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	<title>PORTICO QUARTET</title>
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	<description>New album Isla out Oct 19th</description>
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		<description><![CDATA[The voyage continues…. Top gig in Istanbul- wicked club called Babylon. Great people, amaaazing food.  We played on a double bill with the very cool Norwegian, Bugge Wesseltoft.  Improvised, minimal, Scandi jazz-techno (?) with big character.  Really good.  Check him out at http://www.myspace.com/buggewesseltoft.  As far as seeing Istanbul went, we [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://porticoquartet.com/2010/03/137/</link>
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		<title>The Barbican</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Biggest thanks to all those who came to the Barbican last night. What a night! The four of us are very pleased. Tired but chuffed. No rest for the wicked- off to Istanbul at 5am tomorrow and then directly on to the rest of the UK tour…..
For those interested here is the set list we [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://porticoquartet.com/2010/03/the-barbican/</link>
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		<title>Touring Ireland&#8230;.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Bed and Breakfasts in Ireland are a wonder to behold. We are 4 gigs into our 9 date Irish tour put together by Music Network and feeling rested and well fed in a B&#038;B in Tinahelay, Co Wicklow. The shows so far have all been packed and with a lively vibe. The Guinness flows freely. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://porticoquartet.com/2010/03/touring-ireland/</link>
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		<title>Isla released in Europe</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Isla is released today across Europe &#8211; The album is a spotlight feature on iTunes stores in Spain &#038; Italy www.itunes.com/porticoquartet
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		<link>http://porticoquartet.com/2010/02/isla-released-in-europe/</link>
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		<title>Poalnd to Perth</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Just back from Poland- looked after in style and played a packed out show.  Big vibe. Thanks to Anna and Hipnoza.  We’ll be back…
In the meantime… Australia here we come!  10 days of sun- 3 shows, 1 workshop and plenty beach.  Perth get ready.  Ahh yeeah.
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		<link>http://porticoquartet.com/2010/02/poalnd-to-perth/</link>
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		<title>First show of 2010</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Eeeeee yo!  Heading to Poland this Sunday to play the Hipnoza Jazz Club in Katowice.  This will be our first time to this part of the world and our first show of 2010 so we are darn excited.  The Katowice Jazz Festival started in the autumn with the likes of Cinematic Orchestra [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://porticoquartet.com/2010/01/first-show-of-2010/</link>
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		<title>Post tour&#8230; pre 2010</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Kicking back after the tour, we’re all getting back into the normal swing of things.  What a wicked tour it&#8217;s been!  Just thinking it over now and I can safely say we are darn pleased with the whole thing.  Very happy indeed.  All gigs were top-  big and happy crowds, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://porticoquartet.com/2009/12/post-tour-pre-2010/</link>
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		<title>A 4* review of us in the guardian</title>
		<description><![CDATA[    * John L Walters
    * guardian.co.uk, Thursday 5 November 2009 22.00 GMT
Known for playing intimate clubs and village halls, Portico Quartet have no trouble filling this famous rock dive. The venue is packed, and the set begins dramatically, with a repeated pulse from Nick Mulvey&#8217;s melodious hang drum [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://porticoquartet.com/2009/11/a-4-review-of-us-in-the-guardian/</link>
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		<title>A review of us and Sweet Billy Pilgrim in the FT</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This tour offers two Mercury Prize nominees: both groups have occupied the slot on the shortlist reserved for acts that record in sheds, whose victory would be a cause for delight but is improbable in the extreme.
Success has not yet spoiled Sweet Billy Pilgrim, who still amble on stage like three physics students and a [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://porticoquartet.com/2009/11/a-review-of-us-and-sweet-billy-pilgrim-in-the-ft/</link>
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		<title>Touring continues:   Tampere Jazz Happening,  Finland</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Boomtown.   On Friday night we played the Tampere Jazz Happening in Finland and it was wicked.   Finland was cold and fresh and snowy and friendly and the festival was rockin.  We played to about 500 Fins who went crazy for our music and then jumped in one of the country’s [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://porticoquartet.com/2009/11/touring-continues-tampere-jazz-happening-finland/</link>
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