The Sea Kings have added a fresh batch of shows in Cornwall to their tour schedule.
Sat, Aug 25 - Halsetown Inn, St. Ives, UK - "The Kings return to this lovely restaurant/pub, just outside St Ives. Enjoy the ambience of the early 19th Century inn, and enjoy the world-famous pies, hand-made by the Pieminister himself, at Cornwall's first and only Pie Pub! - Halsetown, St Ives, Cornwall TR26 3NA"
Mon, Aug 27 - The Engine Inn, Penzance, UK - "Happy Bank Holiday Monday! And why not join The Sea Kings as they return to this lovely inn with a reputation for quality live music. Well, why not? - Cripplesease, Nancledra, Cornwall TR20 8NF"
Fri, Aug 31 - Jacob's Ladder, Falmouth, UK - "The Sea Kings call upon this well-known Falmouth Inn, named after a terrifying and horrific film. Let's hope that any vivid hallucinations and/or flashbacks to Vietnam had at this gig are of purely of the most pleasant kind, and any patrons that bear a likeness to Tim Robbins is but a coincidence. Enjoy! - The Jacob's Ladder Inn, 1-2 Chapel Terrace, Falmouth, Cornwall TR11 3BQ"
Sat, Sep 01 - The Godolphin Arms, Marazion, UK - "Pinch-Punch-First-of-the-Month's gigs for The Sea Kings, although coming to the twilight of their 2012 Summer Tour, revisiting this fantastic venue overlooking St Michael's Mount - oooh, mind them Giants! - Godolphin Arms, West End, Marazion, Cornwall TR17 0EN"
"The Sea Kings head down homeward to complete their pre-summer tour. The only question that remains is; have you been Spingo 'd today? - 50 Coinagehall Street, Helston, Cornwall, TR13 8EL"
"A triumphant return to this prestigious venue, home to the London debuts of Bob Dylan and Oasis. And Ra Ra Riot. Early-Bird tickets available; join the Facebook Event , or email us at theseakings@hotmail.co.uk! - 328 Grays Inn Road, London, WC1X 8BZ4RL"
"So... you STILL haven't been Spingo 'd... Well, here's another chance, as The Sea Kings return to this Helston venue as part of their Summer Tour. - 50 Coinagehall Street, Helston, Cornwall, TR13 8EL"
"The Sea Kings continue their Summer Tour at this lovely beach-side venue; think Summer Bay, but without the accents. - Praa Sands, Penzance, Cornwall TR20 9TQ"
Having played three shows over the weekend in London, Liverpool & Manchester, The Sea Kings are continuing to add new shows for this spring tour. The newest batch of shows will all take place in the London area.
Fri, Apr 27 - The Cavendish Arms, London, UK"A nice warm Friday night at the Cavendish, for this FREE gig! - 128 Hartington Road, London SW8 2HJ "Tue, May 15 - Nambucca, London, UK
"The Sea Kings return to the Tuesday night of music at this prestigious London venue. - 596 Holloway Road, London N7 6LB"
"The pre-summer tour continues in this up-and-coming Battersea venue, which is gaining a reputation for hosting quality live music. The Sea Kings will be playing originals and covers, and blushing modestly. Also performing will be the soulful Queenie Moy. - 231 Battersea Park Road, London, SW11 4LG"
The Sea Kings have added 1 show in Manchester & 3 shows in London to their spring schedule.
They kick of their spring schedule with the first show of the year this upcoming Thursday (Mar 08) @ The Mondo Water Rats "Can't Afford The Rock" Festival, before they are off to Liverpool & Manchester for the weekend. So if you want to Party with The Sea Kings, check out the schedule below and give them a Holla!
"Liverpool Acoustic eXtra returns for a one-off event on Friday 9th March with a special show featuring local atmospheric folk favourites Bird. Joining Bird from Cornwall and London are the fantastic folk trio The Sea Kings. Expect tight harmonies, great songs (some of them even about the sea!), and wonderful musicianship. Finally we've singer-songwriter and youtube star Thom Morecroft, who's already a firm favourite and a crowd pleaser on the local acoustic music scene. Doors open at 8pm and the music runs from 8.30pm to just after 11pm. Unfortunately there is no disabled access as the venue is on the third floor of the gallery. There is a full bar, and it's an over 14 event. Tickets are £5 in advance and £6 on the door. This is set to be a popular night and demand for tickets will be high. Tickets are currently on sale only via a secret link available to those who subscribe to our Events Publicity mailing list. To sign up to this list click here http://liverpoolacoustic.us2.list-manage1.com/subscribe?u=d03f1555f3bf1e1... Tickets will go on general sale from Friday 27th January and will be available from http://wegottickets.com/liverpoolacoustic"
Sat, Mar 10 - Playing At A Party, Manchester, UK
"Playing for a party - if you live in Manchester and would like to come let us know."
"The Sea Kings meet The Long Dead Kings and take part in the latter Kings' second night of folk and Americana, whilst the former Kings shake their heads from all the confusion. In Clerkenwell. - The Wilmington Arms, 69 Rosebery Avenue, London EC1R 4RL"
The final 'End Of The Year' interview with the crew from The Sea Kings are Joe Holtaway (Vocals/Mandolin). Still the same set of questions as we get to find out about their highlights of this past year, the band’s plans for next year (first full-lenght album..) & last but not least; What's on their Christmas dinner menu?
And check out the fabolous Christmas Present Giveaway that we're doing right HERE - You can get your hand on the following:A 'digital copy' of 'An Introduction To The Sea Kings' EP sent to your inbox. Christmas card in the post from the Sea Kings to include: -a photograph -a signed Sea Kings flyer -Handwritten lyrics to songs from the epBack to business...Thanks for doing this! How was the year 2011 for you?
JH: Working as a band has been a good journey this year, learning from each other, bringing our album together and travelling - from warm summers playing beside our tour van to rooms in our houses this winter and everything in-between.
2012: What plans and high hopes do you have in store for next year?
- Looks like our first record will be done next year. All our old friends, family, bands we've played with and new friends we've made along the way are all part of it I feel and being able to share it with them is something special.
What are your favourite band at the moment? Any lesser known bands you want give a shout out?
- I recently heard this song called 'Up Up Up' by a band called Givers from the states - just really fell for it, will be spending sometime with them for sure.
What was your Musical Discovery of the year?
- A band out of Toronto called 'Wildlife' they have this album called 'Strike Hard, Young Diamond' - I've been listening to it a lot while cycling - love it.
Are there any bands/artists or albums that you have high hopes and are particularly excited about in 2012?
- I'll say Givers again and maybe Bon Iver will make some more magic for us.If you had to pick one Experience and put it above the rest, what would that be?- Jake and I, and some friends went to see Bon Iver when they came to London a few months ago - to be there with a room full of people opening up to these songs was moving; from his winter shed to this indie pop star I feel his journey is honest and if you like his music, it's as though you're there with him like he's a friend. I still have no idea really what all his songs are about, at least in my mind - though my heart knows exactly!Your Album Of The Year?- Some nice albums out this year, hey - I'll go with 'Smart Flesh' - by Low AnthemYour Song Of The Year?
- I really fell for 'Old Pine' by Ben Howard a few months ago
Your Book Of The Year?
- Not current by any means but I've been really soaking up Buddhist teachings this year - one Zen guy called 'Thich Nhat Hanh' still alive living in the South of France, wrote a book called “True Love”, I've read it many times these last 12 months.Your Movie Of The Year?
- Went to a screening of a film called 'I am' recently, due for DVD release in January, I understand. The film is a documentary made by a Hollywood comedy producer - he suffered a accident on his bike that almost ended his life - as part of his recovery he took a film crew to visit a list of world leaders and writers to ask them what they thought about life.
What are your own personal favourite The Sea Kings song or songs?
- Hard to say about your own songs - there are parts in all the songs I particularly love playing and those parts change and shift each time we play them.If you could pick anybody from the present or past to collaborate with, who would that be?- Just now I'd say Jack Kerouac and Allen Ginsburg; they was more of a jazz fans I think but maybe if I played some mandolin tunes they would start rolling out some poetry about love and brotherhood over the top. If you could choose from all the songs in the world and make it your own, which one would you have liked to have written?
- The other day was listening to 'Heart of Gold' by Neil Young and feeling like it was the most beautiful song I had ever heard, today it happened with Tom Waits 'Ol'55' - it changes but there's two for you.
And finally as Christmas are sneaking up on us. What will be on your Christmas Dinner Menu?
- vegetables put a smile on my face: so any of the following; Potatoes, Beetroot, Parsnips, Sprouts, Carrots, Parsnip - I leave to my mum to decide which.Merry Christmas & A Happy New Year!!
Second in my series of 'End Of The Year' interviews with the crew from The Sea Kings are James Wills (Vocals/Guitar). Same set of questions as we get to find out about their highlights of this past year, the band’s plans for next year (first full-lenght album..) & last but not least; What's on their Christmas dinner menu?
And check out the fabolous Christmas Present Giveaway that we're doing right HERE - You can get your hand on the following:A 'digital copy' of 'An Introduction To The Sea Kings' EP sent to your inbox. Christmas card in the post from the Sea Kings to include: -a photograph -a signed Sea Kings flyer -Handwritten lyrics to songs from the epInterview time...Thanks for doing this! How was the year 2011 for you?
JW: 2011 has been good for me; as well as working with The Sea Kings I have been recording my own songs and have done a lot of writing independently. Within the band I am most proud that we have (nearly) finished our first album!
2012: What plans and high hopes do you have in store for next year?- Getting the album finished, mixed and pressed early on in the New Year is, for me, the main thing. After that I am looking forward to getting back into writing and developing new songs and increasing our set.What are your favourite band at the moment? Any lesser known bands you want give a shout out?
- A friend of mine is doing really well in his band, Brother & Bones – I really like their music and totally want to lend my support. But not any money.
What was your Musical Discovery of the year?
- Ben Howard – another Westcountry boy!Are there any bands/artists or albums that you have high hopes and are particularly excited about in 2012?- The Sea Kings’ first album. There! A shameless plug!If you had to pick one Experience and put it above the rest, what would that be?- In late August we spent some time back in our homeland of Cornwall, where we had organised a Summer Tour. That two weeks was special for me, as well as the solo busking I did, seeing as it was the first time I’d ever attempted it, and the setting (alongside the harbour, with the sea behind me and the summer traffic and tourists passing in front of me) made me feel connected to the town more so than I have felt in the past.Your Album Of The Year?- James Blake’s debut album – not usually the kind of music I’d go for, but I really got into the album as a whole.Your Song Of The Year?
- I heard Feist on Jools Holland play “The Bad In Each Other” from their album Metals, and really liked it.
Your Book Of The Year?
- Not a book published this year, but around the time of Remembrance Day I read “Forgotten Voices of the Great War”, which is a truly incredible account of the day-by-day existence of the soldiers (on both sides), as well as those that were left behind.Your Movie Of The Year?
- I agree with Jake – must see Trollhunter.
As for a film from this year I did see, it would have to be The King’s Speech.
What are your own personal favourite The Sea Kings song or songs?
- Easy! No, not really. I really enjoy singing Lifeboat, and feel Villages really encompasses our feelings towards where we come from. Then again, the surge I get when Sails & Boards kicks can’t easily be ignored…If you could pick anybody from the present or past to collaborate with, who would that be?- My favourite guitarist is Richie Sambora, so it would have to be him. On the ‘dead’ side, I’d probably go for (aside the obvious Elvis/Michael Jackson route) someone like Muddy Waters or Stevie Ray Vaughan.If you could choose from all the songs in the world and make it your own, which one would you have liked to have written?
- It’s hard to differentiate between the songs that feel most personal to you, and the ones you want to choose because you’d own an island by now. I think I’d go for either some old standard, like “He Ain’t Heavy, He’s My Brother”,
or something more modern, like “Wild Wood”, by Paul Weller.
And finally as Christmas are sneaking up on us. What will be on your Christmas Dinner Menu?
- Usually it’d be fairly traditional, though perhaps with chicken as my family have gradually realised that no-one much likes the traditional main. Having said that, this year I’m visiting my sister in Holland, so maybe it’ll just be dope!
I and The 'faboulous' Sea Kings are feeling the Christmas spirit and have decided to set up this cool! Christmas Present that we will give to one lucky fan, just check it out:
A 'digital copy' of 'An Introduction To The Sea Kings' EP sent to your inbox. Christmas card in the post from the Sea Kings to include: -a photograph -a signed Sea Kings flyer -Handwritten lyrics to songs from the ep
How to get your hands on this? We don't ask for much, but for this Christmas we'd be forever thankful if you'd share The Sea Kings with your friends; Tell them why you like The Sea Kings music, Link to Twitter, Facebook, Homepage, or whatever.
So all you have to do is one of the following and you'll be included in the draw for the Christmas Present:
1. Share The Sea Kings on Twitter (Important! Remember to include @TheSeaKings in the tweet for us to monitor it)
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4. Simply comment on this post or send The Sea Kings a tweet or talk to them on Facebook and tell us that you'd like a chance to win this Christmas Present.
The Giveaway will be open for entrance until 7th January 2012
Important! Remember to make it easy for us to contact you if you're the lucky winner!
And keep watching this space as there will appear a few "End Of The Year" interviews with the guys over the next week!
Merry Christmas to you all from The Sea Kings and me here at 'Introducing The Sea Kings'
Salud!
P.S. Any of you into Rock Music as well? Then you definitely should check out the Christmas Present Giveaway that's running on ''Introducing The Suede Brothers'. From Perry, Ohio, US of A The Suede Brothers been described as playing Rust-Belt Rock, so If gritty, hard “old school” Rock n Roll is your thing, then these guys should suit you perfectly!! - The Suede Brothers Christmas Present Giveaway
First out in my series of 'End Of The Year' interviews with the crew from The Sea Kings are Jake Alexander (Vocals/Percussion/Cello). We get to find out about their highlights of this past year, the band’s plans for next year (first full-lenght album..) & last but not least; What's on their Christmas dinner menu?
A 'digital copy' of 'An Introduction To The Sea Kings' EP sent to your inbox. Christmas card in the post from the Sea Kings to include: -a photograph -a signed Sea Kings flyer -Handwritten lyrics to songs from the ep
You know you want it!! Well, back to the interview...
Thanks for doing this! How was the year 2011 for you?
JA: It has been a very busy and productive year. We've worked incredibly hard on the album and still managed to squeeze in a couple of tours. It's been brilliant.
2012: What plans and high hopes do you have in store for next year?
- If we continue the way we're going, I'll be very happy.
What are your favourite band at the moment? Any lesser known bands you want give a shout out?
- A singer-songwriter from Brighton called Woodpecker Wooliams - check her out!
What was your Musical Discovery of the year?
- I started listening to The National for the first time last spring and fell in love with their latest album, High Violet.
Are there any bands/artists or albums that you have high hopes and are particularly excited about in 2012?
If you had to pick one Experience and put it above the rest, what would that be?
- There have been so many wonderful experiences that it's impossible to pick out a single one. Perhaps the most surreal moment was when we were busking in St Ives, playing a cover of Chasing Cars, and a car started pulling into the driveway in which we were standing, quite literally chasing us across the tarmac. I'm proud to say that we didn't stop playing.
"Griff says; They that go down to the sea in ships.
Cornwall is one of my favourite places in England. Its isolated, rugged landscapes, its wind-blown western seascapes and its place names and people mark it out as a Celtic relic and bring a welcome sense of easy familiarity to any Celt otherwise marooned in the territory of our large and sometimes troublesome neighbour. The Sea Kings, the fine young musical trio whom I want to introduce tonight, all hail from Cornwall but are currently exiled in London. Interestingly, seperation from their roots has produced within them a yearning for their home by the wild sea that runs like a silver thread through their music and art; the sure sign of the Celt far from home.
