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Blueflint
Americana / Alternative / Folk

"beautiful ballads of love and revenge.." (S.O.S.)



Scotland, London and South East
United Kingdom

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Last Login:  11/23/2009
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   Blueflint: General Info
Member Since3/31/2006
Band Websitehttp://www.blueflint.org.uk
Band MembersDeborah Arnott: Fingerpickin' Banjo and vocals
Clare-Louise Neilson: Clawhammer Banjo and vocals

Craig McKinney: Mandolin,
Roddy Neilson: Fiddle,
Ian Stoddart: Drums,
Hugh Kelly/ Joey Sanderson: Double bass.

Photos: http://jasonwilliamsphotography.com/index.htm
http://www.myspace.com/stewartennis
Plunkett McShane Photos at:http://plunketmcshane.photosite.com

InfluencesAswell as our own original songs, we also cover artists including Elvis, Gillian Welch, Gordon Lightfoot and Tim Buckley among others. Other influences: Dock Boggs, Louvin Brothers, Delmore Brothers, Stanley Brothers, Nick Drake, Roscoe Holcombe.
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Record LabelJohnny Rock Records
Type of LabelUnsigned


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   Upcoming Shows ( view all )
Nov 21 2009 7:00P
Birnam Arts Centre Birnam, Scotland
Nov 25 2009 8:00P
Ceilidh Place Ullapool, Scotland
Nov 26 2009 7:30P
Fortrose Community Theatre Fortrose, Scotland
Nov 27 2009 8:30P
The Plockton Inn Plockton/ Highlands, Scotland
Nov 28 2009 8:00P
Aros-Isle of Skye Portree- Isle of Skye, Scotland
Nov 29 2009 4:00P
Home Coming East Lothian Haddington, Scotland
Dec 1 2009 7:30P
Leith Folk Club Edinburgh, Scotland
Dec 4 2009 8:00P
Penicuik Arts Centre Penicuik outside Edinburgh
Jan 22 2010 7:30P
Celtic Connections- Oran Mor Glasgow, Scotland
May 30 2010 8:00P
Shore poets Edinburgh, Scotland

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   About Blueflint

NEW BLUEFLINT CD 'HIGH BRIGHT MORNING.' RELEASE DATE 6TH OCT 09

BUY ONLINE NOW!!!

AT www.hmv.com or www.amazon.co.uk (type 'BLUEFLINT' in search) and all good record stores

CD NEWS:

BLUEFLINT ON STV!

Blueflint had a great time playing on The Hour, STV yesterday- you can watch again on:

http://player.stv.tv/programmes/the-hour/2009-10-30-1700/

...We are on Part Four!!

BLUEFLINT Interview and playing on STVs 'THE HOUR'- FRI 30th OCT 5PM

Blueflint appeared on Ricky Ross's 'Another Country' show on BBC Radio Scotland, Tuesday 6th October.

LIVE REVIEW

The List 5 Stars *****

"Stories of heartbreak, revenge and plenty more drama besides pepper the lyrics of ace Edinburgh bluegrass banjo duo of Deborah Arnott and Clare-Louise Neilson...Their sublime delicate vocal harmonising adds a layer of achingly melancholy beauty to every song...their wonderful take on Americana could warm the coldest of hearts."

Edinburgh Launch night 30th Sept 09, Emma Newlands, The List , 2nd Oct 09

CD REVIEWS SO FAR:

'One of Scotlands Finest:' "One of the most charming Bluegrass CDs of the Year...This is a Scots triumph... Excellent songwriting...Arnotts I like the way has hit written all over it." Keith Bruce- Review, Sunday Herald 4th Oct 09

4 Stars **** "Claire-Louise Nelson and Deborah Arnott have produced an impressive album featuring some lovely melodies and tuneful harmonies...Plaintive and engrossing." Graham Caldwell Scottish Daily Express 9th Oct 09

"Wholly engaging to anyones ears...Great songs..taking them beyond any Bluegrass pigeon holes...High Bright Morning arrives this month and conveys the magic of their songwriting in ten emotive often dark tales...the songs have a special atmosphere of their own." Mark Robertson- Preview, The List 24th Sept 09

"You'll love High Bright Morning." Rick Fulton Daily Record 2nd Oct 09

"These sublime original songs cannot fail to move you, cannot leave you untouched...‘Takes More Than A Little Time,’ the album’s opener, sets the stall, as one future classic after another follows...Get your hands on this album. It’s one that you’ll want to hear again and again." Ed Jupp 17 Seconds

"This is a great album of original music... Buy, play and smile." Taplas Trefor Patten Nov 09 edition

RADIO PLAY for 'High Bright Morning'!!

Tracks from the new CD have had radio play on the Iain Anderson show on BBC Radio Scotland [10th and 19th August]

Archie Fisher's 'Travelling Folk' show BBC Radio Scotland on 27th August.

'Another Country' show with Ricky Ross on Tuesday 15th September- BBC Radio Scotland

The Late Show-BBC Ulster Wed 16th with Cherrie McIllwaine

Heartland FM

Tracks from the CD will also be played on 'Going North from Nashville' on Monday 12th October

OTHER NEWS:

Please find launch details and tour dates above.

THE LIST previews 'High Bright Morning' CD:

"The banjo toting duo on their Edinburgh Americana.

Sometimes the path less travelled isn’t as peculiar as you might think. Admittedly on paper, Blueflint’s story isn’t an entirely conventional one, but the result is something wholly engaging to anyone’s ears: great songs.

‘Clare [Louise Neilson] and I were friends in our teens but lost contact’, begins Deborah Arnott, the other founding half of the Edinburgh band. ‘By bizarre coincidence years later, I found out that she was learning to play the banjo and so was I. We got back in touch and I was expecting her to be playing trad Scots style but it turned out she was into the whole old time country and bluegrass thing that I was. We met up, had a few bottles of wine and plucked up the courage to play for each other and have been together ever since.’

The pair share the songwriting duties of a now expanded Blueflint which includes bass, percussion and fiddle, broadening out their sound in glorious fashion, taking them beyond any bluegrass pigeonholes.

‘Americana is a useful word as it draws in a million different influences,’ says Arnott. ‘It can encompass us as well as people like Bonnie Prince Billy or Iron and Wine.’

What is essentially the band’s debut album proper High Bright Morning arrives this month and conveys the magic of their writing in ten emotive, often dark tales. Their sound enjoys sonic conventions from the past that only a band driven by two banjo players could, but the songs have special an atmosphere all of their own."

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PREVIOUS REVIEWS:

"...beautiful ballads of love and revenge with fantastic harmonies......what's not to love?" [Scotland on Sunday Review]

"Blueflint play haunting bluegrass shot through with a yearning sadness and soothing harmonies. Influenced by old- time Americana they have added a full backing band that play with them from time to time giving their music even more depth." [The List]

"A female banjo bluegrass duo you just have to hear.....Deborah Arnott and Clare-Louise Neilson are sublime as they sing ballads of love and loss. Blueflint deserve your attention." [Rick Fulton, Daily Record]

“The sweet-toned banjo duo Blueflint.” North Devon Journal

"Deborah Arnott and Clare-Louise Neilson weren't afraid to play around with the genre, exceptional harmonising. Their version of the old Elvis classic That's All Right breathed new life into a tired old warhorse." The Scotsman

BLUEFLINT BIOGRAPHY

Touted by the Scotland on Sunday Review as one of the top ten acts to watch, Blueflint played various festivals throughout 2008 including Edinburgh's Hogmanay Street Party, The Edinburgh Fringe Festival, Dunstaffnage,Traquair Fair the Cornish Bluegrass Festival and Dunmore East International Festival, Ireland.

Blueflint are based around the banjo duo of Deborah Arnott and Clare-Louise Neilson. They subtly intertwine the three-finger picking and clawhammer styles of banjo playing to accompany smooth vocals and harmonies in original songs and ballads of love, loss and revenge.

The band also boasts an excellent lineup of talented and versatile musicians including Roddy Neilson on fiddle, Ian Stoddart on drums, and Hugh Kelly/ Joey Sanderson on double bass.  Blueflint are in the finishing stages of recording their next CD - with the renowned composer and producer Jim Sutherland (Aberfeldy) in the producer’s chair - which will be released in spring 2009.

Their self-titled debut album has received radio play through out the UK and has included Blueflint playing a live set on BBC Radio Scotland’s ‘Travelling Folk’. They have also received radio play on many Internet radio sites worldwide.

Blueflint have toured extensively throughout the UK to venues including What's Cookin' and The Green Note, London; The Greenman Festival, Devon; the Loch Lomond Festival; The Grand Ole Opry and The Goat, Glasgow; Leith Folk Club, Edinburgh; The Lemon Tree, Aberdeen; Hootenanny, Inverness; The Showroom, Sheffield and many more.

www.myspace.com/blueflint

www.blueflint.org.uk

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=lyy7sqT_Hgk

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=0ccKYZq-I-0


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Blueflint's Friends Comments
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Fanattica

Fanattica



Nov 21 2009 3:09 PM

Now then Ladies!
How do?
 













Fanattica @ Henry’s. 28th November. £5

13th Note Glasgow

Thirteenth Note Bar Cafe Venue



Nov 11 2009 5:49 PM

Thursday 19th November -
13th Note Cafe

Blueflint / Southern Tenant Folk Union
/ Adopted As Holograph

8:30pm - £5/£4

Soul Survivor

Soul Survivor



Nov 3 2009 4:09 AM

Best of luck with the rest of the tour and the CD!

James
Adolfo

Adolfo Morales Servin



Oct 26 2009 12:56 PM

Thanks for the add!
ELVIS SHAKESPEARE - MUSIC and BOOKS

ELVIS SHAKESPEARE - MUSIC and BOOKS



Oct 12 2009 6:08 PM

Hope you enjoy the tour as much as we enjoyed having you play in the shop on Saturday.  Many thanks and love to you (and your number 1 fan who is always welcome in the shop!). xxx
In Violet Light

In Violet Light



Oct 10 2009 7:24 PM

Heya Blueflint, Thanks for the friendship and the great tunes. Best wishes from Holland, IVL.
Tamar Zak-Collins

Tamar Zak-Collins



Oct 8 2009 4:37 PM

Hi Blueflint,

Visiting Edinburgh for the first time at the moment- great city and great music coming out of this part of the country!

Hope you like the songs and all the best with it!

Tamar
The fighting 69th - dumfries band,

The fighting 69th - dumfries band,



Oct 5 2009 10:14 PM

yesterday your in the herald, today I'm reading The scotsman and there you are again!  good to see your in the quality broadsheets  and not the redtop gutter press! eat your heart out rupert murdoch! teach jordan to play the banjo!!!!! 
Bombskare

Bombskare



Oct 5 2009 6:15 PM



Hope the album launch went well.
Southern Remedy

Southern Remedy



Sep 25 2009 3:15 PM

Hi, I have a new song "Shining beat" on the myspace

Thanks
Pat Byrne

pat byrne



Sep 3 2009 10:09 PM

Exciting news about your CD launches and tour.
Hope to see you in Edinburgh,
Best,
Pat
Mark

Mark Fisher



Aug 27 2009 12:38 PM

"Greetings From New York City!!!"

Excellent Music On Your Page!!!
sl records

sl records



Aug 26 2009 10:18 PM


"GOOD NEWS"
THE NEW ALBUM FROM
WITHERED HAND
OUT 14th SEPTEMBER ON
SL RECORDS

pipedog

pipedog



Aug 12 2009 12:44 PM

u good?showin some page love still,check out 'why' feat framps and pipedog...also checkout the tracks when u can



holla
Daniel Mark Faller

Daniel Mark Faller



Aug 10 2009 7:14 PM

greetings from idaho / usa
John T. McManus

John T. McManus



Aug 9 2009 12:27 PM

Hi Girls, Thanks for the add. John
the hightown crows

the hightown crows



Jul 28 2009 9:23 PM

...see you at the Sheepwalk on 3rd October!
Sparrow and the Workshop

Sparrow and the Workshop



Jul 18 2009 12:21 AM

Looking forward to seeing you guys play at Belladrum!
Angus Coutts

Angus Coutts



Jun 30 2009 9:57 PM

Hi there!

I'm playing a concert at Henry's Cellar Bar on Thursday night. I'm on first at about 2045.

If you're up for a few drinks it would be lovely to see you.

Hope you're all good

Angus
FreeloadinFrank

FreeloadinFrank



Jun 23 2009 12:15 PM

Hi girls,
I am organising a Legalise Cannabis Party on the meadows on Saturday 27th at 3pm. It would be great to see you there!
**Dark-eyed Junco a.k.a the original snowbird**

Dianne Yellowbanks



Jun 15 2009 2:24 AM

Love your music.a mix of the irish bluegrass mountain sound....totally keep it up please!
FreeloadinFrank

FreeloadinFrank



Jun 4 2009 12:28 PM

Great gig last night at the Pheonix, I look forward to your new Album.
vishtank

Richard Monochrome



May 4 2009 8:12 PM

"what lies beneath" is just what i needed now! thank you for creating such a great piece of music!!
Arlene

Arlene



May 1 2009 3:32 PM

Blueflint!

Thanks so very much for your gracious add, your kind words, and a very good morning to you in beautiful Londontowne!

You have wonderful music on your page and you have great music influences as well.

Have a wonderful weekend, many well wishes, blessings, and inspiration to you, and much continued success to you.

All best!

Arlene :D
http://www.myspace.com/arleneweiss
http://blog.myspace.com/arleneweiss
giulio vetrone

giulio vetrone



Apr 19 2009 9:11 PM

Hallo Blueflint,
belli i nuovi pezzi, ci vediamo in Italia.

Giulio
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