News from the Baltic Sea...
September 2012
Hi again folks and welcome to the new readers! Just back from a wonderful two weeks in Germany, most of which was spent cruising around the north coast playing shows along the Baltic Coastline. Until about a month ago I didn't even know Germany had a Baltic Coastline, but as it turns out, it's pretty nice up there... There's even a few surf shops! (Hence the photo). Well not surf shops as we know them in Australia, because there's not actually any surf.... But waves or no waves, there was something wonderfully familiar about doing a show barefoot in a surf shop (this despite me never having played in a surf shop before). I guess it was a feeling of being at home, with the sand between my feet and not a care in the world... Which may tell you something about where I'm going to end up in the longer term...
Anyway a big thanks to the folks at Tartort Hawaii* for having me to play, and to the rest of the venues and audiences on my little German walkabout for being so welcoming along the way... Not forgetting Lena and Julia at the Vondomachine for making it all possible in the first place. What a treat for a bald Australian dude to play some songs he wrote in Ireland on the north coast of Germany. It's one of the things I love about music - you sit down to write a song and you just never know what sort of adventure it's going to take you on.
And before I forget, whilst I'm on the topic of thank yous.... I must say a big CHEERS! to all the legends/champions/good-timers who came along to the Fieldnotes launch in London!! It was a wonderful experience for me to launch an album on the other side of the world, and it was great to be able to share it with everyone in the room. A shout-out here also to Tom Figgins and the Paper Shades for gracing the stage, and last but not least the incredible Andy Schrav for absolutely tearing it up on the keys as usual. The man can play! For those of you who are interested, I've put a little video of our first song on youtube - The Mission... Hope you enjoy it!
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If you'd like to see a replay of the entire evining, here are the links you'll need.
http://www.justin.tv/thebedfordlive/b/329672722
http://www.justin.tv/thebedfordlive/b/329682177
Anyway plenty of tour dates coming up, which depending on where you are reading this will either be over there on the right, or somewhere down the bottom. A few shows in London this month, then a trip to Ireland at the end of October, back to where the album started... May also be some dates in mainland Europe to tell you about, best to keep an eye on the website as I'm regularly updating that along the way.
Alright that'll do me for now but before I shoot off, here's a link to a picture from my last show in Germany, the Melodica Festival in Boltenhagen, with Ollie on the lap steel... One of the tour highlights for sure, hope to be back there again next year...
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Thanks for your continued support. It's been 9 years since I started this little journey, can you believe that?! So much for that Commerce degree....
Cheers,
Renny
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*(In case you were wondering, Tartort Hawaii means "Crime Scene Hawaii" in German, but the people there seemed far too nice to commit crimes of any nature. They were serving me cups of herbal tea. People who make herbal tea can't be too dangerous...).
UPCOMING SHOWS, 2012
SUN 23RD SEPTEMBER Broken Folk @ Battersea Mess & Music Hall Doors 6.30. £3. Supporting Liz Lawrence
TUES 25TH SEPTEMBER The Troubadour, London Doors 7.30pm. £6 www.troubadour.co.uk
TUES 23RD OCTOBER The Troubadour, London Doors 7.30pm. £6 www.troubadour.co.uk
WED 24TH OCTOBER The Sitting Room Sessions De Barra, Clonakilty, Cork, IE Free Entry. 8pm start.
FRI 26TH OCTOBER Ma Murphys, Bantry, Cork, IE Free entry. From 9pm.
SAT 27TH OCTOBER Arundels by the Pier Ahkista, Cork, IE Info +353 2767033
SUN 28TH OCTOBER Apollo Sessions, Dublin, IE Bleeding Horse Pub, Camden Rd Free entry. From 8pm.
WED 31ST OCTOBER The Fireside Sessions Bradleys Bar, Cork, IE Free entry. From 8.30pm
SAT 17TH NOVEMBER Kensington Roof Gardens, London Supporting Felicity Kaya More info to come...
+ More to be announced...
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