Midsummer Report

So summer is in full swing, the World Cup is a welcome distant memory for us English fans. The weather has been on the whole quite good which results in actually getting fed up of barbecue food, or is that just me? It has been a good summer for Spriggan Mist so far and with the CD selling well beyond our expectations and a memories of some great gigs we are now looking forward to The Dolmen Grove’s Tribal dreams festival where we are playing on Sunday 29th August more about that in a bit…


Caught in a spell, our debut album was officially released on 18th June 2010 at The 3 Wishes Faery Fest in Cornwall  http://www.3wishesfaeryfest.co.uk/  where we played two sets. The first we did have a few technical hitches with some of the sound but put a good account of ourselves ,we really enjoyed the weekend, the Fae are a wonderful bunch and we have been asked back next year and it has been suggested a later slot which will be really cool. The CD sold really well at 3 Wishes and we have been touched by the great comments we are getting.

live at faery fest

Caught in a Spell  also featured on Toni Sant’s , Muzika Mod Iehor podcast http://mmon-podcasts.blogspot.com/2010/07/muzika-mod-ieor-ma-toni-sant-218.html  which is a podcast aimed at Maltese music fans. Predictably Toni played Dragut’s Eye which is about Malta and features myself and my old friend Anglu Farrugia having a banter session on the phone in Maltese.  he actually wrote in his blog

Spriggan Mist – Dragut’s Eye

Whenever I say the words Spriggan Mist at home, my wife starts singing Indigo Child by this band. They have now released a CD album called Caught in A Spell featuring that song and others they had uploaded to the MySpace page earlier, along with some new tracks that we had never heard before. Dragut’s Eye features the Marsa parish church bells, the legendary 17th century character from the failed Ottoman invasion of Malta, and a casual phone conversation between Baz Cilia and his mate Anglu Farrugia. Spriggan Mist is essentially a British band, but these elements make it more than worthy of inclusion on the MMI podcast whenever possible.

This summer has also seen the acoustic side of the band coming to the fore. We have played acoustically at the Anchor folk club in West Byfleet, Surrey.  http://www.anchorfolk.org.uk/   Although we aren’t your traditional folk band these guys are quite broad minded and gave “Spriggan folk” a great reception. We are back there on 5th August , so if you are local pop down to the Blue Anchor in Byfleet for a drink and a relaxing evening of folk with somewhat a humorous slant with banter amongst musicians between the songs a must. We played acoustically at a couple of other venues to audiences that really weren’t expected to “get” our music and again were quite surprised at the reception. Personally I love playing the acoustic gigs although I am actually going through a Roland Micro bass cube just to cut through the acoustic guitars!! It certainly has added a new dimension to the band.

Tribal Dreams in Rodden Dorset http://www.dolmengrove.co.uk/tribaldreams.html  should be a great weekend. The Dolmen Grove  http://www.dolmengrove.co.uk/   sure know how to throw a party and to be asked to play on the Sunday night and contribute to an album that Taloch front man of Celtic rock band The Dolmen,   http://www.thedolmen.com/index.htm   is putting together. There have been some great comments on facebook coming from those quarters about Spriggan Mist and the CD so we are keen to put on a great show for them.

The Dolmen at faery fest

Right I’m off to play with my new Hartke bass stack......remember if you haven’t bought the CD you can do so at Tribal Dreams or get it now at

http://www.sprigganmist.com/cd.html

Regards Baz

Spriggan Mist’s Bass bloke