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
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- September 7, 2010 – 8:42 pm
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From the marvellous ‘Intercourse With Biscuits’ blog. They say “Absolutely loving this Botswanan guitarist. The technique is really intriguing. Apparently, it’s common there to deliberately ditch two strings.”
Categories: Apropos of Nowt,Music
Tagged: Botswana, Guitar, Intercourse With Biscuits, Music
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- March 21, 2010 – 6:03 pm
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Here’s a Christmas treat for you from Friends of the Stars….
“Christmas Inside” by Barry Linnie & Friends of the Stars
[Audio clip: view full post to listen]
If Friends of the Stars were going to do a Christmas song, it just had to be about Yuletide in prison, right? The whole story of how “Christmas Inside” came about can be found on the Sunday Herald website but the potted version is as follows:
Writer, broadcaster and pal of FOTS, Graeme Virtue, asked the band to help him with a very scientific project… Read the rest
Categories: Collaboration,Music,Promotion
Tagged: BBC Radio Scotland, Christmas, Coldplay, Free, Graeme Virtue, iPod, Janice Forsyth, mp3, Music, Snow Patrol, The Sunday Herald
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- December 21, 2009 – 7:00 pm
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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
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- November 5, 2009 – 7:48 am
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Episode 13 of the Friends of the Stars Podcast is an accidental Burns Night Special. Normally the mention of specific dates and events are avoided when the podcasts are recorded, and mainly because the finished article often takes an age to go online. However, and as you’ll hear, the date and time cat was allowed to go galloping out of the bag on this one..
As well as laying down the plans for 2009 at the allotment, Executive Producer Robson and Craig discuss The Myth of The Deep-Fried Mars Bar, How Hard It Is To Dig A Grave… Read the rest
Categories: Collaboration,Music,podcast,Promotion
Tagged: Bruce Springsteen, Jorge Ben, Laura Cantrell, Merle Travis, mp3, Music, PJ Harvey, podcast, She & Him
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- February 23, 2009 – 12:13 pm
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Roll up, roll up for the first FOTS-POD of 2009, which also happens to be the one that takes the tally of podcasts into double figures. However you do the maths, this means we have now unleashed almost 7 hours worth of music and swearing to a disinterested interweb. Makes you proud, doesn’t it.
Episode 10 is a more sedate affair than previous releases. Executive Producer Robson and Craig are found here in a pensive, post-New Year mood and engage in discussions on subjects including Rock Climbing in Cornwall, How The Gulf Stream Keeps Britain Warm and Why The Beatles Aren’t in iTunes. Indeed, it’s not until the alcohol kicks in… Read the rest
Categories: Birmingham,Collaboration,Music,podcast
Tagged: Beatles, Cornwall, Dylan, Gulf, iTunes, mp3, Music, podcast, Springsteen, Stream, Ween
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- January 21, 2009 – 7:52 am
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Thanks to all those kind souls who have added tunes to our Spotify playlist. There are currently 27 tunes in the list, from artists as diverse as Genesis, Hijack, Devo and…erm…Rolf Harris. The list remains open to new selections.
To add to the playlist you need a Spotify account. If you already have an account, click here
Categories: Apropos of Nowt,Collaboration,Interactive Tools,Internet Doohickeys,Music
Tagged: Collaboration, mp3, Music, playlist, spotify
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- January 14, 2009 – 5:39 pm
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