Greedy Magicians : a special night

Thank you to everyone who took part in the recording of Greedy Magicians – musicians, crew and audience you were all amazing. The evening was not just about an entire album recorded live but also included both edible and wearable art installations and great poetry from Longfella.  Sam Lench has begun the mixing of the album and we hope to have an official release in November. Everyone who was at the gig will get their CDs ahead of the official release.

Here are a few of the comments received about the night

• Last night’s Quiet Loner gig in the beautiful Sacred Trinity Church was very, very special. Great songs, virtuoso musicianship, magical vibe, superb acoustics plus audience and artists coming together to testify and to protest about the “Greedy Magicians” stealing our future.

• An inspiring and full on creative evening and a living piece of art work. I feel hugely privileged to have been present at such an amazing moment in time. Thought-provoking…..deeply moving….and a rally cry to us all

• Just wanted to say how much I enjoyed last night, it was honestly one of the best nights of music I’ve ever been to, had such a great time. Well done on an amazing performance and can’t wait to hear the album

• We really enjoyed it, an intimate call to arms. And all those involved really enhanced the message in a good variety of formats, made for a very memorable evening, everyone was made to feel important.

• Just home from your album recording – what an evening! Such an inspiring, creative and stunning event – I felt very fortunate to be there.

• It was astounding. Thank you so much, so special to be a part of it

Thanks to Steve Cunio for the photo. If anyone has photos or video of the night we would love to get copies. Please email. If anyone didn’t leave their name and address for the free CD please email.

New album – come to the recording!

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Songwriter Matt Hill (Quiet Loner) is inviting the public to attend the recording of his third album – a collection of self-penned protest songs entitled Greedy Magicians. Hill will be recording the album live at Sacred Trinity Chapel in Salford. As well getting to see the album recorded all concert attendees will receive a free copy of the record once it is released later in 2012.

Explaining his idea Hill said “Although my last album Spectrology was done in a recording studio the core performances were played live and I wanted to capture that intimate feel again but this time in a non-studio space. Churches have great acoustics so it made sense to do it there.”

Part of the Manchester label collective Little Red Rabbit Hill will be working with labelmate musicians James Youngjohns (Willard Grant Conspiracy, Last Harbour) and Michael Doward (Last Harbour, Samson & Delilah) and the whole project is being overseen by Sam Lench from Samson and Delilah – who recently won a weeks writing residency with the Unthanks at Band on the Wall. Compering the evening will be Salford poet Longfella, who last year was the offical Glastonbury Festival poet in residence.

Thursday May 10 2012
Advance Tickets £8 (includes free copy of the album) available from We Got Tickets at http://www.wegottickets.com/event/163012 Also available in person from Picadilly Records, Oldham St, Manchester.
Tickets on the door will be £10 / £5 unwaged
Doors 7.30pm. The show will begin at 8.15pm.

For more details on the show including details of budget accomodation visit the Greedy Magicians page

Bangor gig cancellation

Unfortunately I will not be appearing on Fri 2nd March at the Bangor Blue Sky Cafe with Kirsty McGee. The show is stilll very much on, and Kirsty will be playing but due to personal circumstances I will not be appearing. Please accept my apologies and I will endeavour to get a booking in Bangor very soon.

New song to listen to

Thanks to everyone who has been to see me play on the recent tour dates. It’s been really enjoyable. Hope you are all wearing your free Quiet Loner badges with pride.

During the tour we popped into ALL-FM in Levenshulme to appear on Mog’s show Standing in the Shadows of Lev (SITSOL) I played an exclusive new track called “If Love Should Rise on the Winter Tide”. You can hear it in part one of the show on the SITSOL mixcloud site at around 49-50 minutes in.  Listen here

Also listen to part two of the show where you will hear exclusive live tracks from my tour compadres Dan Raza and Greg Harrisburg, as well as my old labelmate Gabriel Minnikin (His old band The Guthries were on Circus 65 the same label that released my first album) At the end of that you can also hear myself, Dan, Greg and Anne belt out the old spiritual song “Mary don’t you weep”.  Starts about 35 minutes in with Dan Raza’s song.  Listen here

Quiet Loner’s ‘quiet night out’ tour

I will playing across England and Wales in February/March. Mostly in the company of some amazing songwriters and bands. Culminating in a St Patricks night bonanza in my hometown of Nottingham with the amazing Seven Little Sisters.

Thu 2nd Feb Norwich The Bicycle Shop (headline) £3 8pm buy tickets
Sat 4th Feb Northampton The Labour Club (with Liam Dullaghan)
Sun 5th Feb Bedford Esquires (with Dan Raza + Greg Harrisburg)
Mon 6th Feb London The Windmill Brixton (with Dan Raza + Greg Harrisburg)
Thu 9th Feb Sheffield The Greystones (with Dan Raza + Greg Harrisburg) £5/6 7.30pm  more details
Fri 10th Feb Glossop The Oakwood (with Dan Raza + Greg Harrisburg) £3 8.30pm
Sat 11th Feb Chesterfield The Speedwell Inn, Staveley (with Dan Raza + Greg Harrisburg)
Sun 12th Feb Manchester The Briton’s Protection (with Dan Raza + Greg Harrisburg) £4 7.30pm
Fri 17th Feb Cardiff Norweigan Church (with Kirsty McGee)
Sat 18th Feb Swansea The Chattery (with Kirsty McGee)
Sun 19th March Glossop The Moon & Sixpence (with Dave Sleney)

March

Sat 10th March Glossop The Oakwood
Sat 17th March Nottingham The Rescue Rooms (supporting Seven Little Sisters)

EXCLUSIVE : Listen to a brand new song

Exclusive preview of a demo. ‘Words won’t be undone’ is the first song I’ve written in 2012. I’ve not done this before but I thought I would share it as it is fresh off the assembly line. It needs a coat a paint and packing in it’s box but here it is in it’s unadormed glory.  Listen here

 

Exclusive free download

It’s a very merry Christmas from the Little Red Rabbit Collective by means of a FREE album! Seasonalia is a festive selection of tunes,demos and drafts from the LRR stable of artists.

I have contributed a demo of an unreleased song called ‘Tiers of St Brides’.  It was my attempt to write something simple in the style of The Everly Brothers.  Big thanks to Peter Martin for tarting up my very rough demo with some bass and organ.

The album has some cracking songs on it. I especially enjoyed the Christmassy efforts of Samson & Delilah and Crazy Man Michael. Anna Kashfi’s track is also something quite special. Now I feel mean for not mentioning each one individually, but it’s really a great collection and it’s free.

So don’t hesitate – free download here

2012 plans

Radio Radio

On Saturday 17th December I will be doing a couple of songs live on Standing in the Shadows of Lev – the brilliant saturday morning show by Mog on ALL-FM. You can listen in the Manchester area on 96.9FM or elsewhere you can stream the show on the All-FM website.

2012 plans

Dates will announced shortly for a small tour in February 2012 in the company of two of my favourite songwriters in the world Dan Raza and Greg Harrisburg.  I’m also very excited to be playing some dates in Feb/March  with yet another of my favourite songwriters Kirsty McGee.  Look out also in early 2012 for news of a third Quiet Loner album.

 

QUIET LONER NEWS

Northwest shows this week

01.12.11 Manchester The Klondyke Club, Levenshulme
I will be appearing on Thursday at The Klondyke Club, Levenshulme, Manchester as part of the Sparrow Collective. The night is called Mix up and will also feature a beatboxer/ambient artist and a modal/spiritual jazz band.

03.12.11 Glossop The Oakwood
On Saturday I am playing a support slot for my friends and labelmates Samson and Delilah.

 

MANCHESTER 11.11.11

On the eleventh day of the eleventh month of the eleventh year – an evening of the dark arts starring Quiet Loner with special guests The Tao of Steve and DJ Morag Rose the human jukebox of misery playing the best of dark country gothic, quirky folk pop and murderous ballads.

The Britons Protection, 50 Great Bridgwater Street, Manchester.
Doors 8pm | Admission £4 waged £2 unwaged

THERE GO THE GHOSTS

Video for the song THERE GO THE GHOSTS available now as a free EP download from Little Red Rabbit Records.

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