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Stornoway and Field Report at The Horseshoe in Toronto - Frank Yang 2010 wasn't really that long ago, but apparently it was long enough that I'd just about forgotten about Oxford, England's Stornoway despite their debut Beachcomber's Windowsill making it… Read More

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May 02, 2013

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Stornoway Tour Dates

City	Venue	Date		Tickets
Vancouver	The Media Club	Sat	May 18 / 13	Find Tickets
Victoria	Lucky Bar	Sun	May 19 / 13	Find Tickets
Seattle, WA	The Crocodile	Mon	May 20 / 13	Find Tickets
Portland, OR	Doug Fir Lounge	Wed	May 22 / 13	Find Tickets
San Francisco, CA	Brick & Mortar Music Hall	Fri	May 24 / 13	Find Tickets
Los Angeles, CA	Bootleg Theater	Sat	May 25 / 13	Find Tickets
Pilton	Worthy Farm	Wed	Jun 26 / 13	Find Tickets
Bristol	O2 Academy Bristol	Sat	Nov 23 / 13	Find Tickets
Birmingham	The Institute	Sun	Nov 24 / 13	Find Tickets
Nottingham	Rock City	Mon	Nov 25 / 13	Find Tickets
Manchester	The Ritz	Wed	Nov 27 / 13	Find Tickets
Newcastle upon Tyne	O2 Academy Newcastle	Thu	Nov 28 / 13	Find Tickets
Glasgow	O2 ABC	Fri	Nov 29 / 13	Find Tickets
Cambridge	Cambridge Junction	Sun	Dec 01 / 13	Find Tickets

Stornoway Biography

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Stornoway is a British alternative indie folk band from the Cowley area of Oxford. It consists of singer, lyricist, and guitarist Brian Briggs; keyboard player Jon Ouin, bassist Oli Steadman and his brother Rob on drums. Their sound incorporates an ever-changing selection of stringed instruments and keyboards, supported by a typical pop backline of guitar, drums, and bass guitar. Briggs and Ouin met during Fresher's week at Oxford; Briggs thought Ouin looked like a member of Teenage Fanclub, a band both of them liked that became a topic of their first conversation. Soon after, the two began playing music together. They advertised for a bass player, and Oli Steadman was the only person to respond to their advert. Oli Steadman's younger brother Rob later auditioned for the role of drummer. The band is named after the Scottish town of Stornoway on the Hebridean Isle of Lewis, which appears on all UK televised weather reports and shipping forecasts. The band had never been to Stornoway when they decided to name themselves after the town. They played their first gig there on 9 April 2010 and also signed their contract to current label 4AD, a British independent record label part of Beggars Group, there as well. Brian Briggs described in a 2010 interview with UK music blog There Goes the Fear their hunt for a name: "''We were looking for somewhere that sounded a bit distant and remote and coastal. And it was a very long process, and quite a fun process that I think every band goes through trying to get the right band name. And we had a massive list, pages and pages, and the only thing that they had in common was that they were all slightly coastal or maritime-themed. So we were looking in books about knots and, I dunno, guides to natural history of the seashore. And we tried quite a few out and they all failed, and this'' [Stornoway] ''was the only one that stuck, and it was reinforced by the fact that if you see at the BBC weather forecast, Stornoway is up there…so we get this wonderful free promotion every time there’s a weather report.''"

Wikipedia This entry is from Wikipedia, the user-contributed encyclopedia. It may not have been reviewed by professional editors and is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License. If you find the biography content factually incorrect, defamatory or highly offensive you can edit this article at Wikipedia.