Ghosts Night Out

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.

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Jimi FM

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!

Brian Ledford’s Kingdom of Rust Video

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.

Ghost of Gone Birds – Talking Naturally Interview

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!

Brian Ledford Covers Kingdom of Rust

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!

A House

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You heard it here first right? ;)

Guy Garvey Collaboration News

With big thanks to John for the heads up!

An interview with Jimi on 6 Music news. Jimi again talks about the Bird Effect project and his solo record. What’s new from this interview is jimi talking about his collaboration with Guy Garvey and that it would be on the solo record he is working on.

 

Lost Souls in The Guardian

In today’s Guardian Chris Salmon explains why Lost Souls is his favourite album:

Even if you didn’t listen to a word of Lost Souls’ lyrics, you’d struggle to remain unmoved by the rivers of raw emotion flowing through it. But pay attention to the tales of tough times and broken relationships that Goodwin is spinning and your heart feels like it’s been whacked with a cricket bat wrapped in a blanket. There are the nightmares and insomnia of Sea Songs; the quiet despair of the title track; the sighing resignation of Break Me Gently (there’s a clue in that title too); and the full-tilt blubfest of Cedar Room, with its chorus howl of “I tried to sleep alone, but I couldn’t do it”. Sure, there are “blue skies ahead” in the sumptuous The Man Who Told Everything, but only because its desperate character has just sold some life-wrecking secrets and is doing a runner to the airport.

To read the full article, click here.

A Doves Music Blog exclusive for you, I can finally reveal what the Williams brothers have been upto! For more info check out the Williams Brothers Brewery website! ;) Thanks to Caught By The River for the tip!

Xfm recap

On Monday Jimi was the special guest on the new Mary Anne Hobbs Xfm show Music: Response.   The show is available to listen to at Xfm on demand here. The interview starts 2 hours in.

During the interview Jimi spoke at length about his work on the Bird Effect with Ceri Levy. There is to be another Bird Effect performance for Ghosts of Gone Birds, this time in Shoreditch sometime in November. More on that as I get it!

Jimi also spoke about his ‘solo’ record which he hopes will sound like some mad mix tape! He has been working with Simon Dine, who is probably most known for producing the last couple Paul Weller records.

Of Course Mary Anne Hobbs asked Jimi about the status of Doves, again Jimi reiterated they are taking a break/hiatus whatever you want to call it. Jimi compiled a rather eccentric mix for the show which you can listen to below. The mix includes some of Jimi’s demos, spot them if you can!

Echoes In The Alleyway Part Two?

First off, don’t forget to tune into Xfm on Monday night at 8pm to hear Jimi on the new Mary Anne Hobbs show. Jimi had done a guest mix for the show and will be in the studio for a chat also.

It is hard to believe Echoes in the Alleyway is almost a year old! We will be marking the one year anniversary, more on that very soon!

There is talk of maybe doing another project for a 2013 release! but could do with some other peoples thoughts.

The timing of the project last year couldn’t have been better with the Doves best of out, it coincided with Doves ‘last gig for awhile’ among other things. I borrowed the idea (after it was suggested to me) from another artist website, who does this every year! Not sure how he does it, the work that goes into it is mega. You have no idea how much I appreciated the help I got from those of you who contributed to the project.

Should we do it again? If so what could be better..

what could be done different?
What didn’t you like?
Was 2CDs worth of tracks too much?

The project will be very different than the original Echoes release, but with the same objective of raising even more money for charity.

What are your thoughts? Got any suggestions? We want to hear from you, even if its just to say don’t do it again or to show your support! There is a thread on the official doves forum here. If you are not a member   then you can comment on this post or email me at nicky@dovesmusicblog.com