblegum pop to the Stroud pride Community celebrating the wonderful diversity our crew has to offer in this cosy corner of the Cotswolds. 🎈💃
  • Date: Saturday 22nd June, 2024.
  • Times: 14:00, 15:30 and 17:15.
  • Venue: Bank Gardens, Stroud, Gloucestershire.

Stroud Pride 2024
https://www.facebook.com/StroudPride
https://www.stroudpride.com​
www.gaysax.co.uk 🏳️‍🌈🎷 

@stroudpride @stroud.drag.collective #stroudpride #stroudpride2024 #pridepicnic #pridepicnic2024 #lgb #tq #gaysax #gaysaxophone #rainbowparade #rainbowbrigade
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Happy Pride Month!

1/6/2024

 
​Happy Pride Month! 🏳️‍🌈 
Stroud Pride 2024 takes place in Bank Gardens on Saturday 22nd June and features a thrilling lineup of acts throughout the afternoon!
Sign up to the Stroud Pride page + Stroud pride Community group for updates! 🌈🌈🌈🌈🌈🌈🌈
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This Bank Holiday Sunday

20/5/2024

 
This Bank Holiday Sunday: Stroud Jazz Club Joins the Jazz Stroud Festival on Sunday 26th May starting at 12:30h.
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This special event will feature five acts performing a mix of jazz between 12:30-17:30 followed by a jazz jam session from 17:30.

I’ll be opening the afternoon at 12:30 with a set of Bossa Nova, Samba, Forró and Jazz featuring songs from Ivan Lins, Toninho Horta and João Donato, plus a couple of cuts from Diáspora's Supernova 💥💥

Hope to see you there!

Sunday 26th May
12:30
The Stroud Hotel, Station Road, GL5 3AP

www.rorymusic.co.uk/events/rory-stroud-jazz-club-the-stroud-hotel

https://www.facebook.com/events/968791091605907
https://www.facebook.com/events/962827155420751
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Stroud Food & Drink Festival

13/5/2024

 
Very excited to be working with The Prince Albert Stroud as opening act for this year’s Stroud Food & Drink Festival with @waitrose. Join us in Bank Gardens for some Dj+live music amongst the trees and enjoy the best of what the five valleys has to offer this Friday 17th May from 3 PM onwards. 🎷🎤💿🌭🍔🌳

The festival is 3 days Friday -Sunday and is a family friendly affair packed full to the brim of locally sourced food, music and drinkies. Hope you can join us! 🎵

www.theprincealbertstroud.co.uk
www.stroudfoodanddrink.com
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#foodfestival #foodanddrink #livesaxdj
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Latin music to open the Stroud Festival of Food and Drink! Come and sample a slice of something nice and relax with some tropical sounds in the beautiful verdant surroundings of Bank Gardens to round off your week.
15:00- DJ set
18:00- Live set
Check out the festival guide enclosed.
www.stroudfoodanddrink.com/2024-festival-guide-download

Throwbacks

31/3/2024

 
¡Felices Pascuas! Happy Easter! 🐣

Here are some throwbacks including the making of Verano and gigs from the Verano era!

Info:
www.diaspora.co.uk/verano

Stream:
​ditto.fm/verano-diaspora

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#happyeaster #verano #diaspora

Credits

31/3/2024

 
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I would like to thank all the fantastic musicians who have appeared in this new Diáspora album: Rea Qunta, Daniela Gallini, Tony Rubet, Will Barry, Will McGee, Fernando Depestre, Lilli Elina, Harry Hincapie, Oliver Syrus, Joe Fenning, Tom Harrison. I would also like to thank the talented producers who have worked behind the scenes: Jessica Corcoran (Gubbins Productions / Gravity Shack / Perry Vale Studios), Gavin Beckwith (GB Sound), Dipesh Silwah (Cineview Studios), Jonathan Newton (Newton Design), Claire Ette and Pamela Molina (Red & Black Music / Tiger Music Entertainment). Without you, the album would not have been possible!

Muchas gracias a los músicos fantásticos que han trabajo en el nuevo album de Diáspora: Rea Qunta, Daniela Gallini, Tony Rubet, Will Barry, Will McGee, Fernando Depestre, Lilli Elina, Harry Hincapie, Oliver Syrus, Joe Fenning, Tom Harrison. Muchas gracias también a los productores que han trabajado bajo cuerda: Jessica Corcoran (Gubbins Productions / Gravity Shack / Perry Vale Studios), Gavin Beckwith (GB Sound), Dipesh Silwah (Cineview Studios), Jonathan Newton (Newton Design), Claire Ette and Pamela Molina (Red & Black Music / Tiger Music Entertainment). ¡Sin vosotros, este album no sería posible!
@rea_qunta @danigallini @tonyrubet @wamcgee @fernandojfdepestre @lillielina_penya @drummerharry @joe.fenning @trumpet_tom @cineviewstudios @newtondesign.co @deadlycustard @deadlycustarddesign

Info:
www.diaspora.co.uk/verano

Stream:
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ditto.fm/verano-diaspora

Colorama Tower

30/3/2024

 
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Like many humans, I identify patterns and discern order from chaos. I set the track order in stone back in 2019. Or rather, it presented itself to me.

Most of the tracks fall into natural pairs.

Tracks 1 Santo Mío + 2 Like A Bird are spirituals. 🕯️🦜

Tracks 3 Mañana + 4 Calle Verano were originally people-watching songs about strolling around town during the daytime. 🚲⚾️

Tracks 5 Come On Down + 6 Summer Luxury are about summer holidays. Come On Down describes a blissful experience / Summer Luxury describes a stressful experience. 🐬🌊

Tracks 7 Castillo En El Aire + 8 Mística are fairytale songs about a woman, a princess revered as a castle. 🏰✈️

Tracks 9 Escalera Al Infierno + 10 Original Rebel are “fiery” 2:3 clave, and describe vivid sensory experiences, with Escalera’s extreme temperature environments, and Original Rebel’s primary colours. 🌋🎭

There is also an internal symmetry.

Track 1 Santo Mío + 12 A Guataca are Santería-inspired. Track 2 Like A Bird + 11 No Vuelvas Nunca Más are female 3:2 clave. Track 3 Mañana + 10 Original Rebel are about mental health.

Info:
www.diaspora.co.uk/verano

Stream:
https://ditto.fm/verano-diaspora
#diaspora #verano #trackorder

Which Rebel Is Your Rebel?

30/3/2024

 
Which rebel is your rebel?

😇 Wonderful Rory in white?
😍 Daredevil Tony in red?
😎 Elegant Lilli in black?
🤩 Royal Rea in yellow?
🤠 Bittersweet Daniela in blue?

​You decide!
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A bittersweet blue rebel

29/3/2024

 
A bittersweet blue rebel 🤠
A ranger on a search
To the corners of the Earth
For the cause to which I serve

Folkloric Frenzy

29/3/2024

 
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Whirl me into a dance! Spin me out in a trance! Whip me up in a frenzy!
💃💃

Diáspora’s new album “Verano” mixes and melds themes from spirituality, summer romances and the natural world. The Mariposa, also known as the White Ginger, is the national flower of Cuba. Their butterfly-shaped petals were used by women to conceal secret messages to men fighting in the independence wars. 🦋

​#verano #diaspora #folkloricfriday
ditto.fm/verano-diaspora
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@rea_qunta @danigallini @tonyrubet @roryduffy27​
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