Crooked House have finally played our first live set in Cornwall and we would very much like to thank all our new friends at the Dreamers folk club in Redruth for their very warm welcome.We will be back soon!
http://www.dreamersfolk.co.uk
http://www.dreamersfolk.co.uk
As you may be aware Crooked House are relocating to the South West in the near future, of course we will not be stopping the music (Cornwall watch out!) and we are really grateful to all the people that have come to see us in the Midlands and surrounding areas over the past couple of years!!
To that end our lovely friends and supporters at the Sandpiper folk club in Pattingham are giving us a lovely send off on Wednesday June 14th so we hope you can come along and share the night with us.
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To that end our lovely friends and supporters at the Sandpiper folk club in Pattingham are giving us a lovely send off on Wednesday June 14th so we hope you can come along and share the night with us.
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A fantastic night last night opening the show for the marvellous Wizz Jones at the Kitchen Garden Café in Birmingham many thanks to all those who came along, Brett for allowing us just one more song! and to Wizz himself for being so gracious and charming, what wonderful songs!
and memories we were treated to.
and memories we were treated to.
Crooked House are delighted to be supporting the legendary singer and guitarist Wizz Jones on the 19th if March at the Kitchen Garden Cafe in Kings Heath, Birmingham, it would be great to see you there!
CH are Really really excited to be playing at the Lichfield Festival of Folk on Sunday 16th October at lunchtime.
The festival will feature some fabulous artists and runs from the Friday 14th through to the Sunday at the beautiful Lichfield Guildhall. Hope you can make it.
The festival will feature some fabulous artists and runs from the Friday 14th through to the Sunday at the beautiful Lichfield Guildhall. Hope you can make it.
Warwick Folk Festival have asked us to play there and we are delighted and honoured to do so on Monday 12the September, thanks Warwick!!
Next up for CH is a 30 minute appearance at the Kings Heath Festival at around 4.30 on Sunday 11th September, There will be a lot of excellent local talent performing all day and lots of other fun things to do!
Hope to see you there!
Hope to see you there!
MORE BIG NEWS!!
Really looking forward to opening for the excellent close harmony sibling trio THE CAINS at the Kitchen Garden Cafe on the 28th of this month, contact us via the website for details
Really looking forward to opening for the excellent close harmony sibling trio THE CAINS at the Kitchen Garden Cafe on the 28th of this month, contact us via the website for details
BIG NEWS
We are feeling really proud and pleased to announce that we have been asked to perform three sets at the Shrewsbury folk Festival on 26th, 27th and 28th of August this year come along and see us!!
We are feeling really proud and pleased to announce that we have been asked to perform three sets at the Shrewsbury folk Festival on 26th, 27th and 28th of August this year come along and see us!!
BIG NEWS
We are really pleased to be Playing at the fabulous Crescent Theatre (Brindley Place, Sheepcote St, B16 8AE) again this coming Monday 7th March!!
Doors open at 8 and at eight thirty we have the brilliant Jamie Davey playing a half hour set of originals and covers then at about 9.15 Crooked House will perform a full set till around 10.30. Tickets are £5.50 from the box office or if you run into myself or Mick over the weekend we have tickets too.
We really look forward to seeing you on Monday,
Richard and Mick.
We are really pleased to be Playing at the fabulous Crescent Theatre (Brindley Place, Sheepcote St, B16 8AE) again this coming Monday 7th March!!
Doors open at 8 and at eight thirty we have the brilliant Jamie Davey playing a half hour set of originals and covers then at about 9.15 Crooked House will perform a full set till around 10.30. Tickets are £5.50 from the box office or if you run into myself or Mick over the weekend we have tickets too.
We really look forward to seeing you on Monday,
Richard and Mick.
Crooked House are really pleased to announce that we will be supporting the wonderful Gilmore and Roberts, twice nominees for the Radio 2 Young Folk Musician of the year we will be playing this half hour opening set at the Kitchen Garden Cafe on Sunday 15th November at about 8.00 pm. Tickets are £10 and we really hope you can make it!
17 YORK ROAD KINGS HEATH BIRMINGHAM B14 7SA.
www.kitchengardencafe.co.uk. 0121 443 4725
17 YORK ROAD KINGS HEATH BIRMINGHAM B14 7SA.
www.kitchengardencafe.co.uk. 0121 443 4725
More great News:
We are posting this picture again because we made it through the Regional finals and we are now in the Area Finals at the NEC on Saturday the 14th November at around 7.30. If we succeed on that day we will have made it into the UK National Final!!
Wish us luck.
Richard and MIck
HI Folks, MORE GREAT NEWS!!
Just to let you all know we will be headlining at a new Acoustic venture at the Lighthouse Media Centre in Wolverhampton on Sunday 27th September kicking off around 5.00 and finishing at eight we will be doing a full set and will be joined by Joe Bayliss and Cornerstone for some great chilled out acoustic entertainment, see you there!
Rich and Mick
Just to let you all know we will be headlining at a new Acoustic venture at the Lighthouse Media Centre in Wolverhampton on Sunday 27th September kicking off around 5.00 and finishing at eight we will be doing a full set and will be joined by Joe Bayliss and Cornerstone for some great chilled out acoustic entertainment, see you there!
Rich and Mick
More News
Mick and I are delighted (and just a tiny bit pleased with ourselves! lol) to announce that yesterday we made it through the auditions for the OPEN MIC UK competition at the N.E.C. Birmingham and are now heading to the regional finals on 3rd October at the concourse suites of the N.E.C!!! The show starts at 7.30 and we'd love to see as many of you there as possible to cheer us on and vote for us, the tickets are £8 (from either Mick or myself) and for that you will see a lot of great local talent, we heard a few and they are very good indeed, so come along if you can, for a great nights entertainment. All the best, Rich. |
Hi Folks,
We are performing at the Maverick in Stourbridge this coming Wednesday the 4th February hope to see you there we will be playing a half hour set starting at 10 o'clock!!
We are performing at the Maverick in Stourbridge this coming Wednesday the 4th February hope to see you there we will be playing a half hour set starting at 10 o'clock!!
News UPDATE
The second sesssion of the "Sunday Chill Out" session will be at CODSALL (WV8 1BX) Sunday Lunchtime the 1st Feb 2015...see below:
The second sesssion of the "Sunday Chill Out" session will be at CODSALL (WV8 1BX) Sunday Lunchtime the 1st Feb 2015...see below:
Crooked House and our special guests,will be Performing their first Theatre Concert at the Crescent Theatre in Birmingham on 20th April 2015 at 8.30 pm. Tickets cost £5 and are available to order from this website or by directly emailing Richard or Mick.
Crescent Theatre,
Brindleyplace, Sheepcote Street, Birmingham, West Midlands B16 8AE
0121 643 5858
Crescent Theatre,
Brindleyplace, Sheepcote Street, Birmingham, West Midlands B16 8AE
0121 643 5858
Huge Exciting News (well we think so!):
A track from our Album was played on BBC Radio!! BBC introducing West Midlands (95.6 fm) played the track on Saturday the 29th November 2014. The track is one of our favourites, it's called London Leaves and i'm sure anyone who's been listening to us will be acquainted with it. |
BIG NEWS : Our first CD has just been completed and we are very excited about it! It contains eight of our self penned songs and was recorded and mixed with the help of Scott Matthews (thanks Scott) so if you are interested in purchasing a copy please get in touch via email and we would be happy to send you a copy.... or catch us at one of our gigs, even better!! Now available on itunes, Amazon, google etc!
MORE BIG NEWS: Crooked House are pleased to report that we have just returned from a "Sell out" concert in Basel Switzerland we had a fantastic time and it was a great success, we would like to thank all who helped and of course all who attended. Pictures will be appearing soon!
"Thanks for a great concert, friends are still talking about how much they enjoyed it"...Christine Archer-Lockwood....Host, Basel house concert.
MORE BIG NEWS: Crooked House are pleased to report that we have just returned from a "Sell out" concert in Basel Switzerland we had a fantastic time and it was a great success, we would like to thank all who helped and of course all who attended. Pictures will be appearing soon!
"Thanks for a great concert, friends are still talking about how much they enjoyed it"...Christine Archer-Lockwood....Host, Basel house concert.
News UPDATE Updated!
The inaugural sesssion of the "Sunday Chill Out session at CODSALL (WV8 1BX) Sunday Lunchtime the 23rd of November was a great success and we would like to thank Joe Bayliss our friend and fellow singer/songwriter for organising the whole thing, he did a great job in getting four quality acts to perform and arranging full PA for our use.
Starting at three pm and ending around six, there will hopefully be one "Chill out" every month so we will keep you posted.
The inaugural sesssion of the "Sunday Chill Out session at CODSALL (WV8 1BX) Sunday Lunchtime the 23rd of November was a great success and we would like to thank Joe Bayliss our friend and fellow singer/songwriter for organising the whole thing, he did a great job in getting four quality acts to perform and arranging full PA for our use.
Starting at three pm and ending around six, there will hopefully be one "Chill out" every month so we will keep you posted.
And every fortnight at the "Sandpiper" folk and acoustic music club held at the Pigot Arms pub in Pattingham starting at 8.15 pm next: appearance Wed 8th Oct 2014
"Crooked House are a real class act" Brian Lindop, Sandpiper Folk Club.
"Crooked House are a real class act" Brian Lindop, Sandpiper Folk Club.
Watch this space for next gig at the Old Moseley Arms!
Crooked House will be performing a half hour set at the Old Moseley Arms in Birmingham on.................. its a lovely welcoming, award wining pub with great beer and live music all evening kicking off at around 8.00 pm. We have played there several times now and can guarantee a fabulous evening....hope to see you there:
53 Tindal Street
Balsall Heath
Postal town: Birmingham
B12 9QU
Crooked House will be performing a half hour set at the Old Moseley Arms in Birmingham on.................. its a lovely welcoming, award wining pub with great beer and live music all evening kicking off at around 8.00 pm. We have played there several times now and can guarantee a fabulous evening....hope to see you there:
53 Tindal Street
Balsall Heath
Postal town: Birmingham
B12 9QU
CrookedHouse also appear at the "Folk at the Oak" which holds a great acoustic music evening in aid of Breakthrough Breast Cancer every first Tuesday in the month!
The Royal Oak Public House,
School Road, Tettenhall,
Wolverhampton, WV6 8EJ.
"Crooked House, a delightful debut CD.....Marilyn Bose, Folk at the Oak.
The Royal Oak Public House,
School Road, Tettenhall,
Wolverhampton, WV6 8EJ.
"Crooked House, a delightful debut CD.....Marilyn Bose, Folk at the Oak.