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Songdog is a vehicle for the songs of Lyndon Morgans (from Blackwood in South Wales) with accompaniment from Karl Woodward (guitar/banjo/mandolin), Dave Paterson (drums/accordion), Jasper Salmon (violin) and, latterly, Mal Phillips (bass).

Earlier Songdog albums include ‘A Life Eroding’, ‘A Wretched Sinner’s Song’ and ‘The Time Of Summer Lightning’ (all released on One Little Indian), and received critical acclaim and airplay on BBC Radio 2, 6Music, XFM, BBC regional radio, the Arctic Circle and Resonance FM amongst others. The band has received props from the likes of Bruce Springsteen and Robert Wyatt.

Previous live dates include headline and support shows at venues including O2 Indigo, Bloomsbury Theatre, Kings Place, Borderline, Roundhouse Studio, Bush Hall, Union Chapel, ICA and Queen Elizabeth Hall, and appearances at the Port Eliot, Analog, Wireless and Secret Garden festivals plus international festivals in the Netherlands, Japan, Canada, Spain, Sweden and Russia.

Lyndon’s other works include the stage plays ‘Water Music’ (winner of the Verity Bargate Award), ‘Jitterbugger’, and the radio monologue ‘Conte de Fées’. He was invited to contribute a piece on Samuel Beckett for a book about musicians and their literary heroes (‘Filthy Lyre’), and the lyrics for his song ‘Cold Coffee and Ava Gardner’ feature in a new American poetry anthology ‘Ava Gardner: Touches of Venus’.

What they say about Songdog:

“Songdog are the most beautifully sardonic and poetic force ever to emerge from Blackwood, Wales…A canny sense of mischief lurks within.” Gavin Martin, The Mirror (4*)
“Sixth album from the Welsh folk-noir heroes….a set of darkly melancholic songs reflecting on a life of lust, pain, hedonism, betrayal, lost opportunities and “good times… pissed away”.” Nigel Williamson, Uncut (8/10)
“Lyndon Morgans’s lyrics are as evocative as ever…magical songs…You’ll be with him all the way” James McNair, Mojo
“Terrific stuff!” Robert Wyatt
“Their music is dark and sinister and beautiful and Lyndon’s songs are by turns sexy, scary, funny, creepy, heartbreaking and usually always brilliant.” Allan Jones (Editor), Uncut
“Like Nick Cave, he sings as if the world’s end is nigh, and does so convincingly” Q
“Glacier-paced folk noir..the storytelling hints at a real gravity.” NME
“One of those life-changing albums where you’ll remember forever where you were when you first heard it” RocknReel
“Intense & sensual collection of baroque, last chance lives…supremely evocative imagery that lesser poets can only aspire to” Maverick
“A totally unique sound” Jack Douglas (Producer – John Lennon, The Who)
“Beautiful..” Jonathan Ross

Instrumentation

Lyndon Morgans – Vocals, Guitar, Songwriter
Karl ‘Pod’ Woodward – Banjo, Guitar, Harmonica, Mandolin
Dave Paterson – Drums, Percussion, Accordion
Jasper Salmon – Violin
Mal Phillips – Acoustic & Electric Bass

Discography

2013 – “Last Orders At Harry’s Bar” (album) (Junkyard Songs/Shellshock)
Single: “St Lucy’s Day” (tbr 13 Dec 2013)

2010 – “A Life Eroding” (album) (One Little Indian Records)
Singles: “Elaine” and “3:30am (Small Talk).

2008 – “A Wretched Sinner’s Song” (album) (One Little Indian Records)
Singles: “Pilgrim Hill” and Christmas single “I’m Still Waiting To Start Hurting”.

2005 – “The Time of Summer Lightning” (album) One Little Indian Records.
Singles: “Childhood Skies” and “Janie Jones

2003 – “Haiku” – (album) (Evangeline Recorded Works)

2001 – “The Way of The World” – (album) (Zara/Shellshock).

Other recordings:

Songdog’s cover of Dylan’s ‘Desolation Row’ was commissioned specially for Uncut’s 100th birthday issue covermount.

They also recorded a version (with Jason McNiff) of Townes Van Zandt’s ‘Mr Mudd and Mr Gold’ for a tribute album ‘Riding The Range’ (Cherry Red, Sep 2010), which also included covers of Townes Van Zandt songs by Jackie Leven, the Magic Numbers, Devon Sproule and Johnny Dowd amongst others.