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Last Updated: 15th Oct

Eye of the Eagle Greeted With Surprised Reactions (15th Oct)

Eye Of The Eagle the new collaboration between Iona founders Dave Bainbridge and David Fitzgerald with author David Adam received its official live debut on Monday 12th October. Performed in Norwich Cathedral with the help of a range of vocalists, including a choir, the performance was part of a mainstream music festival. Unfortunately initial reports suggest that the attempted marriage of celtic, catholic and orthodox musical styles was less than successful. An album is to be launched very soon, watch here for further news about this collaboration.
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Love Lies Bleeding Move Into The Autumn (15th Oct)

Love Lies Bleeding, a Radiohead/Faith No More-esque rock band including former members of Detritus and Seventh Angel are no more. Now with a new drummer, the group have changed their name to Autumn and changed direction slightly.
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MOBO For David and Carrie (15th Oct)

A couple of weeks ago we carried the announcement that gospel-duo Carrie and David Grant had been nominated for the MOBO award for Best Gospel Act. ICC Records excitedly announced that at last night's award ceremony the couple were announced as winners and have already received increased interest in their most recent album.
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Changes to Britlinks News (15th Oct)

The Britlinks website involves a lot of work to run and on top of my other activities it is too much to keep up to date weekly so this section will now be officially updated once a fortnight unless anything of major importance happens which I feel needs announcement earlier.
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dba Leaves NGM (29th Oct)

New Generation Ministries have announced that they and their flagship band, dba, have parted ways. dba are on the verge of releasing their long awaited first mainstream single and best guess is that since NGM remains a mission based organisation their paths are no longer intertwined. Details of the single and new contact details for dba will appear here as soon as possible.
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Honey Thieves' New Demo (29th Oct)

Scottish folk-rock band the Honey Thieves have a new demo. Presenting three new songs, the demo suggests some exciting new directions for the band as they seek for support in the recording of a new album. Anyone interested in booking or supporting a very promising band in the Waterboys vein should contact them. See their contact details.
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CJM Music New Release (29th Oct)

Rolinson, Boyce, Stanley have just released Born For This "an intensely moving portrayal of the Stations of the Cross." CD, cassette and songbook available now.
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New Addition to the NSC Family (29th Oct)

Ashley and Rachel Taylor, guitarist and bassist from NSC, recently announced the birth of their first son, Jordan James Taylor. Congratulations! The band are supporting As If... with If Only on Saturday and are still hard at work on their new album.
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Coaster Change (29th Oct)

The band formerly known as Coaster are now The Renaissance Band.
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