She Keeps Bees

She Keeps Bees
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The Cadbury Sisters
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The Lantern
Time : 20.00
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£10.75 incl. booking fee

SHE KEEPS BEES
She Keeps Bees is a blues rock band from Brooklyn, New York, consisting of Jessica Larrabee on vocals and guitar and Andy LaPlant on drums. Since forming in 2006 the duo have been compared to the likes of Patti Smith, the White Stripes, PJ Harvey and Cat Power.

The duo came together while Larrabee was recording an album as a solo artist under the name She Keeps Bees (“bees” coming from her surname) and met LaPlant while bartending. He soon helped to produce her music and started attending her shows, until she suggested he play with her. They have self-produced and released three records as a band since forming and have toured both the US and Europe with artist such as Joy Formidable and Sharon Van Etten. Larabee has also been a guest vocalist for Sharon van Etten and on Groove Armada’s Grammy-nominated album Black Light.

www.shekeepsbees.com

THE CADBURY SISTERS
The Cadbury Sisters release their debut EP Close via Fear Of Fiction on 16th June 2014. Like all the interesting things in life, they come with a secret - their great great grandfather was William Cadbury, the man behind the world famous chocolate company. Jessica (vocals and percussion), Mary (vocals and electric guitar) and Lucy Cadbury (vocals and acoustic guitar) are his direct descendants and yes, they are all sisters. Their goal is simple; to take the spirit of traditional English Folk music, infuse its DNA with contemporary influences such as Fleet Foxes, Daughter and First Aid Kit before disseminating it into the world. If Cecil Sharp House were run by Saga Noren this is how its corridors would sound.

The Cadbury Sisters live in a half forgotten dream, inhabiting places we remember, yet sometimes feel uneasy about returning to. Their music is a meld of harmony, discord and mindfulness, their songs the sonic equivalent of watching Swallows And Amazons or The Railway Children interspliced with The Wicker Man or Lord Of The Flies.

The trio played 20 festivals last year including 2000 Trees, Cambridge Folk, Mosely Folk, Hard Rock Calling and Blissfields and have supported George Ezra, Dry The River, Stornoway, The Staves, Treetop Flyers and Caitlin Rose. Tom Robinson has also commented on, ‘their beautiful harmonies and gorgeous vocals’.

Opening track ‘Milk’ and closer, ‘Fire’, showcase the burning crescendos that set The Cadbury Sisters apart from their contemporaries. ‘Lolita’ and ‘You Choose’ embody the forbidden fruits of lust, covetousness and jealousy, while the delicate ‘Quarry’ hints at early Kate Bush or Pentangle in its harmonies, yet its accessibility firmly evokes Rumours era Fleetwood Mac.

Close will be receiving a dual launch at The Islington, London June 11th and The Louisiana, Bristol 12th June. The Cadbury Sisters have also confirmed festival appearances at The Bristol Folk Festival on 4th May and 2000 Trees Festival in May and have picked up radio play from the likes of BBC Radio 2’s Janice Long BBC 6 Music’s Tom Robinson, and BBC Introducing Bristol & The West.

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