Author Archives: Craig

A satisfied punter writes… 0

One the 10s of people around the globe currently enjoying Friends of the Stars Fried Chicken Seasoning is Jon Hickman. He liked our seasoning (and music) so much that he wrote a blog post about it. You can read the full blog here

Have you ordered yours yet? Get it from our shop

 

Spotify Playbutton Doohickey for Faith’s Meat Kiosk 0

Here’s a playbutton from Spotify that should stream the whole LP for you..

Faith’s Meat Kiosk – Out today! 0

Hello,

Faith’s Meat Kiosk was officially released today, so Happy Release Day to us.

You can now buy Faith’s Meat Kiosk in iTunes, or stream it from Spotify, or find it in any number of other well-known digital retailers. You can also now listen to the whole LP over on our Bandcamp page where you can purchase a download, some seasoning, a CD, or various combinations of all or most of these.

Thank you to everyone who has pre-ordered music and / or chicken seasoning in the last… Read the rest

See these: CDs 0

The Faith’s Meat Kiosk CDs have arrived!

You can order these for £12 (incl postage and packing) from our shop.

CountryRockSoulFolk Primer #3 – A Fried Chicken Special 0

Hello.

Here’s the third in our series of Spotify playlists. This one is a wee bit different to the others as it’s both longer (a whopping 50 tracks!) and themed, with each song linked either explicitly or loosely to the awesome business of Fried Chicken.

Enjoy!

CountryRockSoulFolkPrimer #3

I Like My Chicken Frying Size – Merle Travis
Skillet – Davy Graham
Goodnight Irene – Ry Cooder
Little Red Rooster – Sam Cooke
Southern Fried Chicken – Jimmy Work
Chicken Wire – The Pernice Brothers
Fried Chicken & Gasoline – Southern Culture On The Skids
Chicken Payback – The Bees
Dixie… Read the rest

Fried Chicken Seasoning TV Advert 0

Here’s a TV advert we’ve made for the Fried Chicken Seasoning. Enjoy!

CountryRockSoulFolk Primer #2 – A Spotify Playlist 0

Here’s the 2nd in our series of weekly Spotify playlists. Each playlist will be 10 tracks long and feature some of our old and new favourite songs and artists. We hope you enjoy them too.

Here’s number 2…

CountryRockSoulFolk Primer #2

What Do You Want The Girl To Do - Lowell George
Country John – Allan Toussaint
Mississippi Delta - Bobbie Gentry
Tailspin – The Jayhawks
Different Drum - Stone Poneys
Harmony Constant - Michael Nesmith
No One’s Gonna Love You - Band Of Horses
Arcadian Driftwood – The Band
Florida – Lonnie Mack
Moon Song – Emmylou Harris
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Read all about it… 0

There have been a couple of Q&A type interviews with members of the band elsewhere online this last week . Here’s a round up in case you missed them.

Over on Radio To Go, Robin Valk’s excellent music business and culture blog, Craig joined Gareth from Misty’s Big Adventure in answering questions about what it’s like to be in the same Brummie band for over a decade and, more importantly, “It’s the 21st Century. Why on earth have you started a record label?”

You can read the full interview here.

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CountryRockSoulFolk Primer #1 – Spotify Playlist 0

Here’s the first in a series of weekly Spotify playlists that we’ll be making. Each playlist will be 10 tracks long and feature some of our old and new favourite songs and artists.  We hope you enjoy them too.

The songs in this and future playlists will often come from the genres of Country, Folk, Soul and Rock, but they will mostly come from those lovely sub-genres where two or more of those genres interact.

Here’s number 1…

CountryRockSoulFolk Primer #1

Grand Ennui – Michael Nesmith & The First National Band
Spinnin’ On This Rock – Ramsey Midwood
Somewhere, Some… Read the rest

How To Cook Fried Chicken 0

If you’ve been wondering how to create fabulous fried chicken the Friends of the Stars way, today is your lucky day. Campbell has made you an instructional video!

Hopefully Cam’s Keith Floyd impression and Junior Masterchef skills have got your taste buds a-tingling. If so, the first step on your road to awesome fried chicken is to order your seasoning from our shop. It’s £5 (inc P+P) and comes with a free download of our 2nd LP, “Faith’s Meat Kiosk”.

Happy eating!