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Summer of 'Dream Queen' 


Both members of Barlow & Smith were kept busy with individual projects in the summer of 2016, but we had a fabulous experience reviving our 'Dream Queen' material with Janie Dee!  

When Janie said she might perform one of our songs at the Queen's 90th Birthday celebration at Theatre Royal Haymarket, we honestly couldn't believe it. In fact, we were so shocked, we didn't announce it until a few days before the event because we couldn't comprehend it was actually happening!  

When Janie entered the stage dressed in full Elizabethan regalia to sing 'Private Delight', we had goosebumps. It was a huge thrill to attend the event in the first place (featuring an eye-watering list of stars, including Dame Maggie Smith, Sir Derek Jacobi, Wayne Sleep, Emma Thompson, and Rob Brydon to name a few!). To see our song performed so brilliantly by Janie in this company was a highlight of our work to date.  (Below - excited before the show!)

Shortly after this amazing experience, Janie revived the 'Dream Queen' cabaret at the Aldeburgh Festival in Suffolk. It was fantastic to see this work take on another life with some familiar faces in the band and new guests. 

The summer had a few other firsts - we collaborated with Janie on another cabaret project at the St James Studio, creating an original song 'Never Knowingly Undersold' for the AGM of the John Lewis Theatre Society (and had a great deal of fun making up rhymes based on their slogan). We also created our first-ever commission for ukulele. That's right, ukulele. :-) 

After this summer, we're even more excited to be jumping back in with both feet writing this Autumn, and look forward to sharing more plans soon. Watch this space!

09/07/2016

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New year, new videos 

Image: Tahir (Flickr Commons via CC License: https://flic.kr/p/4hn9gA)


We honestly couldn't have asked for a better gift this holiday season than all the wonderful support we received for our 'Christmas in the City' album launch.  

But now, it's time to put away the Christmas music and move on to new things...

So, in celebration of the new year, we're kicking things off with some music that has NOTHING to do with the holiday season!  We've pulled out a few recordings from our gig at 'Sunday in the Arts', and you can now find these featured on the video page of our website.  (If you follow us on social media, a few of these tunes may be familiar!)

We've got lots of exciting plans brewing for 2016, and we can't wait to share more as things develop.

In the meantime, you can watch the wonderful Emma Ralston bringing a bit of comic flair with 'A Little Bit of Drama', Maria Coyne killing it on her high notes in 'Stay', or for the folks who have already abandoned their new year's resolutions and succumbed to the lure of old habits, here's Gary Wood's beautiful rendition of 'Hello, Old Friend'.



Thanks for watching, and Happy New Year!!!

01/05/2016

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