Richmond Fontaine
plus Peter Bruntnell
Friday 26th February
Tingewick Village Hall, Tingewick, Buckingham
Doors 8pm
Tickets £15 in advance
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plus Peter Bruntnell
Friday 26th February
Tingewick Village Hall, Tingewick, Buckingham
Doors 8pm
Tickets £15 in advance
This show has now Sold Out
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In association with Decor Records
We have been trying to get Richmond Fontaine back to Buckingham ever since they last played for us in July 2007. They are currently riding high on their critically acclaimed, and arguably their best album, ‘We Used To Think The Freeway Sounded Like A River’, which garnered a four star review in ‘Q’ magazine with the comment, “Eighth and best album from Oregon four piece”. This was trumped by a five star review in ‘Uncut’ magazine which heralded the CD with the words, “Raw, autobiographical, brilliant”.
The band was formed in 1994 and first started out touring the Pacific Northwest live circuit on the back of their first three albums released on Cavity Search Records. They have worked with a variety of musicians and a few labels over their career.
Their first exposures abroad were a song on a Loose Records compilation in the UK and the band's self-released fourth album, ‘Winnemucca’, which garnered attention outside of the U.S. The band signed with Decor Records in Europe during 2003. Their next two releases proved pivotal and received "Albums of the Month" in Uncut, which named both their fifth studio album ‘Post to Wire’ (2004) and sixth ‘The Fitzgerald’ (2005) "masterpieces". U.S. critics have been generally complimentary but have also cited the band's musical similarity to Uncle Tupelo.
Richmond Fontaine songs consistently evoke lyrical imagery of Reno, Nevada, Portland, the Western United States and Mexico while telling stories in a style that critics have compared to Raymond Carver. Musically the group has cited influences such as Gram Parsons, X, Green on Red and Dave Alvin.
The band was formed in 1994 and first started out touring the Pacific Northwest live circuit on the back of their first three albums released on Cavity Search Records. They have worked with a variety of musicians and a few labels over their career.
Their first exposures abroad were a song on a Loose Records compilation in the UK and the band's self-
Richmond Fontaine songs consistently evoke lyrical imagery of Reno, Nevada, Portland, the Western United States and Mexico while telling stories in a style that critics have compared to Raymond Carver. Musically the group has cited influences such as Gram Parsons, X, Green on Red and Dave Alvin.
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"One of England's best kept musical secrets". Said Rolling Stone magazine about Peter Bruntnell. But for those folks that took the time to check out this softly spoken songwriter the rewards have been plentiful. His albums for Loose, ‘Ends Of The Earth’, ‘Played Out’ and 2005's ‘Ghost In A Spitfire’, featured the kind of startling tales of small town romance and big city isolation, the erosion of community and the wonders of family life that ticked all the right sonic boxes for a fiercely loyal fan base.
In 2008 Peter released another cracking album, his seventh, ‘Peter And The Murder Of Crows’, which was recorded mainly in his home studio in Devon and co-written by long-term and long distance (they swap lyrics and melodies over the telephone) Canada based writing partner Bill Ritchie. It has all the trademarks of a classic Bruntnell album - acoustic driven folk based pop with just a hint of psychedelic that's all delivered in a very British fashion.
Apart from headlining his own shows, Peter has also toured with the likes of Kurt Wagner, Peter Buck, Mark Eitzel, Jay Farrar and Kathleen Edwards.
In 2008 Peter released another cracking album, his seventh, ‘Peter And The Murder Of Crows’, which was recorded mainly in his home studio in Devon and co-
Apart from headlining his own shows, Peter has also toured with the likes of Kurt Wagner, Peter Buck, Mark Eitzel, Jay Farrar and Kathleen Edwards.
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