Harvest Sun Promotions presents...Josh Rouse at the Black-E

Harvest Sun Promotions presents...Josh Rouse at the Black-E Liverpool

This Thursday a Harvest Sun All Timer to Liverpool for the first time since 2004, as JOSH ROUSE comes to the landmark Black-E buildling.  The buidling built absolutely years ago (Wikipedia for all the juicy facts) houses one of the most wonderful venues we've seen in a very long time - think a mini version of the Paradiso in Amsterdam and you're almost there.

This is one of only 5 UK dates for Josh and the only one in the Northwest, all in support of his brilliant new album, Josh Rouse & The Long Vacations.  We can't wait to be honest, it could be our finest hour yet.  Check out the beautiful poster above listen to all his albums on Spotify then purchase your ticket.

Below are more of our upcoming shows including new ones with SLEEP PARTY PEOPLE, MOON DUO, The People's Balearic Disco with PSYCHEMAGIK, CHRISTIAAN WEBB of the spawns of Jimmy Webb, The Webb Brothers and WALLIS BIRD.

26/01 JOSH ROUSE @ The Black-E

30/01 FRANCOIS & THE ATLAS MOUNTAINS @ Leaf Bold Street

01/02 LINDI ORTEGA @ Leaf Bold Street

14/02 HIGH PLACES @ The Shipping Forecast

23/02 THE WAR ON DRUGS @ The Kazimier

24/02 COLD SPECKS @ Leaf Bold Street

25/02 FANFARLO @ The Static Gallery

07/03 CASS McCOMBS @ Leaf Bold Street

08/03 VERONICA FALLS @ Leaf Bold Street

16/03 DIAGRAMS @ The Static Gallery

24/03 PSYCHEMAGIK @ Leaf Bold Street

19/01 CHRISTIAAN WEBB (The Webb Brothers) @ The Static Gallery 

20/04 SLEEP PARTY PEOPLE @ Mello Mello

09/05 WALLIS BIRD @ Leaf Bold Street

23/05 THE HANDSOME FAMILY @ Leaf Bold Street

07/06 MOON DUO @ The Static Gallery

Tickets for all shows available right here:

http://www.ticketline.co.uk/harvest-sun#bio

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Merry Christmas from Harvest Sun

A few Christmas words from Harvest sun and news on more gigs for 2012

Right before we go any further we would just like to thank anyone who attended any of our gigs over the past 12 months in any shape or form, sober or straight, we salute you and would like to wish you a very merry Christmas.  We've had some great shows from early in the year with Gruff Rhys in February to the journey Wooden Shjips took us on at the Kazimier in September then onto Roddy Frame and Other Lives a month or so back.

The year isn't all over music-wise though, we've got a cracking New Years Party at The Static Gallery, a class of 2012 if you will.  It's gonna be a cracker.  We have Loved Ones, The Sundowners, Endeci, It's Murder Beams, Grand Lunar and Cantmixwontmixshdntmixdontmix DJ's keeping the disco going long into the night.  Tickets only £6 from Probe Records and ticketline RIGHT NOW.

Now for the nitty gritty, since our last mail out we've added some great new shows to our 2012 fixture list.  These are Cass McCombs, Veronica Falls, High Places, Diagrams, Lindo Ortega, Phantom Limb and Harvest Sun all timers, The Handsome Family. 

Most of these should all appear at least once in everyone's collection.  If not, re-write that Christmas list cos every one is worth checking out.  Take Lindi Ortega for instance, a relatively unknown Country singer from Canada; well she's just beaten the likes of Fucked Up, Chilly Gonzalez and Timber Timbre to the #1 Canadian album of the year over at Snob Music.  High praise indeed.

We could go on all day, but there isn't any sign of a dud in them there gigs.  Here they all are here...

19/01 LANTERNS ON THE LAKE @ The Static Gallery

26/01  JOSH ROUSE @ The Black-E

01/02  LINDI ORTEGA @ Leaf Bold Street

14/02  HIGH PLACES @ Mojo

23/02  THE WAR ON DRUGS @ The Kazimier

24/02  COLD SPECKS @ Leaf Bold Street

25/02  FANFARLO @ The Static Gallery

07/03  CASS McCOMBS @ Leaf Bold Street

08/03  VERONICA FALLS @ Leaf Bold Street

09/03  PHANTOM LIMB @ Mello Mello

16/03  DIAGRAMS @ Mojo

23/05  THE HANDSOME FAMILY @ Leaf Bold Street

 

Tickets for all shows available right here:

 

http://www.ticketline.co.uk/harvest-sun#bio

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Harvest sun Promotions - Winter 2011 gigs in Liverpool

Winter listings from our good friends at Harvest Sun. There is more info on some of the acts playing on the site but heres some more info to refresh your memories.

Good evening droogs, it's been a long time and as we're approaching Christmas we thought it would be time to reveal what's been happening at Harvest Sun Towers and the gigs we've got on offer for the remainder of the year and into 2012.

First up we have USA's LOCH LOMOND, whose newest album,, 'Little Me Will Start a Storm' has garnered critical praise from all and sundry since its release a few months back. Including an 8/10 from Drowned In Sound. Support from Goodnight Lenin, The City Walls and All We Are.

7.30pm, 22 November @ The Static Gallery, Roscoe Lane (off Berry Street). Listen here

Next we welcome New York's FOREST FIRE to The Shipping Forecast. They first caught our attention when their debut long player, 'Survival' won album of the year on the wonderful French Blog, 'La Blogotheque'. Their new one, 'Staring At The X' has had critics falling over themselves to heap yet more praise on them. Support from Manchester's Driver Drive Faster, who sound like a yet to be heard Sub Pop great, and local rising stars, Tacoma and Greenwich Tea Party who recently supported Harvest Sun faves Other Lives in London.

7.30pm, 28 November @ The Shipping Forecast, Slater Street. Listen here

And here we go again... on 30 November, upstairs at Leaf Bold Street, we welcome the wonderful MEG BAIRD, lead singer of twisted folkies ESPERS. She is touring in support of her sublime new album, 'Seasons On Earth'. Think Nancy Elizabeth and a bit of Vashti Bunyan and you're not far off. We've managed to persuade the equally beguiling EMMA TRICCA to travel up from the south to support, and they'll be joined by Fallen Leaf (Joe Keelan of The Random Family), one to watch, Emily Cimber and David Barnicle.

7.30pm, 30 November @ Leaf Bold Street. Listen here

All that and a New Years Eve Party at Static (details to follow), the great JOSH ROUSE at The Black-E on 26 January, THE WAR ON DRUGS @ The Kazimier on 23 February, then the next day we welcome the gospel-soul of COLD SPECKS who stole the show last week on Jools Holland (here & here).

See you soon.

Details of tickets and where to buy them are all below along with pics of who you're coming to see.

Loch Lomond £5adv available here & Probe Records (School Lane)

Meg Baird £7adv available here & Probe Records (School Lane)

The War on Drugs £9adv available here & Probe Records (School Lane)

Forest Fire £6.50adv available here & Probe Records (School Lane)

Josh Rouse £15adv available here & Probe Records (School Lane)

Cold Specks £6.50adv available here & Probe Records (School Lane)

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Josh Rouse at the Black - E - Liverpoool

Harvest Sun Promotions presents... 

JOSH ROUSE @ THE BLACK -  E

Great George Street, Liverpool L1 5EW
+ very special guests

7.30pm, Thursday 26 January

Tickets £15 adv available from www.ticketweb.co.uk & Probe Records

Although born in Nebraska, singer/songwriter Josh Rouse moved to various cities throughout his childhood and subsequent musical career, driven at first by his father's military career and later by his desire to take inspiration from different environments. He paid tribute to his birthplace on his 1998 debut, Dressed Up Like Nebraska, and explored the influence of his adopted home state, Tennessee, with 2005's Nashville. Rouse later settled in Spain and explored the country's musical traditions, although his songwriting continued to exhibit the summery, rootsy appeal of his earlier work.

As a child, Rouse spent time in California, Utah, Wyoming, Nebraska, South Dakota, Georgia, and Arizona. Music was one of the few constants in a life filled with new towns, new schools, and new friends, and he took comfort in bands like the Smiths and the Cure. After receiving several guitar lessons from his uncle, Rouse began writing songs as an 18 year-old and molded himself into a skilled composer, eventually scoring a contract with the Rykodisc subsidiary Slow River. His debut album, Dressed Up Like Nebraska, was released in 1998 to widespread critical acclaim. He pulled up stakes shortly thereafter and resettled in Nashville, where he was befriended by Kurt Wagner, frontman of the chamber country group Lambchop. The two began writing together and issued a collaborative EP, Chester, in the fall of 1999.

Rouse's second solo record, Home, appeared the following spring and was followed by Under Cold Blue Stars in 2002.. Before the release of his next album, however, Rouse's marriage ended and he moved from Nashville to Spain. Released in 2005, Nashville served as a farewell to both the city and his marriage; it was also his most fully realized record to date, featuring Brad Jones' lush production and Rouse's poignant, nostalgic lyrics.

Once in Spain, Rouse settled in the small seaside town of Puerto de Santa Maria and began writing songs shaped by his new surroundings. Jones eventually flew into town, and the two captured a relaxed and intimate vibe on 2006's Subtitulo. After the release of two EPs (Bedroom Classics, Vol. 2 and She's Spanish, I'm American, the latter of which was recorded with Rouse's girlfriend, artist Paz Suay), Rouse chose to handle his own production for 2007's Country Mouse City House. He also married Suay, became a father, and relocated to Valencia's Mediterranean coast.

Rouse's eighth studio album, El Turista, was released in 2010, a full five years after his relocation to Spain. Living abroad for half-a-decade had left an indelible mark on the songwriter, who sang several of the album's tracks in Spanish. Ironically, the bulk of El Turista was recorded in Nashville with Brad Jones, a move that only strengthened the globe-trotting appeal of Rouse's songwriting. For the 2011 release Josh Rouse & the Long Vacations, the singer/songwriter drew from the AM radio sounds he grew up with, as well as present-day influences from his adopted home of Spain.

Josh Rouse and the Long Vacations’ marks a new peak in achievement for the Artist. One that bridges both history, and what is to come. All highlighted in a musical collection that also reflects the current day, and the here and now for the artist. This is the world of Josh Rouse circa 2011: An American, born in the Midwest, who has over his life called many parts of the United States home, but an American now living a more cosmopolitan existence in modern Europe. The common thread through this rich journey has been the music – distinctive, appealing, and much celebrated across the globe. And so the life of Josh Rouse, of the Artist, is reflected in this set of new recordings, a new album, his ninth overall, and with the simple title, ‘Josh Rouse and the Long Vacations’.

In drawing the album’s players from a mostly local crew of musicians, the Artist has made an excellent choice. Across the breadth of these nine songs, the supporting cast exhibit an uncanny ability to interpret the material with perfection. In addition to core Long Vacations members Xema Fuertes and Caio Bellveser, the record is enhanced by contributions from special guests Refree (a.k.a. Raül Fernández) on the theremin, piano, moog and vox, Robert DiPietro providing drums and percussion, Esteban Perles (on more drums) and Paco Loco on the baritone guitar. 

http://www.joshrouse.com/

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