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Jon Kennedy
Paul Kennedy
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Songwriters of the North

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Richy Corbishley

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07-09-09 Recording and mixing has continued throughout the summer as The Honest Johns follow up to Songwriters of the North nears completion.  The album should be ready later this year with a release of early next year looking likely.

01/09/09 The Honest Johns are playing in The Black Swan at Newcastle Arts Centre on Saturday 31st October

05-05-09 The Honest Johns are playing at The Cluny on the 26th June 2009, tickets are priced at £6 in advance or £7 on the door.  Doors open at 19:30 with the support act still to be confirmed.  Tickets can be purchased from this site by clicking here

09-02-09 Thanks to everyone who turned out at The Cluny on Saturday night and helped make it such a success, the large turn out was appreciated by everyone on such a cold night.

01-11-08 The Honest Johns have recorded another 4 songs this week for the follow up album to Songwriters of the North.  Paul Kennedy said, “The recordings are sounding great and we’re all confident this album will be show a continued development from the last album.”  The final mixes should be complete around Spring 2009 with a release date hopefully not too long after that.  More details will be posted on here as and when they are available.

03-10-08 Mark Lawson is being interview by Radio Newcastle on Wednesday October 8th.

02-10-08 The Honest Johns are playing at the Riverstorm event at Newcastle City Hall on the 19th October.  This is a charity event to raise money for the Morpeth Lions Flood Fund.

01-10-08 Following many requests “Try” is now available on the MySpace site.

05-08-08 The Honest Johns are currently recording the follow up album to Songwriters of the North, hopefully to be released around Spring 2009.

27-07-08 Following the successful launch of Songwriters of the North last month it has now been confirmed that the album is available on iTunes.  With more and more people downloading direct to i-pods, it is important that the whole album was made available for download.  We’ve had many e-mails via this website asking when we were likely to do this, now these people can access the album as well

31-03-08 Since the release of Songwriters of the North earlier this month there have been some favourable press reviews: -

Although it’s been over 20 years since they formed, this is The Honest Johns debut album [edit - incorrect]. And it’s pretty bloody good.
Recalling early R.E.M., The Beautiful South and the Proclaimers, this 12-track album features some proper pop songs that manage to distil a lot of what was great about the last 20 years without ever sounding too dated.
This working man’s pop might not be to everyone’s taste, but this record is one of the highlights of The Crack’s postbag of late and you could do a lot worse than checking The Honest Johns out.

The Crack Magazine

With my Gmail account swelling with a 12-track beauty from The Honest Johns, it seems that Karma has been restored. Songwriters of the North is a varied and interesting album, with tracks like Bingo showcasing more energy and enthusiasm than bands half their age. Considering the band is playing catch-up to a 20-year gap between forming and releasing this album, you can forgive them for sounding slightly old-fashioned. And when I say old-fashioned, I don’t mean dated, or ironically retro. Make no mistake! This is a fantastic album from a brilliant pop band and I highly recommend it!

NARC Magazine

 

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“a fantastic album from a brilliant pop band … I highly recommend it!”

NARC Magazine

 

“pretty bloody good”

THE CRACK