FRANKIE & KELLY
Blog Updates
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About yesterday… where do we even start?
Around 3 months ago, the idea came about of hosting our own country boozy brunch. We know we have family and friends who have supported us since going live, but organising this was a bit of uncharted waters for us, and we weren’t sure yet of the response we would get for a brunch event…
So, with the help of Simon Preece and Food Creations at Almondvale Stadium, we went for it!
We needn’t have worried… because the response was overwhelming, and we had the absolute pleasure of putting on our brunch to a completely SOLD OUT, amazing audience.
These events are all about the people in attendance, they make it what it is - and what a day we had yesterday! The turn out was phenomenal, as well as the food, the company and of course the entertainment.
A special thanks to these amazing people:
- Simon, Lisa, Erica, Brian and everyone else at food creations at the Almondvale Suite
- Laura, our amazing Line Dance instructor and her helpers Charlie & Del
- Dawn and Barry, who brought and ran our buckin’ bronco for the day
The biggest thank you goes to every single person who attended Wild West Lothian - Boots, Booze & Brunch - yesterday was YOUR day and was a complete success because of you
Frankie & Kelly x
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Sales for Wild West Lothian - Boots Booze & Brunch have now CLOSED!
We are now counting down the days until this event and we cannot wait!
A huge thank you to each and every person who has purchased tickets and are attending, we can’t wait to see y’all there!
Please note that tickets for this event are NOT available for purchase on the day.
Thank you all again, see you on Saturday for a Wild West Lothian Country Party!
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NEW MERCHANDISE ALERT!
We are delighted to post a first look at our stunning new ‘taking country around the country’ trucker caps
these will be available at our brunch next Saturday for purchase, and future upcoming gigs (along with our latest re-stock of Neckerchiefs & cowboy hats too)!
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Unbelievable day today at Murrayfield Hotel & House playing their pre-show party for Zach Bryan!
The vibes were absolutely unmatched and what a crowd - we had the best day, thank you to everyone who came along and we hope you all enjoy the concert - we'll see some of you next month for Luke Combs!
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We had a fantastic time playing for the In-Touch Jane Moore Trust Rodeo Fundraiser last night at The Royal Bar in Bathgate. What a great turn out and a great amount of money raised for a wonderful cause. Thank you to all at The Jane Moore Trust for choosing us to come along and entertain you for this evening raising funds for something so important.
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We are so excited to announce this as we have been working hard behind the scenes for a number of weeks on it …
WILD WEST LOTHIAN - BOOTS, BOOZE & BRUNCH
Our very first Country, Boozy Brunch - in association with Food Creations
Tickets and event details are available now at this link:
https://www.trybooking.com/uk/events/landing/113004
Grab the girls, grab your hat, your cowboy mates, your granny, and let’s have a proper hoedown and make this the best country day out
Birthdays? Hen do? Special occasion?
Message us directly after booking and we’ll help make it extra special!
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Are you heading to see Zach Bryan at Murrayfield this June? Then look no further for the ultimate pre-show country party We are delighted to say we will be at The Murrayfield Hotel from 3:30pm, getting you warmed up for the concert with live country music, and a great atmosphere!
The venue is right across from the stadium, and will be serving up a specially curated menu with country-inspired favourites, ice-cold drinks and there is even free parking too. All this with entertainment from us, what better start can you ask for?!
Thank you to The Murrayfield Hotel for this opportunity
We can’t wait for this one!
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What a fantastic gig we had at The Clachan, Baillieston last night! The pub was absolutely packed and the dance-floor full all night long! We cannot wait to be back to entertain you all again in August!
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We were absolutely blown away by the turnout and the reaction at The Tower Bar on Saturday! It’s always a privilege to play our local and it never disappoints! A special thank you from us both to everyone who turned up, sang and line-danced the night away with us! The constant support from you all does not go unnoticed. We’ll see you again in October, Tower!
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We had the most wonderful time entertaining the lovely residents of Rosemount Gardens today. A first for us for this type of gig, and what a great time we had - as did the residents. They particularly enjoyed the classic country tunes and it was great to see you all up line dancing - especially to some of our own original songs!
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What a night playing at The Glen Tavern yesterday for their launch party! An amazing atmosphere and a brilliant crowd in what is sure to be a great venue in the heart of Dunfermline. Get yourselves along to their beautiful bar/restaurant - you won’t regret it! Thank you again to Ken & Robert for asking us to come along and entertain you, and for the excellent turnout - we will be back to see you again!
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What a turn out and a fantastic crowd last night for our gig at Broxburn Bowling & Social Club.
Some amazing money was raised for both Camelon 2010 Junior Football Club & Broxburn Bowling Club itself - a show of how fantastic the invaluable members and attendees of the bowling club are. Everyone was on their feet dancing, singing and making the most of the night - we hope everyone enjoyed themselves - you were a WONDERFUL audience to play to!
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DON’T TURN ME LOOSE - OUT NOW
Our new single is now available on all major streaming platforms for you to listen now!As with all of our music, we are incredibly proud of this song and hope you love it just as much as we do. A fun, catchy country tune that will be sure to get your dancing feet moving. This song came about when we were rehearsing one night, and Frankie was playing a song on the guitar when I turned around and asked him ‘play that again, what is that?!’ And he did, and told me it was a song he had written 30+ years ago. We both knew from the moment we both had the same reaction to it that it had to become an upcoming project for us, and we gave it a new lease of life which turned into this phenomenal production. We hope you love Don't Turn Me Loose!
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Back in the studio - recording some Frankie & Kelly originals! We have been working on some new original music which we are so excited to release next year. The first of which we plan to release in January, and we can't wait for you to hear them. As always, working with our producer Frazer is an absolute pleasure, and this time we've of course involved our extremely talented Pedal Steer Guitar player John LeMaster - our completed projects just wouldn't be the same without his steel takes. We're also delighted to have been introduced to Amy Daves, an equally talented fiddle player, and we can safely say she's also blown us away - keep your eyes peeled for the release of our latest track.
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What a whirlwind of a weekend! Despite plans we alread had, we were asked to play The Tower Bar due to cancellation and were happy to be two-steppin in. Considering the short notice for our performance, what a fantastic night it was. We were also delighted to see people specifically turn up when they heard we were standing in. Thank you so much for coming along, your continued support means so much to us both. We hope everyone in attendance had as good a night as we had, and thank you to The Tower Bar for asking us to stand in - it was our pleasure.
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What an incredible night we had last night at Bankton Mains Bowling Club playing to our sold out audience of Laura's Line Dance Class! A fantastic turn out for an incredible festive celebration, well organised by everyone involved, great food, great compan and great entertainment, along with money raised for charities too. Thank you to everyone who came along and danced the night away with us! We have had an incredible run since going live this summer and what a night to end our live performances for the year. We are looking forward to spending time songwriting and working on some new Frankie & Kelly originals to wrap up the year.
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Winchburgh Bowling Club welcomed us for a country and christmas evening with Frankie & Kelly and had a fantastic night! A huge thank you to everyone who braved the dreadful weather to come along and support us! It was great to perform some Christmas songs, country style, and we had a wonderful response to our original songs played that evening, which means so much to us both.
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We recently had the pleasure of entertaining to a sold out venue in Broxburn - Arrowz Sports Lounge! The crowd were absolutley fantastic and the venue is brilliant, would recommend to anyone! Everyone in attendance had so many kind things to say to us and the owners and bar staff made the place a proper hoedown with decor, themed drinks and snacks too! So many people were up singing, line-dancing and just having an all-round great time. We can't wait to come back and entertain you again, Arrowz!
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We had the absolute honour of entertaining the members of The Royal Burgess Golfing Society of Edinburgh last night, and had a fantastic night. The evening was organised and themed by the society themselves, and our guests sat down to an exquisite 'chuck wagon' themed meal, along with perfectly paired drinks, before coming to be entertained by us in the absolutely stunning Dining Hall of the clubhouse. The venue is nothing short of spectacular, as was the audience. From line-dance tuition to beautiful slow dances, the night was full of country classics and the feedback from our audience tells us that they had a fantastic evening, as did we, and we can't wait to come back soon.
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The Tower Bar - WOW! What a night. The pub was absolutley packed full - regular pub visitors and new faces we've never seen before alike, and the place was jumping all night long. Every song had a fantastic reaction from our audience, with many requests coming through which we were able to accomodate and perform. Overall, the feedback has been outstanding, with two dates secured at the same venue for next year, they are sure to be just as amazing nights as the one we had last night. Thank you to everyone at The Tower who made the night what it was, and apologies that we were not able to thank every single person in person. We LOVED it, and we love The Tower.
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After an incredibly successful gig at The Murray Bar last month, we have been so excited to prepare for our gig coming up this weekend at The Tower Bar, our local bar, where a lot of our friends and loved ones spend time and have a drink together whenever life allows. We are very much looking forward to entertaining the regular visitors to The Tower Bar, along with any new faces we've heard are very excited for The Tower's very first country night.
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This weekend, we played The Murray Bar, Polbeth, and had a fantastic night. Getting to perform for a brand new audience again is always the best experience and to have the response we do with people up singing, dancing and having a fantastic time is exactly why we're doing this. Once one gig ends, we are counting down the days until the next. We have plenty more performances coming up which we are looking forward to, and hope to be in a venue near you soon!
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A very exciting blog update today as we are so pleased to say our first gig in The Tower Bar function suite went amazing! An incredible reception from an even better audience, made all of the hard work worthwhile. From classic country covers, to modern country songs, playing our OWN music live for the first time, and even a little bit of line dancing here and there, it was surely a night to remember for all involved, and especially us. The journey continues!
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Rehearsals are in full swing for us recently, with our first batch of live gigs planned in the coming weeks. We are very grateful to our friends at The Tower Bar, Livingston, who allow us to use their function suite wherever possible for us to fit some rehearsals in, in a venue with our equipment. We have a gig planned for a 50th & 60th Birthday party in said function suite coming up, which we cannot wait for. For right now, one of our mottos is very relevant: REHEARSE, REFINE, REPEAT!
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Whilst rehearsing for our live debut later this year, we've been working on improving and updating our equipment to be of the highest standard possible, including microphones, PA, and more. We have some phenomenal guitars including a gorgeous EKO 12 string and semi acoustic ovation applause, which features on all of our latest releases, however, we knew it was time to add a new baby to the guitar family, and what a guitar it is! After careful consideration and practise, it's time to introduce you to the new member of Frankie & Kelly:
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IN WALKED YOU - AVAILABLE NOW ON ALL MAJOR STREAMING SITES & BANDCAMP! Release day is finally here for our latest baby. We hope you all enjoy listening to our latest creation which is a fun, upbeat song with a twist. It's important to remember: When on a drinking night, you never know who is gonna come walking through that door…
You can listen to In Walked You NOW on your preferred streaming site or the homepage of our website where you'll find the embedded spotify link.
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We have been attending ongoing rehearsals at Werra Foxma Studio in preparation for our live debut. We are working hard on putting together a range of classic country covers, modern country songs, and most importantly, bringing our own original music to a live environment. Putting together a visual, exciting performance has been an amazing experience and we are so excited to be bringing what we have to offer to a stage near you very soon!
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Being back in the studio with our latest creation has been so exciting this January. We have been working on our latest track "In Walked You" and are so pleased with how it is coming together. Complete with a clever story, fantastic song-writing, our talented friend and steel guitar player John LeMaster's input and the usual pristine production from Fra Brown, we cannot wait to release this one on both bandcamp and all major streaming sites.
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HAPPY NEW YEAR! Thank you for all of the support you have given us throughout 2024, which seen more music releases from us, including the release of our very first EP - COUNTRY AS! We are incredibly exicted to see what 2025 has in store for us.
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We recently were fortunate enough to meet Maggie in Glasgow, a line dance choreographer and teacher, who choreographed a line dance to our song "More Than I Should" - it was a wonderful experience and we loved learning it and seeing it performed live by Maggie's fabulous dancers at her Bishopbriggs class. Maggie hosts several line dance classes in Glasgow, both at intermediate and beginner level, in Bishopbriggs and also at Maggie's Rock 'n' Rodeo bar. We would highly recommend her classes and you can find out more about her and where you can learn at her Facebook page "Learn to line dance with Maggie". We are also looking forward to teaching the "More Than I Should" line dance when we perform live later this year!
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We have recently been in the studio working on some amazing songs which we have very exciting plans for this year. We also have two studio dates currently booked for the coming months to work on more songs we have been writing and working on over the last few months. We always thoroughly enjoy our studio time and making our songs a reality together, and we cannot wait to share what we've been wroking on this year so far. Any further updates on releases will be posted here on our website and on our Facebook page "Frankie & Kelly Music"!
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We have been submitting our music recently to independent national and international radio stations, with great feedback and airplay had so far. Several of our songs have had their debut on both IAm4UKRadio and Phil Kranz's Blackdog Indie Country Radio show, and we continue to have over 25 weekly plays on both Amazing Radio UK & Amazing Radio USA!
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Our new single Till Then was released on the 30th of December and now available on all major streaming sites. In addition to this, we've since had radio airplay on three different radio stations including Amazing Radio USA! We have had some great feedback on the track and are very proud of it as we are all of our creations. We have a studio date booked for February and lots of exciting plans for new songs, and some special things in the pipeline for songs we've already released - watch this space!
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We spent time in the studio with our producer Fra this week working on a beautiful ballad that we can't wait to release soon. We also received a first mix of this track from our wonderful steel guitarist John LeMaster who is from Florida, USA. He has a wealth of experience in country music and we are delighted with what he has brought to this track and so excited to have him on board with future projects.
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We visited Glasgow's home of country music this week - Glasgow's Grand Ole Opry to shoot some photos for our upcoming single release cover artwork. Seeing the fantastic atmosphere and wonderful line dancers made us all the more excited for the release of "More Than I Should". We got some fantastic artwork, opened some doors and met some lovely people with similar interests in country music and discussed plans for performing in future.
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It's release day! "More Than I Should" is now available on all major streaming sites to listen now. We are delighted that the day is finally here and love the fun, country line-dancing theme of this track. We are so looking forward to hearing feedback from everyone that supports us by listening to our music. We've been working hard on another track recently, with artwork plans in place and also a meeting with our fantastic fiddle player Laura Cross, and studio time booked for next week! This is our second time working with Laura and we can't wait to see what we come up with!
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We were back in the studio this week with our fabulous fiddle player Laura and as always our talented producer Fra. We love our studio sessions so much, and it's the best feeling watching and finally hearing our creations become a reality. The song we recorded in the studio is to be released before the end of this year, and it's a very special song. We can't wait for everyone to hear it!
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We're excited to announce that we're releasing a new song very soon. This ballad is a love story that we wrote and recorded back in the beginning of the year, which we planned to keep for an album release. However, we think it's about time the world heard this song. "Fall With You" will be available in November, with the release date to be announced in the next few days. Watch this space...