Martha Rose - Guitars, violins, and singing----Ben Nicholson - Banjo, lap steel-----Jessica Cottee - singing and percussion-----Tom Maisey - recording, production, advice and tips, tambourine
Influences
bob dylan, gram parsons, gillian welch, ryan adams and neil young. coco rosie, M.ward, joanna newsom, thao, fleet foxes, velvet underground, cat power, josh t pearson, tom brosseau, jonny cash, nina simone, a ceilidh in the hebrides, saint patricks days, my cousin's irish music group, buskers, my mums old tapes and walks in fields.
Myspace BackgroundsMartha was given a guitar in January 2007, wrapped up in newspaper. She met Ben Joel in a tent in Bestival and luckily he learnt to play the banjo. In 2008 she met Jess in Berlin and they played at some parties on broken guitars and upside-down bowls. They formed a toe-tapping trio. They sing songs about the people they love and like, and the people who make them sad. About the things they see, and the things they imagine.
They like the pace of the river.
The twilight.
And the sad, deep wells inside us all.
This is some of the artwork from our debut E.P, Martha Rose and the Way Home... If you would like a copy of these lovely makings in melody, get in touch, we would be pleased to post one to you at modest expense.
PLEASE EMAIL MARTHAROSEBOOKINGS@HOTMAIL.COM FOR E.P. POSTING, ENQUIRIES, BOOKINGS, AND OTHER WORDS.
OR DOWNLOAD THE TRACKS FROM OUR FIRST E.P.!
Copy and paste http://indiestore.7digital.com/martharosemusic/ into your browser and let the sweet-sounding fun begin...
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WE'RE RECORDING OUR FIRST ALBUM TO BE RELEASED IN JUNE...
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Thanks for being our friend...
We've moved, too - now upsatirs at Albert & Pearl, 118 Upper
Street, Islington (opposite the Town Hall). December SoftlySoftly is on
THURSDAY 3rd ..hen from January, it's every first and third
Wednesday of each month...
See you there I hope x
A bit of advance notice - MondayMonday proudly presents Rún and Steven Finn and more at The Wilmington Arms, Clerkenwell on Monday 7th December
Rún collect and arrange old folk songs written in the ancient language of Erin. So far, thanks to Nora from Donegal, they have a nice wee collection of well-known ditties and are now adding to their repertoire with some unusual old forgotten songs from the province of Ulster. Rún are five fantastic lassies who perform four-part vocal arrangements of old Gaelic songs like ’An Cailín Rua’ (the red-haired girl), ’Casadh an tSúgain’ (twisting the hayrope) and ’Bo Na Leath Adhairce’ (the one-horned cow). Rún is the Gaelic word for ’secret, wish or love’ (cf. rune). See http://www.myspace.com/runceol ..
Steven Finn’s ears were filled with the music of Count Basie, Benny Goodman, Johnny Cash and old time country music. Aged 15 he began teaching himself the guitar, learning songs like Leadbelly’s ‘Bourgeois Blues’ and Charlie Daniels’ ‘The devil went down to Georgia’. On hearing Bob Dylan songs Finn started to write his own words and in doing so found a lifelong passion for Jazz and Folk Blues, a getaway car he could drive. See http://www.myspace.com/stevenfinn for more details
