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album launch photos

admin — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 09:56:36 +0000

A huge thanks to everyone for making it such a special night – Lisa, Stu, Eoin, Emily and Iain for letting me take over their home, Wholefoods, Booja booja, Pukka tea and Yogi Chai tea for the food and drink, my band for being amazing and everyone else for coming and listening!

photos by film41.co.uk

some tour photos by barbara

admin — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 20:41:33 +0000

Photos by Barbara Bartz – taken from http://basiabartz.blogspot.com

r.i.p. sparklehorse’s mark linkous

admin — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 14:03:14 +0000

It is with sadness that I learnt of the death of Mark Linkous today – some of the music he recorded as ‘Sparklehorse’ provided much inspiration for me.

Below is a cover of one of his songs ‘Happy Man’ I recorded a few years ago with Iain Macleod on banjo. Aplogise for the slight american twang in my delivery, I was still finding my voice back then!

http://pitchfork.com/news/38114-rip-sparklehorses-mark-linkous/

band on the beach etc

admin — Sun, 24 Jan 2010 15:37:35 +0000

Barbara has just posted a lovely little photo story board of our Devon trip on her blog… have a peek at it here –

http://basiabartz.blogspot.com/2010/01/lest-weekend.html

photos from devon show

admin — Sun, 17 Jan 2010 21:24:35 +0000

photo by Lisa Robins

photo by John Gower

photo by Lisa Robins

New album launched

admin — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 13:14:49 +0000

Well perhaps more ‘uploaded’ than ‘launched’ but what the hey… you can now hear and download it. I have just had an almond slice to celebrate.

The cd will be available in the new year, in the meantime you can order it from bandcamp and get an immediate download of the album included in the price.

It features the talents of Barbara Bartz, Iain Macleod, Joe Allen, Lawrence Williams, Ben Oliver, Beth Dariti, Madelaine Hart, Victoria Couper, Tom Pie and me. Full credits on bandcamp.

1. Younger Looking Skin 05:31
2. Till Dawn 04:21
3. I Love Leonard Cohen 04:00
4. The Suitors Ballyhoo 04:56
5. Montreal 04:38
6. Shakes & Shudders 04:59
7. Ninety Days 03:36
8. Roses From Africa 05:15

rehearsing

admin — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 14:48:33 +0000

A few more photos of rehearsing action from the blue door – this time a rehearsal inside.

Amy is doing her playing three instruments at once thang… who’d have thought you could play a glockenspiele with one foot whilst on bass and tambourine too!

Photos from Barbara’s blog – http://basiabartz.blogspot.com/2009/09/music-music-music.html

up on the roof

admin — Sun, 30 Aug 2009 14:45:15 +0000

As well as being quite the violin player, Barbara is also big into her photography. Here are some shots she took a while back of a rehearsal we had on the roof of my studio.

golden brown

admin — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 10:00:34 +0000

Last month I spent another day recording with the wonderful Dean Firth but this time I brought some friends along.

My favourite take of the day was this cover of ‘Golden Brown’ by The Stranglers which I have uploaded for your listening pleasure here – http://www.robingrey.com/mp3/goldenbrown.mp3

I am hoping to do much more live recording work like this. Capturing a live performance with an ensemble is such a different experience to over dubbing instruments in my little studio!

Christian Lewcock – Percussion and Backing Vocals

Iain Macleod – Banjo and Backing Vocals

Barbara Bartz – Violin

Dean Firth – Electric Bass

photo from annabel

admin — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 09:44:12 +0000

Annabel took a few shots of me and Iain when we were down in Herne Hill a few weeks back. This is my favourite. More of her work can be seen here – http://www.flickr.com/photos/annabelvere