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The Akibas

The Akibas

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We are a band from Devon in the U.K. We have just released our third album "Queen of the South" on Lovely Aichan records. It has been 10 years since our first cd came out ("Origin of the Sun"), 2004 brought "Tree of loving soul" which we recorded at London’s legendary Toerag studios and now we have the third opus, nearly a year in the making. in true Akibas fashion the line up changes on every cd. This time those present and correct are Melodie Jones, previously (Minx) Huw Akiba-Jones, (Fabulous Yellow Roman Candles) Clanger (Garageland, Muttonbirds, Homer) and Jolyon Holroyd (The FireFlies,The Love Trumpets).
This new record has, shock, horror, a couple of almost cheerful, dare i say pop songs, one of which "The Cafe Song" was written by the very talented Mr Peter Carroll who i once had the great pleasure of playing guitar for. Melodie wrote "Can’t Deny" and "Heartburn" and Jolyon contributed the countrytastic "With luck and some money" all other songs are by Huw except "She wonders at it all" which i wrote with Mr Miles Poppycock. "Your heart still beats in me " was written for my beautiful dog Aichan who passed away last year and is also dedicated unashamedly to all dog lovers wherever you may be. Many thanks to those kind people who have bought our music, (available on ITunes and all major download formats).
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Member Since: 5/20/2006
Band Website: cdbaby.com/cd/akibas3
Band Members: Melodie Jones, Huw Akiba-Jones, Clanger, Jolyon Holroyd, Maria Heard, Craig Maggs.
Influences: Nick Drake, Tim Buckley, JJ Cale, Gene Clark, The Flaming Lips, Van Der Graaf Generator, The Blue Aeroplanes, Jaques Brel, James Jamerson, Dolly Parton, X Ray-Spex, Annie Anxiety, Hank Williams, The Beach Boys, The Sundays, Love, Pavlov's Dog, Steven Stills, Gram Parsons, Alice Cooper (group), The Grateful Dead, Isaac Hayes, Led Zeppelin. Jimi Hendrix, Wilco, Fred Neil, Sandy Denny, Gillian Welch, The Byrds, Big Star, AlGreen, Michelle Shocked, James Burton, Elvis, Faust, Bill Nelson, Sly Stone, The Pogues, Leonard Cohen, Mark Eitzel, The Smiths, Jeff Buckley, Joni Mitchell, Elliot Smith, Van Morrison, David Crosby, Neil Young, Roy Harper, The Band, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, Bob Dylan and many many more !

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Record Label: Lovely Aichan Records
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My Blog

Time to start work again

Good grief is it spring already, time to come out of hibernation plug in those guitars and make a big noise. Got a few tunes semi-sorted and a regular line-up of reprobates which is a novelty in Akiba...
Posted by The Akibas on Tue, 22 Apr 2008 04:09:00 PST

Rest and Recuperation

Having completed a flurry of 12 gigs over the last six months with the likes of the very lovely Newton Faulkner,Kate Walsh and the hilarious and very generous Mark Eitzel whom it m...
Posted by The Akibas on Fri, 07 Dec 2007 02:46:00 PST

Rehearsals

Ho, ho, ho, We are currently practising with the aim of doing some gigs, it has been some time since we have lugged gear around. We have a slightly flexible line up, Melodie, Maria, Huw, Jolyon and C...
Posted by The Akibas on Sun, 24 Dec 2006 08:06:00 PST

Corporate sellout shocker

Akibas guitarist/backing vocalist Jolyon can be heard with his solo hit "ready to roll" on the A.A. website (thats automobile association not alcholholics anonymous) The top 40 christmas 95 hit w...
Posted by The Akibas on Thu, 24 Aug 2006 11:30:00 PST