The Cornelius Crane + Feed The Kid + John Mackie

Event information

Ripman and her (Cinnamon Girl) are thrilled to announce our first ever Ripman Show Live gig on Saturday 8th March! The Cornelius Crane + Feed The Kid + John Mackie will take to the Tiger Lounge stage.

The Cornelius Crane
The word “Americana” when applied to music conjures up visions of acoustic guitar, singing with friends around a fire, and an authentic approach to the music and lyrics. All of these things are true – at its best it can incorporate country, folk, bluegrass, and even R&B into the mix. Over the last decade or so a curious thing has taken place – as American indie bands discovered pastoral English folk (think Nick Drake), English indie bands have discovered Americana styled music (think The Band). What happens when the two styles merge? You end up with a band like The Cornelius Crane.

The band’s ethos involves making music without fear of restriction or pressure to write the next radio anthem. This approach suits them well as the words glide off of their tongues as if they’ve always existed. The music shifts and sways in an easy-going manner but reaches right into the listener’s emotional core – this is heavy stuff. The band is based out of the east of Manchester, England and includes Steve Wilson on guitar & vocals, Mark Adams on bass & vocals, and Dan Adams on drum & vocals, jon roberts on pedal and hammond. Daniel Treacy of Television Personalities once sang about “Another Rainy Day in Manchester”, but with The Cornelius Crane you will have remembrances of good times with friends, road trips, and life’s great mysteries of love & loss.

http://www.thecorneliuscrane.co.uk/

Feed The Kid

Formed in early 2012, FEED THE KID can already count the likes of Terry Christian and acclaimed author and manager of The Farm, Kevin Sampson, as fans of their work. On 15th July 2012 Terry debuted their first single, I Love The Walk, on Manchester's Imagine FM.

You can find a link to some of their work @

http://soundcloud.com/feedthekid.

John Mackie

John Mackie is a singer/songwriter originally from Glasgow but now residing in Greater Manchester, UK. His inspirations are from a wide range of varying sources, but his talent for touching, emotive lyrics and ear for melody give him a style that makes him stand out from the crowd.

John has been in various bands as creative influence in his career, notably The Broadcast, but now feels the time is right to 'fly solo' and venture forth alone.

Armed only with duel weapons of beautiful, poignant song writing and a voice that is both haunting and soothing simultaneously, all backed up by his melodic, hypnotic understated guitar playing, it promises to be a fruitful and exciting future for John.

https://www.facebook.com/pages/John-Mackie-Music/130037657053266?fref=ts