WHAT'S the connection between a Yorkshire pit village, bhangra, a BBC Radio presenter and our own County Town? The Angel Brothers, that's what.

The Brothers bring Indian rhythms from a Yorkshire pit village to Dorchester Corn Exchange tomorrow as the musical seam between Calcutta and Doncaster gets a workout from one of Andy Kershaw's favourite bands.

With their new CD Forbidden Fruit just out, the Angel Brothers arrive fresh from festival appearances at WOMAD, Glastonbury One World Stage, Cambridge and Sidmouth with a mix of Western dance grooves, classical Indian patterns, folk and something described in their press release as wither-wringing acoustic guitar. That's right intriguing, is that.

The Angel Brothers approach, apparently, is a different kind of Anglo-Asian blend, a laid-back, semi-acoustic mix of bhangra, rock, dub, country, English folk and Indian classical styles.

The band includes Keith and Dave Angel (presumably not the Fast Show eco-warrior), Dave Formula of Magazine and Visage fame, Harprit Singh Sahota of the Punjab School of Tabla, Andy Seward of Kate Rusby Band, Jim Lockey and Jim Adnitt and new member Becki Driscoll, an outstanding young fiddle player of truly fabulous musicality, we hear.

Tickets for the Corn Exchange performance, which starts at 8pm, are £12 (£10 DAC members, £8 under 18's) from the box office 01305 266926.

Next up, advance notice of the return of the Jess Upton Soul Band, who regroup on Saturday, December 18 at Bridport Arts Centre in South Street for a one-off reunion/Christmas special/excuse for a great night out.

Tickets are £8, available from the Arts Centre box office on 01308 424204.

Soul chanteuse extraordinaire Jess Upton will be there, of course, plus Soul Band founder members Sammy Hurden (piano, vocals), Abi Lathe (vocals) Julie Trevett and Clive Ashley (saxes), Terry Cottam (guitar), Steve Mutter (percussion and vocals), Dave Kenderdine (drums) and yours truly on bass.

Sadly, trumpet virtuoso Matt Barge won't be on the gig, as he and his family are recovering from a freak accident in South Street, Dorchester some weeks ago that you may have read about.

Matt was left with serious injuries and his 10-month-old son spent some time in intensive care, although both are well on the mend now.

I'm sure you'll want to join all of us in the band and here at Live! land in wishing them the speediest of recoveries.

Chris Lonergan