Roving Crows
Roving Crows | |
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 Roving Crows, 10th August 2013 | |
| Background information | |
| Origin | Gloucester, England |
| Genres | Celtic Fusion, Folk Rock, |
| Years active | 2009–present |
| Mitglieder | Caitlin Barret Paul O'Neill Greg Wilson-Copp Tim Tolhurst Loz Shaw |
| Past members | Joe Ball Josh Balen |
The Roving Crows are 5 piece Folk Fusion band based in Gloucestershire and Herefordshire, England. The band's musical influences include traditional Celtic music, Klezmer, Ska, Latino, Jazz, Reggae, Country, Americana and traditional Folk Music.
History
Formation & Self-Titled Album
Singer-Songwriter Paul O'Neill and fiddle player Caitlin Barrett formed the Roving crows as a duo in 2007. The band went through several line-up changes early in its life. A self-titled album was recorded in 2009 with John David at Berryhill Studios with the addition of Mark Miletech on double bass and Phil Hall on drums.
Greg Wilson-Copp joined the Roving Crows in 2010 on trumpet, bringing Ska and Soul influences to the sound. By this point the rhythm section had changed to Joe Ball on bass guitar and Josh Balen on drums, and in 2011 this line-up self-recorded and released an EP previewing the new musical style since the debut album. Soon afterwards, Tim Tolhurst was recruited on drums after Josh Balen stepped down.
In the same year they won 2 Irish Music Awards; ‘Top Celtic Rock Band’ and ‘Top Fiddle Player’, accredited to them by the Irish Music Association.
Bacchanalia
In late 2011 the Roving Crows went into Rockfield Studios to record their second album with producer Nick Brine (who also worked with acts such as Ash, Oasis, Bruce Springsteen, Seasick Steve and The Darkness. Bacchanalia was released on the ? 2012 with a release party at Gloucester Guildhall and an ensuing tour of the United Kingdom and Ireland including performances at Cambridge Folk Festival, Trowbridge Village Pump Festival, Lakefest, Ireby Folk Festival, Wychwood Festival and Cheltenham Jazz Festival. In 2012 they won ‘Best Folk Act’ at the Exposure Music Awards as well as being noticed by both national and regional BBC radio stations, including airplay on Mike Harding's Folk Show and The Paul O'Grady Show
Deliberate Distractions
After spending much of 2012 without a bass player, Loz Shaw joined the Roving Crows in October 2012 whilst the band was half way through the writing process for their third album. A self-recorded EP simply entitled 'EP 2013' was released in February 2013 with four new tracks including a live recording of the Roving Crows' arrangement of Music for a Found Harmonium. The Roving Crows returned to Rockfield Studios in March 2013 to record Deliberate Distractions, again with producer Nick Brine. It is set to be released on the 4th November 2013.
Mitglieder
- Paul O'Neill (Lead Vocals, Acoustic Guitar)
- Caitlin Barret (Fiddle, Vocals)
- Greg Wilson-Copp (Trumpet, Vocals)
- Tim Tolhurst (Drums, Vocals)
- Loz Shaw (Fretless bass guitar, Vocals)