Mostly Autumn acoustic live at the BBC2;

http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/console/b011lgxl

Follow the link or google; BBC2 Radio Sunday Bob Harris and go to 1:18 hours … versions of Evergreen and Heroes, acoustic and a collection of Bryans fav. tunes.

Classic Rock Soceity Awards:

Best Male Vocalist – Peter Nicholls (IQ)
Best Female Vocalist – Olivia Sparnenn (Mostly Autumn)
Best Keyboard Player – Clive Nolan (Pendragon)
Best Bass Player – John Jowitt (arK ex-IQ, Paul Menel)
Best Drummer – Gavin Griffiths (Mostly Autumn/ Panic Room)
Best Guitarist – Bryan Josh (Mostly Autumn)
Best Album – Go Well Diamond Heart (Mostly Autumn)
Best Track – Satellite (Panic Room met Ann-Marie & Gavin)
Best CRS Live Act – Mostly Autumn
Best Band – Mostly Autumn
Best New Band – Parade (een shoot of van Mostly Autumn)
CRS Personality – Anne-Marie Helder (Panic Room/Mostly Autumn/Parade)

Congrats!

http://classic-rock-and-more.blogspot.com

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Heather Findlay:
Haar nieuwe EP "The Phoenix Suite" is vanaf volgende week te bestellen; http://www.heatherfindlay.net/
Met oa Dave Killminster (staat nu een solo te geven op Roger Waters Wall).

Liam Davison:
De tweede gitarist van Mostly Autumn heeft een prachtige solo plaat afgeleverd. A Treasure of well Set Jewels.
Een recessent schreef:

Why do we need Pink Floyd, if we have Liam Davison.

Ja het album is goed, rockt en heeft veel floydiaanse momenten.
Een review op http://www.mostlypink.net

Shine on,
Louis & Nick

Hallo,
De x-mas shows zitten er weer op!
Geweldige shows, emoties, rock, epics en natuurlijk de MTV X-mas charts… lol.
De band staat er met meer overtuigingen met meer pit als ooit te voren.
Olivia groeit gestaag als een podium diva en ze neemt een dosis Rock met zich mee.
Maar Bryan blijft de stuwende kracht achter deze band. Hij bewees met een gemak dat hij met zijn gitaar weer eens uitsteeg boven de gemiddelde muzikant. Solo’s en riffs beïnvloed door de superlatieven en zelfs een Jimmy Hendrix gevoel daalde neer… echt ongelooflijk.
Trots was de band over de opkomst, die ondanks het hele slechte weer, de grootste traffic jam in Nederland ooit!
Ook bijzonder was de Oosterpoort in Groningen, de eerste maal in het verre Noorden en dan in zo’n mooie goed gevulde zaal!

Fotoos van hun laatste optredens:

Roger Newport / Zoetermeer.
van Groningen by Bert Treep.
Jorrit van Bennekom / Groningen & Verviers.
Jaak Geebelen / Verviers.

Leuke reacties vind je terug op www.mostly-autumn.com.

Het nieuwe album is te winnen op www.mostlypink.net.

Prettige dagen,
Louis & Nick.

Mostly Autumn gig tonight @ New Castle is canceled for dubious reasons…
Lees meer op hun site: http://www.mostly-autumn.com

Maar de Kerstsfeer zit er al goed in en de comments op hun laatste optreden in York, 4 december, zijn veel belovend.
Fotoos oa op:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/alan-photos/sets/72157623993088375/with/5240730293/

CU next weekend;
Vrijdag de 17de De Boerderij Zoetermeer
Zaterdag Oosterpoort Groningen
Zondag Spirit of 66 Verviers

Love, peace & slippers,
Louis & Nick.

Gratis kaartjes:

http://www.dprp.net

http://classicrockfestival.web-log.nl/

Het nieuwe album op:

http://www.mostlypink.net

Zondag 28 November 20:00 uur een interview met Bryan Josh
@

http://www.symphoshop.com/

 
Bryan Josh 

Gratis kaartjes:

Er worden 2 x 2 kaarten weggeven voor elk van deze concerten van Mostly Autumn :

17.12.2010 De Boerderij Zoetermeer NL
18.12.2010 Oosterpoort Groningen NL

Er zijn 2 x 2 kaarten weggeven voor elk van deze concerten van Mostly Autumn :

17.12.2010 De Boerderij Zoetermeer NL
18.12.2010 Oosterpoort Groningen NL

De gelukkigen zijn…

Oosterpoort Groningen :

Chantal Gommans Meppel
Wouter de Boer

Boerderij Zoetermeer:

Harriette de Bruijn Vianen
Wim Hoogendoorn Alphen aan den Rijn

De winnaars hebben persoonlijk bericht gehad.

De sluitingsdatum voor deze aktie valt op zaterdag 11 december 2010
Mostly Autumn : www.mostlyautumn.web-log.nl

That Night In Leamington DVD

On Friday 2nd April 2010 we all crammed in to the Leamington Assembly to witness the end of a journey, a long and inspiring road, stretching back further than thirteen years. It was a final farewell to Heather Findlay’s time with Mostly Autumn. To all of us it was a last chance to celebrate the magic that Heather wove throughout that journey, a fitting testament to the end of an era and I’m sure you will all join us in saying “Go Well Diamond Heart”…

Www.mostly-autumn.com.

Liam Davison.
Liam wil releases his solo album A Treasure Of well Set Jewels on 18th October 2010.

The debut solo album by Mostly Autumn guitarist Liam Davison is a cornucopia of aural delights.
Guests include fellow Mostly Autumn band mates, Heather Findlay, Iain Jennings and Gavin Griffiths plus Paul Teasdale (Breathing Space) and Simon Waggot.
All songs are new compositions by Liam except 'Once In A Lifetime' a joint composition with Heather Findlay which is a beautiful piece with a gorgeous concept.
The album is to be recorded at Fairview with John Spence.

The first edition of this release will be strictly limited to 1,000 copies with bonus material and comes in two versions – 'Emerald' and 'Diamond'.
Emerald edition: Enhanced CD in slipcase with bonus tracks and video material. (800 copies only).

http://www.wymeruk.co.uk/Store/index.php?_a=viewProd&productId=1330

Hello Again!

Firstly I'd like to say a huge thank you to all of you who have found me here! It's great to see so many of you already using the forum and signing my mailing list too!!

Farewell Mostly Autumn

As many of you may already know my final performance as front-woman with rock band Mostly Autumn took place on 2nd of April this year and was filmed for a now soon to be released DVD.

I hope the film captures the true spirit of what was a thoroughly emotion drenched evening, super charged, in my opinion, with some of the band's most energetic performances to date. Last week took me to Fairview studio's where I sat in on the mixing sessions for the audio with Bryan Josh and John Spence and the audio alone stands up to being some of the best ever captured during my time with MA and I'm sure the visual aspect, which none of us have yet seen will only enhance this further. Keep an eye on http://www.mostly-autumn.com for news on its' release date.

Off Radar

I've been somewhat quiet publically for a month or two, but since having announced my plans to depart from Mostly Autumn my feet have barely touched the ground! Alongside working very hard on writing for my new solo venture, I have also been involved with some very exciting side projects too…!

Simon Snaize

For many years now I have worked on and off musically with my dear singer, song-writing, guitarist friend Simon Snaize.

Simon moved to the USA for quite some time though we always sought each other out upon his return and so have both contributed in the past to each other's demo's and noodles over the years. This time Simon came back long enough to put together a couple of albums…

The second of which, Simon has asked me to sing on and we are due to begin the sessions for which very soon. The album is an eclectic collection of songs with a very tight and beautiful concept which should take the listener on a journey through shades of very English folk a la Nick Drake and Sandy Denny, through almost Bluegrassy Americana, to Classical waltz type pieces with even the odd Tango thrown in! It's possible you may get to hear the odd drum bash, or whistle toot upon which too as Simon is interested in adding some of what each contributor has to offer. Nice. An album I can't wait to hear!

Maidu

Back in February I was approached by producer Tzfat who invited me to collaborate with him and 20 year old Rob McAndrews for an album the pair are working on and is due for release in March next year under the project title Maidu. Back in February I wrote lyrics for and sang on the as yet untitled track which is due for release as Maidu's first single on 4th October this year.

Maidu can be described as being somewhat akin to similar artists Eskmo and Flying Lotus with the addition of melody – hence my involvement, and are being loosely termed as belonging to the Dubstep genre although being more 'glitchy, tripped out music infused with dub'.

Working with Maidu gave me a real chance to experience a totally different style of music as a writer and performer. As you know I love so many different types of music and am always willing to explore new avenues, so on hearing the track and being given the brief, I happily accepted! Click here [ http://www.heatherfindlay.net/downloads/SwainAsd.mp3 ] for a little taster. More info as I get it…

Liam Davison

Closer to home, Liam Davison, long term member of Mostly Autumn and dear friend has asked me to collaborate with him on his forthcoming album 'A Treasure Of well Set Jewels'.

Liam asked me to write lyrics for and sing on album track 'Once In A Lifetime' which is a beautiful piece with a gorgeous concept. I accepted Liam's offer and recorded a guide vocal for which a couple of weeks ago now and am due to record the final version during the album sessions sometime in the next month or so. Working with Liam was so effortless and the collaboration came together very quickly, the album is to be recorded at Fairview with John Spence so I am expecting it to all be as comfy as a pair of old slippers. (If I were to ever wear any that is!)

Rock-a-bye Baby!

On a personal note, I am over the moon to share with you the news that Ian, Harlan and I are expecting baby Findlay-Loftus number two, who is due on Oct 28th

Me!

So, on to the fully 'Moi' bit! As you already know the main thing I've been doing this year is writing and writing and recording demos and writing some more!

I am happy to report that I have come up with a lot of material that I am really and truly happy with. My musical relationship with Chris Johnson has effortlessly gelled into being a wonderful partnership of unspoken wavelengths and relentless creativity regardless of whatever the angle, genre or flavour of my new material has so far been. To this end and testament to Chris's limitless talents behind the mixing desk, and with each instrument, noise, effect, or idea he has so far thrown at the material, I have asked him on board to co-produce my project.

Given that the new material has differed so very much from track to track I have decided at this point, rather than try to squeeze and mould a collection of very different sounding songs on to one album and expect them to live happily ever after for album's sake, I am going to release a series of EP's compiling of around 4 or 5 tracks each. Each EP will then have its' own feel entirely. From artwork; format; personnel to of course content! This I find to be a really fresh and invigorating way to work; a way that allows me to push outside of the usual boundaries a bit and to get excited over lots of different feels and special formats and all in a relatively short space of time too.

So, the first EP is likely (although not definitely) to be called Phoenix. Its' character is dark, quirky, bohemian, rocky and very vibey! Oh, and did I say rocky? Well, that too!! I am still a tidsy bit undecided as to who I will be asking on board in the rhythm section department at the minute, although I am thoroughly excited to announce that guitarist Dave Kilminster will be joining us for EP number 1! For those of you that don't know him, he is a bit of a guitar-hero/god/meister! And fortunately, friend too so we probably won't have to gold-plate the studio bathroom taps… this time! Seriously though I first met Dave many years ago through Anne-Marie Helder, furthermore, on stumbling upon him (not literally you understand) at the Roger Waters after-show in Malta 2006, we became very good friends and have come to realise we have a lot of common ground in terms of musical tastes and indeed sense of humour so I can't wait to get jamming! The sessions with Dave are to take place before his departure for the forthcoming, all new RW tour which begins in late August this year.

I plan to see 'EP number 1' released sometime in September. More updates soon!

Time to love you and leave you…

Thanks so much for being so supportive and for your patience through my silent moments too!

Take care all and see you soon!

Love,

Heather xxx