Bridie Jackson and the Arbour

Bridie Jackson and the Arbour
Origin Newcastle upon Tyne, UK
Genres Contemporary folk, acoustic
Labels Debt Records, Amazing Record Co.
Website www.bridieandthearbour.com
Members
  • Bridie Jackson
  • Carol Bowden
  • Jenny Nendick
  • Rachel Cross

Bridie Jackson and The Arbour are a four piece contemporary folk/acoustic band based in Newcastle upon Tyne, UK. Their debut album, Bitter Lullabies was released in January 2012 to a sold out album launch at The Sage Gateshead (Hall Two). They partnered with Debt Records to release two singles in 2013: the double A-Side Scarecrow / All You Love Is All You Are in February, and Prolong in June.

The band's second album, New Skin, was released on 5 May 2014, and received a 4-star review in The Mail on Sunday.

They were the winners of the Glastonbury Festival Emerging Talent Competition 2013[1] and performed 5 times over the weekend on different stages including the Acoustic, Avalon and Bandstand stages.[2][3]

The band has received play on BBC Radio One, Radio Two, Radio Three and Radio 6 Music, and also on Amazing Radio. They have featured live in session on BBC Radio 4's Loose Ends show with Clive Anderson,[4] BBC Radio 3's In Tune,[5] for Tom Robinson on BBC Radio 6 Music,[6] and on Dermot O'Leary's show on Radio Two.[7]

In February 2013 they were awarded an Arts Council England grant for their Music In Museums[8] project with events running in Summer 2013. In the same year, they also received a Musician's Benevolent Fund Emerging Excellence Award[9] and won a City Music Foundation award.[10]

In the summer of 2013 they were featured as The Guardian's New Band Up North,[11] and in The Telegraph's New Faces column.

In 2014, Jackson was commissioned to write the music for a new opera for Streetwise Opera.[12]

In February 2015 Bridie Jackson and The Arbour received the Women Make Music award from the PRS for Music Foundation.[13]

In April 2015 the band released a new single, Far From The Tree, and donated some of the proceeds to the charity The Epilepsy Society.[14]

Prior to establishing the current four-piece line-up, Jackson performed regularly as a solo artist and with a changing collective of musicians, under a variety of band names. Musicians who performed regularly with Jackson, and featured on early recordings included: Nathalie Stern, Tom Cronin, Sofia De Castro, Alexandra Healy, Ed Alcroft and Eleanor Mooney.

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References

  1. ↑ "Bridie Jackson and the Arbour to play Glastonbury Festival - BBC News". bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 28 July 2016.
  2. ↑ "2013 Winners’ Blog | Glastonbury Festival". glastonburyfestivals.co.uk. Retrieved 28 July 2016.
  3. ↑ "Glastonbury preview: Arctic Monkeys, Foals and Disclosure - BBC News". bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 28 July 2016.
  4. ↑ "BBC Radio 4 - Loose Ends, Douglas Henshall, Debbie Wiseman, Paul Morley, Danny Wallace, Bridie Jackson & The Arbour, Hot 8 Brass Band". bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 28 July 2016.
  5. ↑ "BBC Radio 3 - In Tune, Lang Lang, Bridie Jackson and the Arbour, Cecilie Ore, Max Reinhardt". bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 28 July 2016.
  6. ↑ "BBC Radio 6 Music - The Tom Robinson Show, With Bridie Jackson and The Arbour in session". bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 28 July 2016.
  7. ↑ "BBC Radio 2 - Dermot O'Leary, 22/06/2013". bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 28 July 2016.
  8. ↑ "Music in Museums". web.archive.org. Retrieved 28 July 2016.
  9. ↑ "Help Musicians UK | Our artists". web.archive.org. Retrieved 28 July 2016.
  10. ↑ http://www.citymusicfoundation.org/2013/08/28/inaugural-awards-announced/[]
  11. ↑ "Bridie Jackson & The Arbour – New Band Up North #29 | UK news | The Guardian". guardian.co.uk. Retrieved 28 July 2016.
  12. ↑ "'The River Keeper' | Streetwise Opera". streetwiseopera.org. Retrieved 28 July 2016.
  13. ↑ "Bridie Jackson - PRS for Music Foundation". prsformusicfoundation.com. Retrieved 28 July 2016.
  14. ↑ "Pre-release CD available for Epilepsy Society’s Purple Day | Bridie Jackson and The Arbour". bridieandthearbour.com. Retrieved 28 July 2016.
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