News Archive

January 2008

22/1/08 - Beehive Sounds are proud to be associated with the Looe Festival by the Sea 2008. Beehive Sounds will be providing recording services to two excellent choirs, The St Piran Singers, and the Looe Valley Singers, based here in Looe where Beehive Sounds is located. The aim is to produce CD's for each of the two choirs to sell during the festival and after in aid of local charities.

St Piran Singers

Formed in February 2006, and based in the beautiful South East Cornwall fishing port of Looe, the St Piran Singers are named after Cornwalls' Patron Saint.

They present a modern programme, and have become very popular - their services being in great demand. They were honoured to perform at the 2007 Celtic Countries Congress, and have been filmed for an edition of 'A Place In The Sun'. They have also twice enjoyed the atmospheric experience of performing inside the temperate biome at The Eden Project .

Looe Valley Singers

With a membership of around thirty voices, the Looe Valley Singers are one of the popular ladies choirs in the region. For nearly 25 years, they have been an important part of the local community, giving regular performances of modern, traditional and sacred music. Their concerts have raised thousands of pounds for local and national charities.

February 2007

The second CD 'Down Any Road' from Kevin Buxton was released this month. Kevin is one of the most interesting singer songwriters working on the acoustic music scene today, creating powerful music that fuses folk, roots and blues with percussion and ambient sound.

The CD was made with the Kontra Band, utilising the talents of Kevin Buxton on lead vocals, acoustic guitar and harmonica. Al Tait on vocals, electric bass, mandolin and acoustic guitar. Trevor Timson on keyboards, Paul de Gallier on backing vocals, drums and percussion. Joanne Cottam on flute, violin and viola, and Thea de Gallier who provided vocals on 'Long Distance Call'.

'Down Any Road' is available for £7.50 from Coalshed Music or directly from Kevin Buxton.

December 2006

Beehive Sounds are proud to be associated with the recording of the charity CD - Time, by The Dukes Of Woodford in aid of prostate cancer. Recorded live at the Duke's Arms, Woodford, Northants, by a whole host of fine musicians who attend the weekly "Round The Table" sessions on Sunday evenings, the CD boasts 17 tracks and costs £5.

There will be a launch party at the Duke's Arms on Sunday 10th, from early afternoon till well into the evening. Everyone is welcome to come along to what promises to be a hugely entertaining day, raising funds for this very worthy charity. And if you're a musician, do bring your instrument! All proceeds from the CD and the launch will go to the Kettering & District Prostate Cancer Support Group, and if you can't make it to the launch, the CD will be available at the Duke's Arms, from Steve & Carol Poole (tel: 01933 652492 for details) or from Beehive Sounds here.

To further promote the CD, "The Dukes" will be performing a live session on BBC Radio Northampton on Saturday 16 December (on the Richard Jordan Show at about 1.40), and "The Dukes" will also be playing live at the Royal Oak in Walgrave on Wednesday 20 December, the first date in a promotional tour of local venues that will continue into the New Year and beyond.