This week’s song is called Carry It With Me and I’ve written it because me and mine are moving away from Liverpool in October to Glossop in North Derbyshire. I’ve never lived more than 10 miles from where I was born so it’s an upheaval for me but one I think will be good for [...]
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ASAW -26/08/08 - Carry It With Me - Plus Some News
Published August 26th, 2008 in A Song A Week, Gig, Music, News, gigs, music and song. 0 CommentsA Song A Week - 05/05/08 The Farmer & The Badger
Published May 5th, 2008 in A Song A Week, Gig, Music, News, music and song. 0 CommentsThis weeks song is called The Farmer and the Badger. I wrote it olast night about 9pm and have just quickly recorded it. Very last minute as the song I first wrote for this week sounds like a mid-life crisis set to a tune and by the weekend my middle aged angst had hidden itself [...]
with me in Liverpool.com about A Song A Week.
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The new and indeed, first EP from Steve Roberts & The Bank of England is now available to buy. You can choose from your favourite digital music store (see below) or buy a CD version from here.
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A Song A Week 25/02/08 - Shooting Stars Turn Blue
Published February 25th, 2008 in A Song A Week, Music, News and music. 1 CommentSong number 9 is called Shooting Stars Turn Blue another co-write with Trailer Star.
The lyrics are all Trailers, I’ve merely edited them slightly.
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Podcast info all available in the right hand column.
I’m going to be on Radio Merseyside on Sat 15th March on Spencer Leigh’s programme, between 6.30 and [...]
If you’ve been around my site you may know of my song I Surrendered about domestic abuse and my disgust for it. Good friend Daniel Rachel has a single out this week which aims to raise money and just as importantly awarenessabout this all to common behind closed doors sadness. His message below. Buy it [...]
She Blows My Mind
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Having trouble with my main domain name steveroberts.eu so here’s a temporary site. A lot of the media wont work though as it’s hosted elsewhere. Hopefully have it sorted out soon.
Steve
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Internet Gig Thing Webcast How’syafather
Published February 15th, 2007 in Gig, Music and News. 0 CommentsTomorrow, I’m going to be playing for an hour or so over the internet. Friday 16th February 2007 Time: 18:00 (GMT)
If you like to tune in at this time, please ensure you have either WinAmp
or Windows Media installed
Then open the following URL in your Audio player (Usually File -> Open URL)
on Friday 16th February 2007 [...]
I’m doing Pete Wylie’s Classic Night at The Zanzibar on Saturday 24th February. Martyn Campbell should be doing it too. Other guests will also be playing.
We’ll be playing a number of Pete’s Mighty Wah! songs and 1 or 2 of mine plus covers of Classic songs. Not sure what yet but you can expect The [...]
I now have one. I know I know I know. I’ve been wrestling with this for ages and now I have one. I’m reasonably satisfied that it’s not now going to be a mysun site. I watch Sky Sports. Captain Pop has had one for ages. Lots of friends have one. Maybe I’m being a [...]
The first Tambourines single revisited as requested. It’s early in the day so the voice is a bit er, y’know.
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And in other news (Tony Wilson voice) I’ll be at The Telegraph Pub in New Brighton on Monday 26th March supporting Dick Gaughan. Tickets £10 from the pub. Or email me. Only [...]
I’ve been sorting through things, it’s the New Year that does it I suppose. I’ve moved bits of scrap paper, photos, old magazines, books, cds, guitars, old compressors and other stuff from one side of my room to the other filling two black bin bags with complete junk as I went. The room still looks [...]
We’ve been hard at work shivering timbers and all that but we’ve also been rehearsing the odd jig. This is the upper deck of the skippers olde galleon. From left to right you see The First mate’s ivory’s: the powder monkey’s den; the ships cat’s pile, and the midshipman’s nest. The skipper’s amp is to [...]
27/11 Stamps, Crosby, Liverpool
28/11 The Hope, Brighton
29/11 Whats Cooking @ The Sheepwalk, London E11
30/11 Junktion7, Nottingham
1/12 Wheatsheaf, Leighton Buzzard.
For full details including maps of venues etc go here
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Americana Uk Chart & Review of Shut Up & Sing
Published November 6th, 2006 in News and Review. 0 CommentsCaptain Pop “Shut Up and Sing†(Acoustic Engine, 2006)
Open your ears and listen
This record has the great trick of having an immediacy that fools you into thinking that you are watching the band perform live in your room, seeing knees twitch in time to the music and watch jewels of spittle be beautiful for [...]
Tuesday morning at about 8.15 (am!) I’m back on Radio Merseyside. I’ll be playing Speke to Waterloo with Chris. If we get up…
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This coming Monday 16th October I’ll be playing a benefit for Oxfam as part of the Oxjam series of gigs throughout October. I’m hoping to do it with The Bank of England. Also appearing are: Lizzie Nunnery, Dan Sumner, Joe Keelan, Diesel Fitters, Endbut Lane and Jonny Sands. It’s at Stamps Bar in Crosby and [...]
The Beatles are of course the best band there ever has and ever will be. Of course, of course. Nobody could argue with that. Or could they? Well Gary Hall does and he’s written a book about it. He calls it a survivors guide and very good it is.
Gary argues that The Beatles are so [...]
Sorry, not playing the Zanzi gig. My mistake.
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I shall be up bright and early, bright as a button, bright as light on Saturday morning after drinking nothing at all at the gig on Friday night, to appear on Radio Merseyside at 10.30 am playing a couple of songs and indulging in bright and inventive chatter.
Or I’ll be hungover and croak for half [...]
Captain Pop will be making it’s London debut at What’s Cookin @ The Sheep Walk, Leytonstone E11 on Wednesday 29th November. More details and more gigs soon.
http://www.whatscookin.co.uk
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Well this is my new site. It’s addy is www.steveroberts.eu but it can still be found from the old one. Had a bit of bother with my previous hosts and I’m really into wordpress so I moved it. That’ll learn ‘em.
Not all sorted out yet. The contact page has an email form, but you can [...]
Captain Pop Album Now Available
Published August 29th, 2006 in Captain Pop, News and Shop. 0 CommentsMy new album, under the name Captain Pop is now available to buy.
Entitled Shut Up & Sing it features songs written by me and Brian Chin.
Captain Pop CD Shut Up & Sing Available now £7.99 incl p&p
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Performing a short set at The Pilgrim in Liverpool on Friday 7th July in support of the release of Lizzie Nunnery’s debut EP Monkey’s & Devils. 8-11pm Free Admission.
www.lizzienunnery.co.uk
The EP is also available from www.acousticengine.com
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A Song A Week - 23/09/08 - The Blame Game
Published September 23rd, 2008 in A Song A Week, Comment, Gig, Music, News, gigs, music and song. 0 CommentsBack to the now traditional only one day late, this week’s song is about self loathing or a sociopath. It might be a mix of both conditions, I’m never quite sure what most of my songs are about, but I know what they mean.
It’s called The Blame Game play or right click to download.
There have [...]