26.09.10 Paul Pilot + Rue Royale
Duke Special Collaborator Paul Pilot + Non-stop Hypno-pop tour-ists Rue Royale play a double bill to soothe the world weariest of bones.
Named after a road running through the Chicago suburbs, Rue Royale's sense of journey is written all over their beguiling music, influenced by the likes of Fleetwood Mac, John Martyn, and the northern UK soul of Doves and Elbow.
The Anglo-American pair started performing together in 2006 before taking the full-time touring band plunge in 2008, relocating from Brookln's Chicago hometown to England shortly afterwards.
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Paul Pilot first graced the Irish Music Scene as singer/guitarist in “the amazing Pilots”. The debut album “Hello My Captor” was critically hailed and the single “The Price of Winter” was play-listed across Irish radio. Following the demise of this band, Paul stepped into a production role for other artists. Triumphs have included none other than Duke Special as well as Gospel/Blues singer Beth Rowley. According to Paul “a strange wind had blown through his world” and the time had come for his first solo release - “I want this to be easy for you”. Sounding somewhere between Merle Travis and Mark Linkous it is at once joyful and heartfelt.
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