Duke And The King In Uncut's Album of The Year List

Monday, 29th November 2010

Long Live The Duke & The King has been placed at No. 32 in Uncut's 50 Best Albums of 2010 list and  No.4 in their 20 Best Americana Albums of the year! The new issue of the magazine also features single, Shaky on the free CD."If the Felice...

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Corb Lund In Session On Radio 2

Friday, 26th November 2010

We highly recommend that you tune your radios in to Radio 2, this Thursday (2nd December) at 7pm. Loose legend, Corb Lund will be in session on the Bob Harris Country Show, performing some acoustic tracks.Corb's albums, "Hair In My Eyes Like A...

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Danny Talks About Roald Dahl On BBC Radio 2

Tuesday, 23rd November 2010

Here at Loose Towers, we've just been tuned into the BBC iPlayer, having a listen to last night's Radio 2 programme on "How Roald Dahl Shaped Pop Music". It's all rather good and well worth a listen.However, the highlight for us is, of course,...

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Danny Champ's Springsteen Playlist

Friday, 19th November 2010

Here at Loose Towers, there has been much excitement over the release of the boxset of Springsteen's "The Promise".Such excitement has very much been shared with Danny of Danny & The Champions of The World.In fact, so great was Danny's enthusiasm...

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Loose Christmas Bash!

Friday, 19th November 2010

Yes folks, finally, we bring you the long awaited details of the Loose Christmas Bash!We're very happy to confirm that The Arlenes will be headlining the event. And if that's not reason enough to go rushing right over to WeGotTickets to snap up a...

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A Nice Little Danny & The Champs Album Review

Thursday, 18th November 2010

Alright, so it's not far off a year ago that Danny & The Champs' Streets Of Our Time album came out, but it's end of year list time isn't it? Album of the year anyone?Either way, we just came across this great little review, posted today - take a...

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Oly Ralfe's Mighty Boosh Documentary

Wednesday, 17th November 2010

Oliver Ralfe (aka Oly of the Ralfe Band) has made a Mighty Boosh documentary.Here's some text we pinched straight from the Ralfe Band's website;Shot in an observational style by award-winning filmaker Oliver Ralfe, the film provides an intimate...

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Howe Gelb on BBC 6 Music

Tuesday, 16th November 2010

If you missed Howe Gelb in session on BBC 6 Music on Sunday, we recommend you head on over to the BBC iPlayer here and catch it while you still can. Hear Howe play a few session tracks, in amongst much flirting with Cerys Matthews.

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Willard Grant Conspiracy London Show

Tuesday, 16th November 2010

We know how hectic everyone's diaries get around this time of year his, so this, folks, is your 1 week warning for the Willard Grant Conspiracy's headlining show at The Luminaire. Tuesday 23rd November then.Support comes by way of Ben Folke...

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Danny Goes Solo For Tour

Tuesday, 9th November 2010

Due to unforeseen circumstances, Danny will be now performing the November dates solo, as Danny The Champion of The World.

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Trevor Moss & Hannah-Lou To Support Dylan LeBlanc

Monday, 8th November 2010

We're very excited to reveal that Trevor Moss & Hannah-Lou have just been confirmed as UK tour support to the very wonderful Dylan LeBlanc. Dylan's debut album, Paupers Field has been playing rather a lot on the Loose stereo since it was...

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Danny & The Champs Tour With Drive-By Truckers

Friday, 5th November 2010

Tempting as it was to just post this image of the Drive-By Truckers tour poster and let you marvel at it's loveliness without us tainting the post with our ramblings, we thought perhaps we ought to highlight it's relevance;Danny & The Champions of...

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Danny Champ's Bonfire Night Playlist

Friday, 5th November 2010

Danny of Danny & The Champions of The World, kindly stepped in to help with our special 5th November playlist, choosing the perfect music to accompany our firework displays. Have a listen here.Why not check out the full list of Loose's Spotify...

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Loose Compilation Unearthed & In The Shop

Wednesday, 3rd November 2010

Here at Loose Towers we've been having a little tidy up. It doesn't happen very often, which is why we've only just re-discovered a long lost box of Loose Selections compilations from way back in 2003.5 years worth of Loose Music - 19 tracks...

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More R.G. Morrison Tour Dates Added

Tuesday, 2nd November 2010

Good news for Spaniards; R.G. Morrison has just announced some extra dates. Check out the full list of Spanish, German & Swiss dates over in Loose Live.In addition to this, people of the Bristol area will undoubtedly also be happy to learn that,...

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Duke & The King's French & German Tour Dates Cancelled

Tuesday, 2nd November 2010

Unfortunately, the D&TK have had to cancel their remaining European tour dates. This includes Cologne tonight, Berlin, Hamburg & Paris.Here is the official statement from the band;"We are very sad to announce The Duke & The King will be cancelling...

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Trevor Moss & Hannah-Lou Play Radio Two

Monday, 1st November 2010

Trevor Moss & Hannah-Lou were in session on BBC Radio 2 on Saturday 30th October. They appeared on the Bob Harris Show with Gideon Coe.You can listen again on the BBC iPlayer here. TM & HL make their appearance from about 1hr 15mins into the...

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Willard Grant Conspiracy in The Guardian

Monday, 1st November 2010

Here's a little extract from last week's Guardian, mentioning Robert Fisher's appearance on The Bandwidth Sessions;"There are two things that mark Belfast's wonderful Bandwidth Sessions out from the many other live session websites out there....

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Willard Grant Conspiracy London Gig Tomorrow

Thursday, 28th October 2010

The Willard Grant Conspiracy are back in town this Friday, 29th October, to play The Pennyblackmusic Bands Night. Get yerselves down to the Half Moon Pub, Herne Hill, London tomorrow - the first band's on at 8.15pm.There are a few tickets priced...

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Duke & The King Telegraph Interview

Thursday, 28th October 2010

Another paper, another Duke & The King interview. This time Simone Felice spoke to the The Telegraph.Why not have a read here.

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Extra Magic Numbers Dates For Danny and Trevor Moss & Hannah-Lou

Monday, 25th October 2010

Danny of Danny & The Champions of The World will be supporting The Magic Numbers with a solo set at the Botanique in Brussels this Wednesday (27th Oct).Friday night (29th Oct) at Cafe de la Danse in Paris will see him joined by his Champions,...

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Tonight's Duke & The King Glasgow Gig Cancelled

Monday, 25th October 2010

Due to a family bereavement, we're sorry to announce that tonight's Duke & The King gig at the Oran Mor in Glasgow has been cancelled.All other gigs are due to go ahead as planned.

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Duke & The King's O'Gloria video For Guardian Music

Friday, 22nd October 2010

The band dropped in to The Guardian's music studio the other day, midway through their European tour, to perform the track O'Gloria. You should, of course, recognise this as being the first track on their new album (Long Live The Duke & The King,...

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Duke & The King on Loose Ends

Tuesday, 19th October 2010

Saturday was a busy day for The Duke & The King. Not only did they perform their special stripped down set at Rough Trade East, they also popped by the BBC to play No Easy Way Out on Radio 4's Loose Ends.Take a listen on the iPlayer HERE.

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Magic Numbers Tour Film

Monday, 18th October 2010

Trevor Moss has made a nifty film about the recent UK tour that he and Hannah-Lou and Danny The Champ recently did with The Magic Numbers.Watch 'em here...

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