bluecrow music for the best in blues, country, folk, R and B, jazz and all other genres of indie, rock and roots music.
Just over 100 days until this gem of a one day festival in Cannock featuring some of the very best NWOCR bands - make sure you've got your ticket for what promises to be a superb day of music
The Little Unsaid is a musical vehicle for the diverse music of
songwriter and band leader John Elliott. Born out of the English indie-roots
scene of the 00’s, The Little Unsaid have built up a solid committed following,
received glowing reviews and gained the attention of national media since
signing with UK independent Reveal Records (home to award winning international
artists such as Joan as Police Woman, Lau, Kris Drever and Eddi Reader).
In 2021 The Little Unsaid released two albums: the full band
& experimental “Lick The
Future’s Lips” followed by a contrasting, intimate solo winter
music reflection “December
Songs”.
Both albums were played on radio and reviewed with acclaim, and
awarded Album of The Month by Folk Radio UK (the number one roots media
platform in the UK). The band has frequently collaborated with renowned
producer Graeme Stewart (who alongside engineering for Radiohead has produced
Oscar-nominated film scores by Jonny Greenwood) and have received several
awards for their work including: the Steve Reid InNOVAtion Award (PRS
Foundation & Gilles Peterson, with mentoring from FourTet) and Help
Musicians Emerging Excellence Award.
The band have played a variety of major Festivals (including
Glastonbury) and their recent UK tour was described as “a soaring piece of sonic beauty…one
hell of a show” (MusoMuso). During the Covid lockdowns, John
created the Relay album project, collaborating on two covers albums with
artists including Billy Bragg and Frank Turner to raise money for the Music Venue
Trust.
To get in
touch for touring dates in October 2022 and festival Appearances
contact gail@laughingdogmusic.co.uk
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to go to Laughing
Dog Music
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Old Nicks Tavern, Horncastle, Lincolnshire - January 2022 Live Music Itinery
All Down The Line – A People’s History of the Rolling Stones 1972 North American Tour
Hear the diesel drumming… all down the line! The 1972 visit to North America by the Rolling Stones was the first concert tour by the bad boys of rock since the ill-fated Alamont show in 1969. The tour has gone down in history as one of rock’s most celebrated, and this book brings together the eyewitness accounts of more than 250 fans as we travel across Canada and the United States with Mick, Keith and the boys, playing 48 shows across 23 states in just 54 days. Compiled by Richard Houghton
Thin Lizzy – A People’s History
It’s been 35 sad years since Phil Lynott passed away. This book takes you back to the glory days of the 1970s and 1980s, with the Thin Lizzy story told in the words of over 300 fan memories of Phil, Scott, Brian, Robbo, Gary, John – and Midge! It won’t be long ’til summer comes…. Compiled by Richard Houghton
Neil Young – A People’s History
Neil Young has been rocking like a hurricane since the 1960s. This book brings together the memories of over 400 fans of the Godfather of Grunge, whether performing with CSN&Y, on his own, with the Stray Gators, the Blue Notes or the mighty Crazy Horse. From early solo success to feedback laced guitar frenzy, this is the story of Canada’s greatest export to the world! Compiled by Richard Houghton.
Slade – A People’s History
For anyone who grew up in Britain in the 1970s, the sound of Slade is as much a part of their youth as wanting a Raleigh Chopper and a pair of platform boots. Slade – A People’s History is the story of the first band since The Beatles to have three successive singles go straight into the charts at number 1. Get down and get with it as over 300 Slade fans share their memories. Written by music journalist Malcolm Wyatt, author of This Day in Music’s Guide to The Clash, and Richard Houghton.
Goin’ Down De Mont
Leicester’s De Montfort Hall has been the venue of choice for live music acts going back to before the days of The Beatles. This collection of music memories of one of the Midlands’ most loved concert halls has been compiled by Bruce Lee Pegg, author of the acclaimed 2002 biography, Brown Eyed Handsome Man: The Life and Hard Times of Chuck Berry.
Check out the website…
Robert rifles through his almost alphabetically filed record
collection to soothe your seasonal soul. Expect a few festive nuggets alongside
some Delta Blues. Tune in here.
Robert Plant and Alison Krauss recently released their first new
album in fourteen years, Raise The Roof, via Rounder Records.
Like its platinum-selling 2007
predecessor, Raising Sand - which won six Grammys, including Album and Record
of the Year - Raise The Roof delivers new takes on songs from legends and
unsung heroes of folk, blues, country and soul music.
Recorded at Nashville’s Sound Emporium Studios, sessions for
Raise The Roof began in late 2019 and wrapped just weeks before the world went
into lockdown. “One of my favorite parts of this is the songs and songwriters
that I had never heard of,” says Alison Krauss. “Working with Robert, and with
T Bone, is always a great education in music history.”
Raise The Roof includes deep cuts by Merle Haggard, Allen
Toussaint, The Everly Brothers, Anne Briggs, Geeshie Wiley, Bert Jansch,
Calexico and more. “It’s such a far cry from everything I’ve done before,” says
Robert Plant. “I love the whole kaleidoscope of music that I’ve explored, but
this is a place where you can think within the song, you can decide how to
bring home an emotion. It’s another blend that we’ve got, and long may we have
more of them.”
Order Raise The Roof here.
In case you missed it, Smith/Kotzen have
been unveiled as the third headliner at
The Iron Maiden & Winery Dogs duo join a lineup that also includes Motorhead legend Phil Campbell, Wayward Sons, Gun, and 20 other bands from 4th-6th March 2022 in Leamington Spa.
More info and tix…
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Rudi The Red-Nosed Reindeer by The Steam Shovel. Fifty years in the
Making and it’s still late for Christmas |
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The story of Rudi The Red-Nosed Reindeer began 53 years ago, in
Birmingham with the first ska recording to hit in the UK. The band were The
Locomotive, a well-established touring band who started off playing Kansas
City style rhythm & blues in the early 60s but underwent a dramatic
change of style when they stumbled across Rock Steady in a local record store
that specialised in Jamaican imports.  Armageddon”. |
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So there he was, a finished recording of “Rudi
The Red-Nosed Reindeer” and the B-side a ska version of “White
Christmas” in hand, Christmas fast-approaching, what was he to
do? He took what appeared to him to be the logical step and set up his own
record label, Big Bear Records, which now is probably the longest-established
independent record label in the country. Distribution was though
Island Records, who allocated a Trojan catalogue number (TR 635) and it was
released just in time for Christmas 1968. It sold enough to pretty much
recoup the recording costs, but there was to be a sting in that reindeer’s
tail. Big Bear Records needed a logo, went to design agency Mustard Creasey,
who for the princely sum of £25 produced a pink Big Bear logo that Simpson
opined resembled Balou The Bear. Not to worry, said those design chaps, it’s
a different colour and its hairs are different, so no problem. Walt Disney,
however, felt otherwise and quickly despatched his legal chaps to have a
stiff word with Simpson who swiftly agreed to do as they asked, to cease and
desist. The single was later to
see the light of day on two occasions, re-released in November 1994 and
December 1979 on Big Bear Records, with a new Disney-proof logo, with
catalogue number BB25 and credited to The Gangsters, and here we go, all
those years later, with a digital release and hope that, in these troubled
times, folk out there are ready for some silliness and fun. Welcome to Big Bear Music - Big Bear Music @BigBearMusic68 |
