a mix of americana, bluegrass, roots, blues, country, folk & singer songwriters
every show contains a 'live' session recorded at our Snake Pit studio
House of Mercy radio sessions
broadcast from The Snake Pit Studio London N8
The House of Mercy radio show syndication....130,000 + listeners a week in UK, Europe and North America
Three hours of Americana, Roots, Blues, Bluegrass & Country plus 'liv
e' sessions every week. www.houseofmercy.tv
Sessions so far in 2014
The O's, Drew Holcomb, My Darling Valentine, The Stray Birds, Annabelle Chvostek, Jane Taylor, Petunia & The Vipers, Star Lane, Half Death Clatch, Strugill Simpson, Stark, Benjamin Folke Thomas, Niall Kelly, Paul McClure, Robert Francis, Rob Heron's Tea Pad Orchestra, Ags Connolly, Stevie Agnew, The Jigantics, Harry Manx, Derrin Neuandorf, Trent Miller, Kata Hay, Peter Mulvey, Anny Celsi, Sandi Thom, Rita Hoskins, Kelly McCrae, Krista Detor, Harpeth Rising, Eliza Gilkyson, Deborah Bonham, Dubl Handi, Evie Landin, The Sweet Lowdown, Stuart Earl, Malcolm Holcombe, Chas Hodges ( Chas 'n Dave ), The Pretty Things, Dave Arcari, John Illsley ( Dire Straits ), Birds Of Chicago, Cahalen Morrison & Eli West, The Rockingbirds, Tumbling Bones, Sarah McQuaid, Rachel Ries, Ian Siegal Band, Mark Harrison, Paul Lamb, Della Mae, Hatful Of Rain, Bap Kennedy, Emily Druce, Otis Gibbs, Kyle Carey, Nells Andrews, The Foghorn String Band, Amy LaVere, The Vagaband, David Berkely, Robby Hecht, Rainbow Girls, Marty Reilly, Stick In The Wheel ....so far
Artists booked into or recorded in ' The Snake Pit Studio ' in 2012
New Country Rehab, The Dirt Daubers, Kathleen Edwards, Ruth Moody & her band, Bap Kennedy, Miss Quincy & Showdown, Rachel Harrington & The Knock Outs, Blue October, Twilight Hotel, Woody Pines, The Good Intentions, Hillfolk Noir, Dean Owens, Kidnap Alice, 24 Pesos, Phil Lee, Zoe Muth & The Lost High Rollers, Sweetback Sisters, Madison Violet, The Wagon Tails, Mike Cullison, Steve Wynn, Black & Scarr, Matt Anderson, Bex Marshall, The Wiyos, The Barker Band, Meschiya Lake & the Little Big Horns, Amanda Shires, Greg Trooper, J T & The Clouds, Kidnap Alice, Eric Brace & Peter Cooper, Johnny Dowd, Mark & Stacey Earle, Hans Chew, Eve Sellis, Lisbee Stainton, Something Blue, Will Johns Band, Sara Petite, Mary McQuaid, Girlyman, Hymn For Her, Viper Central ............. so far
We record the sessions ' AS LIVE ' no edits...re-takes...etc, once the record button is hit....we are live!!! Here's how we do it.....
The Snake Pit Studio
the new radio studio is large enough for any size roots band, a new Soundcraft mixing desk has been installed, we record with Rode NT 2000 & Rode NT1A condenser mikes plus Sure SM 58's and a selection of DI boxes. The History....
after leaving The Borderline music venue as promoter/booker in February 2007, my radio show morphed from being 'Borderline radio' into 'The House of Mercy' and found a permanent slot at midnight on a Saturday on www.totalrock.com . I had built a little radio studio in the box room of my house and was asked by Rachel Harrington's press person from GPromo, if I could do a live session. All I needed was a mike and my mini disc player to record....so around April 2007 Rachel Harrington played the first ever radio session on the House of Mercy radio show, recorded in the bedroom and soon to become the Bo***ir Studio. In January 2011 my then 87 year old Aunty Honor took sick and moved into what was The Bo***ir Studio in March, prior to that after much thought we built the Snake Pit Studio in our back garden. Over the past five years we have been broadcasting our 'live' radio session every week, artists including Paul Jones & Dave Kelly, Judy Collins, Gurf Morlix, Devon Sproul, Peter Rowan, Rachel Harrington, Eilen Jewell, Otis Gibbs, Harry Manx, A J Roach,The Pines, Rob Lutes, Larkin Poe, Ralston Bowles, Bob Cheevers, Kendal Carson, Eileen Rose, Elliott Brood, Crooked Still, Drew Nelson, Charlie Parr, Eliza Gilkyson, Brigitte DeMeyer, The Water Tower Bucket Boys, Madison Violet, Amy Speace, Richmond Fontaine, Danny Schmidt, Hank Wangford, BJ Cole, Gretchen Peters, Nels Andrews, Ray Bonneville, Willard Grant Conspiracy, Sarah MacDougal, Phil Lee, Kim Richey, G R Avery, Martin Harley, Jen Grant, Gandalf Murphy & The Slambovian Circus Of Dreams, Steve Wynn, Al Perkins, Eve Selis, Brent Best, Angie Palmer, Carrie Rodriguez, Hayseed Dixie, Jeff Lang and Dave Arcari...to name but a few have recorded in the old 'Bo***ir Studio'
Artists who have recorded recently in the new 'The Snake Pit Studio' include Luther Dickinson, Ian Siegal, Po'girl, Sam Baker, Peter Bruntnel, Ben Prestage, The Southern Tenant Folk Union, Little Miss Higgins, Rory Ellis, Abigail Washburn, The Dirty Beggars, Patricia Vonne, Simon Mcbride, Groanbox, Carrie Aitkin, Jeff & Vida, The Watertower Bucket Boys, Nathaniel Rateliff, Slaid Cleaves, Anna Coogan, Old Sledge, Eilen Jewell, Ian McFarron, Sarah McDougal, Mike Ferrio, Ana Egge, Andy White & Stephen Fearing, Rod Picott and Rachel Harrington....
Barry Marshall-Everitt
House of Mercy Ltd.
