Some of the previous items that have appeared on the site...
26th November 2011
The Funkinsteins will be appearing at The King's Arms, Whiteladies Road, Bristol on the evening of Saturday 26th November. As Venue once wrote: "Playing a lively amalgamation of sheer funk and rock, the Funkinsteins are able to push their overwhelming charisma in the face of any audience. With their energy fuelled fusion of feel good tunes, it's an experience they are sure to enjoy."
DieDra and her husband Keith have been chosen to do two TV interview spots promoting a Local Blues Festival happening on Saturday 30th April. They will perform an acoustic act on Fox 6 in Birmingham and WUVC in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. Further details for the festival can be found on the Bob Sykes BBQ and Blues Festival website.
18th March 2011
Congratulations to DieDra for her recent nomination for best "new southern soul female artist" at the 2011 Jus' Blues Music Awards. If you would like to take part in the voting, please click on this link and look for "Diedre Tucker".
31st January 2011
Congratulations to DieDra for her 2010 Blue Note Award. In addition, her songs "Hip-Swingin' Blues" from the album Overcoming Hurdles and "Ready to Dance the Night Away" from Livin' the Blues were numbers 4 and 17 respectively in the "Top 50 Songs for Last Year" category.
Our new-found friend Mic Stowe, a video producer from Fort Payne, Alabama, has been working on a documentary of the 35th Annual Black Belt Festival with Russell Gulley (a fine musician with a Muscle Shoals/Swampers pedigree as well as an avid folklorist who has kept music alive in US schools).
For those of you interested in "real blues", this is a fascinating insight into the world of blues festivals and well worth 30 minutes of anyone's time. An added bonus for us at Digitdoc is that our own Shar-Baby Newport is featured in the programme, as well as lil' Jimi Reed who regularly visits our shores.
To check out Mic's video, please click here (page opens in new window). You may need to switch 'HD' off if your internet connection is a bit slow.
1st December 2010
Here's something a little unusual for all you lovers of guitars out there - the Bama Jama - as played by Shar-Baby Newport at Little Willie's, Tuscaloosa, Alabama last month...
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30th November 2010
DieDra has been nominated in 2 categories at the 2010 Blues Critic Awards - "Livin' the Blues" as best soul blues album and "Left You Behind" as best down home blues song. And if you would like to vote for her on-line, please click here (page opens in new window).
16th November 2010
As promised last week, our first of two new artists, Domenico Lombardo, joins us today.
11th November 2010
Important information for all our visitors - our apologies if you suddenly found that all our photo galleries had disappeared overnight! This was apparently caused by an incompatability between the photo gallery software and a new version of Adobe Flash Player that has been available for download these past few days.
I am pleased to report that the galleries have all been rebuilt and normal service is now resumed.
10th November 2010
Watch out !!! Not one but TWO new artists will be added to our website in the coming weeks.
13th October 2010
Please note that the Steve Payne Band gig at the Palladium Club, Bideford has been moved from Friday 7th January to Friday 14th January 2011.
26th September 2010
Shar-Baby Newport has been busy back home in the U.S. Live365, the world's largest internet radio network will be running a feature on her; she will also feature on a promo for the Alabama Department of Tourism organised by Luckie and Co. advertising agency. Another internet radio station, KrushRadio, will be interviewing Shar on the 24th October down in Nashville, Tennessee.
1st September 2010
Party on the Hill was well supported this year. We don't know how well until the pennies are all counted but we'll find out and let you all know.
In the meantime, here are a few snaps from last Sunday...
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24th August 2010
A message to all you music lovers out there - don't forget it's Party on the Hill time in Cotham, Bristol on the afternoon of Sunday 29th August in aid of the Bristol Children's Hospital. Now celebrating its 10th year, three of Bristol's finest bands, (Loose Change, The Harrisons and Gee Baby, I Love You) are turning out to entertain the crowds. And speaking of Loose Change, don't forget to bring pockets full of it for the collecting buckets!
We are delighted to introduce an American singer-songwriter couple (and friends of Shar-Baby Newport), DieDra and Keithen Ruff, who bring something a little different to our Artists pages.
1st August 2010
There's just so much good music out there but we can't always have it here on our site - we are working on it though. We thought we could at least point you in the right direction to check out some of our musical friends, so we've added some of their product links through to Amazon. Why not visit the Musical Links page and take a look?
We are delighted to introduce a highly-respected and much-admired Canadian singer-songwriter and poet, Noah Zacharin, as a very welcome addition to our Artists pages.
28th June 2010
Thought you'd like to know that the fundraising event at the weekend went down a storm - Cazal were a great opening act and then the Steve Payne Band (as we will henceforth call them) played a stunner. With Tom Eveson alternating with Pete Gage on keyboards, 'Chicago' Mike Wiedrich taking an occasional turn on the drum stool and James Slater (Appalachia) contributing with some harmonica, over £1000 was raised during the evening. Not bad considering it was Glastonbury weekend too.
Many thanks to all who made the effort to come down to The Prom and show their support for Martin Moss.
8th June 2010
New videos of Shar-Baby now available - why not check out all submitted material for Shar-Baby on YouTube?
A date for your diaries - Saturday 26th June at The Prom, Bristol: Woolly Bullies / Candy Run in a fund-raising event for cancer treatment. These guys are giving up their Saturday night (and their fee) for the cause - please come along if you can to support them and donate to the fund.
2nd June 2010
Shar-Baby Newport returns to the U.S. today after a successful first tour of the U.K. In the last few weeks she and her husband Jim have met, and I quote, "a whole lotta wonderful people out there" and they have both asked us to thank everybody for making them feel so welcome and for listening to Shar's music.
Everyone at Digitdoc Records would like to thank Shar for coming over and treating us to some real blues. It has also been our great pleasure and privilege to know Shar and Jim on a personal basis - two of the nicest, most honest people we would ever care to meet.
We are all looking forward to 2011 when we hope Shar will return to the U.K. for another tour. We'll keep you all posted on that one.
Well you may have noticed our site has been unavailable for the last 3 days. This has been caused by a problem with the server that hosts our site - as yet we do not know the full details, maybe that volcanic ash got into the circuitry.
To make matters worse, our email was also down so if anyone sent us a message that was returned as "undeliverable", please re-send it now.
Apologies if this has caused any inconvenience (it certainly has for us) but it's been outside our control; our thanks go to Marcus, our web guru, who took time out on this Bank Holiday weekend to escalate the problem with the server company
27th April 2010
Good news!!! Shar's flights are currently all on schedule so she should be in the U.K. tomorrow (Wednesday 28th April) as planned.
20th April 2010
At this moment we, along with many others, are unsure of the consequences of the volcanic eruption in Iceland and the ensuing spread of ash in the atmosphere. We are in constant touch with Shar over in the U.S. and we will keep you all informed of any developments that may affect her forthcoming tour over here in the U.K.
In the meantime, please note that there has been an enforced change of venue for Wednesday the 12th May and owing to circumstances beyond our control the advertised gig at the Bristol Jazz Club will now take place at The Lansdown in Clifton, Bristol.
Thank you for bearing with us while we made some 'under the covers' changes to the site. These are now completed - however, we will be gradually replacing the photo galleries with new versions but this shouldn't interfere with your browsing.
10th February 2010
We are in the process of making some changes to our website. If there are any glitches that affect your browsing experience then we apologise in advance.
1st February 2010
The guitar workshops with Steve Payne are now fully booked. If you missed out, drop us a line (dea@digitdocrecords.com) and we'll put you to the top of the list for the next sessions planned for later in the year.
1st January 2010
The team at Digitdoc Records would like to wish all our visitors a very happy new year!
30th December 2009
As mentioned earlier, Shar-Baby paid an all-too-brief visit to the UK earlier this month (but she'll be back in the Spring). Here are a few photos of her performance at the Castor Village Hall, Peterborough for Shake Down Blues on the 12th December. Many thanks to Jed van Kleef (JVK Photography) for allowing us to use these images.
16th December 2009
The Digitdoc team would like to wish all our visitors a very merry Christmas.
Please note that the last posting date for parcels to UK and Channel Island addresses was yesterday (15th) and those for airmail deliveries to other parts of the world were last week.
27th November 2009
"Solitary Bird" (Steve Payne), "Just Jukin" (Shar-Baby) and "Chicago Blues Alabama Style" (Shar-Baby) are now available on CD.
17th November 2009
"Solitary Bird" (Steve Payne), "Just Jukin" (Shar-Baby) and "Chicago Blues Alabama Style" (Shar-Baby) will soon be available on CD.
3rd November 2009
We just couldn't keep away from our new-found friends at the Music Hall in Worpswede, Germany. This time we had the added bonus of seeing three legendary musicians - Simon Phillips, Philippe Saisse and Pino Palladino as PSP in the first gig of their European tour. To see some photos please click to go to the Spotlight on Worpswede page.
22nd October 2009
Shar-Baby will be dropping in on the UK briefly in December for a couple of gigs in the Peterborough area, courtesy of Shake Down Blues.
14th October 2009
We were so impressed by the Music Hall during our visit to Worpswede, Germany, we thought we'd publish some of our photos to give you a flavour of what we saw...
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10th October 2009
Following our recent trip to Worpswede in Northern Germany, we are delighted to add Steve Westaway, an ex-Bristolian, to our artists pages.
21st September 2009
A cheque for £8,000 was handed over to the Bristol Children's Hospital from The Party on the Hill this year - well done!!!
11th September 2009
This year's Party on the Hill, Cotham, Bristol once again proved to be a great success despite the rather autumnal weather - yes, it was a Bank Holiday weekend!. Fortunately the rain held off, apart from a very brief shower, and the sun almost managed to burn through the cloud cover by late afternoon.
Enough of the weather report - here are a few shots of Candy Run on stage. The complete line-up on the day was Bula Bula Big Band, The Man from Funkle, Dirty Tree, Lou Brown, Candy Run and Jive-oholics. We would like to express our thanks to the organisers of this year's event, particularly Bradd Francis (landord, Highbury Vaults). Many thanks also to Jo Sanders and Richard Smith for allowing us to use some of their photographs in the gallery below.
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2nd August 2009
Steve Payne's Candy Run will be one of the bands performing at Party on the Hill, Cotham, Bristol on the afternoon of Sunday 30th August in aid of the Bristol Children's Hospital. Brace yourselves for another high-quality performance.
Steve Payne played at Priddy Folk Festival this afternoon - here is a selection of shots...
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10th July 2009
"Outlines" (Steve Payne), "Candy Run" (Steve Payne) and "My Life" (Shar-Baby) are now available on CD.
29th June 2009
CDs coming soon.
We are expanding our product lines to offer CDs as well as MP3 digital downloads. We have a limited number of "No Commercial Value" (Steve Payne) and "Strange Birds" (Tanja Rice) available now, with "Outlines" (Steve Payne), "Candy Run" (Steve Payne) and "My Life" (Shar-Baby) coming shortly, and others to follow later.
5th June 2009
22nd May 2009
Concert information:
Steve Payne's Candy Run will be performing in a double bill with The Bones at The Polish Club, St. Paul's Rd, Clifton, Bristol on Friday 31st July. Doors open at 8pm.
Advance tickets are available from The Bristol Ticket Shop / tel: 0870 44 44 400 at £8.50 or £10 on the door.
21st May 2009
Shar-Baby's new album will be available shortly. If you're in the US next month down Alabama way you might like to check this out...
11th May 2009
A great Music Festival at Dartmouth; the music was good, the weather was good and the beer was good! Here's a selection of shots for your amusement...
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22nd April 2009
This year, Digitdoc Records is one of the sponsors of the Dartmouth Music Festival 2009 taking place on May 8th, 9th and 10th. Steve Payne will be appearing at a number of venues over the weekend.
Those of you who have attended any of the previous 11 festivals here will already know what a great event this is in this picturesque town. Highly recommended!
21st April 2009
Concert information:
Steve Payne and friends will be reuniting once more at The Polish Club, St. Paul's Rd, Clifton, Bristol on Friday 31st July in a double bill with one of Bristol's best known bands, The Bones.
Further details will follow shortly.
11th April 2009
Coin Acoustic Blues Festival, Andalucia, Spain.
Digitdoc Records is represented by Steve Payne, breaking his current European tour to attend this inaugural event. Cutting from SUR in English, the newspaper for southern Spain...
28th February 2009
31st January 2009
Concert information:
Steve Payne and friends will be performing numbers from Candy Run, The Woolly Bullies and SP & F at The Polish Club, St. Paul's Rd, Clifton, Bristol on Saturday 28th February. Honey on my Grave, featuring Tanja Rice, will be supporting. Doors open at 8pm.
Advance tickets are available from The Bristol Ticket Shop / tel: 0870 44 44 400 at £10 or £12 on the door.
12th January 2009
We are pleased to inform our visitors, and especially followers of Steve Payne, that the first Digitdoc Records concert will take place at the Polish Club in Bristol on the evening of Saturday 28th February. Further details will follow shortly.
1st January 2009
The team at Digitdoc Records would like to wish all our visitors a very happy new year!
1st October 2008
Steve Payne announces the re-emergence of a much-loved line-up at the forthcoming Digitdoc Records debut concert in early 2009. Reappearing with Steve will be Chris D'Avoine (aka Davis) (guitar), Richie Gould (bass) and Chris Logan (drums) together with some very special friends.
27th June 2008
Digitdoc Records is delighted to announce that Tanja Rice is to record a single at One Wednesday Studios in Dartmouth in September.
