5th Dec 2010
16th Nov 2010
a very mini tour supporting John Smith
Next week I will be supporting the remarkable, spellbinding, wonderful, guitar-maestro, singer-songwriter John Smith on two dates of his UK tour, before he goes on to support BellX1 on their European tour!
So Brighton folk, we will be playing on Sunday 21st Nov at the Unitarian Church, Brighton (click here for tickets)
And Londoners, on Tuesday 23rd Nov we’re hitting the Vortex in Dalston, London (tickets here)
It would be lovely to see you if you can make it along!
Lots of love
Fiona x
“John Smith is a guitar man from Devon, quietly becoming recognized as one of the most exciting voices on the British Folk scene. He has supported John Martyn, Iron and Wine, Seth Lakeman, Davy Graham, John Renbourn, David Gray, Cara Dillon, Martin Carthy, Jools Holland, Tinariwen and Kelly Joe Phelps, among others.
He has two records out, Map Or Direction (2009) and The Fox & The Monk (2006).”
Fiona Bevan supporting John Smith, John Smith sporting a skull
“Brilliant” **** MOJO
“Utterly engrossing, earthy and compelling” **** R2
“Map Or Direction finds his own unselfconsciously mythic songwriting bolstered by rippling guitar parts and a wounded-bear bray. Great things are ahead” The Sunday Times
“Spellbinding” Time Out
“A guitar genius…He sounds as though he arrived 60 years ago but looks startlingly young, perched on a chair, quietly confident, charming and instantly engaging.” The Sun
Website www.johnsmithjohnsmith.com
19th Oct 2010
Berlin Scratch Night: We Beautiful Monsters
This Thursday 21st October I’m playing at Berlin Scratch Night: We Beautiful Monsters at Modern Art Oxford. Curated by Neil Luck (Squib-box) and Simon Wright, it will be a night of Cabaret Voltaire-based entertainment.
Here’s a quick flash-back to my last adventure with Squib-box:
Arco: Notebook from Milton Keynes Gallery on Vimeo.
The line up on 21st October includes: Singer-songwriter Fiona Bevan, obviously, as well as…
Live film editing by Luke Williams
Feral improv from Mowgli (Federico Reuben, Adam de la Cour, Dominic Lash, Javier Carmona)
Poet Adam J Maynard
DJ Simon Wright
Drawing on a rich and diverse cultural history of Berlin, this evening of performance, music and film is part of Modern Art Oxford’s brand new series of BASEMENT GIGS.
Berlin Scratch Night: We Beautiful Monsters
Thursday 21 October, 7pm
£3, booking essential on 0185 813800
See you there!
Fiona x
5th Oct 2010
Kiss Chase For Cupid - live a capella
This was my encore at The Workshop under Roadtrip on Old St last week. It’s a new song, unrecorded and so far almost completely unheard by humankind.
“Kiss Chase For Cupid” is a story about the slap-dash merry-go-round chase of love.
Thanks to Jon Barker for the video!
Lyrics: Kiss Chase For Cupid
I saw him from a distance lying down
In pain or pleasure, wounded by a thorn
I stopped to help but cupid’s bow was drawn
I didn’t stand a chance - my heart was torn - - -
But this man loves another…
Cupid you don’t care if you miss the mark
Your games rearrange the tangled hearts
Change the partners in the dance
Such a kiss, but oh it’s such a mess!
Everything you touch ends up like this
You draw your bow and arrow but you miss
Your aim is careless and we’re delirious…
Cupid you’re a crazy little boy
Racing wild and chasing fickle joy
Why d’ya never stick around to see
The consequences of your foolery
My man loves another - such a mess
Everything you touch ends up like this
You draw your bow and arrow but you miss
Your aim is careless and we’re delirious
Cupid, look at what you did
We pick up the pace when you say we should
What’s the use of this pair of puckered lips
And what’s the good of cupid’s chase
Without a kiss?
He tracked me down in meadows where I lay
By silver streams and bales of golden hay
Planted kisses on my sleeping face
Before I had a chance to run away
The one who loves me knows I’m such a mess
Everything you touch ends up like this
You draw your bow and arrow but you miss
Your aim is careless and we’re delirious
For such a kiss
Such a kiss
And without a kiss
What’s all this?!
Fiona xxxx
14th Sep 2010
New video! “Pirates And Diamonds” live at Accidental Powercut for Bowers and Wilkins
Just before I zoomed off to do Big Chill Festival in August, I played solo at the gorgeous St Barnabas Chapel in Soho for a night called “Accidental Powercut”.
It was completely acoustic and was part of a short series of gigs being recorded binaurally for Bowers and Wilkins and the British Library, featuring Talvin Singh, Polarbear and Tinashe among others.
Here is a video of my song “Pirates And Diamonds” from the night, produced by squareimedia. The black device in front of me is a dummy human head, with microphones inside its very realistically shaped ears. So if you watch the film with headphones on, your ears will hear what the dummy head heard as a binaural recording, and you’ll feel as if you were actually there.
Intone1 from SquareiMedia on Vimeo.
Sound Of Rum and Ghostpoet also played, making it a seriously brilliant event with lashings of atmosphere.
7th Sep 2010
Winter Hunter - Lyrics
The Living Graham Bond - Winter Hunter feat. Fiona Bevan by The Living Graham Bond
I thought I would clear up some internet controversy! So here you go - these are the lyrics for Winter Hunter: All I'm falling for Walk across the water Words and tune by Fiona Bevan Fiona x
Is bitter, silver winter
Wrap me up in fur
A killer shiver hunter
It's frozen hard and clear
Black as night
Cracks of white appear
Track and production by Graham Bond
13th Aug 2010
Big Chill Festival 2010 review :)
“Fiona Bevan lays down her sweet, luscious folk songs to a captivated Words In Motion tent”
The Big Chill: The Spoonfed Review -
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Yay! This little review has made my day!
10th Aug 2010
Big Chill 2010 - big thrills :)
We had such a brilliant time at Big Chill Festival 2010!
I played on the Words In Motion stage after Schlomo on Saturday night with Rosalie Bevan on bass guitar and backing vocals.
Thank you so much to Charlie Dark’s School Of Dark and Words In Motion for having us 
Fiona Bevan on the way to Big Chill
Rosalie and Fiona Bevan at Big Chill Festival
Big Chill - Kal Lavelle and Victoria Wijeratne
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myspace.com/kallavellemusic
Fiona and Rosalie Bevan at Big Chill
4th Aug 2010
Spitalfields Music Fest June 2010
Playing at Spitalfields Music Festival June 2010 in Leila’s Deli
12th Jul 2010
Winter Hunter - my electro single out today!
..::NEW RELEASE!::..
Today is the release of my electro single, “Winter Hunter” - a collaboration with producer The Living Graham Bond. Here’s the bluuuuurb:
Following the previous massive releases from Foamo and Randomer on Fat! Records, Winter Hunter is the latest from the pioneers of all things Fat! A combination of disco-bassline and one of the sweetest vocals around courtesy of London folk princess Fiona Bevan make a pretty special track that’s catchy and you can get down to.
Listen here - http://soundcloud.com/thelivinggrahambond/sets/winter-hunter
Buy here - https://www.beatport.com/en-US/html/content/release/detail/260493/Winter%20Hunter
The Living Graham Bond has also made a summer mixtape of tracks he loves, along with some of his own remixes, so feel free to listen or download it here:
http://www.mixcloud.com/thelivinggrahambond/winter-hunter-summer-mixtape/
http://www.mediafire.com/?kynndw4kmy5
Lots of lovely links:
myspace.com/thelivinggrahambond
myspace.com/fionabevan
soundcloud.com/thelivinggrahambond
twitter.com/mrtlgb
twitter.com/fionabevan
The Living Graham Bond and Fiona Bevan
Winter Hunter EP artwork - The Living Graham Bond feat. Fiona Bevan
