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Alessi's Ark - stream 'Time Travel' with Commentary

Alessi’s Ark – stream ‘Time Travel’ with Commentary

by Alex 19 October 2011 Features

Alessi’s Ark gives full stream of her latest album, Time Travel, along with track by track commentary. Listen Now.

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Alessi’s Ark new video: On the Plains + US Tour with Laura Marling

by Alex 16 September 2011 Music News

Alessi’s Ark has released a new video for ‘On the plains’ from her upcoming album Time Travel. The video features some great live footage of Alessi performing and enjoying an evening in Durham, NC the night of her show at The Casbah during her last trip to the US.

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The Friday Folk Music Club (part 5)

by Alex 19 August 2011 Giveaway

I’ve gone a bit more alternative this week with our selection of videos from O’Death, Alessi’s Ark, Zun Zun Egui, Sigur Ros, Tasseomancy and Horla Patrie…plus we have tracks from AA Bondy, Tenderfoot and Megafaun!

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Live Review: Bella Union Christmas Service @ Union Chapel

by Melanie McGovern 10 January 2011 Live Reviews

What an end to a great year for Bella Union, their issue of John Grant’s Queen of Denmark debut successfully found itself in most magazine and national newspapers’ ‘Albums of 2010′ features, and he too headlined the last uniting of label artists at Union Chapel in the summer.

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Willkommen Collective descend upon The Big Chill

by Alex 4 August 2010 Music News

The fabulous Willkommen Collective are out in force this Friday when they take up residence at The Big Chill’s Lazy Land stage. In addition to 35 of the collective being present from Thursday onwards it’s also Willkommen clarinet player Emma “The Mad Gatter” Gatrill’s birthday so they have extended an open invitation to come and [...]

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Live Review: An Evening with Bella Union

by Melanie McGovern 5 July 2010 Live Reviews

UK record label Bella Union, now in their 13th year are one of the most recognised independent labels going, not least for their discovery of Fleet Foxes which earned the label its first Platinum record, but also for their impeccable roster of artists ranging from the highly acclaimed Andrew Bird and Explosions in the Sky, [...]

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The Rude Shipyard

The Rude Shipyard

by Alex 5 May 2010 Art and Culture

I mentioned a little while ago (on facebook) that I was going to be featuring an occasional piece on venues that offer something a bit different and unique. The first place to catch my eye was The Rude Shipyard run by Pete David and Sally Smith in Sheffield. It’s a cafe/bookshop and the sort of [...]

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Alessi's Ark

Alessi’s Ark – New EP

by Alex 12 April 2010 Downloads

Bella Union have released Alessi’s Ark’s new EP ‘Soul Proprietor’. Alessi Laurent-Marke is one of those singer/songwriters who are able to sound great with what sounds like so little effort. Folks were not slow in recognising this as she signed her first record deal the day before her 17th birthday.

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Communion release unique compilation (Updated with Full Preview)

by Alex 25 January 2010 Music News

Communion, the London-based musician/fan collective responsible for some of the most talked about club nights in London, Leeds and Brighton, are to spread their wings in early 2010 with the release of a unique compilation featuring a host of previously unrecorded songs and exclusive one-off collaborations.

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Alessi’s Ark announces UK and Ireland Tour (plus free download)

by Alex 8 January 2010 Music News

Alessi’s Ark are pleased to announce details of 3 tours of the UK and Ireland this Spring, alongside Sons of Noel and Adrian, Rachael Dadd, and concluding as main support to Laura Marling in April.

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