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NEWS
APRIL 2010
Sampler, Lord Mouse and the Kalypso Katz,
Little Birdie, Hazi Brothers and other upcoming
releases
We have put together a compilation from all the
current and upcoming releases on the label, available
here for 7€ including postage, or free with
the purchase of any of the CDs in our catalogue,
featuring 14 great tracks. The first album from
urban calypso band Lord Mouse and the Kalypso
Katz is now on sale in shops and online.
Folk/blues trio The Hazi Brothers'
latest album "The Plum Harvest was Bad This
Year" will be available digitally from May
30th, and Canadian songstress Little Birdie's
latest disc "I Left the City Burning"
will be released physically on the same date. Other
upcoming releases include Allen Devine,
David Judson Clemmons and The Slaters
- we'll keep you posted with more details
Cannery Row Festival
Cannery Row Records presents a showcase festival
in the Friedrichshain club Lovelite (Simplonstr.
28-30, S-Bhf Ostkreuz) on Fri April 30th, with 9
great bands whose music styles range between Americana,
Folk, Rock'n'Roll and Calypso. As well as the bands,
there will be great tunes to dance to from DJ Tomcat,
video projections and thanks to the girls from the
Kalypso Katz, fashion-lovers won't be disappointed
either. It kicks off at 9pm, and you can dance 'til
dawn, all for just 10€.
Festival Line Up:
Lord Mouse and the Kalypso Katz http://www.myspace.com/lordmousethekalypsokatz
Strip me Naked http://www.myspace.com/stripmenakedberlin
Two Dollar Bash http://www.twodollarbash.net
David Carroll and the Migrating Fellows http://www.myspace.com/migratingfellows
Allen Devine http://www.allendevine.de
Little Birdie http://www.myspace.com/weelittlebirdie
David Judson Clemmons http://www.myspace.com/fullbliss
The Hazi Bros. w. fp/m http://www.myspace.com/hazibrothers
DECEMBER
2009
Cannery
Row Records will
be represented at SXSW in Austin, Texas for
the 4th year in a row. The label will be taking
part in the delegation to the conference organised
by the Berlin Music Commission, and Mark Mulholland
will be playing a showcase as part of the
music festival. Mark's album is released in
the USA under license from Cannery Row by
Cadiz Music/Koch Distribution.
JUNE
2009
The
Durgas will
be doing an extensive European tour in July
and August. For more info check out the Tourdates
page.
Eamonn
Dowd will be touring in Germany again
in September and October to promote his new
album "Mansions of Gold",
which has already received good reviews
in the British and Belgian press.
Cannery
Row Records is pleased to announce that we
will be releasing the debut album of the Berlin-based,
16-piece calypso band Lord Mouse and
the Kalypso Kats. More details soon.
Two
Dollar Bash will be touring in Germany,
the Netherlands and Belgium in October, and
have hooked up with the Paris-based booking
agency Artracksion, who have
started work on a tour of Germany, Switzerland,
Italy, France and Spain in Novemebr and December.
JANUARY 2009
THE DURGAS CONTRIBUTE TO TWO FILM SOUNDTRACKS,
EAMONN DOWD TOUR, NEW ALBUM
For the
documentary feature Hotel
Sahara, directed by Bettina Haasen,
produced by Gebrüder Beetz (Berlin), The Durgas
contributed the title track called ’In Between’. The film is
featured at the DOC Alliance and will be shown at the following
upcoming documentary film festivals around Europe: >>> film
website
Visions du Réel
International Film
Festival
Nyon,
Switzerland
April 23rd - 29th, 2009
6th Planete Doc Review
Warsaw, Poland
May
8th - 17th, 2009
The Durgas are
also going to contribute
to the soundtrack of Energy Autonomy in
collaboration with producer/composer/musician Noa Winter Lazerus.
This film, produced by Fechner Media (Germany),
documents the necessity and feasibility of energy transition by
energy autonomy.
>>> film website
EAMONN DOWD AND THE RACKETEERS have
finished their new album, "Mansions of Gold", which will be released on
Cannery Row Records in the spring. You can hear some excerpts on their myspace page
Eamonn will be on tour solo in February in Benelux, and with the band
in Germany in April
DECEMBER
2008 -
TWO
DOLLAR BASH SELECTED FOR SXSW 2009 - THIRD SUCCESSIVE YEAR!!! +
INVITED TO SHOWCASE AT FOLK ALLIANCE CONVENTION
Two
Dollar Bash have
been selected for a remarkable third successive year to play a
showcase gig at the prestigious South by Southwest music industry
conference and festival, which is widely viewed as one of the most
important live music and industry events in the world.
The
band has also received an invitation for a showcase at the North
American Folk Alliance annual conference in Memphis, Tennessee, in
February. This is another important event which is attended by
festival bookers, agents and labels from throughout the United States
and Canada.
+++ October 2008
Two Dollar Bash will
be on tour in Germany, the Netherlands and Belgium
to promote "Lost River". See Tourdates page for
details.
+++September
2008
Two Dollar Bash "Lost River" release in Germany at FOLKTOWN,
Grüner Salon, Berlin, September 19th
Two Dollar Bash will mark the German
release of "Lost River" with a concert on Friday
September 19th at Folktown , a new event showcasing
the talents of Berlin's roots/acoustic/Americana scene, at the
Grüner Salon in the Volksbühne, along with Trailhead
and The Cowboy Killers. For more info, go to the Folktown myspace page
Eamonn Dowd
is just finishing work on a new album,
which will be available early in the new year
+++May 2008
Jason McNiff
Cannery Row Records is proud to announce the release of English
troubadour Jason McNiff’s album «In my
Time», available from May 9th. The album is a collection
featuring 4 brand new recordings alongside highlights from his 3
critically acclaimed albums. “One of the UK’s best kept secrets”
Mojo
Live launch show: Tuesday May 13th,
21.00h, East of Eden International Bookshop, Schreinerstr.10,
10247 Berlin, with support from Mark Mulholland.
plus an additional gig on Wednesday May 14th at Artliners,
Gärtnerstr. 23, 10245 Berlin
>>>tourdates
>>>releases
Two Dollar Bash
Scottish/French roots/folk/country band Two Dollar Bash
will be on tour in the UK in June to promote their third album, “Lost
River”, which will be released through Proper Distribution on June
9th.The album will be released in Germany in September.
>>>tourdates
>>>releases
The Durgas
After their tours of Thailand, Hawaii and the West Coast of the USA,
The Durgas will be playing around Germany over the next few months to
promote their album “Back to the Start”
>>>tourdates
>>>releases
The Slaters
Canadian folkies The Slaters will be doing a series of dates around
Europe in May. Their album, “Fresh Pint” will now be released in the
autumn, when they will come back over for another tour.
>>>tourdates
>>>releases
The Great Escape and Europavox
Cannery Row Records will be represented at
two forthcoming music conventions/festivals: The Great
Escape in Brighton, England on May 16th and 17th and Europavox
in Clermont Ferrand, France on June 4th-6th.
Anyone wishing to arrange a meeting, please contact mark@canneryrowrecords.com
+++ March 2008
Eamonn Dowd & The Racketeers
have a brand new single out, called The Women 'round Here
It's available as a download only (as is the fashion these days). Click
on the link below to buy it for €0.99. Les Keye is taking production
credit, so you can blame him if you don't like it. We've also got
downloadable art work here for you. If you get a kick out of collecting
round pieces of plastic, you can always burn the track onto a CD, get a
jewel case and print out the sleeve. Image 1 Image 2 Right
click and "Save as"
http://www.downloadmusic.ie/?product=961
London label Troubadour Records
are releasing “The Devil on the Stairs”, a solo album
by Mark Mulholland of Two Dollar Bash, under license
from Cannery Row Records. The double CD is comprised of one disc of
studio recordings and another of a live gig from London's 12 Bar Club.
In advance of the release of the album, Troubadour has released an i-Tunes
EP consisting of "Don't Want to Hear You Laugh" from the
studio part of the album, "Taking a Taxi" from the live disc, and two
bonus tracks not on the album, "Departure Lounge Blues", a new song
recorded in San Francisco" in January with Rusty Miller and James Finch
Jr of the great Californian band Jackpot, and "Lonesome Whistle", a
solo version of a song which also features on the third Two Dollar Bash
album, "Lost River", due for release in June.
You can download the tracks via the
following link:
http://www.apple.com/search/ipoditunes/?q=mark+mulholland
There will be a CD release party on Monday March 31st, at the 12 Bar
Club, Denmark St, London, starting at 7.30pm. Mark will be playing with
drummer and percussionist Chris Hughes, who also played on the album.
Also playing on the same bill will be Jason McNiff, who is celebrating
the UK release of his album "In my Time" on Snowstorm Records (which
will also be released in Germany by Cannery Row Records in May), and
Phil Shoenfelt and Pavel Cingl, whose album "Live in the House of Sin"
is being released on Exupery Records
Two Dollar Bash at SXSW. Two
Dollar Bash are about to set off for Texas, where they will play for
the second successive year at the South by Southwest Festival and
conference (SXSW) in Austin. The showcase is on Wed 12th March
at 1 am, at the Ale House, 310 E. 6th St (alley
entrance)
The new Two Dollar Bash album, "Lost
River", will be released in June in the UK, and September in
continental Europe. Some extracts can be heard on the band's website and myspace
page
THE DURGAS have just
finished a great series of concerts on the island of Hawaii
promoting their frist official release of their acclaimed debut album "Back
To The Start". The Durgas are just back from their support
tour in Thailand/Cambodia, where they played to and with children from
Tsunami affected areas (the Tsunami anniversary being the 26th of
December) and Burmese refugees, in HIV hospitals and in communities
where they are bringing together children from different ethinc and
religious groups. Check their website for further information.
From May 2008 on the
Durgas will be coming back to tour in Europe Check
out latest news and tourdates of the great Durgas family at www.thedurgas.com
New signings from the US, UK and
Canada We are happy to welcome some new members to the Cannery
Row tribe: Montreal folkies The Slaters, English
singer-songwriter Jason McNiff, spacey country
rock’n’rollers Jackpot and songsmith and
multi-instrumentalist Tom Heyman, both from San
Francisco, are all joining us to release their albums in 2008. Check
the releases page for more info.
Solo album by Mark Mulholland on UK
label Troubadour Records
Cannery Row Records is pleased to announce that we are licensing the
recording "The Devil on the Stairs" by Mark
Mulholland, of Two Dollar Bash, to Troubadour Records, a sub-label of
the UK company Easy Action Records
Troubadour are releasing a double album, comprising the original 11
songs from The Devil on the Stairs, self-released by Mark in 2003, plus
"Taking a Taxi" from the first Two Dollar Bash album, and a second disc
recorded live at the 12 Bar Club in London in 2005.
The album will be released on March 31st, with
worldwide distribution, combined with a gig at the 12 Bar featuring
Mark and Chris Hughes, who played drums and
percussion on the album. This will in fact be a triple release party,
with sets from Jason McNiff, who is also releasing "In
my Time", an album which he will be licensing to Cannery Row
for continental Europe, and Phil Shoenfelt and Pavel Cingl,
whose album "Live at the House of Sin" will be
released on Czech label Exupery Records in February.
There will be an iTunes single in conjunction with
the release of The Devil on the Stairs, with “Don’t Want to
Hear you Laugh” from the original recording, “Chilled
Beer, Sunshine and Miniskirts” from the live disc, and two
bonus unreleased tracks: “Lonesome Whistle”, a solo
version of a song which also features on the new Two Dollar
Bash album, “Lost River”, and “Departure
Lounge Blues”, a new song recorded in San Francisco in January
2008 with Rusty Miller and James Finch Jr
of Jackpot.
+++ November 2007
Cannery Row Records now is on Myspace too
- pay us a visit!
Our last Newsletter
, both in German and English.
Buy The Durgas '
album "Back To The Start" in our Shop - before its official release! 5 Euros of
each CD will support the realisation of their benefit tour this
December/January in Thailand/Cambodgia, where they will play to and
with children from Tsunami affected areas (the Tsunami anniversary
being the 26th of December) and Burmese refugees, in HIV hospitals and
in communities where they are bringing together children from different
ethinc and religious groups. Check their Website for further
information.
The Durgas are
touring the US westcoast and Hawaii in January/February
2008, coming back to tour Europe next April
and May. Check the Tourdates.
After an exiting summer - having last toured
the UK for 3 weeks - Two Dollar Bash are
working on their new album "Lost River" to
be released next spring. Also they regularly play shows in various
German venues. Check the Tourdates.
+++ August 2007
We are proud to announce that Cannery Row
Records will be releasing a special bonus edition of
the album "Back to the Start" by
The DURGAS album .
The Durgas will be performing in Berlin
during Pokomm on 21st of September, LOVELITE, at the sensational FRANKY
BOY´S Event
RIDING
THE DEVIL FROM DUSK TILL DAWN
- a very special POPKOMM Night -
German Info
Friday, 21st September 2007 featuring:
SUPER 700 EXPLOSION (Berlin)
THE DURGAS (USA)
ABALONE DOTS (Sweden)
THE HONEYS (China)
plus Special Guest “The Funny Clown” and
surprises
Location:
LOVELITE - SIMPLONSTR. 38/40 - 10245
BERLIN-FRIEDRICHSHAIN
U/S Warschauer Str. – S Ostkreuz – M13 Wühlisch-/Gärtnerstr.
Eintritt 8,- Euro / Doors 10pm till open End
www.lovelite.de
+++ June 2007
Check out Keeley Brinemans Animation on Two Dollar Bash's song "Wayward
One" (Album "On The Road")
WAYWARD ONE ON YOUTUBE
NEWSLETTER TWO DOLLAR BASH MAI 2007
(NewsletterMai07de.doc / 44 Kb / Klick right
to download)
MATT’S CANADA/USA TOUR DIARY 2007
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