Ernesto De Pascale (13 Feb 1958-12 Feb 2011)
Monday, 14th February 2011
Loose were devastated to learn that Ernesto De Pascale passed away in his hometown of Florence, Italy this weekend, aged 52. Ernesto was a great man. A real true music lover, he ran his own PR company - Il Popolo del Blues - who were responsible...
Corb Lund guests on Hayes Carll's new album
Friday, 11th February 2011
Big fans of Hayes Carll, here at Loose.We paid a little visit to the wonderful record shop that is Rough Trade West this morning and picked up a copy of his new album, KMAG YOYO. Back to Loose Towers, the CD was straight on the stereo, sat back...
Goodbye To The White Stripes. And A Competition.
Thursday, 3rd February 2011
So The White Stripes have officially split up. They are no more. This is sad news. Here at Loose we're big fans of The White Stripes. Certainly one of the greatest live bands ever!Whilst getting all nostalgic, listening to their music, we found...
RIP Charlie Louvin
Friday, 28th January 2011
Sad news that country legend Charlie Louvin passed away on Wednesday, aged 83.Loose were fortunate enough to meet Charlie when he played the BBC Electric Proms back in 2007, along with both The Handsome Family and Blanche. A proper character.We...
Danny To Unveil New Line-up & New Songs At Winterlude
Thursday, 27th January 2011
You may already be aware that Danny & The Champs are set to headline Betsey's Winterlude Festival on Saturday 19th February at London's historic Conway Hall.What you may not already have known is that, not only will Danny will be unveiling the...
Hurray For The Riff Raff On The Radio
Monday, 24th January 2011
We keep catching Hurray For The Riff Raff being played on the radio, so thought it was about time we gave those plays a mention.Following on from BBC 6 Music's Gideon Coe's plays of Little Things and Take Me, album track I Know You has received...
Monkey Swallows The Universe CD Sale
Friday, 21st January 2011
As regular readers of Americana UK, we spotted that they'd listed Monkey Swallows The Universe's Little Polveir as their video of the day. Filmed at LOOSE's fave west end drinking establishment - The Social. Take a look here.As has become the...
Hurray For The Riff Raff Liner Notes
Thursday, 20th January 2011
Sounds a bit boring, doesn't it - album liner notes? Well we can assure you it's not.This is because our good friend, Mr Gabe Soria, wrote them. The man also responsible for introducing LOOSE to The Felice Brothers.So, he who wrote the writing...
Danny To Play The Americana Road Trip
Friday, 14th January 2011
Danny George Wilson will be heading on upto Newcastle on Saturday 29th January, for The Americana Road Trip.He will be performing solo as part of the Songwriter's Circle, which will be held at the Cluny , along with Steve Wynn (The Miracle 3) and...
Heartworn Highways at the cinema & in the Loose shop
Wednesday, 12th January 2011
As part of a short Cinematic Americana season, Glasgow Film are screening Loose favourite, Heartworn Highways.Full details of the event can be found here. The screening of Heartworn Highways will be on the 30th January.Not only was this an...
Trevor & Hannah's "Can't Wait For The Spring" Film
Tuesday, 4th January 2011
Trevor Moss & Hannah-Lou have a new video to share with us. "Can't Wait For Spring" is a film by Simon Green, filmed during Trevor & Hannah's village hall tour, back in February 2010. The film also features Benjamin Folke Thomas, Pepe...
Danny & The Champs back in the Studio + Other News
Tuesday, 4th January 2011
Yes indeed, great news, folks - Danny is back in the studio. We've been lucky enough to get a sneaky listen to a couple of demos and they sound fantastic!Other Champs news comes in from radio-land. Click here, you will be directed straight to...
Listen to Danny & The Champs' Neil Young Cover
Tuesday, 4th January 2011
Pick up a copy of Mojo magazine this month and you will find, glued to the cover, a copy of the "Harvest Revisited" CD. As the title perhaps suggests, the CD features various artists covering songs from Neil Young's classic...
Happy Christmas From Loose Music
Tuesday, 21st December 2010
Folks, we are abandoning Loose HQ 'til the new year. Providing of course we can fight our way through the elements and make it to our various destinations, otherwise we may very well be stuck here for Christmas. Hopefully not.So then, 'til next...
Listen To Hurray For The Riff Raff
Monday, 20th December 2010
Fancy having a listen to the new addition to the Loose family - Hurray For The Riff Raff? Well we've uploaded a track from their forthcoming album especially for you. Head on over to Soundcloud to hear the fantastic track "Too Much Of A Good...
More Top Album Lists for Loose Bands
Monday, 20th December 2010
The Top Album Lists just keep on coming in. Here's the latest...Coming in at No. 19 on the Beat Surrender list, we have The Duke & The King. Following close behind at No. 27, Danny & The Champions Of The World.Our friends over at one of our...
Team Loose Pick Their Top 10 Albums 2010
Friday, 17th December 2010
Top album lists - everyone's doing it. Why should we be any different? Head over here to take a look at Team Loose's lists.Most popular choices seem to be John Grant, Villagers and The National.Obviously though, we have had to exclude all Loose...
New Loose Signing - Hurray For The Riff Raff
Thursday, 16th December 2010
Here at Loose, we're very excited to announce that we have just signed New Orleans' band Hurray For The Riff Raff.The band, led by singer & songwriter Alynda Lee Segarra, are influenced by the sounds of classic country, 1960's Rock ‘n’ Roll,...
Danny Heads To Liverpool
Thursday, 16th December 2010
Good on Danny George Wilson of Danny & The Champs (as you well know). He's heading up to Liverpool today to play an intimate gig in a flat for Americana UK tonight.Admirable indeed, seeing as he played the Loose Christmas Bash last night. The...
Danny & The Champs Confirmed for Winterlude
Wednesday, 15th December 2010
We're pleased to announce that Danny & The Champions of The World have now been confirmed to play the wonderful Winterlude 2011.Run by our friends over at The Betsey Trotwood, the event takes place from 3pm til late on Saturday 19th February,...
Two Loose Bands in BIYL Top 10 Albums List
Wednesday, 15th December 2010
Mark, over on the fantastic Battery In Your Leg website, has revealed his Top 10 albums of 2010. We took a little look and were rather impressed to see Long Live The Duke & The King coming in at No.8, Danny & The Champions Of The World...
Frank Turner Picks Streets Of Our Time As His Top Album
Wednesday, 15th December 2010
Top album for 2010 that is. But that's good enough.Yes, yet another entry for Danny & The Champs into a 2010 top albums list. This time, made all the more exciting as the list was made by Frank Turner. No.1 - top of his list!"Danny is a friend,...
The Arlenes on BBC Radio London
Monday, 13th December 2010
The Arlenes made an appearance on the Robert Elm's radio show on Friday. It's up on the BBC iPlayer for the next few days. Have a listen here.They have a chat, play some songs and give a little plug to their next couple of gigs - the Loose...
Trevor & Hannah to play Drifter Promotions Christmas Show
Monday, 13th December 2010
Trevor Moss & Hannah-Lou will be headlining the special Drifter Promotions Christmas show, along with King James.The event takes place at The Basement in Brighton on Friday and this is where you'll need to head to get yourselves some tickets.
CORB LUND'S RADIO 2 SESSION
Friday, 3rd December 2010
So, Corb Lund was in session (from Nashville) on Radio 2 on Wednesday. As we mentioned. The show is online for the next week, so we thought we best provide you with the listen again link. This way then.Also, it was a good excuse to share this...