The Daily Splash

The fabulous Baghdaddies finally return with their new album and a Newcastle launch gig ahead of the official London launch later in May.

They will be playing at The Cluny on Saturday 8th May and launching their new album “Dancylvania”

The Daily Splash is lucky to have heard an advance copy and can say it is their best recording yet (full review to follow). Although currently promoting the new cd they are best known for their exceptional live shows from Glastonbury to Shetland and Italy to Switzerland. Should be a great night!

Main pic ©Dan Brady

The fabulous Baghdaddies have recorded a new video as a teaser for their new album due out early next year. The Daily Splash can exclusively reveal that it sounds great and will finally propel them into the national consciousness where they truly belong.

Here is the video for Slivovic.

The full story has only just emerged of the full amazing sacrifice made by Douglas brother Martin for his big brother’s wedding in September. Martin is the drummer in the fabulous Baghdaddies who provided the music for the day in typically Balkan-soul-funk-jazz-mastery style. A few weeks beforehand he asked the couple if they would like a particular request for their first dance, and for sentimental reasons they chose “Crazy” originally performed by Gnarls Barkley.

Unfortunately for Martin none of the Baghdaddies were able to sing high enough to perform the song at their usual high level so, as it was Martin’s brother getting married, it fell to him to undergo the “operation” to enable those pesky high notes to be reached.

Reviews of the gig suggest that Martin was right to distance himself from his plums as his singing was as high and clear as it would have been when he was a cherubic 9 year old choirboy and the rendition of “crazy” was almost note perfect, with added Baghdaddies style. Those who might have seen this as a sacrifice too far will be comforted by the reaction of Martin’s partner Jane, who, inbetween wiping breast milk off the dog’s head, extracting a christmas tree bauble from Annabell’s mouth, providing sustenance for 10 week old Isaac, making Martin’s tea, wrapping christmas presents, tidying toys from the floor to avoid slipping on them and doing charitable works around the neighbourhood paused long enough to suggest that Martin would have had to keep himself to himself from now on anyway if there was any chance that further offspring would result.

A great night had by all and an excellent outcome all round!