On August 4, 2009, Ramseur Records will release ‘Nothing Gold Can Stay’ by The Duke & The King, an album recorded in the the coldest Catskill winter, that shimmers with the light of memory and hope.

‘Nothing Gold Can Stay’ features ten new songs, all co-written by The Duke (Simone Felice of The Felice Brothers) and The King (Robert Chicken Burke), and was recorded on a two-inch tape machine in Burke’s one-room, woodstove-heated cabin – affectionately known as The Chapel – in Woodstock, NY.

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The Duke & The King grew out of Simone Felice’s decision to take an extended break from The Felice Brothers at the end of 2008, after three years of non-stop touring.

He set to work on his third book, and began writing and recording with his longtime friend Burke, himself on leave from recent stints with George Clinton, Sweet Honey in the Rock, and film scoring work for acclaimed french director Cedric Klapisch.

The two holed up in splendid isolation at The Chapel with a cache of vintage instruments, and emerged with an album of inspired contradictions. Made in the depths of winter, ‘Gold’ feels sun-faded and warm. It emits a bucolic calm, yet was mixed and mastered in Brooklyn by hip hop legend Bassy Bob Brockmann (Notorious B.I.G.).

Fusing unlikely elements of blue-eyed soul, Topanga Canyon cool, and Marc Bolan-esque acoustic reverie, The Duke & The King sing of a time and place they can never return to, but will never forget.

The Duke & The King will tour extensively this summer and fall. Stay tuned for updates.

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The Duke and The King are set to release “If You Ever Get Famous” on 9th March 2009.

Recorded in Bearsville, New York by The Duke (aka Simone Felice – The Felice Brothers / author of “Hail Mary Full Of Holes” – Uncut Book Of The Month March ‘09) and The King (aka George Clinton collaborator Robert ‘Chicken’ Burke) and then taken down the Hudson River to be mixed in Brooklyn by Grammy award winning hip hop maestro Bassy Bob Brockmann (Notorious B.I.G’s Ready To Die) this is the first single to be taken from their forthcoming album for Loose Music due out Summer 2009.

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Americana heroes The Felice Brothers‘ self-titled album has been been nominated for an Uncut Music Award along with the likes of Bruce Springsteen, Paul Weller, Portishead and The Hold Steady.

The aim of the awards is to find the most inspiring and richly rewarding album of the last 12 months and the winner will be chosen by a panel that includes Uncut editor Allan Jones, Bob Harris, Mark Radcliffe, Edwyn Collins and Later With Jools Holland producer Alison Howe. The winner will be announced in early November 2008.

Watch The Felice Brothers: “Roll On Arte” video (from the album ‘Tonight At The Arizona’):

The 2008 Uncut Music Award long list:

KEVIN AYERS – The Unfairground
JAMES BLACKSHAW – Litany Of Echoes
BON IVER – For Emma, Forever Ago
ISOBEL CAMPBELL & MARK LANEGAN – Sunday At Devil Dirt
NICK CAVE & THE BAD SEEDS – Dig, Lazarus, Dig!!!
DRIVE-BY TRUCKERS – Brighter Than Creation’s Dark
ELBOW – The Seldom-Seen Kid
THE FELICE BROTHERS – The Felice Brothers
FLEET FOXES – Fleet Foxes
PJ HARVEY – White Chalk
THE HOLD STEADY – Stay Positive
HOWLIN RAIN – Magnificent Fiend
JOAN AS POLICE WOMAN – To Survive
STEPHEN MALKMUS & THE JICKS – Real Emotional Trash
ROBERT PLANT & ALISON KRAUSS – Raising Sand
PORTISHEAD – Third
THE RACONTEURS – Consolers Of The Lonely
RADIOHEAD – In Rainbows
BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN – Magic
RACHEL UNTHANK & THE WINTERSET- The Bairns
VAMPIRE WEEKEND – Vampire Weekend
PAUL WELLER – 22 Dreams
WHITE DENIM – Workout Holiday
WILD BEASTS – Limbo, Panto
ROBERT WYATT – Comicopera

Read the whole news story here: Uncut Music Awards

What the Press is saying about The Felice Brothers:

“Barnstorming & brilliant” **** The Guardian

“Truly outstanding original material, one of the albums of the year so far” – Allan Jones, Uncut

“Probably the most enthralling band currently to be seen anywhere in the world right now. This is as good as music gets” – Neil McCormick, Daily Telegraph

The Felice Brothers 2008 Tour Dates:

(Dates and information subject to change.)

29 Sep 2008 BARLEY’S TAP ROOM Knoxville, Tennessee
30 Sep 2008 LOCAL 506 Chapel Hill, North Carolina
2 Oct 2008 FIRST UNITARIAN Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
9 Oct 2008 PRINCETON UNIVERSITY (students only) Princeton, New Jersey
10 Oct 2008 CLUB CAFE Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
11 Oct 2008 PALACE THEATRE Louisville, Kentucky
13 Oct 2008 THE HI-TONE Memphis, Tennessee
15 Oct 2008 PROUD LARRY’S Oxford, Mississippi
16 Oct 2008 WORKPLAY Birmingham, Alabama
17 Oct 2008 MAPLE LEAF New Orleans, Louisiana
18 Oct 2008 ALEXANDRIA MUSIC PROJECT Alexandria, Louisiana
22 Oct 2008 THE TROUBADOUR Los Angeles, California
23 Oct 2008 GREAT AMERICAN MUSIC HALL San Francisco, California
24 Oct 2008 MISSION THEATRE Portland, Oregon
25 Oct 2008 CHOP SUEY Seattle, Washington
27 Oct 2008 THE POST THEATER AT UNIVERSITY OF UTAH Salt Lake City, Utah
28 Oct 2008 FOX THEATRE Boulder, Colorado
1 Nov 2008 WDST PRESENTS – HV FOOD BANK BENEFIT @ CATSKILL POINT Catskill, New York
2 Nov 2008 SPIEGELWORLD at FULTON FISH MARKET New York, New York

Find out more about The Felice Brothers:

The Felice Brothers on Loose Music
The Felice Brothers MySpace