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A gig in St George's, one of the most beatiful venues in the UK

15 Feb '10

10th June 2010
I'm thrilled to tell you that I'm finally going to be performing a one off special gig in the very best venue in Bristol...the marvellous St George's. For those of you that don't know St Georges it is best known for it's impressive acoustics beautiful design and was originally owned by the BBC as a place to record all their live classical music performances. It's a 500 seater and it's absolutely perfect for our music. 'Tis s very fine venue indeed.

The gig will be on 10th June 2010

What's more...
as this is something I've actually wanted to do for years, I'm making it even more unique to us by making it an evening full of surprises and special guests too. I can tell you that there will be a Christmas style brass band, a full on gospel choir (the real thing) and friends and musicians I've been lucky enough to work with so far.

There will be songs from 'Compass' and 'Montpelier' and some new ones too, including a duet with a marimba!

The tickets are on sale now. Not to be missed! And the last night before the first World Cup game too! So for some, the last night out for weeks that doesn't involve a ball (except of the course for the one we'll all be having inside St George's!!!! (sorry)

A film script based on Jane's new album 'Compass'

18 Nov '09

A wonderful man called Julian Fisher is creating a script for film based on the album 'Compass'. Very exciting stuff and if you want to know more, go to www.findingmycompass.com and read all about it!!

More BBC Radio 2 play for 'Compass'

24 Oct '09

That lovely man Bob Harris has played another track! That's 'Cracks', Hallelujah and now 'Home' he's shared with the listeners. Thank you Bob.

Jane back on the Compass trail

19 Sep '09

After having her baby boy and settling in to being a mummy Jane is now booking gigs to continue her promotion of her new album Compass. Keep an eye out on the website for new gigs, they're being updated weekly.

She kicks off by taking part in Oxjam, (raising money for Oxfam)in her home town Bristol, in October.

Radio 2 play for 'Compass' on the Bob Harris show!!

27 Jun '09

On Sat 27th the wonderful Bob Harris decided to play the opening song 'Cracks' from Jane's new album 'Compass'. Hoorah!! Let's start a new e-mail campaign and see if we can that track on the radio 2 playlist.
First national radio for the new album. We love Bob Harris. Thank you Bob!

Jane gives birth to baby Oliver!

12 Jun '09

At 10.55pm on the 12June Jane gave birth to a 7lb 7oz beautiful baby boy called Oliver. She'll be taking a little time off to take good care of him, before he can be introduced into the band and start earning his keep.

Jane to have a baby

4 Mar '09

Jane is going to be a mum! He's due in May and so if you're thinking of going to the Dartmouth gig expect it to be her last for a wee while. So it will be even more special this year. She'll be back in September, however and relaunching her new album 'Compass' with even more gusto! Baby spud will be joining the campaign too.

Jane does a local 'Desert Island Discs'

3 Mar '09

A cute little station called Frome FM in Somerset,interviewed Jane for a show called 'Playlist', Frome's very own desert Island Discs style programme. Jane tells the story of her influences as a writer throughout her life so far. If you'd like to have a listen, go to http://www.fromefm.co.uk/ and go to 'Programmes' and then to 'Playlist'.

Watch Jane Live at the Square in your slippers!

17 Feb '09

We'll be streamlining a live broadcast of the gig at the Square club in Bristol on the 19th Feb over the internet, from 9pm. It means even if you can't make the gig (especially if you live out of the Bristol area and don't fancy a massive journey, you can still join in! And in your slippers and pj's if you want. Here's the link: www.radiovague.com

Jane on UK tour

8 Oct '08

Jane is travelling around the UK promoting her album 'Compass'...come along to the gigs and hear some brand new songs and get yourself a signed copy of the album.

It's still available through this site of course, if you can't make it, but if you can...bring some friends and spread the word. This is a very special album and we need to share it with as many folk as possible...but we need your help to make that happen..

Lots of love to you all, Bicycle Records xx

Compass is Launched!!

6 Oct '08

THANKYOU!!!
The launch at St Paul's Church was an exceptional success.

Not only was it sold out, but the crowd were so warm and excited and supportive that the whole event felt nothing less than magical.

With the Compass banner framing the back drop and a perfectly constructed and stylishly looking stage (thanks to Bristol's 'Sets in the City' who gave it as a gift!!), and all in the glorious surroundings of St Paul's church it was pretty well set up from the start!


Clive Melton our engineer did an incredible job on the sound (huge thank you Clive).
The brass band were outstanding and put a smidgen of Christmas in the air, the gospel choir sang their hearts out, and the taylor band, Beth, Robin, Neil and Lizz simply played beautifully!

Thank you to the 'Stringbeans' quartet for opening the evening with a touch of class and to all who came along that night to send 'Compass' out into the world with all the best possible will...fingers crossed she reaches the hundreds of thousands.

Here's to her future....

Catch the launch live on the net!!

3 Oct '08

Catch the Launch live from Bristol's St Paul's Church from 9 - 10pm tonight (Friday 3rd Oct)
Paste this link into your web browsers address bar

http://www.helloworld.com:80/members_embed.aspx?ID=duncanturner&target=show


Vewers need to be on a PC and using Internet Explorer to watch the live. When we are live a green arrow will appear on the screen. Viewers need to click on the arrow to open the video window.

If they experience any problems they should just click on the "refresh button". You can also type in your comments to me if you fancy. All very cool!

See you all there !! xxxx

Want to buy the new Jane Taylor album AND help launch it too?!!

7 Aug '08

Jane will finally be launching her brand new album 'Compass' in October.

It's taken Jane a whole year to make the album she truly wanted to make, without compromise (it even features a full string orchestra, borrowed from a session they were doing with the marvelous Tony Christie!)and the Grimethorpe Colliery Brass band (from the film 'Brassed Off') and the Richard Hawley band, ukelele's, banjo's, a steinway piano and of course, beautiful classical and quirky string arrangements from Robin, Beth and Feargus.

We'd like it to reach as many people as possible, and we can't do this without you. So...If you would like to help promote the album, then get yourself a ticket to the launch party in Bristol, or pre buy the album in advance (and you'll get it before everyone else) as every penny will be going towards getting that album out there.


The Launch Party will be held on Friday October 3rd in the very magical space of St Paul's Church, Portland Square, Bristol. Home to the famous Bristol circus school, Circomedia.

This is going to be a very special evening. We've a gospel choir, a brass band, special guests and as well as performing every song from the album Jane will also be performing a few new ones to boot!

There are only 180 special tickets and they'll be available from Friday 15th August.

Jane to support Rolling Stone Bill Wyman

11 Jul '08

Jane will be opening up for the legendary Bill Wyman and the Rhythm Kings in September at the Robin. Playing along side Bill, among many, will also be Andy Fairweather Low (who Jane toured with last year) and Georgie Fame.

Jane to be broadcast on BBC Radio Bristol Uncovered.

9 Jun '08

Tune in to 95.5 FM BBC Radio Bristol on Sat 7th June or listen to 'listen again' and you can hear all about what happened for Jane and the band whilst recording the new album 'Compass'. She'll be joined by Beth Porter and Robin Davies and they'll be playing songs from the album, live. Richard and Gary will also be braodcasting tracks from the album for the very first time on BBC Radio. Have a listen and get a taste of the album to come.

Jane to play Glastonbury

7 Jun '08

Jane and her band will be playing songs from the new album and a couple of brand brand new songs, at the Avalon Cafe, Glastonbury Festival. Fri 27th June at 8pm.Let's all pray for the sun...the last time she did this, they, a piano, double bass and amp were lost to a sea of mud. May the weather curse be gone...

Listen to a track from the album

19 Mar '08

please check out Jane's My Space page (link on home page) which has a link to U TUBE where you can hear one of the tracks and see a rather funny video of the band larking around whilst recording album number 2

Jane completes the album!!!!

18 Mar '08

Jane has finally finished all recording for the follow up album to Montpelier. The album's off to be mastered and the artwork is currently being put together. There's much discussion about how we're going to launch it here at Bicycle head quarters, but we can say that everyone who's had a secret sneaky listen in advance (very close label personnel, family and friends only of course)has been spotted crying, laughing and looking generally over excited. Lighters in the air, jumping up and down and shouts of 'Christmas Number one!!' have all added to the general cheeriness of all involved in said album.

'I love my album' says Jane. 'Whatever happens now, I feel like I made the one I wanted to make.' and 'Colin Elliot is a genius'.

We will be posting up the very latest news here from now on, regarding the album. It's all been a bit focused on the recording, which is why the site's been a bit low on info. Sorry, we need more hands really! But all will be changing soon. Oh yes...

Jane to open for Noel Hogan (The Cranberries)

6 Nov '07

Jane has been asked to open for Arkitekt, (the band created by Noel Hogan, the guitarist from the much loved Cranberries, and front man Richard Walters)in London, in November.

The unmistakable musical chemistry between Noel and Richard is now creating a new buzz and new tunes. With the "bones of an album" together, with mixes by Bernard Butler (ex Suede/McAlmont & Butler) this promises to be a very interesting band to check out.

Book early as this is an intimate venue, very special, but best that you're on a nice seat somewhere with a table rather than stood at the back.

January Set For German Tour

6 Sep '07

Jane will be touring Germany in early 2008. Currently set to play Wurzburg, Berlin, Dresden, Visselhvede, Oberhausen, Wuppertal, Kellinghusen and Velbert. The dates and venues will be posted on the site in November.

Jane to record new album with Mercury Nominee Colin Elliot

22 Aug '07

Jane and her band will be recording her second album up in Sheffield with Mercury Nominee Producer Colin Elliot (Producer of Richard Hawley's 'Coles Corner') in October. After completing two tracks with Colin in June, everyone agreed that Colin was a bit like the fifth Beetle and that they really should make the whole album together. The album will be released early next year...yes, finally and we're booking her UK promotional tour right now!

Paul Buchanan Tour Support for Jane

10 Dec '06

Hot on the heals of dates with Andy Fairweather-Low Jane has been asked to support The Blue Nile's Paul Buchanan for dates in London, Dublin, Edinburgh, Aberdeen and Perth.

Andy Fairweather-Low Tour Support for Jane

10 Nov '06

Jane has been asked to support Andy Fairthweather-Low the legendary guitarist who played with the likes of Bob Dylan, Jimi Hendrix, David Crosby, Eric Clapton, Sheryl Crow, George Harrison, Pete Townshend and The Who. This is a wonderful opportunity for Jane to reach larger audiences..and a chance for people to see her play in some fine venues across the UK. Come along, take a comfy seat and enjoy the evening.

Track on the cover of 'The Word' Magazine

10 Oct '06

'The Word' magazine will be including 'Fall on Me' from Jane's album, 'Montpelier' on their free cd, which will be on the front cover of next months issue (out Mid Aug). Go tell ya friends. The Word is a very cool mag and we're very proud that such a little label like bicycle records has managed to get on a national music mag with some real cred....well done!! (We've been peddling very hard lately!)

A live gig on the Performance Channel

10 Sep '06

Jane and the band will be performing a set of four songs which will be broadcast over into TV land through the Performance Channel. Recording Date is Wed 30th Sep.. we'll let you know when it's broadcast.

Jane Plays Loose Ends, BBC Radio 4

5 Sep '06

Jane will be performing on 'Loose Ends' on BBC Radio 4 on Sat 17th June. Tune in and have a listen. She'll be performing a brand new song...'Old Friends'. H

Opening for Jools Holland at the Larmer Tree Festival

10 Jun '06

Jane's just landed a slot at the Larmer Tree, supporting Jools Holland on the Main stage. For more info go to www.larmertreefestival.co.uk

Come say hello through 'My Space'

10 May '06

Jane now has a my space account. Click on www.myspace.com/janetaylormusic and introduce yourself. The more friends you get the higher your profile...it all helps spread the word. Plus it's a really lovely way to get to know you all properly!

Ashton Court Festival

8 May '06

Jane is officially playing that wonderful Bristol Music festival - Ashton Court this year. More details to follow, but we think we're in the acoustic tent. (July 22nd and 23rd)

Music Week review

5 May '06

The industry magazine 'Music Week' reviewed Montpelier this week... ' This album proves without a doubt that this determinedly independent artist should eclipse her more manufactured competitors. The album was funded by fans who pre-bought the album: it was a wise investment. Beautiful. '

BBC Radio 2 play

2 May '06

As well as Johnnie Walker supporting the album on his show at the week end, Mariella Fostrup also played 'Getting to Me' on the Green Room on Friday and Bob Harris has been playing 'Hit The Ground' too. Let's see if we can reach Wogan and Parkinson too!...

Ways that YOU can help the album to sell!

10 Apr '06

If you'd like to help the profile of the album. Visit Amazon.com and write a review! You can click here. That should take you through to my album and at the bottom just click on write an online review

The album release date

7 Apr '06

The album will be released on June 12th 2006 through pinnnacle Distribution. We need to get a real story going to get that album in the shops. Any wonderful marketing suggestions welcome. Like, where would be a ridiculous place to do a gig that would reach loads of people and that just might also work...e-mail us at www.bicyclerecords@yahoo.co.uk.

Jane on Johnnie Walker Show

20 Feb '06

The reaction to Jane's live session on Johnnie Walker's Drive Time show on Thursday Feb 2nd was phenomenal. Texts and e-mails to the show flooded in and according to Johnnie Walker's team, the show received more texts and e-mails than usual for a guest artist who wasn't already a major star with a 6 album record deal...and every one of them said they just loved the songs and the session.

So thank you to all those people that wrote in and supported what Jane's doing. There were loads of hits to the website and the guys at Disc 'n' Tape record shop in Bristol are now very busy packing all those cd's into jiffy bags! God bless them. They're all on there way to you!

Keep an eye on the gigs page. Jane's now got a new agent and so expect there to be lots of new gigs added over the next month or two.

Jane on Johnnie Walker Show

5 Feb '06

The reaction to Jane's live session on Johnnie Walker's Drive Time show on Thursday Feb 2nd was phenomenal. Texts and e-mails to the show flooded in and according to Johnnie Walker's team, the show received more texts and e-mails than usual for a guest artist who wasn't already a major star with a 6 album record deal...and every one of them said they just loved the songs and the session.

So thank you to all those people that wrote in and supported what Jane's doing. There were loads of hits to the website and the guys at Disc 'n' Tape record shop in Bristol are now very busy packing all those cd's into jiffy bags! God bless them. They're all on there way to you!

Keep an eye on the gigs page. Jane's now got a new agent and so expect there to be lots of new gigs added over the next month or two.

Jane to play live on Johnnie Walker Show

10 Jan '06

Jane will be performing a live session on Johnnie Walker's Drive Time show on Thursday Feb 2nd at 6.25pm with her guitarist Neil Gay and thousands of supportive and encouraging friends all around the UK listening in! After receiving such a terrific response from playing the opening album track 'Fall on Me' on his show, Johnnie e-mailed Jane to let her know that he loved the album and to ask if she would come in to the studio and play live on his show. What a lovely man.

This is Jane's first appearance on national radio. Much celebrating will be had afterwards! We'll keep you posted with what how it went and what the response was like.

Welcome to the new website

1 Jan '06

Hope you like it. We've got lots of nice new pics for you to see, and a whole new design which we hope will be a lot easier for you to use.

You can now buy albums on line with a credit card as well as cheque, which means all those people who are outside of the UK can now get a copy of the album too! We're so sorry it took so long!

The site will also keep you up to date with all the latest news and gig information as well as offering you all the lyrics to the songs. We'll also be reprinting a new songbook soon, with all the music scored out and guitar chords scribbled in, we'll let you know more about that when it's available.