(via EVR.com): Smoke Fairies are Katherine Blamire and Jessica Davies. The pair met at school back in the 90′s and did some singing together in their school’s choir before picking up guitars and studying their parent’s record collections, favoring the classic American sides of the 70′s. The pair eventually spent some time in New Orleans and soaked up even more U.S. blues. Neil Young must’ve been among those dusty LPs as the Smoke Fairies have recorded a stunning version of Shakey’s Alabama. Infusing those lessons with traditional British folk, the duo craft dark, humid, and intricately layered songs that have won over the likes of Bryan Ferry and Richard Hawley. Stateside, Smoke Fairies count Jack White as a fan—he produced and played guitar and drums on their single Gastown and released it on his Third Man Records label.
So come listen to them light up the EVR studio live on Beyond Beyond is Beyond on Thursday, noon to 2pm (EST)!
And grab their fantastic new album, Through Light and Trees, here.
Early 2011, Swedish pop-psych band La Fleur Fatale, whom I have championed for the last couple years now, visited NYC to appear on Beyond Beyond is Beyond and do three live shows in NYC and Brooklyn. This is the brilliant documentary they put together of that trip. And it features yours truly. Dig…
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