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
09-03-08 The launch night at The Newcastle Arts Centre was a great success and very
well supported, thanks to all who attended. The night included a viewing of the
Faith video from 1987 (click here to view) and also the showing of a montage of old
songs, photos and publicity clippings which we may make available on YouTube due
to the amount of positive comments that were fed back to us.
06-03-08 - The Honest Johns featured in the Culture section of todays Newcastle Journal.
Click here to read the full article.
10-02-08 The official launch of The Honest Johns new album Songwriters of the North
is confirmed for Saturday 8th March at the Newcastle Arts Centre. Tickets are priced
at £7 and can purchased from this site by clicking here or from the Newcastle Arts
Centre. Read comments received on the MySpace site from people who have already
purchased Songwriters of the North by clicking here.
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