Mostly lots and lots of geordie artist's ..lads and lasses, Also Western Swing, Old Time Country, Rural Blues, Rockabilly, Rock N Roll, Country Pop...Here's a few mighty mighty songwriters to check.... Martin Stephenson, Nick Lowe, Ronnie Lane, Paul Burch, Colourblind James, Vic Godard, John Miller, Otis Gibbs.
Shipcote's Ruin - released Low Fella Records- Feb 09 -
review coming in :-) :-) :-) :-)
Shipcote’s Ruin - MazzMuzikaS Belguim magazine
From Deurne, Belgium –April 09....
The album has a strange name with an intriguing front cover, so not much more was needed to spur on my curiosity. Shipcote is unknown to me. These young dogs play a mix of folk and bluegrass. Mother Ruin’s Beth Coyle sings well together with Graeme Shipcote, in fact it works fantastic. I hear in the songs namely old time, acoustic country, folk, a bit of bluegrass and a snip of blues. Shipcote..s Ruin is a record that deserves a broad audience and fits in radio 1 programming but I worry that we cannot hope on that one too much.
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Link Magazine -April 09....
On this album, he works with a band called Mother's
Ruin and they provide a beautiful bluegrassy backdrop to Shippy's
words,thoughts and dreams. 'Ready to roll' has a mandolin driven, summery feel that sounds so beautiful and carefree and Shippy's lyrics are just getting better and better.
Raindrops' also has a beautiful laid back ragtimey feel about the joy of walking between raindrops after a drink or two.Disgruntled wife' has the genius open line of
'You don't like the skirting boards that the builder fixed' and that is what I like
about Shippy. Even though he loves the music of Americana, his lyrics are very much rooted in the every day mundanities of north east life in 2009.
Chris Bartley
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USA..
A hardy congradulations towards this excellent new release ' Shipcote's Ruin '......as I could almost smell that fresh air creeping through the windows from the wilds of Durham...that mixed with the dreamy melodies and vocal interplay between Shipcote & Beth. Backed with the perfect compliments of the players and the lyical landscape....this is an effort worthy of both the radio and the general public's full attention......
Eddie Russell / Country Eastern Radio / Outlaw For Peace- Colombus Texas USA.
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Next Up Graham Shipcote.Wow.What an awesome set. Previewing songs from his "Shipcote's Ruin" album, this was absolute quality !!
Mr Delish
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