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Our website (http://www.americana-uk.com) is still our main space on the internet and you can find album reviews, interviews, features, a forum and all the usual gubbins there, but we’ve finally dragged ourselves kicking and screaming into the social networking (ugh, horrible phrase) world as well.
What you’ll find here are some tracks from our current faves (these will change at least monthly), a snapshot of gigs happening in the next few weeks (check the main site for full details) and probably the odd provocative blog or three. If we get really competent in the future then who knows, there might be videos and all sorts making an appearance, but for the moment we’re just happy to be here and begging people to be our virtual friends.
The Good Captain -Wrexhams one and only Americana Rock band play the Hallowed Manchester Roadhouse July 8 $4 ---------------------------- Listen to Station Wagon Americana rasio show sunday at 6 - 8 calon105fm - www.calonfm.com
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Listen to the new track on our player: 'My Proud Mountains' by J. Tillman
TIM SCHMIDT EUROPEAN TOUR SUMMER 2009
24 jun "Speake’s Corner" Tjili Pop Copenhagen, Denmark
25 jun Cafe Bohemian @ "Mediencoop - Lagerhaus" w/Anne Haight Bremen, Germany
26 jun Silent Friday Stuttgart, Germany
27 jun Prinz Willy w/Anne Haight Kiel, Germany
29 jun Pony Bar w/ Anne Haight Hamburg, Germany
30 jun Campfire Session@Madame Claude w/Anne Haight, The Wind Whistles, Berlin, Germany
01 jul POP IN, Paris, France
03 jul Mobile Blues Club, Hamburg, Germany
07 jul La salumeria del rock Reggio Emilia, Italy
08 jul ODB@Big Rooster Cittadella/Padova, Italy
09 jul La Catrina Zurich, Switzerland
10 jul Better2Gether Reutlingen, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
11 jul Intersoup (old one) w/Mo Baresi, David Pedroza Berlin, Germany
14 jul Musenstube w/Mo Baresi Berlin, Germany
15 jul Wendel w/Mo Baresi Berlin, Germany
16 jul LUX w/Mo Baresi Berlin, Germany
26 jul Mossagårdsfestivalen near Malmö, Sweden
18th June 2009 7.30pm at Fuel Bar - AMERICANA SPECIAL WITH BLIND RIVER SCARE, JAN BELL AND WILL SCOTT Fuel Bar, Wilmslow Road, Withington, Manchester, M20 Adm: free
Acoustic showcase hosted by Picnic Area.
Our visiting stars are Blind River Scare, all the way from Newport, South Wales, making their second visit to Fuel as part of their national tour. This highly melodic Americana outfit have previously supported the likes of Mark Eitzel, Clem Snide and Midlake.
In a similar vein is Warrington’s country-influenced acoustic songwriter Ray Humphries.
Don’t miss Dave Tuxford - formerly folk and roots correspondent for the Manchester Evening News, he’ll keep you entertained with a mixture of traditional folk songs and witty asides!
And we’ve got 2 alt country star visitors from the USA - Jan Bell and Will Scott, all the way from bohemian Brooklyn (NYC’s answer to Edgeley). Jan’s CD "Songs for love drunk sinners" achieved the Independent Music Awards Alternative Country album of the year!
Hey there, I've just uplaoded a new song entitled 'To Make Amends', which I finished writing and recorded today. It's very personal so I hope that you can get past that and maybe understand, see, or even empathise with it. If not, I hope you enjoy listening to it, and if you can, leave me a little comment saying what you think. Much love, Jonny.
On Saturday June 13th our monthly Americana Night @ The Grapes, Sheffield, will be an all acoustic affair featuring the talents of 4 singer/songwriters. Providing the live music will be Garron Frith, Liam Dullaghan, Dave Sleney and Tim Manning of Blind River Scare plus there'll be the finest in alt-country records and more between acts. Doors open at 8pm and entry will be £4.
Thanks for your support…only 4 weeks to go to the UK's new festival for Americana, Alt-Country, Roots music. Al Perkins, Eve Selis, Alana Levandoski, Ottis Gibbs, Rachel Harrington, Brigitte DeMeyer, Groanbox Boys, Cara Luft, BJ Cole, Gail Davies, Chris Scruggs, Two Fingers of Firewater, Southern Tenant Folk Union…and MORE! July 3rd/4th/5th See you there!
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