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Time off for good behaviour!

Following Mojo Bones' latest gig on the 13th October, we'll now be taking a short break while Nigel undergoes dental work which will hamper his trumpet- and sax-playing! There are currently no definite gigs in the diary, but plans are afoot for some new dates early next year. Check out the gigs page over the next few weeks... Meanwhile, work continues on MOJO-002, so don't forget to keep an eye on this page for more information as it comes out! Don't forget, you can also make sure you never miss any Mojo Bones news by signing up to our occasional e-mail newsletter!

Gig cancellations

Following the cancellation of Mojo Bones' gig at Fat Lil's in Witney on Sunday 19th August, we have now had to cancel the appearance at the Carpenter's Arms on Saturday 15th September as well. We apologise to everyone for the disappointment, but we hope to have alternative dates for you soon. Check out the gigs page from time to time...

Mat moves from High Society to Beauty

Despite finishing High Society in August 2007, Mojo Bones bassist Mat Heighway will be on the road again after just a week! He is taking over as double bassist with the UK national tour of Disney's Beauty and the Beast. The show runs until January 2008, visiting (among other places) Bournemouth, Plymouth, Belfast, Birmingham, Liverpool, Dartford, Grimsby, Athens (on a UK tour!) and Leicester.

Despite all this travelling, Mat will be maintaining a full schedule with Mojo Bones. For more information on forthcoming gigs, check here.

To find out more about Mat's professional double bass playing, please click here.

Marathon recording session for second album

Mojo Bones spent Saturday 13th January 2007 at Woodworm Studios in Oxfordshire, recording for their second album. The title, tracklist and release date of the album have yet to be announced, but if the band's commitment to it is any indicator, it should be a really hot one! With the patient and expert supervision of studio owner and sound engineer Steve Hill, the boys managed to lay down the 'bare bones' of 8 entire tracks in just 9 hours of actual studio time (minus coffee and lunch breaks!)

That's some going, even for a professional band! Progress, needless to say, was rapid pretty much from the start, as engineer Steve Hill listened to our requirements and immediately set the studio up for the band's needs. Two or three songs were down even before lunch (in a nearby pub, of course...) and the afternoon session ploughed on in a whirl of creativity as the songs got more complicated to record. At the end of the day, there was much swearing and sweating as the last song recorded (a particularly long and tiring one which had to be recorded in one go) caused take after take and nearly killed off some of the bandmembers. However, the results are the exciting basis of Mojo Bones' second album, which looks set to be even better than the first. You can listen to sample tracks from that - and order it - from our shop.

You can view the photo gallery of the day's events by clicking here, and you can also subscribe to the Mojo Bones e-mail newsletter if you want to find about more about when the second album is coming out...

Mat joins High Society!

At the end of January 2007, Mojo Bones bassist Mat Heighway will be on the road again! He has just been appointed double bassist with the UK national tour of the West End production of High Society. The show stars Wayne Sleep and runs for 6 months, visiting (among other places) Manchester, Bristol, Glasgow, Southampton, Leeds, Birmingham, Newcastle, Edinburgh, Woking, Northampton, Cardiff, Sheffield, Richmond, Wolverhampton, Bromley, Ipswich, Brighton, High Wycombe, Tunbridge Wells, Cheltenham, Sunderland, Plymouth and Perth.

Despite all this travelling, Mat will be maintaining a full schedule with Mojo Bones. For more information on forthcoming gigs, check here.

To find out more about Mat's professional double bass playing, please click here.

Mojo Bones website gets a guestbook!

From 6th January 2006, the Mojo Bones site has a shiny new guestbook!

Do please feel free to have a look and add your own comments if you'd like. We'd love to hear from you, so please share your thoughts by signing the guestbook... and don't forget to take a look at what everyone else has written too!

More CDs on the way!

Such has been the great success of 'Call me on the Phone Sometime' (available to order at our online shop), that Mojo Bones are about to reprint! The new edition of our first album should be released by Christmas, so make sure you order your copies now for that really special present. Watch this space for more on this story...

Not only is the first album selling out, but work is about to start in earnest on Mojo Bones' second album! The title is yet to be announced, but you can expect more new songs as well as favorites from our live sets. Recording begins in January 2007 and of course we'll let you know when it's ready for sale. Make sure you subscribe to our e-mail newsletter so you hear it first!

Mojo Bones BBC interview now available

On Tuesday 26th September 2006, Mojo Bones appeared on BBC Radio Oxford (95.2 FM and online at bbb.co.uk), on the Danny Cox show.

You can now listen to the entire interview on our downloads page.

Mojo Bones on the BBC!

On Tuesday 26th September 2006, Mojo Bones will make their first foray into radio! They will be appearing at approximately 11am on BBC Radio Oxford (95.2 FM and online at bbb.co.uk). The entire show will also be available to listen to on-demand for a week after the first broadcast. You will be able to hear at least one track from Mojo Bones' current album, 'Call me on the Phone Sometime' (order now!) and an interview with bassist Mat Heighway, who'll be representing the band. More details will follow nearer the time...

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