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Amy + The Calamities Hit The Cornish Peninsula

Amy & The Calamities set off on tour of the Cornish Peninsula. Find out what she’s been up to in London in 2019.

Victoria Falls: The Thunder

Posted at August 24, 2017 by amyandthecalamities in Gigs ⋅ Live Music

About this time last year, an opportunity came up to work in Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe’s iconic tourist town, performing five nights a week at the busy Shearwater Café for Victoria Falls: The Thunder. This was thanks to Angus Ross (aka…

The Rose Rabbit

Posted at August 23, 2017 by amyandthecalamities in Gigs ⋅ Live Music ⋅ Music

We had only been performing at the Shearwater Cafe in Victoria Falls for a week or so when Goose (a.k.a Angus Ross of The Harare Collective) and I found ourselves packing all our gear back into the truck and crossing the…

Blues Night at The Book Café

Posted at June 2, 2017 by amyandthecalamities in Gigs ⋅ Live Music

The Book Café was an iconic live music and entertainment venue in Zimbabwe’s capital. Respected for their unwavering stance on freedom of expression, The Book Café became an important hub for the arts, providing a platform for live music, spoken…

Miombo Magic 2016

Posted at November 16, 2016 by amyandthecalamities in Gigs ⋅ Live Music ⋅ Music

Miombo Magic is Zimbabwe’s premier outdoor music festival, which takes place in Christon Bank, a nature reserve 25km North of Harare, the capital city. The stage is set up on the edge of a steep wooded hillside against the backdrop…