Blueflint supporting The Proclaimers!

Blueflint are delighted to announce that they will be supporting The Proclaimers on their forthcoming CD launch tour this autumn! See below for details of tour dates. Further details are available on our website at:www.blueflint.org.uk  The Proclaimers' new CD 'Like Comedy' is now out on release.  October dates: Tuesday 16th: Kings Lynn Corn Exchange Wednesday 17th: The Alban Arena, St Albans Thursday 18th: Shrewsbury Theatre Severn Saturday 20th: Preston Charter Theatre Sunday 21st: Liverpool Philharmonic Monday 22nd: York Opera House Wednesday 24th: Bristol Academy Thursday 25th: London Shepherds Bush Empire Friday 26th: Salisbury City Hall Sunday 28th: Guildford G Live Monday 29th: Salford Lowry Tuesday 30th: Leicester Du Montfort   November dates:   Thursday 1st: Oxford Academy Friday 2nd: Canterbury Marlowe Theatre Saturday 3rd: Coventry Warwick Arts Centre Monday 5th: Ipswich Corn Exchange Tuesday 6th: Birmingham Town Hall Wednesday 7th: Chesterfield Winding Wheel Friday 9th: Newcastle City Hall Saturday 10th: Bradford St Georges Hall Sunday 11th: Carlisle Sands Centre Wednesday 14th: Glasgow Carling Academy Thursday 15th: Glasgow Carling Academy Saturday 17th: Aberdeen Exhibition Centre Monday 19th: Inverness Eden Court Tuesday 20th: Perth Concert Hall Thursday 22nd: Edinburgh Playhouse Friday 23rd: Edinburgh Playhouse In the meantime....Blueflint have a few dates coming up next month, and also a date for the Edinburgh Fringe!    Thursday 14th June  Venue: Leith Festival fundraiser, Leith Dockers Club, Edinburgh  Time: 8pm. Tickets: £7(£5) from Leith Festival Office, or Leith Dockers Club. Saturday 23rd June Venue: Betsey Trotwood, 56 Farringdon Rd, Clerkenwell, London, EC1R 3BL.   Sunday 24th June  Venue: Leigh Folk Festival, Leigh on Sea Website: www.leighfolkfestival.com   Saturday 30th June Venue: Kelburn Festival Website: www.kelburngardenparty.com Saturday 28th July Venue: 13th Note, King Street, Glasgow, G1 5QT Website: http://www.13thnote.co.uk Monday 6th August Venue: Edinburgh Fringe - Acoustic Music Centre at St Brides, Orwell Terrace, EH11 2DZ Website: http://www.acousticmusiccentre.co.uk/ Blueflint CD 'Maudy Tree' on sale now:

Lovely Blueflint News

Hope you are all good and enjoying the first days of Spring!
We have lots of lovely Blueflint news for you!

Press Reviews: We are delighted with the response the press and folk at gigs have given to our new CD Maudy Tree. Here are a few:

R2: 4 stars **** "the musicianship is consistently excellent…Deborah Arnott and Clare Neilson..sing beautifully together and demonstrate an impressive range as songwriters.”

Folk and Roots: “… a triumphantly individual group-collective take on the twin traditions of old-timey folk and knowingly contemporary Scottish country music….a real discovery…one of my albums of the year.”

Scotland on Sunday: 4 Stars **** "Relaxed, assured and very attractive vocal harmony from Deborah Arnott and Clare Neilson...leads their crew further into mainstream acceptability and success."

The Herald: "This second album has ample evidence that their talent should be a lasting one, with both women contributing fine new songs to their catalogue...making the disc a sonic step forward."

fRoots: "..lyrically clever, musically immediate...Rich imagery and cleverly captured vignettes draw the listener in...total winner."




Blueflint interview - Rock 'n' Reel: Look out for an interview with the band in the next issue of Rock 'n' Reel
out now!

Radio Play: The album has also enjoyed national radio play on Traveling Folk, Ian Anderson, Another Country- BBC Scotland, BBC Wales, BBC Ulster, Album of the week- BBC Radio Nan Gaidheal, BBC Shropshire, BBC Hereford and Worcester.

The CD has also gained radio play on various internet radio sites. We have listed a few below and highly recommend you check these out:
Bobs Folk Show - Radio Wey
Sunday Pint
Gilded Palace of Sin
Miller tells a tale
Rob Ellen Medicine Show


Touring: Blueflint will be touring Scotland and Ireland in October/ November and here are the dates so far:

Wednesday 18th April 2012
Venue: Queen's Hall Arts Centre, Beaumont Street, Hexham, Northumberland, NE46 3LS
Website: www.queenshall.co.uk
Tel: 01434652477

Friday 20th April 2012
Venue: Ropewalk Maltkiln road, Barton upon humber, North Lincolnshire, DN18 5JT
Website: www.the-ropewalk.co.uk

Friday 4th May 2012
Venue: What's Cookin' The Birkbeck Tavern, Leytonstone, London, E11 4HL
Website: www.whatscookin.co.uk
Tel: 020 8539 2584

Saturday 5th May 2012
Venue: Norden Farm Centre for the Arts, Altwood Road, Maidenhead, SL6 4PF
Website: www.nordenfarm.org
Tel: 01628 788997

Thursday 14th June
Venue: Leith Festival fundraiser, Leith Dockers Club, Edinburgh
Time: 8pm. Tickets: £7(£5) from Leith Festival Office, or Leith Dockers Club.

Sunday 24th June
Venue: Leigh Folk Festival, Leigh on Sea
Website: www.leighfolkfestival.com

Saturday 30th June
Venue: Kelburn Festival
Website: www.kelburngardenparty.com

New footage:
Mr Lovealie
Light in the Window
A big thank you to Stewart Ennis for putting this Maudy Tree footage together.
And also thank you to Johnathan at Useful Content for filming our launch night in Edinburgh.

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