nigel on vocals & acoustic guitar helped out by danielle on vocals, betty on vocals and cello, nick on drums and percussion and various other lovely people depending on who's around at the time.
Influences
Tori Amos, The Smiths, Radiohead, deus, Nick Drake, Bark Psychosis, Beck, Placebo, Mum, the boats, Smashing Pumpkins, Sufjan Stevens, M Ward, Red House Painters, Loney dear, The Album Leaf, The Magic Numbers, Aphex Twin, Coldcut, Morphine, Barry White and Frank Sinatra.
check out www.sugardrum.com for latest gig details and some strange, random blog entries.
CD's for sale
We currently have 2 CDs for sale. The first is called "1 of 1" and is a chilled, intimate recording recorded in the sugardrum studio "the tuesday club" featuring nigel on vocals and guitar and beth on cello and backing vocals.
You can buy it from the wupadupa shop and at gigs. It costs just one shiny pound if you buy it from us at a gig, or £2 from the wupadupa shop and has the following songs on it, the first of which you can listen to and even download from this page, a sort of try before you buy type of thing.
rainglow
1 of 1
aunt agony
easily pleased
Our second EP is called "absence of friends" and is also availble from the wupadupa shop for £2. Recorded again at "the tuesday club" this features nigel on vocals and guitar and beth on cello with the addition of nick on drums, matt on violin and bass, carrie tree on backing vocals and some subtle electronica and rhodes piano from nigel. You can hear and download the first 2 songs on the ep from this page.
"Struggles & Lulls", the brand new album from Joan Coffey, is available now on ITunes
'a voice that can enchant. Coffey's vocal chords deliver liquid gold with a divine Irish lilt.' FATEA Records 'charming and honest'. Time Out 'Joan's music exudes a warmth, humility and truth that is rare to find in singer-songwriters these days'. Thea Gilmore
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.
Smoke Feathers have been invited to play at the INDY Music Awards media launch and short list announcement party on Wednesday April 2nd 7pm at the Rock Garden, Covent Garden, London.
It’s no guarantee that we have been shortlisted for the final, but we hope it is a good sign....
After you've finished here, you may like to hear this folk-carol on myspace -
230 of 230, walkaboutsverse.741.com: AS GOSPELLERS HAVE SAID/CHRISTMAS SUNG SIMPLY
As gospellers have said, Beneath signalling skies, On land dusty to tread, A trough in a stable Was the strawy first-bed Of a divine baby - The forgiving Godhead.
A season for new hope - There then and here now; The yuletide of goodwill - There then and here now.
In respect of this chance, Beneath bright or dark skies, Faith’s the star that we glance Attending Christ’s churches And trying to enhance, With singing and ritual, Our God-loving stance.
Great news Sunrise Celebration is up for 5 nominations at this year's UK Festival Awards 2007!! If you came along and enjoyed this year's event with us or simply think that celebrating sustainability and grass roots culture is a good idea please make your voice heard, we really appreciate your support ;0) Only a few dayz left to make a difference!
Thanks to all who made it to the Waveform this year, Waveform Project is up for 2 nominations at this year's Uk Festival Awards!
Many Thanks, We look forward to celebrating with you all again in June 2008
artists include carrie tree, esther wilds, weston green, bird bones, SUGARDRUM!!!, special benny, mark woodward, beth perry, dan clarke (the hat), jono McCleery
I see... and you think you can get away with feeling your little flimpledee in broad daylight, do you? Questions will be asked in the house, you know...
The last whitechapel party is upon us..... tonight from 8 we will be cavorting with gypsies, vagabonds, fortune tellers, eccentrics, eclectics, musicians, performers, funambulists...... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ dancing shoes and gypsy attire at the ready and bring instruments/things to bang and jangle ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~XX~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
