Jan 31, 2008
Intro
Happy - Jimmie Bratcher
(Missouri, USA)
www.jimmiebratcher.com
Jane - The Loved Ones
(California, USA)
To be memorable a band must live the fight, believing that their
record—front to back, first song to last—could be it, their one
chance to truly move people and make a connection.
Enter THE LOVED ONES.
www.fatwreck.com/
A few minutes of relative sanity and certainly a seriously
effective distraction from all the stuff of life.
Like a speeding car - Breanna
Paletta (Oregon, USA)
With poignant, piercing honesty and bittersweet reflection,
Paletta's lyrics speak to the joys and pain of every day life that
can't be captured in every day expression.
Breanna is a native of Portland whose planned EP grew into a
full-length album with a backing band made up of a group of friends
and some quirky instrumentation.
Tomorrow she's playing Imbibe in Portland with her birthday show a
week later on 7th Feb. An acoustic tour kicks off on 15th Feb and
blasts around most of the NW of the USA including states of
Washington, Oregon, Montana and Idaho and even over the border into
Canada with a date to Vancouver with a date at Lugz Coffee. Details
and some great tunes on her website.
http://breannapaletta.com/
Winelight club update
From among the ranks of artistes from all over the world coming to
play for us we are delighted to announce that on Friday 7th March
we will be staging no less than one of Australia's finest
singer/songwriters - MELANIE HORSNELL. Melanie will be dropping
into The Winelight Club as a part of her UK tour and we are
delighted (if not astonished) to have attracted an artiste of her
calibre to our humble club. This really is a show not to miss as
also appearing that night will be ANDREA GLASS (just back from
Nashville having recorded her latest album there) and HEATHER
McVEY. Bookings now being taken at The Wine Press on 01603
622134. £5
www.myspace.com/thewinelightclub
That's OK - GK and The
Renegades (Liverpool, UK)
ren·e·gade [ren-i-geyd] - adjective
1. an energetic, good-humoured, fun-filled experience. (i.e. "Last
night was so renegade!")
A charismatic, melody-driven band, Liverpool-based GK & The
Renegades continue to impress fans and critics alike with their
energy and ambition.
The band is looking to extend their range outside NW England so if
you have a venue and can offer them a gig or even if you are a band
and fancy a swap, get in touch with the lads via their site or give
me a shout and I'll pass on the word.
They have another track on the PMN which has some less than
complimentary things to say about Girls from Birkenhead. I may just
dare to play in it in a future show.
www.gkandtherenegades.com/
Note from Terje Nordgarden (session in show
85a) who is just back into Norway from a series of dates in Italy,
to say that he's over in the UK in March. He has a few dates set up
and may be able to fit a few more in. Workaholic.
If you have any suggestions or even a venue of your own, get in
touch. We are hoping to set up another Session at the Barn with
Terje and I'd be happy to publicise any gigs we can set up.
Marietta - Two Loons for Tea
(Seattle,USA)
Jonathan Kochmer (Guitars, Bass, Effects, Composition, Production)
and Sarah Scott (Vocals, Lyrics, Composition) are Two Loons for
Tea.
Sarah, besides having an extra rib, was raised by a free-spirited
single mom in such exotic locales as the Haight-Ashbury
neighbourhood of San Francisco, near a nudist colony in the
Mountains of Santa Cruz, and in metropolitan New York City. She has
integrated the bohemian lifestyle into her own personal take on
life, channelling it into her soulful singing.
Jonathan came to music from a different scene: although a life-long
musician, he's been academician working in evolutionary biology,
climatology, human genetics, Internet development and
biostatistics, where he nurtured his attention for detail and a
passion for invention.
They make organic, lush, rich, and innovative music that defies
genres and expectations. They break free from the norm while being
a pleasure to simply listen to.
When are you guys going to come over to the UK? It would be great
to do a Session at the Barn!
www.twoloons.com
www.myspace.com/twoloonsfortea
Blue Plastic Bags - Malcolm
Middleton (Glasgow, Scotland)
Formerly one-half of Glaswegian indie band Arab Strap, Malcolm
Middleton has been a solo artist well before said band split in Dec
2006. Malcolm has produced three darkly beautiful albums: '5:14
fluoxytine seagull alcohol john nicotine' , 'Into The Woods' and
2007's 'A Brighter Beat'.
It is with the most sincere respect that I acknowledge the fact
that Pete (The Codger) Cogle had Malcolm's track We're all going to die as a Codgercast
Firstplay way back in December last year.
www.malcolmmiddleton.co.uk/
I've been leant on by Codger to join AMP so applied 2 weeks ago
just to see what it is all about.. I think, I applied - no
acknowledgement or quick note to say thanks we're checking you out.
Oh well, we'll see.
Postcard - Pär Hagström &
Cirkus Transmopol (Sweden) FIRST PLAY
PÄR HAGSTRÖM - piano, vocals KARL PERSSON - bass guitar, vocals OLA
JOHANSSON - electric guitars, mandolin, vocals JENNY ROOS - vocals,
percussions GUSTAV HORNEMAN - drums/percussions JONATHAN LARSSON -
accordion KARIN WIBERG - violin KARIN KRANTZ - trombone
Not a lot more I can tell you but I get the impression from their
site that they have a new album December Rose in Strawberry Records
coming out in March - at least I think that"s what "Nytt album ute
5 mars! "December rose" släpps på Strawberry records.? Might
mean!
www.cirkustransmopol.net/
Bed playing between tracks this week is from Nick and Gerald who's
track Clear Air Turbulence I played in SnC 055 last March.
The bed track is called Fracture and there"s a particular reason
for listening to it.
Fracture - Nick and Gerald
(London and New York)
Nick+Gerald are Nick Gaiger and Gerald Berliner. They originally
hail from West London, first meeting at school in Ealing (Ealing
Green) and have remained friends ever since. In 1993 Gerald left
London to take up residence in New York where he now lives. Nick
remained in London. Not letting a mere 3000 miles get in the way,
they forged a transatlantic collaboration to continue their shared
passion for making music, only this time from either side of the
Atlantic.
Nick+Gerald specialize in soundtrack composition for Film, TV,
Documentary, Web and Electronic/Video Gaming.
www.nickandgerald.com
Message from Dan Tharp
Hey Peter!
Sorry to pester you but I thought I'd let you know that I've
completed my first album, "Face Down in a Pool of Dreams"
(available on iTunes and various other places) and have started
working on my next album, "Second Thought".
I haven't actually written in a while ('been recording old pieces)
but I just wrote a new piece today (last last night) and posted it
to my website and thought you might like it.
It's called "Delays Delays"
A piece called "Fracture" by Nick and
Gerald inspired me to write this piece.
Believe it or not,
there's only a single classical guitar on this track. Using a
heavy "delays" effect, it sounds like there are two or more layers,
but in fact there's just one.
I could even play this "live" and it
would sound just like this...(assuming I ever muster the courage to
play live!)
If you have a second, take a listen and let me know what you
think.
Take care!
Dan
http://dantharpmusic.com/
A week of extremes - almost in balance! Monday working up a new
website. Tuesday in London. Wednesday in Norfolk to be with parents
and talk with the doctors looking after my mum. Thursday looks
likely to be home-based and maybe back into London on Friday for a
lunch meeting. However, it is anybody's call at the moment as my
mum"s life is expected be come to a close in hours/days rather than
weeks. We'll see.
You bring me down - Blood Red
Shoes (Brighton, UK)
Hotly tipped Brighton two-piece Blood Red Shoes are Laura-Mary
Carter and Steven ANsell. They release their debut album Box
of Secrets in April 2008. They don't like being called an indie
band.
The band are on the road pretty solidly tonight they"re in
Edinburgh, tomorrow Sheffield, then London, Cardiff, Wolverhampton,
Southampton, Aldershot and London before going over to the mainland
for gigs in Belgium, Germany, Austria and France then a couple of
nights in Japan later in March. You bring me down released next Monday
(4th). Busy then!
A two-piece band!
www.bloodredshoes.co.uk
www.myspace.com/bloodredshoes