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Heathen Apostles to Headline UK Roots Festival Rustic Stomp

Heathen Apostles to Headline UK Roots Festival Rustic StompThe Heathen Apostles are excited to play their first UK roots festival appearance of 2025, and one near and dear to them, The Rustic Stomp 2025. Hawkeye Houlihan and team always put on a great show, and this year they have the added firepower of Muddy Roots. They’ll be playing on Saturday, 12 July, but the entire festival will be a blast, see you there!

From Rustic Stomp: “And Boom , here it is, the first release of our line up for The Rustic Stomp 2025 . A sweet banger of local, national and international Roots centered music. Some you’ll know, some you won’t, and that’s the joy of it. The known and the unknown. Come explore our heady collection of Roots music as we jostle from Bluegrass to Western Swing, from Cajun to Hoedown, to heart felt ballad to shin kicking, full-on stompin. Bring your Shiny Boots to the only Muddy Roots Music Festival based in England. And it’s in Dorset too – yeehaw..!

Heathen Apostles to Headline UK Roots Festival Rustic Stomp“Rustic Stomp is a unique music festival that brings together the best of Americana music, alternative and traditional music. Founded in 1999, the festival has grown to include the popular Wonkydonk, Dark Holler and Acoustic Movement events and is a member of The Muddy Roots network of international festivals. We are committed to providing a platform for emerging and established artists to showcase their talent while giving back to the community through our charity events. Join us for an unforgettable musical experience

Heathen Apostles to Headline UK Roots Festival Rustic StompAt Rustic Stomp, we celebrate roots revival music and its history and culture. Our event is a three-day extravaganza held annually on the Friday, Saturday and Sunday of Week 28. We currently have four stages with over 60 acts performing, giving you the full spectrum of musical genres to enjoy. There’s also plenty of food, bars, and a wellbeing and glamping provision, plus entertainment for the kids and lots of impromptu performances. Come join us at Rustic Stomp for an unforgettable music experience!”

January 29, 2025 | Categories: LIVE DATES | Tags: | Comments Off on Heathen Apostles to Headline UK Roots Festival Rustic Stomp

Sean Cheetham on his Heathen Apostles Western Goth Painting

On a recent episode of Double Wolf TV, Wayne Wilson spoke to fine artist Sean Cheetham about his Western Goth painting “There in the ground, my buried heart” and “All of our vows, in death did part” (featuring Mather Louth and Chopper Franklin of the Heathen Apostles), as well as his other oil paintings “Coach Robbers”, “Let It Burn”, and “Game Over”. They also spoke about the upcoming year and then take a look at some of his work, showing a few of Sean’s oil paintings as well as the work he has done on knives.

Sean Cheetham was born in 1977 in San Francisco, studied at the College of San Mateo, in California, and earned a B.F.A. degree with honors from Art Center College of Design, in Pasadena, California. His paintings have been included in numerous significant exhibitions internationally including the National Portrait Gallery in London. He has a devoted following of collectors and art students that are inspired by his work and distinctive technique. Primarily a figurative painter, Sean is known for his technical prowess in achieving accuracy and harmony in his alla prima paintings which he credits to a deep understanding of drawing and his own system of mixing colors which he uses adeptly to govern shadows, midtones and highlights. In addition to having an exceptional ability to understand, draw, and paint the human form, Cheetham’s selection of subjects typically in familiar urban scenes contributes a truthful and often raw spirit that makes his work distinctive and a contemporary testimony of our time.

Heathen Apostles Western Goth Painting

January 17, 2025 | Categories: NEWS | Tags: | Comments Off on Sean Cheetham on his Heathen Apostles Western Goth Painting

Chopper Franklin and the Heathen Apostles on Best Post Punk of 2024 List

Ratchet Blade Records, Chopper Franklin and the Heathen Apostles are very pleased to have their 2024 albums on this Best Post Punk of 2024 list; “The In Between” album at #8 on the Post Punk Monk Best of 2024 list, and the Heathen’s Chopper Franklin’s “Spaghetti Western Dub No. 1” was tied for #1! Check out the full list HERE.

Chopper Franklin - Best Post Punk of 2024 list

From the site:
“And I have thrown out the rule book this year and named two albums as my 2024 album[s] of the year. I knew right off the bat when these two titles entered my world in early 2024, that they were the ones to beat in the long haul to my year-end list in the top position. As I’ve played each of them countless times this year, I cannot in good conscience pick a favorite from these two. Chopper Franklin was occupying two slots in the top ten; one more with his primary gig, The Heathen Apostles. They were new to my ears but have been around for a while and are doing it right.”

 

1. Yama Uba: Silhouhettes –TIE – Chopper Franklin: Spaghetti Western Dub Vol. 1
2. Visage: Live 2013/The Prague Sessions
3. Les Longs Adieux: Vertigo
4. Ductape: Echo Drama
5. Blow Monkeys: Together/Alone
6. Pet Shop Boys: Nonetheless
7. John Cale: POPtical Illusion
8. The Heathen Apostles: The In-Between
9. The Metamorph: Tecton
10. Modern English: 1 2 3 4
11. Head Noise: Twisted Histories
12. A Certain Ratio: It All Comes Down To This
13. Al Stewart + The Empty Pockets: Live
14. The Metamorph: Zenith
15. Attrition: Black Mariah
16. And Also The Trees: Mother Of Pearl Moon
17. Greg Lisher: Underwater Detection Method
18. Office For Personal Development: Doing. Is. Thinking.

Chopper Franklin - Best Post Punk of 2024 list

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January 2, 2025 | Categories: NEWS | Tags: | Comments Off on Chopper Franklin and the Heathen Apostles on Best Post Punk of 2024 List

Heathen Apostles Confirmed for Rebellion Festival 2025

Heathen Apostles have been confirmed for Rebellion Festival 2025 on 7th – 10th August (the band’s actual appearance date is to be determined). And what better location to bring the band’s y’allternative bloodgrass music to than the Almost Acoustic stage? Also appearing will be headliners The Damned and Public Image Limited, as well as HR from the Bad Brains. This appearance will be part of the Heathen Apostle’s July 2025 UK tour, which will begin on July 10th, which will follow their EU tour of June 2025.

Heathen Apostles - Rebellion Festival 2025

The Rebellion Festival’s line-up is booked over the course of the entire year, and as we get nearer to the festival bands are put into days, then a few weeks before, they announce the stages / times. Check out the LINE UP page to see the current confirmed bands. It’s going to be a hell of a weekend! Grab your tickets HERE and stay tuned for set time information as it drops.

From Rebellion Festival: “Rebellion Festival is the largest INDEPENDENT Punk / Alternative music festival in the world. Rebellion is an indoor festival held over 4 days every August in the wonderful WINTER GARDENS in the seaside town of Blackpool. Lots of venues, cafes, bars under one roof – no need to worry about umbrellas or the great British weather affecting the festival!! The global punk community gather here for the social event of the year; many treat it as a main holiday and come every year so there is a very familiar feel to the weekend and it’s like one big family – all 8000 of us! The event is all ages and family friendly. Alongside the 300+ bands playing, there is an Art & Craft market, a Literary Festival in the wonderful new conference centre and many merch stalls selling music, clothes, memorabilia and of course the bands products too. Oh yeah, and there is PUNK ROCK BINGO and RAT BOYS MAGIC SHOW every day.”

Heathen Apostles - Rebellion Festival 2025

December 14, 2024 | Categories: LIVE DATES | Tags: | Comments Off on Heathen Apostles Confirmed for Rebellion Festival 2025

Heathen Apostles to Play Roots in the Jar / Muddy Roots Festival

Philip Vandendriessche’s ROOTS IN THE JAR came to life in June 2020, it was an online music festival with 3 days of roots music, Gothic Americana, honky tonk, country, blues, bluegrass and gospel. during the COVID-19 pandemic. After a successful first edition of the online festival, four more editions followed. Inspired by this success, Philip envisioned a live Roots in the Jar Festival, and the Heathen Apostles were among the first bands announced for the June 8th date. Recently, it was revealed that there would be a Roots in the Jar / Muddy Roots festival partnership.

Heathen Apostles to Play Roots in the Jar / Muddy Roots festival

The Muddy Roots Announcement:
Muddy Roots was always supposed to be a bridge between scenes, genres, and art communities. It has no borders. It can not be confined to a venue.
Here’s the BIG NEWS!! Muddy Roots will carry on the original mission to spread the Muddy Roots Gospel. That means we are here to build up and support other promoters and bands. Events all over will be officially supported, consulted, and backed by Muddy Roots.
Roots In The Jar festival started planning their event recently. The bands that were announced sure felt closer to the earlier MRE lineups, so naturally, it caught our eye.. You could see the fighting spirit this new promoter had and the energy the bands were going to bring to his field. It’s quite common for people in our scenes to create their own festivals. Which means we knew Philip from coming to MRE. What a perfect fit for a new partnership. (Not under Galaz Events & Trading Co. which was established to do MRE at Cowboy Up) This event is owned by Philip, but backed and supported by us.
Join us in Belgium June 6-9, 2025 at “ROOTS IN THE JAR,” Farm Fest! We’ll get more info on the site this week. Tickets can be purchased through Philip HERE

Heathen Apostles to Play Roots in the Jar / Muddy Roots festival

December 5, 2024 | Categories: LIVE DATES | Comments Off on Heathen Apostles to Play Roots in the Jar / Muddy Roots Festival

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