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18 November  2006

Keith's band The Ponsonby DCs album reviewed.

Read the latest press release.

03 October  2006

MOJO MAGAZINE WEBSITE

MOJO MAGAZINE COVER CD FEATURES 3:05am AND LOVE

EXPERIENCED! Music inspired by The Jimi Hendrix Experience
Blasting psych and funk, all inspired by or under the influence of Jimi Hendrix.

Featuring a Love track from the album 'Back on the Scene'

and a Noel Redding track from 'West Cork Tuning'.

21 August  2006

KIWI CULT CLASSIC SET TO MAKE ITS MARK

Keith's band The Ponsonby DCs re-release their debut.

It can be purchased on line right now at: http://www.smokecds.com/cd/39910  This is a NZ website, so don't let the $27 price fool you, as it's in NZ Dollars (about 50% on the US Dollar) It should be available soon on Amazon UK's website.

Press release is here.

Mike Randle, Love Guitarist,  talks about the album in his diary here.

2 April  2006

 Work continues on both cds...lots of recording thru Apr & plenty new songs to consider. Fingers crossed," Ocean Born" will be released in the UK this summer/fall....more as it develops.

15  January  2006

Track Listings for each CD from the album sessions are now on the Lyrics page.  Missing lyrics will be added soon. Watch this page for release dates.

31  December  2005

Corsica  will be headlining the Hotel Utah in SF on Jan 27th 2006 with Bodacious and Lindsay Mac . We'll be on at 10:00pm or so.

The Ponsonby DCs  album ( now on CD) Keith recorded in New Zealand nearly 20 years ago has been named as one of the TOP 10 WORLDWIDE RELEASES in 2005 by the major / mainstream NZ Entertainment magazine - The NZ Listener.

  More details here.

 Full article here.

27 November  2005

The band are finishing the first CD and working on a new record.

 Details posted here soon...

25  May  2005

Corsica.....
Wed/Thurs June 22-23 - Café Du Nord -opening for Arthur Lee & Love
 9-ish I'd  guess

19 May  2005

TBA: Opening for LOVE 2 nights next month.

New acoustic CD in the pipeline.

TBA: Monterey Jazz Festival

Elton John seen on the horizon too.......more as it happens.........

31 July  2004

New photos posted here.

 14 July  2004

Brad will be doing a rare solo show as  alter-ego Jack Orion, on Tuesday Aug.3 at the Deluxe on Haight Street with, among others, Todd Stadtman.

4 May  2004

New song lyrics posted. Look out for the full on band shows this month including new songs. Details below.

3 May  2004

Corsica have 2 upcoming shows.

Thursday May 13th  - Gypsy Caravan Belly Dance Troupe  8pm    Corsica -  9:30

From the Club Jazz Nouveau Website:

5/13/04    Thursday    Gypsy Caravan, Corsica    8 & 9:30 pm
 

Corsica performs at 9:30 p.m.

Saturday May 8 – Corsica 8pm,   The Walter Earl Group – 10pm

From the Club Jazz Nouveau website:

8 & 9:30 pm
Corsica, Walter Earl, DJ Henry Soul

Corsica performs at 8 p.m.

The Walter Earl Group (Lemmonhouse Productions)

16 March  2004

From the Club Jazz Nouveau website:

3/17/04    Wed.  Corsica / Spodee Odees
 
Corsica: An ensemble of singers and songwriters in the Psychedelic-Folk Rock vein.
 

5 February  2004

Corsica have three  upcoming shows:

Feb 13 

Tongue & Groove    Map

Corsica at 9:15-9:30, Rikarda Parasol at 10:15ish, then Mellow Drunk headline 

 (Corsica will play as an acoustic trio).

Did you see the show? Send us a review to info@corsicaband.com

Feb 21 

Club Jazz Nouveau   Map

 Corsica on at 8pm  (½ acoustic…1/2 full band).

Did you see the show? Send us a review to info@corsicaband.com

Mar 17 

 Club Jazz Nouveau   Map

 Spodee-o-dees   on at 8pm,  Corsica headlines at 10 pm  (½ acoustic,1/2 full band).

Did you see the show? Send us a review to info@corsicaband.com

 

8 January 2004

Corsica to play live at Club Jazz Nouveau on Saturday 21 February at 8pm.

18  December 2003

Noel Redding  and 3.05AM pages added with album review, biogs and photos.

11  December 2003

A new Arthur Lee and Love album has just been released, it's called " Back on

the Scene" and is produced by Keith. It's on Charly Records from the UK.

9 December 2003

Updates to the History pages with background to Keith's bands The Ophelias and

The Ponsonby DCs.

7 December 2003

Sister website dedicated to Brad's band Fade to Black under construction.

History page is updated.

4 December 2003

Live photos of Brad, Keith and Sandy at Club Jazz Nouveau on Sunday 22/11 posted here.

20 November 2003

Corsica will play a 'secret' acoustic set at Club Jazz Nouveau this Sunday afternoon, 22nd November. Brad and Keith will play Lots of new songs that you haven’t heard too!

Live samples and photos of the gig will be posted here next week.

23  October 2003

New MP3 Samples posted on the audio page.

The band are due to start rehearsals for the live acoustic shows.

15 October 2003

Mixing will be finished by Nov 5 and mastering later in the month.

Release date pushed back to early next year.

Two  additional  acoustic EP trax to be recorded “live” at Jazz Nouveau over the next month or so.

Lyric page updated.

25 September 2003

Two songs added to the audio page from the sessions in August. Click on the links and the songs will play!

All recording complete and 3 songs mixed over the last few days….Wine Dark Sea, Broken Swan & Windfall Land….also, King Of Everything given an overhaul…new lyrics added soon…Keith and Brad starting to rehearse for some acoustic live shows, hopefully, to be backed by a string section…more as this develops…new audio clips of final mixes will be added in a couple of weeks.

3 September 2003

After 2 overdubbing sessions, recording is nearly done….one more half day session ,then mixing will commence. Hope to be done by the end of the month, then off to be mastered. With any luck, we’ll have it out before the end of the year. Now planning the recording of 2-3 more trax for the EP…all acoustic…new rough mix mp3’s up soon.

31 July 2003

Another gruelling 16 hour session on Monday...most of the vocals done...2 more sessions to go at the end of August then mixing in September.

j12 July 2003:

The band  laid down rhythm tracks for 8 songs on Saturday.  Overdubs over the next 2 weeks..

9 July 2003:

Club Jazz Nouveau opens in the Cannery - see article and photo here.

19 June 2003:

The band are back in the studio on July 12th & 20th with new engineer, Aaron Prellwitz (Red House Painters, Neil Young, Erase Errata) for two marathon sessions to record the second half of the CD  plus a couple of  EP tracks.

More dates in August to finish up these and earlier sessions from last year

They hope to be mixing by September.

18 May 2003:

Two MP3 downloads added to the audio page.

6 May 2003:

There's an album and an EP due very soon.

Work in Progress:

 "Keep Your Eyes on the Stars"

"Kicking the Sleeping Giant" EP