Heavenly & Caught By The River play Homegame
A couple of weeks ago we (Heavenly & Caught By The River) headed up to Anstruther in Fife for the Fence Record collective’s annual & (for the time being?) final Homegame. Much like the Port Eliot festival in the summer this is a weekend & event I’ve been going to for the last few years & long for again as soon as their over, defining times of the year when everything feels just right. Normally taking place around Easter but this year a little into the Spring it marks my first weekend away after the long, & this year especially long tea time of the soul that is the British winter.
For me this is where the year begins again. To arrive in Anstruther harbour up there on the east coast of Scotland being met by the medicinal Leuchars westerly 5 decreasing 4 or 3, visibility fine, rain later, is the best. To know I’ll be spending the next 3 days nesting in the pubs & village halls of the town & neighbouring fishing village Cellardyke, listening to all things Fence related and walking off my hangover on the Fife coastal path is an added bonus, the fish and chip shops aint bad either — Anstruther Fish bar — UK WINNER: Seafish Fish & Chip Shop of the Year 2008/09! & yep, it really is that good.
We were honoured this year to be involved in some of the programming. A Saturday afternoon with Heavenly & friends in the Cellardyke Town Hall & a Caught By The River Sunday session in the cozy confines of the Rugby clubs social club. We fielded a superb team of culture fueller’s across the 2 days, here’s the formation;
Saturday: live music from; Jack Joseph with Eddy on guitar, Carwyn ‘Colorama’ Ellis, Conquering Animal Sound, Trevor Moss & Hannah-Lou & Kathryn Williams.
Sunday: Ivor Cutler tribute; Carwyn Ellis, James ‘Conquering Animal’ Scott, Kathryn Williams, Johnny Pictish. Poetry from William Burns. Nature disco compiled by Jeff Barrett and pre-mixed by Time & Space Machine’s Richard Norris with the afternoons proceedings hosted & excellently held together by Kieran Evans.
Places of much of our interest: The Dreel Tavern, Masonic Arms, The Smugglers Inn, Anstuther Fish Bar, Eastern Touch, Legends (Chinese restaurant by day – nightclub by night), Anstruther Town Hall, Cellardyke Town Hall, Cellardyke fishing harbour, Fife Coastal path to Creel & the right royal pop up shop / merch stall in the Murray library.
So after 8 years of hosting a Homegame in their hometown & with Johnny (Pictish Trail / Silver Columns / Fence Collective) moving over to the Isle of Eigg, they’ve decided to call it a day on the festival. However after a successful trial last September ‘Awaygame’ will be taking place again later in the year back on the Isle of Eigg. A kind of natural evolution for a label that knows how to fortify & bottle the good stuff then happily pass the bottle round.
A huge thank you to everyone who ventured up to perform over the 2 days, the performances really were something else, thanks to Nickie Divine who took these great photos at the Caught By The River afternoon on Sunday. Love & thanks to Johnny & Kenny & the whole Fence collective for doing what you do & inviting us up.
… Let me leave you with this little gem from Kathryn Williams, the Ivor Cutler cover ‘Beautiful Cosmos’, one of my highlights from the weekend …
Kathryn Williams — Beautiful Cosmos by heavenlyrecordings
www.fencerecords.com
www.nickiephoto.com
www.caughtbytheriver.net
Heavenly release Big Kids ‘I’m Bored’ 7″
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Big Kids
I’m Bored
a. I’m Bored
b. Too Much Baby
Heavenly Recordings release a limited 7″ by Big Kids with a track titled ‘I’m Bored’. Big Kids being a 1994 vintage Liverpool band fronted by Edgar Jones and featuring some pre Zuton – Zutons and Howie Payne from The Stands. The track is a stone cold killer slab of heavy fuggin r & b, a lost nugget finally getting the release it deserves as a Heavenly 45.
£5 from the Heavenly Emporium
Listen to both tracks on our soundcloud…
I’m Bored -
HVN218 Big Kids — I’m Bored by heavenlyrecordings
Too Much Baby -
HVN218 Big Kids — Too Much Baby by heavenlyrecordings
Big Kids ‘I’m Bored’ 7″
HVN218
Big Kids
I’m Bored
a. I’m Bored
b. Too Much Baby
Heavenly Recordings release a limited 7″ by Big Kids with a track titled ‘I’m Bored’. Big Kids being a 1994 vintage Liverpool band fronted by Edgar Jones and featuring some pre Zuton – Zutons and Howie Payne from The Stands. The track is a stone cold killer slab of heavy fuggin r & b, a lost nugget finally getting the release it deserves as a Heavenly 45.
Listen to both tracks on our soundcloud…
I’m Bored -
HVN218 Big Kids — I’m Bored by heavenlyrecordings
Too Much Baby -
HVN218 Big Kids — Too Much Baby by heavenlyrecordings
Trevor Moss and Hannah-Lou gig update…
Trevor Moss & Hannah Lou are touring all over the UK, including a ‘Canal Boat Tour’ (with Pepe Belmonte, Jack Day and Benjamin Folke Thomas; winding our way on the river to Glastonbury Festival), a ‘Highlands Tour’, lots of festival appearances and the launch of their album ‘Quality First, Last & Forever!’.
CANAL BOAT TOUR… (all free entry)
Fri 17th June, Newbury @ The Lock Stock and Barrel
Sat 18th June, Kintbury @ The Blue Ball
Sun 19th June, Hungerford @ The Railway Tavern
Mon 20th June, Bedwyn @ The Cross Keys
Tue 21st June, Pewsey @ The Crown
Wed 22nd June, Honey Street @ The Barge Inn
HIGHLANDS TOUR…
Tues 28th June, Aberdeen @ Cafe Drummonds
Tickets — http://tinyurl.com/66cqrmb
Weds 29th June, Aviemore @ Old Bridge Inn
Free Entry
Thurs 30th June, Inverness @ Ironworks Room 2
Tickets — http://tinyurl.com/64vroms
Fri 1st July, Ullapool @ The Ceilidh Place
Tickets — http://tinyurl.com/6czoyqn
Sat 2nd July, Fife @ The Greenside Hotel
Tickets — http://tinyurl.com/692gpz2
Mon 15th August, Newquay @ Cafe Irie
FESTIVALS…
25/26th June, Glastonbury Festival
3rd July, Borders Green Festival, Berwick Upon Tweed
5th July, Egerton Music Festival, Kent (plus ’11 Nights Under Tin’ Screening)
22nd July, Port Eliot, St. Germans, Cornwall
23rd July, Truck Festival, Oxfordshire
29th July, Kendal Calling
31st July, Cambridge Folk Festival
13th August, Boardmasters, Newquay
19th August, Green Man, Brecon, Wales (plus ’11 Nights Under Tin’ Screening)
JUNE DATES…
Wed 8th June Winchester @ The Railway
Tickets — http://tinyurl.com/5vq6lf6
Fri 10th June, Whitstable @ Horsebridge Centre
Tickets — http://tinyurl.com/6fn42za
Sat 11th June, Nottingham @ Jam Cafe
Free Entry.
Sun 12th June, Manchester @ Castle Hotel
Tickets — http://tinyurl.com/6k7ehsz
Tue 14th June, Bristol @ St Bonaventures
Tickets — http://tinyurl.com/34moxs
Wed 15th June, Brighton @ Latest Music Bar
Tickets — http://tinyurl.com/5vad2wh
Thurs 16th June, London The Lexington
Tickets — http://tinyurl.com/64mu7kl
www.tevormossandhannahlou.com
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Heavenly at ‘Independent Label Market’ this Saturday
Heavenly founders Jeff Barrett and Martin Kelly will be setting up stall this weekend from 10am on Saturday 21st May on Berwick Street Market, London W1. Not something they normally do but part of a new annual event called Independent Label Market which sees the heads of the UK’s finest indie labels getting together and selling their wares directly to the public. It’s a rare opportunity to see and meet the people who sign and release the bands you love.
Jeff and Martin will have a limited number of the Saint Etienne On 45 box sets available. These copies have been specially signed by all three members of the group so get down early to avoid disappointment. More info…
Also on sale will be a special 7″ pressing of the Manic Street Preachers 1991 Heavenly single ‘Motown Junk’ resplendent in original artwork. The single was released on CD and 12″ only on it’s original release and these are set to be very sought after. More info…
And arriving actually on the day direct from the pressing plant will be another very limited 7” by Big Kids with a track titled ‘I’m Bored’. Big Kids being an early 90’s Liverpool band fronted by Edgar Jones and featuring the pre Zuton – Zutons & Howie Payne from The Stands. The track is stone cold killer slab of heavy fuggin Rn’B, a lost nugget finally getting the release it deserves as a Heavenly 45!
Martin is also promising to dig out a box of Heavenly vinyl rarities so you may just find a copy of what you’ve been looking for & they will also have sticks of HVNLP89 ‘Folkrock’ to give away – surely the future of all formats, the Heavenly stick of rock comes with a 10 track Heavenly download link on it … And they’re free, just don’t stick in your hardrive.
Roll up, roll up it’s the greatest Heavenly record stall on earth!
Fionn Regan — free download & tour announcement
Since the release of his critically acclaimed album last year ‘Shadow of an Empire’ Fionn has been crafting a new record. His new album titled ‘100 Acres Of Sycamore’ will be released on Heavenly Recordings in August. To give you an idea of just how breathtakingly beautiful the record is sounding you can download the title track for free from here.
Tonight (Thursday 19th May) Fionn will be giving 2 acoustic performances in the Ben Sherman store on Carnaby Street. It’s free entry & there’s even some free drinks if you arrive early. The first performance is at 6.30pm
In July Fionn heads out on the road for some intimate acoustic gigs in Ireland. Details of dates and venues below — be among the first to hear the new songs!
Here are the dates that are confirmed at present:
08/07/2011 Wexford Arts Centre
09/07/2011 Seamus Ennis Centre, Naul, Co. Dublin
10/07/2011 The Riverbank Theatre, Newbridge, Co. Kildare (with Gemma Hayes)
13/07/2011 Kenny’s Bar, Lahinch, Co. Clare
16/07/2011 The Model, Sligo
17/07/2011 Roisin Dubh, Galway
21/07/2011 The Grand Social, Dublin
22/07/2011 The INEC, Killarney, Co. Kerry
23/07/2011 The Set Theatre, Kilkenny
24/07/2011 The Gonzo Theatre, Cavan
27/07/2011 The Pavillion, Cork
28/07/2011 deBarras, Clonakilty, West Cork
29/07/2011 The Forum, Waterford
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HVN JBX | May | Edition
H V N J B X | M A Y | E D I T I O N
L I V E:
L A N I E L A N E
J A C K J O S E P H
D J s : B R O A D E R T H A N B R O A D W A Y
& residents:
H E A V E N L Y | J U K E B O X
GINGLIK
Doors 7pm, £5 entry
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Live music will be from 7pm-10pm so arrive early!
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B R O A D E R T H A N B R O A D W A Y
BTB is a soundsystem, club night and record label celebrating bass culture and all forms of electronica. Taking in reggae, hip hop, disco, electro, house, garage, dancehall, jungle, techno, grime, bmore, funky, old skool, dubstep all served with a smile.
L A N I E L A N E
Adding sass to the smoky, sultry sounds of a bygone era, Sydney songstress Lanie Lane (pronounced “Lannie”) draws on the past and plants it very firmly in the here and now. Imbued with the spirit of Muddy Waters, channeling the class of Doris Day and sparkling with the pizzazz of The Andrews Sisters, Lanie wraps the sounds of a golden age around a voice that is as rich and warm as it is sweet.
www.myspace.com/lanielanemusic
H E A V E N L Y J U K E B O X
Born out of the Heavenly Recordings label 20 years ago, the Heavenly Jukebox allowed a group of different DJs to mix and match musical styles in the same night; a broad selection of tunes – crucial, essential, pop music from the dusty analogue sweet soul sounds to the digital hits of today & tomorrow. If it get’s stamped by the bird then it needs to be heard! The capers continues . .
www.heavenlyjukebox.com
“What’s this? A super spangly dynamite disco brimming with rock ‘n’ roll, psychedelic soul, disco, hip hop, reggae, house and techno in west London? Trust that tip top collective The Heavenly Jukebox, whose DJs boast the most bulging record sacks this side of Notting Hill. — don’t miss!“
Time Out
Folk Rock ‘Spring 2011′
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Folk Rock
Spring 2011
1. Fionn Regan — 100 Acres Of Sycamore
2. Cherry Ghost — The Night They Buried Sadie Clay
3. Trevor Moss & Hannah-Lou — Big Water
4. Sea Of Bees — Skinnybone
5. Sea Of Bees — (Conquering Animal Sound remix)
6. LCMDF — Take Me To The Mountains (Get Well Soon remix)
7. James Walbourne — Songbird
8. The Head and the Heart — Lost In My Mind
9. Jack Joseph — Canyon Echo
10. Edwyn Collins — Searching For The Truth
Listen to the tracks on our soundcloud…
HVNLP89 Folkrock by heavenlyrecordings
Manic Street Preachers / Motown Junk on 7″!
Manic Street Preachers
1. Motown Junk
2. Sorrow 16
Available for the first time on 7” exclusively from the Heavenly Recordings stall at the Independent Labels Market on Berwick Street, 21/05/11.
Twenty years on from its original release, Heavenly Recordings issue an extremely limited 7” of Motown Junk, Manic Street Preachers’ first single for the label. 1000 copies of the single will be released to coincide with Heavenly’s involvement in the Independent Labels Market that’s due to take place on Berwick Street, London W1 on Saturday May 21st.
Never before released on 7”, Motown Junk was the opening salvo in a twenty-year career that doesn’t really need précising here. Safe to say, it sounds as frantic, as exciting and as vital now as it ever has. Four minutes of wide-eyed, unadulterated speedball rock’n’roll – this is a perfect snapshot of one of the country’s most loved bands at inception point.
The single will be available exclusively from the Heavenly Recordings stall at the Independent Labels Market on May 21st and from the merchandise stall at the Manics Cardiff International Arena gig on the same day and stock is extremely limited. Any copies remaining after May 21st will be sold via the Heavenly or Manics websites.
Manic Street Preachers ‘Motown Junk’ 7″
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Manic Street Preachers
Motown Junk
a. Motown Junk
b. Sorrow 16
Twenty years on from its original release, Heavenly Recordings issue an extremely limited 7” of Motown Junk (1000 copies only). Never before released on 7”, Motown Junk was the opening salvo in a twenty-year career that doesn’t really need precising here. Safe to say, it sounds as frantic, as exciting and as vital now as it ever has. Four minutes of wide-eyed, unadulterated speedball rock’n’roll – this is a perfect snapshot of one of the country’s most loved bands at inception point.
Listen to both tracks on our soundcloud…
Motown Junk -
HVN8 Manic Street Preachers — Motown Junk by heavenlyrecordings
Sorrow 16 -
HVN8 Manic Street Preachers — Sorrow 16 by heavenlyrecordings
