April & I

My good friend Paul Steel released his first album in 2007 and made a companion film about it. And as I’m playing in a Cinema of sorts I’m gonna be screening it, cos it’s great. Here’s a bit about it…

April & I…an animated movie by Paul Steel

Released in 2007 on Raygun Records, ‘April and I’ tells the story of Paul’s relationship with his real-life childhood imaginary friend April (whom he still keeps regular contact with we hear) and the covers the subjects of suicide, school bullies and honkin’ (on his crackpipe). Meanwhile anything and everything is fired at the studio wall and what sticks (mostly everything) sticks. For instance, the classic Spector-esque sound of ‘Take It Or Leave It’ merges invisibly into the pounding Queen meets Bonkers hardcore of ‘School Bully’ before seamlessly morphing back to calm and the beauty of ‘I Gave Her My Number’. Elsewhere, the lunatic ‘Honkin’ (On My Crackpipe)’ sounds like The Small Faces fronted by Elvis Costello covering the theme to The Flumps. By the sound of it, it probably looked like that too.

India Bourne

Also the amazing India Bourne will be opening the night. India is mostly known as being part of Ben Howard’s band, but she’s making waves with her own music and it’s an honour to have her on the bill.

So that’s that.

Oh also I’ll again be singing with the London Contemporary Voices Choir, which was pretty awesome last time.

Don’t miss out.

Tickets available here

http://lukesitalsinghtickets.sandbag.uk.com/Store/DisplayItems.html

L x

This is kind of a blog, kind of news. So I’m putting it in both categories. deal with it.

At last the sun has returned. Hurrah! I don’t know about you but I feel as though my soul has finally awoken after a long cold hibernation. I never knew I like the sun this much.

Anyway, back to my dreary music!

I’ll start with another thank you.

Thank you for the amazing response to my new E.P.! Yeeepeee.

So many of you have taken to the twitter and facebookmospheres to air your enjoyment of the songs, so thank you all for making me feel warm and mushy and for sharing your love with friends. What is love if it isn’t shared anyway. right?

Yea so thanks.

Oh and you can now get the C.D. from my bandcamp shop

lukesitalsingh.bandcamp.com

Cinema Museum

I’ve nearly finished my first UK wide (ish) headline tour and so far it’s been the best thing ever.

I wanted to finish the tour with a bang and so for the last two London dates I’ve invited the London Contemporary Voices Choir to join me on stage for a few numbers. I’ve heard them rehearsing and it sounds incredible.

Here’s a video of them singing Imogen Heap’s song Hide and Seek, which coincidently, is one of the songs that inspired Fail For You back in the day.

If you want to come see me sing with this amazing choir there are still a few tickets left for the Cinema Museum show on 6th May.

Tickets here.

I’ll leave it there.

Thanks for reading.

You rock…in a singer/songwritery way.

Bye

Luke x

You can see it all at the Mr Porter site here.

Trendy.

A second date has been added to their sold out show, so I’ll be performing on the Saturday 13th July. If you like male singer/songwriters, Jake Bugg and Tom Odell will also be getting their proverbial Jagger on.

Tickets here www.rollingstones.com/tickets

So as part of my April headline tour I’m going to be playing a 4 week London residency (of sorts), with 4 shows spread out across the city and all in totally unique venues.

First off I’m playing at Servant Jazz Quarters (Wed. 17^th April) in Dalston, a super-cool venue.

Then it’s over to Farringdon to play an intimate gig at the Slaughtered Lamb (Tues. 23^rd April). Played here last year and loved it, a perfect space for me to perform.

Next up is a beautiful new venue called Bush Theatre (Mon. 29^th April). I have a feeling this show is gonna be one of my career’s highlights as the room is utterly gorgeous. You gotta see it.

The run culminates with a show at The Cinema Museum in Kennington (Mon. 6^th May). A real one of a kind place. I might even get a chance to curate a short film on the night..

An exclusive print with be made for the tour, which everyone who comes can have for free. Boom.

Ticket links below:

Dalston, Servants Jazz Quarters

Farringdon, The Slaughtered Lamb

Shepherd’s Bush, The Bush Theatre

Kennington, The Cinema Museum

SXSW, in Austin, Texas, is a nuts week of craziness and my schedule shows it. Here’s a nice flyer below with some details.

If you want uber details songkick is your place. here.

General sale on Friday the 8th March.

April 

Wed 17^th LONDON, Servants Jazz Quarters

Fri 19^th STOCKTON, Green Room

Sat 20^th EDINBURGH, Pleasance Cabaret Bar

Sun 21^st GLASGOW, Art School Bar

Tue 23^rd LONDON, Slaughtered Lamb

Thu 25^th BIRMINGHAM, Hare & Hounds

Fri 26^th MANCHESTER, Cornerhouse

Mon 29^th LONDON, Bush Theatre

May 

Mon 6^th LONDON, Cinema Museum

 Bottled Up Tight video 

If you haven’t seen it already, the video for Bottled Up Tight went live yesterday. It was shot in Paris where it was jolly chilly but we made it out alive.

I’m currently on tour through Europe opening gigs for a great Irish band called Villagers. The tour is just over halfway through now and I’ve been travelling on trains.

Lots of trains.

When I’m on a train for 6-8 hours at a time it makes me think. In fact when I’m stuck anywhere for 6-8 hours I’m probably gonna do a bit of thinking, but there’s something about trains.

Something about the movement and the consistent speed.

Something about the passing world, which in Europe is a world I’ve never seen. Houses I don’t recognise and street names I can’t pronounce, people I don’t know, languages I can’t speak.

Something about the lives and all the living that keep coming and going and coming and going again as I watch through the window. So many different lives. All so detailed and rich.

Stories. So many stories. Stories with beginnings and endings but mostly middles. Stories of friends and enemies, mistakes and glories, life and death.

Stories I’ll never be a part of. Stories I’ll never hear, and can only imagine for the briefest moment before the train rolls on and a hundred more pass me by.

There’s something about trains that make me think about these stories

and my own story

and how I’m writing it.

Somehow amidst all the wonderful chaos of last year, new songs were written and new recordings were made, and now finally I am far beyond giddy to announce my second E.P. Old Flint will be out on the 15th April.

I teamed up with Iain Archer (Jake Bugg) & Dave Lynch (Duke Special) again on this one and we slaved away for a week in a beautiful old flint barn in Sussex wrestling and  coaxing these songs into place. My hope is that the character and warmth of that creaky old barn can be found in the music.

You can pre order the E.P. now on iTunes (click here) and sample all the songs in their 90 second glory! 

    E.P. Track List

1. Bottled Up Tight

    2. Inaudible Sighs

    3. Blinding Life

    4. Dark

We are thinking up some lovely exclusive souvenirs for you guys and will have them available soon too.

Lovingly handmade by Hannah Cousins. Check out her new website and her other amazing work.