LAST UPDATE:


FEBRUARY 1, 2008 - AN UPDATE:

A belated Happy New Year to all!
Steve is currently in the studio, mainly tracking and fitting the final pieces together for the new record. More info and details to follow.

The 'Burning Fields' video is up on YouTube.

The new online store is open now for all the physical and digital (including high quality FLAC) download releases.

Thanks to all who came to see us play!!

IMAGES FROM THE BUSH HALL GIG:
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Photos by Crina Boros.


SEPTEMBER 17, 2007
- NEW SINGLE OUT TODAY:

'Burning Fields' b/w 'Everything in its Right Place' is out today on 7" vinyl available from all good record stores. A digital version is downloadable via iTunes. 'Burning Fields' is an old song, pre 'All Things Real' but was only finished in June this year. 'Everything in its Right Place' is a Radiohead cover. This is a limited, one off release - the songs are not included on the next album, due for release next year.



JULY 24, 2007
- DEBUT HEADLINE TOUR:

We are really delighted to announce details of Steve's debut headline UK tour this autumn. All the shows listed below will be with a full band. The show at the Bush Hall on September 27th will feature the very special Sweet Billy Pilgrim and Catherine Anne Davies.
Guests to be confirmed at other venues.

13 Aug Underbelly Edinburgh Festival - tickets 0870 7453 083
14 Aug Underbelly Edinburgh Festival - tickets 0870 7453 083
17 Aug Green Man Festival Wales - tickets 0870 0667 799
22 Sep Old Mill Studios South Lanarkshire - tickets 07736 313186
27 Sep Bush Hall London - tickets 0870 0600 100
29 Sep Fell Foot Wood Lake District - tickets 01539 531 014
04 Oct Glee Club Birmingham - tickets 0870 2415 093
07 Oct The Tunnels Aberdeen - tickets 01224 211121


MAY 28, 2007 - MISSISSIPPI REMIXED:

Mississippi is the new single, remixed by Kramer, Sweet Billy Pilgrim and A Marble Calm, available now for download (so we can dominate the charts) from iTunes and other major download stores.
The Marble Calm remix is also included on a vinyl only release
through Tonefloat - full details here. Extra remixes are up for grabs, exclusively from Burning Shed and to all steveadey.com subscribers - join here. Watch Imogen Eveson's video for Mississippi on YouTube.
The photos below were taken by Imogen on location in Scotland.

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FEBRUARY 19, 2007
- GIGS AND OTHER HAPPENINGS:

There are murmurs of a few select Steve Adey performances in Europe this summer.
Confirmed for sure is a set at this year's Green Man Festival
All the latest happenings and forthcoming shows are also covered
on the MySpace page.

Recording is continuing in various locations.
The new record will hopefully be released later this year.

december 21, 2006 - TIMES BEST SONGS OF THE YEAR:

'Shelter From The Storm' is included in the Sunday Times' Top 40 Songs of 2006. View the article here.
The album continues to receive kind words:
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- CD Times - No Ripcord - Pop News - KindaMuzik - Adult Contemporary - Ondarock - Der Schallplattenmann.
Top US journal for improvised and experimental music Signal to Noise reviews the album in the current winter edition.
Read the full review on the press page.

december 6, 2006 - steve adey on myspace:

http://www.myspace.com/steveadey

november 7, 2006 - mississippi video:

Imogen Eveson has directed a beautifully dark video for the song Mississippi. This second visual instalment taken from 'All Things Real' was shot on Super8 film near Lockerbie, Scotland.
You can view the video via YouTube here. Please remember to leave
a comment and rate the video - it's a 5 out of 5.

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Video still taken from the Mississippi video.

SEPtember 25, 2006 - new album in progress:

Steve Adey and various other musician friends are currently entrenched in a studio in Edinburgh working on a new record.
Provisionally entitled 'Nearly Always Defective', the record will probably be released next year and will be accompanied by live events.

Initial song names include:
We Always Knew
Nearly Always Defective
Laughing
Farewell ...
Tomorrow
The Field
Together And Alone
Will You Last?
Dita Parlo
Joan Of Arc
Don't Ask Me Why
Ghosts Through The Wall

POSTCARDS FROM RECORDING:
Album
Album
Album
Album
Thanks to Sara Simmons and Rosie Swanson for the photos.

SEPtember 12, 2006 - download 'all things real':

'All Things Real' is now available for the first time as a full album download. Each track is also available as an individual download.
From iTunes - Burning Shed and other leading digital retailers.

may 29, 2006 - CD single and album reviews:

New versions of 'Find The Way' (click here to listen) and 'Mississippi' are included on the forthcoming CD single which also contains the enhanced video of 'Find The Way'. The single will now hit the shops in July not June as previously expected. Pre-order here.
Album
'All Things Real' is slowly seeping into households, mainly through word of mouth and some good press. Check out the latest reviews:
Stylus Magazine - Is This Music? - Sunday Herald - Americana UK -
The Sunday Times
- Scotland on Sunday - Uncut - Heaven - Hanx -
Jyllands Posten
- MusicOMH - Penny Black - Altcountry - Amazon.

april 21, 2006 - 'Find The Way' CD single and video:

'Find The Way' CD single will be released in June through Play/Grand Harmonium records. Details and the release date will follow shortly.
The enhanced CD will also contain a video adaptation of 'Find The Way'. See it here NOW.
Quicktime hi [800 kbps] - Quicktime lo [100 kbps]
Flash - need a Flash player? click here.

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march 06, 2006 - 'All Things Real' released today:

'All Things Real' is released today through Play/Grand Harmonium records. It is available to purchase from all good record stores,
or online from Amazon - Burning Shed and Grand Harmonium.
The album is already eliciting high praise.
Music scribe Mark Edwards writing for The Sunday Times asks -
What kind of person, on their debut album, covers Shelter from the Storm — many people’s favourite song from many people’s favourite Dylan album — and Will Oldham’s I See a Darkness?
Sunday Times Record of the week

Check out the new Grand Harmonium Records site.
They are streaming songs from the album -
available for a limited time.

JAN 27, 2006 - New album available for pre-order:

'All Things Real' will be released on 06.03.06 in most countries.
Many outlets, including Amazon.com - Amazon UK - Germany - France - Canada - Japan - China - HMV - and YOUR LOCAL RECORD STORE, are pre-ordering NOW. The record will also be available from the new Grand Harmonium website come March.

FORTHCOMING SINGLE AND VIDEO:

Look out for a forthcoming single/ep with new material including a visualization of 'Find The Way'. We will post more info soon.

october 27, 2005 - All Good Things:

Steve's debut CD 'All Things Real' will be released in mid-Feb 06.
We will post the release date and more info soon.
Ten songs, forty-one minutes, recorded somewhere between early 2003 to late 2004 at Black Sheep recording studio, Longformacus church and various bedrooms, living rooms etc.

Album

The (accurate!) album's song sequence is as follows:

1. Death To All Things Real
2. I See A Darkness
3. The Lost Boat Song
4. Mary Margaret O 'Hara
5. Find The Way
6. Shelter From The Storm
7. Evening Of The Day
8. Tonight
9. The Last Remark
10. Mississippi


The players:
Steve Adey - piano, harmonium, other keys, drums and vocals.
Douglas MacDonald - Travis Bean guitar. Helena MacGilp - duet singing on 'The Lost Boat Song' and back up vocals on 'Find The Way'.
Naomi Van Noordennen - violin and high singing on 'Find The way'.
Simon McGlynn - drums on 'I See A Darkness' and (drunkenly) on
'The Lost Boat Song'. Dave Biddulph - electric bass on everything.
Maggie Cripps - cello. Calum Malcolm - fixing and mastering.

'All Things Real' - song by song commentary.

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