Poppy and friends is a bit of an organic project but at the mo Mike and Zac are my ace little Rhythm section, Zac on double bass and Mike on drums. We've Just released Our First EP, "DID IT!" on the Indie Label 'Carrot and Stick' which is now available to buy via our link or at gigs if you pop along to one, come and say helloo xxx
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Influences
At the moment, jolie holland, joanna newsom, scout niblett, erin mc'owen, The bobbie magies, mertle, regina spector, herman dune, jeffery lewis, oil rig catering, coco rosie, emmy the grate, and whatever else comes my way
And as a young'un I spent my time listening too lamb, ben harper, jeff buckly, nick drake, joni mitchell, nirvana,smashing pumpkins, beck, violent femes, and probably loads more
As well as stories of dragons and monsters and maidens in distress, coupled with much tea drinking!!!
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Sounds Like
I can nevr decide, here are the words of some people who cared to do it for me,
"Poppy weaves off-kilter tales of urban life with the sweetest folk melodies"
(Lady Fest, Bristol 2007)
"From my point of view Poppy was a breath of fresh air. She reminds me of Billy Bragg, not in delivery or style of performance but more in her style of writing. Her songs are keenly observed tales of every day life using simple modern prose." (07)
"Poppy hails fittingly from flower-festival Clutton and arrives in Frome by way of London with bunches of fragrant tunes" (Acoustic Plus, Frome, 2008)
FOR BOOKINGS AND PRESS SEE THE OFFICIAL 'POPPY AND FRIENDS' WEBSITE AT
WWW.POPPYANDFRIENDS.COM
Now heres a little bit ABOUT ME
Well, I sprouted in the west country in a small little village called Clutton.
I was sat quite happily makin my little noises in my little place when one day a big old wind blew me away and I landed in old London town.
I wanted to share my little noise with the big city folk, but when i landed i couldn't find the big city folk.
But a small man with a big nose for smellin told me that there was a place where big and small and medium folks all hang out, so i went to this place and decided to take a seat. now ive found lots of friends that are helpin me make my little noise a bit bigger.
Woops!, the naughty money goblins got me, had to take a ride back down to somerset with the west country fairies, happily though whilst hanging out down here and gigging my songs the lovely little label Carrot and Stick picked me up,
We've recently released Poppy and Friends first official EP, Did IT! which is very exciting,and is available to buy from Itunes or at any of our gigs, special edition DVD versions are also available to buy, see the link below.
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AAAANND we are about to release our second EP 'FISHES' so catch us a one of our dates in June, be lovely to see you, be sure to come and say hello!!!!
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Greatly looking forward to your gig with us on Thu 18 in London! Also, be sure to say hello to WaterAid folk at Glastonbury Festival, we'll be backstage at Lulu's and frontstage all over the place :)
Hey! Appologies if this is the second comment we've sent you recently...bit of a mix up in the bands communication :)
Anyway.. we've been a little quiet for the last few months but we are very pleased to announce our new EP is finished and up on our myspace! It's called Bright Lights and has four brand spanking new tracks to blow your mind. Please have a listen and tell us what you think and if you love it, buy it! :)
Hey Poppy and Friends thanks for joining the Tune into Traffic Campaign...as a friend we are happy to have your support for our campaign! Your page is GREAT!
Road Traffic Accidents are single biggest killer of young people aged 11-25 in the UK and globally and we hope to change this stastic.
One of the ways are reaching out to young people is through an advert which we are shooting next week with our winning track from our latest music competition. The track is by top uk hip hop artist COSMIC (http://www.myspace.com/artistcosmic) and we hope you will send us your thoughts when we publish our advert online and on TV.
hey y'all come and check these guys out from baltimore. way to get loose on a friday night! + i play alone but still bring the dirt pop glistening with noise sprinkles x A
Fresh from their show at Barcelona's Primavera festival, Teeth Mountain will be unleash their heavy concoction of new-wave tribal psychedelic sounds on Cube, using driving percussion like other bands use guitars.
Deep, thick layers of rhythms and overlays of ambiance, from the gritty to the sublime, this eight-piece outfit create a controlled mayhem of weighty neo-tribal trance music, part Indian, part African, part Balkan, and part Baltimore, that transforms consciousness and carries the group and their listeners to higher states.
The Wire magazine recently praised their 'refusal to acknowledge any kind of destination point for their jamming, achieving a convincing state of suspension throughout, helped by some engagingly forceful drumming.'
Teeth Mountain pummel with noise and drums but are always inviting and joyous, a new wave of tribal sounds in underground music. Be prepared to witness a heady, peyote-voodoo brew, getting you out of your seats and on your feet. Teeth Mountain will enthrall you in a rhythmic, musical spell.
"I don't know what god or gods you all are praying to but you're praying too fucking loud" Boston Police Department
Come celebrate the Solstice with us… a weekend of music and
entertainment, workshops, healing area and a whole lot more…
Coed Hills Rural Artspace is a beautiful multi-faceted
place. With 80 acres of woodland (home to the arts trail), a large permaculture
garden, a small community of artists and musicians and
people committed to sustainable living, several gallery and performance areas
all powered by the wind and sun…
MONDAY 18TH OF MAY (POST ATP WEEKEND REJUVENATION EXPERIENCE)
Icy Demons is an experimental music project started by Bablicon's Griffin Rodriguez (credited as Blue Hawaii) and Man Man / Need New Body's Christopher Powell (Pow Pow). A project of various Chicago musicians, they have released three albums, Fight Back! on the Elephant 6-associated label Cloud Recordings. Tears of a Clone on the Eastern Developments Music, and in 2007 Miami Ice on Easel (Japan release only).
We've got a splendid evening of live breaks, funk, electro, jazz looping, beatboxing, knob twiddling, 8-bit wig out planned... More details of the acts playing on our page x
wow you seem dead busy at the moment, u having fun? anyways im off to israel next week for a whole of may, so dunno if i'll get to cu before i go, but hope it all goes well, and we could catch up with a pint in sunny june!take care xxxx
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