Goldhawks / Chris Tye Band
Gold hawks -
Formed by frontman and songwriter Bobby Cook, Goldhawks started life as a three piece consisting of Bobby’s younger brother, Jack (guitar), and old school mate, Nick (keyboards). Colin (bass) and Graham (drums) were later recruited through an unlikely collaboration with Julian Cope cohort, Donald Ross Skinner and his band Kiosk. Cook had met Skinner whilst working at Notepad Studios and was irresistibly drawn to Kiosk’s jagged punk/blues and joined the group, which at that time included Graham and Colin.
Named after the West London street they were born and raised on, the Goldhawks palette is a unique mix of vintage Americana and quintessentially British fare – think Ryan Adams, Petty, Springsteen, Echo and the Bunnymen, The Cure and you’re somewhere in the right ball park.
Chris Tye Band -
Acoustic / Pop, understated classics full of late nights, hazy confessions and stories of longing and belonging that would make Damien Rice proud. Chris and the band are breaking almost every weekend to play shows – Tiny Dancers, Stephen Fretwell, Bic Runga – and festivals – Godiva, Shambala, Moseley Folk Festival, etc. When you ask him about the new songs he’ll tell you that there is a definite progression but you’ll still know it’s Chris. That he’s recording with Jayne Powell too, who sang on ‘Like Wild Fire’, a highlight from the 1st album and how there is much more of a band sound to the new material.
