Another summer, another Cambridge Folk Festival set in the neatly contained grounds of Cherry Hinton Hall Park, Cambridge. A full weekend of music, talks, workshops and general merriment begins with gusto on the Thursday evening. Opening Stage 2 for the…
The idea of reviewing of Stornoway’s last gig of their farewell tour, in the town where they built their career strikes me as inappropriate. It’s like trying to review any sort of local, natural, beautiful, beloved phenomenon in Oxford. One…
For Jon Ouin, one of his favourite things about being a member of Stornoway has been going out on tour. The Oxford band have been gigging since long before some of them were, strictly speaking, old enough to be in…
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tj-QXey3gPk&w=420&h=315] While testing out speakers at a department store, I was introduced to ‘Zorbing’ by Stornoway. This introductory song led me to download all of Beachcombers Windowsill. Full circle, today’s song of the day is ‘We are the Battery…
Having toured for much of the summer in support of their album Bonxie, released in April, Stornoway provide a matching bookend to close their travelling schedule by releasing a six-track acoustic companion piece shorn of the denser instrumentation and frequent…
Stornoway are off on tour at the end of this month in support of their forthcoming album Bonxie, which is out on 13th April. It’s named after a Scottish seabird and the record is littered with bird calls from 20…
After recently announcing details surrounding their upcoming album, Bonxie, Stornoway have also launched an accompanying competition. The band are inviting fans and listeners to ‘get into the spirit’ of their new album just ahead of its release, by creating origami birds…
Stornoway have released details of their forthcoming album, Bonxie, which takes it’s title from a nickname for the Great Skua – a large and rather unusual seabird. It is due to be released on April 13th through label Cooking Vinyl. Much of the…
We are absolutely delighted to have a song from Oxford gents Stornoway on this year’s Christmas record. Gondwanaland is a beautifully wistful track about a chance encounter on an icy day. We spoke to Stornoway’s bass player Oli Steadman about…
Here’s a rather lovely performance by FFS favourites Stornoway of their song ‘Waiting on the Clock’. It was recorded at a Sofar Sounds show in London. Sofar Sounds put on secret gigs around the world, usually hosted in people’s homes. Stornoway…