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SPRING BREAK 08

Howdy, loads of shows- solo through April, already announced, then out and about.  Feeling good, band great.These are the shows we have in for the band. Steve is going to play with us at This Feeling in London, before he joins Paul Weller. Rehearsing and the rest . Take it easy

Friday 2nd May 2008: INVERNESS - The Ironworks (0871 7894 173 / www.ironworksvenue.com) £7.50, 7pm

Saturday 3rd May 2008: ABERDEEN - Cafe Drummonds Bar (01224 619930 / www.cafedrummond.co.uk)

Sunday 4th May 2008: DUNDEE - Dexters (01382 228894, www.myspace.com/dextersbar and www.ticketweb.com) £7, 8pm

Friday 9th May 2008: ALDERSHOT - West End Centre (01252 330040 / www.westendcentre.co.uk) £10, 7.45pm

Sunday 11th May 2008: ST ALBANS - The Maltings Arts Theatre (01727 844222 / www.stalbans.gov.uk/mat or www.myspace.com/maltings) £12.50, 7.45pm

Thursday 15th May 2008: MILTON KEYNES - The Stables

Friday 16th May 2008: KETTERING - Sawyers (01536 484800 / www.myspace.com/sawyersvenuecouk / www.ticketweb.co.uk) £8, 8pm

Saturday 17th May          WORCESTER – The Marrs Bar

Thursday 22nd May 2008: NEWCASTLE - The Cluny

Sunday 25th May 2008: GREAT CROSBY - Crosby Village Music Festival (headlining Outside Stage) 5pm

Thursday 29th May 2008: LIVERPOOL - Sound City

John Power doing Tunes & Talking on Red Bull Music Academy Radio

28.02.08

Tunes and Talking Go!

John Power – Acoustic solo Tour

All on me Billy

John playing solo.  Songs from his own Mersey-sippi Delta works “Willow She Weeps” and “Stormbreaker” and some cracking new tunes.

  • Thursday 3rd April 2008:   GLASGOW - Ivory Blacks

 

 

  • Saturday 5th April 2008:   WORCESTER - The Marrs Bar (01905 613336 / www.marrsbar.co.uk) £10, 8pm

 

 

  • Thursday 17th April 2008: KEIGHLEY (West Yorkshire) - The New Variety Club (01535 680109 / www.thegassienda.co.uk) £7, TBC

 

  • Friday 18th April 2008:    MIDDLESBROUGH tbc
  • Saturday 19th April 2008: RIPON (North Yorkshire) - The Warehouse (01765 609764 / www.dmblivemusic.co.uk) £13, 7.30pm

 

  • Thursday 24th April 2008: OSWESTRY (Shropshire) - The Ironworks (01691 679123 / www.the-ironworks.co.uk) £7, 8.30pm

 

  • Wednesday 30th April 2008:      LONDON - What's Cookin' in Leytonstone... (4 year birthday bash...)

 

The  band will be out in May for full blown Rocking and Early Beefheart stylin’.

John Power Guardian Podcast

Cast Cast Cast

Stormbreaking.....battle hardened, land to hoe, sanctuary to call your own, Beefheart.
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Go into podcasts(on left of screen)
Go into Podcast directory (bottom right)
Go into Guardian Unlimited Subscribe to music.
Go!

More Live Live shows

Gigs at Red Bricks

January 31st

February 6th

March 6th

Live Live shows

January Gigs

John, Jay and Steve are heading out.  We are doing some shows towards the end of the month. 

We are doing the Health and Happiness at the London Social for Nat at Sonic Cathedral.  Jan 24th takes us to the Morden Tower – the preferred poetry venue for Ginsberg and Kesey.  London takes to s Down At The Redbricks show on the water at the London Maid - on the Embankment.
Up to the fantastic Georgian Theatre Stockton and down to more Redbricks mystic guitar energy at the Dulcimer, Manchester, then back to DBs .

More shows to be announced with an In The Pines in March at the Harrison.

January 22        London (The Social), Health & Happiness
January 24        Newcastle upon Tyne, Morden Tower
January 31        London, The English Maid
February 1        Stockton on Tees, The Georgian Theatre
February 5        Manchester, The Dulcimer
February 7       DBs, Winsford
March 23          London, In The Pines

New LP Stormbreaker Out on Monday 28th January

Pre –order now.

Clash Magazine


February 2008

La’s and Cast devotees back off, this third solo instalment from John
Power shoe slaps and clashes over the rough edges of Britpop with
muddy-boot bass lines and banjo jangles that reek of Captain Beefheart. A somewhat natural progression from 2006’s  Willow She Weeps, Power’s simple stories of life and love begins with soulful opener. While Ain’t No Woman that rattles from spiteful allegations to sweet Everly Brother harmonies.

It’s a relatively rootsy record; that is, until Power’s heart
rips from a departing love,  “Don’t say it’s all over, don’t say it’s
goodbye, the thought of me loosing you, blackens my mind he sobs in
Distant Eyes?.  

My, he has the blues, but for the most part it’s
steel-stringed brilliance. Though almost prematurely, you’re waltzed gently into the realisation that the album’s over, perhaps, even before it begun, with (end track) “Come The Morning”. Stormbreaker; a short yet painfully sincere listen.

MANCHESTER POSTPONED

January Gig

Howdy, New set sounds great, songs working well.
The John Power band is not playing the Manchester Academy due to unforeseen circumstance .  The show is being rescheduled for January at Night and Day, Manchester – all tickets will be transferable.

Preview LP on www.tanukitanuki.com

DIGITAL DOWNLOAD Links of e-Stormbreaker LP  --available now below

Itunes

Napster

HMV.Com

7 Digital

Nokia

 PHYSICAL RELEASE

The physical release of John’s new record  “Stormbreaker”is happening on the25th January 2008.

 “Ain’t  No Woman” – a track from “Stormbreaker is on http://www.myspace.com/johnpowerukcom

End of Christmas Tour

John is playing Drummonds in Aberdeen tonight,
Liverpool Zanzibar      14th December,
Newcastle Academy       16th December
London Borderline       17th December
York Fibbers            18th December

New dates for LP Tour end of January, beginning of February 2008 – to be announced shortly plus End of Feb – March dates.

New videos of Tour up soon

 

Bye for now

TOUR UPDATE


22.10.07

London Show on 17th December 2007 now at Borderline .... Tunnelvision festival cancelled 24th November, new show Marlboro Club Devon. Playing Moshulu in Aberdeen.

REDBRICKS SOLO ACOUSTIC


22.10.07

John to play solo show Down @ the Redbricks Sunday 18th November at the Amersham Arms. For further details and tickets click

FULL TOUR


22.10.07

Thu 8th Nov: The Graduate, Cambridge

Fri 9th Nov:The Cellar, Portsmouth - Eastney

Sat 10th Nov:Pyramid Centre, Warrington

Sun 18th Nov:Down@The Redbricks, London

Tues 20th Nov: Telfords Warehouse,  Chester

Wed 21st Nov: Barfly, Birmingham

Thu 22nd Nov: Marrs Bar,  Worcester

Fri 23rd Nov:TBA                  

Sat 24th Nov: Marlboro Club, Devon

Sun 25th Nov: Barfly, Cardiff

Mon 26th Nov:Louisana, Bristol

Tue 27th Nov: Barfly, Brighton

Wed 28th Nov:The Club Room,  Derby

Thurs 29th Nov: Fiesta, Douglas

Fri 7th Dec: Escobar, Hartlepool

Sat 8th Dec:Cherry Bomb,  Barnsley

Mon 10th Dec: The Charlotte,  Leicester

Tue 11th Dec:The Adelphi,  Hull     

Wed 12th Dec:The Barfly,  Glasgow

Thu 13th Dec: Moshulu,  Aberdeen

Fri 14th Dec:Zanzibar,  Liverpool

Sat 15th Dec: Manchester, Academy

Sun 16th Dec:Academy, Newcastle

Mon 17th Dec:Borderline, London

Tues 18th Dec:Fibbers, York

Beefheart, Magic, Redemption and Rock & Roll Steinbeck

24.09.07

Imagine a day that found the Crickets, Captain Beefhearts Magic Band and Elvis’ Sun Band all together in a John Steinbeck’s bunkhouse, this is that sound.

The record “Stormbreaker” is to be released on December 10th 2007 - the sound of the Crickets, Sun records, Captain Beefheart’s Magic Band all locked up in a John Steinbeck novel. 

In anticipation of a great dirty Beefheart bass, Rock & Roll LP, John Power steps forth to
hit his guitar singing songs of redemption and Rock & Roll.  Weeping and a moaning, rocking and a rolling.  Come and hear John, Jay Lewis and Mr Pilgrim get to grips with some great new tunes, the like not heard since Elvis walked outta Sun and Buddy took his last flight

Thu 8th Nov--The Graduate, Cambridge
Fri 9th Nov--The Cellar, Portsmouth - Eastney
Sat 10th Nov--Pyramid Centre, Warrington
Tues 20th Nov--Telfords Warehouse, Chester
Wed 21st Nov--Barfly, Birmingham
Thu 22nd Nov--Marrs Bar, Worcester
Fri 23rd Nov--tbc, Manchester
Sat 24th Nov--Tunnelvision Festival, Pontins Brean Sands, Somerset
Sun 25th Nov--Barfly, Cardiff
Mon 26th Nov--Louisana, Bristol
Tue 27th Nov--Barfly, Brighton
Wed 28th Nov--The Club Room, Derby
Thurs 29th Nov--Isle of Man
Mon 10th Dec--The Charlotte, Leicester
Wed 12th Dec--The Barfly, Glasgow
Thu 13th Dec--tbc, Aberdeen
Fri 14th Dec--Zanzibar, Liverpool
Sun 16th Dec--Academy, Newcastle
Mon 17th Dec--The Luminaire, London
Tues 18th Dec--Fibbers, York

See you there.

Return to the New Roscoe: show back on

9.02.07

Following the cancellation of the New Roscoe Show we are now going to make it across the M62 to play some tunes. Beards will be trimmed back to the pre Christmas length for this show only.

The Green Man Come 'ead - Video Blog


23.08.07

After rocking the Green Man John & the band are to record new dirty Rock & Roll Record...big Beefheart Bass and a great band. Check out the video clip "Green Man Come 'ead".

We are excited to be playing the Moseley Folk festival


14.08.07

www.moseleyfolk.co.uk 2nd Sept 2007

We have been invited to play the Spitz Festival of Folk , which is great. www.spitz.co.uk 13th Sept 2007

Truck Festival www.thisistruck.com 23rd Sept 2007

Sheffield Boardwalk www.theboardwalklive.co.uk 26th Sept 2007

Nottingham 28th Sept 2007

Bury Derby Hall 29th Sept 2007

Recording

The band are getting ready to record a new record. . The band are great and we did a blinding show at the N16 festival.

We are sounding like early Sun Elvis sound with dirt.

The year of the Fire Pig has reached it's centre

8.08.07


We have been  in the studio working on a new album.  We love it, great songs, great sound.  We will be recording the LP through September.  Out late 2007.  We’ll be playing a few low key shows to try out new songs.

Recently Played

Aston Festival
Down @ The Redbricks @ Proud
Manchester Academy

Playing out at

9th August, 2007         N16 Fringe  Stoke Newington London.  We are playing in a church as part of the Fringe Festival.  We play the Thursday, Martin Carthy the Friday and Graham Coxon the Saturday.

11th August, 2007        Eclectica Festival at St Helens.  Look forward to getting back to St Helens after our Pyramid show in

18th August, 2007        Green Man, Brecon Wales.  We’re playing on Saturday & we look forward to  hanging out on the Sunday.  See you there.

23rd September, 2007     After the floodwaters have receded from the plains of Oxford we are due to play the rescheduled Truck Festival on Sunday 23rd September.


John Power Shows Itinerary

9.02.07

Rock & Roll : Willow She Weeps Tour

  • 13th February — Winchester, Railway Inn
  • 14th February — Eastneigh, The Cellars
  • 15th February — Brighton, Komedia *
  • 25th February — In the Pines, The Harrison
  • 10th March — St Helens, The Citadel #
  • 11th March — Oldham , The Castle #
  • 12th March — Chester, Telfords Warehouse #
  • 23rd March — Pocklington, Arts Centre *
  • 1st April — Newcastle, Academy $
  • 2nd April — Leeds, New Roscoe #
  • 3rd April — London, 100Club *
  • 4th April — Birmingham, Bar Academy $
  • 5th April — Bristol, Academy $
  • 8th April — Oxford, The Zodiac $
  • 13th April — King Tut’s Wah Wah Hut, Glasgow $
  • 23rd April — Dublin, Crawdaddy
  • 24th April — Galway, Roisin Dubh
  • 25th April — Dundalk, Spirit Store
  • 26th April — Limerick, Dolans
  • 27th April — Waterford, Electric Avenue

More Scottish dates to be confirmed

Liverpool shows to be confirmed...shortly

Support

# 16 Tonnes — (Danny from Hokum Clones new band)

* Ain

$ Brian Houston

Rock & Roll Willow She Weeps Tour supports

9.02.07

16 Tonnes — (Danny from the Hokum Clones new band)

Ain — we met him @ the Luminaire in November

Brian Houston — Brian will be with us for the most of this tour

Return to the New Roscoe: show back on

9.02.07

Following the cancellation of the New Roscoe Show we are now going to make it across the M62 to play some tunes. Beards will be trimmed back to the pre Christmas length for this show only.

View Warm Up Video now

9.02.07

With special thanks to Hannah.

Scotland to Scottie Road hello Liverpool, hello Scotland

9.02.07

We are still finalising the majority of our shows in Scotland & we are sorting out Liverpool shows .

The Pocklington Arts Centre

9.02.07

Great show at the Pocklington Arts Centre, near York www.pocklingtonartscentre.co.uk 01759 301 547

New recording release date

9.02.07

We are releasing an EP of new recordings on April 2nd 2007.

The band captured in the studio, pre Christmas with Ian Grimble @ 2khz.

  • Give It To Me
  • Good Morning
  • Old Red Sea
  • Hot Fire Burn

Downloads & a CD will be available shortly. Listen to “Good Morning”(Full Version) in Audio.

Luminaire show

17.11.06

Luminaire show: last show of tour, the band are on fire. The Luminaire, Kilburn High Street, London

  • 7.45 — Ain
  • 8.15 — Jay Jay & The Pistolets
  • 8.50 — Michael Smith
  • 9.00 — Kate Walsh
  • 9.50 — Michael Smith
  • 10.00 — John Power

New Roscoe show cancelled

17.11.06

The New Roscoe show @ Leeds has been cancelled due to unforseen events. It will be rescheduled asap.

Mark Radcliffe session 27th November BBC Radio 2

17.11.06

.We will be playing three tracks “Give It To Me”, “Good Morning” & a new song. We will be on 22.40, 23.15 & 23.45. Tune in, tune in , tune in.......

“Give It To Me”

8.11.06

Video clips of Troubadour show uploaded today. See the band that is a big mountain.

BBC Radio Wales Session 10.11.06 @ 14.30.

Janice Long session

John Power

7.11.06

This band are so good, they have to be captured on record weepin’ & a moanin, stampin’ & hollerin.

We are to record new tracks & re record others for a 4 track e.p. for February. Whilst in the studio 28,29,30 November 1,2 December we’ll be on line chattin’ like there’s no tomorrow.

Catch you then

Live Dates

11.09.06

The band is going out to play the record live. John plays guitar & sings. Jay Lewis plays bass. Steve Pilgrim drums & sings.

  • 12th October — The Troubadour, Earls Court, London
  • 13th October — The Troubadour, Earls Court, London
  • 2nd November — Waterford
  • 3rd November — Crawdaddy, Dublin
  • 5th November — Roisin Dubh, Galway
  • 10th November — The Point, Cardiff
  • 11th November — Louisiana, Bristol
  • 12th November — The Glee Club, Birmingham
  • 13th November — The Maze, Nottingham
  • 14th November — The Boardwalk, Sheffield
  • 15th November — The Academy, Manchester
  • 17th November — Crossing Border Festival, Den Haag
  • 19th November — The Cluny, Newcastle upon Tyne
  • 20th November — New Roscoe, Leeds

Record news

11.09.06

“Jumpin’ Bean” is a bursting, stomping slice of Mountain music underpinned by a Beefheart bass. “Willow Weep” is John’s distillation of English Folk. This LP is a soundtrack for Steinbeck. Stomping, Rock & Roll, Blues/ English Folk.

The two track single a. “Jumpin’ Bean” / aa. “Willow Weep” NUKVS 001 is released on September 11th 2006. 7” limited vinyl & digital release. The LP “Willow She Weeps” CD & limited heavy vinyl is released on October 2nd 2006. OFFICIAL.

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