LATEST NEWS

Gigs
Thanks to everyone that came to the gigs in Birmingham and Milton Keynes.

TV
Jackdaw4 scores BBC2 "The Cup" theme song
Jackdaw4 has written and recorded "The Beautiful Game" title music for the new BBC2 comedy show "The Cup".

"The Cup" (Hartswood Films) is a documentary style comedy series following the lives and events of a kids football team’s quest to win the North and Midland’s under 11’s cup, and the pushy parents trying to recapture their youth through their children’s success. Directed by BAFTA award winning Matt Lipsey, ("Little Britain", "Jekyll").

Because we're such generous people, we're giving "The Beautiful Game" away for free, as a high quality mp3, along with two songs from each of Jackdaw4’s two albums. Absolutely free. No email address required. No pan-handling guaranteed!

Download your zip file HERE


Gossip
Japanese radio show Do-yaH! (FM Kumamoto) is playing "My Little Gangsta" and "Frobisher's Last Stand". Top Japanese rock radio show host, DJ Bunya, is a big Jackdaw4 fan. Click here and send in requests to them to play more Jackdaw4 songs! (although it may help if you can read and write Japanese!!)

New Album
"... vocalist Willie Dowling (Honeycrack) orchestrates a mesh of strings and horns that puts you in mind of Jellyfish at their most adventurous. Like the latter, all musical reference points are writ large (do a shot every time there's a nod to Brian Wilson, 10cc and the Beatles and you'll be drunk before the album's end), but it's beautifully done."
Phil Wilding, Classic Rock

I am delighted to announce that Cargo distribution has picked up Bipolar Diversions and the CD is available in all good record stores around the UK.

Jackdaw4's second album is also available from our shop, the download version along with The debut album, Gramophone Logic can also be purchased from the iTunes store.

Album: Bipolar Diversions
Released: 22 October 2007
Catalogue number: 369CD010
Track listing:
  • Sooma (All this vision)
  • Frobisher's last stand
  • Jesus wants my soul back
  • Bipolar diversions
  • My little gangsta
  • Heimlich's manoeuvres
  • All around the world
  • Illuminati
  • End of the party
  • Sleep
Bipolar Diversions


Radio
Listen to the interview with Willie on Alan Haber's pure pop radio show.

Blog
Willie's latest blog(06/02/08) is available on the Jackdaw4 MySpace page and on Wordpress.



Mailing List
Sign up for the Jackdaw4 mailing list and receive an MP3 of a track, Big Boys, that we could not find a place for on the new album "Bipolar Diversions".

Shop
Jackdaw4 T-shirts and CDs are available from the shop.

Jackdaw4
Jackdaw4 are:
Willie Dowling - guitars, keyboards, vocals, banjo, ukelele, percussion
Hugo Degenhardt - drums, vocals, percussion
Greg Hatwell - guitar, vocals
Guy James - guitar, vocals, keyboards
Andy Lewis - bass, vocals
Andy Robertson - drums, percussion
John Steel - guitars, vocals, ukele, percussion
Kate Stephenson - drums, percussion




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