On Monday I was supposed to be playing Balcony TV in Brighton on the lovely bandstand on the seafront, which all these photos from this shoot were taken back in the day...
....but unfortunately I didn't get to do it because of a problem with the guy getting there. It was a real shame, but it was absolutely chucking it down and very windy, so perhaps a blessing in disguise. I did have my wonderful wonderful string players with me, and my guitar which is quite modest. I imagine the sound would have totally got lost in the wind!!
Here's an example of what they do. Milk Kan are a really fun ska-poetic band and this is their BalconyTV show;
Anyhow, the next day (Tuesday 19th July!) I played the wonderful Station Sessions for their Summer Stages Festival. I also had my lovely string girlies with me, and it was the first time we all played together which was v exciting. The show itself went so well, we had to first sign in as 'official visitors' and got our photos taken (mug shots..). Mine was revolting, one of my eyes seemed to have slipped down my face... anyway once we were all signed in and coffee-ed up we started the set. I was really happy with how it went and it sounded SO nice with the strings. We sold a fair amount of singles via 'karma pricing' which people gave incredibly generously to....!
Here's an example of what Station Sessions do. This one is Alana Stewart who was once billed before me for a Communion show but she couldn't get over for the states :(, anyway, this vid is awesome:
So that was what started off my week. Last night I also sang with Alex Wells i.e Twin Brother at Strongroom Bar in Shoreditch, which was a lot of fun. We played a few new songs that Alex has recently written, which were a bit scary but sounded good in the end! I'm having my launch at the Strongroom Bar next wednesday and shall post about that a bit later.
So that's my week in a nutshell, music filled which is always a bonus. This morning I did an interview for Bob from The Undercurrent in Waterloo Station, some good questions about the upcoming release. Very exciting!
Keep well.
Bella x
