WEBVTT 00:00:00.799 --> 00:00:03.220 Nick and Sue. This edition is brought to you 00:00:03.220 --> 00:00:06.299 in association with the Steel Union for men's 00:00:06.299 --> 00:00:09.259 gifts, presents and problem solving men's accessories. 00:00:09.740 --> 00:00:17.579 More from them in a bit. Chatterbox. When the 00:00:17.579 --> 00:00:33.429 stars talk, they talk to Nick and Sue. Welcome 00:00:33.429 --> 00:00:36.289 back to the Chatterbox Redux Podcast and today 00:00:36.289 --> 00:00:38.770 our special guests are Karen Turley and Naomi 00:00:38.770 --> 00:01:13.379 Campbell of Motel Sundown. This is Nick and Sue 00:01:13.379 --> 00:01:16.340 with Chatterbox giving you all you need to know 00:01:16.340 --> 00:01:24.040 about musical entertainment. Oh yeah! Chatterbox! 00:01:41.730 --> 00:01:43.709 Chatterbox. We're just lucky enough to welcome 00:01:43.709 --> 00:01:47.530 Karen Turley and Naomi Campbell of Motel Sundown. 00:01:47.950 --> 00:01:52.170 Hello, how are you? Hello, good thanks. Good, 00:01:52.549 --> 00:01:56.709 thank you. Great, well good here as well. I'd 00:01:56.709 --> 00:01:59.310 say 2026 has been quite a busy year for you. 00:01:59.310 --> 00:02:01.049 I know you've been on the road a bit. You got 00:02:01.049 --> 00:02:03.689 this EP. We got a single we're talking about. 00:02:03.890 --> 00:02:05.209 Probably more than one single by now because 00:02:05.209 --> 00:02:09.090 the press release was a few weeks ago now. So 00:02:09.090 --> 00:02:12.689 what's the highlight? Who grabs the talking stick? 00:02:12.909 --> 00:02:14.889 Whoever starts talking first? So who's the lead 00:02:14.889 --> 00:02:18.949 singer, by the way? So we don't have one actually. 00:02:19.069 --> 00:02:21.689 Excellent. Even better. All three of us take 00:02:21.689 --> 00:02:25.210 turns, yep. So whoever answers the question then, 00:02:25.330 --> 00:02:29.569 do it that way. So 2026 looks like a really, 00:02:29.569 --> 00:02:32.949 really great year for Motel, Motel Sundown. So 00:02:32.949 --> 00:02:35.150 what do you think, now we're just over halfway 00:02:35.150 --> 00:02:38.349 through, what do you think the peak or the highlight 00:02:38.349 --> 00:02:42.449 of the year has been so far? Radio 2, wasn't 00:02:42.449 --> 00:02:46.240 it really? Yeah, definitely, yeah. Yeah, we were 00:02:46.240 --> 00:02:49.199 selected to play country to country by our local 00:02:49.199 --> 00:02:53.099 presenter, Dave Monks. And then we found out 00:02:53.099 --> 00:02:54.740 that we were going to be doing a live session 00:02:54.740 --> 00:02:58.120 on Radio 2 at the festival. So, yeah, that was 00:02:58.120 --> 00:03:01.180 with Bob Harris. Bob Harris and do a live session. 00:03:01.300 --> 00:03:04.379 So that was probably a highlight, I would say, 00:03:04.460 --> 00:03:08.300 for us. Yeah. Well, Bob Harris himself, bless 00:03:08.300 --> 00:03:10.800 him. He's just retired, as you might know, but 00:03:10.800 --> 00:03:13.569 through a bit of pain. He was 80, I think. But 00:03:13.569 --> 00:03:16.069 I mean, those of us that have been in music or 00:03:16.069 --> 00:03:18.669 into music for some time, I could remember him, 00:03:18.830 --> 00:03:20.949 you probably heard anyway, back in the 70s, the 00:03:20.949 --> 00:03:25.370 old Grey Whistle Test on BBC2 TV. And he presented 00:03:25.370 --> 00:03:27.289 that, I think, all the way through the 70s and 00:03:27.289 --> 00:03:30.810 into the 80s, actually. So he actually is quite 00:03:30.810 --> 00:03:33.810 a figure when it comes to music and new music. 00:03:34.030 --> 00:03:36.330 He really has been quite something over the years. 00:03:36.830 --> 00:03:39.439 You know, so, yeah. Quite a great guy to have 00:03:39.439 --> 00:03:43.800 on your side. So, yeah, absolutely. Yeah, we 00:03:43.800 --> 00:03:46.039 were tough. No, the people that he's interviewed, 00:03:46.039 --> 00:03:49.099 you know. So we were we were very excited that 00:03:49.099 --> 00:03:52.219 day. And yeah. And then, of course, you retired. 00:03:52.280 --> 00:03:56.139 So we were very, you know, pretty lucky to be 00:03:56.139 --> 00:03:59.740 on the show before I did. So, yeah. Yeah. Great. 00:04:00.219 --> 00:04:02.340 Where are you guys based? What part of the country 00:04:02.340 --> 00:04:05.259 are you based? Where are you from? We're in Liverpool. 00:04:05.819 --> 00:04:10.400 Lovely. OK. Yeah. I know Liverpool has had some 00:04:10.400 --> 00:04:12.960 diverse sounds over the years, whether it be 00:04:12.960 --> 00:04:15.900 Frankie Goes to Hollywood, the 60s sound, or 00:04:15.900 --> 00:04:25.500 the real thing, whatever it might be. I did put 00:04:25.500 --> 00:04:27.120 them under the 60s, but I promise I hadn't forgotten 00:04:27.120 --> 00:04:31.579 them. The 60s thing is a big, big thing, you 00:04:31.579 --> 00:04:36.620 know, to cover. And then maybe, yeah, I'm just 00:04:36.620 --> 00:04:40.139 thinking across the board. To me, unless I'm 00:04:40.139 --> 00:04:42.759 naive to a whole front of music in Liverpool, 00:04:43.439 --> 00:04:46.360 this is a new sound to me coming from Liverpool. 00:04:46.759 --> 00:04:51.819 Is that right? Is it a Moto Sundown sound or 00:04:51.819 --> 00:04:54.420 is there like a whole movement in Liverpool that 00:04:54.420 --> 00:05:00.079 sounds like that? Yeah, I mean, there's a lot 00:05:00.079 --> 00:05:04.339 of indie stuff in Liverpool and there's always 00:05:04.339 --> 00:05:06.319 been like folky kind of acoustic -y stuff, I 00:05:06.319 --> 00:05:09.879 think. You know, there's a lot of songwriters 00:05:09.879 --> 00:05:11.519 nights and things like that that we all have 00:05:11.519 --> 00:05:14.399 been to and stuff over the years. But I know 00:05:14.399 --> 00:05:16.480 what you mean. I think it's just kind of like 00:05:16.480 --> 00:05:20.300 it's a small kind of unit as well. The people 00:05:20.300 --> 00:05:23.040 that do like the Americana stuff. So I think 00:05:23.040 --> 00:05:24.959 a lot of the times that we go down south, we 00:05:24.959 --> 00:05:26.579 can see that it's a lot bigger there, obviously, 00:05:26.660 --> 00:05:29.019 in London and places like that. But I guess just 00:05:29.019 --> 00:05:31.800 helps you to stand out more in Liverpool, which 00:05:31.800 --> 00:05:36.699 isn't a bad thing. You are standing out to South 00:05:36.699 --> 00:05:38.860 Coast near Brighton. Obviously, we're aware of 00:05:38.860 --> 00:05:40.420 the London scene, the Brighton scene and all 00:05:40.420 --> 00:05:42.759 that stuff. To me, it's a bit of a different 00:05:42.759 --> 00:05:47.319 sound, especially coming from Liverpool as well. 00:05:47.920 --> 00:05:50.600 It's an interesting sound. So whether you're 00:05:50.600 --> 00:05:53.500 an early one to break out down this far on the 00:05:53.500 --> 00:05:55.240 South Coast, I don't know with that sound, but 00:05:55.240 --> 00:05:57.399 it certainly sounds different and new to me. 00:05:57.459 --> 00:05:59.720 And it's certainly been worth an interview and 00:05:59.720 --> 00:06:01.899 have a chat and play some of your stuff. So, 00:06:01.899 --> 00:06:05.120 yeah. Whether everyone sounds like that in the 00:06:05.120 --> 00:06:06.939 whole part of Liverpool or not, well maybe they 00:06:06.939 --> 00:06:10.279 do, but you're the ones that got the press release 00:06:10.279 --> 00:06:15.060 to me. Yeah I guess it's kind of American influenced 00:06:15.060 --> 00:06:20.939 as well, some of it too. A lot of the people 00:06:20.939 --> 00:06:22.860 we know and the musicians that we play with and 00:06:22.860 --> 00:06:26.639 stuff and that Naomi plays with, they all love 00:06:26.639 --> 00:06:30.819 the 60s and 70s. stuff and we all kind of are 00:06:30.819 --> 00:06:33.300 influenced by that so it kind of the three of 00:06:33.300 --> 00:06:36.339 us have different um things that we listen to 00:06:36.339 --> 00:06:38.720 so it kind of comes out in that way when you 00:06:38.720 --> 00:06:40.639 kind of mash it together i guess and what about 00:06:40.639 --> 00:06:44.019 you two girls uh when it comes to let's go Naomi 00:06:44.019 --> 00:06:46.680 then i'll switch back to Karen uh what about 00:06:46.680 --> 00:06:49.019 stuff that you Naomi what were you you were listening 00:06:49.019 --> 00:06:50.920 to at home what did your parents have in their 00:06:50.920 --> 00:06:53.439 record or cd collections what what sort of stuff 00:06:53.439 --> 00:06:54.939 were you listening to before you bought your 00:06:54.939 --> 00:06:57.899 own stuff um well there's a lot of country stuff 00:06:58.939 --> 00:07:01.819 And in Ireland, I think there's quite, there's 00:07:01.819 --> 00:07:03.879 a lot of American country and old classic country 00:07:03.879 --> 00:07:06.740 and, and yeah, just stuff like the Beach Boys 00:07:06.740 --> 00:07:08.620 and stuff like that. Whatever was in the car, 00:07:08.620 --> 00:07:10.759 really. I mean, they weren't really like big, 00:07:10.879 --> 00:07:13.480 like music lovers like devout, like, you know, 00:07:13.579 --> 00:07:15.160 loads of record collections or anything like 00:07:15.160 --> 00:07:18.379 that. And yeah, and then more so when I went 00:07:18.379 --> 00:07:20.560 to school, I kind of discovered more stuff like, 00:07:20.560 --> 00:07:23.120 you know, Fleetwood Mac and Bob Dylan and all 00:07:23.120 --> 00:07:27.100 those bands from the 60s and 70s, really. But 00:07:27.100 --> 00:07:28.759 yeah. There was a lot of country growing up, 00:07:28.800 --> 00:07:32.180 I guess, which was which was nice. Sure. Karen, 00:07:32.259 --> 00:07:34.120 what about you? What was being played? What was 00:07:34.120 --> 00:07:36.019 in your parents' record collection and stuff? 00:07:36.019 --> 00:07:38.019 What was being played at home before you got 00:07:38.019 --> 00:07:40.779 into music yourself? Yeah, pretty much the same. 00:07:41.860 --> 00:07:46.360 My dad was playing Johnny Cash and Garth Brooks. 00:07:48.500 --> 00:07:53.180 But then my mum loved like the Bee Gees and, 00:07:53.180 --> 00:07:58.660 you know, people like that. And yeah. A lot of 00:07:58.660 --> 00:08:02.399 Elvis. Elvis. Yeah, she loved Elvis. Loads of 00:08:02.399 --> 00:08:07.459 different things. So, yeah, but then I discovered 00:08:07.459 --> 00:08:10.939 Fleetwood Mac and became a big fan of Bluegrass 00:08:10.939 --> 00:08:13.079 as well. I love Bluegrass, that's Alice in Christ 00:08:13.079 --> 00:08:17.300 and all that. So, yeah, different, all the songwriters 00:08:17.300 --> 00:08:19.819 as well from like the noddies, like Katie Tunstall 00:08:19.819 --> 00:08:22.220 and people when I was learning guitar when I 00:08:22.220 --> 00:08:24.560 was a teenager. So there's a little bit different 00:08:24.560 --> 00:08:26.949 influences coming in. Yeah sure, what about, 00:08:26.990 --> 00:08:29.310 I mean obviously Liverpool for a very long time, 00:08:29.670 --> 00:08:32.090 centuries and centuries, has been the first stop 00:08:32.090 --> 00:08:35.490 for Irish people getting off and arriving, being 00:08:35.490 --> 00:08:38.529 the first port of call, where they usually arrive 00:08:38.529 --> 00:08:42.230 from, or they did. So Irish influences, I can 00:08:42.230 --> 00:08:44.230 hear Irish influences, whether you think it's 00:08:44.230 --> 00:08:48.000 there or not. How strong an influence do you 00:08:48.000 --> 00:08:49.600 think, if you think about it? Oh yeah, okay. 00:08:49.940 --> 00:08:51.460 How much stronger influence do you think there 00:08:51.460 --> 00:08:52.940 is? I mean, you mentioned Fleetwood Mac and stuff 00:08:52.940 --> 00:08:56.220 like that and what you both got into. What sort 00:08:56.220 --> 00:08:57.820 of Irish influence do you think there is there, 00:08:57.940 --> 00:09:00.659 being Liverpool and everything else and such 00:09:00.659 --> 00:09:04.370 a strong Irish? front there I suppose you know 00:09:04.370 --> 00:09:06.250 a lot of Irish people live now they've gone through 00:09:06.250 --> 00:09:09.070 the through the docks and port live there for 00:09:09.070 --> 00:09:10.789 a while move through on their way to Kilburn 00:09:10.789 --> 00:09:13.110 or wherever it might be they're going to they've 00:09:13.110 --> 00:09:15.049 obviously left a mark so how strong do you think 00:09:15.049 --> 00:09:18.110 that might be? Yeah it's a sense of community 00:09:18.110 --> 00:09:20.789 I think and like you know Irish people just like 00:09:20.789 --> 00:09:22.409 getting in a room together and having a jam or 00:09:22.409 --> 00:09:25.730 whatever and that kind of stuff it's a bit stronger 00:09:25.730 --> 00:09:28.779 you know coming from from home and go on to like 00:09:28.779 --> 00:09:30.299 things like that and the pub and stuff you know 00:09:30.299 --> 00:09:32.159 we just like to to get in a room and sing together 00:09:32.159 --> 00:09:35.559 which probably um drawn us to start singing together 00:09:35.559 --> 00:09:38.159 in harmony as well probably maybe and also we 00:09:38.159 --> 00:09:40.620 get compared to the chorus a lot recently so 00:09:40.620 --> 00:09:43.779 they're irish really bad thing is it really they're 00:09:43.779 --> 00:09:47.620 all right sound good look good yeah made it now 00:09:47.620 --> 00:09:53.139 something right okay so we've got uh an ep uh 00:09:53.139 --> 00:09:54.899 which has got quite a lot of tracks on from the 00:09:54.899 --> 00:09:59.639 ep it's almost an LP isn't it or am i yeah I've 00:09:59.639 --> 00:10:01.559 actually had somebody I've interviewed in the 00:10:01.559 --> 00:10:05.559 past who came up with a six track LP and I thought 00:10:05.559 --> 00:10:08.960 I used to buy EPs that had six tracks, between 00:10:08.960 --> 00:10:12.960 four and six tracks. So a seven track EP is probably 00:10:12.960 --> 00:10:15.759 the biggest one I've ever dealt with, seriously 00:10:15.759 --> 00:10:19.519 by one track. So, signs in the rush of lights 00:10:19.519 --> 00:10:22.899 we got. What out of these, I'm looking at these 00:10:22.899 --> 00:10:25.240 seven tracks, how many of these have been singles 00:10:25.240 --> 00:10:28.919 so far? How many are going to be singles? I think 00:10:28.919 --> 00:10:31.480 all of them have been singles apart from Rosie, 00:10:31.559 --> 00:10:36.519 maybe. Yeah, I think so. Yeah. Yeah, we added 00:10:36.519 --> 00:10:40.159 Rosie on at the end, didn't we? So I think that 00:10:40.159 --> 00:10:42.360 was an extra. Was that an extra add on kind of 00:10:42.360 --> 00:10:45.259 thing? Yeah. We're going to be six and then we 00:10:45.259 --> 00:10:48.429 had... that so we it wasn't on a wasn't on a 00:10:48.429 --> 00:10:49.909 compilation so we thought we'd put that on as 00:10:49.909 --> 00:10:52.990 well and then it became I think nowadays nowadays 00:10:52.990 --> 00:10:55.289 you kind of to release them all as singles just 00:10:55.289 --> 00:10:57.750 kind of helps get the tracks out there because 00:10:57.750 --> 00:11:00.009 you know people like to listen to to just you 00:11:00.009 --> 00:11:02.389 know if you put out an EP altogether there's 00:11:02.389 --> 00:11:04.529 a risk that you know some of the songs you know 00:11:04.529 --> 00:11:06.470 might not get as much traction so we decided 00:11:06.470 --> 00:11:09.649 to do them all as singles and then why was the 00:11:09.649 --> 00:11:14.190 last one which we released in March Are all these 00:11:14.190 --> 00:11:18.870 songs, all seven of the songs, are they all real 00:11:18.870 --> 00:11:23.990 life experiences from any one of you three and 00:11:23.990 --> 00:11:25.789 then you take to put it on the table to the rest 00:11:25.789 --> 00:11:28.429 of the others? I mean, are they all real life 00:11:28.429 --> 00:11:31.750 experiences or do you just sit down and write 00:11:31.750 --> 00:11:34.149 songs and jam and come up with something? How 00:11:34.149 --> 00:11:36.250 does it really work in general for you guys? 00:11:42.730 --> 00:11:48.070 I think those ones probably are a bit autobiographical. 00:11:49.909 --> 00:11:55.210 But then I think there's one that Rob did maybe 00:11:55.210 --> 00:11:59.889 from a book, an idea from a book. But yeah, sometimes 00:11:59.889 --> 00:12:04.990 you might start with lyrics or an idea that you 00:12:04.990 --> 00:12:06.750 had personally and then it can change into something 00:12:06.750 --> 00:12:10.610 else as well. in particular, more of a kind of 00:12:10.610 --> 00:12:12.610 personal on this one, because I think I just 00:12:12.610 --> 00:12:14.490 kind of made random stuff up for the two that 00:12:14.490 --> 00:12:18.429 I wrote. Fantastic. 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And then of course, COVID happened and 00:15:28.720 --> 00:15:30.580 then we kind of stalled a little bit and then 00:15:30.580 --> 00:15:33.419 we did the album in lockdown and the first album 00:15:33.419 --> 00:15:36.620 and that came out in 2022. So we just, then we 00:15:36.620 --> 00:15:39.299 released another EP in 2024 and then this is 00:15:39.299 --> 00:15:44.100 the second EP. So yeah, we have plans for an 00:15:44.100 --> 00:15:45.899 album as well. We're going to start working on 00:15:45.899 --> 00:15:49.299 an album hopefully this year. That's the next 00:15:49.299 --> 00:15:53.299 thing. Okay, let's get Naomi. I couldn't just 00:15:53.299 --> 00:15:55.580 keep blurting it out. I mean what I love when 00:15:55.580 --> 00:15:59.419 I've got like two people now in different zooms, 00:15:59.679 --> 00:16:01.679 it's quite great. I've blurted out a question. 00:16:02.169 --> 00:16:04.529 And what I really like is someone say yes, someone 00:16:04.529 --> 00:16:12.029 say no to a question. Pass it on. So yeah, well, 00:16:12.049 --> 00:16:14.070 it is working out because you guys will see that 00:16:14.070 --> 00:16:15.950 you know what you're doing. But that's just quite 00:16:15.950 --> 00:16:19.409 funny when that happens. Let's ask Naomi. Right, 00:16:19.710 --> 00:16:22.909 Naomi. So you guys were jamming around, like 00:16:22.909 --> 00:16:26.730 Karen says, and for quite a while. Whose idea 00:16:26.730 --> 00:16:30.210 was it? to say, right, we're former band, we're 00:16:30.210 --> 00:16:32.330 always working together, we work well together, 00:16:34.309 --> 00:16:37.149 let's form a band, let's make it permanent. Whose 00:16:37.149 --> 00:16:39.450 idea was that actually to do that? I don't know. 00:16:39.590 --> 00:16:41.850 I don't even know if the band came first or if 00:16:41.850 --> 00:16:43.909 we just decided to record stuff together because, 00:16:44.370 --> 00:16:47.110 well, I knew Karn before I knew Rob, really, 00:16:47.190 --> 00:16:49.679 and then Karn knew Rob. And then we all knew 00:16:49.679 --> 00:16:51.500 each other in pairs. And then I think when the 00:16:51.500 --> 00:16:54.220 three of us came together, I can't even remember 00:16:54.220 --> 00:16:55.759 now. There's probably a lot of Guinness going 00:16:55.759 --> 00:16:59.559 around back then. I think we decided to record 00:16:59.559 --> 00:17:03.200 songs. And then I think we did a lot of playing 00:17:03.200 --> 00:17:04.940 together in the bars and stuff. So that was kind 00:17:04.940 --> 00:17:06.839 of like a way of making money and stuff. So I 00:17:06.839 --> 00:17:09.299 guess when we did that so often, we thought, 00:17:09.480 --> 00:17:12.970 well, maybe we could... released some music under 00:17:12.970 --> 00:17:15.170 this, you know, umbrella. I don't really know 00:17:15.170 --> 00:17:16.890 as such whose idea it was, but I think it just 00:17:16.890 --> 00:17:19.009 kind of happened more naturally. But yeah, it 00:17:19.009 --> 00:17:22.289 was just, you know, we all had songs, you know, 00:17:22.450 --> 00:17:25.470 separately. So eventually released them. And 00:17:25.470 --> 00:17:28.069 then I think that led to there was a band whether 00:17:28.069 --> 00:17:32.099 we wanted it or not. I think probably but what 00:17:32.099 --> 00:17:34.160 I say because I've been doing radio since the 00:17:34.160 --> 00:17:37.519 80s actually and naturally formed bands rather 00:17:37.519 --> 00:17:39.460 than ones that would be more as forced together 00:17:39.460 --> 00:17:43.039 naturally formed bands do tend to last a lot 00:17:43.039 --> 00:17:46.880 longer and go on and on and on and on and I do 00:17:46.880 --> 00:17:50.200 you fight that you know from looking in and interviewing 00:17:50.200 --> 00:17:53.440 many people over the years so yeah because it's 00:17:53.440 --> 00:17:55.279 natural You know, you guys have naturally, you 00:17:55.279 --> 00:17:59.000 know, things will happen in your lives. One or 00:17:59.000 --> 00:18:02.119 both of you, all three of you will raise families 00:18:02.119 --> 00:18:03.740 and things will happen, then you might go back. 00:18:03.920 --> 00:18:06.640 You know, things will happen, but there's potential 00:18:06.640 --> 00:18:09.279 for it to be almost a lifelong thing if it's 00:18:09.279 --> 00:18:12.400 a natural formation. I do think that. Yeah, hopefully. 00:18:12.680 --> 00:18:15.680 Thank you, yeah, hope so, yeah. So depending 00:18:15.680 --> 00:18:17.960 how long I hang on for, we could be talking for 00:18:17.960 --> 00:18:23.099 decades yet, you know. Let's hope so. Let's talk 00:18:23.099 --> 00:18:25.619 about, you sound quite exciting and the music 00:18:25.619 --> 00:18:28.480 you're into and the music you play, so let's 00:18:28.480 --> 00:18:30.960 talk about festivals. What sort of festivals 00:18:30.960 --> 00:18:33.279 are you doing this year or are you planning festivals 00:18:33.279 --> 00:18:37.039 in the future? Yeah, we just did Beardy Folk, 00:18:37.039 --> 00:18:38.619 which was nice. That was the first time we've 00:18:38.619 --> 00:18:40.140 ever played that one. Don't know if you know 00:18:40.140 --> 00:18:42.930 it. I've heard of it, haven't been yet. Yeah, 00:18:43.089 --> 00:18:50.549 it's it was it. Where was that again? Um. And 00:18:50.549 --> 00:18:53.690 it was like, yeah, it used to be called Hole 00:18:53.690 --> 00:18:55.190 in the Wall Festival, but that was a good one 00:18:55.190 --> 00:18:57.309 because sadly Red Wrister was cancelled this 00:18:57.309 --> 00:18:59.410 year, which is one that we've done a couple of 00:18:59.410 --> 00:19:01.609 years and we've done Black Deer Festival before. 00:19:01.630 --> 00:19:05.630 That was a great one. When Cheryl Crowe was headlining 00:19:05.630 --> 00:19:09.269 and also we've played, well, obviously country 00:19:09.269 --> 00:19:12.589 to country this year, which was great. But yeah, 00:19:13.150 --> 00:19:16.329 there's some great Americana festivals. So hopefully 00:19:16.329 --> 00:19:18.190 next year we'll be able to do more and even get 00:19:18.190 --> 00:19:19.910 on to even some more mainstream ones as well. 00:19:20.170 --> 00:19:24.509 I love a good festival. Yeah, yeah. Well, a bit 00:19:24.509 --> 00:19:26.930 of a bit of Glastonbury maybe sometime. Yeah, 00:19:27.009 --> 00:19:30.950 that'd be nice. The big family one up in Suffolk. 00:19:31.049 --> 00:19:32.569 That's a whole long weekend at the end of August. 00:19:32.710 --> 00:19:37.650 That's a good one. They invite me to compare 00:19:37.650 --> 00:19:41.940 every few years. So they haven't asked me yet 00:19:41.940 --> 00:19:43.740 this year, so if they do ask me I'll have to 00:19:43.740 --> 00:19:45.279 remember what it's called and turn up at the 00:19:45.279 --> 00:19:52.920 right place. Cool, absolutely, I can introduce 00:19:52.920 --> 00:19:59.240 you on stage. So we talk about an album, you 00:19:59.240 --> 00:20:01.380 mentioned that that's sort of like the next plan 00:20:01.380 --> 00:20:06.460 maybe. Let's jump ahead a little bit more. Let's 00:20:06.460 --> 00:20:10.180 say we are having a chat in June or July next 00:20:10.180 --> 00:20:12.519 year. Well, talk about the album. You're obviously 00:20:12.519 --> 00:20:14.559 hoping the album might be completed now by then. 00:20:14.859 --> 00:20:17.460 What else would you like to be telling me and 00:20:17.460 --> 00:20:19.319 the listeners on Chatterbox that you've achieved? 00:20:21.480 --> 00:20:22.980 I don't know who goes first, but you can both 00:20:22.980 --> 00:20:28.500 answer it. I don't know. That's tough. I think 00:20:28.500 --> 00:20:32.630 Glastonbury would be amazing to play. even if 00:20:32.630 --> 00:20:35.589 it's a tiny, tiny stage in the corner, to go 00:20:35.589 --> 00:20:39.349 and play would be a great thing for us and probably 00:20:39.349 --> 00:20:42.130 on the bucket list as well. So that would be 00:20:42.130 --> 00:20:45.410 good. Yeah, I've never been to Glastonbury, I'd 00:20:45.410 --> 00:20:51.609 love to go. It's very muddy. Probably another 00:20:51.609 --> 00:20:54.390 tour as well, a UK, Ireland, maybe even Europe 00:20:54.390 --> 00:20:57.690 tour, that'd be nice. Yeah, a good support tour 00:20:57.690 --> 00:21:00.960 would be something we're good to... to support 00:21:00.960 --> 00:21:03.460 somebody a little bigger would be great as well. 00:21:03.640 --> 00:21:08.599 Yeah, sure, sure. Excluding perhaps Liverpool, 00:21:09.660 --> 00:21:11.240 maybe, but as you're going around the country, 00:21:11.420 --> 00:21:14.299 around Ireland and places, is there a particular 00:21:14.299 --> 00:21:18.400 region or area where you feel you're more popular 00:21:18.400 --> 00:21:21.380 than others that really reach out for you? Or 00:21:21.380 --> 00:21:25.940 are you reaching out across the whole UK, perhaps, 00:21:26.039 --> 00:21:30.390 and Ireland as a whole? It's the same sort of 00:21:30.390 --> 00:21:33.710 popularity, perhaps, all over. I don't know. 00:21:33.769 --> 00:21:36.269 I think, like Naomi said, when we go down south, 00:21:36.369 --> 00:21:41.390 we always get, you know, a good crowd, like, 00:21:41.410 --> 00:21:44.529 you know, a large, large crowd. And, you know, 00:21:44.609 --> 00:21:46.670 there's definitely more of an audience for this 00:21:46.670 --> 00:21:50.650 kind of stuff down there, I think. We went down 00:21:50.650 --> 00:21:54.210 to, yeah, like Norfolk and Suffolk and stuff. 00:21:55.309 --> 00:21:57.349 And, yeah, there seems to be a big Americana 00:21:57.349 --> 00:22:03.210 scene. We had a couple of shows in London as 00:22:03.210 --> 00:22:04.869 well, on the Green Note in Camden, and that was 00:22:04.869 --> 00:22:12.650 a lovely venue as well. Getting heard in London 00:22:12.650 --> 00:22:14.750 is not a bad thing at all, is it? Yeah, I know 00:22:14.750 --> 00:22:21.880 it's really bad. Let's see what we've got coming 00:22:21.880 --> 00:22:24.380 up. I'm looking at your UK tour dates at the 00:22:24.380 --> 00:22:26.160 moment. Let's actually get onto your website. 00:22:26.259 --> 00:22:29.000 That'd be better. So we do social media before 00:22:29.000 --> 00:22:35.000 we let you go. So we've got www .motel -sundown 00:22:35.000 --> 00:22:40.299 .co .uk. I know I saw something here. So yeah. 00:22:41.039 --> 00:22:43.960 So we've got a tour dates always announced on 00:22:43.960 --> 00:22:46.759 there. Something here on the 9th of October. 00:22:46.920 --> 00:22:49.660 I'm sure I saw somewhere on Lisa Dave's... promotions 00:22:49.660 --> 00:22:52.220 that you had some other stuff booked up somewhere 00:22:52.220 --> 00:22:55.940 um yeah well i think we might have done those 00:22:55.940 --> 00:23:00.859 since so we had yeah we had the beardy folk festival 00:23:00.859 --> 00:23:03.640 and and we also did a nice gig recently in chester 00:23:03.640 --> 00:23:06.759 which was the story house lantern sessions which 00:23:06.759 --> 00:23:10.200 was um it's an event that they put on every month 00:23:10.910 --> 00:23:14.170 So that was great. And then we've also done one 00:23:14.170 --> 00:23:16.529 more since I think it was maybe London as well. 00:23:16.650 --> 00:23:18.369 We did, like Karen mentioned, we did the Green 00:23:18.369 --> 00:23:21.490 Note. Yeah, yeah. But we're actually working 00:23:21.490 --> 00:23:25.390 on a tour at the minute for October. So we're 00:23:25.390 --> 00:23:26.710 going to be putting some dates together, like 00:23:26.710 --> 00:23:30.009 that Liverpool date. So, yeah. That could be 00:23:30.009 --> 00:23:32.890 our next chat. That could be our next chat, what 00:23:32.890 --> 00:23:35.940 you're doing outside with it maybe. Yeah. Okay 00:23:35.940 --> 00:23:39.059 so anyway I mentioned the website motelsundown 00:23:39.059 --> 00:23:43.589 .co .uk if we click on that I did notice that 00:23:43.589 --> 00:23:45.930 you got some just underneath the picture on the 00:23:45.930 --> 00:23:48.190 home page of all three of you nice venue there 00:23:48.190 --> 00:23:50.750 where is that actually on the home page it's 00:23:50.750 --> 00:23:53.029 lovely it looks like so panels all over the ceiling 00:23:53.029 --> 00:23:55.109 and the wall oh that's that's probably st peter's 00:23:55.109 --> 00:23:57.809 tavern in liverpool yeah it's like pictures taken 00:23:57.809 --> 00:24:00.569 recently actually beautiful the photographer's 00:24:00.569 --> 00:24:02.730 so good but yeah it's it's like an old church 00:24:02.730 --> 00:24:04.849 and it used to be a nightclub and now it's like 00:24:04.849 --> 00:24:07.789 a bar but yeah it's really really beautiful inside 00:24:08.200 --> 00:24:11.400 yeah absolutely absolutely uh so anyway yeah 00:24:11.400 --> 00:24:14.000 so we get onto your uh your website home page 00:24:14.000 --> 00:24:16.059 under that beautiful picture and all your links 00:24:16.059 --> 00:24:18.559 to all your social media is there anyway your 00:24:18.559 --> 00:24:20.640 instagram your facebook facebook twitter it's 00:24:20.640 --> 00:24:23.299 all there so basically all someone's got to remember 00:24:23.299 --> 00:24:27.519 is uh is yeah motel sundown .co .uk and rather 00:24:27.519 --> 00:24:29.319 than read it all out it's all there underneath 00:24:29.319 --> 00:24:30.700 that picture just click on it and you're going 00:24:30.700 --> 00:24:33.559 straight there so that's all good yeah easy yeah 00:24:33.559 --> 00:24:36.839 yeah uh great meeting you guys wish you every 00:24:36.839 --> 00:24:41.819 success with the EP, the singles and whatever 00:24:41.819 --> 00:24:45.160 else you're doing, you know through the summer 00:24:45.160 --> 00:24:47.140 with the LP, everything in October, hopefully 00:24:47.140 --> 00:24:49.799 we can catch up about that time, have an update 00:24:49.799 --> 00:24:52.359 and then you could tell us more about the album 00:24:52.359 --> 00:24:54.319 then couldn't you, because you'll definitely 00:24:54.319 --> 00:24:57.119 be writing loads for it then. Definitely yeah, 00:24:57.259 --> 00:25:00.460 hopefully yeah. Yeah, but in the meantime, it's 00:25:00.460 --> 00:25:02.339 great meeting you. It's great being able to share 00:25:02.339 --> 00:25:04.579 some of your songs with the Chats Box audience 00:25:04.579 --> 00:25:07.339 and the member stations. And yeah, Karen and 00:25:07.339 --> 00:25:10.039 Naomi. Thanks for coming on. Great to meet you. 00:25:10.119 --> 00:25:14.000 Thank you so much. Thank you. Bye. Thank you. 00:25:48.720 --> 00:25:51.119 You've been listening to the Chatterbox Redux 00:25:51.119 --> 00:25:54.119 podcast and today our special guests were Karen 00:25:54.119 --> 00:26:00.079 Turley and Naomi Campbell of Motel Sundown. 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