Chantal Hill, Jason Moffat, Stephen Coates and Pedro Vidal
Influences
Robert Johnson, Gillian Welch, Billie Holiday, Bessie Smith, Huddie Ledbetter (Leadbelly), Mississippi John Hurt, John Lee Hooker, Blind Willie McTell, Townes Van Zandt, Neil Young, Tom Waits, Nick Cave, Johnny Cash, Be Good Tanyas, Willard Grant Conspiracy, Maria McKee, amongst other degenerates and outcasts...
Sounds Like
A knifeblade scraping down against the iron in your soul.
NEXT GIG: Saturday 18th October - Fundraiser for the Livity School @ The Windmill
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SOME REVIEW EXTRACTS:
BLUES MATTERS - Issue 40 (October/November)
The Cedars like their Blues flavoured with a big dose of bluegrass, steel guitars and banjos, toiling away under Chantal Hill’s vocals. This London band certainly know how to play and they do a cracking job of evoking the spirit of the south (so good these songs would sit happily with period recordings).
MUSICMART
Shuffling, rootsy Americana 'n Country offset nicely by singer Chantal's beautifully silky, lilting voice - singing songs about "dirt and shame in that stony ground”. Live, the band take on a more raucous feel, like the soundtrack to a wild, liquor-fuelled hoe-down.... They're very clearly a class act; there are a whole raft of signed bands unfit to lick the shiny boots of The Cedars".
BLUES IN LONDON - Live Review of us playing with Alabama 3:
"The Cedars describe themselves as a 'bluesy Americana throwback' and jolly good they are at it too. Fronted by the charismatic Chantal Hill on vocals and with the stylish slide of Jason Moffat on guitar, their tales of murder and jilted love are finely wrought and their 'unplugged' approach makes a welcome change"
SMALLFISH-ONLINE
"The gig itself is a revelation. The three preceding groups playing this evening had regaled the assembled crowd but the Cedars did more than entertain. They grabbed the audience’s attention and enthralled them."
"...at the end of the song, the crowd give hearty applause but it is tempered by the knowledge that they are soon to lose the band, and they throw themselves into howling for an encore. The band submit and finish off with The Colour. The whole venue is now transformed from a placid North London pub into a Texas hoedown, as people begin to clap along and put together worthy attempts to square dance. At the end of the song, everyone comes to their senses and wonders how they came to be locked arm in arm with a perfect stranger. Talking afterwards, the group seem unaware of the frenzy they brewed up."
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NEXT GIG: Saturday 18th October - Fundraiser for the Livity School @ The Windmill
hello i hope you goes well with my band we have made our first studio recording cession so if you have few min to hear the songs and give me your opinion it will be a great pleasure for me see you soon in france (or in england if you search a french band to play country with you ) axel blind
Hey, yeah we're looking forward to the 25th too :-) Should be a great night, shame about agent ribbons. Nice influences.... John Lee Hooker for the win!! :-) How's things? xx
You guys played a really strong concert at AFF. We can't wait to buy your record(s). And on a more personal level: you are 4 very kind people with a great sense of humour !
Thanks a lot for playing an ABSOLUTELY stunning concert at Absolutely Free Festival! We really enjoyed your stay and hope to see / hear you soon again.
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yup, the Smoke Fairies are my top act - you're not too far behind y'selves :o) We have a music policy here in the bar of playing only unsigned/self release music from bluegrass, folk, Appalachian, Celtic acts, so if you have a cd you would like us to play send it too us - this is not a scheme to get free cds it is a scheme to help promote good music.
