tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37207642011-04-22T04:01:20.081+02:00Check here for regular updates musings and more from Monica and Johnny!Monicanoreply@blogger.comBlogger561100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3720764.post-39761295377048611862007-04-17T18:08:00.000+02:002007-04-17T18:11:55.620+02:00

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IS THIS MUSIC REVIEW. Monica Queen, El Rancho Relaxo, Bastille, May 27th 2006 Tasteful yet never bland, the perfect accompaniment to afterglow and mellow contemplation...the red wine Johnny Smillie sips between songs seems an apt refreshment. The ringing acoustics and impeccable vocals from Monica Queen and her enviably inventive guitarist satisfy the pallette like a bottle of fine Beaujolais

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We have been very lazy assuming everyone uses myspace.Will try to post info. here as well in future.So for starters. .Found this on youtube today - it is someones phone footage of Monica singing Lazy Line Painter Jane with Belle and Sebastian at their excellent show at Edinburgh Castle recently. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a4h4dij2lhM

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HI ALL - SORRY HAVEN'T POSTED.THIS IS BECAUSE OF OUR MYSPACE PAGE PROVING TO BE A BETTER PLACE TO SPREAD THE NEWS.PLEASE CLICK ON MONICA'S PHOTO ON THE FRONT PAGE TO ACCESS IT OR GOTO WWW.MYSPACE.COM/MONICAQUEEN YOU CAN FIND GIG NEWS,PHOTOS,VIDEOS,MUSIC,BLOGS,COMPETITIONS AND MORE AND YOU CAN SIGN UP AND BECOME OUR FRIEND AND NEVER MISS THE NEWS AGAIN.

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.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } AUTUMN LEAVES, originally uploaded by johnnysmillie. AUTUMN LEAVES ARE FALLING AND" THE GOAT" IS CALLINGTHREE NIGHTS FOR FREEOCTOBER,NOVEMBER AND DECEMBER13TH.10TH AND 8TH NOT HARD TO REMEMBER

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AUTUMN LEAVES ARE FALLING AND" THE GOAT" IS CALLING THREE NIGHTS FOR FREE OCTOBER,NOVEMBER AND DECEMBER 13TH.10TH AND 8TH NOT HARD TO REMEMBER

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LISTEN TO TOM MORTON TOMMOROW ON THE BBC 2-4PM AND YOU'LL HEAR US PLAY AFEW TRACKS BEFORE OUR SHOW IN ABERDEEN. REMEMBER MONO 5TH AND EDINBURGH 10TH.

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Monica Queen, Return of the Sacred Heart reviewed by anna battista Her first solo album, Ten Sorrowful Mysteries (Creeping Bent, 2002), won her comparisons to Patsy Cline, Emmylou Harris, Mary Margaret O'Hara and Neil Young. Monica Queen, ex-voice of indie band Thrum and probably best known as the guest vocalist on Belle & Sebastian’s “Lazy Line Painter Jane”, claimed then that it was a big

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We are pleased to announce we will be performing in MONO KING ST on the 5th JUNE to celebrate the release of RETURN... and invite all of you to join us. We also have a show in Aberdeen on the 20th May at the TUNNELS and are pleased to be joined there by PINKIEMACLUIRE so come early.

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SOME LISTINGS HAVE US OPLAYING EDINBURGH SAT. NIGHT BUT AFRAID WE CAN'T MAKE THAT SHOW BUT WILL BE PUTTING A FEW SHOWS TOGETHER IN MAY.

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MONICA QUEEN Return of the Sacred Heart Vertical Three years on from the fragile masterpiece, Ten Sorrowful Mysteries, Monica Queen and producer Johnny Smillie have gone one better numerically, delivering 11 celestial pop songs. Extending the religious motif of the title, this sounds like it was recorded in a chapel in a misty valley, the musical arrangements restrained as if in awe of

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HERE IS ALINK TO SOME CLIPS FROM SACRED HEART.------ http://www.bbc.co.uk/music/folkcountry/reviews/monicaqueen_return.shtml

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FROM THE SCOTSMAN. MONICA QUEEN: RETURN OF THE SACRED HEART VERTICAL, £13.99 THE singer best known as the guest vocalist on Belle & Sebastian’s Lazy Line Painter Jane and the voice of country rockers Thrum reins in her natural gutsy holler on her second solo album, giving a consistently controlled yet vulnerable performance to rank alongside her debut Ten Sorrowful Mysteries. Again the tone

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 reviewMonica Queen, Return Of The Sacred Heart(Vertical)With a range and tone very similar to Emmylou Harris, Monica Queen'svoice is simply beautifully angelic.Read the review |Send us your comments or read other people's Listen [in RealAudio] need audio help?  Breathe Beauty(VRTCD010) Return Of The Sacred Heart(VRTCD010) Released: 14th March 2005within BBCi music:Monica QueenReturn Of The

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THE CONCERT HALL AND CABARET VOLTAIRE SHOWS WON'T BE HAPPENINGUNFORTUNATELY AS THE DARK ANGELS ARE GATHERING.PRAY FOR US BROTHERS ANDSISTERS WE NEED TO WARD THEM OFF.(before Johnny loses his head - toolate)HOWEVER WE ARE DOING A LITTLE INSTORE AT AVALANCHE RECORDS (on DundasStreet between Queen Street station and Buchanan Galleries, on thelittle strip of fun with Haddows and the Celtic shop.....

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1ST REVIEW OF THE RECORD -SAYS IT ALL - WELL APART FROM THE ENYA BIT -THEN AGAIN SHE IS THE BIGGEST SELLING ARTIST IN THE WORLD - SO EVENTHAT HAS AN UP SIDE.

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SOME WORKS OF ART BY KIERAN SMILLIE AGED 5.COULD BE OF US AT THE BUSH HALL LAST WEEK WHERE WE ENJOYED A GOODSHOW.THANKS TO EVERYONE WHO TURNED UP AND FOR YOUR WONDERFUL RESPONSE.See attached file(s)

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SOME WORKS OF ART BY KIERAN SMILLIE AGED 5.COULD BE OF US AT THE BUSH HALL LAST WEEK WHERE WE ENJOYED A GOODSHOW.THANKS TO EVERYONE WHO TURNED UP AND FOR YOUR WONDERFUL RESPONSE.See attached file(s)

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James Grant UK TourJames will be performing at the following venues with Donald Shaw onkeyboards, Ewen Vernal on bass and Monica Queen on harmony vocals.Monica will also be supporting.09-02-2005 Academy 3, Manchester (0161 275 2930)------------------------------------------------------------------------10-02-2005 Bush Hall, LondonTickets available via Bush Hall (020 8222 6933) or online

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SHUNSHINE ON MY SHOULDERS MAKES ME HAPPY ...................(JOHNDENVER)It has been beautiful these past few days i'm almostoptimistic.Optimistic for a warm hazy summer of festivals - a lightbreeze blowing our hair as our guitars soar across the fields andparks.Spring always makes me optimistic and nostalgic - did all thehappy memories occur in spring/summer - surely not.The sunshine makesme

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THERE'S MUSIC ALONG THE RIVER..............Mercury Rev, R.E.M.'s Peter Buck, Jim O'Rourke, Sonic Youth's LeeRanaldo and Steve Shelley, Mike Watt and Wilco's Jeff Tweedy are amongthe acts that will contribute tracks to the "James Joyce Chamber MusicProject," due in April via Fire Records. Each artist was given one ofthe 36 verses from James Joyce's 1907 poem "Chamber Music" and askedto set it to

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MONICA AND JOHNNY HARD AT WORK WRIING THE NEW ALBUM USING THE SAMETABLE IN PRAGUE THAT MOZART USED TO WRITE.WE THINK HE MAYBE USED IT INTHE SUMMER.

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MONICA AND JOHNNY HARD AT WORK WRIING THE NEW ALBUM USING THE SAMETABLE IN PRAGUE THAT MOZART USED TO WRITE.WE THINK HE MAYBE USED IT INTHE SUMMER.

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COMING SOON................

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ANOTHER DATE FOR YOU - EDINBURGH VENUE 26TH SEPT.

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SOME NEW DATES. 16TH SEPT ABERDEEN LEMON TREE 18TH SEPT PEEBLES ARTS CENTRE 23RD SEPT MERCHANT CITY FESTIVAL - BLACKFRIARS GLASGOW.

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SOME NEW DATES. 16TH SEPT ABERDEEN LEMON TREE 18TH SEPT PEEBLES ARTS CENTRE 23RD SEPT MERCHANT CITY FESTIVAL - BLACKFRIARS GLASGOW.

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CALEDONIAN BACKPACKERS EDINBURGH 14TH AUGUST as part of TIGER - FEST. MONICA QUEEN + OTHERS. BE THERE OR BE A CIRCLE.

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It's been an unusually busy week .Been on the road man.Took ourselves along the M8 again by the big heads and telly tubby horn to the capital under the castle where we had the good fortune to be invited to be special guests of the charming Jim White in the suitable surrounding of the Queen's Hall.We were quite excited about playing in the same space that LOW had recently almost brought

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I wake early Sunday morning and feel my way to the kettle and the carefully laid out pot and my special HOMER towel.I leave the kettle to boil and feel my way to the toilet.When i return i fill my pot and wet the towel.I can now use the hot wet towel to prize my eyes open carefully.Ah there is Homer,my morning friend.I can now open the curtains and they reveal a sun kissed San Francisco

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"YES YES YES ITS THE SUMMER FESTIVAL THE TRULY DETESTABLE SUMMER FESTIVAL"Sang Edwyn.Well it's that time of the year again and i'm looking at the announcements and i can't see Monica's name on them.Must be some mistake.No excuse to get my hair blowing in the wind (or in Scotland more like a hurricane)as my hippy soul requires to keep my woodstock spirit alive.Until the new album takes Monica back

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*******STOP PRESS**********STOP PRESS********* Sorry to be so late in announcing this but our computer has been in the computer hospital.We are performing in EDINBURGH on SUNDAY 2ND MAY at about 9.00 pm in Cabaret Voltaire and would like to invite you all to hear some familiar pieces and and preview a few new ones from our forthcoming release which we are afraid will not now be out till later

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THE SILVER SCREEN If you are looking for a movie to go and see this weekend you could try ONE LAST CHANCE.It's a black comedy and is very funny and beautfully shot but best of all you get MQ singing some songs over the end credits. Had the pleasure of attending the PREMIERE with all the stars and celebs - even got a kiss from ALEX MCLIESH(the nearest his team got to scoring this week)

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HAPPY NEW YEAR Thanks for everyone's support last year despite our lack of activity.We will try and reward your patience this year so keep a lookout.The sun is shining over Glasgow and spring is coming,the days are getting longer and excitement is growing.Hope you all have a good year. love M+J

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Northern Exposure. If any of you are in Aberdeen at the weekend then why not pop into Dr Drakes on Sat. night and catch us performing a few songs. See you there.

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Why don't you stop reading this it's boring and go and read our latest review at the wonderful www.rootsreview.co.uk

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BLACK WEEK In a week where we we have been asked to honour the memory of Gram Parsons by performing a couple of the songs he used to sing at a tribute on Thursday night we now have to cope with the passing of the great "Man In Black"Johnny Cash.The power of performance in his last album took your breath away and the video to accompany Hurt was both beautiful and very sad.We trust though he

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Brel was a blast. A heartfelt thanks goes out to all who came to support us at Brel making it such an enjoyable night for all.It would not have been possible without you.May God bless you all.We look forward to doing it again sometime. Love Monica and Johnny.

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Not much to read here i'm afraid but you could go to www.carelesstalkcostslives.com/womonica.asp where you will find a new interview. You can also find details of the Brel show at www.brelbarrestaurant.com and click on entertainment.

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Monica in the movies. We had to set our alarms yesterday but it was not to get us up for church but to go to the movies.We love the movies but not at the unGodly hour of 11am! However this was a special ocassion as it was a previewing of an excellent new film featuring none other than MQ on the soundtack.Monica Queen on the silver screen.It'll be January before you all get the chance to go

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Belgian Beer is Best - Please sit down we have an announcement to make.Yes we are doing a show - all be it a little one.We will be doing something in the conservatory at the back of Bar Brel in Ashton Lane in the west end of Glasgow.The date is 20th August so put it in your

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Latte in the park. Just back from our annual Tinthepark trip where we didn't manage to get any tea but had some fine double shot Latte's(we like our drugs powerful)thanks to a very cheery Barista - God bless you.However we didn't need drugs to get us high - the love and soul in Wayne Coyne/Ron Sexsmith's voices was enough.The Datsun's/Darkness's tribute rock was great fun too while TFC gave us

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Forgive us.It has been 3 months since our last confession.We will say ten Hail Mary's and try and do better. We have just returned from London (first class - you get loads of free stuff,a nice big seat and a gaurantee of no dogs ,smoke,children and all the other things that make the Euston - Glasgow a drag - 1 fry up, 2 papers,light lunch and a few glasses of wine and you're there)where we

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We've finally made it through the chocfest called Christmas and are are looking forward to normality.Hope you all had a peaceful time. We've put the Mario Lanza,Elvis,King's College and Low Christmas albums away for another year and have started working on

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Finally the winter has arrived.But it is not half as cold here as it was in Stockholm last week.It was piercing sharp - it would hiv cut ye in two - you might say but this just made our frequent visits to cafes all the more enjoyable as we huddled in corners clutching large glasses of milky latte's and pots of tea with no knobs on the lids.Our favourite was (eventually as we changed every day) a

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We went to the football the other night on a whim and we were not dissapointed.On arrival in the stadium the floodlights were on which set my heart racing with excitement.Stadium floodlights have allways had this effect on me since my first experience of them long ago on a freezing cold snowy night in coatbridge, when they turned them on at the athletics track for the first time and they lit up

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Hi Everybody, Sorry about the lack of activity but I have been very busy with other artists who've been kind enough to ask me to sing with them. A new album came out last week by the king of chill, Mister Chris Coco which features Nick Cave singing the Velvet Underground, Peter Green playing a new version of "Albatross", Iain Banks and 3 tracks featuring vocals by myself

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Hi everybody.My computer is not working too well at the moment .When i get to a remote terminal i will update you with what has been happening.

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Welcome to our new diary page for all the latest news, postcards, thoughts and prayers of Monica and Johnny. Please bookmark this page and check it often. We will try to excite you, make you laugh, motivate you and maybe even make you cry...You can then respond, ask questions or complain by signing our guestbook. We look forward to a long and happy relationship. Love M+J.

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