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29 July 2010
From Birkenhead to Brighton and Exeter to Edinburgh, catch us opening for Thea Gilmore during September and October…
22 July 2010
Fullfill are to release Runaway Night on 30 August…
13 July 2010
Only 11 days to go before our show at the Port Eliot festival, ahead of Jakob Dylan… buy those tickets now at www.porteliotfestival.com…
1 July 2010
Glasto was a blast… now you can catch us on this side of the Tamar in Tideford, Liskeard and Polperro…
27 May 2010
See you at Glastonbury… we’ll be performing on the BBC Introducing Stage at 12 noon on 26 June…
24 May 2010
Join our summer pageant for a feast of bucolic balladry, rockin’ soul and morris dancing at London’s Borderline on Monday 7 June…
15 May 2010
Listen out for Head Held High on Bob Harris’s Radio 2 show tonight…
9 May 2010
Catch some nationwide Embers action next month as we open for John Illsley of Dire Straits in Liverpool, Glasgee, Oxford, Bristol and London…
20 April 2010
More London dates in the book. Join us at the Borderline on 7 June and the O2 Academy Islington on 30 June.
16 April 2010
Listen out for tracks from Kittow’s Moor on Bob Harris’s new Radio 2 show, starting Saturday 25 April.
14 April 2010
The London shows went brilliantly with a great response every night. Now it’s time for a jaunt ‘up country’ with gigs in Cardiff, North Yorkshire and Liverpool.
MOJO REVIEW…APRIL ISSUE
Kittow’s Moor
****
It’s unbelievable that Eliot’s forthcoming gig sheet encompasses such lowly venues as Polperro’s Crumplehorn and Liskeard’s Barley Sheaf. For his songwriting allied to The Ember’s engaging guitar and accordion straddled sound, is worthy of a larger, more far flung audience. Not that his chosen West Country residency has harmed Eliot’s songwriting – quite the contrary. A Gretch Country Gentleman-toting frontman, who saw chart sevice as leader of Rialto at the end of the 90s, he’s now welded the sound of barn-bound folk to that of pure pop and emerged with an album that boasts ultra friendly, individually shaped songs guaranteed to warm both hearts and feet. Catch Eliot and The Embers whenever they next elect to cross the Tamar, and in the meantime, order the album via itunes or myspace.com/louiseliot.
Fred Dellar
5 February 2010
Here’s what UNCUT magazine have to say about the album in their March 2010 issue:
LOUIS ELIOT and THE EMBERS
Kittow’s Moor
****
Winning blend of rustic charm and urban cool.
Formerly the frontman of both nouveau glam merchants Kinky Machine and Britpop also-rans Rialto, Eliot is now strumming along a folk/country path, mixing the whiskered troubadour vibes of Ronnie Lane and the Celtic musings of Mike Scott. The characters of Kittow’s Moor fall in love while working a Ferris wheel (“I Saw Her At The Fair”), get back to nature (“Skimming Stones”) and wise up to women who’ve done them wrong (“Clown Shoes”). Mandolins and accordions are to the fore, but never to the degree that they obscure a savvy pop brain with the lyrical articulacy of a Costello or a Weller.
Terry Staunton
Click the image above to download the article
29 January 2010
Great album review in the March issue of UNCUT. Looking forward to our St Piran’s gig at the ICA on 5 March…..Kernow In The City:
A Celebration of Cornish Music, Art and Poetry on St. Piran’s Day – Cornwall’s National Day
Friday 5 March 2010 at The Institute of Contemporary Arts, London
In 1497, the Cornish invaders only made it as far as Blackheath before being defeated by Henry VII’s forces…
But in 2010 the Cornish will make it all the way to the ICA on the Mall (in sight of Buckingham Palace!) for Kernow In The City – London’s very first St. Piran’s Day gig!
Headliners Louis Eliot & The Embers celebrate the release of their new album Kittow’s Moor by bringing their joyous rural sound and rip-roaring songs to the big smoke. Louis Eliot is the former frontman of Rialto who scored three top 40 singles in the late 90s. His new album was written and recorded in his homeland of Cornwall and evokes the wildness and beauty of this magical land.
www.myspace.com/louiseliot
Special guest, Jackie Oates, will be performing a set of Cornish songs for the event plus songs from her multi-award-nominated album Hyperboreans. Formerly a member of Rachel Unthank & The Winterset, Jackie Oates was awarded Best Newcomer at this year’s BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards and receives airplay from BBC Radio 2, BBC 6Music and XFM.
www.jackieoates.co.uk
Opening the night are hotly-tipped indie-rock trio Auction For The Promise Club from Perranporth on the North Cornwall coast. With a sound that channels shoegazing through big melodies, giant hooks and huge choruses, Auction For The Promise Club have played some of Cornwall’s biggest surf festivals and are now receiving airplay from XFM.
www.myspace.com/auctionforthepromiseclub
Through the evening there will be rousing renditions of sea-shanties by Port Isaac’s The Fisherman’s Friends – a crew of fishermen and their friends renowned for their harbourside singing.
www.fishermansfriendsportisaac.co.uk
There will also be screenings of work by the acclaimed Cornish designer and illustrator, Alex Turvey (www.alexturvey.com) plus readings of Cornish poetry and DJs in the bar until late.
Come one and all to Kernow In The City at the ICA!
Friday 5 March 2010 – doors at 7.30pm
Louis Eliot & The Embers
Jackie Oates
Auction For The Promise Club
The Fisherman’s Friends
With screenings of work by Alex Turvey
2 December 2009
Up to London for three gigs this week. The Windmill, The Boogaloo and Peter Parker’s Rocknroll Bar. The Maxilla party on the 16th is shaping up well too. We’ll be playing around half 9, but get there at 8 for some special guest appearances and DJ sets from the lovely Poppy Lloyd and Wildcat Will, spinning the platters that matter ‘til the early hours. Tickets on the door.
1 November 2009
The news is that the single 25th of 12th will be out on 23 November and the album in January. There are London and West Country dates in the book, including 16 December at the Maxilla Hall, London W11 and 20 December at The Old Queen’s Head, Essex Road, Islington. More are being added. Check myspace for all details.
