Alex-Drums/inappropriate jokes
Matthew Waer-Bass/ professional tea drinking
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Influences
Stories...fact/fiction, turns of phrase, highs and lows, Beautiful melodies/toneless chanting, wonderful words/people that say the words... I like: Kirsty Macoll, Tom Waits, DOLLY! The Beatles, PJ Harvey, Led Zeppelin, The Pretenders, Blondie, Annie Lennox, Gomez, Rickie Lee Jones, Eric Bibb, Pearl Jam, John Martyn, Bob Dylan, Nina simone, Elvis, Beck, The Stones, Paul Simon, Ben Harper, Bonnie Raitt, Lou Reed, Joni Mitchell, Billie Holiday, Van Morrison, , Ray Charles, Lucinda Williams, Bobbie Gentry, Liane Carrol, Patti Smith, Alison Krauss, John Butler Trio, Burt Bacharach, Cole Porter, Randy Newman, The White Stripes, Hank Williams....
Sounds Like
"Huge smokey bluesy tones...her vocals are both sweet and raw, her songwriting is exemplary" (Nashville Songwriters Association)
My first single, ‘Alright With Me’, is all about being alright with yourself and not letting bullies get to you.
One of the main things with any kind of bullying is to encourage people to speak out and not keep the issue to themselves but it is tricky….bullying can occur in mainly places from school to the home and anywhere in between and some people don’t feel they have anyone to talk to about these issues.
Below are links to two charities that I think are worth checking out on the subject – with Childline you can phone and the call won’t come up on a bill or anything so it’s completely anonymous. The ‘act against bullying’ is part of a ‘cool to be kind’ initiative which encourages kids to act in a positive way and explores the issue in some depth.
I’m a country girl but I live with the city folk, my heart still lies amidst the fields in deepest darkest Suffolk where I was born but my love affair with London has been going strong for 5 years now and shows no sign of relenting.
I was two years old when Paul Simon’s Graceland was released, and when I went running into the house to tell my Mum I had diamonds on the soles of my shoes, she thought I was a child genius; I then told her that the biggest kick I’d ever got was doing a thing called the crocodile rock and that I’d seen Lucy in the sky with Darren…not diamonds, and she saw a theme developing.
When I was 13 I forgot all this, dyed my hair red and started listening to Sleeper, Sneaker Pimps and Roni Size; I tagged along with my older brother and his friends and we went to raves, losing ourselves in drum’ n bass and spending the wee small hours listening to Portishead to recover.
When I was 14 a guy I liked asked me if I liked Beth Orton, I’d never heard her music but said “yes”, because I thought It was the right answer; he took me to a gig and I fell in love with her. Various heartbreak ensued and a few years passed when I came back around to my Mum’s old records. My parents split up when I was 5 and my Dad left behind his Beatles record collection; I’ve been making sense of life through music ever since.
Songs do it for me; I don’t care if it’s Pop, Heavy metal, Country, electronica…it’s the heart of the song I’m after. Apart from music I like bike rides, real ale and cowboys.
Just a quick note to say that I'm lovin' the new songs... you are so consistently good! Are you likely to be gigging anywhere around Bournemouth or Poole at any stage... bad pun - sorry!
Hi, we're Stackers from Tokyo, Japan, originated in New York City, USA in 2003. Check out this video of one of our shows in Japan. We have been compared to such bands as Rancid and Hi-Standard
and we have a full length album available worldwide at Interpunk.com!
Stopping by to wish you a fantastic week!!! Hope all is going great with you!!! Check out my newest single Whipping Post on Texas radio NOW!!! I also hope to see you out at Armadillo Palace Wednesday November 11th @ 12:00pm for my interview and acoustic performance with 740 KTRH's Michael Berry (Texas Music Show) And later that night I will be at Dosey Doe in the Woodlands (9:15pm) See you there!!! Love, ~Susan Hickman www.susanhickman.com www.reverbnation.com/susanhickman www.twitter.com/susanhickman
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