16/05/09 Blackheart - Now we are five!
Chrissy and Rick are excited to introduce their new band which has already started doing selected Blackheart concerts. The band consists of Simon Davies (ex Racing Cars, Van Morrison) on keyboards and Andy Collins and Brian Thomas of The Storys on bass and drums. Between them this great band have played and toured with everyone from Squeeze and Santana to Katie Melua and Elton John. We are proud to have them on board. Watch out for a major full band Blackheart tour in Feb 2010.
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11/04/09 Blackheart sign to Angel Air
We are thrilled to announce that Blackheart have signed to Angel Air Records. Angel Air have been one of Britain's largest and most successful independent labels for over 10 years and have an artist roster that includes some of the most legendary names in British and American music including Ian Gillan, Mott The Hoople, Melanie, Bad Company, Culture Club and Blue Oyster Cult.
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01/02/09 Blackheart play with The Boomtown Rats
Blackheart are currently having the great pleasure of playing with original Boomtown Rats members band The Rats featuring Garry Roberts and Simon Crowe plus The Animals' Pete Barton. For tour dates visit The Boomtown Rats website.
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20/01/09 New Blackheart album and single
Our new album 'Invisible' is now ready and is scheduled for release September 7 on Angel Air Records. It will be available on CD with 16 page lyric book or on download from iTunes and all usual sites. The single from 'Invisible' will be 'Wednesday Afternoon' which is released August 24 and is available on download or on limited edition CD.
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05/01/09 Irish Tour starts Mar 12!
Blackheart’s 15 date Irish tour starts March 12 and covers the whole of North and Southern Ireland taking in Belfast, Dublin, Cork, Galway, Waterford, Castlebar, Mullingar, Avoca, Naas, Belmullet, Bray, Athlone, Clonmel, Ballycotton and Ballybofey.
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2009 About Blackheart...
“Blackheart are taking the acoustic scene by storm” BBC Radio
Just 2 years into their collaboration as Blackheart, Welsh singer Chrissy Mostyn and guitarist Rick Pilkington are widely regarded as the fastest rising stars of the new folk generation having become established for both their live concerts and their outstanding debut album ‘Indigo’.
“They bring folk music bang up to date” Allgigs
2008 saw them headlining their own successful tours across the UK, Scotland and Ireland plus a major city tour with Jared Osmond of the famous Osmond family.
“A great band” Aled Jones, Radio 2
Their songwriting blends folk, country and even rock influences to create a unique style of beautifully crafted, instantly memorable songs that has been christened by the media ‘urban folk’. Their highly personal songs paint pictures of their lives with subjects such as hometowns, marriage, faith, redundancy, bereavement and even suicide all being treated with the sensitive, intellectual lyrical observation that is becoming the trademark of their work.
“Their forthcoming album looks to be a big hit” Maverick Magazine
Their live shows combine the unforgettable lemon and honey voice of Chrissy Mostyn and jaw-dropping acoustic guitar playing of Rick Pilkington with highly entertaining audience interaction as they tell the stories behind their songs. Their album track ‘Unlike Water’ was recently chosen as the soundtrack to one of the biggest TV commercials of the year and they are regularly featured on national radio with their song ‘94 Years’ being chosen as Radio 2 Song of the Day for Fathers Day 2008 and their single Bleak Midwinter reaching No.1 in the NCM Euro Chart.
“Blackheart do not sound like anyone else, rather they remind us why music lifts us up” Dalton Delan, American Public Television (USA)
Plans for 2009 include new album ‘Invisible’ to be released in April with a live DVD, a 120 date headline tour of the UK, a four week tour of Ireland in March/April and a major US tour in September.
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