"Formed
in the tiny fishing village of Petty Harbour in Newfoundland, Great Big
Sea are a high spirited and richly expressive acoustic quartet who
reinvent traditional Newfoundland music, lending it a powerful and
resonant contemporary charge."
Welcome to the first Great Big Sea online adulation site in the UK! What the hell are you doing in here? If you had any sense, you'd be at the Online Kitchen Party....
.... you know, the Official place, where there's loads of good stuff going on! Click on the logo and check it out, it's much better than this hole! No? Well, I suppose I'd better put the coffee on, hadn't I? Come on in, if you must. (You see that sign over the door that says "abandon all hope....."?)
EARLIER...... There is now a facility available on the Official website to make ticket bookings through there for USA dates only. It's cheaper than TicketBa.... er, Ticketmaster.com and probably more efficient :o) Oh, and finally - all my photos are out of date. Bob has shaved off his beard! Anyone got any pictures I could use to illustrate? He looks around 21 years old now!
IMPORTANT! GBS UK MAILING LIST Watch this space for more news!
So, who are they? If you really wanna expose yourself to their Great Big World, take a look at the Great Big-Ography Page....
And what have they done? Here's a list of their Great Big Albums, complete with lyrics. Review of UP from Traditional Music Maker Magazine. PLAY
Review of PLAY from Traditional Music Maker Magazine. TURN Okay, okay, the d*** snail got lost somewhere around Placentia Bay with my copy of TURN strapped to its shell, so instead I had to rely for a while on my 'contacts' abroad. Anyway, I didn't think I could do better than this one. Have a read of Dr T's analysis of TURN..... And after that, scare yourselves, and try my version of it.... One particular reaction from the Online Kitchen Party Chat certainly scared me..... Scroll on down for live concert reviews..... and photos, of course!
Concert photos and reviews... and a few other 'backstage' shots hidden away in here somewhere..... Dingwalls, Camden Town, 5 August 1998 The Swan, Stockwell, 22 January 1999 Alex and Teddy's photos from The Borderline London, UK (October 2001). From the last European tour, read some comments from Runrig fans who posted in the Online Kitchen Party Chatroom HERE . EUROPE
Cindy's Reviews & Photos Alex's Review and Photos from The Pumpehuset, Copenhagen, Denmark (Feb 2000) Photos from the Tonder Folk Festival, Denmark (August 2000). Another German tour: Bielefeld, Hannover and Berlin from the camera of Alex, yet again :o) (June 2001). And she's back again :o) Alex's photos from Berlin and Hamburg, Germany (November 2001). Anne and Britta'sDenmark Review (Nov 2001).
THE FAR SIDE
American Grafitti! Photos by Sue - Philly Folk Fest (1999), Syracuse (March 2000) and The Junos (March 2000). Photos from Rochester, Ann Arbor, Buffalo and Pittsburgh by Alex (Spring 2000). Festival of Lights, PEI again by Alex (July 2000). Photos from Ann Arbor and Toronto's MixMusicfest by Kathryn. (2000) Anne in TO's Horseshoe Photos. (1999?) Photos from WesternGirl from the Stardust Picnic in Toronto, featuring Great Big Sea, Guster and Blue Rodeo (Julyl 1999). .. and a great review from Hap, who was also at the Great Big Gusty Rodeo gig.
Interviews & Reviews on the web
Okay, that's the hard work done - now come and play!
ALTERNATIVE LYRICS Another verse to an endless song - other versions of traditional & not so trad songs done by GBS. The End Of The Words As We Know It - GBS as you've never heard them before! If you MUST have the real thing, schlep over to my Discography page!
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People Who Are Obsessed With Alan's Hair
COME AND CHAT For real life conversation, there's a real-time Java-based chatroom here. Feel free to rendezvous in there if you want to - no password needed.
If you're interested in the history and music of Newfoundland, come and read an article taken from Traditional Music Maker Magazine, Folk On The Rock. Thanks to author John Littler, and to Healey & Faulkner, who publish the magazine. Lawner has spent a fair amount of money, and a lot of photographic film in Newfoundland... and that was even before she moved there :o) Take a look at Tour Newfoundland for some absolutely stunning photos. And also worth a look is the Encyclopaedia of Newfoundland - everything you'll ever want to know is in here.
If you're interested in actually seeing the Birthplace of The Band That Never Ended (aka GBS), take a look at George Street Live for a webcam that overlooks the famous home of Another webcam in St. John's, courtesy of Newfoundland Broadcasting For an outsider's view, surf over to Jane's wonderful Veteran CFA Site. Especially if you're wondering exactly what a CFA is. No, it's not rude!
If you have problems with the e-mail button above, my address is teddy@-REMOVE THIS TEXT-ukonline.co.uk
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