All ages matinee / under 12s go free

YUKIKO MATSUKURA

Yuklko studied visual performing arts at Kyoto University of Art and Design. She perfomed in Jean Cocteau's one woman play "Voice"as a graduation project,and composed a song for the play. This made her realise that her future was in singing.

She began collaborating with composer,guitarist and pianist Masaru Watanabe, a member of Hachimitsu Pie-one of the pioneers in Japanese rock,which led her to produce music,and music and work as a vocalist.

Since 2018 she's been experimenting with voice-only works and accompanying herself on a guitar and piano.

Yuklko is channelling the inner impulses that bought her to sing in the first place into new vocal compositions and improvisations.

https://yukikomatsukura.bandcamp.com/

HOWIE REEVE

Glasgow-based acoustic bassist and vocalist Howie Reeve has collaborated with Mike Watt (Minutemen/Iggy and the Stooges), Andy Kerr (NoMeansNo), GW Sok (The Ex) and many others.

“Unplugged-punk genius Howie Reeve is a linchpin in Glasgow's DIY community…a breathtaking bass player." (Nicola Meighan, The Herald)

"Life affirming...fragile, funny, oozing with empathy and above all fantastic songcraft."

“Howie Reeve is a unique and singular figure in the current British underground...delivering a fragmented and dexterous music that takes in post-punk and avant-folk. Increasingly turning to songwriting, he further engages audiences with cryptic, intimate and unsettling lyrics." – Chris Joynes.

"The DIY gigs in which Howie is involved do feel like acting out on more controllable, microcosmic stage ideals and on how the world should be rather than how it is presented." (Andrew Neal, Louder Than War, 23/02/2015)

"Howie Reeve’s approach is essentially one divorced from the traditions of 'making a pop record'…part of a wider tradition of underground troubadours and gleemen, musical ranters and shakers, who hold audiences through their strength of character." (Richard Foster, The Quietus, 22/02/2021)

Access Guide and Tickets for Personal Assistants

You can view/download The Glad Cafe's Access Guide here. If you require a ticket for a Personal Assistant/Gig Buddy (at no extra cost), please contact kim@thegladcafe.co.uk.