tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-174439072024-03-13T16:05:03.010+00:00Smoke FeathersThe Official Smoke Feathers Website.Smoke Feathershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02962814164536620760noreply@blogger.comBlogger78125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17443907.post-71804718908007309402013-03-26T11:15:00.000+00:002013-03-28T09:42:09.221+00:00Liberation LP now on YouTube in fullWe have uploaded all of the <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/liberation/id499075168" target="_blank">critically-acclaimed Liberation LP</a> to the <a href="https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLQ-9vu9qhlCm8mzSps2YQ8apzBwx0eS5u" target="_blank">Smoke Feathers YouTube page</a> so that you can listen to the tracks from the album for free. If you like what you hear, please 'like' our <a href="http://www.facebook.com/smokefeathers" target="_blank">Facebook page</a> to keep up to date on what's going on in our world. We have a few more surprises in store over the next few weeks as we start building up to the release of new material later in the year. Stay tuned.<br />
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<br />Smoke Feathershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02962814164536620760noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17443907.post-41998112310239786222013-03-02T18:41:00.000+00:002013-03-02T18:41:39.915+00:00Listen to Liberation on SoundcloudTo celebrate the first anniversary of the release of our critically-acclaimed Liberation LP, we are making the entire album available to listen to for free on our <a href="http://www.soundcloud.com/smokefeathers">Soundcloud</a> page. There is also a bunch of free downloads on the page for you to help yourselves to. If you want to buy any of the tracks or the full album, you can find our music for sale on <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/liberation/id499075168">iTunes</a> and <a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/Liberation/dp/B00853NMUO">Amazon</a>. Thanks to everyone for supporting our music in the last year. It's been a great 12 months and we have a load of exciting plans ahead of us, including new releases. Stay tuned.<br />
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<br />Smoke Feathershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02962814164536620760noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17443907.post-58831454795957924402012-11-29T11:04:00.001+00:002012-11-29T11:04:51.644+00:00Final live show of 2012We are bringing 2012 to a close with our last live show of the year this Saturday at the <a href="http://www.soundmusicvenue.co.uk/">Sound Music Venue</a> in Cheltenham. We've been huddled away for the last few months, working on new material for follow up to the critically-acclaimed <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/liberation/id499075168">Liberation LP</a>. We will be showcasing some of the tracks from the new album on Saturday as part of an extended set and selling Liberation at a one off price of five pounds. Support comes from the excellent <a href="http://www.facebook.com/harryjonesmusic">Harry Jones</a>. Tickets are three pounds and <a href="http://www.wegottickets.com/event/192208">are available here</a>. See you there.<br />
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<br />Smoke Feathershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02962814164536620760noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17443907.post-29089785858814400302012-06-11T12:15:00.000+01:002012-06-22T13:49:18.830+01:00South America single launch with Blue Rose Code and HiatusWe are thrilled to announce some very, very special guests for our <a href="http://www.facebook.com/events/422702517760387/">South America single launch party</a> at the <a href="http://www.229thevenue.com/">229 Club</a> in London on Wednesday, July 18. The mighty <a href="http://www.bluerosecode.com/">Blue Rose Code</a>, among the finest purveyors of modern Celtic folk on the scene today and on the verge of releasing a very highly-anticipated debut album, will be joining us. If you haven't heard the music, you owe it to yourself to <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qmh3IzzP9gc&feature=player_embedded">check it out</a>. If you haven't seen Blue Rose Code live, then you owe it to yourself to do so before the album goes stellar. It's a huge privilege to have such a talented singer, guitarist and songwriter as Ross Wilson on the same bill, not to mention his fantastic band. If that isn't enough, Cyrus "<a href="http://www.facebook.com/hiatusmusic">Hiatus</a>" Shahrad will kindly be performing with us again on keyboard in a one-off appearance which will include the first ever live renditions of <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VPHQj3Da644&list=UUuPMTsT8SfWya7GHTngTj7w&index=0&feature=plcp">Change Up</a> and <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CnrVEf42iQY">Book of Prayer</a> from <a href="http://hiatusmusic.bandcamp.com/album/change-up-ep">our recent collaborative EP</a>. It's going to be a cracking night, people. Hope you can make it. Tickets are available from <a href="http://www.seetickets.com/Event/SMOKE-FEATHERS/229-The-Venue/642887">See Tickets</a> and <a href="https://agmp.ticketabc.com/events/smoke-feathers/">the venue</a>.<br />
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<br />Smoke Feathershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02962814164536620760noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17443907.post-14955377538269664192012-05-16T11:39:00.001+01:002012-05-16T11:39:10.350+01:00Interview and feature in R2 magazineEarlier this year, the excellent <a href="http://www.rock-n-reel.co.uk/">R2 magazine</a> gave our Liberation album <a href="http://smokefeathers.blogspot.co.uk/2012/01/four-star-review-for-liberation-lp-in.html">a glowing 4* review</a>, saying it was "a consciousness-raising collection" of "exceptional songs". This month, they have kindly featured an interview with us. You can check it out below.<br />
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<br />Smoke Feathershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02962814164536620760noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17443907.post-8377679216107302522012-05-03T08:58:00.000+01:002012-05-03T08:58:39.860+01:00Video for Change Up - Hiatus feat. Smoke FeathersHere is the video for Change Up, the lead track from a new EP by <a href="http://www.facebook.com/hiatusmusic?ref=ts">Hiatus</a> featuring Smoke Feathers. The track is one of three on the EP. You can download B side <a href="http://soundcloud.com/hiatus/flickering">Flickering here</a> for free and another track, Book Of Prayer, will follow shortly. Please share the video and free music with your friends and family. The promo was directed by the very talented Ed Spencer with help from Rosemary Hill. Big thanks also to colourist Chris Teeder and graphics expert James Smith. Stay tuned for more from the Hiatus/Smoke Feathers stable.<br />
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<br />Smoke Feathershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02962814164536620760noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17443907.post-70314722266636267972012-04-12T14:58:00.000+01:002012-04-12T14:58:59.739+01:00Interview on Radio Cardiff with Rhys PhillipsOn Easter Monday morning, cycling through the rain, I got a call from <a href="http://www.radiocardiff.org/">Radio Cardiff</a> DJ Rhys Phillips. Rhys played Liberation Theology and South America from our album, <a href="http://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/liberation/id499075168">Liberation</a>, and we did an interview about the band, the songs and what we've been up to over the last few months. You can listen back to it by <a href="http://www.rhysphillips.co.uk/radio/breakfast/">clicking here</a> and fast forwarding on the player to about one hour 30 minutes into the show.<br />
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</div>Smoke Feathershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02962814164536620760noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17443907.post-23583883485503104362012-04-03T11:03:00.000+01:002012-04-03T11:03:38.199+01:00Chris Hawkins says Liberation Theology is "absolute class", plugs our album launchFor those of you who may have missed it this morning, <a href="http://www.chrishawkins.org.uk/">BBC 6 Music DJ Chris Hawkins</a> played Liberation Theology again on <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01f886j">his early show</a>, saying the tune was "very special" and "absolute class". Chris also very kindly plugged the night we are holding at the <a href="http://www.pulluptheroots.co.uk/page.php?id=92">Hoxton Bar & Kitchen on Tuesday, April 10</a> to celebrate the launch of our critically-acclaimed album, Liberation. You can listen back by heading to about 25 minutes into the show <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/console/b01f886j">via this link</a>. We'd like to say a huge thank you to Chris for all the support ahead of the launch. You can buy Liberation Theology and the rest of our album from<a href="http://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/liberation/id499075168"> iTunes by clicking on this link</a>. Tickets for the album launch, with support from the excellent <a href="http://www.facebook.com/jbandthehighlys">John Blood & The Highlys</a> and <a href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/Gary-Nock/6795391273">Gary Nock</a>, <a href="http://www.wegottickets.com/event/157858">can be bought here</a>.<br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-uwb8M-C1SkY/T3nzGSFTm1I/AAAAAAAAAWQ/O0AXeZAV8Fk/s1600/6music300.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-uwb8M-C1SkY/T3nzGSFTm1I/AAAAAAAAAWQ/O0AXeZAV8Fk/s1600/6music300.jpg" /></a></div>Smoke Feathershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02962814164536620760noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17443907.post-12980523320381123372012-03-29T17:18:00.000+01:002012-03-29T17:18:17.772+01:00Gary Nock joins line up for Liberation launch<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">We are delighted to announce that the fantastic singer-songwriter <a href="http://www.garynock.com/">Gary Nock</a> will be joining us at <a href="http://www.facebook.com/events/199285646846913/">our album launch</a>, opening the night on Tuesday, April 10 at London's <a href="http://pulluptheroots.co.uk/page.php?id=92">Hoxton Bar & Kitchen</a>. You will have probably heard Gary's sound on last year's <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ytDF5A0KEbs">Mars TV advert</a>, which used his wonderful track Make It Better. You can buy Gary's album <a href="http://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/the-life-we-learned-to-live/id474778715">here</a> and tickets for the <a href="http://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/liberation/id499075168">Liberation album</a> launch are available from <a href="http://www.ticketweb.co.uk/user/?region=gb_london&query=detail&event=495099&interface=">Ticket Web</a>, <a href="http://www.wegottickets.com/event/157858">We Got Tickets</a> and <a href="http://www.seetickets.com/Event/SMOKE-FEATHERS/Hoxton-Square-Bar-Kitchen/621059">See Tickets</a>. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-XNZ34bcNFSo/T2sYEL9HI2I/AAAAAAAAAVg/wPkRBaTzPD8/s1600/john.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-XNZ34bcNFSo/T2sYEL9HI2I/AAAAAAAAAVg/wPkRBaTzPD8/s320/john.jpg" width="213" /></a></div>Smoke Feathershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02962814164536620760noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17443907.post-14905563175115082722012-03-20T12:05:00.000+00:002012-03-20T12:05:15.023+00:00Session on Janice Long Presents goes liveThe three live tracks and interview we recorded with <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b006wr0n">BBC Radio 2 DJ Janice Long</a> for her <a href="http://janicelongpresents.com/">Janice Long Presents</a> web station are now live, so<a href="http://janicelongpresents.com/performance/smoke-feathers-south-america/"> please check them out by clicking here</a>. We recorded three songs - South America, We Will Maintain and Liberation Theology from our <a href="http://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/liberation/id499075168">critically-acclaimed debut album Liberation</a> - and talked with Janice about the band and the inspiration behind some of the tracks. Janice has been a great champion for Smoke Feathers in recent months, giving us some of our first major radio play and coming down to gigs when she can, so we'd like to say a big thank you to her for asking us to be involved in the<a href="http://www.facebook.com/janicelongpresents"> launch of this new venture</a>. Don't forget we have our <a href="http://smokefeathers.blogspot.co.uk/2012/02/lp-launch-at-hoxton-bar-kitchen-april.html">album launch</a> at Hoxton Bar & Kitchen on Tuesday, April 10.<br />
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Thursday, March 8 - <a href="http://www.lantarenvenster.nl/">LantarenVenster</a>, Rotterdam<br />
Friday, March 9 - <a href="http://www.perron-3.nl/cultureel">Perron 3</a>, Den Bosch<br />
Saturday, March 10 - <a href="http://www.roepaen.nl/">Roepaen Monastery</a>, Ottersum<br />
Sunday, March 11 - <a href="http://deduif.home.xs4all.nl/">De Duif</a>, Amsterdam<br />
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