I'm Ed Hope, a singer / songwriter of 7 years... I play with 7 or so of my friends; they know instruments both obscure & familar.
Together we play simple toe-tapping acoustic folk, much like a merry Catholic family jamming on a bank holiday. The songs are stories about such things as boats, barn dances, woodlands, Christmas, all written from a simple perspective, with the aim to charm you into a little nostalgia, even if you've never been to a jig.
Last summer saw our first tour, 16 shows, 7 of which were sell outs, ending with the final night at Hackney Empire.
We are currently booking up a 30 show tour for Summer 2008, which will coincide with our first (full band) EP release.
Tour 2008 Videos
'My Woo & Me' - Cafe Irie
'Move On' - Bishop's Stortford
Venues
I've had the pleasure of performing at:
Hydro Connect Festival, ShalFest, Hackney Empire, Hope & Anchor, West One Four, Beaconsfield Gallery, The Standard, Shepherds Bush Empire, The Buffalo Bar, Bishop's Stortford Music Festival, Half Moon (Bishop's Stortford), The Marquee (Hertford), The Horn (St Albans), The Orange Tree (Nottingham), The Social (Nottingham), Rescue Rooms (Nottingham), Junktion 7 (Nottingham), Bar None (Nottingham), Demo (Nottingham), The Maze (Nottingham), Army & Navy (Chelmsford), Cramphorn Theatre (Chelmsford), High Barn (Dunmow), The Junction (Cambridge), CB2 (Cambridge), Man On The Moon (Cambridge), Boat Race (Cambridge), Cellar Bar 8 (Cambridge), Kings College (Cambridge), Blue Bar (Porthtowan), Cafe Irie (Newquay), Brighton Pier, Lincoln Arms (Dorking).
Below is a poster from our previous tour:
Website
A little animated website to capture more than myspace can show www.edhope.co.uk. It has new tracks, pictures and is pretty on the eyes.
Bon Voyage Jacques Cousteau
~ Short Film by Danny Corey; featuring 'In The Woods' by Ed Hope
Please Add Me
If you enjoy the music, have seen me live, etc. And you say a nice 'hello'.
Please do not add me if you want me to join your minions, or if you are going to bulletin me everytime you see a spider on your wall.
Hey guys good seeing you at connect. the weather was a bit rubbish, but did you notice that Sigur Ros came out played and the the rain vanished. they were amazing!!!
have documented everything, just as much as you did! I'm not sure I want to see your footage... ah ah! was great to get to see you perform again! love the CD!
Hey! Was in York at the weekend, it was nearing the end of the shopping when my wife and kids popped into Clair's accessories as i was waiting outside i could hear some music and thought to myself that sounds pretty good, so i walked over to where you guys were busking listened to you for around 30 mins you were great. I left York that day thinking i need to check myspace to see if you were on and to my delight you are (nice one) What a testiment to you that your out during the day playing the music you love to the people who are going about their everyday lives whilst embarking on a tour. Thanks for the great music and for playing that day.
hi hows the tour going? what time roughly you getting to edinburgh?? did you get the message re. rooms? sorry again have tried today but still no luck!!
Hi Ed, top set on Saturday at Shalfest, you and you friends sounded great, I only came in to shelter from the rain - amazing what you stumble across. Is your music available for download anywhere? Cheers
just under 50 diverse acts will be performing rock, indie, pop, folk, funk, jazz, blues, acoustic and all sorts inbetween.
playing this year are: Sub Pop Sunday (winners of XFM unsigned), REVERE (playing Glastonbury festival this year), Caimbo (included in this month’s Q magazine’s 'Tracks to Download'), The Raid (tipped in The Mirror as a band to watch in 2008), Mozzy Green (currently featuring as part of a West End theatre production), AloneMe (about to release highly anticipated debut album), NoID (winners of many awards), local favourites such as Happnin' Boy & Mike Rasmussen, The Strangerhood, Ed Hope & Friends, The Spores plus many, MANY more.
there's 2 main stages, a beer tent, plenty of craft and food stalls, an arts marquee and more to check out.
tell all your friends and come join us this weekend!
good stuff, well things my way ... im good cant wait to get back to Cornwall this year! me and my girlfriend, thats who i was with at the little show, we have formed a band last year in august, so well check us out... www.myspace.com/angelasapplemusic
yep ive seen u in brighton and got ur cd & u signed it lol & u your and 'friends' r really good i hope u get far in the music world coz u really deserve it :)p.s we played your cd in the car all the way home lol which waz 180 miles lol :]xx
I saw you guys in Nottingham, was pretty impressed. (: Lovee your musicc (: and Whoa, definitely sounds like a busy week ;O. Worth it I bet? (: I'll look out for the photos and blog ;D
As for me.. I don't do much with myself nowadays :P Mainly enjoying the last bit of the summer holidays before sixth form, with parties and suchlike ;]. Hehe.
hey, thanks for adding me! i've been to brighton one week ago and i saw you playing on the beach! you may remember one blonde girl was asking you for a signature... she was one of my friends and we both bought a cd :) i really like your music and your songs! i'm just starting to write my own songs and i really like to meet other musicians... do you have a prospect of a record contract? and when did you start to write your songs? cheers, Biggy
Yeah, i saw you outside M&S, you're awesome. I was going to come back with some cash to buy your CD, but it looked like it was going to rain, & when i came back, you'd packed up :(
It was quite surprising to see musicians playing in Nottingham that aren't scary tramps or native americans (don't ask).
