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The Lowly Knights

The Rifles EP available here.

About Me

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For Booking and Enquiries email us at:
info at lowly knights dot co dot uk
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Queen Alexander, a real beauty with dubious wisdom, sent Court Jesters to search the land high and low for the bravest men and women to join her and serve at her pleasure. The jesters didn't realise it wasn't a joke, and the rest is history...
“...absolutely breathtaking.” - BBC Live Review
“Mixing the kind of literate folk pop that The Decemberists would snap their pencils for, with spacey, wide-screen, vocal backing, The Lowly Knights could rise higher than the dome where they recently played.”
"Elegant, eloquent and soulful, the twelve-piece are as close to a sure bet that Belfast currently contains. They’ll no doubt use their stint at the Odyssey to size the place up in preparation for their own headline show somewhere down the line."
"The Knights have songs aplenty to back up the hype, and from late summer, their thrilling shift through the low gears has been the big unfolding story round these parts."
“The Lowly Knights are as fresh and bracing as just-squeezed lemon juice”
"A dozen desperados from Belfast making folky rock that will have you singing along with gusto"
"Having enticed the talents of members from several Belfast-based bands, and with up to a dozen knights at a time, this act make a spectactular stage presence. Armed with hooks-a-plenty and enchanting 'choir' vocals, they are a pleasure to watch and a sure-fire hit."

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 10/11/2006
Band Members: .. . Queen Alexander (in absentia),
up to a dozen Lowly Knights
Influences: The Cardinals,
King's College Choir,
Thee Silver Mount Reveries,
King Arthur,
Queer Giraffes
Sounds Like: Lances, swords and shields, boes of oh, galloping steeds, stringed instruments, Jester bells, church choirs, marching orders, bugles and the like...

The internet sales machine is now up and running! If you would like a copy of The Rifles EP just pick your region below and click. The EP and some hot T-shirts will also be on sale at our shows.

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My Blog

Secret Fireworks & U105

 Team Percussion's Jon T Parks got interviewed for local music blog Secret Fireworks. Go have a read!And we'll be playing a couple of tunes on Kresanna's last ever Homemade Jam show on U105 Radio. Tun...
Posted by on Sat, 20 Jun 2009 05:15:00 GMT

Summer gigs - tickets available and selling fast!

Summer gigs a-plenty. We hope you can join us at some or all of these incredible events where we'll be knocking out some new songs and joining in the frivolity.9 & 10 July. Trans Festival. Waterfront ...
Posted by on Tue, 16 Jun 2009 07:31:00 GMT

Lowly write up of cracking support gigs

Good people of myspaceSince we last posted...The last show of our arena adventure with Snow Patrol was in Belfasts Odyssey. For one song our choir recruited the talents of Gary Lightbody, Iain Archer...
Posted by on Fri, 22 May 2009 07:52:00 GMT

Ulster Hall

It was our absolute pleasure to open the night at the Ulster Hall's rock 'n' roll re-opening on Monday. What a night it was. What a list of bands! You can listen again here, check out ATL's mini-site ...
Posted by on Thu, 12 Mar 2009 10:19:00 GMT

Attention Sheffield & Liverpool!

All ye good folk in Sheffield and Liverpool. Make sure you come down good and early to the Snow Patrol gigs to catch the cacophony we're bringing your way.And if you're out and about on Thursday night...
Posted by on Tue, 03 Mar 2009 08:43:00 GMT

Supporting Snow Patrol

So, Gary Lightbody (of Snow Patrol, as you know) has been chatting to people about us for some time now, saying and writing all sorts of generous and kindly things (1, 2). Then he calls Neil and asks ...
Posted by on Thu, 22 Jan 2009 11:20:00 GMT

Gigs and Radio

Neil, Jonny, and Jon T joined Stu Bailie last night at 10pm for a chat and the chance to play some songs they love along with the session tracks we recorded for ATL. You can listen to the show again ...
Posted by on Sat, 13 Dec 2008 03:14:00 GMT

Our last ever show!

According to The Portadown Times, our show tomorrow at The Stiff Kitten is to be our last!  Somewhere in the local press wires were crossed! We are proud to be on the bill with The Delawares fo...
Posted by on Thu, 27 Nov 2008 07:03:00 GMT

ATL session

  We had a classic evening recording a live session for the BBC a few nights ago with Rocky and Ben. We played 'Devotion', 'Baby, don't leave me' and new track, 'Weight on my mind'. It was broad...
Posted by on Fri, 07 Nov 2008 06:21:00 GMT

Devotion ranked in Top 50 Northern Irish tracks

It's a catchy number and we love playing it, and now 'Devotion' is ranked 22nd in AU's 50 most important Northern Irish songs of the magazine's lifetime! There are many fantastic songs in the lis...
Posted by on Wed, 15 Oct 2008 15:05:00 GMT