May contain a heavy dose of Jim Kerr
I sadly missed the premiere radio play of The Anchoress’s new single, Show Your Face, this afternoon on BBC Radio 6 Music with Steve Lamacq as I was making my way into Glasgow’s West End (for my belated birthday treat of seeing GlasGlow at the Botanic Gardens – some vids and pics in a separate…
Catherine will be on BBC Radio 6 Music making an announcement on Steve Lamacq’s show at 4pm GMT tomorrow! And…I just realised I might miss it! I’ll be leaving the house some 10 mins later to get to the city. Oh, bum! I’ll have to catch up! And I’ll share all the details here, of…
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Firstly – coming up this evening, Catherine Anne Davies and Bernard Butler are talking to Janice Long on BBC Radio Wales about their collaboration producing the album set for release next month, In Memory Of My Feelings. The album was originally due for release last Friday but some vinyl pressing issues meant that the release…
The Anchoress (aka Catherine Anne Davies) has been releasing rare and previously unreleased tracks on her Bandcamp page each month during lockdown. The latest one is a previously unreleased track called You Don’t Know What Love Is that, in all honesty, could have slotted right into the theme of the album Confessions Of A Romance…
Now that we’ve gotten that crap “sycophancy Nancy” stuff out the way – drooling over 1982 Kerr aesthetic yet again! On with some proper business and serious music news. Bernard Butler and Catherine Anne Davies have collaborated on an album together called “In Memory Of My Feelings”. It had been in the bag for some…
Supporting The Anchoress for her London and Cardiff gigs is She Makes War. I really like the sound of what I hear and I’m looking forward to seeing her in a few weeks time. The Anchoress’s London date has sold out, but there are still tickets available for her Cardiff show on September 21st. You…
UPDATE: I’ve pulled a rabbit out of the hat in the past 24 hours. Booked a ticket for the gig. Cancelled the Manchester accommodation the night before the Drum Show and booked the train to take me to Manchester on Saturday morning…and staying the night in a hostel near Euston station instead. So, The Anchoress…
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The follow up to groundbreaking debut, Confessions Of A Romance Novelist, is due out soon and with that comes tour dates. First cab of the rank is this! Click the image below to be taken to the Woodfired Summit website for tickets (or click HERE). Sadly I am at the drum show in Manchester that…
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This week in SNSS Sir talks cinema and “sphericals” Cherisse in Lisbon Sarah on her Mahalia Jackson project The Anchoress finalising artwork on album two A couple of posts from Mr Kerr this week on going to the cinema and catching up on musical delights (or possibly lack thereof). He spoke of seeing the film…
I am finally getting around to doing some fan art pieces for songs by The Anchoress, starting with my favourite song from Confessions Of A Romance Novelist – Bury Me.