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Andy Raven

About Me



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Member Since: 16/01/2006
Band Website: http://www.andyraven.co.uk
Band Members: Andy Raven - vocals, violin, guitar, piano, didge :: Graham Judd - Guitars :: Rikk Smith - cajon, shakers, spoons, bodhran :: Ben Humphreys - bass
Influences: Led Zeppelin, Dylan Thomas, Tom Waits, The Smiths, The Kinks, Emily Dickinson, Elvis Costello, Paul Weller, Simon and Garfunkel, Billy Bragg, Bob Dylan, The Cure, Kate Clanchy, Leadbelly, U2, Fairport Convention, Dolly Parton, Laura Cantrell, A Tribe of Toffs, Laura Viers, Talk Talk, Michelle Shocked.
Sounds Like: Craven, Shaven, New Haven, Sarajevan
Type of Label: Unsigned

My Blog

New Album - Heads and Tails

For over a year now I have been saying that the new CD is nearly ready. Well, it really is now. The 12 tracks that finally made it through the band's stringent critique process are currently being mas...
Posted by on Fri, 08 May 2009 02:19:00 GMT

Angels

Angels is a song about a murder which happened in Reading in May 2005.Two girls were abducted, bundled into the boot of a car, taken to a hotel where they were tortured and raped, and finally taken to...
Posted by on Tue, 10 Oct 2006 12:16:00 GMT

Gallis Pole

Gallis Pole ... I first heard this by Led Zep, they recorded a version in Wales with a fairly bizarre video with one of their dogs running around ... and a hurdy gurdy ... The English Folk Song and Da...
Posted by on Fri, 07 Apr 2006 04:34:00 GMT

Butler and the Evasive Spin

So nearly a year ago Blair got his Butler to write a report absolving him of any wrongdoing, concluding that although Blair was wrong, it didn't matter as we all wanted to go to war anyway. I understa...
Posted by on Thu, 19 Jan 2006 12:26:00 GMT