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The Cohen Brothers...
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...play a soulful mix of
blues/ jazz/funk/rock, inspired by some of the great bands &
musicians of the ‘70’s
from the UK & USA.
Growing up,
they listening to late night radio hosted by the likes...
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...of: Bob Harris, John Peel
& Alexis Korner, and bunked off school to listen & learn from
their vinyl 45’s & 33’s.
They went
to
rare UK gigs
of their musical heroes: Little Feat, Steely Dan, Joni Mitchell, Jeff Beck, Kokomo, Steve Winwood & Traffic,
which made them even more determined to find soul mates, and form a
band. Over the years they continued to hone their crafts in various
bands along the way.
Music fans through & through, their love of music never left them – and
finally in the winter of 2008, these five great musicians worlds collided,
when they all came together to form
The Cohen Brothers and begin working on
the new songs for their debut album.
In spring
2009: They recorded their album “Moving
On” with producer John Rivers in leafy Leamington Spa – a CD of six original songs and three 1970’s covers from Bobby Charles, Jess Roden
& Jesse Winchester.
The band played across Worcestershire and Warwickshire during 2009/10 – adding more new songs
& covers from Steve Winwood, Traffic, Eric Clapton, Marc Cohn, Bruce Cockburn, John Martyn
& Robin Trower.
Following a live session, on
the BBC's Hereford & Worcester Radio in autumn 2009, their original songs were placed in the "Top 10” songs of the year.
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Events played by the band in 2010 included:
- Worcester Music
Festival
- Malvern’s West
Fest
- The Pyramid
Party
- Upton Blues
Festival
- Blues At The
Fold
- Worcester Music
Festival
And
the prestigious...
- CBSO Centre in Birmingham, headlining a blues night for “ArtsFest
2010”
And opened...
- A “BBC Introducing” live broadcast...
on BBC's Hereford & Worcester
Radio,
from Marrs Bar.
In 2011:
The band are heading to various local festivals including:
- Upton
Blues
- Worcester Music Festival
And
will be supporting...
- UK blues legend Larry Miller in Cheltenham.
Such
is their growing popularity...
They are booked in advance
at many music pubs across the West Midlands, including:
- Cropredy’s Brasenose Arms
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Thanks for
your interest: The Cohen Brothers
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Here's
what
Andy O’Hare of BBC H&W Radio, had to say about the: Cohen Brothers
"There was complete and utter quality of the highest order from
this supremely polished outfit... with their sparkling numbers like: Caledonia, Moving On
& The Roof Blew Off.
Words fail me every time I see these guys, as they're completely different in terms of sound and sheer musicianship, from just about any other outfit doing the rounds.
If you've got the chance to
see this lot live, in the next month or so, then you should grab it quick, as once again the general consensus was that the
Julian Crook-fronted five-piece, deserve a far far bigger stage - like SXSW!" (March 2010)
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What
others had to say...
COX'S YARD IN
STRATFORD-UPON-AVON:
“Superb Soul/Blues/Jazz/American fusion band.
Top class musicians who really let rip with a great sound.”
THE LAMB IN MALVERN: “Best band ever' and 'best guitarist ever heard live'.
Truly excellent set and we can't wait to hear you again.”
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So
Why Not check-out The Cohen
Brothers
at their next LIVE gig !
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Check-out
our websites at: main
website <> facebook
<> myspace
<> reverbnation
At these web sites you can hear the latest album
“Moving On” and exclusive downloads will be available in 2011 as the band work on their follow-up album
“This Is Life”.
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email:
julian_crook@yahoo.com
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Our
next gigs will be at:
- 9th April: The Black Boy, Bridgnorth, Shropshire, UNITED KINGDOM - 8:30pm
- 10th April: The Prince of Wales (behind NIA) Birmingham, West Midlands - 4:00pm
- 13th May: The Waterfront, Barton Marina, Barton Turn, Barton Under
Needwood,
Staffordshire, DE13 8DZ, 01283 711500, 10:00pm
- 20th May: The Queens Head, Wolverley Village, Kidderminster, Worcestershire - 8:30pm
- 28th May: The Black Boy Bridgnorth, Shropshire - 8:30pm
- 5th June: Prince of Wales, Ledbury (official new album launch party)
- 18th June: Ashmall Club, Hammerwich, Nr Lichfield, Staffordshire - 8:30pm
- 25th June: Taurus Crafts, Lydney, Gloucestershire - 2:00pm
- 16th & 17th July: UPTON BLUES FESTIVAL - Upton on Severn,
Worcesters - 12:00 noon
www.uptonbluesfestival.org.uk
- 8th - 12th August: Cropredy Festival Fringe (one evening that week /
tba)
- 13th August: The Jinny Ring Hanbury, Bromsgrove - 5:00pm
- 9th
Septr: The Queens Head, Wolverley Village, Kidderminster, Worcestershire - 8:30pm
- 29th October: The Feathers, Lichfield Staffordshire - 8:30pm
- 9th
Dec: The Queens Head, Wolverley Village, Kidderminster, Worcestershire
- 20:30
So
come along and say hello !
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On
the 14th January: We had a 10 minute feature on BBC
H&W
Andy
O'Hare from BBC H&W came along to the gig last Sunday at the -
Prince of Wales in Ledbury & reviewed it. (actually his sister
saw the 1st set !).
Thanks
to everyone at the PoW for your support -
Brum
Beat column:
And a big big thanks to Mike Davies for his piece on The Cohen
Brothers in his
monthly Brum Beat column.
BBC
H&W picked up on that too and quoted Mike on-air.
Dave
& I knew Mike "back in the day" when we started
playing in the late 70's -
it's been fantastic to be back in touch now as we pick up where we
left off with our music.
To
read Mike's column click-here
Our
Current
Album...
- The
reaction to a current album (Moving
On) has been really encouraging, so thanks to
everyone who bought a copy.
- Heartened
by this, we will shortly be finalising the songs for the next
album, and recording them in mid April.
Cheers - Julian
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The
Feathers Inn Lichfield. January 22nd 2011
This
is a really great music pub, with great sound & friendly
people.
We
had another great night...
So thanks to Mike our host for making us feel so welcome, and
asking us back to do more gigs, and all our old friends who came
(some quite a distance) to see us perform our current album live.
And
all the new friends that came to check us out.
Cheers - Julian
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So
go and see The
Cohen Brothers perform LIVE ? Then let us know what you think !
Please
let everyone know that you heard it here first on Great
Local Music
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