Cornshed Sisters
The Cornshed Sisters is a pop and folk band based in the North East of England,[1] notable as featuring Marie Nixon, former singer and guitarist with 1990s chart band Kenickie[2], which also featured Lauren Laverne.[3] They are also notable as part of a wider North East music and culture scene and have released two albums: Tell Tales (2012)[4] and Honey And Tar (2017).[5]
Whilst the Cornshed Sisters' first album, Tell Tales, had a largely acoustic vocal style[6], the second album - Honey and Tar - is a fuller band sound[7].
Band members and background[edit]
The Cornshed Sisters are Jennie Brewis, Liz Corney, Marie Nixon and Cath Stephens.[5] Liz Corney is also live band member[8] of fellow North East band Field Music. Marie Nixon was previously singer and guitarist with Kenickie[9] and Rosita[10].
With the release of Honey and Tar, the band's live line-up has included the addition of Ian Black of North East band Slug on drums.[11] Honey and Tar was produced by Peter Brewis of Field Music.[12]
The Cornshed Sisters played at the Glastonbury Festival in 2016[13] and supported Elbow at the Mouth of the Tyne festival in 2017.[14] They have recorded a number of sessions for Marc Riley's 6 Music programme.[15]
North East music and culture[edit]
The Cornshed Sisters are associated with a number of artist and bands based in Sunderland and the wider North East[16]. Liz Corney is a member[8] of the Field Music live band. The Cornshed Sisters' live line-up includes the addition of Ian Black of North East band Slug[17] on drums[18]. The band has also toured with Slug.[19] Band member Marie Nixon was formerly in Sunderland band Kenickie, as Marie Du Santiago.[2] The Cornshed Sisters appear on the soundtrack to the film Asunder [see below] alongside North East bands Field Music and Warm Digits. Field Music member Peter Brewis produced their album Honey and Tar.[20] They have toured with North East band The Futureheads.[21]
Asunder[edit]
The Cornshed Sisters appear on the soundtrack of the Asunder (film),[22] directed by Esther Johnson and produced by Bob Stanley of Saint Etienne[23]. Stanley has said of the film: "My brief was that the event would take place in Sunderland. My intention as the producer of what became Asunder was to give an idea of how it felt to live in Britain — in the days before radio, let alone television or the NHS — while a war was raging in continental Europe. While I’d seen plenty of accounts from the front line, I had almost no idea what it was like for the people left behind."[24]
The score for the film is provided by Field Music and fellow North East band Warm Digits[25]. The Cornshed Sisters perform the traditional song Rigs of Sunderland Fair. [26] The soundtrack has been performed live to screenings of the film, one review describing the Cornshed Sisters' performance of the Rigs of Sunderland Fair as "a lump-in-throat moment, signalling a mood change, early optimism having given way to an elegiac tone."[27]
References[edit]
- ↑ "Album: The Cornshed Sisters, Tell Tales (Memphis Industries)". 8 April 2012.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Administrator, journallive (3 August 2011). "Marie Nixon on life after girl band Kenickie".
- ↑ Addley, Esther (24 October 2014). "Lauren Laverne: 'More charisma than any woman presenter of her generation'". the Guardian.
- ↑ Rogers, Jude. "BBC - Music - Review of The Cornshed Sisters - Tell Tales".
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 "INTERVIEW: The Cornshed Sisters".
- ↑ "Album - Cornshed Sisters – Tell Tales - For Folk's Sake". www.forfolkssake.com.
- ↑ "The Cornshed Sisters – The Message". 17 July 2017.
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 "Listen: Field Music - The Noisy Days Are Over". www.huhmagazine.co.uk.
- ↑ Mackay, Emily (22 September 2015). "Cult heroes: Kenickie were a glitter-smeared chance not taken". the Guardian.
- ↑ "ROSITA'S DREAM RETURN! - NME". 17 March 2000.
- ↑ "SLUG on Twitter".
- ↑ "Field Music announce new LP 'Open Here' (watch a teaser)". BrooklynVegan.
- ↑ "NEWS: The Cornshed Sisters Glastonbury Warm-Up @ B&D Studios".
- ↑ "Support acts announced for this summer's Mouth of Tyne Festival - North Tyneside Council". my.northtyneside.gov.uk.
- ↑ "The Cornshed Sisters - Interview with Marc Riley, Cornshed Sisters, Marc Riley - BBC Radio 6 Music". BBC.
- ↑ "» The Cornshed Sisters – Honey & Tar (2017)". www.openmagazine.info.
- ↑ "Album Review: Slug - HiggledyPiggledy".
- ↑ "Us Vs Them: Brudenell Social Club, Leeds - live review - Louder Than War". 5 December 2017.
- ↑ Pint, The Hug and. "Slug + The Cornshed Sisters / The Hug and Pint / 29.04.18, Glasgow". togoout.uk.
- ↑ "Honey & Tar - The Cornshed Sisters - Songs, Reviews, Credits - AllMusic". AllMusic.
- ↑ "Ancient and modern design: The Cornshed Sisters Tell Tales - The F-Word". www.thefword.org.uk.
- ↑ Film, British Council. "British Council Film: Asunder". film.britishcouncil.org.
- ↑ "FEATURE: Asunder".
- ↑ Stanley, Bob (6 May 2018). "War seen from the home front" – via www.thetimes.co.uk.
- ↑ "About". Asunder.
- ↑ "Asunder casts its spell over its debut audience as it tells Sunderland's Somme story".
- ↑ Whetstone, David (11 July 2016). "Life in Sunderland during 1914-18 was movingly portrayed by Asunder".
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