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Alison and The Mings

About Me

As a band, we support stop the traffik in their campaign to stop human trafficking in the Uk as well as in the wider world, an important issue as we come up to the bicentennial anniversary of the abolition of slavery.

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 12/20/2006
Band Members:
David "Red" Ayre - Guitar;
Josiah Lockhart - Banjo, Mandolin, Saw, Bowl, Spoons
Colin McArthur - Glockenspiel, Piano, Percussion, Harmonium
Alison Stephen - Vocals, Harmonica, Flute, Glockenspiel
Tom "TMS" Merrit-Smith - Cello, Guitar, Tambourine
Influences:
Will Oldham, Animal Collective, James Blackshaw, Mark Kozelek, Joni Mitchell, Gillian Welch, Sufjan Stevens, Coffee, Neil Young, Outkast, Joanna Newsom, Ben Gibbard, Iron and Wine, Jackson 5, Woody Guthrie, Coffee, Laura Veirs, Bonnie "prince" Billy, The Band, The Carter Family, Coffee, Old Crow Medicine Show, Jack White, Tim Eriksen, Waulking songs, Kaki King, Vashti Bunyan, David Bazan, Molly Wagger....
Sounds Like: "...sincere and beautiful brand of acoustic folk music...Bob Dylan meets Bonnie Prince Billy" - The Hippodrome’A Treat...sweetly home-made folk pop’ - The List
Record Label: paper grill recordings

My Blog

4 stars in the List

Despite claiming we were quartet from glasgow (we’re an edinburgh based 5 piece) the List gave us a nice wee blurb.... and 4 stars. In addition to being called ’lofi scottish indie folk&rs...
Posted by on Wed, 19 Mar 2008 12:09:00 GMT

Bad Biro Drawings EP

Well... if you come to our next gig... or few gigs hopefully, you will get a free CD... hopefully, as many as our busking money will afford us to make... (alternatively you could download the music f...
Posted by on Fri, 02 Feb 2007 20:07:00 GMT