It is my great pleasure to be able to play with the following people
Nick McGauley - drums
Bethan John - violin
Sam Pearson - Double Bass
Jim Briffett - guitar and keyboards
Influences
Neil Young, Joni Mitchell, the Beach Boys, Bob Dylan, Nina Simone, Talk Talk, Sparklehorse, Cat Power, Billie Holiday, Elliott Smith, Marvin Gaye, Al Green, Nick Drake, Jimi Hendrix, AC DC, Peter Sellers, life, films, books, anything else I've ever heard or done etc. etc.
Sounds Like
"...he takes standard folk-like forms back to their essence so that the grains of the genre are important rather than the veneer of fashion. His touch is deft and almost feminine…almost imperceptible until you realise that the songs inhabit you…the melancholy of out of season loneliness…”
AMERICANA-UK.COM
“Folk influenced pop carved out of wooden guitars and ivory keys, swelling melodies and a healthy vocal performance. This feels solid and ephemeral at once”
BRIGHTON SOURCE magazine
hey conrad, friends at last! so i'll look out that 8 track for you and ableton etc, coupla days or so... that was a lovely show the other night, good to hear you play again, the fiddle was sounding sweet. catch you soon x
Hi there Conrad Vingoe, its so very nice to meet your acquaitance, and thanking you muchly for being my (our) friend.
I hope you enjoyed our tunes - I thought you might do judging by the stuff you seem to be into like - if you fancy a couple of our mp3s for you ipod/nonbrandedmp3 player then just ping me your email address back for our mailing list (info about gigs and the like) OR just click here on these here words and I'll sort that out for you, probably in the next couple of days, quite busy.
Forgive the indulgence but I've just worked out how to do this so i'm gonna put it in here - its a video of us playing one of the songs we would send to you live @ Bull and Gate last month just to show you what it may be like, hope thats ok :)
Our next gig isnt for a while but will probably be at Metro on Tottenhem Court Road - (so not really that close to you if I'm being honest ha ha :), but who knows - you may be on holiday, or finding out what its like to visit somewhere with 10 million people in about a square mile :)
hey there, sir! it was a pleasure to meet you. i'm sure we will see one another again soon. i am recording in portland as i type this. should be done by my 90th birthday... yikes!
Drookit Dogs (acoustic set), Lianne Hall, Conrad Vingoe and Emily Baker play the Red Roaster Coffee House next Thursday the 31st July as aprt of Out Loud Fest, the pre-pride live music extravaganza.
A one and only opportunity to see this quality line up all under one roof...
Doors: 8.00pm till the wine and beer run out...
£6.50 in advance £8 on the door.
Cheap cheap going for a bird song tickets available here:
Trousseaux wheel their electro rock noise machine to London, at the Bull and Gate, this Saturday 26th July! will be goodness to see you.. 8.30pm.. mwah!
Hi. :-) Thanks for that, and for leaving a comment. I've got into a bit of a habit of playing 'Black Spot In The Sun' just before I retire each night (well, about 7am - I really need to shift my sleeping patterns). Please do something with that song!
Great White Hope, Big Wide Sky and Burn Down Love (You/I clearly have a thing for three word song titles) are part of my staple diet too... obviously not low calorie - damn you, it's all your fault. If you could do a 'lite' version it might help. ;-)
thanks very much Mr Conrad, entirely mutual. And you seem to know Kate Walsh, mun old band Moses gigged with her up in Newcastle at the opera house, it was fun, thats actually all there is to that story Paul
