Dawson Breed Music

We are delighted to be hosting 2 shows for Maggie Reilly at the Troubador in London in June for her brand new single release, tba!

The Troubadour Club, 265 Old Brompton Road, Earl’s Court, London, SW5 9JA (Map)

Monday 10th June: http://www.wegottickets.com/event/218015

Tuesday 11th June: http://www.wegottickets.com/event/218016

Pre orders are now available on iTunes for Common Tongues brand new EP Tether & Twine due for release April 15 2013.

We’ve had a very busy start to the year here at DBM.  Eurosonic Noorderslag (ESNS) in January is always a fantastic way to start the year, kicking off with the European Border Breaker Awards (EBBAs) and the European Festival Awards.

And in February we had Rachael Sage  playing with Sadie & The Hotheads and a special performance by Common Tongues at the Apple Store, Regents Street, London to launch their single Solitary Thinker.

The ILMC early March was great fun as usual and a treat to see Nick Masson talk about his adventures. We also had Maggie Reilly play a sold out show in Latvia! So far so busy!

It was a fabulous kick off to 2013 by the river Thames for the New Year celebrations and a good opportunity for a winter update of all things going on in the DBM camp!

We had Rachael Sage back in the UK for a Caffe Nero tour and playing some European dates, including a very special appearance and signing at the Apple Store

on Regents Street, London and a support slot at the fabulous London venue The Troubadour supporting the brilliant Sadie and The Hotheads ( the actress Elizabeth McGovern‘s band, currently best known for her role as Lady Cora in Downton Abbey)  which lead to Rachael being confirmed as main support for forthcoming Sadie & The Hotheads February UK tour

We also have some special additions to our roster for the new year, with the amazing Scottish singer songwriter Maggie Reilly, who is playing at the brilliant Celtic Connections festival in Glasgow, the fabulous new up and coming female Dutch band Snowapple and very young new talent TOBI joining us.

We’ll also be heading off to the Netherlands next week for the fabulous event that is Eurosonic/Noorderslag and preparing for the release of the new Common Tongues EP in Spring so a pretty busy start to the year!

Summer 2012 has been a busy one here at DBM with Caffe Nero tours, festivals and the Olympics in London, 2012 has been pretty full on. Common Tongues have  had a particularly busy year with very successful trips playing Hasenschaukel at Reeperbahn Festival in Hamburg, Norwich Sound & Vision festival & conference and Sligo Live Festival in Ireland where they played 3 gigs at Fureys, Chapters and The Model,  and 3 live radio sessions on RTE1′s John Murray show, OceanFM and WGBH on A Celtic Sojourn show.

We also have a very busy tour coming up for Rachael Sage  who will also be doing a special signing at the Apple Store , Regents Street, London November 29th!

Common Tongues outside Chapters Coffee House

Panel at Sligo Live Festival

Common Tongues at Reeperbahn Festival, Hamburg

Karen interviewing Common Tongues for Ocean FM at The Model

Andrew, James & Tom from Common Tongues with RTE1s John Murray

Felix Fables at the Olympic Park Greenwich

We are delighted to announce that Common Tongues have been selected to play at Reeperbahn Festival this year. On Friday 10pm September 21st 2012 at Hasenschaukel Silbersackstr. 1720359 Hamburg as part of the annual showcase event, so for all our European friends we hope to see you there!

We’ve had Common Tongues playing the Station Sessions Festival 2012, The Great Escape and Liverpool Sound City

We’ve also had Felix Fables win a competition to play with the Noisettes at Proud Galleries

And we’ve had Harry Houseago also play the Station Sessions Festival 2012

All three are busy with tours across the country through Caffe Nero and playing Cornbury Festival 

Also the very fabulous Discovery2 team have made a fabulous promo video of their monthly event held at the AAA Club in Kensington, and what an exciting track they’ve used, feel the energy from Black Black Hills! Filmed by Unia Productions. Music: ‘A Drowning’ by Black Black Hills, check this out………

Felix Fables

It’s been a busy time here at DBM HQ with barely the time to talk about it! We’ve had Felix Fables doing the Station Sessions at St. Pancras http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oxIaBwyibmc  launching their new video to The Inventor http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZBMzDxNlz5s and going out on a Caffe Nero tour, with all gig dates listed on their website so catch a gig near you!

We’ve also had Common Tongues selected to play at Colston Hall in Bristol as one of 5 finalists (over 100 entries were received) for the Isambard Folk Awards. The finalists were bands Evening Chorus (from Cardiff), Brightonians Common Tongues (Brighton) and Mishaped Pearls (London) plus duos Solarference(Devon/Bristol) and Josienne Clarke and Ben Walker(London/Worcestershire). Common Tongues are also playing the Station Sessions St.Pancras and going out on a Caffe Nero tour so do check out their gig dates on their Facebook page

Common Tongues

Always enjoyable with great panels, fantastic bands to see, and plenty of drinks parties, as usual we headed off to Groningen to Noorderslag/Eurosonic  arriving early for the EBBAs with live performances from the 10 winners, which included the fantastic Irishman James Vincent McMorrow, Belgian Selah Sue and the Netherlands very own Afrojack.

Anna Calvi

James Vincent McMorrow

Jools Holland hosts the EBBAs

Followed swifly by the European Festival awards, with an excellent live performance from Selah Sue and a lifetime achievement ward for Michael Eavis, it was a busy first night!

Selah Sue live at the European Festival Awards

Eurosonic crowd in the heart of the city of Groningen

What a busy 2011! Here’s to 2012 and a new resolve to post news more regularly! We saw Common Tongues play at Bestival and Felix Fables release their album . Lots happening for both bands and a very busy 2012 planned for both bands.

Common Tongues have won a competition run by Replay clothing in association with Clash Magazine to play at Bestival this year. Last week they were invited to play at the Replay clothing store in Covent Garden, London, with other selected bands and got to choose and keep their clothes from the store! To watch them trying on their clothes and performing live at the Replay store click on the  link below.