21st JUNE 07 - Summer solstice and a new URL up and running today - www.rain.mu Thanks to the kind people of Mauritius!
06th MARCH 2007 - Very nice comments on Cerulean Blue froms Bruce Soord mainman with the excellent Pineapple Thief posted on the comments page
15th JANUARY 2007 - The listeners of the Polish "Noc Muzycznych Pejzazy" radio show, hosted by Piotr Kosinski have voted Cerulean Blue No. 6 in the top ten albums of 2006. Thanks to Piotr!
2nd NOVEMBER 2006 - The first pressed and printed copies of "Firefly" have just arrived. Worldwide orders @ www.lisbeestainton.com
31st OCTOBER 2006 - The "de rigeur" MySpace site is now up and running at www.myspace.com/rainceruleanblue
4th OCTOBER 2006 - Elisabeth (Lisbee) Staintons CD "Firefly" has been delivered to the pressing plant and will be available from the 23rd of October 2006. The website is now live at www.lisbeestainton.com where you can hear MP3s of the whole album. There will also be a single available on the same date titled "Beautiful Night". Your thoughts and comments are always welcome at rain@telosmusic.net
14th AUGUST 2006 - Sal Pichireddu, reviewer for German webzine "Der Schallplattenmann" makes Cerulean Blue one of his top five CDs of 2005 alongside Kate Bush and Van Der Graaf Generator and "Parsifal" best song of the year.
31st AUGUST 2006 - Elisabeth Stainton's CD now titlted "FIREFLY" now due for release mid-October
20th JULY 2006 - Arriving today a new musical toy in the form of a wonderful wooden saxophone hand-crafted from boxwood by Hervieux et Glet in France www.hervieuxetglet.com
14th JULY 2006 - Listening copies of "RUBICON" now available to the great and the good...
07th JULY 2006 - Apparently Cerulean Blue is the "official" colour of the new millenium! http://www.pantone.com/aboutus/aboutus.asp?idArticle=65&idPressRelease=52
19th JUNE 2006 - Two interviews are available on the net @ http://www.arlequins.it/pagine/articoli/corporetro.asp?chi=43 and http://www.nucleusprog.com.ar/ingles/r-rain.htm
18th MAY 2006 – Thanks to CD BABY, Cerulean Blue is now available in over 2400 record shops worldwide (mostly USA).
11th MAY 2006 - Cerulean Blue is available for download from most digital services including iTunes. The iTunes address is: http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewAlbum?playListId=79328080
11th MAY 2006 – The DVD of the Sony Pictures film “MIRRORMASK” by DAVE MCKEAN will be released in the UK on 6th June. This excellent film features a soundtrack composed by IAIN BALLAMY (also available on La La Land Records) and also a couple of cameo appearances by the man himself.
9th MAY 2006 - A visit from MATTHEW SHARP and his 300-year-old Italian cello (complete with £11,000 bow!) to record parts for Elisabeth Stainton’s “Rubicon”. As well as being a supremely accomplished cellist (John Taverner wrote his piece “Petra” for Matthew) he performs as an actor and an operatic soloist and collaborates with various theatrical and performance artists. More info here http://www.orchestraoftheswan.org/about/soloists/matt-sharp.html Matthew has just moved from North London to Farnham, Surrey (15 minutes drive from here) and so hopefully we’ll see (and hear) more from him in the future.
24th APRIL 2006 – IAIN BALLAMY returns to record some sax parts for Elisabeth Stainton’s “RUBICON”.
APRIL 2006 - Currently in production: “RUBICON” an album by singer/songwriter Elisabeth Stainton. Ten tracks written and performed by Elisabeth and arranged and produced by Rain. Guest musicians to include Iain Ballamy on saxophones, Matthew Sharp on Cello and Phil Morgan on violin. Release date is set for August 2006 on Marionet Records.
10th APRIL 2006 – IAIN BALLAMY performs live on BBC Radio Three’s “In Tune” programme this evening with legendary English folk singer JUNE TABOR and pianist HUW WARREN. This latest collaboration is called “QUERCUS” and they are currently performing on a short UK tour.
13th FEBRUARY 2006 – Today the greatest saxophonist in the world, IAIN BALLAMY recorded parts for “The World Over” by Steve Hillman – www.ballamy.com
2nd FEBRUARY 2006 – GARETH DAVIES, lead flautist with the London Symphony Orchestra and professor of flute at the Royal Academy of Music, London recording parts for “The World Over” by Steve Hillman. A privilege again to work with Guildford-based Gareth, one of the world’s leading flautists – www.garethdavies.org
JANUARY 2006 – Sound design, mixing and mastering for CD “THE WORLD OVER” by STEVE HILLMAN for DREAMFAST CINEMA, Chicago is underway. Produced and mastered by Rain. Release date 15th August 2006. www.afapress.com/Dreamfast/Hillman.html and www.stevehillman.net
DECEMBER 2005 - Currently in preparation “THE ERRANT CODEX OF CORVUS” a book of philosophy translated from the mediaeval Latin by STRAWDOG (with the assistance of Australian Latin expert, JOHN KARP). Edited with an introduction by Rain. Available in August 2006.