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Released: 17 Oct 2011
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Red Sky July - The debut album


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General Info

  • Genre: Acoustic / Country / Pop

    Location London, London and South East, Un

    Profile Views: 47776

    Last Login: 17/10/2011

    Member Since 14/08/2008

    Website redskyjuly.com

    Record Label Proper Records

    Type of Label Indie

  • Bio

    Red Sky July is the new project from three well-respected and lauded musicians. Consisting of husband and wife duo Ally McErlaine and Shelly Poole, and singer Charity Hair, Red Sky July is an entirely original debut album from a group with a phenomenal pedigree, all of whom have been steeped in music for as long as they can remember. With her sister Karen, Shelly Poole was one half of the million-selling duo Alisha's Attic. The daughter of famed '60s artist Brian Poole, music was always around Shelly as a young child and she learned to read and compose music at a very early age. Since the band's split in 2003 Shelly has gone on to become a successful songwriter for other artists, as well as releasing a solo album 'Hard Time For The Dreamer.' Ally McErlaine has had a guitar in his hand for most of his adult life. Sitting in his bedroom as a teenager and teaching himself how to play along to his favourite records, Ally joined Texas when he was just 17. He has been touring with them since 1988, selling over 15 million albums worldwide in the process. Ally and Shelly married in 2001. Charity Hair hails from the small town of Plant City in Florida, and developed a love for playing music after being given a violin by her grandmother at the age of 8. Scouted by a modelling agency at the age of 18, Charity soon moved to London and ended up forming The Alice Band with two other girls she had met. It was during this time she first met Ally while performing on a TV show at the same time as Texas. Later she would become singer for The Ailerons, performing alongside drummer Dave Rowntree (Blur) – who had signed Shelly to his record label! Charity has previously performed at several of Shelly's solo gigs, and the three have all kept in touch over the years, always wanting to work together but never quite finding the right moment or material until now. Red Sky July came together to make music they love with no boundaries and expectations. It was set to be a 'soulfood' side project that would bring a few low key gigs and be a great contrast to their song writing day jobs. One day a week soon became five, and a group of songs with a hazy, folk-inflected sound soon found their way into shaping and becoming a whole album. The three of them then took these songs to Jazz Summers and Tim Parry at Big Life Management. With a roster of artists that includes Snow Patrol and The Verve, Summer and Parry were impressed and enlisted Rory Carlile to produce the entire album. Yet there was a two-year break where the entire project was put on standby – Ally suffered a major brain aneurysm and was in a critical state for over a year. Finally reconvening last summer and drafting in new band member Mark Neary, Red Sky July were ready to resume where they left off. Relocating to Bristol, they recorded the album live to capture the sense of danger and fragility that playing together in the same room at the same time brings. Red Sky July is an astonishingly assured debut album, born out of the pleasure and satisfaction of three like-minded souls creating exactly the music they hear in their heads. That such a project can touch universally only testifies to their creative spirit and abilities.

  • Members

    Shelly Poole(singing) Charity Hair(singing) Ally McErlaine(guitars)

  • Influences

    Gram Parsons , Led Zeppelin, Emmylou, Dolly, Neil Young, Ry Cooder,Bob Dylan , Fleet Foxes, Prince, Suzanne Vega , Neil Diamond, Bon Iver ,Sufjan Stevens,cat power,the rolling stones.

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  • Conrad Powers

    Was a great show in london. thanks 

    7 months ago
  • Lee Silby

    Hi Ya'll, Sending you All Gods Love and And a Very Merry Christmas to You & Yours!
    All Peace & Love Lee

    2 years ago
  • sabrina ritter

    Wow
    I love your music

    2 years ago
  • alan frew

    thanks for the request.. your music is lovely

    alan

    2 years ago
  • Alan Garwood

    Hoping a SPEEDY RECOVERY  for you Ally

    2 years ago
  • Herb Nutts

    Hi, Hello from japan ! 

    Thanks for the friendship，

    Your music is so wonderful, i like it.

    Let me know about my music what you feel !

    Glad to meet you !!

    Herb Nutts

    2 years ago
  • EDa Music

    Thank you for the add, much appreciated.  Great stuff.

    2 years ago
  • Ryu

    thanks.
    i really like your songs!!

    Ryu

    2 years ago
  • Thomas Blanchard

    thank you for add. good music!!!

    2 years ago
  • Amy MacKinnon

    Thanks very much for the add!

    2 years ago
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about Red Sky July

Bio:

They are Charity Hair (The Alice Band), Shelly Poole (Alisha's Attic) and Ally McErlaine (Texas) -

Three successful musician/writers united in a love of folk, country, vintage music and vintage clothes.

The achingly beautiful songs on the debut album Rivers Wild range from otherworldly modern folk to bluegrass stompalongs always informed by a wonderful pop sensibility.

Shelly and Charity's perfect two part harmonies throughout, combined with Allys elaborate, atmospheric guitar playing, make for something really rather special.

Compared to such greats as Simon and Garfunkel, and being hailed as a sexier "The Judds", Red Sky cant wait to get out on the road with this new project. "That's when it all makes sense" says Shelly; "We all spend so long in the studio as writers that coming together to actually play the stuff we love, interact and sing out loud reminds you why you got into music in the first place."

Red Sky July's first album is a true labour of love for three individual players that came together to make a dream, and they did.

Enjoy!

Member Since:

August 14, 2008

Members:

Shelly Poole (singing) Charity Hair (singing) Ally McErlaine (guitars)

Influences:

Gram Parsons , Led Zeppelin, Emmylou, Dolly, Neil Young, Ry Cooder,Bob Dylan , Fleet Foxes, Prince, Suzanne Vega , Neil Diamond, Bon Iver ,Sufjan Stevens,cat power,the rolling stones.

Record Label:

Proper Records

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