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About Me

MY ALBUM IS NOW AVAILABLE ON i-TUNES I'm happy to tell you now that our album is available on i-tunes. The physical release is currently only available through sending me a message here or on the facebook page. However, soon it will be on various websites with easier methods for you to purchase online .. (Kite records our label, CD Baby, Amazon and most excitingly my own....coming soon!) I'll keep you informed! Mr Wolf's 2008 photos by TomMiss Cecily...there is a colourful tale to tell spanning a century of many lives and many places, deals made and broken, of accidental magic potions and a search for the distant music of her gypsy people .. One day this story will be told.. But for now I shall only speak of the present for that is all that ever really matters:I am a singer songwriter and jazz singer currently based in Bristol, England with a nomadic soul and links in many cities I've passed through;in particular Cadiz in Spain where myself and our guitarist Tom began playing together in a busking duo. The band formed on return to Bristol and grew over the past couple of years. Last spring I was a finalist in the BBC Radio 2 new talent songwriters competition 2008. Highlight gigs for us have been Shambala Festival with the amazing Klaus joining us on stage to show off his flamenco dancing skills (if I could get the damn video to upload I'd share it with you all..hillarious!), The Jelli Records stage at The new Bristol Festival and supporting Smith and Mighty in my very own neighbourhood community centre. We've played various gigs in Bristol, Bath, London and elsewhere. I could go on but less chat more music I say! Come to a gig and check us out or email us for a CD. We have a 4 track EP available...and I'm excited to report that our debut album is due for release at the end of May 2009, so watch this space for details of the launch! Here's a video filmed by the lovely Gary Thomas of us at The Pro Cathedral in Bristol, it's a beautiful building but it does have the acoustics of a cathedral (kind of sounds like we're in a school hall but I assure you we're not!) Myspace Backgrounds
The Bristol Festival September 2008 photos by Andy Stott ..

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 23/02/2007
Band Members: Miss Cecily Pearce: voice, guitar, ukulele, writing of songs. Mr Geraint James: double bass and electric bass Mr Tom Grundman: guitar , harmonica, ciaranga Mr Simon Cass: drums Miss Karen Yair : accordian, sax and flute
Influences: Growing up an only child escaping through music, listening to everything that came my way from the "sound of music"; to punk and indie, hip hop to country, techno to jazz, soul, latin, music from every country and 20th century era that I've ever visited or dreamt about visiting... And in general... travelling, running away, restling with staying put, letter boxes bringing piles of paperwork, urban anxiety, being skint, daydreaming, feeling misplaced in this era in the modern western world, loving tiny bits of it despairing at most of it! joining a vaudeville travelling circus in the southern states circa 1920 and a band of flamenco gypsies in the 1940's, busking ancient city streets and plazas..neon lit motels appearing like ghosts on empty highways, waiting for the first bus at dawn in a one horse town, the early morning sun, the ocean, night trains, boarder towns..being dusty brown with sun tanned bare feet, existing mainly in a candy floss cloud of day dreams and nostalgia..
Sounds Like: Billie Holiday meets Hank Williams down a dingy Paris alleyway cueing for a nightclub with his posse of Andalucian Gypsies and wandering Jews.
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

Bloom Festival cancelled

Well, it's not been the best year for festivals though I can't wait for Shambala.After the sad demise of the Big Green Gathering's plans to party, Bloom has followed suit. I don't really understand bu...
Posted by on Tue, 04 Aug 2009 13:45:00 GMT

Thanks Cecily!

Ha! I seem to have some younger brothers in Italy who are very grateful to me for some reason...they're called 'Thanks Cecily' and they're running a contest for chics with thank's cecily written on th...
Posted by on Mon, 22 Jun 2009 15:05:00 GMT

Album preparations

Oh my gosh! Never realised how much work and stress all this album business would be, in fact no that's not true, i always suspected it would be and that's why there were times when i was in Spain in ...
Posted by on Tue, 19 May 2009 16:31:00 GMT

My album launch party

I am happy to tell you now that tickets are on sale through my myspace page for my Grand Album Launch Party to be held on.. Friday May 29th 2009 8pm-1am at The John Sebastian Lighth...
Posted by on Thu, 23 Apr 2009 04:28:00 GMT

My album launch party

Levante

So I've not been much of a blogger have I? Maybe it's time to start again. Funnily enough I'm back In Cadiz listening to the levante; the strong wind coming in from the atlantic , taunting the cities ...
Posted by on Mon, 16 Mar 2009 16:01:00 GMT

Ryan air guilt!

Hi there, this is me and my fist blogging experience, come and be my friend and listen and I hope enjoy my songs! I hate to be smug but I'm off to Cadiz tomorrow for a few days to soak up some views o...
Posted by on Fri, 13 Apr 2007 10:52:00 GMT