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Moseley Folk Festival, 2010 – Recording & Photos 1

We had a great day playing at the Moseley Folk Festival last weekend. It was our 4th appearance at the festival but the first time as a full band and the friendly atmosphere and crowd inside the Bohemian Jukebox tent really made the day. We also played pretty well too, which is always a bonus.

We recorded the set, so if you missed it and want to hear how it sounded, or were there and would like to hear it again, Read the rest

Categories: Birmingham,Live

Tagged: Birmingham, Folk, Moseley, Moseley Folk Festival, Music

Published:: September 7, 2010 – 8:42 pm
Author:: By admin

X-Factor Silence… 0

Last year I was occasionally writing about X-Factor here, as do most other Country/Folk artists on their own sites. This year, I’ve kept reasonably quiet on whole thing. There are two reasons for this…

1) It’s a lot more fun to participate in the live bile-fest that occurs each Saturday night over on Twitter

2) The nice folks over at Holy Moly do a much better job than I ever could. Matt Edmondson’s videos in particular are well worth a gawp at.

For those that hate X-Factor: Don’t worry, it finishes soon.

Categories: Apropos of Nowt,Birmingham,Music,podcast

Tagged: Holy Moly, Matt Edmondson, twitter, X-Factor

Published:: December 2, 2009 – 11:28 am
Author:: By Craig

FOTS-POD#20 – “The Amityville Robson” 0

FOTS-POD Episode 20 is a bumper 1-hour special in which Executive Producer Robson and Craig embark on what sounds suspiciously like an ill-informed meander through local history. So, if you’ve ever found yourself wondering about the architecture and cultural history of certain areas of south Birmingham, and you also happen to like swearing, then this is the podcast you’ve been looking for.

As the name suggests, this is also the 20th podcast we’ve made and released out onto the internet. Thanks to everyone who has listened, subscribed and generally helped spread the word about these things. We hope you

… Read the rest

Categories: Birmingham,Music,podcast,Promotion

Tagged: Alicia Keys, Barry Goldberg, Birmingham, Birmingham Marathon, Bobby Newsome, Hush Arbors, Jack Morgan, Jay-Z, John Leyton, Levon Helm, Loretta Lynn, Neil Young, Noah and the Whale, Soul Children, Strichley, The Crawdaddys, The Triffids

Published:: November 15, 2009 – 11:53 am
Author:: By admin

A Full Squad Treading The Boards 0

Just a gentle reminder that tomorrow, 6th November, Friends of the Stars will be treading the boards once again, playing as a full band for the first time in a wee while in support of rising folk star Beth Jeans Houghton.

Details…

Beth Jeans Houghton with support from Friends of the Stars and Banksa

Friday 6th November
The Hare And Hounds
106 High Street
Kings Heath
Birmingham
B14 7JZ
Doors Open 8pm
Admission £5.00

Here’s… Read the rest

Categories: Birmingham,Live,Promotion

Tagged: Banksa, Beth Jeans Houghton, Birmingham, Hare and Hounds, Kings Heath, Live, Moseley Folk Festival, Music, The Lunar Society

Published:: November 5, 2009 – 7:48 am
Author:: By admin

ELO Spaceboy 0

I love ELO. I think they rule. One of my many half-arsed ambitions for the future of Friends of the Stars is to make a record with Jeff Lynne. That would be awesome. Anyway, some bloke just made a new animation starring the ELO spaceship. Here it is…

Hats off to Jon Bounds for the find

Categories: Apropos of Nowt,Birmingham

Tagged: ELO, Jeff Lynne

Published:: October 30, 2009 – 9:15 am
Author:: By Craig

A Date With Beth Jeans Houghton 1

Friends of the Stars will be supporting rising folk star Beth Jeans Houghton at the Hare & Hounds, Birmingham on Friday November 6th. The line-up is completed by Banksa, and doors open at 8pm.

See you there.

From the Lunar Society site….

Come November we’re back once again at The Hare And Hounds after our brief diversion in October.

This month once again we bring you 3 fine acts. Beth Jeans Haughton, Friends of The Stars and Banksa.

Beth Jeans Houghton was born in Transylvania to a pack of albino wolves who raised her on chewing tobacco… Read the rest

Categories: Birmingham,Live,Music,Promotion

Tagged: Beth Jeans Houghton, Birmingham, Hare & Hounds, Live, Lunar Society

Published:: September 17, 2009 – 2:13 pm
Author:: By admin

A Beautiful Moment… 0

It almost feels rude to intrude on this sweet, loving moment. …

Here we see Campbell and Executive Producer Robson gazing longingly into each others eyes as the sun sets on an early June evening in Birmingham. Feel the love, folks…

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Categories: Apropos of Nowt,Birmingham

Tagged: Birmingham, Campbell, June, Photo, Robson

Published:: June 5, 2009 – 9:13 pm
Author:: By admin

The Million Dollar Rematch….This Time It’s Personable 0

In the late 1990s in California Dorian Wood decided to track down his worldwide namesakes using the interweb and eventually got in touch with Birmingham-based Dorian Wood. Finding someone who shares your slightly out-of-the-ordinary name on the other side of the globe would be one thing, but to find out that you are both involved in the creation of strange and beautiful music is something quite altogether different.

On Friday 8th May 2009 we are bringing together these two unique talents to play on the same bill for the second time… It’s the Million Dollar Rematch.

Here’s what happened last March, when we did this… Read the rest

Categories: Birmingham,Collaboration,Live,Music,Promotion

Tagged: Birmingham, Boxing, Dorian Wood, Hare and Hounds, Kings Heath, Live Music

Published:: May 6, 2009 – 10:54 am
Author:: By admin

With Apologies To The Dubliners…. 0

This is from Nicky over there on the Digbeth is Good website….

[Audio clip: view full post to listen]

In the raffle at Twestival on 12th Feb I was lucky enough to win a cover of a song of my choice by Friends of the Stars, which was kindly donated by member Craig Hamilton. I inevitably chose an Irish folk song – my favourite, Black Velvet Band.

But then I went and butchered the lyrics to reflect the recent Read the rest

Categories: Birmingham,Collaboration,Music

Tagged: Birmingham, Black Velvet Band, Digbeth, The Dubliners, The Spotted Dog, twestival

Published:: February 26, 2009 – 8:33 am
Author:: By admin

Friends of the Stars @ Birmingham Twestival 0

On 12th February 2009 Birmingham will be joining over 100 confirmed cities around the world in a night of fund raising, partying, competitions and all round fun.

Everyone attending Twesitval will be automatically entered in to the main prize draw for a Nintendo Wii games console with guitar hero. There will also be a raffle on the night with a fantastic range of prizes kindly donated by various Twitter folk. The raffle will take place around 10pm on the evening and people will need to be there to pick up their prize on… Read the rest

Categories: Birmingham,Collaboration,Interactive Tools,Internet Doohickeys,Music,Promotion

Tagged: Birmingham, cover versions, twestival, twitter

Published:: January 24, 2009 – 3:07 pm
Author:: By admin

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