4
Thornfield Terrace
Selkirk
Scottish Borders
TD7 4DU
Tel:+44 01750 720538
Fax:+44 1750 725006
To
book
Allie Fox
Allie
Fox
Gigs
Listen
to Allie Fox
Allie
Fox Website
Premier live acoustic
music
venue in the Scottish Borders
|
ALLIE FOX
Since its release
in October 2000, Allie Fox's debut album Diving for Pearls has attracted
major national media acclaim including Q, Mojo and Music Week. Bob Harris
has described it as "...a really nice album" and has given
it airplay on his BBC Radio Two programme. Press reviews include Folk
Roots, Rock'n'Reel, Traditional Music Maker, The Independent, Q, The
Musician, Making Music, The Edinburgh Evening News, Daily Herald and
The Sunday Post. As a result of widespread media coverage, Vixen Records
was signed to leading independent distributor, Koch International,
for exclusive distribution in the UK.
|
|
Allie Fox
has worked as a solo musician for many years, playing in clubs and venues
throughout Britain. Her songs are full of catchy hooks and well-crafted
lyrics, and she has a warm emotive voice at times reminiscent of the late
great Sandy Denny. Apart from her songwriting skills, she is an ace finger-picking
guitarist and is currently working on a purely instrumental album of original
guitar tunes. Allie's finger-picking style, mainly in non-standard tunings,
owes much to her early influences: John Fahey, Leo Kottke, Stefan Grossman,
Rory Block, John Renbourn and Bert Jansch. Her tunes are an interesting
mixture of Celtic and American ingredients and have been described by
leading British folk magazine Folk Roots as "meticulous playing".
Allie is available
either as a solo artist or in a duo with Fish lead guitarist Frank Usher.
She also works with jazz/blues guitarist Neil Warden (Tam White/Celtic
Groove Connection). In addition to running the successful live music
venue The String Jam Club which she set up in 1997, she runs fox
& fox music international which promotes the music of her late
brother, the classical composer Malcolm Fox (www.malcolmfox.com)
|
Allie Fox's third
album will feature arrangements by classical composer Gary Carpenter,
musical director of the cult film "The Wicker Man", winner
of 4 Vivien Ellis Awards and the Warner-Chappell Music Prize and who
orchestrated of Damon Albarn's music for the film "Ravenous".
"A singer
with a capital S." FOLK ROOTS
"…songs you find yourself still humming several days later."
THE SCOTSMAN
"A superb singer, a brilliant songwriter and her guitar playing
is *!!** brilliant!"
EDINBURGH FOLK CLUB
"A wonderfully intimate and inspiring evening…." FROME
FESTIVAL
|
Allie Fox and Frank Usher
Listen to "Kangaroo Boogie"
a track from Allie's forthcoming instrumental guitar album due to be released
in 2006 on Vixen Records, and featuring the playing of Allie and Frank |
