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	Interview by Mark Dunn	107 dagen geleden
	Jackson Cage with Mark Dunn "It's just the love of music we do. It's the Americana, the stuff we love..." Gigging Northern Ireland spent some time with country-rockers and Amazon chart-toppers, Jackson Cage before they were due up on stage for the BIG GIG 4. Talking with the guys, and gal, we discussed upcoming festivals, why they are so darn good (it's Declan's hat), future plans and who they would love to play a gig with! How's this year been for you so far? Keith: Not bad actually. The fact that the gigs we're getting now are more high profile - this is the third or fourth time we've played Spring and Airbrake, we did the Live at the Limelight show... How was that show for you? Your first TV appearance too... Keith: On the night that we did it, it was a real good night, real good craic. But I think a lot of people thought it was a let-down when it did air but it was good exposure for us as we got three wee mini videos out of it [laughs]. Tom: Keith never says anything, what's this for?! [laughs] This is great! You're doing some festivals too. How are you feeling about those? Edelle: Very excited! Some in Derry and Newtownards, I believe... Marty: And Tall Ships, that'll be good! Keith: Tall Ships, 15th August, Ards Guitar Festival, 3rd October (Saturday night in the Ivy Bar)... Marty: Chillifest as well. Well, in my opinion, you're one of the best bands in the country right now so how does that feel? Edelle: Very flattered. Marty: I think you're the only person that thinks that [laughs]. Tom: My mum thinks that too! [laughs] What do you think you've been doing right over those two years? Keith: Well I think because it's different... Declan: Well it's because I'm in the band, you know, obviously! [laughs] Marty: It's just the love of music we do. It's the Americana, the stuff we love. There's very few bands here that will play that sort of stuff. Declan: We take ourselves very seriously...[laughs] Edelle: I think it makes a difference that we just have a ball. We just love playing together. We always have a really good time - even at practice. Your album's done really well. How did you feel about that? Especially going to the top of the Amazon chart too. Marty: There you go, Shay. Our marketing manager...[laughs]. Shay: We put a lot of effort into it. Put a marketing budget aside...[group laughs collectively]. No, we did a bit of self-promotion and it resulted in that. It just means you can do it on your own if you've got the money, but if you run out of money, that's it, you know. Keith: There's only so much promotion you can do yourself. The fact that we did sell quite a few in America was quite a shock to everybody. How does it feel having fans in America? Knowing that there's people across the world loving the music you make? Shay: It's just the burning of the CDs in Philadelphia - my cousin works in a bar and he's been having requests for CDs. Declan: We've got a gig in Philadelphia when we get off our asses and get over there. If you could support one band/artist, who would it be? JC: [collectively] Neil Young, yeah definitely. How do you feel about the Northern Irish music scene? Tom: It's like marmalade and jam. [group bursts out laughing] Do you think it's a good time to be playing in Northern Ireland? Declan: Oh yeah, it definitely is. Edelle: Ten years ago, there was nothing- well expectation-wise, it was very low and they weren't very many venues whereas now you can go out and hear live music and have a choice. Declan: There's a gig nearly every night of the week. Edelle: Which is fantastic - it's really vibrant. What does the future hold for Jackson Cage? Keith: Apart from the good few gigs we've got coming up, we need to expand. We've got a gig in Derry and we need to get down to Dublin as well. We need to get away - spread the wings. Marty: We've got some new stuff so we have got to get back in and do some recording. Any plans to record? Declan: We're thinking of doing it ourselves - old school, lo-fi and see how it goes. Keith: What we find is hard is getting somewhere to record us live to capture our live sound. We've tried tracking songs before and it just doesn't work for us. Tom: We've had a few wee offers in America but we're all quite tied up here. But it would be great to go away. Interview at http://www.giggingni.com/site/interv...
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