Here are some things that were captured on Friday….
Anna singing with Dorian Wood (USA) on his song ”Watsonvilled”…
..and some photos from the night.
There are many more photos to see in this handy Friends of the Stars / Dorian Wood FLICKR set
Friends of the Stars
Dorian Wood (UK)
Dorian Wood (USA)
There will be some audio to come just as soon as Dorian USA gets home to California and makes it Interwebable.
Were you at the show? Leave a comment below with your thoughts…
Categories: Birmingham,Collaboration,Images,Live,Music
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- March 25, 2008 – 5:51 pm
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Well, ok, 30-odd people in London….
Just a note to say Hello and Thank You to all the kind people who saw us play and gave us such a cool reception last week at London’s 12 Bar Club, and especially to those who bought CDs!
Hopefully we’ll see you again soon.
Categories: Live,That London
- Published:
- March 8, 2008 – 10:30 pm
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- By admin
DORIAN WOOD (USA)
DORIAN WOOD (UK)
FRIENDS OF THE STARS
+ STEP OFF DJs
Doors open 7pm, £3 entry
The Hare & Hounds, Kings Heath, Birmingham
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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 Good Friday 21st March 2008 we are… Read the rest
Categories: Birmingham,Collaboration,Live
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- February 27, 2008 – 10:58 am
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- By Craig
On Friday 21st March we’re putting on a very special night at The Hare & Hounds, Kings Heath, Birmingham.
The night is all about a very special talent all the way from from California USA, the wonderful Dorian Wood, who is touring the UK in March and April playing songs from his debut album “Bolka”
The Bolka album is without doubt one of the best things we’ve all heard in a long time and really, really deserves to be heard by a much wider audience. Dorian has a voice that is really beautiful and unique and he writes songs that, personally, remind me of… Read the rest
Categories: Birmingham,Collaboration,Live,Music
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- February 6, 2008 – 2:03 pm
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- By Craig
..but well done to friend of the band Andrew Dubber of New Music Strategies.
Two or three months back he launched a cheeky and audacious bid to get to the CMJ Music Marathon in Noo Yoik City. He had been asked to speak on some panel or other, but the invitation didn’t extend to flights, accomodation, beer or even cornflakes. So, he hit upon an idea that was amazingly simple – Those who contibuted financially to helping him get there would feature on a t-shirt he would wear as he mingled amongst the movers and shakers. By his own admission he didn’t… Read the rest
Categories: Live
- Published:
- October 20, 2007 – 10:52 am
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- By Craig
In other news….seems Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy pops up playing a cop in Episode 15 of RKelly‘s bonkers and insane HipHoppra, “Trapped in the Closet”.
Enjoy x
Categories: Live
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- September 24, 2007 – 3:34 pm
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- By Craig
Apologies for the lack of posts over the last few weeks.
We’re all laying slightly low at the moment due to an incident that took place the night before our launch party when we were attacked on the increasingly mean streets of Balsall Heath.
Campbell was stabbed and is very lucky to be alive, my girlfriend Val was punched in the face and Executive Producer Robson and myself took a severe beating with iron bars. Niiiiiice!
This wasn’t the sort of press coverage we were looking for.
I’d like to point out that the altercation didn’t take place after “an arguement”, as reported by the… Read the rest
Categories: Live
- Published:
- September 6, 2007 – 3:37 pm
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- By Craig
Just a quick note to say thank you to all of you who made it down to our launch party on Sunday. It seems a fun day was had by all and a full review with pictures will appear here very shortly….
In the meantime, Episode 2 of our FREE PODCAST is now available from the Podcast page. You can either listen direct from the page, or download to your MP3 doohickey.
As with Episode 1, if you can name all the songs and artists featured then you’ll win a free copy of our album. Good luck…
Categories: Live
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- August 28, 2007 – 10:42 am
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- By Craig
Dear Friends,
To celebrate the launch of our debut album “Lighting and Electrical” we are having a party in the beautiful settings of the Moor Green Allotments on the afternoon of Sunday 26th August.
We have sounds from the Hot on the Heels of Love DJs, Godfrey Salter and His Invisible Ducks, Paul Murphy and some special guests. There will be a BBQ, cakes, a fully-stocked bar, teas and coffees, indoor and outdoor games and much, much more….
Kids of all ages are welcome, entry is free and the party runs from around 3pm until 10pm, or thereabouts.
Please come join us and feel free… Read the rest
Categories: Live
- Published:
- August 15, 2007 – 9:00 am
- Author:
- By Craig
The CD copies of “Lighting and Electrical” arrived today.
…but only after another ‘Eventually….’
So.
Entirely in keeping with the rest of this album they arrived after being temporarily mislaid by TNT, apparently lost in their ultra complex system for an agonizing 36-hours.
Yesterday evening, as I was being informed by a helpful TNT call centre dude that they had lost the truck that was carrying the CDs from their GPS whatsit (“It’s weird”, he said, “It’s like it’s disappeared or something…”), I contemplated what else could possibly stand in the way of our Commercially Inviable folk music.
The answer to my question was: The moss… Read the rest
Categories: Live
- Published:
- August 15, 2007 – 12:50 am
- Author:
- By Craig
