KITTY DAISY & LEWIS [click here to buy Kitty Daisy & Lewis music] "A gift to those of us that still believe in magic" Observer Music Monthly "Their musicianship would put several older groups to shame" Independent on Sunday   "The sound of yesteryear, but also a band for the future" NME "Have you heard of Kitty Daisy & Lewis? They're fucking amazing!" Chris Martin (Coldplay) www.myspace.com/kittydaisyandlewis Kitty Daisy & Lewis are no ordinary band. The three siblings first came together onstage at a country and rockabilly jam in a North London pub. Six years later the 50s music, fashion and technology obsessed family have built a massive word of mouth audience through a stream of rapturously received gigs and festival appearances, three highly sought after and collectable singles (released on 78rpm 10", as well as the more usual 7", CD and download formats), a double compilation of 'The Roots of Rock n' Roll' and, of course, their acclaimed self-titled debut album (also released as a 5 x 10" 78rpm hard-backed Record Album). Multi-instrumentalists Kitty Daisy & Lewis play guitar, piano, banjo, lap steel guitar, harmonica, double bass, ukulele, trombone and accordion between them. Their debut album was recorded in glorious, utterly digital-free analogue by Lewis and his father Graeme in their home studio in Kentish Town. A stickler for living and breathing the music they play and talk so passionately about, Lewis DJs, collects and even cuts his own 78rpm records himself when he isn't recording with his sisters. This obsessive passion for the vintage music that inspires their performances led to their compilation 'A - Z of Kitty, Daisy & Lewis - The Roots Of Rock n Roll' being named one of The Guardian's 2007 'Albums Of The Year – 5/5'.   No dry exercise in musical luddism, their 2008 debut album swings with the passion, intensity and sheer exuberant joie de vivre that makes their live shows one of the UK gig circuit's greatest and most innocent pleasures. The album is a mixture of the covers their dad used to sing to them when they were children, like 'Going Up The Country' - a perfectly rounded summer holiday feel-good jam, full of harmonica solos, handclaps and lyrics about leaving the city smog for fairer country hills - together with new material like the heart torn 'Buggin' Blues', written by Lewis and inspired by the great late Otis Spann (Chess Records) and latest single '(Baby) Hold Me Tight', written by Kitty and featuring Skatalites contemporary Eddy 'Tan Tan' Thornton. Kitty Daisy & Lewis' second artist album is due in 2010. Chris Martin of Coldplay had been a huge fan of Kitty Daisy & Lewis for a while so when he came to handpick the support bands for Coldplay's 2009 US Amphitheatre Tour (10th July – 9th August) they were naturally top of his wish list. For these and the band's other worldwide live dates this summer, plus videos, photos, and, of course, the music, please head over to www.myspace.com/kittydaisyandlewis May 2009 «Back