Joshua Caole

I’m really sorry but I’ve had to pull out of the show in Sheffield tonight as I’m rather ill. I’ve never had to pull a show before and it kills me that I’ve had to make a decision about this one but hopefully in order to do the other dates I need to save my voice tonight.

Again I can’t apologise enough and if you were planning on coming tonight please still do as everyone else is still playing and it should be a great night. Hopefully I’ll be back in Sheffield soon.

So after a brief bit of time off I have a nice busy period coming up for the next two months. First off I have a fantastic hometown show with the amazing Frank Fairfield at Dempseys in Cardiff this Friday (August 31st) and tickets can still be found at Spillers Records and online, I for one can’t wait for this.

Very soon afterwards I have my second European tour of the year with eight dates across The Netherlands and Germany, all the details can be found over on the gigs section of the site.

Lastly I’ll be finishing off with my first UK headline tour of the year in October, again all details can be found on the gigs page. I’m really looking forward to visiting some of the places I’ve never played before such as Dundee and Lancaster.

I think that is everything for the moment, though new stuff is coming through everyday so I’ll keep you updated.

Catch you at the bar.

JC

So finally the vinyl edition of Moon Palace has arrived. If you have preordered a copy I can only apologise for the wait you had and hopefully your copy should be with you in tomorrow’s post.

If you haven’t already bought a copy then head to the Bullo Pill shop where it’s available for only £10 delivered or if records aren’t your thing you can get the CD version or one of the last few copies of the Slow Hearts EP. Alternatively you can buy in person at Spillers Records in Cardiff and Diverse Records in Newport and hopefully a few other places in due course. If you are an independent record shop that would like to stock the album or you would like to see it in your local shop just send me an email and I’ll sort it out.

So finally my album ‘Moon Palace’ was released today. It’s felt like ages since it was finished so it’s such a huge relief for it to be finally out for everyone to possibly buy. It’s available from the usual digital outlets, Bullo Pill Recordings and my ace friends at Spillers Records in Cardiff and Diverse Records in Newport. I really would like to get the album in to a few other stores as well so if you own or work in an independent record shop get in touch or if you just want to buy it from your local tell them to get in touch and I’ll sort it out.

One minor hitch with today is the Vinyl hasn’t arrived yet.  There was a slight problem at the pressing plant so all I can do is apologise and I will do all that I can to get a copy to any of you who pre-ordered it as soon as I have them.

The upside is I’m having a blast on this Tour. Most tours I do on my own and so having some of my best friends from Music Box with me is making the whole time absoloutely amazing. Friday saw my first apearance with a full band and I’m worried I’ve caught the bug now, I think we might be seeing a few more full band shows later in the year. So a big thanks to Mark Foley, Jack Egglestone and Stuart Michel for helping make it happen.

I think that about covers what I needed to tell you today, I think I’ll finish this pint and head over to the Musician in Leicester where I’m playing tonight. I might have some more exciting news in the coming days and check the gigs section of my website to find out where you can catch the rest of the Christiaan Webb tour and a few solo shows along the way.

Catch you at the bar.

JCx

So finally I have recorded my first solo album, we did it in a remarkably short space of time at the ace MusicBox Studios with my good friend Llion Robertson who also produced my last ep. It’s going to be released on the 16th of April and will be available on both CD and Vinyl from Bullo Pill Records or in person at a few Independent record shops, if you want to see it in your local record shop or are a record shop that would like to stock it email Bullo Pill and they will sort it out.

At the same time the fantastic Christiaan Webb is releasing his album the same day as I am so we thought we should head out and play some shows across the UK we’ll be hitting the following places starting on April 13th.

13th April – Clwb Ifor Bach – CARDIFF
14th April – The Jericho Tavern – OXFORD
15th April – The Kitchen Garden Cafe – BIRMINGHAM
16th April – The Musician Pub - LEICESTER
17th April – Blue Sky Cafe – BANGOR
18th April – St Bonaventure’s – BRISTOL
19th April – Focus Wales Festival – WREXHAM
19th April – Harvest Sun – The Static Gallery – LIVERPOOL
20th April – Oran Mor – GLASGOW
21st April – TBC (possibly edinburgh, get in touch if you want to put us on)
22nd April – Mundell music Backstage at The Green Hotel – KINROSS
23rd April – ‘Gaslight’ and Dead Young Records Birthday night at The Oporto – LEEDS
24th April – Pull Up The Roots, The Slaughtered Lamb – Tickets- LONDON

So this is basically it from me for this year. I’ve played some amazing shows with some fantastic people and just had the best time all round. Thank you to all who made this possible.

I’ll leave you with one last show this year on the 20th of December which is at The O2! It’s part of The December Sessions and best of all it’s free so you have no excuse not to go to any of them, especially mine. After that I’ll be having a short break before more shows and releases in the new year.

In the mean time you can catch me in session for Bethan Elfyn’s Christmas party on Amazing Radio next Monday at 7pm or it’s repeated Friday at 1pm. You can listen on a DAB radio or online at

See you at the bar.

JC

Just a couple of things I need to let you all know, first off is I’m playing at Buffalo Bar in Cardiff tonight supporting Daniel Martin Moore. Sorry I didn’t update the gigs section sooner, problems with the Bullo Pill site put a glitch in things for a while but we seem to be running ok now.

Second the Bristol date has been moved to the Stag & Hounds, sorry if this causes any inconvenience.

I have now finished festivals and stuff for the Summer and I think Summer has finished as well, the best thing is people won’t judge me for staying in all day watching TV when it’s raining outside. The Food Network has just roped me in and I just can’t turn it off, thankfully the network shuts off at three every night.

I’ll probably get some kind of withdrawal symptoms when I head off to play some shows in the next few weeks. You can find all the details on the gigs page so it will be ace to see you at a show or two.

Just a heads up, I’m slowly coming to the end of the CDs so if you want one it might be wise to pick one up when you see me or if your not coming to any of the shows you can still buy them at www.bullopill.com along with the vinyl version of Slow Hearts which still has copies left as well.

Catch you at the bar

JC

I must start with an apology first about that awful pun and also about the lack of recent updates and really leaving this one till the last minute, hence the bad pun. The last two months have been rather hectic playing some fantastic shows and meeting loads of great new friends in the process.

So this coming Sunday (the 7th) I will be playing the Swn curated Folk Stage at The Applecart Festival in London. Loads of other awesome people are playing so it looks like it’s going to be a blast. If you want to buy tickets beforehand follow this link to get special cheap ones.

After that unusually I have a rather long break before playing The Uplands Festival in Swansea on the 29th, I’m headlining the stage at The Uplands Tavern.

Otherwise it’s a very quiet August for me so if you want to come to a show, pick one.

See you at the bar

JC

I’m writing this after finally getting back to my hotel in Amsterdam through the biggest lightning storm I have ever seen.  It’s slightly terrifying how close it seems to be coming down to here.

So, in the morning I will be heading to Hamburg for the start of my first tour of Germany. This is the first run of dates I have ever done outside the UK on my own and I really can’t be more excited by it, really any time I’m on the continent I’m fairly excited. Maybe it’s the fantastic TV, the enormous cheese selection or the supermarkets which have the most amazing selection of everything.  Over the next three days I’ll be playing at;

June 29: Hasenschaukel - Hamburg, GERMANY
June 30: Soul Cat - Berlin, GERMANY
July 1: Palenke – Kiel, GERMANY

After I return to the UK I’ll be playing at Lounge on the farm on Friday the 8th so If you are coming make sure you  get there early as i’m on fairly early in the day.  There are some tickets left which you can buy here.

Hopefully I’ll see some of you over the next couple of weeks, if I do come and say hello.

See you at the bar.

JC