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The new Alessi’s Ark album “Time Travel” is out today in America

Marcus — Tue, 27 Sep 2011 15:21:44 +0000

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

First of two exciting all day shows announced: Diane Cluck, Alessi’s Ark and more

Marcus — Mon, 19 Jul 2010 11:03:49 +0000

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.

Sons of Noel and Adrian to release Rivers EP on CD and iTunes in January

Marcus — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 12:28:48 +0000

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, Alessi’s Ark and O Emperor tour the UK

Marcus — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 23:24:18 +0000

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

Sons of Noel and Adrian tour Ireland with Alessi’s Ark and O Emperor

Marcus — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 23:44:37 +0000

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.

Tickets and times for Stanmer House this Sunday

Marcus — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 10:10:34 +0000

It’s just a few days away and the current forecast is sunny! The doors open at 7:45pm, but I’d recommend getting down there early and spending the afternoon in the beautiful surroundings with a barbecue and a few cold beers.

Here are the times:

Marquee

The Leisure Society 11:10pm
Peggy Sue 10:00pm
Sons of Noel and Adrian 8:55pm
Robert Stillman 7:55pm

Inside the house

Alessi’s Ark 10:35pm
Pete Roe 9:30pm
Caroline Weeks 8:25pm

Here’s a link showing the bus route from the Old Steine, you get the number 25 and it takes about 38 minutes including the walk into Stanmer Park. There are regular trains to Falmer from Brighton and it’s about a 10-15 minute walk from there. Sadly the last train back to Brighton from Falmer is at 23:26 but I believe buses run all night, a taxi will cost about £10-12.

Resident is now SOLD OUT but there are currently 16 tickets left on wegottickets.com/willkommen, then we’re totally sold out. I’ll post on here if there are any tickets left on the day but it looks unlikely.

Another Stanmer House addition! Robert Stillman

Marcus — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 09:36:57 +0000

The overflowing Stanmer House lineup has a new addition. Recently seen playing keys with Grizzly Bear, Robert Stillman‘s own music exists “somewhere between the fairground, the rural parlor, and the stars” and is influenced by the likes of John Fahey, Kurt Weill, Scott Joplin, and Maurice Ravel.

The lineup also includes The Leisure Society, Alessi’s Ark, Peggy Sue, Sons of Noel and Adrian, Laura Marling’s pianist and banjo player Pete Roe and Caroline Weeks of Bat for Lashes. The event takes place in Grade I listed stately home Stanmer House on Sunday July 5th, tickets cost just £12 from wegottickets.com or Resident Records, 28 Kensington Gardens, Brighton, 01273 606312.

Pete Roe joins Stanmer House line-up

Marcus — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 09:16:44 +0000

The enthralling Pete Roe joins The Leisure Society, Alessi’s Ark et al on our overflowing Willkommen micro-festival bill. Pete is an amazing multi-instrumentalist who plays banjo and piano with Laura Marling, guitar techs for Maccabees and recently toured in support of Mumford & Sons. He has a unique guitar style which somehow sees separate bass, rhythm, lead and even percussions lines simultaneously flow from just two hands.

He’s an amazing performer and a great addition to the line-up. More information about the event here and tickets available for just £12 here.

Caroline Weeks added to Stanmer House bill

Marcus — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 11:34:04 +0000

We are delighted to announce that Willkommen favourite Caroline Weeks has joined the lineup for our exciting Stanmer House show. She joins The Leisure Society, Alessi’s Ark, Peggy Sue and Sons of Noel and Adrian in what is shaping up to be the best gig we’ve ever put on. Caroline Weeks is an extremely talented singer songwriter and some time member of Bat For Lashes, with whom she recently toured France. This is a special appearance ahead of her tour of America. There are more acts still to be announced.

Over half the tickets have already flown out of the door so buy quickly. You can get them from wegottickets.com here or from Resident Records in Kensington Gardens, Brighton, 01273 606312.

New venue! Willkommen take over Stanmer House, not Charleston House

Marcus — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 16:22:38 +0000

Stanmer House by night

The good news is we’ve found a new venue for our event in July and tickets are on sale here.

The event features a ridiculously good lineup including The Leisure Society, Alessi’s Ark, Peggy Sue and Sons of Noel and Adrian. Originally at Charleston House, this event has now moved to the even more suitable Stanmer House – with one big benefit. We can now have a second performance area so we’ll be announcing many more acts ASAP.

The house was built in 1722 and is in the middle of a Sussex nature reserve, but also just a 5-10 minute walk from Falmer train station or University of Sussex bus stops.

More details about this exciting event can be found here. Please help support Willkommen by buying tickets as soon as possible, as an event of this size is costing us a lot to run. Thank you so much to everyone who has emailed over the last week voicing their support and suggesting alternative venues.

Tickets now on sale for the Willkommen daytrip to Charleston House featuring The Leisure Society, Peggy Sue, Alessi’s Ark and Sons of Noel and Adrian

Marcus — Thu, 21 May 2009 10:33:09 +0000

We’ve been inundated with emails asking where they can buy tickets for this very exciting event on Sunday July 5th. Charleston are now taking bookings on their box office number, 01323 811626 (EDIT: sadly we can no longer do this event at Charleston, we are currently confirming a similarly special venue and will update ASAP) . Online booking should be available in the next few days.

The capacity is strictly limited and we expect it to sell out very quickly. The event will see bands performing in the beautiful Charleston barns and we should have a few impromptu acoustic solo sets around the gardens.

Charleston House was the artistic hub of the Bloomsbury Group – Virginia Woolf, Vanessa Bell, Duncan Grant, J.M. Keynes and many more. As the Willkommen Collective is also a group of like-minded creative people centred around the beautiful Sussex downs, we’re very excited and honoured to be playing in the Bloomsbury Group’s uniquely wonderful home.

Alessi’s Ark confirmed for May’s Willkommen night

Marcus — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 09:01:51 +0000

Last night we confirmed the spellbinding Alessi’s Ark for May’s Willkommen night. It’ll take place on May 5th at The Freebutt. She’s a captivating performer in the vein of Joanna Newsom, Laura Marling and Emmy The Great.

Her Mike Mogus produced album is out on Virgin next month and her beautiful songs take mere seconds to permanently implant themselves in your mind. Tickets are available at wegottickets.com now.

Stay posted for exciting news about June’s Willkommen night, too.