Hello there! I have spent the last two years touring Japan, the UK and Europe (by train as much as I can!) I play solo, and I am half of The Hand (Wig Smith makes it a whole) and I am half of Whalebone Polly (Kate Stables of This Is The Kit being the other half). I also spend lots of time with my sewing machine and lino cuttings and sell textiles and prints at gigs. They'll be an up-to-date shop on my new website www.rachaeldadd.com soon I hope. I also sell my textiles (badges, bags, wallets, maybe even T shirts ) on tour along with all my albums.
THE NOW: Myself, Wig Smith (The Hand) and Ichi from Japan have just finished touring together in the Uk and Europe (highlights scrolling to the left!)...THE NEAR FUTURE: Whalebone Polly (myself and Kate Stables of This is the Kit) are releasing an EP on dreamboat records and are touring in September in England with Rozi Plain and France and Belgium with Erica Buettner. We are still looking for dates in the UK for the 1st and 2nd September (somewhere in the North would be lovely if anyone ha any ideas) Look out for our NEW EP "Taproot and Sill" OUT ON THE 15TH SEPTEMBER ON LIMITED EDITION 7" (which we are thinking will be nicer in brown then black) AND DIGITAL DOWNLOAD!!!
THE SLIGHTLY FURTHER AWAY FUTURE: I will return to Japan in September to tour for 3 months with The Hand and Ichi and then on my return to England I will be releasing a Piano EP (from my album After The Ant Fight) on Broken Sounds and will do a piano tour January/Febuary...hoobloodyray!
AFTER THE ANT FIGHT is my new album released on Japan’s Indie label Angel’s Egg. There are 11 new songs plus a traditional song 'Two Sisters' and I play banjo, piano, guitar, clarinet and harmonium. I spent many intensive days recording and mixing underground at Toy Box Studios in Bristol with Ali Chant. Many of my friends in Bristol added their mark; Ieuan Pearse played drums, Jean Marc de Verteuil played bass, Andi Skellam sang and played banjo, Wig Smith sang and played kora and ukelele, Rozi Plain sang, Francois Marry played trumpet, and Wig’s mum Diana played the bassoon. Together they helped me to develop my music, as well as making it such an enjoyable time. I will hopefully be getting it released sometime next year on Broken Sounds following a Piano EP release scheduled for Jan/Feb 2010
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BERRIES FROM THE RUBBLE is The Hand’s new 10 song album. It too has been released on Angel’s Egg. Wig Smith and I spent two weeks during late summer recording it in a front room at the Self-Build Project in Bristol. On it we sing and play kora, banjo, guitar, ukulele, piano, harmonium, clarinet, autoharp and percussion. Wig is the first person I’ve been able to write from scratch with, and what we create together feels like it has a life of its own. My sister Betsy has made an animation to the last track which you can see just over there to the left! The animation comes too with our album. Berries from the Rubble review
£10 (incl. postage to anywhere)
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THE WORLD OUTSIDE IS IN A CUPBOARD is the album I made in 2007. On it there's quite a lot of banjos and pianos, loops made from cuttlery and ticking clocks, and it stars my grandma. Rob Da Bank played the album piano track 'Caught in the Weight' on his radio show and also on his latest podcast celebrating women in music. Here's where to go for the feed Rob Da Bank Podcast . (and click on Download from itunes)
To read a review of 'The World Outside is in a Cupboard' go here: jumped up pantry boy
Album Track Listing:
1) Finger on the Button
2) The Wires
3) Caught in the Weight
4) Ships
5) Bold Bear
6) o-mend-o-darn-o
7) Grandma's Hands
8) Telephone
9) Iron Out
10) Hawk for a Heart
11) The Party
12) River Swimmers
13) And when I can not Dream.
SOLD OUT !!
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SUMMER/AUTUMN RECORDINGS 2005
9 tracks recorded in a back garden
£10 including postage to anywhere
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If you'd like to buy a Limited addition 'Songs from the Crypt' (8 tracks recorded live in the crypt of a church in Bristol...listen to Foroyar above) please click below. Each one is different. CD sleeve ..Songs from the Crypt..(as below) comes enclosed. ¥3600 / £17.24 (postage incl.)
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Or you can buy the unlimited version of 'Songs from the Crypt' for ¥1800/£8.62 (postage incl.)
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