CUCkOO SAVANTE are.... J'aime Nanci on lead vocals, Ursula De campos-sanchez on backing vocals, Morgan Cooke on Backing vocals and piano, Steve Maye on Bass, Kevin O'Kelly on drums......
Influences
LETS START AT THE VERY BEGINNING- ITS A VERY GOOD PLACE TO START...All things 1950's, good ol' rock'n'roll, jimmy dean and Elvis..marlon (the perfect man) brando..jerry lee lewis and chuck berry...little richard and buddy holly...marilyn monroe, joan crawford, bettie davis, Gene krupa, louis prima, benny goodman, count basie, billie holiday, ella fitzgerald, monty clift, liz taylor, butch and sundance, bonnie and clyde..
..suddenly last summer, cat on a hot tin roof, mamas and papas, mildred pierce, manhattan transfer, BETTE MIDLER, blue velvet, bauhaus, buzzcocks, The cure, the doors, the damned, the dead kennedys, the four seasons, The HORROR THE HORROR....
The lost boys, the hunger, heathers, Querrelle, midnight express, my own private idaho, hardcore porn, Rufus(AN ANGEL WALKS THE EARTH)Wainwright....and his clan....Jeff Buckley, kurt cobain, jim morrison, (the divine three)The sharks and the jets, sammy davis junior, the clash, The pistols, thomas stunning and your boyfriends, anne rice, chuck pahlanuik, Brett easton ellis, poppy z brite, Tom of finland, jeff koonz, robert mapplethorpe,mY fucked up extended family...Morrissey,the smiths, the velvet underground, oh shite its just endless.
Sounds Like
"Tom Waits Banging Nick Cave across Nina Simones piano" aparently!
Cuckoo Savante, Ireland's favourite "debonair deviants" have been keeping good company of late. Writing the title track for legendary chanteause Mary Coughlans' critically acclaimed recent album "The House of Ill Repute", being flown to Chicago to play private parties at the Lakeshore Drive Arts Centre, appearing on stage alongside Kieran Goss, Juliet Turner and George Jones at The Waterfront, Belfast, and now, after spending close to a year in Vicar Street recording studios, with Irish guitar afficionado, Conor Brady (Gerry Fish and The Mudbug Club, Camille O'Sullivan, The Commitments) at the helm on production duties, they have finally got their album "Lennonstown Lies" in the bag and have already seen it gain praise in The irish times "whats Hot" list, and reach number 6 in the itunes Blues Chart less than two weeks after its launch!
"Lennonstown Lies", the 13 track album is a sexy seduction of sounds from bygone eras. With unclassifiable, yet inimmitable style, the album blazes seamlessly from the high energy polka influenced opening track "Princess-Royal Kisser of Frogs" through the scorching orchestral ode to adultery "Red Apple" (featuring Mary Coughlan on vocals) through1950's rock'n'roll on songs like "I C U Leopard" and "Ghostsong". With confessional lyrics and universal themes, this stunning album closes with title track "Lennonstown Lies"- a beautiful, melancholy yet uplifting meditation on the loss of childhood innocence.
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"…Another Irish act to keep a keen eye on are Cuckoo Savante, a Galway band of mixed sexual orientations who peddle a brand of music they call Hurdy-Gurdy Gothique Electra Loungeporn and boast a queer lead singer, one Jaime Nanci, who comes on like Marc Almond channelling the ghost of Nina Simone. He's got star written all over him…."
Come closer - I've a secret to share. Galway might finally have found a band to match it's new shiny music scene. It's been a long long time coming but blues/punk five-piece Cuckoo Savante might just (whisper it) be the first Galway band in an age to make a meaningful breakthrough.
Having spent much of 2008 touring and playing with Mary Coughlan, they have taken centre stage so far in '09 with the launch of their debut album Lennonstown Lies. A band with many monikers, they have been described as Hurdy-Gurdy and grotesque cabaret but I think the description that best fits is Lounge-punk.
Title track Lennonstown Lies will knock simply your socks off - beautifully bluesy and dark but with none of the stifled delivery that you would might normally associate with the genre. It's blues you can dance to, hell, you could almost mosh to it.
The album is an exercise in fusion done right, taking the best elements of jazz, blues and cabaret and mixing them with fundamentals of a punk rock band. I like, I like very much.
Andrew Hamilton
“…and i have to say they were brilliant. the guy singing reminded me of jack l, young, pretty and funky with a big strong, but also sweet voice, as well as a great delivery. you could say that, like Mary, they have a tendency towards jazz and black music, but with a younger and more modern vibe….”
Awww t'was lovely to find a comment back from ya..... Non one ever uses myspaz anymore!! I am delighted to see you boys are doing well and are playing back in cork! I had a blast that night :D I am brilliant, just awaiting my green card which should be arriving in a couple of weeks, then i can finally work and be all legal and shit!! haha. No plans to come home just yet, unfortunatly one of the stipulations is i have to stay here and not leave the country for 2 yrs. (I'm broken hearted.... I swear lol) Would LOVE to see you lovelies over here sometime!!!! Please please keep in touch <3
Its been a while and we thought it was about time we updated you on what we've been up to. Our debut EP Little World is now available at our gigs and will soon be available from our myspace and facebook pages, you will also be able to download it from itunes, but we don't have a release date for this as yet.
To celebrate the fact that we have now reached 25,000 plays on myspace, we are giving you a free MP3 of Rockabye Baby. All you have to do is send your email address to queen.elvis@yahoo.ie and we will send it to you.
We have spent the last year rehearsing with a full band and are now ready to bring it on the road. You can get a look at us when we appear on Balcony TV this week with the full line up. We are currently taking bookings for gigs/concerts/festivals and can be contacted on the email above, or through our myspace and facebook pages.
Thankyou for your continued support in what has been a great year for us!
Never been to a Saloon session? Well get 5th time lucky and see this whopper show.Yes Ali & the DTs are playing,as are the Revellions. 5er in, Saturday night! See this for details: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=109498036062
