Idan Rabinovici - Laundry
Daniel Shoam - House Maintenance
Nadav Luzia - Collective chef
Joseph "E-shine" - Treasury
Emanuel "slobi" Slonim - Fixing things up
Roy "Hamudi" rabinovici - Voiceovers
Roy Rieck - Cleaning after them all, and complaining
Influences
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BOOKING/ PR:
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Israel -
orly@monocrave.com
renan@monocrave.com
077-2090606
UK & EU -
press@collectivemusic.net
Booking@collectivemusic.net
UK: 44(0)77-48188134 - Dan
INQUIRIES -
info@collectivemusic.net
Personal and/or other (recepies, undergarments, etc.): themedleyband@gmail.com
Roy Rieck & the Holy Gracious Medley Band. A proud Member of The Collective Family. A hip-shaking-heart-quacking-Middle-Eastern-Americana. The slowest boogie you've ever seen, the quirkiest ballad you've ever heard. A living proof that good times are coming, or that they already went by. Never trust them.
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Roy Rieck & The Medley Band, another wining (some might say) project from the Collective, born and raised in Tel-Aviv, Israel. The journey began at a late stage of life - during his military service, Roy picked up a harmonica, both out of boredom and because of his love for folk music. In 2007, Roy moved to the Mississippi in search of better understanding of music, but found many cold nights at several different crossroads, with no devil to sell his soul to in return for musical stardom. He did however play harmonica for several acts around the region, from grotesque to divine, from blues to bluegrass, from juke-joints to big festivals (including playing at B.B. King's Homecoming Festival).
Roy returned to Israel to join The Collective - a group of childhood friends, a group of young and promising musicians, all independently involved with several music acts, living and practicing their music around the world, from Oxford through the Mississippi, L.A through Tel Aviv. Within this Collective they formed the Holy Gracious Medley Band, a fearsome force with its own distinctive sound, mixing up boogied-Folk with a Middle-Eastern-Bluesy-twang.
The band began performing around Tel-Aviv and Israel during 2008, gathering a loyal fan-base and releasing a 4-track E.P ("the Pinpoint Room") who managed to receive quite a buzz. In January '09 they released their debut album, "Never Trust the Holy Gracious Medley band" - which was picked up by some of Israel's most respected radio stations and critics. No budget, no PR, no management, no business plan - just the music.
Once the album was completed, the band relocated to London in order to promote the album and to work on next one. One thing led to another, and they ended up staying there for an extensive stay, living together in a small flat in Portobello market, where they retained local following in no time, and playing all over the London circuit as well as many other places in the UK. Once things looked promising enough, it was time to leave again, and the band returned to Israel after a support act for OKKERVIL RIVER came along.
Now days, Roy and the Holy Gracious Medley Band are once again embarking on a new adventure, with many spots around the glob waiting to put them into trouble, and once again - loved ones left behind, future prosperity is in doubt, playing the next street-corner available, up from scratch. It's the Medley Gang philosophy. And it sounds promising!
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PRESS:
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"The early days of something very special indeed - check ‘em out before they’re huge!"
Downtuned.net
" A fantastic bluesy, jazz-inspired piece of work […] For a debut album this is a winner and I’m sure London radio stations will soon catch onto what Israel already saw in this band"
Kat Nicohlls, For Folks Sake.
"Tel Aviv-born folk/ blues hybrid that's currently taking over West London."
Fresh Deer Meat
"…What I found out last night much to my absolute amazement is the depth of how amazing a set of musicians they are, they just keep surprising over and over again."
Mr. Richmuk
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VIDEO:
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pick Up the Phone - Tmuna 29/07/08
Turn to Cry - the great Aruba pub 17/09/09
Roy Rieck & the Medley Band's Friend Space (Top 16)
Hey cheers for the friendship, check my page if you're interested in recording, mixing or mastering - top mics, great rooms, low rates. Keep up the good work :)
Thanks for the request. good "Mori's song" Welcome on the Grosse radio's World, Rock,Metal, Reggae & alternative. For Listening our radio programming, connect at: http://www.lagrosseradio.com
Its been a while and we thought it was about time we updated you on what we've been up to. Our debut EP Little World is now available at our gigs and will soon be available from our myspace and facebook pages, you will also be able to download it from itunes, but we don't have a release date for this as yet.
To celebrate the fact that we have now reached 25,000 plays on myspace, we are giving you a free MP3 of Rockabye Baby. All you have to do is send your email address to queen.elvis@yahoo.ie and we will send it to you.
We have spent the last year rehearsing with a full band and are now ready to bring it on the road. You can get a look at us when we appear on Balcony TV this week with the full line up. We are currently taking bookings for gigs/concerts/festivals and can be contacted on the email above, or through our myspace and facebook pages.
Thankyou for your continued support in what has been a great year for us!
hey do you knew what is new? new- of recent origin, production, purchase, etc.; having but lately come or been brought into being: a new book.
or sould i say new facebook
come to see
xxx
