It is the season of the changing leaves, Guy Fawkes, Thanksgiving in the USA, and the time of looking forward to Advent and Christmas. And here is the news…

Violinist Bethany Hankins has added the last of her overdubs to Charlotte Parmiter’s folk songs album, and so mixing will soon be starting.

  Ellice and her guitarist Matt were invited to play a live set on BBC Radio’s Introducing series, and performed a spellbinding set which drew an enthusiastic response from the packed house. Keep up to date with future live shows on her Facebook page, and listen out for her on the radio. She has been getting airplay in both the UK and the USA.

Sam Hill Jr. is busy preparing for his forthcoming concerts and gigs across the UK, and is getting great reviews for his new album. If you don’t have it yet, head on over to his page and the link to his website and online store. You won’t be disappointed.

Knoxville’s i105.3 WFIV Radio is releasing a fundraising CD for Knoxville Area Rescue Ministries, organised by presenter Cullen Keyhoe. KARM is a charity working with Knoxville’s homeless community. There are excellent performances and recordings from many in the East Tennessee music scene, and all sales and royalties will be given to the charity. David Clifton has re-recorded the Christmas Carol ‘In The Bleak Mid-Winter’ to contribute to the playlist, and we will add this new version to David’s page, with all proceeds being given to KARMS.

Cole Morton, columnist for the UK’s biggest broadsheet newspaper, The Daily Telegraph, has been singing the praises of Sam Hill Jr.’s new album! Click on the link here to read the full article:
The Daily Telegraph

Sam Hill Jr’s new album, Cowboys And Moonbeams is out now! You can link to the digital download site either from his artists page here on little room, or you can order CD’s directly from his website at www.samhilljr.co.uk

Poet, writer and broadcaster Steve Stockman has written “Rarely do you find a record that is deeply personal but socially vital. “

Reviewer Chris Goan writes “I am just sitting listening to Sams new Album, Cowboys and Moonbeams, which arrived in the post today. It it is sublime. The musicianship is lovely, with all the ingredients that I love- fine guitar with understated piano and touches of dobro and steel. Much more however, the songs are saturated with a kind of broken beautiful humanity- the kind that breaks you open a little. Sam Hill is one of the most talented musicians and songwriters I have ever heard.”

You can read the full reviews on Sam’s website, where you will also be able to keep up to date with his forthcoming touring and concert schedule.

October news…… Autumn is coming (Fall if you are in America or Canada) and celebrations are underway from Munich to Knoxville and beyond. We take comfort in the fact that the finest ales, liquers and wines were, and still are, made by monks. And while we are on the subject of celebration……

We welcome Sam Hill Jr. to Little Room Music Publishing, and are celebrating his forthcoming new album release, “Cowboys And Moonbeams”. We will be helping Sam to promote his album and publicise his latest touring and concert dates across the UK. Sam said in a recent interview, “The album is my most honest work to date with one dominant theme; love and commitment in the face of life’s’ struggle, and each song is a real conversation with those closest to me. I’ve tried to connect the words with simple melodies and minimal production. Much of the album was recorded at home in Cornwall and other locations including Somerset, Lancashire and Nashville TN. The music nods towards bluegrass and folk, but is hard to put into any one box”

We’ll keep you up to date with news of the release date and his forthcoming concerts, and also hope to introduce you to some of his back catalogue of great songs and music. You can stay in touch with him at www.samhilljr.co.uk and read more about the forthcoming album release on his profile page.

Amongst the compilation works published by Little Room Music, we publish two songs featuring the beautiful voice of Joanne Hogg, widely known as the lead singer of Celtic band Iona. Due to many requests from those of you trying to find the tracks online, we are now making them available on our main website, rather than just through the archive pages and the Liturgy Of Time compilation recording. You can now download the radio single, album version and piano/vocal versions of ‘I Am The Great Sun’ from her profile page, and also the beautiful arrangement of the traditional hymn ‘The Lord’s My Shepherd’ (Psalm 23) To stay in touch with all that Joanne is currently scheduling, both on her personal recordings and her concert and recording work with Iona, please visit www.Iona.uk.com for all the latest news and information. We have loved rediscovering these songs, and hope you will also enjoy these beautiful recordings.

Ellice’s debut three song EP is available for download from her homepage. Love Of My Life and Lost both feature the renowned pedal steel guitar genius BJ Cole. Lost in particular has been much in demand since Ellice’s release party gig, where she and her guitarist Matt gave a show-stopping performance of this beautiful song.