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The Canal, London and South East
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Last Login:  11/11/2009
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   blabbermouth: General Info
Member Since1/26/2006
Band MembersSteven Thompson - Songwriter/Vocalist/Guitar/Banjo. Reza Shaikh - Bassist. Marcus Zee - Percussions
InfluencesKevin Coyne and The Smiths
Sounds LikeAccording to some - early Neil Young with the drama of Morrissey... But why not find out for yourself...
Click to buy "MY DANCING HEART" from amazon.co.uk



A selection of reviews from his first album...

ROCK N REEL - DAI JEFFRIES
"****" "Thompson writes idiosyncratic lyrics and clever tunes and has such a preoccupation with death that I didn’t always believe what I heard." "A model of clarity, smooth and uncluttered" "A very impressive debut."

MUSIC-NEWS.COM - KWOK W WAN
"****" "Singing like early Neil Young, he sings with the duplicity of emotional seriousness and grins to the punch line only you know." "Blabbermouth has an easy clean sound. Each song on the album is crafted by a person living in the real world that invites everyone to explore and gives time to think on."

MUSIC MAKER - PAUL BRETT
"Clear vocals, well written. Musical arrangements compliment Blabber’s songs and use throughout of a banjo sits well in the mix." "Good sympathetic balances and nicely produced throughout."

MARDLES - MARY HUMPHREYS
"Blabbermouth sounds rather like a modern-day Donovan, having a light effortlessy tuneful voice""He writes some very appealing tunes"

LIVING TRADITION - GREM DEVLIN
"It can be a refreshing change these days to encounter a humourous singer-songwriter whose material doesn’t shout DERIVITIVE at the listener"

NETRHYTHMS - DAVID KIDMAN
"A very attractive little pop-folk confection with a tangy centre" "a quality of understated eeriness in the instrumental accompaniments is very effective" "Amnesia is another satisfying Blabbermouth creation, as much for the power of the imagery as for its relative musical starkness"

AMAZON REVIEWS
1. Blabbermouth is one of those rare singers who can truly sing. the vocals are open, honest, and just beautiful. and the music honours the songs. there's nothing that doesn't need to be there. guitar, banjo, organ, percussion... all do just enough to give the songs life. it's such a relief in this age of overdone showmanship. beautiful tunes, beautifully rendered.

2. A brilliant album filled with both foot tapping rhythms and heart melting melodies. Written with spine tingling sincerity and yet punctuated with the wit and humour of an experienced professional... it's a record that deserves to be listened to and not just heard.
Record LabelHobgoblin Records
Type of LabelIndie


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   Upcoming Shows ( view all )
Nov 13 2009 8:00P
Fat Lils supporting The Epstein Oxford, London and South East
Nov 28 2009 8:00P
Blabbermouth Presents @ The Worlds End London, London and South East
Dec 18 2009 8:00P
Xmas @ The Spice Of Life London, London and South East
Jan 20 2010 8:00P
The Bedford London, London and South East
Jun 27 2010 12:00P
Liegh Folk Festival Essex, London and South East

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   About blabbermouth


Blabbermouth grew up in the suburbs of a small town on the South Coast of England, one afternoon he explored the depths of the loft and happened upon the classical guitar he was encouraged to learn at an early age but never did.

He took it into his bedroom and began learning a few chords from a "Learn The Guitar" book. Being a teenager he had a few things to write about, his first recording (using 2 cassette players facing each other) was a song about his love for his imaginary friends.

On his 18th birthday his parents bought him an electric guitar - soon after he started a band with an ex-con drummer and a friend - the first song they wrote as a band "I'm on a Gorbachev train" was the best and only song that no-one ever heard.

He started art school and left the guitars behind.

6 or so years later he and a friend found themselves in a triad run casino in the depths of Soho, he won £200 on Blackjack and after leaving the casino promptly bought a secondhand 12-string guitar in a local shop.

A few angry songs and a few ridiculous songs later he ended up in another band "Herman". This band did the odd gig but there were too many cooks spoiling a weak broth and he left to form another band "Apart from the Soul". A slightly more successful band played songs about "Single Mothers" and "Kerning" (Google it) for a good 5 years.

Then soloist Blabbermouth was born, born into a world of mediocre 6-string guitar welding Singer/Songwriters he battled against them and won.

After booking Blabbermouth for a gig venue manager Amanda Glyn from the Troubadour wrote this about him: "Original, refreshing, off-kilter and talented BLABBERMOUTH'S set is by turns hilarious, anthemic, surreal and delightful. Day to day observations are dished up with deadpan humour, and philosophical issues revamped so that even the prospect of your own death seems like a good laugh. If Eddie Izzard could sing and play guitar this is what you might expect."

Blabbermouth continues his battle and has formed an army with BBC6 and lots of regional BBC Radio stations. He's played many folk festivals including support for Seth Lakeman at The Crawley Folk Festival and the main stage at Sidmouth Folk Week to a capacity crowd.


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Paul Mosley

Paul Mosley



Nov 11 2009 10:43 AM

I'm up for the Camden gig - what say you? DO we pass muster?
Ellen Mary McGee

Ellen Mary McGee



Nov 9 2009 5:51 PM

sorry to have missed your show last week. a guy at work tipped me off about your music! ellen
Sandy Zacky

Sandy Zacky



Nov 9 2009 11:58 AM

Have a great week : )

Best Wishes,
Sandy
M.D. Bray,.....singer/song writer

M.D. Bray,.....singer/song writer



Nov 6 2009 2:22 PM

Long hours, poor wages, depression, joy, disillusionment, lack of support, poor working conditions.....there is also a down side to the music business that I will reveal later!
Hey Steve, hope all is well...Mike in the wild west of California
Pierrot

Pierrot



Nov 4 2009 6:16 PM

Hello of Brussels.



Thank you so much
for the friendship and also for your beautiful songs and the
attractive sensibility in your vocals and in your play of guitar and
banjo ,nice musicians,good rythmic,big emotion. Pleasant and long
musical journey.






Pierrot.

SISTER RAY

SISTER RAY



Nov 4 2009 6:07 PM

Hi 

You can now download SISTER RAY tracks FREE! at Last.fm

Free MP3s on Last.fm
Vyn’s

Vyn’s



Nov 2 2009 9:02 PM

Hi !
Thanks.
Nice sound here!
All my compliments.
Keep Music Alive !

Vyn's.
Gary Alan Adkins / "PATRIOT"

Gary Alan Adkins /  "PATRIOT"



Oct 31 2009 6:10 AM

Happy Halloween! Ya'll have fun, GA
Christian Lamitschka, Journalist for Country Music

Christian Lamitschka



Oct 30 2009 9:48 AM

Christmas is coming soon. Are you looking for a Christmas present and would like to help handicapped children? Than please request the list of donations in kind from HelpCharity, www.MySpace.com/HelpCharity , by sending me an e-mail at Ch.Lamitschka@t-online.de . Many donations in kind are autographed.

If you don't have the chance to request the list of donations in kind, please add HelpCharity to your Top Friends!

Thanks for helping me to support handicapped children!

Christian

Founder of HelpCharity
Editor & Journalist for Country Music
Christian Lamitschka
An der Pfingstweide 28
61118 Bad Vilbel
Germany
Phone: ++49 (0) 6101 544613
Mobil: ++49 (0) 171 6903352
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Room Tones

Room Tones



Oct 29 2009 8:21 PM

Thank you!

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Grouper (US) has her latest – Dragging A Dead Deer Up A Hill – of three albums on Type Records. She has also been involved in collaborative releases, contributing a track to Xiu Xiu’s Remixed & Covered and four tracks to a split release with Inca Ore. Her other contemporaries are Belong, Growing, Tim Hecker, Windy & Carl and Atlas Sound.

Jasper TX (Sweden), with a hefty back-catalogue of releases on labels such as Miasmah, and collaborations with buddy Machinefabriek, is an essential domestic appliance in the household of conceptual music. He is comparable to artists Fennesz, Sigur Ros, Múm and Tape.

Intricate and atmospheric songsmith, Danny Saul (UK) performs with different combinations of musicians, making each gig a unique event. His forthcoming release is "Harsh, Final", and he also performs with Greg Haines as Liondialer.

Fieldhead (UK) music delights in tape hiss, bleak landscapes and decaying analogue loops. He is also a member of The Declining Winter and Glissando. His debut album, "They Shook Hands for Hours" is released soon on Home Assembly.
Bearcraft

Bearcraft



Oct 28 2009 8:15 PM

Hello blabbermouth
The Werewolf E.P. is out now on Hottwerk Records. I hope you like it.
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John Knope



Oct 26 2009 12:35 PM


Shabby Rogue

Shabby Rogue



Oct 24 2009 1:56 PM

Eyup Blabbermouth, got played here last night, hurrah etc.
We Are Change

We Are Change



Oct 23 2009 6:55 PM

Charlie Sheen's Video Message to President Obama





Read Charlie Sheen's "Twenty Minutes with the President":


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Monday Monday

Monday Monday
Online Now!


Oct 23 2009 12:01 AM

Just a reminder that Clerkenwell's best Monday Night Folk Night will next be taking place on Monday 2nd November, featuring: Chris Sarjeant and Emma Scarr,plus floor spots and more

Emma Scarr has been active on London’s live scene for approaching two decades. A proficient performer on guitar, fiddle and banjo, in recent years she has concentrated on song craft.

Chris Sarjeant has been recently described as,".a very major addition to the British Folk Scene.." by BBC Folk-musician of the year Tom McConville who added that his guitar work is "...impeccable.."

See www.folkonmonday.co.uk for details

Come along and start your week in full blooded folky mode.
Harmonizer

Harmonizer



Oct 19 2009 10:43 PM

yeh why not =D
WITHERED HAND

WITHERED HAND



Oct 19 2009 7:04 PM

electronicmail,mypiratefriend
Matt Witt

Matt Witt



Oct 17 2009 2:10 PM

Hey, look forward to supporting you in Brixton on the 8th.

Speak soon.

Matt
Harmonizer

Harmonizer



Oct 15 2009 9:14 PM

hey blabbermouth =) looks like you are busy barging it all over the place! love "something that I need in my life" wicked track mate. Almost as beautiful as your wife. love and respect , Ali =D
Dick Philpot’s Nelson Open Mic

Dick Philpot’s Nelson Open Mic



Oct 12 2009 3:19 PM

Hi - we have met - at the Troubadour and you are right this mic is good. Let me know if your coming and I'll make you a special guest!

Dick Philpot
americana-uk

americana-uk



Oct 11 2009 5:25 PM

Hello,

New tracks up on the site this month from Dropkick, Little Tybee, The Os and Uncle Jeff and jolyl good they all are too so please check them out.

Happy listening
Mysteriality

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Oct 7 2009 8:34 PM

A place of mysteries,

you can count on that...

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Welcome

Christian Lamitschka, Journalist for Country Music

Christian Lamitschka



Oct 7 2009 9:38 AM

Today I would like to let you know about two print magazines in Germany I'm writing for.

"Living Line Dance", reporting about line dance and country music, and "Folk Magazine", reporting about folk and country music. The magazines are high respected in Europe. They offer you a good chance to publicize yourself in Europe and Germany.

For more information, please contact me at MySpace or send email to Ch.Lamitschka@t-online.de with the headline "Advertise at Living Line Dance and Folk Magazine".

Warm regards

Christian

Editor & Journalist for Country Music
Christian Lamitschka
An der Pfingstweide 28
61118 Bad Vilbel
Germany
Ch.Lamitschka@t-online.de
Phone +49 6101 544613
Mobil +49 171 6903352
www.myspace.com/ChristianLamitschka
www.myspace.com/LamitschkaVideoInterviews
www.myspace.com/CountryMusicInterviews
www.myspace.com/HelpCharity
Fat Cat strings

Fat Cat strings



Oct 7 2009 7:11 AM

Thanks for the add Steve!
Fat Cat Strings
String arrangements online
the man from another place

the man from another place



Oct 5 2009 4:03 PM

Nice Stuff!
Thanks for the add!
Check out my "soundtrack music
to a lost film" if you fancy.
All the Best!
Dan.
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