Bluehorses - Dance With Me Video

Much later than planned and hoped here is Bluehorses and the Dance With Me video from the Summer Festivals...

Bluehorses new album now available to buy on-line

The new Bluehorses album - Thirteen Fires is available to purchase on-line from either the Bluehorses store - http://www.bluehorses.co.uk/goodies or else from Amazon at http://www.amazon.co.uk/Thirteen-Fires-Bluehorses/dp/B0010YO876

all for a staggering £10 +p&p.

Also available at the same places are the
Live at Saul (DVD)
10 Leagues
Dragons Milk and Coal
Cracking Leather Skin and Bone
Skyclad (EP)

Bluehorses on the radio

Some more opportunities to hear some tracks from the new Bluehorses album - Thirteen fires -


Merlin's Magical Music Moments. on Soundart radio 87.7 fm Wednesday 12th December 8:30pm til 10pm GMT
Listen live via webstreaming @ www.myspace.com/soundart_fm just follow the link which loads onto your PC's media player.
Full play list for the show on Merlin's myspace page


Radio Caroline thurs eve, 13th Dec - imagination radio, rob leighton.
Caroline can be heard on Sky channel 0199, or on-line at www.radiocaroline.co.uk. Choose the Abacast stream for optimum quality.

The show is marked to start at 9pm GMT and last for three hours.

December Newsletter from Bluehorses: Remember November - new album goes to print

The Bluehorses December newsletter has been emailed to those who signed up on the main website front page.

The newsletter can be seen on the newsletter blog pages Magazine Newsletter from Bluehorses: Remember November - new album goes to print

If you did not receive it, and would like to do so in the future, or if you previously signed up but nothing has arrived in your in-box, please enter your mail address in the box on the main band web page. We also had a problem this time with people on some mail systems, it may be that your mail accounts are blocking the newsletter as Spam. If this is the case then you can continue to receive the newsletter by setting the sending account as valid sender (the account is "horseheadzine at gmail.com" .. change the at to an @ sign)

Thirteen Fires artwork preview and track listing

Thirteen fires - the new Bluehorses album - artwork has been signed off .... yipee

The album will be presented in a digipac so the artwork can be a little larger than your average CD. The cover image is wrapped around the equivalent of 3 covers

the front cover in greater detail.


The track listing for the album has been finalised as :-

1. Dance With Me
2. Ray of Light
3. Calling My Loves
4. The Ride
5. Chant
6. Raggle Taggle Gypsio
7. The Unknown
8. The Fool
9. Aberdulais
10. Waes Hael

Six of these tracks can be previewed on the Bluehorses myspace site

Album tracks released for preview

6 new tracks have been uploaded to the Bluehorses MySpace profile.

• Waes Hael
• Dance With Me
• Ray of Light
• Calling My Loves
• Aberdulais
• The Fool

The CD will be available from our main website store immediately after Xmas 2007 (and at the Yule Bashes in Derby, Winchester and Bilston nr. Birmingham)

They're back with a new sound and they ain't taking no prisoners! Welsh Celtic Rockers Bluehorses have gone back to their roots and come up with a new album - their 7th - that's bursting with metallic riffs, pounding double kick drums and electric violin.

Fronted by Irish/Welsh Gothess, Lizzie Prendergast, whose storming violin and vocals provide the Celtic flavour, the band have come out of the closet - and brought some skeletons with them!

Founder member and drummer Nic Waulker says "Over the last 15 years we've played numerous festivals in every country in Europe and Scandinavia, but compared to the stuff we've jammed in the privacy of Bluehorse Towers, we've always toned things down quite a bit.

Now thanks to the delights of YouTube, we've discovered there's a massive Folk Metal scene going on with fantastic bands like Korpiklaani and In Extremo and it's made us realise there's an awful lot of people around who want to hear the kind of music we've always really enjoyed playing.

We spent the summer at our studio up here in the Welsh mountains with Jay MacDonald our guitarist - who also played bass on Thirteen Fires - writing and recording the new album which has just gone to press, and we seriously think it's a bit of a stunning beast!

Xmas mini tour and Album launch

Bluehorses are playing 3 shows in 3 days in December, as part of the their traditional run up to Christmas.

This year however there is the added advantage of the launch of Thirteen Fires - the new album.


Friday 14th Dec - The Flowerpot in Derby
Saturday 15th Dec - The Railway in Winchester
Sunday 16th Dec - The Robin2 in Bilston

See you there

Skyclad video added

The video on the main bluehorses site has been changed to show Skyclad from the live DVD.

Don't forget to check out the other videos on the Bluehorses channel on YouTube which cover tunes from recent years, and some behind the scenes views from the band.

November Newsletter published

The Bluehorses November newsletter has been emailed to those who signed up on the main website front page.

The newsletter can be seen on the newsletter blog pages Magazine Newsletter from Bluehorses: October

If you did not receive it, and would like to do so in the future, or if you previously signed up but nothing has arrived in your in-box, please enter your mail address in the box on the main band web page. We also had a problem this time with people on some mail systems, it may be that your mail accounts are blocking the newsletter as Spam. If this is the case then you can continue to receive the newsletter by setting the sending account as valid sender (the account is "horseheadzine at gmail.com" .. change the at to an @ sign)

new foal in the stables

Baby Connor McDonald was born last night - 17th Oct 2007 at 18-45

Mother and Baby (8lbs 3.5oz) calm and doing well. Jay is very proud Daddy again.

No doubt pictures will be available soon in the gallery ;)

New video on website

During the Summer festivals a couple of new tunes were aired; one of these that went down rather well with all who were there, was "Dance With Me".

A new video has been compiled from the footage shot at the Peterborough Beer Festival show by Mike, and is now showing on YouTube, and there is also a view on the main band web page

Thomas Tripp - Cancelled

We have just been informed that the show at the Thomas Tripp in November has been canceled by the venue.

Disappointed does not do it justice ******

September Newsletter has been sent out

The Bluehorses September newsletter has been emailed to those who signed up on the main website front page.

The newsletter can be seen on the newsletter blog pages Magazine Newsletter from Bluehorses: August Procedings

If you did not receive it, and would like to do so in the future, or if you previously signed up but nothing has arrived in your in-box, please enter your mail address in the box on the main band web page. We also had a problem this time with people on some mail systems, it may be that your mail accounts are blocking the newsletter as Spam. If this is the case then you can continue to receive the newsletter by setting the sending account as valid sender (the account is "horseheadzine at gmail.com" .. change the at to an @ sign)

Next shows - Peterborough and Solfest - 23rd and 25th August

The next outings for Bluehorses are at the Peterborough Beer Festival - on Thursday 23rd August supported by Split Whiskers.

Then at Solfest on Saturday 25th where they are on the bar stage very very late.

Tickets for Peterborough are £5 on the door and details can be found [here]
Solfest is sold out.

Bluehorses Cambridge show to be broadcast live on Radio Caroline

Bluehorses has been chosen as the act to be broadcast totally live and as it happens from the Cambridge Rock Festival on Saturday 18th.

The show is marked to start at 4pm and last for an hour.

If you can't be there in person you can listen in on internet radio, sky channel and a number of other feeds. See the Radio Caroline web site for full details.

Next show - Cambridge Rock Festival - 18th August

The next outing for Bluehorses is at the Cambridge Rock Festival - on 18th August. They are on the main stage on Saturday afternoon.

Ticket prices and details can be found [here] and select the menu option from the left

August newsletter has been sent out

The August newsletter has been emailed to those who signed up on the main website front page.

The newsletter can be seen on the newsletter blog pages Magazine Newsletter from Bluehorses: July she will fly... and so she did!

If you did not receive it, and would like to do so in the future, or if you previously signed up but nothing has arrived in your in-box, please enter your mail address in the box on the main band web page. We also had a problem this time with people on some mail systems, it may be that your mail accounts are blocking the newsletter as Spam. If this is the case then you can continue to receive the newsletter by setting the sending account as valid sender (the account is "horseheadzine at gmail.com" .. change the at to an @ sign)

Salisbury - Cancelled

We are sorry to have to inform you that the Salisbury show Has been canceled

The organizers of this festival have contacted us to pass on the bad news, we do not have any details at present, other than it will not go ahead. Apologies for any inconvieniences that this may cause.

Next Show - Farmer Phils - 11 August

The next outing for Bluehorses is at the Farmer Phil's Festival - Shropshire on 11th August. They are on the revolving stage on Saturday night.

Ticket prices and details can be found [here] and select the menu option from the left

Chepstow - Postponed

The Chepstow show ..... Sounds of Rock in the Swamp ... has been postponed

Sorry, but the Castle/ dell site is a bit of a swamp just now. Further news will be relayed as soon as we find out details.

Next Show - Spratton Festival Northants - 13th July

Next Show - Spratton Festival Northants - 13th July

The next outing for Bluehorses is at the Spratton festival - Northampton on 13th July. They are headlining friday night.

Ticket prices and details can be found [here]

Next Show - The point at Cardiff - 6th July

Next Show - The point at Cardiff - 6th July

The next outing for Bluehorses is at the Point- Cardiff on 6th July. They are supporting "The Men They Couldn't Hang".

Ticket prices and details can be found [here]

July Newsletter has been sent out

The July newsletter has been emailed to those who signed up on the main website front page.

The newsletter can be seen on the newsletter blog pages Magazine Newsletter from Bluehorses: June Drop (heavier than April Showers)

If you did not receive it, and would like to do so in the future, or if you previously signed up but nothing has arrived in your in-box, please enter your mail address in the box on the main band web page. We also had a problem this time with people on some mail systems, it may be that your mail accounts are blocking the newsletter as Spam. If this is the case then you can continue to receive the newsletter by setting the sending account as valid sender (the account is "horseheadzine at gmail.com" .. change the at to an @ sign)

June Newsletter

The June Newsletter has been sent out to all those who have registered on the main band web page. The newsletter can be seen on the newsletter blog pages Magazine Newsletter from Bluehorses: May - the Mud came.

If you did not receive it, and would like to do so in the future, or if you previously signed up but nothing has arrived in your in-box, please enter your mail address in the box on the main band web page. We also had a problem this time with people on some mail systems, it may be that your mail accounts are blocking the newsletter as Spam. If this is the case then you can continue to receive the newsletter by setting the sending account as valid sender (the account is "horseheadzine at gmail.com" .. change the at to an @ sign)

Vivaldi video clip on main website

The video clip on the main Bluehorses web site has been changed so that it is now showcasing a track filmed at the Montreux Jazz festival in 2006.

Vivaldi - shortened from Viv Aldi's Hot Metal Extravaganza

The song appeared in this form on the Live Saul DVD, but a much shortened form can also be found on the 10 leagues album. see the discography for greater details.

New shows added to the schedule in July

Three new shows added to the schedule

First on 6th July at The point Cardiff Bay supporting "The Men They Could Not Hang"

Second on 22nd July at Chepstow castle. with Dr and the Medics

don't forget we are also at Spratton Festival on 15th July


Third on 10th November at The Thomas Tripp Christchurch

New album update

There have been a number of inquiries about how the new album was progressing and when it would become a reality... Nic just dropped this note off at the stables ... but basically

all tracks for the album are now writ, demo'd up and recording underway!

so anyway ... transcribed below.

We're finally there with track selection (heard that before... ned) and all have been recorded in demo form. After much experimentation, market research and the usual jaffa cake, diamond white and red bull frenzies, we've taken a bit of a different approach to this album. Can't say too much yet, but we're all getting very excited as we hear it coming together.

We're sort of going back to the bands early sound in some ways - a bit more medieval influenced than of late - but with the advantage of ten years practise! The new stuff is also much more of a reflection of our own personal musical tastes - we're all serial headbangers at heart!

But don't be afraid.

... OK, be afraid, but don't be worried... it still sounds like us!! In fact it sounds more like us than ever before!!! It just took us a while to work out what we sound like. It's not easy this, when you have a combined band attention span of 3 minutes :o)

I've already put drums down for some of the toons and all the final recording should be complete in 3 or 4 weeks. Then all we gotta do is mix it, so about another 5 years... :o) Heheh, only joshing. A couple of months should do it.

You're gonna LOVE it.

Or we'll send Big Stan round.

Watch this proverbial space... Nic

Keyboard Player

Bluehorses are currently looking for a keyboard player to work with the band. - Questions/ CVs/ applications can be made via the contact page on the main Bluehorses website.

Next Show - Mayfest at Buntingford - 27th May

The next outing for Bluehorses is at the Mayfest - Buntingford - Herts on 27th May. They are currently scheduled to be on the Walkern Stage at 8pm after Chris Jagger's Atcha and before the Nimmo Brothers. the full line up can be see here.

Rhayn's first show with the band was at the flowerpot in Derby - A full report is on the horsetailz blog and forums, also there will hopefully be some photos in the gallery.

Flowerpot in Derby - 11th May

Rhayn's first show with the band will be at the flowerpot in Derby this coming Friday - A full report will be on the horsetailz blog and forums early next week, also there will hopefully be some photos in the gallery.

Thanks to the legend....Mr Khoo

Many thanks to Rob for his help at such short notice.

Now we have a new full time bass player again, Rob has returned to the heat of the kitchen.

It was a pleasure Rob......thanks again matey.

April Newsletter

March Madness

The April Newsletter has been sent out to all those who have registered on the main band web page. The newsletter can be seen on the newsletter blog pages here.

If you did not receive it, and would like to do so in the future, or if you previously signed up but nothing has arrived in your in-box, please enter your mail address in the box on the main band web page. We also had a problem this time with people on Freeserve, it may be that your mail accoutns are blocking the newsletter as Spam. If this is the case then you can continue to receive the newsletter by setting the sending account as valid sender (the account is "horseheadzine at gmail.com" .. change the at to an @ sign)

Please welcome Rhayn to Bluehorses

A brief announcement to welcome Rhayn Jooste to Bluehorses. Rhayn has joined the band as a permanent replacement on Bass for Nathan. A complete introduction will be forthcoming in the Band bios section over the next few days.

We would like to extend a massive thank you to Rob Khoo for his sterling work covering for the last nine months..

New Anthology Section

We have created several pages to show off some of the excellent work from the band. This comprises of

A Video Showcase - linking to a selection of videos on YouTube.

An Audio Showcase - a web music player, playing a selection of tunes from the catalog.

A brand new feature on the Bluehorses family tree.

The pages will also link together all the reference material, such as Lyricon and discography pages, as well as all the blogs

Dragons Milk and Coal and Cracking Leather back in the shop

Dragons Milk and Coal and Cracking leather Skin and Bone CDs are available in the Bluehorses shop once more [here]. No prizes for spotting the slight changes to the artwork ;)

Dragons Milk and Coal was the 2nd studio album from 1999, and a MOJO magazine Album of the Month .
Cracking leather skin and Bone was Bluehorses first studio album from 1997, remastered in 1999 with 3 bonus tracks
Ten Leagues Beyond the Wild Worlds End was the startlingly original 2001 fourth album. Liz Prendergast's vocals lending credence to the doom laden lyric and varying from cooing lullaby, to big, belt-'em-out rocker via gothic chiller.

Ten Leagues Beyond the Wild Worlds End

Tracks:

• Mad Tom's Song


• Calling Number 5


• Molly Bond


• Scapa Flow


• Tantric Messiah


• Sleepy Hollow


• Pentyre Town


• Child


• Common Ground


• Helen (acoustic)


• Bluetopia


• O'Vivaldi's Irish Italian Theme Bar


• Bigger Gun Than Yew


• Rhapsody for Fretless Bass and Crumhorn

Dragons Milk and Coal

Tracks:

• Dragons Milk and Coal


• D'ya


• Liberty


• Barbara Allen


• Rabbit in the Headlights


• Goodbye


• In Flanders Fields


• Old Haslams Bits


• Witch in Wedlock


• Passer By


• Dark Circle (slight return)


• Mining Song.

+ Secret Track. ...

Cracking Leather Skin and Bone

Tracks:

• Helen


• Under the leaves


• Pill/ Farmer's Daughter


• Sitting Pretty


• Banks of Conwy


• Wiccaman


• Into the Woods


• Screaming Crying


• Summer has Flown


• Blackleg Miner


• All Went Away


• Cabbage Train


• Big White Telephone

You will also be able to purchase them them through Amazon, however using the shop on the main band site leads to more of the money going towards the new album!

Montreux videos on YouTube

A number of videos from the bands appearance at the Montreux Jazz festival in 2006 are now available on YouTube (currently four). The selection is "embedded" below, however navigating to the Bluehorses channel on YouTube will allow you to see these and other selected video clips from the last 3 years.

February Feedback

The February Newsletter has been sent out to all those who have registered on the main band web page. The newsletter can be seen on the newsletter blog pages here.

If you did not receive it, and would like to do so in the future, or if you previously signed up but nothing has arrived in your in-box, please enter your mail address in the box on the main band web page.

Two new videos on YouTube

Those of you that have been to a show in the last couple of years will notice that we have several small video cameras working away. We take all the footage and compile it into memories. Every so often we get some thing that is worth sharing. This was the case at Farmer Phil's festival last year. A couple of complete songs from this festival in 2006 have been edited down and are available on YouTube.

For those of you that have not come across YouTube before, it is a site that specialises in "subscribers videos". kind of like Flickr or photobucket but for videos. Given the size of some of these video clips it is better viewed over a broadband connection, otherwise wait for the clip to almost completely load before pressing the play button.

There is currently a collection of Bluehorses videos on Youtube, from clips out of the live video to some tunes from Newt festival in 2005 and a number of behind the scenes clips. see here for the complete collection

First up "Hoedown" See this clip at full size here





Second "Blackleg Miner" See this clip at full size here

January Newsletter

The January Newsletter has been sent out to all those who have registered on the main band web page to be kept up-to-date. We aim to publish one a month on average. If there is braking, important news - like this years gig list - then we will publish as soon as it is known, alternatively when there is nothing to report then we will not bother you.

If you did not receive it, and would like to do so in the future, or if you previously signed up but nothing has arrived in your in-box, please enter your mail address in the box (like that to the left) on the main band web page. If your address is already registered the program will let you know, otherwise you will be emailed a confirmation request for the owner of the mail account to accept. Sorry this is an involved process but it helps to stop the spammers, and gives you a chance to change your mind and un-subscribe.

You could just keep on checking out the web page every so often, but we think this is more reliable!

An alternative (magazine layout) version is also available on the newsletter blog. Both this blog and the newsletter one are enabled for RSS (Really Simple Syndication) - for a detailed explaination then try here at the BBC but basically if you have IE7 or Firefox then just click the funny orange button on the toolbar, and follow the wizard. Even simpler we have put a button to the right of this page to Feedburner.

Xmas Bash(s) Blackmail photos

Andy has added a load of photos to the galleryClick [Here!] - There is a veritable delight of images from the Robin 2, the Flowerpot and the Railway Inn. Including the usual suspects and several who had clearly escaped from the local identity parade for the Christmas panto! Several reviews can also be found in the forums