The many excellent Lucky Bitches who have passed through my hands:
Tom Moth: (Lunamoth) Harp and general genius
Gav Fawcett: drums
Colin Smith: saxophones of all kinds, bass, melodica, all sorts
Joe Peet: violin, bass, mandolin, all sorts
Katy Dent: violin, singing
Fiona Troon: bassoon, ain't nobody better
Claire Cobley: flute
Casper Cronk: saw
Severine Devereaux: synths and xylophone and fabulousness
Nick Richards: trombone
Lorna Johns: oboe
Helen Evans: violin
Katalin Duschanek: violin
Becky Dixon: cello
Simon Elms: trumpet
some people who's names I've forgotten but they where very good
plus the singing talents of:
Owen Duff
Plakka
Sam Brown
Sophie Traves
Jason Traves
Grand Master Gareth out of Misty's Big Adventure
Miss Carolyn Mark
Anyone want to join in?
Influences
The Beatles
Vernon Elliott (he wrote the music for all the 70's kids 'Smallfilms' animated programmes - The Clangers, Ivor the engine etc) Kristin Hersh
Nina Simone
Neutral Milk Hotel
Talk Talk
Mary Margraet O'Hara
Joni Mitchell
the voices in my head
Sounds Like
Acoustic and electric noises at the same time, with proper songs and proper singing
OR
Nick Drake (poor Nick Drake, doesn't EVERYBODY apparently sound like him? But I get it a lot)
Andrew Bird
Jill Sobule
The Beatles
Rufus Wainwright
Jonna Newsom (it's a harp thing)
your favourite band
If you don't know PAUL MOSLEY so far you have missed:
A band called Moses, being accused of stealing from The Clangers, Radio 2 playlists, 6music sessions, being shushed and praised at the same time by Tom Robinson, the love of Jamie Oliver, a drink with Shane MacGowan, Another drink with Shane MacGowan, duetting with Sam Brown and her fine display of 'playing the piano with ones knockers', sharing a toilet with Muse at Glastonbury, singing in an Amsterdam brothel, another drink with Shane MacGowan, Oliver Postgate approvingly quoting Dee-Lite lyrics, the 'Graham Coxons favourite band' debacle, Jools Holland inviting himself backstage, potential Band names ranging from 'the lucky Bitches' to 'Troon Cronk & Monger (featuring paul mosley)', making 'Mistys Big Adventure' sound a bit like Thomas the tank engine, The Canadian Will & Grace on the dole, the BMG A&R man incident, a choir, Plakka getting good, a lap top show down, improvising on bassoons, flutes, a lot of incredible harp, losing a moth to Florence and the Machine, a small amount of sex, an abandoned attempt to write proper pop songs in Barcelona, monkeys, pigs, wolves and some astonishing music.
Its not too late, there's more to come including POP!, fashion magazines, ukuleles, ventriloquists, supermen, xylophones and possibly Jimmy Somerville.
I was planning on saving money at my new job so I could go to europe, I miss it so, dreams squashed, I'm being fired cause my boss doesn't like me :/ One day I'll be back
Running Shows: @ "Inside Home interiors", viale Michelangiolo 5, Firenze, ITALY. Open mon 15-19 tues-fri 9-19 Upcoming show: Solo show at Mopia (Dienerstrasse 16/18 CH-8004, Zurich, Switzerland) from 16 october till 12 November.
It's called The Giant of Illinois and is on the Dark Was The Night compilation. Obviously there's the whistling and general handsome quirkiness going on with both of you but I've never actually heard him copy your voice quite so much before ;-) Cheeky monkey that he is!
Listening to Andrew Bird on Spotify in preparation for Green Man festival and on a song I haven't heard before he seems to be trying to sing like you. When did he start doing that?! Outrageous! xx
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