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Last Updated: 28th Mar
Tribe Take Back The Beat (28th Mar)
The Tribe have completed work on their debut single, "Take Back The Beat". They've set up a special website about the single at www.takebackthebeat.net. The single is being released in anticipation of a full-length album this summer on Alliance.
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Dum Dums' New Album (28th Mar)
As well as headling Greenbelt the Dum Dums hope that this year will see the release of their second album. The first release spawned four top 30 hits and with an increasing international profile they hope to surpass that with the followup. The Dum Dums will also be playing at a Unison benefit show in Manchester next month with Toploader, Catatonia, Idlewild and Wheatus.
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Tidbits (28th Mar)
Sibling are hoping to record an EP very soon. Cross Rhythms are reporting that River Deep will be releasing a new album, "Someone Like Me" on Word this June. Engage Management are releasing 'Existence', a three track offering from DJ Doug E Ross along with Samuel Ljungkvist and Dave Williams.
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Samuel and Stevenson (04th Apr)
Steve Stockman and Sam Hill have been collaborating on a new album titled Gracenotes which is to be launched with concerts in Dublin and Belfast in May. The album weaves together Stocki's poetry with Sam Hill's songs and includes instrumental contributions from Mark Edwards (Aztec Camera), Dave Clifton, Neil Costello, Richard Curran, Julie Costello and Mal Pope as well as production work from Phil Baggeley. Stocki says the album has a very meditative vibe and sounds like "David Gray and Bruce Cockburn meet a Presbyterian minister's north Antrim accent and a Lancastrian Scot whose work has always sat somewhere between Leonard Cohen and KD Lang in a Parisian Left Bank cafe". Make of that what you will.
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Caroline Looks at Publishing Deals (04th Apr)
Caroline Alexander is seeing increased interest from a range of European publishing companies, including BMG and Strongsongs as a result of her "European Demo" having so far spent three weeks in the top five of the industry's 'European Newcomers Rock Chart.' Caroline plans to decide on recording and publishing contracts by the end of this month. Her management are also looking for musicians for her backing band. Check out the discussion boards for more details.
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Tidbits (04th Apr)
Bell Jar are the latest act to have their recordings on sale at the Sounds Good online shop. Troy Donockley was recently in the audience for "This Is Your Life" when Bob Geldof got a chance to get his own back on Midge Ure. Troy is just starting a month-long UK tour with Maddy Prior. project3 have released their first EP, Better Times.
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Fire Fly's New Album (04th Apr)
Fire Fly are now in the studio working hard on their as-yet-untitled full-length debut. The band hope to follow its release with a summer tour of Europe and have already been approached to play festivals in Holland, Poland and Germany. They're currently on the lookout for a new drummer and are expecting to have to call on the services of a session musician for the festival dates.
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Sarah Masen website (04th Apr)
Just interrupting the usual Britlinks News transmission to let you know that Britlinks has recently launched the all new Sarah Masen website at sarahmasen.com. The graphical design side of things isn't quite finished but there are some already-popular discussion boards and lots of information about Sarah's new album, The Dreamlife of Angels which has recently been played by Bob Harris on Radio 2. Sarah will be at Greenbelt this year and will be doing a UK tour during June.
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Tollbooth Music Move Twice (04th Apr)
Paul Davies' Tollbooth Music is busy settling into new studio premises just outside Reading, having moved from just inside Reading over the past few months. Their website, which has also recently moved to www.tollboothmusic.com contains details of the studio development for those interested in the details of how they've gone about converting the building for recording purposes. Hopefully once the building's finished we'll finally see Paul's solo album and the new Eve and the Garden album finally reaching the release stage.
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