{"id":13253,"date":"2016-03-30T10:51:00","date_gmt":"2016-03-30T09:51:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/?p=13253"},"modified":"2016-03-30T10:51:00","modified_gmt":"2016-03-30T09:51:00","slug":"punch-announces-soul-acoustic-16-tour","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/2016\/03\/30\/punch-announces-soul-acoustic-16-tour\/","title":{"rendered":"PUNCH ANNOUNCES SOUL ACOUSTIC \u201916 TOUR"},"content":{"rendered":"

The UK\u2019s leading music and arts development agency Punch returns with their Soul<\/strong> Acoustic tour taking place across the UK in April 2016.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Now in its fourth annual outing, the developmental tour will feature an all-female line
\nup in 2016 to honour women\u2019s contributions to music and continue the celebration of
\nthe British Female musical experience. The 5-date tour is set to showcase
\nimpressive live performances in an acoustic setting.<\/p>\n

Soul Acoustic provides a great platform for audiences to experience the depth of
\nquality of song writing, singing, and performance from an elite line up of artists.
\nPrevious artists have included, Omar, Shakka, Carroll Thompson, Terri Walker
\nand We Are Dora Martin.<\/p>\n

Confirmed artists for 2016 include Misha B, first coming to prominence as an X
\nFactor finalist, who then went on to tour alongside Nicki Minaj; Aleighcia Scott,
\nwinner of Radio Cardiff\u2019s best local artist, currently nominated for MMG\u2019s Best
\nReggae Act; One of the UK\u2019s most talented MC\u2019s and writers, Birmingham\u2019s own MC Roxxxan; Headhunted by JME for his \u201848 Hour\u2019 mixtape London based songstress Miraa May and 18 year old singer songwriter Kara Marni who recently toured with Bridget Kelly.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are proud to be rolling out Year 4 of Soul Acoustic\u201d, said Punch CEO Ammo
\nTalwar MBE. \u201cLive music, and the opportunity to perform in such a pure style has
\nalways been a vital component within the black music market and I am pleased to
\nsee that some of the artists we have championed previously have gone from strength
\nto strength\u201d<\/p>\n

\nSOUL ACOUSTIC TOUR 2016<\/strong>
\nSunday 24th April \u2013 Belgrave Music Hall, Leeds
\nMonday 25th April – Studio 2, Liverpool
\nWednesday 27th April \u2013 Notting Hill Arts Club, London
\nThursday 28th April \u2013 Glee Club, Birmingham
\nFriday 29th April \u2013 2Funky Music Caf\u00e9, Leicester<\/p>\n

\n TWITTER HANDLES<\/strong>
\nPunch Records: @punchrecords
\nSoul Acoustic: @SOUL_ACOUSTIC
\nMisha B: @IamMishaB
\nAleighcia Scott: @AleighciaSings
\nRoxxxan: @ROtripleX
\nMiraa May: @miraa_may
\nKara Marni: @KaraMarni<\/p>\n

\nFor further information on SOUL ACOUSTIC \u201816<\/strong>
\nPlease contact Debbie Gayle \/ debbie@thepmg.co.uk
\n0121 224 7444 \/ 07415 241 943<\/p>\n

\n

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The UK\u2019s leading music and arts development agency Punch returns with their Soul Acoustic tour taking place across the UK in April 2016. Now in its fourth annual outing, the developmental tour will feature an all-female line up in 2016 to honour women\u2019s contributions to music and continue the celebration of the British Female musical […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":13254,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[105,54,107,112],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13253","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-desi_masala","category-desixpress","category-music","category-top-stories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13253","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13253"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13253\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13254"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13253"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13253"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13253"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}