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14th february 2010
More good news from LTHQ: it has just been announced that Black Across The Field is one of nine albums Short Listed for the 2009 Australian Music Prize, alongside Kid Sam, Sarah Blasko, Black Cab, Lisa Mitchell, Oh Mercy, Urthboy, Bertie Blackman and The Mess Hall. The AMP awards are announced in March...
26th december 2009
It sure has been a big ol' year out here at LTHQ - and to cap it off, we're very pleased to let you know that Black Across The Field has been named "Best Roots Album of 2009" in The Sydney Morning Herald, and has also made the cut in other 'Best Albums' lists in Rhythms Magazine, and Melbourne's Herald Sun. There's just one more show for the year - tomorrow night, at The Basement in Sydney, with Mr Tim Freedman, and then its off to that fine southern Isle of Tas in the new year. Details up now on the the shows page...
7th december 2009
In news just in - Black Across The Field has been included in the 2009 Australian Music Prize Long List. (The short-list will be announced in February...)
11th november 2009
The European tour has come to an end (with a beautiful last-show-of-th-tour, to another packed house, in Totnes - thanks folks x). Lucie will be back playing in Australia at the end of the month; including three performances at The Mullum Music Fest, and a handful of other shows in Queensland and Northern NSW - details here.
In the meantime - Radio National will be airing an hour-long feature concert by Lucie and the band (recorded in September) this weekend on Music Deli: Friday 13th Nov at 8pm, and then again on Sunday afternoon (Nov 15th) at 4pm. tune in!
And in other news, compilation album HOME GROWN ROOTS volume 4 is out now, and includes Lucie's 'As You Find It', from Black Across The Field. This double CD features a whole host of great local music (including Paul Kelly, Ross Wilson, Jeff Lang...) and can be bought online here.
20th october 2009
Well, the second half of this European tour is about to begin - with two solo shows in Prague this week. Over the past month or so Lucie has played about twenty shows with fellow Australian songwriter Tobias Hengeveld, taking in all manner of veunes (bars, cinemas, truckstops, cavenous basements, old stone cellars, farmhouses, cafes, concert rooms...), and all manner of adventures, playing more and more duets as the tour rolls on. One of the Berlin shows was filmed by the very excellent Jack Rath - who then cut together this little clip of a new song of Lucie's. And there are also some new tour pics up - more added soon.
6th october 2009
Two weeks in to the EU tour and all continues very well - thanks to all the good folks who've helped make the shows so fun already! Kicking off the tour with a full-house in Paris certainly helped. In fact, the Paris trip went so well that Lucie will return to La Cooperative to play two more shows on November 5th and 6th. More dates have also been announced for Berlin and Istanbul - check the shows page for details.
5th september 2009
Lucie has been invited to record a set for Radio National's 'Live On Stage' - on Thursday 17th September - at the Sydney ABC studios, and will be joined for this special event by the whole band - featuring Hamish Stuart, Dave Symes, Chris Abrahams, Heath Cullen, plus harmonies from the one n only Kate Fagan. There's room for a very small audience - if you're interested in coming along get in touch soon! and we'll let you know more...
16th august 2009
Some of Lucie's European tour dates have now been listed on the shows page. There'll be more added soon, so check back for updates/details. And if you're in Paris, Brussels, Amsterdam, (or anywhere nearby these cities), and you're interested in hosting a House Concert, or have a local venue that you'd love the tour to include, there are still dates available - so get in touch!.
30th july 2009
Another clip from Lucie's album launch at The Basement has just been added to youtube - check out Open Sky here. And in touring news, most of the remaining Australian tour dates have now been listed on the shows page - across various parts of the country through till mid September - (when it's off to Paris to start the European tour... but more on that a little later...)
23rd july 2009
The Western Australian LT-road-show starts tonight in Margaret River, and then on to Denmark, Albany, Fremantle, Perth, Rockingham and Nanson (near Geraldton.) The Nanson show - at the beautiful Nukara Farm - is limited to 100 tickets, and its almost sold out folks! so if you wanna join us for that one you'd better get in quick.
7th july 2009
There are two last shows in NSW this week to cap off the easterly dates of this big ol tour - this Thursday 9th July Lucie will be playing at The Royal Exchange in Newcastle, and then on Saturday 11th July she re-unites with the fabulous Hamish Stuart and Dave Symes, for a very special two-set trio show at the beautiful Milton Theatre. Tickets on sale now.
2nd june 2009
There are now a couple of clips up on youtube of lucie performing at The Basement in Sydney in April with Hamish Stuart, Dave Symes, Heath Cullen, and a special guest appearance by the lovely Kate Fagan on bvs - check out Great Wave and Five Years - more added soon...
29th may 2009
The next part of the tour sees Lucie head back to Sydney for an intimate solo show at The Vanguard on Thursday June 11th - tickets are on sale now. And then the northern adventure begins. More shows have also just been announced - including some dates in Western Australia and a concert at The Darwin Festival in August - stay tuned for more info.
In other news, ABC online have just added some more video footage of Lucie recording at Bimbaya - which you can see here - and any day now they'll be some concert footage from the Basement launch show on the internets too...
8th may 2009
Well folks, the first leg of the launch tour sure went beautifully. Thanks to all of you who have come out to a show to join in the celebrations x
Lucie's next show is a very special showcase gig at The Corner Hotel in Melbourne, next Thursday 14th May, as part of Vitamin Records' Indie Six Pack. Be sure to get there early, as the night includes short sets from six of the finest, starting with Tobias Hengeveld, whose new album, 'All The Lines Are Down', has just been released, and it's an absolute stunner! (it's on high rotation out here at LSRHQ, and we strongly recommend you go get yrselves a copy).
And if you go to the shows page you'll find more dates and details that have just been added to the tour. Tickets are on sale now for lots of shows through June.
Also, there's now a blog about Lucie on the Triple J website if you wanna drop by and add a comment...
31st march 2009
The Black Across The Field launch tour starts this week! And it's expanding! More shows in regional NSW, WA and the Northern Territory will be announced soon. Tour dates, ticket sales and details here.
In other news, ABC online have just put up some video footage of Lucie recording at Bimbaya - you can see it here.
23rd march 2009
Black Across The Field has been receiving glowing reviews from right around the country - including making Album of the Week in both Spectrum (SMH) and The Courier Mail. Check out what the critics have been saying here.
1st march 2009
Black Across The Field hits the shelves, - and the internets - this week folks! yep, it'll be right there in all your favourite indi record stores, your local jb hi fi, available for download direct from the vitamin website, itunes, and everywhere else you buy your music from. (and if it's not on the shelves at your local, get 'em to order it in).
go on, go get yrselves a copy x
Tickets have also just gone on sale for a bunch of launch shows - and more shows have been announced - details here.
6th february 2009
We're very pleased to announce that Lucie's new album, Black Across The Field, has just gone to print, and will be released through the good folks at vitamin records on monday 2nd march 2009.
Find out more about Black Across The Field here. there's also a new media release on the press page and new photos. And there's a sneak preview of some of the songs up on Lucie's myspace site.
We've also just announced Lucie's tour dates for the album on the shows page - with more dates and details to be added soon...
1st january 2009
Two of Lucie's songs have been included in the international 'Best of 2008' on US-based online radio show WOT90, with the upfield line coming in at number 3. Other artists with songs in the top 20 include Jolie Holland, Laura Viers, and fellow aussie songsmiths Clare Bowditch and Jen Cloher.
old news
if you care to know it, there is still all of the old news...