May contain a heavy dose of Jim Kerr
As album number two for The Anchoress nears completion, Catherine departs from Simple Minds to concentrate on her solo career. This blog will continue to watch the progress and keep you up-to-date with all things Anchoress.
Well, no gig would be complete without some kind of travel drama. Yesterday it was the APPALLING service given by Thameslink due to their absolute shambolic implementation of their new timetable. We waited an hour for a train to London! We arrived at Luton station at around 2.41pm. The next train due was at 3.28pm….
Here is the audio excerpt of Catherine’s interview with Steve Lamacq and her performance as The Anchoress (and band), performing a great version of Long Year and What Goes Around, live from the Southbank Centre as part of day one of Robert Smith’s Meltdown Festival. Enjoy! (Pic taken from Catherine’s FB page.)
The Anchoress (Catherine Anne Davies) will be live in session on BBC Radio 6Music with Steve Lamaqc from 4pm BST – live from the Southbank Centre, as Robert Smith’s Meltdown Festival gets under way. You can tune in HERE
A flawless performance of Dolphins by the incomparable Catherine Anne Davies (aka The Anchoress). Cherisse on them drums, man! Oh, to be able to drum like that! Yes please! I want her to be my teacher… Thanks to Catherine Leuba for uploading the footage to YT.
The latest episode of Cherisse’s tour diary has just landed.
A bad prep for me, personally…a terrible night’s sleep, scared to death through very thundery storms. Adding impending doom to the forecast of weather conditions for the day. Stormy weather potentially ALL DAY! The sun was out at daybreak, and all had settled. Was it the “calm before the storm”? Only time would tell. The…
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The first was shared by Simple Minds Chile on Twitter with no link r credit as to where they got it…but it’s such a great shot of Jim and Cherisse – I had to share it! The others should link to source, hopefully. These are my faves…
Hey guys, you can view it any time you want to by clicking the link HERE or below. I took some screengrabs. Got some doozies! This one was the best of the lot. (I did blur out the scrolling comments, just so peoples’ names are protected.) Enjoy the clip! Three songs and a Q and…
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Four star review of the SM gig at Barras. This Earth That You Walk Upon was DEFINITELY a big lighlight for me. I’d give Manchester an extra star for the full five! It was sublime!