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Rebsie Fairholm
Folk / Psychedelic / Electroacoustic

Alchymically mused



Cheltenham
United Kingdom

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Last Login:  7/8/2009
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   Rebsie Fairholm: General Info
Member Since8/4/2006
Band Websitehttp://www.rebsiefairholm.co.uk
Band MembersRebsie Fairholm vocals, 12-string guitar, piano, celtic harp, jingly things and a few other bits.
Daniel Staniforth cello, guitars, just about anything imaginable (and a few things unimaginable).

My albums also feature the talents of Dick Langford, Martyn Kember-Smith (Komrade K), Steve Lang, William Shaw, Jason Gazda, Phideaux Xavier and Steafan Hannigan.
InfluencesSingers who have inspired and influenced include Kate Bush, Sandy Denny, Julianne Regan, Jeff Buckley, Kirsty MacColl, Jacqui McShee, Lal Waterson, Anne Briggs, Celia Humphris, Bert Lloyd and Shirley Collins. I love many artists such as Trees, Circulus, Jethro Tull, Malicorne, David Bowie, Jah Wobble, Steeleye Span, Eliza Carthy and Phideaux.
Sounds LikeA sea nymph doing a turn at a witches' tea party.
Record LabelSonic Spongecake
Type of LabelIndie


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   About Rebsie Fairholm
I sing mostly dark and soulful songs, and play various instruments including 12-string guitar, celtic harp, piano, bass and penny whistle. My collaborator Daniel Staniforth plays cello, classical guitar and a host of other things.

My debut album Mind The Gap is available now, featuring special guest appearances by Phideaux and Steafan Hannigan.

"a shimmering masterpiece" - Terrascope

Mind The Gap album cover


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Also available from CD Baby.


I've dipped heavily into the well of ancestral and faery inspiration with a re-imagining of British traditional songs, and I write songs of my own and with Daniel which are often rooted in something ancient but branch out into something else. This is the dark and ethereal side of folk music with a psychedelic edge.

My partnership with Daniel, who is a writer, poet, singer, producer and multi-instrumentalist and releases alt rock albums under the name of Luna Trick, is taking ever more interesting and alchymical directions. We're busy working on a spin-off project, tentatively called Alchymical Muse, which combines both our voices in a kind of Dead Can Dancey mystical frisson. More details about that soon!

NEW ALBUM "SEVEN STAR GREEN" DUE OUT IN AUGUST!
On the player above are four new songs from the forthcoming album ...


The Night Owl, Cheltenham, 27th August 2007

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Posted here are four tracks from the forthcoming "Seven Star Green" album: a couple of English folk songs ... Let No Man Steal Your Thyme and Our Captain Cried. There's also an original, Molotov Spongecake, based on the story of Victor Grayson, a parliamentary whistleblower who went missing (presumed murdered) in 1920. The Cursing Song was written by Dreampower author R J Stewart (recorded with permission) and although penned in 1975 it now becomes chillingly topical as the economy collapses around us.

Then there's a couple from my debut album "Mind The Gap": Blackbirds and Thrushes and The Unquiet Grave, both English folk songs with a psychedelic treatment.

Finally, Dance to the Hills is a Luna Trick song (Daniel takes the lead vocal here) and The Gardener Child, orchestrated by Daniel, is a taster of yet another forthcoming release.

We take the music into our souls and then let it all splurge out however it wants. There's no more or less to it than that.

Outside music, I'm a plant breeder and an expert on heritage vegetables ... my pride and joy being the creation of a red-podded pea (I mean really deep crimson) and a sugarsnap pea with rainbow coloured seeds. No GM involved, it's all natural genes and shamanism! Feel free to check out my Daughter of the Soil site.

"Rebsie has the most beguiling of voices – she really is something special. Just beautiful, uncluttered, refreshing." - ORGAN Magazine

"absolutely delightful" - Stuart Maconie, BBC 6 Music

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Rebsie Fairholm's Friends Comments
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Rob





Jun 29 2009 3:55 PM

Pleased to meet you.
Check out my poem,"GYPSY WOMAN",
feel free to comment, Blessings!
ISM Recording





Jun 29 2009 1:57 PM

Hi,
Thanks for joining my "Myspace Friends, always nice to make new friends.
Please be sure to visit my Profile, any comments are most welcome.
Always happy to chat....

Best wishes,
Ian.
Seamus





Jun 29 2009 1:42 PM

Thank YOU Rebsie! Have a beautiful and creative week...
Beautifully Broken





Jun 16 2009 1:27 PM

Music.
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Jun 4 2009 12:41 PM

Thanks for the add... don't forget to add YOURSELF to Manclopedia! Free promotion for YOU, free interesting articles for our readers!
Seamus





May 21 2009 2:37 AM

Thanks much for the friendship. I enjoyed listening to the songs on your player,great music,mystical voice!
moorlandt





May 6 2009 7:35 PM

Hey Rebsie, that's great news!
BTW: did you receive my mail which I sent a couple of months ago to all the collaborators on my new album? I received such few reactions that I'm afraid it didn't reach most of the people. Or perhaps I'm just afraid to confess my declining popularity :-)
Cheers,
Walt
The Ramonas!





May 6 2009 5:22 AM

Hi Rebsie! I'm glad to see you have a new CD coming out! I am a proud owner of your last one (I think it was your last one). You are VERY talented!!!!!
Celia





May 6 2009 1:46 AM

Thanks for adding me xxx
Ƹctoplasm





May 4 2009 9:41 PM

thanks rebsie. i enjoyed your collabs with daniel.
Tinkerscuss





May 4 2009 3:32 PM

Hellooooo! Rebsie! Lovely new piccy. Now! about that cuppa bloody tea!!
Magicfolk





May 3 2009 10:34 AM

Love the new pic!

Michelle xxx
Philing





May 1 2009 9:47 PM

Hello Rebsie,
Nice to meet you !!
Thanks for the add
We like your music!!!
Best regards!
Phil
luna trick





Apr 8 2009 5:42 AM

It's so wonderful to work with you - I am enjoying it so much!

D
Colm Ó Snodaigh





Mar 4 2009 2:44 PM

Thank you for your friendship

My new album is out now on KILA Records:

Thanks for all your support
Colm
Muse Ritual





Feb 23 2009 1:40 PM

Lol! I see you too!
Ralph Kluge





Feb 22 2009 6:49 AM

Hello Rebsie, thank you for adding me and the friendship. Your music is great, I enjoyed it!
Greetings from Palatinate / Germany
Ralph
Ivan Holst





Feb 15 2009 2:49 AM

>> Hey my friend <<
Love from me to you! Ivan Holst
Holistic Hypnosis Services





Dec 25 2008 8:00 PM

Rebsie: Merry Christmas!

"Combining the mystical and human dimensions as two aspects of the same reality, Christmas glories in common earthy things 'charged' with the Infinite." --Mariann Burke, 1993.

best wishes,

Mike K.
Donnacha Toomey





Nov 18 2008 7:34 PM

Hi Rebsie,
Really like your sound,
All the best,
Donnacha
Maple Tree





Nov 13 2008 2:00 PM

hey thanks for adding me sister i love your music its both beautiful and surreal i love it.
hope you dig my music?
honored to be friends.
hope life is well.
Peace
merlingroove





Oct 27 2008 4:54 PM

proper job an that :)
Celtic Myth Podshow





Oct 27 2008 11:46 AM

We just popped in to wish you every joy of the season at Samhain & Halloween!

Gary & Ruth
The Celtic Myth Podshow
bigBband





Oct 22 2008 2:07 PM

diggin your tunes...have a good day!!!



bigB
Ivan Holst





Oct 18 2008 1:45 PM

Hey Rebsie Fairholm.

>> I wish you a good day <<

Love and peace - Ivan Holst
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