Simon Shaw - guitar and vocals,
Morag Wilson - harmonium and vocals,
Lucy Sweet - vocals, autoharp, melodica and guitar,
Eilidh Rodgers - drums,
Ian Murray - bass and mandolin,
John Hogarty - guitar,
Solveig Askvik - violin.
With occasional assistance from
Chris Hladowski - guitar,
Hanna Tuulikki - flute and paintbrush.
Influences
Velvets, Nico, Bad Seeds, Shirley Collins, Watersons, The Pogues, Kaleidoscope(UK+US), Sandy Denny, Scatter, Dirty Three, Alasdair Roberts, Anne Briggs, obscure folk songs dredged up from all four corners of the globe, Gorkys, Popol Vuh, Fleetwood Mac and Blondie.
Sounds Like
Described by the Metro newspaper as a 'riverside tryst between Fairport Convention, the entire cast of the Wicker Man and some Moomins.' Whatever that means...
Lucky Luke is the brainchild of folk overlord Simon Shaw, formerly of Glasgow legends V-Twin, and Morag Wilson, Falkirk’s hottest librarian. As a duo they contributed to many compilations with their dreamy, Nico inspired songs, until they grew into a droning, fluting, eight legged beast at the beginning of 2003.
Trimmed down to a 6 piece, the band supported Teenage Fanclub on their UK tour in May 2005, and their beautiful debut album, Patrick The Survivor was released on CD and vinyl in June, garnering great reviews from NME, Uncut and Mojo.
2006 saw Chaffinch records releasing a split EP with Lucky Luke, King Creosote, Immigrant and South Downs, and the band playing as a showcase artist for South By Southwest in Austin, Texas.
Last year, Edinburgh label Wee Black Skelf released a 7" of the traditional songs Hori Horo/Reynardine, and they played at the Portishead curated ATP Festival.
They are currently putting the final touches to their 2nd album, recorded at the Diving Bell and Yip Jump studios, Glasgow. The first single to be taken from this album, Out Of My Tree (listen above), will be available on 7" vinyl from Wee Black Skelf soon.
Hey, hope you had a nice weekend, I am performing, not to far from Glasgow, at Edinburgh Castle supporting Girls Aloud on the 25th July.
I can't wait!
Natalia x
En route to supporting the legendary Electric Prunes, psychedelic Swedes La Fleur Fatale drop in to Pivo Pivo, Waterloo St, Glasgow to join us for a Full Tilt Boogie from 8pm on Thursday 3rd July. Support from Bo Deadly and Dennis Law Jnr. www. myspace. com/lafleurfataletheband
Tickets available from Monorail, Kings Court. 7" & Digital Download available from all good record stores & download sites from 07/07. You can pre-order the 7” vinyl from www. luckynumbernine. co. uk from 23/06.
The Zoeys are Jim Gellately's single of the week and will be live in session on Marc Riley's BBC 6 Music show too!
Punch & The Apostles debut single 'Asylum / Tie Me To The Mast' availble on 7" vinyl from www. luckynumbernine. co. uk and
Monorail (Glasgow) Avalanche(Glasgow) Oxfam Music (Glasgow) Roughtrade(s) London Sister Ray (London) Pure Groove (London)
A fantastic bill in aid of a great charity. Tickets available from Monorail & Missing Records. For the full line-up and more info please visit www. myspace. com/christmastimeinthemountains
Also, Mike Hastings EP out now on Lucky Number Nine Records. Available from Mono, Avalanche, Oxfam Music and online from www. luckynumbernine. co. uk (shameless self promotion!)
hey guys! just stopping in to hear some new sounds & say happy new year. . . as lovely as ever to listen to ya. hope all's well on the ocean's other side. yers, -alex
Hello Friends. Fuzz Against Junk have a new album coming out! It's titled "Netti Netti" and is released by INVADA RECORDS on Monday Febuary 4th through Cargo Records Distribution. It's a mindblast of an album, so do us a favour, don't download it illegally, order it from your friendly local record store or visit www.invadashop.co.uk and buy online. Have a musical new year and KEEP THE PSYCH ALIVE!!! Love Fuzz Against Junk x
happy new year! we're currently filling up our calendar for january/february as we're running a special introductory rate for those two months only of £300/3 days or £600/week including engineers fees (our normal rate will be £150/day). contact us for availability. x the green door studio
In the bleak mid-winter...THE so cold we're HOT CLUB! Its a(nother) Christmas Dancing Party. Come Hot!
and watch out for the 'HOT BONE' knees ups - where Glasgow and Dundee's Hot Club is teaming up with those cheeky gingers from London's Bad to the Bone - Boxing Day at the City Function Suite in Dundee and the 29th Dec in Sleazys, Glasgow. Yow! Do the Cat walk baby, aint I'm a dog!
