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2 February 2011
Hope you’ll join us at the Fisherman’s Friends’ famous watering hole on 24 February…
28 January 2012
Catch us at The Barley Sheaf in Liskeard tonight…
23 January 2012
Rosie Vanier (ex Rosie and the Goldbug) has now been added to the line-up for Kernow in the City 2012… Tickets available from http://www.richmix.org.uk/whats-on/event/kernow-in-the-city-2012
18 January 2012
Ruarri Joseph now confirmed for Kernow in the City 2012… Bought your tickets yet?… www.richmix.org.uk / 0207 613 7498…
4 January 2012
The line-up for this year’s Kernow in the City is shaping up nicely… Louis Eliot & the Embers together with Murray Lachlan Young, The Loose Salute and Crowns all confirmed so far…
10 November 2011
Keep Saturday 10 March 2012 free for Kernow in the City… details and line up to be announced…
2 October 2011
Great night at Gylly… Now looking forward to return to Falmouth for Blues in the Bay with Wilko later in the week…
15 September 2011
Looking forward to Gylly Live at Gyllyngvase Beach in Falmouth, headlining with The Loose Salute and Murray Lachlan Young… For more information, check out www.gyllylive.net
12 September 2011
Join us at the America’s Cup celebrations in Plymouth on Thursday… www.americascup.com
12 August 2011
Performing solo at the Voewood Literary Festival in Norfolk on Sunday 28 August, along with Adam Ant, Glen Matlock and Richard Strange… www.voewoodfestival.com…
8 August 2011
The Embers are heading to Boscastle on the Glorious Twelfth… see you there?…
26 July 2011
Thank you to everyone who caught our Port Eliot set in the Big Top… hope you all had a brilliant weekend…
16 July 2011
Counting down to Port Eliot Fest… catch the Embers in the Big Top between Port Isaac’s finest, Fisherman’s Friends and Bellowhead… www.porteliotfestival.com
13 July 2011
Catch us at one of our favourite venues this Friday and at Lostwithiel Carnival on Saturday… Bring on the sunshine…
30 June 2011
In Truro with the Embers tomorrow and then to Hyde Park for the Wireless Festival to play guitar with Grace Jones on Sunday…
27 June 2011
Do you realise…that the Embers are performing at the Eden Project with The Flaming Lips this Thursday?… www.edenproject.com/sessions…
23 June 2011
Got your tickets for Port Eliot yet?… www.porteliotfestival.com…
14 June 2011
Playing guitar for Grace Jones at a stadium in The Hague tomorrow… then looking forward to our Eden Session on the 30th, opening for The Flaming Lips…
1 June 2011
Join us in London tonight at The Bowery with Crowns…
2 May 2011
Catch us back in Cornwall this Friday at The Millhouse in Tintagel…
26 April 2011
Playing solo shows in London at the weekend as part of this year’s Camden Crawl…
15 April 2011
Gearing up for the West Coast Blues ‘n’ Roots Festival in Fremantle, Australia this weekend, playing guitar for Grace Jones… Bob Dylan and Elvis Costello also on the bill…
6 March 2011
Thanks to everyone who celebrated St Piran’s Day with us yesterday… a cracking night was had by one and all…
25 February 2011
Good feature about Kernow in the City in The Western Morning News today… Catch us in Port Isaac tonight and Bodmin tomorrow…
24 February 2011
Kernow in the City plugged in The West Briton today…
19 February 2011
Nice piece in the new edition of Cornwall Today about Kernow in the City. Have you bought your tickets yet? www.ica.org.uk/020 7930 0493…
17 February 2011
Pull up to the bumper baby… With a clutch of new songs for the Embers raring to be unleashed, I’m heading for Australia and New Zealand for a couple of weeks in late Spring to play guitar for Grace Jones…
25 January 2011
Recording going well. Two new songs finished…
21 January 2011
Spring is in the air… check out the gig list for new dates in Cornwall and London…
19 January 2011
Demo-ing new tunes next week… watch this space…
17 January 2011
Buy your tickets now for our Kernow in the City show at the ICA on Saturday 5 March for a St Piran’s Day with a difference. Should be a great night with rumours of a Cornish wrestling demonstration! www.ica.org.uk/020 7930 0493
7 January 2011
Kittow’s Moor in Guardian music critic’s top 10 albums of 2010! Rob Fitzpatrick’s top albums and tracks follow:
Albums
1. Gil Scott Heron – I’m New Here
2. White Noise Sound – White Noise Sound
3. Hurts – Happiness
4. LCD Soundsystem – This Is Happening
5. Louis Eliot – Kittow’s Moor
6. Cee-Lo Green – The Lady Killer
7. Arcade Fire – The Suburbs
8. The Bees – Every Step’s A Yes
9. Magnetic Man – Magnetic Man
10. Best Coast – Crazy For You
Tracks
1. Gil Scott-Heron – Where Did The Night Go?
2. Hurts – Stay
3. Magnetic Man – I Need Air
4. Louis Eliot – Someone Like You
5. Mystro – Round My Way
22 December 2010
Following the success of last year’s inaugural event, the line up for Kernow in the City 2011 is now confirmed. Headliners, Louis Eliot & the Embers, will be supported by acclaimed Cornish singer/songwriter Ruarri Joseph; medieval minstrels, Princes In The Tower and female morris-dancers, Belles Of London City performing a specially-commissioned piece about the Cornish Rebellion of 1497; the sensual psych-folk of Minko; raucous riffmeisters, Peter Parker’s Rock ‘n’ Roll Club; and the rousing singalong anthems of Crowns, plus DJs and bar until late.
Tickets are £10 in advance or £12 on the door from www.ica.org.uk/020 7930 0493
16 December 2010
Catch Louis playing 25th of the 12th on BBC Radio Cornwall’s David White Show this morning to put you in a festive frame of mind…
7 November 2010
Back and fully recovered from a brilliant time on tour with Thea Gilmore. We’re playing The Rod and Line this Friday, the 12th of November. Always a great atmosphere and one of our favourite venues.
20 October 2010
Listen out for us on Mike Harding’s BBC Radio 2 show tonight…
10 October 2010
Heading North for the last few dates of the tour… York, Edinburgh and Manchester… it’s been a blast…
1 October 2010
Leicester this evening… Camden on Tuesday… Runaway Night is released by Fullfill on Monday…
23 September 2010
Merseyside tonight… the Cotswolds tomorrow… hope you’ll catch us on our road trip…
9 September 2010
As we gear up for our tour with Thea Gilmore, it’s the last time you’ll see us on this side of the Tamar for a while, so why not join us in Polperro tomorrow?
6 September 2010
Weather permitting, we’re filming the video for Runaway Night this week… Fullfill are to release Kittow’s Moor on 20 September…
28 August 2010
Tune in to Bob Harris on Radio 2 tonight and hear us perform Skimming Stones, Bottle Rocket and One Step at a Time, with a few other top tunes thrown in for good measure…
15 August 2010
We’re recording a session for Whispering Bob this week… more of which anon…
7 August 2010
A little closer to home, you’ll find us on the quay at St Mawes on Friday the 13th against the crackle of Falmouth Week fireworks… lucky for some…
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 4 October…
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.
