70's Acid Funk Soul, Andy Cutting, Mr Scruff, Steve Howe, J.S.Bach, John Kirkpatrick, DJ Shadow, Dan Quinn, Quantic Soul Orchestra, Martin Ellison, Martin Carthy, Gas Mk V, E2, Nirvana, Rantan, Herga, Chilts, Mum&Dad, Bampton, Ramms, Old Spot, Morris On, Voice of the People, Ricardo Tesi, Ninja Tunes, Kepa Junkera, Dave Roberts and everyone else...
I'm an English singer and melodeon player. I'd say I'm probably a folk musician. I bought my first Castagnari in 1988 and I've spent several years buying more of them... I've played for 24 years and i still love every note
I started out playing for morris - Northwest and Cotswold and was a 7 Champion for many years. This was a safe place to learn the tradition and the music. With local folk club - The Pumphouse (sadly closed some years ago) - allowing me to play floor spots and develop as a musician, I gained enough confidence to enter the 1991 Young Tradition Award which was a great experience and lead to some solo sessions on Folk on 2. I met Eliza Carthy in 1994 (at the Pumphouse) and i've never looked back! I'm fortunate enough to work with some of the finest musicians in English music, I was a founder member of The Kings of Calicutt and have toured with E2 and The Eliza carthy Band. I continue to dep for Tickled Pink and will be depping for Bellowhead this year.
This is who I work with...
Dansaul
Eliza Carthy & Saul Rose
Faustus
Life in the Year with John Dipper & Laurel Swift
Maclaine Colston & Saul Rose
Morris Offspring - Rising
Random
Ruth Notman
The 3/2 Five
Waterson:Carthy
Whapweasel
There are albums out this spring
"Faustus" by Faustus
"Colour" by Whapweasel
"Sand and Soil" by Maclaine Colston & Saul Rose
Looking forward to a busy 2008 and hope to see you somewhere this year...
After you've finished here, you may like to hear this poem sung on myspace...
Poem 2 of 230, WalkaboutsVerse (please see my blog): WALKABOUT WITH MY PEN
Once drove an old sedan, up north, From a place in Sydney to Cairns; Then to Kuranda I went forth, By train, to look without set plans.
I browsed through the trendy market, With fresh fruits of tropical kind; Walked to the creek through lush thicket - Nature’s hand giving peace of mind.
I dined in a scenic cafe; Then, outside, as I wrote for yen, Some passing Kooris called-out: “Hey, You go walkabout with your pen.”
Request or question, I don’t know - Assured voices, elderly men. That’s now several years ago, And I’ve seen the world - with my pen.
hey, we are playing the luminaire in kilburn tomorow, we are contacting everyone on our friends list in london hoping you can make it down, we really wana make the london part of the tour special so if you can make that would be amazing.thankyou Groanbox
After you've finished here, you may like to hear this poem sung on myspace...
Poem 2 of 230, WalkaboutsVerse (please see my blog): WALKABOUT WITH MY PEN
Once drove an old sedan, up north, From a place in Sydney to Cairns; Then to Kuranda I went forth, By train, to look without set plans.
I browsed through the trendy market, With fresh fruits of tropical kind; Walked to the creek through lush thicket - Nature’s hand giving peace of mind.
I dined in a scenic cafe; Then, outside, as I wrote for yen, Some passing Kooris called-out: “Hey, You go walkabout with your pen.”
Request or question, I don’t know - Assured voices, elderly men. That’s now several years ago, And I’ve seen the world - with my pen.
Hi Saul Thanks very much for accepting our friend request.
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Faustus ace in Basingstoke, thanks for coming. Ballina Whalers is a perfect song - genius chorus "forget your snapper and your prawn", and several bonus points for use of the word "flensing". See you soon!
CLUB INTEGRAL PRESENTS - HEXA / BENJAMIN BRUNEL / THE NOBODIES/THE BOYCOTT COCA-COLA EXPERIENCE
Club Integral present two concerts featuring Hexa from Manhattan, NYC on 20th and 22nd February at The Canterbury Arms in Brixton and Cafe Oto in Dalston
20th February: Club Integral 8:30 PM Friday 20th February 2009 Featuring irrepressible, adrenalized garage-band paeans from New York's finest - Hexa; mournful ballads about relationship breakup, with laughs, from the Nobodies; and agit-prop blues from Boycott Coca-Cola Experience. Entry: £5 before 9pm and £7 after 9pm. Canterbury Arms, Canterbury Crescent, Brixton, London SW9 7QD. (two minutes from Brixton tube)
22nd February: Club Integral @ Cafe Oto 8:00 PM Sunday 22nd February 2009 Hexa play an acoustic set. Singer/composer Benjamin Brunel plays a piano set of his caustic and original songs. Arch miserablists The Nobodies perform tragic cheap tavern songs about love. Entry £5 before 9.00 PM £7 after. Cafe Oto, 18-22 Ashwin Street, Dalston, London E8
CLUB INTEGRAL on Friday 30th January 2009 - 8.00 PM until late. At THE CANTERBURY ARMS, Canterbury Crescent, Brixton SW9 - two minutes from Brixton tube station.
Entry: £5 before 9.00 PM, £7.00 after.
Featuring music from: Trumpet and beats duo LOOP ELLINGTON Avant-garde wayfarers KOBAYASHI Australian folk chansonniers THE DOOMED BIRD OF PROVIDENCE. + a special guest to be announced.
With projections from JAIME RORY LUCY of RUCKSACK CINEMA DJs CHRIS CORNETTO and KARINA TOWSEND (Chalkwell Ladies).
