Poetry on the tube, fruit, trees, violin, piano, the Sound of Music. Being silly. Being serious. Light, dark. Potent colours. Crayons and pastilles. Rothko. Matisse. Mozart. Regina Spektor. Laurie Anderson. Rikki Lee Jones. William Nein. (Walking on Tiptoes) Klezmer. The beat boxing of Toby Joel Caleb Rawson. Gideon Conn. Complex dirty Jazz. I like alot the winks, brother danielson and quintron and miss pussy cat.
David Bowie, Jacques Brel and THE BEATLES.Leonard Cohen.
Bill Withers!! Old skool 70s funk. Al Green. Stevie Wonder. Freak Power. Nina Simone. Nat King Cole. Joni Mitchell. Novice Theory, Feist, Captain Beefheart, Anthony and the Johnsons, Kate Bush, Thelonius Monk...
Cyndi Lauper, Animal Collective, drumming and african songs, freedom songs, blues, penguin cafe orchestra, Max Tundra
Books: Some parts of the bible. Brave New World. The Labyrinth. Poetry of E.E Cummings. Wuthering Heights.Tess of the D'Urbervilles. Anna Karenina. The House of the Spirits. If you're an egalitarian how come you're so rich. Le tour du monde en 80 jours. La grammaire est une chanson douce. Barack Obama books.
Stories...and films: The Storyteller. Drop Dead Fred. Housesitter. Magnolia. Mostly anything by Woody Allen.
If theres music/books/films as good as any of the above that u know of please tell me.
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Good things: Tickle feet. Pluck the violin. Wriggle on a ball. Spit out the window. Jumping beans. Waxy Leaves.
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Woooah I got some reviews!....
'A fresh and exciting talent' John Kennedy XFM
"A playful, hiccupping mistress of unpredictable, manic creativity and tongue-twisting, head-turning lyrics." - Wearsthetrousers.com
"A great new artist who's quite clearly having fun with her songs." - Pure Groove
"Like Tom's Diner crossed with Nellie McKay. Gorgeous minimal percussion and her joy shine bright" Planet Sound
'You can't help but revel in the creativity of Ms Rawson's occasionally wild, sometimes tender composition' In the news
"Roxy Rawson knows how to bewitch a crowd. The classically- trained musician has been bringing her unique blend of impish violin vocals to the London gig scene for a few years. Her music is beautifully peculiar; a sweet mix of classical notes and frenzied, catch-me-if-you-can lyrics interspersed with bursts of laughter. She doesn't take herself too seriously and is original to the point of raising eyebrows; she'll pluck the violin and substitute pens for her bow.
Rawson's punky fairytale music - billed as edgy anti-folk with a violin - is fabulous on its own, but recent gigs with William Nein, who writes "folk songs about people without heads who get asked if they'd like another cup of tea" have provided Rawson with a platform.
So what next? "I want to learn complex dirty jazz," she says, inspired by the smoky jazz bars of Paris, where she studied. With tracks such as "Riddle It", "Macavity", "Philanthropy" and the magical, straight out of a fairytale "I robbed a cook", comparisons to the likes of Joanna Newsom and Regina Spektor are beginning to emerge. With each show, the applause gets louder and her name gets bigger." Independent on Sunday
And another review!... :o)
"Last but not least was Roxy Rawson who came on clutching her violin and proceeded to play it like a guitar. A plucky little plucker here who sang with such ease and joy she really came across . The room fell silent at last and we tuned in to a fine talent that I am sure will go far. This for me was the highlight of the night and when she got her bow out she showed us she could really play that violin of hers with guts and gusto." Remotegoat June 2008
And one more... ;o) Yay!
"Roxy Rawson is a riveting performer. Lovingly crafted, spontaneously eccentric and musically dazzling in equal measure." IK:TOMS
**Free live recordings are available here to download, with brilliant cello accompaniment by Doug Curie**
Click on 'music' and look under 6 Feb 2008. There's also some new material. All tracks recorded by Musicborn.
We have our next mini-festival at 93 Feet East on Saturday 25th July with an amazing line-up along with our usual Burlesque, performance art and Electro DJ’s.
Tickets are only £6 adv. Check out the ticket link below. See you there.
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At the moment I legally have to come back on the 11th August, so yes I will be able to play the show. If I decide to slip under the net I'll let you know. X
As you know, we're being hit by the big bad TUBE STRIKE, but fear not - we love buses.
You can get the following to Highgate: 603 from Swiss Cottage & Hampstead 134 from Tottenham Court Road, Warren Street, Camden & Kentish Town 43 from London Bridge, Bank, Old Street, Angel & Holloway Road
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