Radio two-parter 6th Aug 2009
You may have heard it. You may just have heard of it, mentioned in reverential tones by Them in The Know. If you haven't listened to it, then you've been missing out, my friend. The awesome Epileptic Gibbon Podcast Music Show is an auditory adventurer, gleefully gambolling across boundaries no ordinary gibbon would dare to traverse, and is one of the most intelligent and best-loved progressive music radio shows on the interweb.
 So we were thrilled to bits to be asked to come along to Gibbon Towers for a quick interview, although that's not quite how things turned out, and now you can hear the results on the latest edition of the podcast: the first of a two-part Thieves' Kitchen special with music, interviews, revelations and rambling diversions from TK's Phil Mercy and Amy Darby. Released this week, the 1 hour 19 min show includes tunes from Thieves' Kitchen's first three albums, and a very in-depth interview where His Gibbonness asks some great questions and gets some unusual answers (and Phil tries manfully to pretend he remembers anything he wrote before 2003!).
We had such a great time doing this interview, and can't wait to hear the second part that'll be out in a few days time, with songs from "Shibboleth" and "The Water Road", as well as more chatter, bizarre excerpts, declarations of love and the secret history of Om Tare. Perhaps. You'll have to tune in to find out! Visit http://epilepticgibbon.wordpress.com.
Latest live news 5th June 2009
It is with great sadness that Thieves' Kitchen must announce the cancellation of their gigs in 2009.
Throughout last year's jaunt to Europe supporting the release of 'The Water Road', our guitarist Phil Mercy experienced pains in his left hand . When prolonged rest of the hand over Christmas saw only a degradation in the condition, he sought medical help earlier this year. For the technically minded the condition he has is known as Extensor Tenosynovitis, broadly similar to RSI and Carpal Tunnel Syndrome.
At this time it's hoped that surgery will not be necessary and a program of physiotherapy has been embarked upon, treating it very much like a sporting injury. Whilst given time Phil can expect a full recovery, the specialist has informed him that the intense rehearsal and gigging schedule planned for the band in 2009 would have been highly likely to cause permanent damage to the inflamed tendons in his left arm, with long term implications for his guitar playing ability.
The band were very much looking forward to performing at FMPM, Orion Studios, and the CRS this year and hope that those planning to attend, and the greater progressive rock community, will understand and support the difficult decision we've now had to make.
For TK, we've had little chance yet to think of a 'plan B' for 2009 but, with live work out of the question until Phil recovers, the emphasis is likely to be on composition for album number 5. As a band we've had challenges before and we're sure we'll have more in the future, but with your support we've always persevered.
So, again, many apologies to you all, especially to the festival and gig organisers who were good enough to invite us to play and who put so much time and effort into keeping this music we love alive. We hope to make up for it in future years, fates willing.
Phil, Amy, Thomas, Andy and Mark
What a trip! 6th Nov 2008
Phew! Just a short note now that we're back from Europe to let you know what an amazing time we had at all of our gigs. We would like to send our warmest thanks to the new friends we've made and all those people who we spoke to, and who said such lovely things about our music and performances. Thank you all! And we're still reeling from the buzz of it all, particularly at the thunderous applause from the 1700-strong crowd at the Paris Olympia, followed by the kind compliments of The Musical Box, who were genuinely nice guys, and who put on such a breathtaking show themselves.
In the gallery I've put up some of the first pictures to come in - from our set at Spirit of 66 in Verviers, Belgium, and taken by Jaak Geebelin.
Whilst I'm attempting to fix the errors with the mp3 player, fear not that you'll be short of TK listening goodies: you can hear the tracks from our albums at StumbleAudio: The Water Road, Shibboleth, Argot and Head. Hopefully it won't be too long now until a fix is sorted and all is back to normal.
Keep checking back as more pictures and reviews come in!
Amy. xx
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