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The Ash & The Oak
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Member Since10/16/2005
Band Websitetheashandtheoak.wordpress.com
Band Membersmembers: simon/matt/neil/dan/rachel

*** single reviews*** nice reviews: ....culturedeluxe.com: "Despite being clearly influenced by some of the USA..s finest artists - ..Inside Out.. brings to mind simultaneously Simon & Garfunkel, Neil Young and the Mamas and Papas - The Ash and The Oak are a 4 piece from Newport in Wales and, some three years into their career, are the focus of the fabulous Kruger Singles Club for September. These two tracks successfully show two sides of the band with ..Blossom.. being a hippy hymn reminiscent of, well, The Eagles and Marc Bolan covering The Kinks.. ..Shangri-La.....now doesn..t that sound great? You can get your free copy now over at www.Krugermagazine.com"

.................... highvoltage.org.uk: " the Kruger Singles Club continue their maturing trend with Newport folk-rockers The Ash and The Oak. With 'Inside Out' Mixing up their drum shuffles and tambourine shakes, there's something light about those Beach Boy harmonies, but then something altogether more grave about the thought that these guys wouldn't be averse to breaking out the LSD in between songwriting sessions.

B-Side 'Blossom' goes from this start into a full-blown pagan call to the earth, this time breaking out the lap-steel between the verses. It seems to share more with ancient English folk than it does with some of The Ash and The Oak's preferred American references, but this blending of transatlantic traditions makes for a powerful hippy-jam.

Fuck, how does anyone make a record like this? By going on nature rambles and listening to Fleet Foxes probably. Not that there's anything wrong with that..."

........... www.subba-cultcha.com: "Impressive mixing of Crosby, Stills & Nash and the light Indie touch of prime Bluetones, soulful in a tight jeans sense!"

Influences If sophi​stica​ted vocal​ harmo​nies and quali​ty songw​ritin​g is your bag, then you may want to inves​tigat​e the outst​andin​g self-​title​d debut​ album​ by The Ash And The Oak. So many simil​ariti​es come to mind - The Byrds​,​ CSNY,​ Neil Young​ - but these​ are only handy​ hints​ for the purpo​ses of this revie​w.​ The band is uniqu​e.​ I say band;​ it appea​rs to be the nom de plume​ of main man Simon​ Leigh​field​,​ thoug​h the playi​ng is credi​ted to The Ash And The Oak. Most track​s use drum machi​ne,​ guita​rs and voice​,​ but this simpl​e arran​gemen​t is augme​nted by glock​enspi​els and some keybo​ards.​ The real star of the show howev​er is the songs​ - the best I've heard​ for ages - and the super​b multi​-​track​ed vocal​s.​ It's hard to belie​ve this album​ was recor​ded on 4- and 8-​track​ machi​nes,​ but there​ you go. Quali​ty will out as they say. Count​ry Mile Recor​ds thems​elves​ were the peopl​e who stumb​led acros​s,​ then relea​sed the album​,​ so kudos​ to Ray for prese​nting​ somet​hing very speci​al.​ There​ aren'​t any parti​cular​ highl​ights​ becau​se every​ track​ is a highl​ight in some way, thoug​h if I had to choos​e I'd go for "​Bloss​om,​"​ "​Goodn​ight"​ and "The Finis​hing Line.​"​ Highl​y recom​mende​d,​ and the band are touri​ng,​ recor​ding a sessi​on for BBC Wales​,​ and have new track​s on the way. Don'​t miss this one! www. terra​scope​.​ co. uk
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   About The Ash & The Oak
New Single Quadrology/Everyone Says available now on itunes: Quadrology

first album is now available from www.countrymile.org.
It comes with a badge and a sticker.
Some copies are also available in Spillers and Diverse, for those of you lucky enough to be resident in/unable to escape from South East Wales.
There is a blog - theashandtheoak.wordpress.com - which is also regularly updated by members of the band, but not by Simon, he thinks the internet can read his thoughts. Apparently some links dont work anymore in myspace, which is a pisser.


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Loose - Live Music in Cardiff

Loose - Live Music in Cardiff



Nov 17 2009 10:38 PM

here you go! xx


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The Flying Spider Revival

The Flying Spider Revival



Oct 17 2009 7:19 AM

Quadrology is available to hold in my hands....YAY!
Loose - Live Music in Cardiff

Loose - Live Music in Cardiff



Sep 9 2009 8:31 PM

5 gigs in 7 days! Starting Sunday.. xx


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Robin @ ArtFRONT

Robin Merritt



Sep 8 2009 12:39 AM

Just wanted to let You know I included links to your myspace page into a frenzy of music linking on my http://twitter.com/ArtFRONT page along with seven other great bands!
Yours
~R.
(Cardiff) Rumney Folk Festival 2009

(Cardiff) Rumney Folk Festival 2009



Aug 5 2009 8:51 PM

Thanks for the add!

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