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Rise up

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“Let us rise up and be thankful, for if we didn't learn a lot today, at least we learned a little, and if we didn't learn a little, at least we didn't get sick, and if we got sick, at least we didn't die; so, let us all be thankful.”Buddah
BIGFINN's original myspace page has vanished this is an error, it's not on purpose. We are still here!! MYSPACE have not found our page back so this will remain as our new page. www.BIGFINN.com will be up and running soon and will be the best place to get more info about us. For contact and booking e-mail [email protected] , thanxxx.
What we think:bbc Manchester"It’s easy to be dazzled by BigFinn’s list of friends, but the most striking thing about their sound is that it sounds like all their own work – and impressive work it is too. Following the same path of dark cinematic soul that Barry Adamson walks, it is thrillingly sumptuous music for films unmade and has the potential to make them just as well known as their collaborators." Chris Long
BIG ! "Great songs for all the girls!" John Bramwell I Am Kloot
BOLD AS BRASS Big ideas…big melodies…big emotion…and a big tour bus. Bigfinn write songs that wrap themselves around your head – dramatic, colourful, all enveloping. A bit like an old Doctor Who scarf, but with a far more complex knitting pattern. Arrangements are ambitious – sometimes epic, sometimes intimate - but they never get in the way of a good tune. Which, in the Bigfinn world, is everything. Skittish melodies soar over the sort of song they just don’t write any more – singer Martin Travers delivers a full throttle performance which owes a lot to his heroes: Scott Walker, Van Morrison and Captain Beefheart. Recalcitrant troubadours, the lot of them. Bigfinn song delivers all of your 5 a day portions in one hearty package. It’s a wholesome stew which throws in a Hammond organ, pedal steel and strings, a trumpet sorbet and a side order of euphonium. If you’d bought any of their stuff on Amazon you’d probably be told that you’d like the Divine Comedy, The Guillemots and Prefab Sprout too. But you’re surely old enough to make up your own mind. Need a second opinion? Three CD releases and an impromptu tour of Russia and gigs in Paris ,and UK behind them,with plans to tour Italy and France this year, and Bigfinn are tearing themselves away from their beloved studio home,Moolahrouge, putting on something sparkly, and coming to a town near you. Freewheeling, spine tingling, life affirming and death defying. A night with Bigfinn is like a night in the big top. But without all that elephant shit.
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Member Since: 12/8/2007
Band Website: bigfinn.com
Band Members: MARTIN TRAVERS - VOCALS,GUITAR
COLIN MCLEOD - PIANO,HAMMOND,RHODES,MELODICA,CLAVINET
CHE BERESFORD - DRUMS ,PERCUSSION
NORMAN MCLEOD - GUITAR,PEDAL STEEL, LAP STEEL
OLLIE COLLINS - BASS,DOUBLE BASS

EXTRA MUSICIANS ARE BOB MARSH - TRUMPET , JULIE GORDON - VOCALS ,OLIVER HEATH - VIOLIN , CHRIS WORSEY - CELLO , IAN BIRCH - CELLO , HOWARD JACOBS - PERCUSSION , BASS CLARINET,BASS SAX,TENOR SAX ,PETE MCPHAIL - SAX

Influences: SONGS ADDED ARE FROM NEW ALBUM UK VERSION "RISE UP AND BE THANKFUL !" (WITH 6 BONUS TRACKS), THIS ALBUM IS DIFFERENT FOR REST OF EUROPE AND WILL BE RELEASED IN MAY 08 WITH DIFFERENT ORDER AND 10 SONGS WITH TITLE "RISE UP"
Songs up at the moment are -
1. DISTANT SILVER
2. KEEP DRIVING BABY
3. SAY A WORD
4. OH MY SOUL
5. DOGGEREL
6. CIRCUS
*NEW ALBUM* 16 songs £10.00
BIGFINN "RISE UP AND BE THANKFUL!"
BIGFINN have guest appearances from Badly drawn boy , Jimi Goodwin (DOVES) , John Bramwell and Peter Jobson (I AM KLOOT) , Simon Aldred (CHERRY GHOST) , Mark Potter (ELBOW) ON THIS ALBUM

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Record Label: promo international
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

Bigfinn live session 6/07/08

Listen again to BIGFINN live session on bbc manchester Sam Walker show. 6th July 08http://www.bbc.co.uk/manchester/content/articles/2008/04/1 4/introducing_listen_again_feature.shtml
Posted by BIGFINN on Mon, 07 Jul 2008 04:07:00 PST

summer in the park

http://www.summerinthepark.co.uk/music.php
Posted by BIGFINN on Tue, 27 May 2008 02:23:00 PST

BBC Manchester interview

Introducing& BigFinnBigFinn make "diverse, cinematic, lyrical, art school rock", sometimes by themselves and sometimes with help from a few of the biggest names in Manchester's musical community.What ...
Posted by BIGFINN on Mon, 19 May 2008 08:10:00 PST

Bigfinn tour of Italy OCT 08

Bigfinn are set to release album 'Rise up' in Italy in October and will support release with a 5 day tour and promotional t.v along with mtv session , so watch this space for the dates. 
Posted by BIGFINN on Sun, 24 Feb 2008 12:16:00 PST

Bigfinn played on BBC6 Guy Garveys finest hour

Guy Garvey plays BIGFINN song 'Circus' on his finest hour on the 11th Nov 07 Cheers Guy ! Go to www.bbc.co.uk/6music/shows/garvey/   to listen again......
Posted by BIGFINN on Sun, 24 Feb 2008 12:09:00 PST

bigfinn "Rise up and be thankful! " UK release

bigfinn "Rise up and be thankful!"  Realesed in UK in AUG 08 and running order of album is as follows :-1. L'AMOUR FOU2. DOGGEREL3. DOGENDSANDSWINE4. DISTANT SILVER5. NIGHT BUS6. TARGET7. MAGIC C...
Posted by BIGFINN on Fri, 08 Feb 2008 06:17:00 PST

bigfinn

"RISE UP" BIGFINN will be released in Italy in OCT 08 followed by a tour.Running order of album is as follows :-1. Distant silver2. Ran to catch your face today3. Keep driving baby4. Oh my soul5. Ah! ...
Posted by BIGFINN on Fri, 08 Feb 2008 06:04:00 PST

Russia interview

BIGFINN IN RUSSIAAre your gigs similar to theatre performances?There is a definite performance element to our gigs, yes. The dramatic nature of the music lends itself well to theatrical interpretation...
Posted by BIGFINN on Thu, 17 Jan 2008 03:29:00 PST

Album review

Intelligent pop. There's a phrase to make you run, screaming, back to the safety of your Sugarbabes CD's. And yet? Handled with care, pop with ambition can show up even those interchangeable size zero...
Posted by BIGFINN on Thu, 17 Jan 2008 03:14:00 PST