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Last Updated: 04th Apr
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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Free Tickets to see Skinflowers (09th Apr)
Skinflowers have had to cancel their gig in Islington scheduled for later this month after some trouble with the venue management. But they're also able to offer free tickets to see them play at the Mean Fiddler (formerly LA2) in London on Monday 16th (Easter Monday). Simply e-mail the band if you'd like some tickets (address in band index).
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Delirious? Want Your Remixes (09th Apr)
Delirious? are looking for remixes of their track Bliss from Mezzamorphis to feature on the single "Waiting For The Summer" which will come out this summer. The band have provided an as-yet unheard scratch vocal track and a few other tracks on their website which would be remixers can make use of. The best tracks are to be featured on their website for the fans to choose their favourite. If you take part and put your remix on the web, let us know and we'll link to them in some way (you might also like to plug your remixes on the discussion boards).
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The Critical Mass (11th Apr)
The Critical Mass is the name of a brand new festival ofurban art and spirituality based around St. Luke's Church inHolloway (former home of Greenbelt). The programme runs from2pm on Good Friday through to 9.30pm on Easter Sunday nightand includes musical performances from Steve Lawson,Whelk, Harry Napier, Dave Perry and various DJs. For moredetails check out www.thecriticalmass.org.
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Andrew Buckton's New Album (11th Apr)
New addition to the band index Andrew Buckton has just released his second album, Now But Not Yet which features a number of his friends including Jezz Carr and Steve Lawson and is now available from Sounds Good.
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Scottish Bands on TV (11th Apr)
IndigoEcho have been getting some mainstream radio and TV coverage with their album One being played on Edinburgh's main local radio station and a performance due to appear on a new Scottish TV programme called 'eikon'. The latter will also feature Superhero and the 'Future' event, which takes place every other month at King Tuts in Glasgow, as part of a focus on Christian music in Scotland.
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Juliet Turner Hotly Tipped (11th Apr)
Tipsheet, a music industry newsletter, has recently named Juliet Turner's Burn The Black Suit its record of the week in advance of the release of the album and a single to the UK market. The album has already gone platinum in Ireland and will be released to coincide with her UK tour supporting Roger McGuinn.
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