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Live Second Life Gig – video

Just found this video that someone made of one of our Second Life gigs and posted on YouTube:

Make sure you hit the ‘HQ’ button to see it in better quality.
The Second Life grid was kind of crashy that night and logging people out all over the place, so it’s a shame there aren’t that many [...]

Pillowfish hi-def video on Vimeo

Our first high definition videos are now up on the HD video site Vimeo – live recordings of our songs ‘Wider’ and ‘Narcissus’.
View them on our Vimeo channel here: http://www.vimeo.com/pillowfish

New Web Browser Video Streaming

Having recently started streaming video as well as audio into Second Life, we’re branching out – using the live video website UStream we did our first video gig that was accessible via web browsers last week.
The Ustream interface includes an interactive text chat feature. We’ve embedded the whole lot – video and chat – onto [...]

Whisky in the Dark single release party TONIGHT!

Our new studio track Whisky in the Dark is released today as a download.
You can download it by signing up to our email list on the downloads page…
The release party is being held tonight at 8pm BST at Therapy, on second life. Thanks to Raven Skall for hosting us!

“Seven Stolen Stars” on Proper’s Folk Rising 2 Compilation

Our track Seven Stolen Stars is included on the Folk Rising 2 compilation of folk and folk-influenced acts signed to Proper Distribution. Since almost the entire English folk scene (and beyond) is distributed through Proper, there’s quite a selection. The CD is to be released on 7 July.
You can hear our track, and all the [...]

Pillowfish recordings released on Creative Commons licence (free downloads)

We have released high quality 192kbps mp3 files of all our original studio recordings to date under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works Licence.
This means that they are available for free download from the Pillowfish audio page, where you can read more about what this form of licensing entails.
We do ask that if you enjoy [...]

thesixtyone.com account

We now have an account at thesixtyone.com. This is a music site on which the main activity is bumping. We’d be delighted if you’d log on and join in with bumping us to the next level.

Pillowfish comprises songwriters Tom Drinkwater and Helen Bell, performing on 10-string bouzouki, viola, violin, guitar and voices.
“a distinctive originality … intriguing songs are twinned with constantly moving melody lines … stimulating, inventive and rewarding” – Rock’n’Reel magazine

Whisky in the Dark by Pillowfish
Addiction by Pillowfish
The Ice Sculptor (isotope 14 version) by Pillowfish