Hailing from the Southernmost Reaches of Great Britain, these Four Players trade in Ballads of Melancholie & Tales of Murder.
Thanks to everyone who came out to the Prince Albert in Brighton last Saturday. We hope you enjoyed the gig as much as we did.
As well as playing some tried and tested favourites, Salter Cane used the opportunity to try out a brand new song called Sorrow. As luck would have it, that debut was captured on video.
Now that the song has proven its mettle live, our next step is to record it. We hope to do that sometime early in the new year.
by December 18, 2008
Salter Cane will be playing its last gig of the year at the Prince Albert tonight, so if you’re in Brighton and fancy some alt-country action, come on down to see us - we’ll be taking the stage at about 10.
We’ve already got our first concert lined up for the new year: we’ll be playing at the second Oyster Lounge event on Valentine’s Day in Lewes. We apologize to any of our fans expecting to see us at the first Oyster Lounge back in September; a welcome new arrival to Chris’ family meant we had to cancel the gig at short notice - but we promise to make up for it at Oyster Lounge 2!
We’ll also be heading back into the studio at the start of the year - to re-record the four songs we first recorded back in August. An unfortunate and unexpected hard drive crash at the studio caused us to lose the recordings from the summer. Needless to say, we’re pretty bummed out about that, but we’re looking on the bright side and hoping that we can get even better recordings of the songs the second time around.
Until then, you can listen to our new EP and old LP to tide you over - and catch us at the Albert if you can!
by December 6, 2008
Following on from our full-length album, the second recording from Salter Cane is now available. It’s a four-song EP called Black Swollen River. The track list is:
You can buy the CD on CD Baby or you can buy the MP3s on iTunes (DRM-free, of course). These songs will probably be familiar to you if you’ve seen Salter Cane play live. Now you can compare the recordings to the live performance.
If you haven’t seen us live—or even if you have—you’ll get your chance on Saturday, December 6th. If you’re anywhere near Brighton, come on down to The Prince Albert on Trafalgar Street for an evening of music headlined by Salter Cane.
To whet your appetite for the EP and the gig, here’s a song for you:
Enjoy!
by November 27, 2008
The Salter Cane concert in The Prince Albert in Brighton on Saturday night was a success. We certainly enjoyed ourselves — thanks in no small part to the excellent sound on stage — and the audience was most appreciative. If you were there, thank you very much for coming along.
We tried out some new material including a cover version of Joni Mitchell’s Woodstock although, as Chris quipped afterwards, our version was more like Altamont.
After playing the song I remarked If Joni Mitchell was dead, she’d be rolling in her grave.
What a terrible thing to say! Of course what I should have said was If Joni Mitchell were dead
…Salter Cane does not condone wanton abuse of the subjunctive.
We also road-tested a relatively new song called Cut It Down that we’re probably going to record when we’re next back in the studio (just a few short weeks from now). You can get a sneak peak of the song thanks to one audience member who had the presence of mind to make a video …Salter Cane does condone recording and photography at our concerts.
by July 27, 2008
People of Brighton, prepare yourselves. The next Salter Cane concert will be in just under two weeks time. We’re playing on Saturday, July 26th in the Prince Albert on Trafalgar Street — one of our favourite venues.
The concert is being organised by local promoters, The Cable Club. The other bands lined up for the evening are The Elms and Villareal, who will be playing an acoustic set.
The cover charge is just £4. Where else will you find a Saturday evening full of so much misery and dark country rock for so little?
If you decide to come along — and I hope you do — feel free to bring your camera. If you take any pictures or videos and upload them to Flickr, be sure to tag them with:
by July 13, 2008
