Same Six Questions: Danny & The Champions of the World

Wednesday, 19th May 2010

Having established himself as one of the UK's most talented purveyors of alt-country, former Grand Drive main man Danny George Wilson co-opted the title of a Roald Dahl book for his current venture. The band spent the beginning of this year...

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BBC Bob Harris session Three: Restless Feet

Friday, 14th May 2010

Danny And The 'Bluegrass' Champions of the WorldRecorded on Saturday 8th May for the BBC Radio 2 Bob Harris show.'Restless Feet' from the album 'Streets Of Our Time'.Thanks to Bob Harris, his producers and The BBC who remain the owners of this...

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BBC Bob Harris Session Two: Streets Of Time

Thursday, 13th May 2010

Danny And The 'Bluegrass' Champions of the WorldRecorded on Saturday 8th May for the BBC Radio 2 Bob Harris show.'Streets Of Time' from the album 'Streets Of Our Time'.Thanks to Bob Harris, his producers and The BBC who remain the owners of this...

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A month of dodging dustclouds

Thursday, 13th May 2010

Simone Felice has returned to his native USA after a month of solo and Duke & The King shows, remarkably dodging volcanoes and their dust on every occasion!?Below is a shot from last night's Florence show and also a video shot before the touring...

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Danny at Heavenly Jukebox

Thursday, 13th May 2010

Rock n roll, psychedelic soul, disco, hip hop, techno, jungle, reggae...Danny and the Champions of the World (live)DJ Ross AllenHVN JBX residents"What’s this? A super spangly dynamite disco brimming with rock ‘n’ roll, psychedelic soul,...

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Simone in Left Magazine

Wednesday, 12th May 2010

Italy's Left Magazine ran a piece on Simone Felice's solo tour in their latest issue.Simone plays Opera Et Gusto in Florence tonight.

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BBC Bob Harris Session One: Parakeets

Wednesday, 12th May 2010

Danny And The 'Bluegrass' Champions of the WorldRecorded on Saturday 8th May for the BBC Radio 2 Bob Harris show.'Parakeets' from the album 'Streets Of Our Time'.Thanks to Bob Harris, his producers and The BBC who remain the owners of this material.

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Danny & The Champions listen again

Monday, 10th May 2010

You can listen again all this week (until Saturday night at some point) to Danny and the Champions of the World's brilliant session on Bob Harris' BBC Radio 2 show. More info and track listings here.(Listen Again)

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Rock N Reel: The R.G.Morrison

Friday, 7th May 2010

Rock 'N' Reel (R2) ran a review of the new R.G. album in their latest issue.

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Simone Felice in Jam

Friday, 7th May 2010

Jam Magazine (Italy) ran a piece on Simone Felice's solo dates in the latest issue.Those solo dates again;May7th May - Zaragoza, Lata De Bombillas8th May - Madrid, Teatro Lara9th May - Valencia, El Loco11th May - Barcelona, Sidecar12th May -...

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The Duke and The King in Kilkenny

Friday, 7th May 2010

We got sent some great photos of the Duke & The King this morning that were shot at the Rhythm and Roots festival in Kilkenny.View them in full on the bands Flickr group;www.flickr.com/photos/thedukeandthekingIf you have shot the Duke & The King...

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Playlist: Blue, Red, Orange and Green

Friday, 7th May 2010

This weeks playlist is a politically charged gem, featuring; Neil Young, Still Little Fingers, Beastie Boys, Marvin Gaye, Sam Cooke, Gil Scott-Herron and Public Enemy.Tune in now

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Time Off Review

Thursday, 6th May 2010

If you are one of those people who wonders, ‘Whatever happened to Grand Drive?’, you will instantly remember the familiar vocal tones of Danny Wilson. His voice is unmistakable; so unique, so raspy, so genuine. He could be singing about...

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Danny & The Champions on Bob Harris

Thursday, 6th May 2010

This Saturday Night (into Sunday Morning) Danny and The Champions of the World will be the session guests for Bob Harris on his BBC Radio 2 show, playing songs live from most recent album 'Streets of our Time'.All info on listening live,...

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RG in Homer

Thursday, 6th May 2010

Loose and The R.G.Morrison were delighted to be on the cover (for the first time amazingly?!) of Homer Magazine.

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The Duke & The King - The IndieLondon interview

Thursday, 6th May 2010

THE Duke & The King have been picking up great reaction to their debut album Nothing Gold Can Stay which has been hailed as a classic of Americana. This soul-folk-glam ensemble mixes influences as diverse as Marvin Gaye, The Band, Smokey ...

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Electric Ghost Special

Wednesday, 5th May 2010

Lee Edwards of the ElectricGhost e-journal met with The Duke & The King earlier this month at The Thelka in Bristol. Look for the interview in a soon to be released issue.Against the backdrop of police meat-wagons and protestors at the prime ...

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Simone Felice at The Hawley Arms

Tuesday, 4th May 2010

LIVE TONIGHT!!!Simone Felice plays a very special solo show at The Hawley Arms.Doors: 7:30 pmThe Hawley Arms, 2 Castlehaven Road, Camden, London. NW18QU£10 on doorSpace is limited to 80 guests. Reservations required via this email.

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Subba-Cultcha

Monday, 3rd May 2010

Can we call a UK band ‘Americana’? Who cares, let’s call it what it really is, good music.Former Grand Drive man Danny George Wilson has really hit the mark with this, his 9th career album. A collection of elegiac yet catchy country ...

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The Camden Crawl

Monday, 3rd May 2010

Was fun...

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Live Guide

Monday, 3rd May 2010

Folk music seems to be du jour at the moment thanks to the likes of Mumford & Sons, Laura Marling and Angus & Julia Stone capturing listeners’ hearts and minds with their gorgeous tunes. Danny George Wilson, former singer-guitarist of...

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Simone Felice Solo UK dates

Friday, 30th April 2010

A few weeks ago we confirmed that Simone Felice would be playing solo at the Greenman festival and yesterday we announced a set of European, Australian, Canadian and Americana dates. We can now announce a full UK tour in August and...

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Leeds review in 'Sup Magazine

Friday, 30th April 2010

"I saw a plane today! I feel like a caveman in a time machine…" The opening gambit from Simone Felice, one half of The Duke And The King, could have been construed as the demented ramblings of a gin soaked tramp at any other juncture of...

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Playlist: Back to the Garden

Friday, 30th April 2010

This week's playlist is a 'Back to the Garden' special, with tracks from; Danny & The Champions of the World, Pentangle, Roy Rogers, Pete Seeger, Mr David Viner and Emit Bloch.Tune in now via Spotify

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Port Eliot Festival 2010

Thursday, 29th April 2010

We ran an overview of Loose at the Summer Festivals in our newsletter a couple of weeks back and we confirmed that Danny & The Champions of the World would be Cornwall bound for the Port Eliot Festival in July. We can also confirm that Trevor...

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