Stealing Sheep

Dec 14 2009

Stealing Sheep 460

They first collaborated on a variety of projects before settling on Stealing Sheep. Together they have been part of a harp Orchestra, part of an electronica art collective and part of a gypsy prog/math rock band whilst they were studying in Liverpool at LIPA.

They are originally from Norway, Canada and UK and now live in Liverpool.

Their first gig as a three girl line up was at an anti-folk night at FACT Gallery in Liverpool as part of a school project.

A year later they continued this idea as stealing sheep.

They have been together since summer 2008. In the summer they toured the English Folk Festivals and recently finished a concept eco-friendly tour of Manchester.

They have already confirmed Crawley, Southwell, Warwick, Ryedale and Bideford folk festivals for 2010 and have live sessions with BBC Radio Merseyside (Dave Monk 10th Jan) and live session on BBC Radio 6 (Marc Riley on the 26th Jan) as well as independent radio coverage from net based stations including the Liverpool student media ICON radio.

They are recording an album in February in a windmill near London and have began building a miniature set for an animated video for the track 'sleep' which will be finished for the new album release date.

Stealing Sheep are a low-carbon band, they promoted eco-friendly music on a tour in October 2009 called 'BATTERIES NOT INCLUDED'. They cycled to each one of their gigs with all of their instruments in a bike cart. They are continuously exploring eco-friendly sound amplification such as pedal power and old fashioned brass megaphones.

Videos/blogs/gig list/photos/documentaries all here: www.myspace.com/stealingsheep

Experience:

Stealing sheep have played over 100 gigs in the past year. Their first official gig was at the Bluecoat at the random family folk up festival. They have organised their own events at the new Chameleon bar (sukey's house party) and at St brides church (sing honey honey for the N.S.P.C.C). During the summer they played the Folk festivals including Southwell, Bideford, Sheep music and Festival on the moor. They have supported Gary Daly (CHina Crisis) with his new projects and collaborated in his live sets. They have supported Dave Swarbrick, John Fairhurst, Liz Green, Martin Carthy, The Random Family, Emily and the faves, Dead Belgian, Hannah Peel and Richard O'Flynn.