CEG Records & Blue Sky Cafe Bangor present: 

Courteous Thief 

Eve Goodman 

The Worldwide Welshman 

All available on https://cegrecords.com 

Kicking off the night we have the Worldwide Welshman, mr Liam Rickard. Originally of Betws y Coed he now operates out of ‘the London’, though his roots are very much grounded here in the North of Wales. He will be releasing his new single and album (on CEG Records) on this night! 

Followed hotly on the heels by Ms Eve Goodman & friend/s.  

Having released her debut EP Low Sun in 2017 on CEG Records (as our first release :), her own spellbinding take on Welsh folk song Dacw Nghariad has subsequently hit over a million views on YouTube! She has also previously worked in collaboration with renowned influential and prolific Welsh singer/songwriter, Aled Rheon as a part of his band, The Gorgeous Charge. 

And topping the night we will have Indie/folk singer/songwriter mr Courteous Thief. With a vibe that has been compared to the likes of Ben Howard and Damien Rice, his recent releases have been hitting playlists on BBC Radio Wales, BBC Introducing, & BBC 6 Music amongst others. On this night he will be releasing a version of his winter track, Mountains & Sea with a limited edition ep available for one night only. 

Tickets available from 

http://www.blueskybangor.co.uk/whatson/courteous-thief

Tomorrow, 15/10/18 will the the release of a new single "Take Me Higher" from singer/songwriter Courteous Thief, available to download from CEG Records (www.cegrecords.com/courteous-thief) with the official digital release set for 18/10/18. The Track was recorded and produced by Russ Hays From Orange Sound Studios who is an ever growing name on the music scene having previously worked with likes of Catfish And The Bottlemen, Rubylux (BBC Radio 2) amongst many many others.

The Track has already been making waves on the music scene after hitting Tom Robinson's BBC 6 Music Mixtape, with more set to follow.

We spoke with Courteous Thief, aka Singer/songwriter Gary Roberts about the track who told us - It was a bit of a random choice to record the track on the day really. I had wrote it a few weeks earlier with the idea of giving the track to another artist but when I got to the studio I just though we would try it and see what came out. Its a bit different to what I normally do but It turned out well, so lets get it out there. 

There is also a little indie video recorded for the track, check it out below.

You can catch Courteous Thief Live at -

Glyn Fest - Theatre Colwyn, Colwyn Bay on Friday Nov 2nd.

Blue Sky Caffe - Bangor, Wednesday, 28th of November.

The Acoustic Lounge - Stockport, Saturday 26th of January.

VULPES URBANA, AKA Urban Fox are currently a four piece band based in North Wales, comprising of poets, musicians, singers and beat makers.  

With a vibe that has been likened to Kate Tempest meets the Doors, Tom Waits meets the Happy Mondays with a feel of John Cooper Clarke, Ivor Cutlor, Aidan Moffat and legendary chef Keith Floyd, They have headlined shows such as Gwdihw Club in Cardiff,  Telford's Warehouse in Chester alongside shows at Handyman's in Liverpool, The Smithdown Road Festival, Live n' Loud Festival, Leith Depot in Edinburgh, Llangollen Fringe, Wrexfest and Edinburgh Fringe.  

Being born from previous projects The Glendale Family and Man of Straw & Friends, the band have had a multitude plays across BBC WALES, BBC 6 MUSIC, BBC Introducing, BBC MIXTAPE, Fresh On The Net alongside many regional, national and international plays on commercial and local radio. They have also had the honour of having 'ALICE' and '90's Times' chosen as Tom Robinson's track of the week and Fresh Net's top 10 of the week respectively alongside main support slots with Euros Childs, 9 Bach and British Sea Power.  

The debut E.P. entitled "Paper for Work" was recorded with Marc Joy at Roc 2 studios who worked with Oasis and Primal Scream alongside a plethora of new Welsh artists and Focus Wales.  

The debut E.P will be released on CEG Records on Friday 28th Sept 2018.  

https://cegrecords.com/vulpes-urbana  

The launch event is taking place at Pie Records in Rhos on Sea on the same date  

https://www.facebook.com/events/229207314619806 

"Giro Liono IS the real McCoy". "I've been a fan of Chris Ingram's spoken word work for quite some time and am excited about intriguing new project, Vulpes Urbana". Tom Robinson BBC 6 Music.   

"90's Times sounds like it jumped straight out of the new Trainspotting film". Fresh on the Net top ten track.   

"ALICE was my favourite track of the week and contains some of the best writing I've ever heard come through BBC Introducing". Tom Robinson BBC 6 Music.   

"Chris channels the spirit of Ivor Cutlor and Arab Strap's Aiden Moffat perfectly on Long In The Tooth". BBC Mixtape.