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Tim Joseph launched the superb Where? magazine 25 years ago and what a fabulous celebration it was at a sold out Adelphi last night. Massive thanks to Chris Warkup for asking me to play, and to Nick Boldock of Hull Music Archive for MCing the night. There were amazing performances from 11 bands/solo musicians who … Continue reading Where?
We are thrilled to have recorded a Loudhailer Electric Company track for Fairview Studio's 50th anniversary album. You can see that we had lots of fun in the studio in this great short film. Big thanks to John Spence and the Fairview crew! So here I am telling some stories from when we recorded the … Continue reading Fairview @ 50 Film
Well, last year we expected the Loudhailer Acoustic immediately after Filey Folk Festival to be quiet as everyone was folked out – but it was packed. This year, we thought it may be the same, but as it turned out it was a quiet, and very laid back evening. We all sat at the tables … Continue reading Loudhailer Acoustic May 2016
Here's our buddy Jackson D, special guest at The Dark Secrets album launch at Kardomah94 last night. Amazing 50s Goth Psyche Blues, with the splendid Zach Theodorou on percussion and guest appearances by John Dixon on guitar and Linda on bass. Think of Twin Peaks, Johnny Cash, Sisters of Mercy, Nick Cave, Elvis Presley and … Continue reading Jackson D
The Dark Secrets new album, Band of Brothers, was launched with a bang at Kardomah94 last night. The band played a brilliant set including all our favourites, And So It Begins, Space Age, Antarctica, Why Are You So Cold? and Escalation. Rich and I had a dance to Travelling on a Stone, and Jeff played … Continue reading The Dark Secrets
We were delighted that Tom Kay invited us to play an acoustic Rich & Lou's Loudhailer set at the launch of his superb new album From the Outside In at Kardomah94. Tom was one of the first people to come and play at Loudhailer Acoustic with beautiful cool songs, like John Martyn and early Tom … Continue reading Tom Kay’s Album Launch