Jimi and his Bird Effect Ensemble playing a new track called Didsbury Girl. Lovely track, hope to hear more of that!

Another new Jimi track, this one The Panic Tree which was played on the Jo Whiley BBC show the other week.

Videos by Kenny a regular at the forum. Kenny also went along advertising Doves music blog, which apparently got the thumbs up from Jimi! Cheers Kenny!

Sounds like Ghosts Night Out was a great success. Of course the Ensemble also performed the Bird Effect theme in full, probably a bit too much to expect anyone recorded all 12 minutes of that on their camera!! Doves.net has a couple shots up here.

For those who got in early enough were treated to a performance by Phil Daniels! Thanks to Mila for the info, who took her 14 year old son along to the performance, which ties in with something he is doing for his arts award and music scheme. Good luck with that!

Looking forward to hearing more bird music and of course more from Jimi’s solo record which sounds promising at this early stage.

Looking on You Tube, its hard to believe  Birdy’s cover of Cherry Ghost’s People Help The People has had almost had over a million views if you combine the two videos she has up. More than three times the views the Cherry Ghost original version has! crazy stuff.

Cherry Ghost have got a trio of acoustic shows lined up for December, the first Manchester date is sold out. So you probably shouldn’t hang around getting tix for the other shows in Manchester & London.

Again, if you get the chance on Thursday head to Shoreditch to see Jimi and the Bird Effect Ensemble perform the Bird Effect theme in full. Tix are 6 quid in advance or 8 on the night at Rich Mix. Support comes from blog favourites and fellow Heavenly Records signed Trevor Moss and Hannah Lou, who will also be supporting Cherry Ghost in December!

You know the drill by now.. Jimi is sitting in for Guy on 6 Music Sunday night from 10.  Listen online on the night, or on demand whenever you get a spare couple hours! Playlist is already up on the show website, some interesting selections as always!

Some of you have asked about the possibility of more guitar tabs being added to the site! Nick recently finished off the Lost Sides tabs and these will be up on the site shortly!

The Bird Effect Ensemble pre show – Photo from the Marc Riley facebook

Breath taking! Earlier this evening Jimi and his Bird Effect Ensemble performed the Bird Effect title track in full live on 6 Music’s Marc Riley show. It is a beautiful mesmerizing piece of music, that should be listened to in full. If you have a chance to attend the performance in London next Thursday you should jump at it! Well impressed, Jimi probably should be expecting a call from the National Geographic channel here soon..

Listen to the track in full at the BBC iPlayer here. For Jimi’s section jump to 34 minutes in!

Jimi also briefly talked about the ‘solo’ record, mentioning he hoped it would see light of day next Spring! Exciting times ahead..

Photo from the Radcliffe and Maconie twitter

Earlier in the day Jimi co-hosted the Radcliffe and Maconie show with Guy Garvey. Haven’t had a chance to listen to it myself yet. You can replay the show on demand using the iPlayer here.

You gotta ask.. how long is it before Jimi gets his own 6 music show?!

Of course I take a few days off and I miss a cracker… Jimi was a guest on Jo Wiley’s Radio 2 show last Wednesday which was co-hosted by Guy Garvey.

Jimi was live in session with a couple musicians backing him up on keys & harp. Noticed the band included Jake Evans… of Bad Lieutenant fame I wonder? They started off with a stunning version of Break Me Gently not heard live since 2000 I believe?

Later on the show Jimi mentioned that he and guy had spent a weekend together working and this was one of the results was a track called The Panic Tree, for which they took a sample from an old gospel tune. The Panic Tree is a lovely folky Josh Ritter like track, well worth listening to..

You can still listen to the tracks on the BBC iPlayer here.  Break Me Gently is about 52 mins in then The Panic Tree around 1.15.

Don’t forget tomorrow Jimi & Guy are co-hosting 6 Music’s Radcliffe & Maconie from 1pm through til 4pm. Then from 8pm Jimi will be presenting the The Bird Effect Ensemble live in session on the Marc Riley show.

Jimi will be performing his ‘Ghosts of Gone Birds‘ theme with the help of a 15 strong Bird Effect Ensemble at the ‘Ghosts Night Out ‘ launch at Rich Mix Bar on November 10th. Trevor Moss and Hannah Lou will also be performing plus poetry form Will Burns (Sideshow) and an appearance by artist/bird shaman Marcus Coates. Fundraising tickets now on sale adv £6 from the Rich Mix  website.

There is more.. this coming Sunday Jimi is sitting in for Guy Garvey on Guy’s 6 Music show. The show goes out from 10pm til midnight.

Struggling to keep up? Follow Doves music blog on twitter, where reminders will be posted to keep you right!

Got plans for Halloween? If not then I suggest you sit down to 6 Music all day! Jimi & Guy Garvey are sitting for 6 Music’s Radcliffe & Maconie from 1pm through til 4pm. Then from 7pm Jimi will be presenting the The Bird Effect Ensemble in session on the Marc Riley show. Its expected they will perform the Bird Effect documentary title track, all 11 plus minutes of it! The track that got its live debut earlier this year at the Ghost of Gone Birds exhibition in Liverpool.

A few of you have asked whats happening with Jez & Andy! Last I heard they were busy working on their own material. As soon as news is available you will read about it on here!

That is the video for the Kingdom of Rust cover by Brian Ledford and the Cadillac Desert. Great cover, if you fancy hearing more you can get the album on cd or download at CDbaby here.

A couple weeks back Talking Naturally’s Charlie Moores caught up with Jimi and Ceri Levy at the Bird Fair to chat about the Ghosts of Gone Birds and Bird Effect projects. Its an interesting listen, again they expand upon what the projects are about, how they started and where they are going with them.

Listen now

To listen to the interview, fast forward to 40 minutes in.

For more info on the Ghost of Gone Birds project and its upcoming events, visit their facebook page. There is to be a music night at the next Ghosts of Gone Birds show in Shoreditch at the Rochelle school, which Jimi mentioned he would be taking part in. More as I get it!

Seattle based singer/songwriter Brian Ledford has covered Kingdom of Rust for his latest studio album From Sunlight Into Shadow. The album drops October 4th in the USA, for more info visit Brian’s facebook page & website.

Will update when I have more info!