Alessi’s new album is out today in America. The album features contributions from lots of Willkommen musicians. My personal highlight is a track called The Fever which is an instrumental trio of Alessi on guitar, William Calderbank (Sons, Miserable Rich etc) on piano and Emma Gatrill (Sons, Mariners etc) on the harp.

You can stream the album on Alessi’s Facebook page, visit Bella Union US to buy hard copies or visit Amazon or iTunes to download it.

Alessi has two dates left in America supporting Laura Marling before a few European dates:

27th Sept: WASHINGTON DC, MY: Sixth & I Historic Synagogue with Laura Marling
28th Sept: NEW YORK, NY: Webster Hall with Laura Marling
3rd Oct: Amsterdam, NETHERLANDS: Paradiso – Small Hall
4th Oct: Ghent, BELGIUM: Café Video
5th Oct: Brussels, BELGIUM: Witloof Bar @ Botanique
7th Oct: Paris, FRANCE: La Fleche D’Or Paris, Ile-de-France

Keep September 11th and 12th free because we have two extra special Willkommen all day shows!

Saturday September 11th sees Diane Cluck and Anders Griffen, Wig Smith, Alessi’s Ark, Robert Stillman, Animal Magic Tricks, Woodpecker Wooliams and Redwood Red bring their beautiful music to the beautiful West Hill Hall – all for just £7. Doors are at 4pm. Lots more details to be announced soon, tickets are available from Wegottickets.com now and Resident Records shortly.

In the next few days we’ll be announcing an even more exciting show for September 12th, with an extra special guest headliner, in an absolutely extraordinary venue, with three stages…  so keep checking back.

Limited edition CD cover

The new three track EP from Sons of Noel and Adrian, Rivers, is released on Monday 11th January. It will be available digitally through iTunes, Amazon etc. and a limited edition of 50 copies will be available on the Sons January tour. The CD was hand-printed by Brighton based letterpress printer and book artist Anna Fewster. If we have any left after the tour they will be available through this site. The EP is also available on 7″ through OIB Records.

The following tracks are featured:

1. Black Side of the River
2. Big Bad Bold
3. Leaving Mary’s Hand

Sons of Noel and Adrian tour the UK with Alessi’s Ark and O Emperor in January 2010. All three bands are unmissable so get there early and get your tickets now to avoid disappointment:

Jan 26: The Albert, Brighton (wegottickets.com or 01273 606312) LAST.FM
Jan 27: Hoxton Square Bar & Kitchen, London (ticketweb.co.uk or 08444 77 1000) LAST.FM
Jan 28: Moles Club, Bath (moles.co.uk or 01225 404445) LAST.FM
Jan 29: The Louisiana, Bristol (alt-tickets.co.uk or 08713 100 000) LAST.FM
Jan 30: Miss Peapod’s, Falmouth (thepoly.org or 01326 212300) LAST.FM
Jan 31: The Phoenix, Exeter (seetickets.com or 0870 264 3333) LAST.FM
Feb 1: The Railway, Winchester (ticketweb.co.uk or 08444 77 1000) LAST.FM

We’re very pleased to announce that Sons of Noel and Adrian will be touring Ireland in January with Alessi’s Ark and O Emperor in association with our friends at the Word of Mouth Agency. The dates are as follows:

January 2010

13th: Cyprus Avenue, Cork (Last.fm event)
14th: Roisin Dubh, Galway (Last.fm event)
15th: Electric Avenue, Waterford (Last.fm event)
16th: Whelans, Dublin (Last.fm event)
17th: Dolans, Limerick (Last.fm event)

The three bands also play Hoxton Bar in London on January 27th (tickets here), with several more dates around the south to be announced shortly.