The Felice Brothers up for Uncut Award + watch video, tour dates

The Felice Brothers

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

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






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