This Promo You Tube for the Kindred Spirit Band was created by Clive Turner but inspired by the work and ideas of Judith Kelly, who was creating a promo You Tube for us but didn't have enough video footage to complete it. This version will be honed with time as we get new and better footage of our most recent line-up. All the footage is from live performances last year taken from Farnham Maltings, Richmond May Fair, Twickenham Green
Fair and Weyfest. We aim to introduce the band members and illustrate that we play powerful original songs as well as classic covers, we are rocky (even though we feature instruments more usually associated with folk and classical genres), as well as lively and fun!
Next Kindred Spirit Concert - Cranleigh Arts Centre
Our next concert will be at Cranleigh Arts Centre (near Guildford). Find out more about this lovely arts centre from the web site link above as well as the "Special Events" section below.
We are also having a superb support spot at this concert from expert Chapman Stick player, Andrew Prince. Find out more about him from links on this page.
Kindred Spirit concerts are an uncommon phenomenon and are REALLY worth coming to because we put on a show of our own original material, on a proper stage area with excellent lighting and sound, being controlled by dedicated, professional engineers.
Yes - the Kindred Spirit band does do some pub gigs, which you can come to for free, BUT these are a VERY different experience from a proper concert. At a pub gig, the band perform quite a large number of well known cover songs (so you wouldn't be able to hear so much original material - which the average pub goer probably prefers), we have to set up the PA ourselves (with no engineer to tweak the sound as we go), pub crowds are often
noisy
and rowdy (making it difficult to hear the band properly) and the lighting consists of whatever the pub has (which can be poor).
Yes - you have to buy a ticket to attend a concert - BUT the ticket prices are pretty low (compare around £10 to the price of a couple of drinks) and the concert experience really makes buying a ticket worthwhile - providing you with proper seats, magical lights, excellent sound and pleasant surroundings.
Kindred Spirit to support the Electric Strawbs It has just been confirmed that Kindred Spirit will support the Electric Strawbs on November 17th next year at the wonderful Leatherhead Theatre! See a You Tube of Kindred Spirit performing at Leatherhead Theatre in 2010:- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nf_gVjeI7SY
The Strawbs have recently re-released their FABULOUS Hero and Heroine album. (Find out more from their web site). The Electric Strawbs only tour in the UK in November! I saw them at the Borderline on November 9th, 2011 and they were awesome - performing the whole of their Hero and Heroine album for the second half of their concert!
At the eastern end of Cranleigh High Street, is a beautiful old building which began its life as the village school in 1847 and is now an wonderful Arts Centre. The Cranleigh Arts Centre is a hive of activity, with a full programme of films, live music, theatre productions, children’s activities, exhibitions and workshops. The Centre is fully accessible for wheelchair users, including a disabled toilet. There is also a coffee bar and a fully licensed
bar which sells a selection of wines, beers, ales and lager (bottled or on tap), spirits and soft drinks. The bar is open half an hour before and during most events.
This will be the first time Kindred Spirit have performed at this venue and they will perform in the lovely Jack Wagg Hall.
Tickets £10 advance, £12 on the door
Box office: 01483 278000 Tickets can now be purchased: Booking Info
Camphill Club, W Byfleet 10 Camphill Road, Surrey KT14 6EF Saturday, March 10th, 2012, 9pm This is a club venue, which appreciates their rock bands. There is a £3 charge at the door for non members and the function room is quite large with a bar serving very reasonably priced drinks. There is small a stage in one corner and a limited number of tables and chairs leaving plenty of space between the bar and the stage for enthusiastic fans to groove to the music!
Tickets £3.50on the door (for non club members)
Woodclyffe Hall, Wargrave, Berkshire Kindred Spirit Band Concert In aid of the "Operation Hernia" charity Saturday, April 21st, 2012 Doors open 7.30pm. Show starts 8pm prompt Support from local artistes This will be an evening concert in this lovely village hall. There will be tables with seats, nibbles and a bar. There is a limit of 120 people allowed and tickets are expected to go in advance - so best to book early.
Richmond May Fair 2012 Saturday, May 12th, afternoon This is a lovely family event, held on Richmond Green and around Richmond Parish Church. The green has an entertainments stage with a programme of acts and there is a fun fair as well as hundreds of craft / food / drink stalls.
This is a free event
Leatherhead Theatre Support to Electric Strawbs Saturday, November 17th, 2012 This will be an evening concert in this wonderful theatre venue, which has excellent lighting and sound and comfortable tiered seats. Opposite is a picture of Kindred Spirit performing at Leatherhead Theatre in 2010. See a You Tube of Kindred Spirit performing at Leatherhead Theatre in 2010:- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nf_gVjeI7SY
More information to come
Central Studio Saturday, October / November TBC This will be an evening concert in this lovely small theatre venue, which also has wonderful lighting and sound, surround tiered seats and a floor seating area with tables right in front of the stage. Opposite is a picture of Kindred Spirit performing at Central Studio in 2009.
Marlow FM - Tuesday 15th November Midday – 2pm –
Annie and Elaine Annie and Elaine chatted with Paul Mansell, from Marlow FM on Tuesday, November 15th from midday til 2pm and sang and played live. They played several brand new songs, including one from Annie, called "How It Is". They performed their entire "beast inside" collection - including new song "Wolves at the Gate", Annie brought in a comedy sketch about "going out" as opposed to just "popping out" (a comedy clip of Micky Flanagan's "Out, Out"
joke) and Elaine read her epic poem (called "Eden Force", about a ground force show for God, where Alan, Charlie and Tommy re-create Eden and the children, taken by the Pied Piper are given a purpose - especially the crippled child who was left behind).
Here is a video of the Eden Force poem put together by the amazing Judith Kelly:-
We have MP3s of the show below, in case you missed hearing it and want to have a listen!
Paul Mansell - probably wondering what he's let himself in for!
Andy Fowler helping and Annie - also looking forward to chatting!
Kindred Spirit recommended to Cambridge Folk Festival Andy Fowler, pictured above, from Marlow FM, has recommended Kindred Spirit to the Cambridge Folk Festival organisers for 2012!
Kindred Spirit appeared on One World Radio Kindred Spirit were featured live on "One World Radio", based in Havant, on Thursday, 2nd February from about 9pm. One World Radio is a web based radio. Listen below if you missed it! It was lots of fun with some mad chat and Elaine even got a massage from Chrissie!
Track Record I've just added a complete track record of gigs, festivals, workshops and recordings with old photos. Have a look at:- Track Record
Open Mic Venue – Ailsa Tavern
January 29th Night - Next one February 26th. We've had some great nights at the Ailsa Tavern, since we started at this lovely venue earlier in 2011 with great sound and brilliant atmosphere created by lots of music lovers comfortably packed in front of the performing area.
The Ailsa Tavern benefits from plenty of available space, a very pleasant interior and some very drinkable real ales.
Another good turn out in January with loads more talented acts. See the Open
Mic page to see photos from all the nights, the link to the Ailsa Tavern
You Tube Page (where there are already some videos from previous Open
Mics up) and how to book a spot for the next Open Mic night on February 26th.
The Christmassy End Jam
Announcing
NEW Open Mic Song-writing Competition! Write a James Bond Theme song for the new film coming
out, called “Skyfall”
(which must also be the title of your song entry). More
about the film…
To be held at the April 29th Open Mic night
As before, anyone with a song entry to perform on the April 29th Open Mic night
puts £5 into a pot and the winner takes the pot!
Real Ales with Real Live Music! We have recently been looking at getting some more bookings in pubs serving real ales (after several bookings in pubs where the beer and the pubs themselves were rather unappealing)! The idea is that pubs who appreciate quality beers in a nicely kept pub often have happier managers and attract a more discerning customer, who might also appreciate real live music (by this I mean without recorded backing tracks) like ours. The pubs coming up, where Kindred
Spirit are going to be performing, which have a reputation for serving a particularly good quality range of real ales (either because they were targeted for a gig because they were listed in a CAMRA magazine or that we have been there before and can vouch for this personally) will be marked on the pub guide with an extra "real ale" symbol (see below).
Coming up so far we have (See the Gigs 2011 page for the performance dates):-
Olde Hanwell, The Fox Inn, Green Lane, London,W7 2PJ, Pub Guide Twickenham, Ailsa Tavern, 263 St. Margarets Rd., Middx., TW1 1NJ, Pub Guide Iver, The Bull, 7 High Street, Bucks, SL0 9ND, Pub Guide Reading, Queen Victoria, Hare Hatch, Berkshire, RG10 9TA, Pub Guide Twickenham, The Fox, 39 Church St, Middlesex, TW1 3NR, Pub Guide Guildford,Cricketers, Aldershot Road, Surrey, GU3 3AA, Pub Guide Guildford, The Row Barge, 7 Riverside, Surrey, GU1 1LW, Pub Guide Farnborough, Prince of Wales, 184 Rectory Rd., Pub GuideBeer Festival October Guildford, The Bricklayers Arms, The Green, Shamley Green, Surrey, GU5 0UA, Pub
Guide Shepperton, Barley Mow, 67 Watersplash Rd, Pub Guide Reading,The Eldon Arms, 19, Eldon Terrace, Berkshire, RG1 4DX, Pub Guide High Wycombe, The Belle Vue, 45 Gordon Rd., Bucks, HP13 6EQ, Pub Guide
Check out a new web site for real ale enthusiasts; Real Ale Hunter.
The "Happy Bunny"
Since introducing the Real Ale Tankard award to pubs serving a good range of well kept real ales we have realised that there are also many pubs which have good beers and possibly only one real ale, are friendly comfortable places to be and which offer a high standard of services and facilities - like good food. We feel that these pubs also deserve recognition and have come up with the "Happy Bunny". Have a look at the Pub Guide and see which pubs now have a "Happy Bunny"!
Merchandise Now Available
We now have our own comprehensive, online shop selling T-shirts and other goodies with the Kindred Spirit logo on as well as albums!
NOTES ON THE "SPREADSHIRT" SHOP:
1. Product Information For more information about
each product in the shop, click on the "size" word underneath the image of the
product.
2. Quality and Price The T-shirt quality is very vibrant
with a great, shiny, silver metallic star, circle and wording. The prices are
fairly high (even with no commission to the Kindred Spirit band on them) because
these products are all orderable on a "one-off" basis (avoiding the need for the
band to purchase 100s of product in advance)!
Twitter Elaine has joined twitter
because some other twitter users were saying that they only use twitter to find
out where bands are playing. Follow Elaine and Kindred Spirit on Twitter
Free Downloads of Kindred Spirit Albums We now have free downloads of some early Kindred Spirit albums available. Have a look at the Album Page
Help us to promote the latest concerts!
You can help us to let people know about these
concerts, make them more successful and so help our bands to move forward with
other concerts and more interesting work for you to enjoy by putting up a
poster locally and telling people about us!
If you would like to put up a posters for forthcoming concerts
you
will find downloadable PDFs on our:-
