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Does anyone know of any sort of managerial tie up between the two mentioned above?  I've noticed that ahab are getting quite a few mentions on the FC official site.  Also, there are some pictures posted on Facebook that seem to indicate that Simon and Chris went to see them in Chipping Norton on SN's birthday?  I'd personally be pleased with this arrangement if it were true, as I believe ahab could have a big future on the folk/alt country scene. Anyone know owt?  ;)

Ask Iconic Music....

Thanks Chris. That sorts that out then.

same management(or whatever iconic are) ah that explains it

i wasnt bowled over, but they were nice enough

I thought that they were pretty forgettable

have they got a song that doesn't sound just like their other one yet?

thats fair comment Jim.....Cruel but fair

They sounded good from the River Cottage Canteen marquee, but watching the Sky Arts Cropredy programme I thought they were (sorry) nothing really special.

Me too, but to be fair to them I was the only one in our group who thought that.

That bl***y Sky Arts programme's sound, managed somehow to make every act sound 'nothing special', especially I'm sorry to say FC themselves.  >:(

Well I loved them, so there (blows raspberry)  ;)

Well I enjoyed them at Cropredy and am really looking forward to see them support Otis Gibbs at the Musician next month. I feel they will come across even better in a small venue.

Let's face it...the material helped there too.

Do you reckon Murdoch, through Sky Arts, is running a one man campaign to ruin folk music on his channel? I saw the Cambridge Festival highlights and didn't think the sound was great on that either.  I like to think I've got a pretty good sound system too.

Band of the festival, in my opinion ;D

More power to their (collective) elbows!

I agree with fat Billy for a change! (eekkk did I just say that?!  ;D)

good lord, are you OK Dave? Shall I call an ambulance?

I've been told on fairly reliable authority that they're playing at Banbury Folk Club on Wednesday 3rd November.

There site confirms it.

Well it seems the jury's out on this one!

Anyway there's another chance to see them locally to Cropredy, as they will be the guests at Banbury Folk Club next Wednesday, 3rd November, so those of you that are unsure come along and make your mind up!
ahab are a singer songwriter collective who formed in July 2009 after being invited to play the annual ‘Fanfare’ festival in Nashville, Tennessee.
Following a successful week long residency tearing the roof off at Tootsies Orchid Lounge, they came back to Dalston and decided to make the collaboration permanent. After a year spent writing new material and layering the songs thick with harmonies ahab decided to hit the streets of London’s markets to put their name around. Two months of busking and the band were asked by the police not to play at markets anymore as the crowds that had began to gather whenever they played were blocking the streets. ahab captured everyone’s imagination when they took the audience by storm at this year's Fairport's Cropredy Festival. ahab has a great line-up consisting of Callum Adamson, Dave Burn, Seebs Llewellyn & Luke Price. To give you some idea of what to expect, their influences come from Uncle Tupelo, Whiskey Town. Old Crow Medicine Show, The Be Good Tanyas and Paul Simon.
"ahab is the real - top notch UK Americana featuring tight four-piece harmonies." Simon Mayo, BBC Radio 2.
"I loved ahab's terrific performance at Cropredy festival. They are blistering live - alt-country edge and sheer class." Bob Harris, BBC Radio 2.

The club is in the Millers Bar at the Mill, Banbury and you need to be there by 8.30 pm. Admission £9 (£7 concessions)

The support to ahab will be Jossie Evans. Although barely 16, Jossie has built an enthusiastic following locally in Oxfordshire. She has been performing for about 4 years since an early appearance at the Bell in Adderbury. Mentored and encouraged by the McCormack’s (One Night Stand), Jossie shows an outstanding vocal talent and in the recent past she has also shown a flair for writing and performing her own compositions. Having performed at Adderbury's Party in the Park this summer, and supported the legendary Fairport Convention only last year, Jossie Evans is a rising young performer to watch out for. She is a regular at the Banbury Folk Festival and is often seen on the streets of Oxford, guitar in hand. Performing anything from Tracy Chapman to The Bee Gees, Jossie is also a keen writer and has been churning out her own original material for the past year. Influences like Laura Marling, Joni Mitchell and Damien Rice are an assurance that this girl and her guitar are worth a listen.

Hope to see you there! Derek and Mary

We will be there.. :D

I've got a real problem with this piece of guff from their PR...

"ahab are a singer songwriter collective who formed in July 2009 after being invited to play the annual ‘Fanfare’ festival in Nashville, Tennessee."

No one gets invited to play a festival befotre the group even existed!

Bellowhead did  ;D

Why don't you just get it off your chest Chris, and say that you're suspicious of those ahab boys?  :-\

Not suspicious at all.....just find the PR a bit over-blown.

Surely it's traditional to wait until an act has had some success before giving them a hard time?

I think Ahab have worked extremely hard to achieve the modest recognition that they have so far.
I saw them last week in a freezing cold marquee at the Brasenose playing to fifty or so people plugging their new EP. I came away thinking fair play chaps!

It's early days,it may not work.There are a lot of new bands that stand around on the sidelines saying things like "it's alright for you" whist doing just that, standing around!

As for "overblown press". So what? Noone ever got radio play on the back of a biog alone.

Good lads, good work ethic, not entirely my sort of thing but if they do manage to take it anywhere they'll have deserved to do so in my humble opinion. :)

I can agree with that sentiment....

I believe there is already an ahab tribute band.  They're called Re-hab.

Actually that's not true.  It just amused me to think of it.

Very droll Michael! Did you make that up?  ;D

Afraid so.  :)

Isn't that what PR is? I can't remember ever putting out a press release for a project saying, "It's OK, but not that great."