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THE BLACK FEATHERS RELEASE BRAND NEW SINGLE DOWN BY THE RIVER + NOVEMBER UK TOUR

October 28, 2015

Rupert Barker

THE BLACK FEATHERS

RELEASE BRAND NEW SINGLE

DOWN BY THE RIVER

+ NOVEMBER UK TOUR

“The Black Feathers are acoustic, but with enough power and force to drive a sledge-hammer.”

– fRoots Magazine

“…more than a match for the current Nu-Nashville boy-girl outfits” – Acoustic Magazine

Hailing from the Gloucestershire countryside, award-winning Americana / Folk duo The Black Feathers are back with their brand new single Down By The River on December 4th, taken from their eagerly anticipated debut album Soaked To The Bone, due for re-lease Feb, 2016.

The Black Feathers will be touring the UK in November (full tour dates below), kicking things off in their hometown at The Barn Theatre in Cirencester on Sunday 1st November 2015.

The perfectly paired voices of Ray Hughes and Sian Chandler intertwine effortlessly to create a genre defying sound, combining elements of Folk, Roots, Alt-Country and Americana. No De-pression quoted “…stunning harmonies that were so good it reminded me of seeing Gillian Welch and David Rawlings”

Their debut EP Strangers We Meet, released last year, achieved outstanding reviews and also gained national airplay (BBC Radio 2) as well as the band featuring in The Sunday Times Culture magazine. The Telegraph Online also listed it as one of the best records of 2014.

Ray Hughes and Sian Chandler married in 2012, which also marked the beginning of their musical adventure as The Black Feathers. They designed the band logo on honeymoon and the music soon followed. This close collaboration became the backbone of The Black Feathers’ sound. Whether playing to a 1,500 strong audience at the Colston Hall in Bristol, or to 80 crammed in to the Green Note in London, The Black Feathers give an intimate performance that draws the listener in to a special, strong and unique bond between two people.

The band have wasted no time in getting their music heard in venues around the UK, playing a multitude of shows and festivals up and down the country. Within their first year they were awarded the ‘5 Valleys Folk award’ and the following year also picked up the ‘Folkstock Arts Foundation’ award for best live performance. They have toured in Germany, Holland and in the USA including a sell out show at the Bluebird Cafe in Nashville, Tennessee.

NOVEMBER UK TOUR DATES

Sunday 1st November

The Barn Theatre, Cirencester,

www.wegottickets.com/event/330661

Thursday 5th November

The Slaughtered Lamb, London

www.theslaughteredlambpub.com

Friday 6th November

Huxley House Concerts, Farnham

Saturday 7th November

The Drawing Room, Chesham

www.the-drawingroom.co.uk/