Over the past few years Rog n Olly have gigged together all over the UK playing songs from Roger's Big Fire and Scarab Moon albums, and expanded the repertoire and the line up as required. Rastco Rasic plays percussion sometimes, Paul Sirett plays guitar from time to time, Phoene Cave adds her wonderful voice as and when, and you might even see Mensch of LaMantra helping out with a variety of multi stringed instuments.
Olly has been a regular on the London Music scene for many years, accompanying jazz performers, recording with acoustic artists, providing the essential low end drive for ceilidhs and irish evenings, and generally being THE double bass player of choice. He had a succesful duo with Melanie Harrold for two albums and more tours than he can remember and played with Ron Kavana, Lol Coxhill, Henry Lowther and Loudon Wainwright amongst others.
Roger grew up in the North East and after two albums and many gigs with Newcastle band Arbre he moved to London. He was a member of Bliss for four years and two european hit singles and also played or recorded with Brian Kennedy, Kiki Dee, David Gray, Joe Strummer along with Christy Moore, Eleanor Shanley and Spikedrivers for whom he also worked as producer. It was the first Spikedrivers album that initiated Rogers musical association with Olly.
Check out the songs and come and see Rog n Olly play at a venue near you soon.
Album Reviews
Net Rhythms :' Production values are high and both musical arrangements and sound quality are exceptionally good.'
Maverick :'All in all a highly creditable album from a top class singer songwriter.'
Blues Matters : 'A man with a particularly confident rich vocal style, a skilled guitar player who also knows his way round a keyboard. All the songs on this album are written by the man himself, and pretty damn good they are too.'
BBC 3 Counties Radio DLT : 'Roger has one of those voices, it draws you in...'On a Night Like This' is a superb song'
Classic VR Scotland : 'it's a really good album and 'Walking Through Chelsea' is my favourite track, wonderful singing and great musicianship...' Graeme Scott
"Struggles & Lulls", the brand new album from Joan Coffey, is available now on ITunes
'a voice that can enchant. Coffey's vocal chords deliver liquid gold with a divine Irish lilt.' FATEA Records 'charming and honest'. Time Out 'Joan's music exudes a warmth, humility and truth that is rare to find in singer-songwriters these days'. Thea Gilmore
Nice to speak to you Olly - you can check out Secret Love and Bewitched right now, look up myspace. com/jazzandcocktailsband too as that is where the covers will live once the other 2 tracks are completed... all the best xj
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