New Country Rehab | Film, Interview and London gig alert

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Hailing from Canada, each of them accomplished session musicians, New Country Rehab are ‘the guys everyone wants in their band, in a band’ (Tom Power | CBC).  They released their debut album last January 2011, carrying a mix of original material and imaginatively reworked covers of Hank Williams (Sr) and Bruce Springsteen.

I came across them in Nashville at the Americana Music Festival in October 2011.  I had missed their first show at the Basement, but the buzz they created on the back of that show meant I wasn’t going to miss the chance to see them play a few days later at the Rutledge.

Filming and interviewing a band on the hoof just before a show can often be a tense experience, finding a location, filming and conducting an interview with a very limited window.  Not with these guys.  Their dynamism and co-operativeness helped produce these films.  Set up outside the Rutledge on the street (with passing traffic thrown in the mix) the first film is a performance especially for us, along with an exclusive interview in the back of their tour bus and a film of their fantastic show-opener, a cover of Springsteen’s State Trooper.

They’re in the UK this week, in Glasgow for Celtic Connections opening for CW Stoneking today, 26th January 2012.  Then playing their first London gig at The Wilmington on Monday 3oth January, free entry.  Make sure you catch them while they’re here.

www.newcountryrehab.com
www.dollartone.com

Film | Ange Boxall

We were delighted to welcome back our friends, lovely Tasmanian devils Ange Boxall and husband Mike, who were in London for a fleeting visit last week before continuing their grand tour.  They’ve spent the last few months touring the US with Ange performing all over the country.  Her stamina is unparalleled.

We held on to her long enough in between gigs and meetings to shoot some film on the old railway track that runs from Finsbury Park to Muswell Hill, if you’ve never walked it, you should; it’s a beautiful little hidden treasure, perfect for these sunny days.  The acoustics are great under those tunnels,  in spite of passing joggers and cyclists, and we got lucky with the last rays of setting sun, not that she needed any added radiance.

Ange’s next UK date is playing mini-fest Frankstock on the 23rd July 2011, which we’re looking forward to. If you fancy a day in Dorset’s rolling hills and a damn fine barn party, hog roast and camp-fire combo then go ahead and book your tickets.  We’ll put more info up about it nearer the time, once the full line-up is announced.

Trevor Moss & Hannah Lou | Film & Tour news

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The ever-touring, multi-talented, thoroughly productive, cottage industry that is Trevor Moss & Hannah Lou are hatching another tour plan for June 2011 to see them on their way to Glastonbury Festival.  This time they’ll be trading their hard-working camper van, Namgyal, for a canal boat and playing pubs along the canal at the locations below. They’re joined by original line up from their Village Hall tour in 2010: Jack Day, Benjamin Folke Thomas, and the very welcomed, safe return of Pepe Belmonte..  Join them for some canal-side entertainment along the way, while the sun shines.

Prior to setting off on their canal tour they’ll be doing a London show at the Lexington on June 16th in case you can’t make the others.

CANAL BOAT TOUR | FREE ENTRY
JUNE DATES
Fri 17 Newbury The Lock Stock and Barrel
Sat 18 Kintbury The Blue Ball
Sun 19 Hungerford The Railway Tavern
Mon 20 Bedwyn The Cross Keys
Tue 21 Pewsey The Crown
Wed 22 Honey Street The Barge Inn
more dates to come...

Their new album ‘Quality First, Last & Forever!’ is released on June 20th on Heavenly Recordings.

We got to film them one breezy, sunny afternoon on a canal boat by Regent’s Park, and celebrated Hannah’s birthday with cake and fine wine.  Bon voyage!  Chocks away! (Or whatever the nautical equivalent is).

We also recommend checking this version out; their very own film of the same song with added jangles, balloons and boxing gloves.

Images from Fleet Foxes recording sessions

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Fleet Foxes have finished recording their follow up to their stunning 2008 self-titled debut, and their website showcases some really great images of the recording sessions.  Here is a link to the full gallery, where the images shown here and many more can be seen. Can’t wait for that release! All images by Sean Pecknold.

http://www.fleetfoxes.com/projects/photos/

Bound For Glory – Images of Depression era America

A friend recently reminded us about this great collection of images commissioned  by the Farm Security Administration encompassing the Depression years in the US.  Skilled documentary photographers travelled across the States during 1939 -1943 experimenting with a then new technological development – Kodachrome film, (sadly phased out at the end of 2010) and made a collection of around 1,600 images, a selection of which you can see here.

A larger collection of 175 images is available in a hard back book called Bound For Glory, its title aptly borrowed from Woody Guthrie’s autobiography.  We highly recommend it if you can get your hands on a copy,

http://blogs.denverpost.com/captured/2010/07/26/captured-america-in-color-from-1939-1943/2363/.

Wood Festival 2010

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We have a love of photography and film and between us have terabytes of images in stock from over the years some of which we’d like to share with you as we develop the site. With Wood tickets recently on sale for this year’s festival we thought we’d remind you just what an amazing time was had last year by posting some of our photos from Wood Festival 2010.

These photos are all copyright Kate Brady 2010. If you would like to use any, please just ask.