New Video's, Fairport Convention, and single release

So there's alot happening with Jackson Cage at the moment.
We are releasing Help Me Mama on the 16th February. It will initially be available here at http://jacksoncage.bandcamp.com, followed shortly after by availability on iTunes, AmazonMP3 etc....

We have just confirmed a great support slot with the legendary Fairport Convention, on Tuesday 9th March 2010 at the Black Box Belfast
http://www.strangevictory.co.uk ( for tickets )

Also we have just released a couple of video's with the awesome Bandwidth Films


Check out the vid's here :
Tracks included :
1. A Hard Night ( in the Kitchen ) - Hawaiian style
2. Help Me Mama ( new single )
3. Rescue Me
4. Love Has No Feelings ( performed by Edele )

IN STORES NOW#30: JACKSON CAGE / Part 1 from Bandwidth on Vimeo.

IN STORES NOW#30: JACKSON CAGE / Part 2 from Bandwidth on Vimeo.

2009 Story of the year for Jackson Cage

2009 was a big year for Jackson Cage that marked the transition from new local act to established and respected act on the Irish music scene.

The release of their debut album at the end of 2008 and concerted gigging enabled the band to gain a strong local following. They also made fans and friends internationally through sales of their album on iTunes, Amazon and CDBaby.
Special thanks go out to International Friends who helped get the music out to the world outside of Northern Ireland :

Just some of our international friends

Twang Nation
CheezeBallz.net
Country Start Page
Americana OK
Cosmic American Radio
Uncle Shag at Longtown Sound
Roots Highway
The Miller Tells Her Tale
South Australia Roots and Blues Podcast
HogTown Radio
Emyvale

January
Kicked off the year in style with an acoustic performance at the Out to Lunch Festival and a jam packed country club at McHugh's

February
Rolled into the Belfast Nashville Festival for a headline show, a performance of "Alabama" at the Harvest Revisited event and the highlight, Declan aka Shaky Horse performing "In the Round" with Nanci Griffith. Another highlight was our first ever TV Appearance on "utv live at the limelight".

March
The Botanic Arts Festival was the highlight in March and a support to touring band "Delta Spirit" in Auntie Annie's. The band also made an appearance at the Oh Yeah Music Centre on St. Patricks Night.

April
A headline show in the Empire Music Hall capped the start of Spring.

May
A performance as "The Band" as part of Cathedral Quarter Arts Festival's Last Waltzed Revisited marked May.

June
A well recieved New Moon Showcase at the Spring and Airbreak debuting some brand new tracks.

July
Another big night at the Spring and Airbreak for the "Big Gig", receiving GiggingNI.com's first 10/10 review

August
A massive gig at the Belfast Tall Ships Festival was one of the highlights of the year in front of what seemed like 1000's of people

September
Two cool performance's at the fantastic Belfast Open House Festival

October
An appearance at the Newtownards Guitar festival and a TV show appearance on BBC2's Blas Ceoil

November
A first gig in Dublin at Whelan's and a myspace airing for some new folk style down home raw demo's

December
Capping the year off in style by playing at the Black Box with compadres Ten Gallon Hat, Louisiana Joyride and Captain Kennedy. Also recorded the first new song for of the next release. 2010 is gonna be even better for the "Cage".....with new releases from the band and solo releases from members of the band...

Jackson Cage - Help Me Mama on BBC iPlayer

The Cottage Sessions

What is "The Cottage Sessions" you may ask ?

Well if you go to Jackson Cage Myspace http://www.myspace.com/jacksoncageband you will hear 3 demo tracks of new songs by the band.

The Cottage is our guitarist's cool place in the wild Northern Irish countryside.

In the cottage on Saturday 24th October, Declan, Paul, Marty and Shay had a little musical session for a bit of craic. The only difference is that we decided to record what we were doing, so all you good folks, who dig our sound, might get to hear the raw idea's that we are working on.

Everybody in the band is a big fan of the live feel, and the interactions between individuals is critical to the creation of a feel that you can't always get when you are in a studio. So if you can listen to your music with the "bark on" then you'll get what we were doing. IMHO it makes the songs come alive more and it allowed everyone to chill and have a laugh..so all you good people reading this may enjoy the vibe.

In all we tracked 10 songs, including a reworking of an old Jackson Cage stalwart, "Samaritan Street", only this time we used bare bones instrumentation to give a gypsy folk meets wild west feel.

We used the following instruments on the tracks:

• Paul's old Upright Piano, and his 6 six string banjo


• Paul's Yairi parlor guitar played by Shay


• Marty's Pedal steel


• Electric Double Bass and his Danelectro Bass


• Dec brought his Martin D-15 ( nice geetar )


• Shay also brought his Laptop and his Channel Strip.

We used a couple of Audio Technica mic's, a Rode NT1A and Pauls' "squid" mic...cool!!


So to the 3 myspace tracks :

Help Me Mama: this is a new track that we have been gigging as a full band for nearly 6 months, this version is stripped right down with Double Bass , banjo and Declan playing guitar, harp and vox

Lady of the Water : this is a really fresh track, only about 1 week old....so its a real exclusive and it features Declan on piano and harp singing at the old upright piano

Love Has No Feelings : this is also a really fresh track, never played it together as a band until Saturday. Its a tune by Shay and was a 1 take recording with parlor guitar and vox from Shay, Paul on Bass, Declan on appregiated acoustic and Marty adding some nice Pedal Steel atmosphere..really real

Have a good day.....

Free Taste the Moon MP3 Download

A free download of Jackson Cage track "Taste the Moon" is available here for those who wish to listen.


TastetheMoon.mp3

Blas Ceoil BBC2 29th October 10PM - Exclusive

Be sure to keep your eyes posted for an exclusive viewing of 4 brand new Jackson Cage tracks on Blas Ceoil 29th October 2009.

The show was record last week at Bryson's in Magherafelt. 2 tracks
will be aired on the 30 minute show, while 4 tracks will be available of BBC iPlayer and shall appear on Youtube shortly after that.

Jackson Cage Rock the Tall Ships

Saturday 15th August will live long in the memory...
Tall Ships Festival 2009
Picture the scene in Belfast when crowds reaching 800,000 over the course of 4 days and 70,000 visitors on site at one time on Saturday. Jackson Cage take to the stage at Clarendon Dock, for mammoth 2 hour set....who do we think we are, the E-street band, we wish, but it was an awesome gig and the thanks to the good folks who showed their appreciation for our music....

A friend even managed to video a song from our set, check it :
Exclusive, debut of "Rescue Me" by Jackson Cage