Welcome to my corner of cyberspace, I'm Ed Hope and I play music with my friends, they know instruments both obscure & familar.
Together we make 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.
We've done 2 UK tours to promote our 2 records 'Me Against The Big Bad World' (2007) and 'Hunny! The Funfair' (2008)- we miss our van, the new friends we met every day and sleeping like a family on the run.
Hydro Connect Festival, Corn Exchange (Cambridge), ShalFest, Hackney Empire, Hope & Anchor, West One Four, Beaconsfield Gallery, The Standard, Shepherds Bush Empire, The Luminaire, The Buffalo Bar, The Alexandra (Clapham), Imbibe (Southwark), Bishop's Stortford Music Festival, Half Moon (Bishop's Stortford), Soul Tree (Cambridge), The Boathouse (Cambridge), The Cornerhouse (Cambridge), 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), Mr Wolf's (Bristol), Sixty Million Post Cards (Bournemouth), Roadmender (Northampton), Bar Four (Reading), The Lansdowne (Leicester), Pan Am (Liverpool), Bloc Bar (Glasgow), Whistle Binkies (Edinburgh), Amber Rooms (Exeter), Poters (Bath), North Nineteen (London), The Western Front (Brighton), 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).
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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. s
Hey, we heard you won on Friday, congratulations and all, we see you are playing strawberry fair, might come watch you play again, hope alls well! Q&2Js.x
Official Secrets Act - Officer Kicks - Mozzy Green - Buster Shuffle - Soul Traders - Dave Sutherland - Sub Pop Sunday - Happnin' Boy - Jon Gomm - Jonas Graile - Cara Winter - AlicebanD - Neil Cowlan - Roland Chadwick - Ed Hope & Friends - The Strangerhood - Garrison Finish - Dead Monroe - London Blackmarket - Keef Jackman - Squab - The Pins - The Mono Effect - The WorldOnFire - The Volt - Charli XCX - J-Treole - Mary Epworth & The Jubliee Band - The Paisanos - Stuart Mason - Broken Mile - Doghouse - Jenny Hall - Hannah Scott and LOADS MORE. Plus there'll be open mic sessions, beer tent, chillout tent, stalls workshops, art displays, stand-up comedy and more.
Hey, beaten to it by another band member it would seem, but just wanted to say I really enjoyed your set, and thanks for the CD. Hopefully come see you at another gig sometime.
Also suprised to see you played the Army and Navy in Chelmsford back in the day. I practically grew up in that place! Good times.
hi Ed! Hope you guys are all doing fine! I've just uploaded some vids from this summer on my youtube ... you might want to take a look as you're featured ; ) take care and see you on stage soon! x
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!
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