The Lift Global Music Club is a non-profit making organisation run by local volunteers. The Lift Engineers hope you find the club a hassle-free, friendly venue in which to enjoy brilliant music from all over the world.

Lift Global Music Festival 2008 Friday, July 11 - Sunday, July 13 Friday, July 11, 8.30pm The Globe, 144 High Street West Ska Wars £8.00 on the door, £6.00 in advance Ska Wars are an established 7-piece Ska band made up of a young bunch of fun-loving musicians whose energy knows no bounds. Ska Wars have been playing the national circuit for over five years and made occasional trips to the continent to show our European friends a good time. The band was voted 10th best unsigned band in England by Kerrang Magazine 2004! "Wild style classic ska from the ultimate old skool party band. This seven-piece act have audiences bouncing with raw energy." Guildfest review, main stage, Guildford, July 2007 Saturday, July 12, 2.00 - 6.00pm Acoustic stage on the car park next to The Bulls Head, Church Street, Old Glossop Free! Muntu Valdo Vocalist, guitarist, harmonica player and percussionist, Muntu Valdo was first discovered alongside some of the great names of world music including Ali Farka Touré, Manu Dibango, Richard Bona, Lokua Kanza, Eko Roosevelt, Lionel & Stéphane Belmondo, Keziah Jones, Alpha Blondy. His debut album Gods & Devils – Moiyé na Muititi was met with rave reviews in France, as well as in Cameroon and throughout Africa. His music is rooted in the blues, mixing African traditions with striking modernity and technical mastery. George Fell Up and coming Glossop guitarist, George Fell, first picked up a guitar aged 11, having been captivated by the music in the Coen Brothers' film O Brother Where Art Thou. George now combines his initial blues and ragtime influences with bluegrass, classical and jazz to create music in the tradition of the American primitive guitarists. Thomas Western "Thomas Western sings beautiful, soulful folk accompanied by a lyrical guitar. He is definitely one to watch, and his wonderful songs Apples in Summer and Your Front Door are worth going for alone." - Jade Wright, Liverpool Echo 19/02/2007 Sam C Lees Sam has played for guitar companies such as Fender, Gibson, Roland, and G&L guitars as well as artists such as Robben Ford, Walter Trout, Robin Trower, and Yngwie Malmsteen but now he has found a home in Gypsy Jazz. So with a re-infused passion for guitar and a view that guitar should be as bare and as clean as possible Sam is pleased to be releasing his new Gypsy Jazz project in Glossop with his old friend Graham Kidd on rhythm guitar. Michael Rossiter Fran Rogers Saturday, July 12, 7.30pm Glossop Town Hall Nucleus Roots and Albert Nyathi & Imbongi with Maqhinga Radebe £14.00 on the door, £12.00 in advance Nucleus Roots Feelings run high when Nucleus Roots (long-time Lift favourites) take to the stage so be prepared for a live performance that will take you through the full gamut of emotions.  They have evolved musically, productively and in stature. Having released four classic reggae albums they have become recognised for their unique and authentic roots productions which has led them to musical collaborations with leading reggae artists both at home and abroad such as: Twinkle Brothers, Misty in Roots, Dub Syndicatem, The Natura-ites, Desmond Dekker, Jah Shaka, Aba Shanti and Fredlocks. Nucleus Roots are currently working on a new album for release  this year. Albert Nyathi & Imbongi featuring Maqhinga Radebe (Ladysmith Black Mambazo) African hi-life & township jive - live & direct from Zimbabwe - with Maqhinga Radebe, South Africa's 'Prince of Maskanda Guitar'. Sunday, July 13, 2.00 - 6.00pm The festival chill-out The Globe, 144 High Street West The Lovers Laye Sow Muntu Valdo £8.00 The Lovers From torch songs to comedy via techno, trash pastiche and all points in between, Marion Benoist and Fred de Fred have created something strange and rather wonderful. Massaging your ears with their cheeky bossa-nova grooves and sultry Gainsbourg-and-Bardot-esque vocals are French duo The Lovers. Their music has attracted a rapidly growing audience, reaching from the duo's adopted home of Sheffield to all over the UK, France, The Netherlands, Germany and Singapore.Their recordings have graced TV adverts and art installations and are even being used as a grammatical teaching tool by Linguascope and the French Board of Education. Laye Sow Laye Sow is a Fula, from Podor in the Futa Toro region of Northern Senegal, on the Mauritanian border. He was brought up on the African tradition of storytelling through song. He is often described a Muslim mystic. Laye is deeply spiritual which you can easily trace in all his songs. However he is first and foremost an African and the rights and wrongs of African society, as well as the weaknesses that create division, consume him.   Muntu Valdo Vocalist, guitarist, harmonica player and percussionist, Muntu Valdo was first discovered alongside some of the great names of world music including Ali Farka Touré, Manu Dibango, Richard Bona, Lokua Kanza, Eko Roosevelt, Lionel & Stéphane Belmondo, Keziah Jones, Alpha Blondy. His debut album Gods & Devils – Moiyé na Muititi was met with rave reviews in France, as well as in Cameroon and throughout Africa. His music is rooted in the blues, mixing African traditions with striking modernity and technical mastery.

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