Paul & David Mosley: write the songs. Paul's voice is honeyed and slinky, Dave's is bluesy and gravelly. They harmonise in a special way.
Dave plays the guitar and bass and sings, Paul plays the piano, clarinet, melodica, euphonium and sings.
Colin Smith: plays the guitar, bass, flute, lap steel and most everything else as well as singing and being the studio brains behind the Moses recording sessions.
Gav Fawcett: plays the drums and percussion, holding back his natural talent for playing louder, faster, harder than anybody else in the world to shake his shakey eggs.
Katy Dent: plays the violin and can improvise like nobodies business.
Harriet Davidson: plays the Cello and has the most perfect tone we ever heard.
Sophie Traves: Sings songs with a beautiful voice like no-one else we can think of and makes up harmonies that are beyond the mind of mortal man.
Influences
The Beatles, Nick Drake, Bob Dylan, Joni Mitchell, Rickie Lee jones, Kristin Hersh, Tanya Donelly, Billy Bragg, Nina Simone, Robyn Hitchcock, Kate Bush, Jane Siberry, Devendra Banhart, The Clash, Arlo Gutrhrie, The Smiths, Pulp, Belle & Sebastian, Harry Nilsson, The Pogues
Sounds Like
Belle & Sebastian, Nick Drake, The Beatles, Rufus Wainwright, Kathryn Williams, Devendra Banhart, The Beautiful South, KT Tunstall, Kings of Convenience, The Magic Numbers, Cat Power, Kristin Hersh, Tanya Donelly, Andrew Bird, Ben Kweller,Van Morrison, Kirsty MacColl, Ray Lamontagne, Vic Chesnutt, Bonnie 'prince' Billy, Billy Bragg, Nizlopi, Neko Case, REM, Adem, Hawksley Workman, Martha Wainwright,Nanci Griffith, Suzanne Vega, Ron Sexsmith, The New Pornographers, Espers, Beck, 10,000 maniacs, Natalie Merchant, Supergrass, Aimee Mann, Aidan Smith, Badly drawn boy, Sufjan Stevens, Laura Veirs, Iron and wine,Simon & Garfunkel, Tim Buckley, Victoria Williams, The Pogues, Shane MacGowan, The Hidden Cameras, King Creosote, James Yorkston, Elliott Smith, Mistys Big Adventure, Mazzy star, Eels, Antony & the Johnsons, Ed Harcourt, Beth Orton
Moses are the indie folk band that could. Their debut single No-ones home was playlisted by BBC radio 2, the parent album The Swimming Zoo was voted into 6musics albums of the year and their legendary live shows (in turn heart stoppingly beautiful, full-on up lifting and vaguely filthy) won them tours with Sam Brown, Shane MacGowan, Martin Stephenson and many more and have seen them winning over crowds from Glastonbury festival to an Amsterdam brothel.
Based around the catchy, beautiful songs (So good I wish Id written them Glasswerks.co.uk - each one sounding like a lost classic Drowned in sound.com) and contrasting but complementary voices of Hartlepool born brothers Paul & David Mosley the band enhance the guitar based songs with fiddle, piano, banjo, flute, accordion, euphonium, clarinetallsorts plus loads of very gorgeous harmonies.
Moses 2 full length albums & various ep's on tiny High Barn records have been described thus; 'a folk mini masterpiece that raids the school music room' (NME) and 'such Beautiful arrangements, quite the musicians' (lovely Canadian genius Jane Siberry) and 'given a sunny summers day this will totally fit the bill ****' (Q magazine) and 'moses...Moses...MOSES!' (Shane MacGowan). They are currently writing 4 new albums (actually true) and gig all the time. For free exclusive songs, latest dates and general fun the website is here: mosesband.com
"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
Fab clips that I must say do bring the memory of a lovely back. Cheers for doing those. See you at a future Club Cotherstone event sometime, not too far for you!!
If anyone wants to relive the fantastc Cotherstone gig (thanks Colin for making it happen!!) I've popped some vids on http://www. youtube. com/spiggiewiggie xxx
Heya, our album was just released on Bondarev records and through Itunes. Check it out if you get the chance to have a looksee. Bondarev will release the CD version soon with a new EP due in the new year.
This sunday 10th June StokeFest, Clissold Pk, Stoke Newington, London. N16. Free. Claire and her happy little trio will be playing the Raison D'etre stage at the festival at 12.30pm. It's a fairly early gig as it's an all day event. Really hope you can make it.
Also Thursday 14th June @ The Electroacoustic Club, THE SLAUGHTERED LAMB
34-35 Great Sutton Street
London
EC1V 0DX £5/£4 NUS On stage 8.15pm
