I'm listening to ...
-- a meeting place of folk, country and bluegrass, though that really doesn't capture the sound produced by Stevie Scullion and Jonathan Toman. Both from Lurgan in county Armagh, they've have been playing music together since they met at university nearly ten years ago. I met them a few months ago after they performed live on The Alan Simpson Show, and I've been following their progress with interest ever since. Their first album is launched this weekend (on Saturday at 3pm at the QFT), but I've been listening to an advance copy on-and-off now for a couple of weeks. Mudd Wallace co-produces and co-arranges Stevie Scullion's original songs and the result is utterly beguiling. I love it.
Cat Malojian is also a stunningly well-chosen name for this sound -- even though, I freely confess, I don't know what it "means" (how un-Postmodern of me). The guys will be guesting on both McLean's Country and Stu Bailie's late show in June. Listen to the band .
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At 29th May 2008, VedranCro wrote:Cat's great! Thank you for this post.
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At 29th May 2008, John Wright wrote:Melissa and I love it... and the artwork for the album cover is fantastic. Someone needs to pick these guys up for distribution.
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At 30th May 2008, petermorrow wrote:When I was growing up the term 'cat malojian' was slang for awful or terrible.
As in, "That's cat!" - "That's terrible!"
Or, "Cat malojian!" - "That's really terrible!"
I have no idea whether or not this is the source of this particular name, but the music is good anyway.
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