Video: 'The TSG Always Get Their Man' by Steve White and the Protest Family

Steve White and the Protest Family at Friends of Stoneydown Park Folk Festival

The Lone Groover: New Gig Dates

Our favourite folk punk troubadour, The Lone Groover, has just announced a string of dates for 2012 seeing him all the way to Christmas:

26th April - The Metropolitan, 60 Great Western Rd, Notting Hill W11 (Portobello Acoustic Sessions)
4th May - The Torriano, off Camden Rd, Kentish Town NW5 (a Trashville Night)
16th May - The Boogaloo, Archway (Zac Stephenson's Voices)
25th May - The Sun Tavern, Covent Garden (Supporting 'Milligan' at their EP launch night)
2nd June, The Hope Festival, www.hopefestival.co.uk
22nd Dec - The Windmill, Brixton, SW2 - (Strummerville)

Here's a video clip of a recent performance filmed in Boston, Lancashire, at a gig in aid of Punk 4 The Homeless:

Introducing new RTYD member, 'Rich', from Stourbridge

Welcome to new RTYD member, folk/pop singer/songwriter, Rich, from Stourbridge in the West Midlands. Rich is looking for musicians for an acoustic band he wants to form. So get in touch if you are local, and interested. You can listen to Rich's music on his Soundcloud page, here

Phil Martin's debut solo album 'Before We Go To Paradise'

Phil Martin released his first solo album Before we go to Paradise on 31st January 2012. Hard copies of the album are available now from record shops and online at Amazon, Virgin and every other website that sells CDs, with iTunes and other MP3 downloads coming very soon.

Phil has played in a number of bands over the years, including the Shanakies who supported Blur on their Parklife tour, and The Men they Couldn’t Hang. As well as performing solo, he is currently playing with a handful of musicians and acts including, The Bitter Springs who have shared a bill with Vic Godard as the Subway Sect, Swill Odgers (of The Men They Couldn't Hang fame), Jowe Head and the Demi-Monde (Jowe Head of Swell Maps/Television Personalities fame), Valerie and her Week of Wonders, Kindred Spirit, The Talesmen  and The Long Decline.

Phil learnt to play the violin as a young boy and also sang in a church choir. His mum gave him his first guitar lesson at thirteen and ten years later he finally played a proper electric guitar in public. As well as singing playing the guitar and violin, he can now also "get a sound out of various instruments including viola and stylophone". Not bad!

Phil's next solo gig is on 15th March at the Troubadour in Earls Court. For more news on Phil's live activity you can visit his website.

Here are links to reviews of Before we go to Paradise:

Fatea
Mudkiss Fanzine
Whisperin' and Hollerin'
Amazon

Welcome bassist Andy Webb from Plymouth in Devon

Welcome to bass guitarist Andy Webb from Plymouth in Devon. That's his bass!

Andy is a hobbyist, but is looking for a songwriting partner, and either a heavy rock or a folk band. He has previously played in original heavy rock and metal bands, but now he particularly likes the idea of an AC/DC tribute band - and why not?! He even likes the idea of going on the road.

Andy has also been doing some home recording and would like to develop this interest. So if Andy sounds like someone you'd like to work with, get in touch with him through ROCK-TIL-YOU-DROP.

Video: She's Still Got It by Mark Handley

Singer/songwriter and RTYD member Mark Handley's song She's still got it, from the album The boy who never grew up. ©Mark Handley 2012

New RTYD Member

Birmingham-based folk violinist/guitarist Ruth Graham is a new member of ROCK-TIL-YOU-DROP Musicians & Bands http://bit.ly/r7nEVf

THE LONE GROOVER plays The Hope Weekender Festival, BigginHill, Kent, this Sat 4 June: http://bit.ly/ej3GHM folk punk @lonegrooves