Tag: Crown and Treaty
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Sweet Billy Pilgrim New Album News
Studio news reaches my ears from Every Record Tells A Story favourites (and ERTAS Album of the Year 2012 winners) Sweet Billy Pilgrim. Sweet Billy Pilgrim are looking towards crowd-funding to help raise the funds needed to produce their fourth album (no working title yet, just a hashtag of #SBP4). Given that the band made…
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Look Out For…Sweet Billy Pilgrim: Download Their Album For Free. Yes. Free.
Regular readers will know that my favourite album of last year was Sweet Billy Pilgrim‘s “Crown and Treaty”. I wasn’t the only one. Mojo Magazine slotted it neatly into their Top 50 albums, calling it an instant five star classic, and it made many other end-of-year lists. Simply put, it is a towering work of…
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The Top Ten Records of 2012
The Ten Best records of 2012? Growing up in the eighties, you didn’t hear much about end of year best-of lists, but now, like reality TV shows featuring people I have never heard of, they appear to be everywhere. It almost seems rude not to nail my colours to the mast and tell you what…
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Tom McRae joins Sweet Billy Pilgrim at Their Alexandra Residency
Tom McRae joined Sweet Billy Pilgrim‘s residency at The Alexandra last night. Fresh from supporting The Futureheads at The Shepherd’s Bush Empire and a session on John Kennedy’s Xposure XFM show (both on Wednesday) Sweet Billy Pilgrim (and Tom McRae) played to a crowded Alexandra. That’s two Mercury Prize nominated acts. For free. In a North…
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Muswell Hill Billy: Sweet Billy Pilgrim Live!
Good news! Sweet Billy Pilgrim are playing a six week residency at The Alexandra, Muswell Hill every Thursday night between now and 4th October. Even better news! Entry is free! Fresh from their headline performances with a six piece band at Bush Hall – and festival performances at Latitude and Oslo – Sweet Billy Pilgrim…
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And The 2012 Album Of The Year Is….Sweet Billy Pilgrim’s Crown and Treaty
It may only be July, but I think Sweet Billy Pilgrim’s Crown and Treaty is the best album of 2012… When a friend bought me Crown and Treaty I knew nothing about Sweet Billy Pilgrim. From the name, I pictured an American singer, perhaps from the Deep South. With no expectations I hit the Play…
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