Photo shoot
70th Birthday Gig
On the 29th of January Ethryll wished a very Happy 70th Birthday to a long time family friend. This lovely lady was amongst one of the first Ethryllites and gave us fantastic support in the days when we were first finding our feet.
She threw a fantastic party with a chocolate fountain, a beautiful cake and roast pork sandwiches. She also made the most beautiful floral table centrepieces herself. She likes purple too, so she was perfectly colour co-ordinated with Ethryll! The event took place at the fantastic Burton Street Foundation, which was a beautiful and friendly venue.
Ethryll performed an upbeat 50 minute set for the guests. We were using our new lighting set up for the first time, and it really help set the mood. We were also using another new piece of kit, a dinky but very capable little PA, that is perfect for our line up.
We opened with our cover of As of Now (by Kris’s old band Deadline) and finished with our “Folk ABBA” Mamma Mia. We threw a few more covers in there than usual, so that guests who had not seen us before heard a few things they knew and could sing along to. It was also the first proper performance (as a four piece) of our new song “Wait ’til I Get You Home”. This song really show’s off our two guitarists Jackie and Kris with it’s syncopated rhythm guitar underpinned by some pretty funky bass work. Martin’s fiddle was absolutely sizzilng on the nautical mash up “Tar and Feather”. It was great to see the Birthday Girl up and dancing and singing along.
The blooper moment belonged to me when I tangled my sleeve on my new Djembe and the start of a song which I lead in. We all had a good laugh about it, but I may have to rethink having floppy sleeves on stage wear. Also “Say something whilst I pick up my guitar” has made the band quotes list.
The night was wrapped up with a disco, where Jackie, Martin and I got up and Timewarped, Locomoted and Saturday Nighted with the guests. Kris was being the DJ for the night (as he is far too cool to dance… …ever).
A very very Happy Birthday to you. Thank you for inviting us to help you celebrate your birthday.
A return to West Street Live
It’s always bound to be a very strange experience when you are missing an important member of the band, and on this occasion it was Jackie who was struck down with ‘Flu and so she couldn’t play or sing.
Rather than cancel though, we soldiered on and with a hastily thrown together practice before moving on to West Street Live we knocked together a 45 minute set based on what we could play without Jackie.
We arrived at West Street Live, with one eye always on the impending “Snowbomb” (as the Daily Fail seem to insist all frontal systems are). However, the snow never appeared although the crowd was thin on the ground compared to a usual gig – then again it was a wet Wednesday in January – although a couple of Google+ friends came.
Set List
Booby Song
Pot Hole Tambourine
Maybe Tomorrow
Wait ’till I get you home
Fastnet
Tar and Feather
Eel Reel
Slippery Rock
Don’t Snap Your Fingers
Mamma Mia
All in all it was a very successful gig, although we sorely missee Jackie for her vocal layers and guitar playing at times – we did win over the crowd and we certainly picked up some new fans.
A little video of Fastnet taken from the side of the stage.
Ethryll in Edlington
When a gig doesn’t quite go to plan, what do you do?
Write a song! – watch out for a new song coming soon.
Set List
Don’t Snap
Slippery Rock
Pothole Tambourine
Starlight and Starlings
As of Now
Eel Reel
I Know My Love
Beer, politics and public speaking should never mix.
Ethryll at Acoustic Edge, High Melton
Ethryll is born!
After the explosion of Kris and Martin’s old band, and a failed attempt at starting a covers band, the third one was the charm –Â Ethryll was born on this night – 13th March 2014.
Martin came to our house to have a “folk” around and see what would happen – and the rest, as they say, was history.
The first rumblings of folk were heard from the embryonic Ethryll.
Tigger, however, was unimpressed. But then again, she’s a cat. Cats are always unimpressed.
History of Ethryll – Kris & Martin (and on a couple of occasions, Hannah)
Kris & Martin worked together previously since 2011 when Martin became the new keyboard player in Manning, a band Kris had joined in 2008.
During their times together they played a number of festivals and toured Europe. On a couple of occasions Hannah joined the band onstage – and thus began a Folk rooted collaboration.
There are many stories, which we are sure if you get them drunk enough they will bore you to death with – but here are a collection of photos of these times.
Health Warning – Silly costumes may be present here.
