Treetop Flyers are in many ways the quintessential band to have emerged from the collaborative Communion stable, and their old-time country courts ever increasing attention and buzz. At the launch of not-so-new single ‘It’s About Time’, the band that seems to cross continents and decades combine all of your fondest memories of classic country...
Treetop Flyers – It’s About Time (Communion) 2011 has been good to the Treetop Flyers to the extent that the buzz surronding them has accelerated so fast their recorded body of work can’t keep up. Winning Glastonbury’s Emerging Talent competition has propelled them to the next level but fans still have little they can...
Glastonbury talent competition winners Treetop Flyers will release their new single ‘It’s About Time’ through Communion Records on 18th September. It’s a hit of 70s-inspired pop rock that wouldn’t feel out of place on a Laurel Canyon compilation. See what you think: Treetop Flyers – ‘It’s About Time’ by Stayloose The band are playing...
Things Will Change feels both familiar and refreshing. Familiar because folk, country and rock traditions are discernable throughout, and refreshing because of the exceptional song writing that melds these genres together. Reid Morrison’s voice is soft and rough, harmonised backing vocals often joining up with it in brilliant CSNY-style swells. The instrumentation is equally...
Sarabeth Tucek has been added to the line-up for the Wood Festival, joining the likes of Willy Mason, Eliza Carthy and Treetop Flyers at the Oxfordshire event next month. Also added to the bill are Zeus and Michele Stodart from the Magic Numbers. The Wood Festival, which has just gained Industry Green status, takes...
Fresh from their recent success at the Glastonbury Emerging Talent competition, Treetop Flyers' lead vocalist and guitarist Reid Morrison answers our questions.
The Treetop Flyers have earned a slot on the main stage at Glastonbury this year after winning the festival’s Emerging Talent Contest, so to celebrate, here’s a taste of their forthcoming EP in the form of a free download of ‘Long Cold Winter’. The band were victorious at this weekend’s finals in Pilton, where...
FFS can exclusively reveal that Andrew Davie (formerly of Cherbourg), Beth Jeans Houghton and Tom Williams & the Boat will play this year’s Camden Crawl. Other folky acts lined up include Sarabeth Tucek – who is supporting the Leisure Society on their forthcoming UK tour – and Treetop Flyers. The Camden Crawl happens on...
The enchanting Alessi’s Ark will headline a concert in aid of leukemia charity The Anthony Nolan Trust. The gig on 28th January will be held at London’s Union Chapel and will feature support from FFS favourites West Londoners Treetop Flyers and the ‘Diff’s Draw Me Stories. Alessi said: “I met Cheryl, the lady organising the concert,...
Well goodness me Alessi is going to be one busy songstress in 2010. Her touring schedule is already extensive and it only takes us up to April. The Ark has plans to tour with Sons of Noel and Adrian, Rachael Dadd AND Laura Marling. On top of all of that Alessi’s playing a special...
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