Kris Drever - Guitar / Voice.
guests on " Black Water": Eddi Reader, John McCusker, Roddy Woomble, Donald Shaw,
Kate Rusby, Andy Cutting, Andy Seward..
LAU
Kris Drever guitar and vocal , Aidan O’Rourke fiddle, Martin Green piano accordion)
DREVER McCUSKER WOOMBLE
(Album Out Sep 15th 2008) Kris Drever Guitars and Vocals, Roddy Woomble Vocals and Lyrics, John McCusker Fiddle, Tenor Guitar, production.
Influences
Family, Friends,Dick Gaughan, Sandy Wright, Michael Marra,Tom Waits, The Bad Plus, Golden Virginia, the Guiness,the Lucozade and the islands of Orkney!
Kris Drever is an Orcadian multi-instrumentalist, from singing and guitar playing to banjo and double bass. He has been in great demand since moving to Edinburgh in 1995.
Kris has done a myriad of different projects, quickly moving from traditional pub sessions to the gigging circuit, playing large tours of the United States and Chile with dance show Celtic Fusion. After leaving the show Kris began working with Fine Friday, and also worked as a session musician for a variety of artists including The Battlefield Band, John McCusker, Kathie Ryan, Harem Scarem, Clare Mclaughlin and with his father, folk singer and guitarist Ivan Drever.
Kris has toured much of Europe, Canada and Australia with Fine Friday and LAU and many others.
He has also toured Canada with trumpeteer and fiddler Daniel Lapp and England, Ireland and Wales with folk superstar Kate Rusby.
Kris also performed with Eamonn Coyne and plays in the John McCusker band and Session A9 and in 2005 joined forces with Aidan O’rourke and Martin Green to form the trio LAU - also signed to Reveal Records / Navigator Records. A New LAU Live Album is released April 28th 2008.
The official website WWW.KRISDREVER.COM is up and open with video , music player and pics and interview etc.
’huge abilities on guitar and a highly evolved contemporary singing style’
Scotland on Sunday
BBC FOLK AWARDS 2007 - WINNER !
(Horizon Award - Best Newcomer)
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Kris Drever Daily - Telegraph Review - 17.2.07
ALBUM OF THE WEEK ( FOLK)
’ Maturity and flair flow from every track ...’
’ If this is not already a first album to treasure, sneak previews of another, from Drever’s trio LAU, due out in a couple of months, suggest that better still is to come’ .
’Drever’s debut aligns ancient with modern. A poignant picture of modern Britain and makes the standard live anew. ’
Album Of The Week (The Sunday Times)
’A strong natural singer and top notch guitarist. The folk revival has a new standard bearer’
(Q Magazine)
’One of the best singers I have ever heard. His emotional range is outstanding.’
(Eddi Reader)
’Many moments of rare beauty. Further confirmation that folk music is kicking and screaming into the 21st Century’
(The Sun)
Album Of The Year
(Nominated, Scottish Traditional Music Awards)
Nominated for Best Traditional Track - ’ Green Grows The Laurel ’
(BBC Folk Awards 2007)
" KRIS DREVER IS A SERIOUS TALENT" (MOJO MAGAZINE may 2007 )****
5/5 STARS - MAVERICK MAGAZINE
BLACK WATER LIVE DVD RELEASED JUNE 2008 - NEW STUDIO ALBUM RELEASED SEP 2009. NEW LAU ALBUM RELEASED MARCH 2009 - NEW LIVE LAU CD OUT APRIL 2008.
THE HONKY-TONK MERRY GO ROUND starring John Miller and his Country Casuals with special guest Tom Armstrong (USA)
Friday 23rd May - GLASGOW - Accies Club Saturday 24th May - NEWCASTLE - The Tyne Bar Sunday 25th May - BRIGHTON - Honky Tonk Hayride 3 at Hector's House Tuesday 27th May - TSCHUGG, Switzerland - Muhlekeller Wednesday 28th May - MUNICH, Germany - Rattlesnake Saloon Thursday 29th May - COLMAR, France - Le Grillen Friday 30th May - DEVENTER, Holland - Het Burgerweeshuis Saturday 31st May - LONDON - What's Cookin' @ The Sheepwalk Sunday 1st June - LONDON - Honky Tonkin' Sunday @ The Golden Lion
Hi there KRIS thanks for taking time out and adding us as friends. Loved Harvest Gypsies it sounds fantastic. We hope you get chance to check out our songs, take it easy and best wishes
The kind hearted girls of "The Spinning Jennys" will perform a gig in aid of SUAS (www. suas. ie) to help raise funds to send their good friend Suzanne Byrne out to India to help with educating the little kiddies !! So here's your bit - come to our gig, have a few pints, a bit of craic, a bit of dancing and you too will be helping the kiddies!!
With new albums from The Waifs, I See Hawks In LA, Rough Shop, Noel lanaghan, Bex Marshal, Andrew Calhoun and Campground, Case Hardin as well as nessmp3. com new music and usual mix of classics.
Tuesday 9PM April 1st (BST) Nessmp3. com Live Radio.
Country Blues and Beyond see you there
We will of course feature all our musician friends and neighbours who show up in the chatroom, as well as new releases classic tracks and nessmp3. com artists. Join Rob and the gathered villagers in the chat frame here on Tuesday. See you then
Rob Ellen
Were based in the Highlands an putting the unity, in . com
Hello Kris, fantastic show at the Tolbooth last night. Incredible musicianship, especially at the finale with the other boys. I'm only sorry I didn't get to meet you personally. Good luck for the rest of the tour. Regards Barbara
Hi Kris, looking forward to seeing you at the Tolbooth on Friday night. I see you are in Skye next week. Hope you get better weather there than we did at the weekend. Regards, Barbara
