Nearly ready….!
Ellice has a new single and accompanying video. NO PASSENGER. Coming very soon…!
On Friday the 9th August, David Clifton is opening for Phil Keaggy at the Square Room, Market Square, Knoxville. Show starts 8.00 p.m, doors open at 7.30 p.m.
Twenty years ago this month, Andy Piercy and David Clifton released their very first recording, Praise God From Whom All Blessings Flow. The cassette release was followed by the CD version six months later.
Unbeknown to many people, every cassette cover and CD booklet was individually fingerprinted by Andy and Dave, so that each person who bought one, or who was given a copy, has their own totally unique and slightly different package. The first run was for 500 cassettes; when sales rose to 7,000, the boys began to wonder about the wisdom of their idea!
The original release is available on iTunes and here on Little Room, both sites a click away via Andy and David’s artist page. Please visit their profile page and scroll down to read more about the making of this special album of sacred songs.
There have been suggestions made about releasing a limited edition 180 gram vinyl anniversary edition of the recording. We will let you know!
Have a wonderful summer everyone. Rest and recuperate. Re-envision and recover. Life is short and you all have lots to contribute and offer to this crazy world. On our home page this month we are featuring three of the excellent electronica and dance music albums by Mr. Don. Dance away those summer nights with some of the best electronica you’ll find anywhere. And in other news for you…
Twenty years ago this summer, on July 1st 1993, in the far off days of cassettes (which now seem to have come back into fashion, along with vinyl…) Andy Piercy and David Clifton released their first recording: ‘Praise God From Whom All Blessings Flow’. It was received with great enthusiasm, and received critical acclaim from reviewers and listeners around the world. Several reviewers championed it as a ground-breaking album of its time in the genre of Sacred and Spiritual music; the CD version was released a few months later in early 1994. The title track, ‘Praise God…’ has just been re-recorded in Nashville by singer/songwriter Martin Chalk, who hails from the Seacoast Church, Charlston SC, ready for release on the new Modern Hymnal project. It will be launched later this year, and is promoted by EMI Music. Read more about how ‘Praise God…” was recorded and produced in Covent Garden, London all those years ago, by visiting Andy and David’s page here on the Little Room site.
May…….
May You Never, by John Martyn.
Vintage footage of John Martyn playing and singing “May You Never” from The Old Grey Whistle Test, many moons ago…….
John Martyn. 11th September 1948 – 29th January 2009
….though if you are in England you would be forgiven for thinking it was still January….
April is here, with the delight of Spring blossoms, renewal, and cheerful sunny days. In theory. Spring is currently buried under rain, cold and snow in England, with the coldest Easter on record. The temperature in Braemar, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, dropped to a chilly -11C (…@12F). More of the usual delightful weather that keeps everyone in Britain guessing, as it always has since the Romans were present – and complaining about the weather too, all those years ago. Across the Atlantic, there are cold, wet grey skies in Knoxville Tennessee, though we are assured it will soon change for the better.
Little Room April News…..
Katie’s concerts and her new EP are going down a storm in Hong Kong and China. See her website for the forthcoming concert dates. www.kt-a.com
Charlotte Parmiter’s traditional folk songs album is in final stages of overdubs and nearly ready to mix….mandolins, mandola, guitars, (vintage Martin, Telecaster & Rickenbacker). If you like Sandy Denny, Kate Rusby, June Tabor, Fotheringay, Fairport Convention, you’ll love this.
Phil Baggalley and Open Road play concerts in the Midlands and headline in their hometown of Derby…see their website for details. www.openroadmusic.bigcartel.com
David Clifton plays the Rhythm And Blooms Festival in Knoxville. www.rhythmnbloomsfest.com
Work begins this month on the video for Ellice’s new single, No Passenger, currently being mixed in Hereford, and due for release this Spring.
And Gabriel is back in town, hot-foot from a trip down the Mississippi. If you are awaiting replies to music publishing enquiries, they will soon be winging their way to you.
