Now on Spotify;
https://open.spotify.com/artist/54EO2oV3k13ZLC2JASP7Kv?si=WHQR2l0bRYOlcYIxBc8ppQ&fbclid=IwAR0G2W-2xKDzmvxN0EABOkF7_ouTFhNzYncMKszt10DHeu-nXqbAXeeWUCY
..and iTunes/Apple Music;
https://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/between-you-me-single/1461802570?fbclid=IwAR2h9wHjJ6M77Uv09eS2PYH6KbYtVzPaOkPR94k32T7ZEqfauCbfDtH7Jro
Thursday, May 02, 2019
Monday, April 22, 2019
Party Central.
 |
| Rickety Rehearsal space. |
I played here again for Rickety Wireless, having not played together for months, so we booked out the afternoon for a rehearsal.
It was a great fun gig and we even managed to put some extra tunes in.
 |
| Thanks to Tim Lee for this photo, read more about Nantwich and this festival on Tim's blog post at https://timleesongs.wordpress.com/2019/04/22/nantwich-and-me-a-love-letter-easter-weekend-at-the-nantwich-jazz-festival/ |
Thursday, April 18, 2019
From here to Ftumch!!
Download the brand new debut track by FTUMCH!!
Rob Collins was first (to me) a photographer who appeared at one of the Words and Music Fest events, I then got to know him as a festival organiser, a Ukulele tutee and a friend. He has been involved in music for a long time, not least as the bassist in the awesome award-winning punk band Imbalance.
Somehow, Ukulele lessons evolved into getting involved in this exciting new music project with Rob as a co-writer. Rob is a prolific creator/producer of tracks, tending to release about a track a week.
I think it's fair to say, that what we have started doing with Ftumch!! is some kind of music that neither of us would come up with individually, which it makes all the more exciting to be involved with.
Tuesday's video shoot, with help from Ang (and watched by pusscats)..
..and here's the result..
Back in December, producing the track (more to come..)
Tuesday, March 26, 2019
Mixing it up for Neve.
25th March 2019
Music for Team Neve Fundraising Night
Bar B at The Market Tavern, Sandbach
To many in music, Neve is the name of a classic mixing desk/console, and The Blue Yellows were certainly mixing it up with some very diverse acts for a special fundraising night for Neve, a young child with a number of very serious neurological conditions (please see the link at the bottom of the text) for which money is needed for support from specialist American medical institutions on top of the quality health care she is receiving through the NHS.
Typically, a musical evening might be of cover acts to provide easily accessible entertainment or original acts for a more discerning music-loving crowd with an ear for new sounds. However the mix seemed to work really well, with the audience lapping up the new music along with the classics. As well as my gang, acts included host for the evening as well as sound-engineer, stage manager and singer-songwriter Dayve Dean, Tim Lee, Luke Stephenson, Bitter and Twisted, and Footsteps who also kindly lent their cajon, thanks guys!
Although Monday-night gigging provides an incredibly tiring prospect, having not yet recovered from the weekend, and having to get back into my routine of working hours through the day and night through the week as well, I'm expecting to look back on this with fondness when (if) I recover.
Please see the Team Neve crowdfunding page at: https://www.justgiving.com/crowdfunding/teamneve
 |
| Fabulous turn-out of charitable music-goers for a Monday Night! |
 |
| Thanks to Tim Lee for this pic of The BYs |
 |
| Pre-soundcheck |
Saturday, March 09, 2019
A flood of nice words!
We've just had this ace review from one of the most highly respected music blogs around, Here Comes the Flood;
"Eccentric, funny, tongue-in-cheek vaudevillian garage rock. with enough musical references to keep the music geeks at bay, like the Take Me To The River bit in Spiral Dive. Singer Jonathan Tarplee is an old fashioned balladeer turned indie rock musician, but the band's secret weapon is Emma Alcock with her uncanny knack for syncopation on both accordion and keyboards give the music an off-kilter quality that make the songs jump up and down in a good way."
Read the full review at https://werksman.blogspot.com/2019/03/the-blue-yellows-kitchen-sessions.html
"Eccentric, funny, tongue-in-cheek vaudevillian garage rock. with enough musical references to keep the music geeks at bay, like the Take Me To The River bit in Spiral Dive. Singer Jonathan Tarplee is an old fashioned balladeer turned indie rock musician, but the band's secret weapon is Emma Alcock with her uncanny knack for syncopation on both accordion and keyboards give the music an off-kilter quality that make the songs jump up and down in a good way."
Read the full review at https://werksman.blogspot.com/2019/03/the-blue-yellows-kitchen-sessions.html
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)