News 2010
Fire and Magic Tour
See the special page for all the information
Stephanie – the new “Lola” - October 16th
Stephanie is a
friendly, charming and bubbly woman who happened to be born with a man’s body!
She has spent years trying to live like a man but not feeling her true self.
Then something happened which gave her the self awareness and courage she
needed to take her on the road to a complete sex change. She is an inspiration
for anyone who feels they are living a lie. Have a listen to Stephanie talking
about what happened – on her I’ve just written a song for Stephanie, similar in feel to Ray Davis’ “Lola”, which Annie and I will be performing for the very first time, in front of Stephanie herself, at the Teddington Arms on Saturday October 16th! I don’t know if Lola really existed but there IS a “Stephanie”! I hope she likes the song! Come
and hear the whole of the “Stephanie” song at:- |
Stephanie – the song
V1.
I met her
at a party in Shepperton,
I was by the pool, feeling cool,
Then in
walked Stephanie,
And she
came up to me,
Oh what a
sight to see…
Steph Steph
Steph – a Stephanie.
Marlow Festival The full band performed at Marlow FM's Festival in Riley Park, Marlow on Saturday September 11th and despite the forecast the weather was sunny. The excellent Moody Blues tribute band, "Blue Onyx" also performed and it was a great day! |
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Richmond May Fair
Saturday, May 8th, 12.45pm
This day long fair (around 10am - 5.30pm) held on Richmond Green, Surrey suffered from cold weather for the time of year with patchy drizzle! The Kindred Spirit band performed a 40min spot just after the juggler (12.45pm) and we seemed to go down well to those who were prepared to brave the chill!
Radio Brooklands FM - Monday 25th January
Kindred Spirit appeared on the Brooklands FM's "Surrey Unsigned" Show on Monday 25th January with friendly host, David Durant and studio engineer,Lance.
Annie, Gavin, Mike and Elaine chatted, played quite a few numbers live, discussed the reasons they chose various pieces of music for David to play and generally messed about like naughty school children! Annie was really chuffed to get to read out the weather forecast (with sound effects from Gavin - mainly)! Here are a few pictures of them (below) in the new Brooklands FM studio (we were - in fact - test subjects for the new studio - which seemed to work OK)!
Above - Elaine has control of the studio mic (shared for speaking on air). Right - Annie tries even harder to prevent Gavin from speaking!! |
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You Tube - Best Days:-
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bhdOlxFkGkc&feature=related
You Tube - I'll Always Love You:-
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QTelkoZtudg&feature=related
We've had some lovely comments from David and Lance on Facebook and via email:
"Hi Elaine,
It was a pleasure meeting you and your band this evening! You were great fun and fantastic
musicians! I hope you had fun and enjoyed the experience too! Thank you on behalf of
Brooklands FM and please convey our appreciation to Annie, Gavin and Mike, they were
awesome!
DD x"
"Dear Elaine,
Once again, thank you so much for your fantastic company and musicianship
last night, it was without a doubt a memorable 'Surrey Unsigned' and one of
those 'special' shows I will always remember!
The email below says it all! I understand our esteemed colleague John Cull
is going to air the attached track on his show tomorrow morning around
10:15!
Best wishes,
David x"
"Dear All, Please find attached a slightly mastered MP3 of the final track played by Kindred Spirits of David's Surrey Unsigned show last night. They were a great bunch and David did a brilliant job getting it all together and keeping them under control! Anyhow I thought that you might like to hear the "sound" of St1 on its first real programme last night. If David agrees then I think that we should give this track a good airing once or twice (or more) this week. It's called "Best Days Of Our Lives" and I believe that the Kindred Spirits can be seen and heard at the Crown in Chertsey this Friday evening. All best wishes, Lance" "Best Days" live from Brooklands FM
New Gig Reviews on Lemonrock
We list all our gigs on Lemonrock - a great live music listings site - because this site sends all members weekly listings of all gigs coming up in their area and this really helps
to bring music lovers to our gigs. Annie and I have had a number of gig reviews on Lemonrock and the most recent one entitles "A Dose of the Vapours" (November 29th, by Jim
Wilsher) is really funny - and worth a read. I can also recommend joining Lemonrock; free for music lovers and a small yearly amount for bands; it is really working for live music!
Read the Kindred Spirit Lemonrock reviews:-
http://www.lemonrock.com/kindredspirit?page=reviews
Susie Fison depping for Annie
We are getting more band gigs than ever before now as well as building up enough of a following for the band that we can
attract a paying audience. Add to that the good reviews
we are getting for the new album and I am confident that we
can increase the number and the quality of the gigs we get in 2010. It is always tricky to juggle dates so that everyone
can be
available for a particular gig, when the band members have other commitments like young families, a “proper” day job, studies
for exams etc.. In order to increase the
availability of the full, five-piece band for gigs we have asked the superb Susie Fison,
who currently plays flute for the UK’s only Moody Blues Tribute band, our friends, “Blue Onyx”
to dep. for Annie, to ease the
band availability over some dates where Annie won’t be around.nyx” to dep. for Annie, to ease the band availability over some dates where
Susie Fison |
Susie is a charismatic and accomplished flautist. She is classically trained and
currently plays in the Henley Symphony Orchestra as well as the
wonderful Moody Blues tribute band, “Blue Onyx” and occasionally in
the Tanglefoot Ceilidh band.
In her current groups, Susie has not had much opportunity to improvise
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"Deviant Art" web site
I have created a "Deviant Art" web site for my artwork, where it can be viewed and prints purchased online - see:-
http://kindred-spirituk.deviantart.com/
Cavern Club - You Tube
Our November 2006 performance of "Run Red" at Liverpool's famous Cavern Club can be viewed on You Tube
Gavin’s Gourmet Gannet Guide
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Pub Guide Page
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