Fruit Bats

Live Review: Bonny Light Horseman + Cat Clyde @ Celtic Connections, Saint Luke’s – 5th February 2023

February 16, 2023 Cam Fraser 0

To say that there was excitement that Bonny Light Horseman were returning to Celtic Connections was an understatement. Described previously in AUK as “the greatest psychedelic-tinged folk-rock band in the world” it was clear that great […]

Fruit Bats “Rushin’ River Valley” – tour the UK man

January 24, 2023 Jonathan Aird 0

Eric D. Johnson should need no introduction by now, and nor should Fruit Bats. But lookee here – new album coming out on April 14th. It’s called “A River Running To Your Heart” and it’s on […]

Fruit Bats “Waking Up In Los Angeles” – could be somewhere else, just happens to be LA

November 17, 2022 Jonathan Aird 0

Eric D. Johnson’s Fruit Bats have a new song out, the first newly composed material since 2021’s ‘The Pet Parade’ and the following single ‘Rips Me Up.‘ Which might well be due to his commitment to […]

Sounds from beyond the Shed – Week 65

September 21, 2022 Keith Hargreaves 0

Faces from the past. One of the pleasures of teaching is meeting students that you have taught when they’ve stopped being irritating, needy little blighters and become their own, individual human beings. That’s not to say […]

artwork for Fruit Bats album Sometimes A Cloud Is Just A Cloud: Slow Growers, Sleeper Hits and Lost Songs (2001–2021)

Fruit Bats “Sometimes A Cloud Is Just A Cloud: Slow Growers, Sleeper Hits And Lost Songs (2001–2021)”

February 1, 2022 Darren Lumbroso 0

A thoughtful 23 song collection comprising favourites and unreleased rarities Fruit Bats have been the vehicle to showcase the skills of Eric Donald Johnson for two decades, give or take the odd séjour performing as SDJ, […]

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David Allan Coe (9/6/1939 - 4/29/2026)
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