Cover Shoot, Gigs, The BIG Launch & Another Tune!

Cover Shoot, Gigs, The BIG Launch & Another Tune!

Been too long since our last Blog as we've been flat out trying to get this album ready to Master and.... we've got some dates for your diary, namely Sunday the 18th of September @ the Birmingham Glee Club .This will be a great night in the main room at the Glee and we hope you can all make it to see Joanna release and perform the album in full. There will also be some soon to be confirmed support. We want to send it off with a bang so if anyone fancies getting involved then drop us a line at
info@loverockrecords.com

Joanna has also had the labels Ms imagery , Garazi do the cover and PR shots for the album which again we can't wait to see ready but here is a sneak preview of the day.




We've a fantastic graphics illustrator namely Mr Jo Buck involved in the album artwork and for all those people who are fans of the slightly darker side of illustration we can promise you won't be disappointed.



So with all the recording done it is now a push to get it all ready and cause I'm probably too excited myself here is another snippet to wet your appetite. While unmastered this is fresh of the machine today!

Free by LoveRock!Records

Big shout out to Simon Goff for the fantastic sounding strings. Si's involved in a couple of projects at the mo, Hawk in the Wind being the latest, the track linked here is lovely. As well Hope and Social whom Joanna is supporting at the Hare & Hounds in Birmingham on the 23rd of May so another fab night there.
Rock N' Roll

Loverock...

Hey! It's Tom here... This is my first blog, so I'll keep it short, sweet, informative and educational. Firstly, I would like to thank everyone who came to Joanna's first show on Thursday night, it was a great show, the band played great and we made £10 off the door. We have put this money towards a new shirt for Toby, as he seemed to take no notice to my strict dress code for Thursday's show and turned up in a Motorhead t-shirt. Adam, Sam and especially Jo, all looked extremely stylish.

Their has been much speculation over the past few months, even years, over the origin of the name Loverock. Especially in my head, where weird and wonderful things happen. So, I took it upon myself, to do a bit of a 'Tony Robinson' and do some research into the history of the name. It proved to be a gruelling exercise but ultimately a rewarding one, as you will no doubt agree! So, here it is...

The family story, according to several branches, is that Robert and Hannah were advised by the local schoolmaster in about 1800 to settle on Loverock as the spelling of their surname. Prior to that the family had been recorded with a wide variety of spellings. As far as is known, all living Loverocks are descended from this couple. Robert’s grandfather also Robert married in Staffordshire in 1715, but it is still not known from whence he came. As a result the study has been widened to include all possible spellings.

There are two contending suggestions as to the origin of the surname. Either it is derived from Leofric, Earl of Mercia, whose wife, Lady Godiva, is probably better known! Or the name could have arisen from an ancestor who was a blithe singer from the medieval word for a Lark. There is no connection with Caerlaverock Castle in Dumfries, according to the present custodian. The castle was built by the Maxwells in 1215 and was owned by them until they recently “give it to the nation”. The name of the castle means Lark’s Nest.

The Office of National Statistics database contains a list of surnames in use in England, Wales and the Isle of Man in September 2002. There are: Laverick 2542, Laverack 620, Loverock 117, Laverock 71, Leverick 37, Liverick 18 and Lavarack 17.

Interesting stuff, I'm sure you will agree!

Lastly, It looks as though we are getting close to finishing all the tracking for the album... So, it's into the mixing stage, artwork, track listing etc etc... Fun times!

Anyway, I shall leave it there, as I have to go to the post office and post some stuff... The Sun is out, so I am thinking a beer would be good. Easter is fast approaching, so get those eggs ready...

Love & Rock to all...

Tom