EUGENIE ROSE GARRETT... (vocals and african balls...thats right),
PETER GREENWOOD...(guitars, double bass, rudimentary lap steel, occassional vocals),
WIZARD...(occassional backing vocals and guitar),
BENI PRI...(cello, backing vocals)
MYSTERIOUS BOB...(Harmonica, Melodica & anything he can get his hands on..)
Influences
Nick Drake, John Martyn, Bert Jansch, John Renbourn, Pentangle, Davey Graham, Richard Thompson, Fairport Convention, Sandy Denny, Jacqui McShee, Vashti Bunyan, Bob Dylan, Gram Parsons, Clive Carroll, Alexis Korner, Incredible String Band, Joan Baez, Rodney Crowell, Johnny Cash, Miles Davis, The Byrds, CSNY, Neil Young, and a myriad of less obvious ones too embarrassing to mention. Its worth noting that we rarely agree on these....
The story of Rosewood Green begins in 2002 when Eugenie Rose Garrett and Pete Greenwood discovered a mutual admiration of artists like Nick Drake and John Martyn whilst studying at a north London music school. The pair began collaborating almost immediately and soon found themselves with an eclectic mix of self-penned gems. Having rehearsed together almost constantly throughout the year, the duo played a series of memorable gigs across London whilst perfecting new material at any given opportunity.
Hailing from Bristol and Leeds respectively, Eugenie and Pete’s tastes differ outside of folk music. Eugenie’s love for Bob Marley, Sandy Denny, Vashti Bunyan and the avant-garde and Pete’s fascination with altered tunings, Blues, Jazz and Country, combine in strange and exciting new ways. With the inclusion of Oscar Cainer on backing vocals and guitar, Beni Pri on cello (whenever theyre both available), plus a whole host of guest musicians, their sound has taken on a new form. Ostensibly a folk record, their first E.P. “Slight Introvert” is a step away from the traditional in its use of slide guitar, lap steel, erratic time signatures and downright quirkiness, whilst vaguely trying to avoid the all-encompassing "nu-folk" banner. The overall sound is that of the folk genre conventions being twisted just a little bit further. Expect some new, stripped down recordings any month now. As soon as we can drag ourselves back into the studio.
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
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Just a reminder that Clerkenwell's best Monday Night Folk Night will next be taking place on Monday 2nd November, featuring: Chris Sarjeant and Emma Scarr,plus floor spots and more
Emma Scarr has been active on London’s live scene for approaching two decades. A proficient performer on guitar, fiddle and banjo, in recent years she has concentrated on song craft.
Chris Sarjeant has been recently described as,".a very major addition to the British Folk Scene.." by BBC Folk-musician of the year Tom McConville who added that his guitar work is "...impeccable.."
This years festival is headlined by Billy Bragg (Friday), Seth Lakeman (Sunday) and Peatbog Faeries (Saturday) with many more top artists also performing incl the award winning The Demon Barbers.
Thanks for the add . I like your music. Your "I know my babe" is quite good it sounds a bit like Renbourn's one in "Another Monday" I really like it. Amitiés.
