How The Light Gets In 2013
Diplomats of Sound Artists Announced
Sheelanagig, Electric Swing Circus, Gabby Young & Cocos Lovers have been confirmed for How The Light Gets In this year. The Music and philosophy festival located in the beautiful Hay On Wye also featuring Nick Mulvey, Sweet Baboo, The Correspondents and Ken Livingston!
Mr Woodnote
UK TOUR ANNOUNCED
Dub FX and Foreign Beggars collaborator Mr.Woodnote has just released a live version of his brand new track ‘Sound Generator’ as a free download to coincide with his upcoming UK tour. The honking funk saxophonist and live beat creator will be on tour in April & May with Eva Lazarus and Lil Rhys, who also features on the track. Tour dates below. Download the track HERE.
06-Apr-2013 Bristol THE ATTIC
11-Apr-2013 Cardiff THE MOON
12-Apr-2013 Newcastle HOOCHIE COOCHIE
13-Apr-2013 Glastonbury THE KING ARTHUR
19-Apr-2013 Barnstaple THE FACTORY
20-Apr-2013 Newport, IOW THE LOFT
26-Apr-2013 Oxford THE CELLAR
27-Apr-2013 Norwich NORWICH ARTS CENTRE
03-May-2013 Exeter THE PHOENIX
05-May-2013 Hay-On-Wye TROY FEST
Heymoonshaker
New Video & EP Released
Fantastic new video from Heymoonshaker for the Rock n Roll stomper ‘Ten Letter Word’. Shot in Sardinia by Fabio Ortu and Bruno Mameli. Other exciting news from heymoonshaker is the release of the new EP ‘Shakerism’ available
Joe Driscoll & Sekou Kouyate
New Video For FAYA
The video for Faya, one of the heavier tracks taken from the album of the same name was released this week. Filmed by Alex Munro in Joe’s adopted hometown of Bristol. Another FREE single lifted from the critically acclaimed, genre defining, cross cultural debut.
Hidden Orchestra
Announce UK Tour
After releasing their second album this year on Tru Thoughts Records, the Edinburgh four piece hit the Road. You might have also heard the band on Lauren Laverns 6 Music show, as part of her headphone’s moment, listen back to the show ‘
Yes Sir Boss
Recording New Video for Mrs No.1
Watch this space for the new music video for MRS No. 1 featuring the talented and beautiful Joss Stone. The band were busy shooting the video in their hometown, local pub the Plough in Bristol this month. We are excited to see the finished product!
Heymoonshaker
Announce UK Tour Dates & Release ‘Chai Wallahs’ Live Videos
Starting on the 1st of March, Heymoonshaker bring their live spectacle back to the UK & Ireland for the first time since their summer tour with Chai Wallahs this summer. Check out tour dates for the ‘Beat-Box Blues’ instigators bellow and enjoy videos from their performance at Greenman Festival 2013.
01/03 Bristol The Attic
02/03 Chester Telfords Warehouse
08/03 Brighton The Green Door Store
09/03 London Shoreditch, Bedroom Bar
10/03 Newport Pagnell The Watershed
16/03 Cork Ireland Vicars Town
17/03 Cork Ireland Crane Lane
18/03 Dungarvan Ireland The Lady Belle
21/03 Plymouth c103 (supporting Zion Train)
22/03 Newton Abbot The Jolly Farmer
23/03 Leamington Spa The Clarendon Pub
26/03 Norwich The Bicycle Shop
27/03 Sheffield The Lantern Theatre
29/03 Newcastle Hoochie Coochie
30/03 Hereford The Jailhouse
By The Rivers
Another Great New Signing To The Diplomats of Sound Artist Roster
By The Rivers are building up some serious steam at the minute! In 2012 they supported The Specials & Fun Loving Criminals, released some great singles and have an awesome album due for release later this year!
More Like Trees
New Addition to The Roster
Incredibly exciting having ‘More Like Trees’ join the Diplomats of Sound Artist Roster. Big things for these guys in 2013, just released their debut EP ‘Full Cirlce’ on BBE records, lots of exciting collaborations and an album waiting in the wings!’
Lazy Habits
New Album Out Now!!!
‘Long awaited debut album by Lazy Habits is available now. Featuring singles ‘Starting Fires’, ‘Memory Banks’, ‘The Road’ & ‘Bullitin’, the self titled record, that has been years in the making, is superb from start to finish. Bring elements of jazz and funk to the table, Lazy Habits have reinvented hip hop for a new generation on this one’
Lazy Habits
Another Great Video
‘Check out the latest offering from Lazy Habits. Bulletin, filmed in Taiwan & London is as epic as they come’
Joe Driscoll & Sekou Kouyate
New Single
‘Latest video from Joe Driscoll & Sekou Kouyate filmed on their recent trip to Kenya, a beautiful video shot by BD Films. ‘Passport’ is also available for free download’.
Yes Sir Boss
Debut Album
‘The debut album from Yes Sir Boss is out now! This fresh and diverse album is the first from Yes Sir Boss and music label Stone’d Records. The album covers tracks from the band’s beginnings to the release of the album and exhibits Yes Sir Boss’s splendid ability to meld different genres into their own unique sound. Includes singles ‘Not Guilty’ and ‘Mrs #1’, which features label owner Joss Stone and is due out early next year. Listen and buy the album on itunes, Spotify and Amazon’.
Cocos Lovers & Nuru Kane
Two Exciting New Additions To The Diplomats Of Sound
Artist Roster
‘Legendary Senegalese musician and flagship world music performer ‘Nuru Kane’ along with rising stars of the new wave of British folk ‘Cocos Lovers’ are now available for bookings from the Diplomats of Sound team’.
HEYMOONSHAKER
‘Latest signing to Diplomats of Sound speak to Musika UK at Shambala Festival 2012 (click photo to read interview)’
Joe Driscoll & Sekou Kouyate
Great piece on Joe Driscoll & Sekou Kouyate, WOMAD main stage
“Driscoll’s folk / hip hop melds perfectly with Kouyaté’s African melodies, and some of the numbers are as danceable as anything this weekend” – Raymond Soltysek’s Blog
Gabby Young
‘NEWEST ARTIST TO THE DIPLOMATS OF SOUND ROSTER RECEIVING OUTSTANDING ALBUM REVIEWS – THE QUEEN OF CIRCUS SWING IS MAKING HER MARK’
Gabby Young and Other Animals’ new album ‘The Band Called Out for More’ is being released this week and the reviews are already rolling in.
“the woman who invented Circus Swing” -Time Out
“…terrific live, really big wall of sound…we are playing this because we love it” – Graham Norton, BBC Radio 2
DAILY MIRROR ****
THE GUARDIAN ****
