Last years Christmas Assortment

by admin on December 17th, 2008

Remember Helen McCookerybook’s Christmas Assortment? Last years wonderful christmas EP have a small re-release this year as it’s now also available from most digital stores, such as itunes, emusic, napster, amazon etc. More information here!

Helen McCookerybook, by the way, recently released her new album, “Poetry and Rhyme“, featuring Martin Stephenson and Gina Birch! Go get it!

Bendi Podcast #8

by admin on December 14th, 2007

Bendi Podcast #8 (30 minutes/29,6 MB).

Tracks:

1. Helen McCookerybook - The Devil’s Christmas Stocking (Christmas Assortment BEN-EP-005)
2. Joaquin Esquivel - The Wildest Of Beats (What We Know Of Heaven BEN-CD-016)
3. Sir Pie - Rocky Road (We Attended Different Schools - forthcoming)
4. Albin Wesley - Hail The Elfs (unreleased)
5. Helen McCookerybook - Christmas Queen (Christmas Assortment BEN-EP-005)
6. Green’s Restaurant - Movement VI (Ekofiskfalt BEN-CD-015)
7. Moddlar-redaktionen - Moddlarjul (A Bendi Christmas E.P. - BEN-XMAS-001)
8. ViVetVarDuBor - Hej kom och hjalp mig (unreleased)
9. Helen McCookerybook - Can You See Me? (Christmas Assortment BEN-EP-005)
10. Bendi All-Stars - Ancient Times (instrumental demo) (unreleased)

The URL to the podcast feed is feed://bendirecords.com/wp-rss2.php?cat=20.

You can also subscribe in iTunes!

 

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Free Christmas E.P. from Bendi Records and Helen McCookerybook

by admin on November 19th, 2007

Even if Helen is busy finishing her new album and writing songs with Martin Stephenson, she still had a little time to record a Christmas E.P. for Bendi Records.

But it all began when Helen bought a bass and joined the worst punk band in Brighton, Joby and the Hooligans in 1977 (but they had the best songs). She formed The Chefs who did a few Peel sessions and released a couple of singles. After a brief musical interlude with Lester Square (The Monochrome Set) she started Helen and the Horns who did more Peel sessions and recorded a couple of albums. After the Horns split up in the mid 80’s, she “fell asleep for twenty years, and woke up with a head full of songs and a heart full of energy to sing them with”.

A compilation of her earlier works and her last year comeback CD “Suburban Pastoral” (with guests like BJ Cole and Lester Square) are available from www.roughtrade.com.

Click here for more info about this E.P. or here for more info about Helen.

And click here to download the E.P. (complete with PDF sleeve).