Bluebyrd's third album 'Song and Dance' is out now on CD and on all online platforms - It's not a lockdown album, far from it, but a few of the songs are born out of the feelings that we went through at that time: the search for certainty in an uncertain world, the need to cling onto something meaningful, the dream of escaping to more uplifting places, enduring as well as obsessive love, music's intoxicating and healing nature, and getting your voice heard in an over-saturated online world.
Mike Davies wrote in FATEA Magazine
"Five years on from their debut, they've grown into a hugely accomplished folk force...this is a hugely listenable album that fully deserves to expand awareness and following as it filters out into the world."
"Song and Dance is in many ways an impressive album that deserves attention. The twelve songs are intelligent, with well-constructed lyrics and serious points to make. Well worth a listen." Graham Brown - Folking.com
Chris Rowley on guitar and vocals and Gareth Pask on keyboards.
CD's via www.bluebyrdband.com
Songwall.com
'Bluebyrd appear to be masters of creating tunes which glue themselves into your consciousness.'
Ryan's Gig Guide
Bluebyrd have a natural ability to blend styles of the past and develop them to produce a very fresh modern commercial sound.
A & R Factory
'Uneven Ground' - a beautiful slice of modern acoustic folk.
Folking.com
" 'Find Your Way' - Listening to this it's clear Bluebyrd have most definitely found their way." Mike Davies''
Described by Songwall as "creators of tunes that glue themselves into your consciousness", Bluebyrd's songs cover a myriad of themes including errant lovers, refugees, social media and modern-day paranoias; all delivered through alluring melodies that you can't forget.
They released their first album 'Uneven Gound' in 2018 to critical acclaim and followed up with their second album 'Find Your Way' in 2020, which also gained widespread press and radio coverage.
Their current album is 'Song and Dance', which has also won critical acclaim.
Now becoming festival and venue favourites, Bluebyrd have played Leek Blues and Americana Festival, Audlem Music Festival, and Alsager Music Festival as well as renowned venues such as The Robin - Bilston, Percy’s -Whitchurch, Albert’s Shed- Shrewsbury, and Claptrap - Stourbridge, including supporting The Christians and Ian McNabb of Icicle Works.
The airwaves have also been alive with the sound of Bluebyrd, with their songs played on over 50 local, national, international and online radio stations including the BBC, Blues and Roots Radio, Stafford FM, Black Country Radio, Brum Radio, Northern Quarter Radio, Wigwam Radio, Cambridge FM, Lincoln City Radio, Deal Radio, and internationally renowned shows such as The Readifolk Radio Show, Acoustic Routes, The Folk Pilot, Strummers and Dreamers, The Invisible Folk Club, Fine Folk, The Beyond Folk and Acoustic Show, and Classic Folk.
Bluebyrd were delighted to have won 3rd place in the prestigious Radio Wigwam Online Radio Awards 2022.
They were shortlisted for Best Folk/Acoustic Act and the awards night took place in London on January 19th 2023!
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