The new album is now completed and is in manufacture for release at the end of March!  Here are sample versions of each track:

1. ‘Homeward Bound’ (Sample)
(from ‘Counting Time’ – 2012)

2. ‘Lovely To Me’ (Sample)
(from ‘Counting Time’ – 2012)

3. ‘Counting Time’ (Sample)
(from ‘Counting Time’ – 2012)

4. ‘No Other Man’ (Sample)

(from ‘Counting Time’ – 2012)

5. ‘Like a Bird’ (Sample)
(from ‘Counting Time’ – 2012)

6. ‘Drowning Me’ (Sample)
(from ‘Counting Time’ – 2012)

There are a few tickets still available for our album preview concert at the Tudor Grange Hotel in Bournemouth on Wednesday March 21st. Please let us know if you’re interested in coming along ;o)

After a very busy year writing, performing and having a baby, Tinderbox are now focusing on completing the new album (Working title ‘Counting Time’).

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Tinderbox are now officially a trio after the arrival of baby Orla Daisy on Tuesday May 31st.

Having been with us for around twelve major shows over the last 9 months there shouldn’t be any stage-fright issues. Read the rest of this entry »

In December Tinderbox headed back to the studio to begin laying down what will become their 4th studio album.  Work on the album will continue throughout the first quarter of 2011. Read the rest of this entry »

Tinderbox recently returned from Caceres, Spain where they attended the annual Premios Pop-Eye Gala Ceremony to collect an award for Best Revelation Group in the European category.  These awards are hugely prestigious in Spain and focus on independent artists ranging from musicians to film makers, fine artists and designers.

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This review was posted in the Flying Shoes Review section of FSR Roots Music Webzine on October 14th 2010.

For more review and articles please go to: http://flyinshoes.ning.com/profiles/blogs/tinderbox-state-of-play

Tinderbox: (The) State of Play

Tinderbox are Monique Houraghan and Dan Tucker; based in Bournemouth, they write songs together that combine Monique’s high, clear and sweet singing with Dan’s quite exquisite finger-picked acoustic guitar. They’ve gathered a fair crowd of musical friends to gently flesh out the sound of ‘State of Play’ but there is no doubting the starring roles here as Monique’s voice flutters like a bird above the beautiful flowing melodies picked out on the guitar.

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It’s been a great summer with dozens of shows and a heap of festivals including the Isle of Wight, Chagstock, Wimborne, Purbeck, Wadebridge and many more. Read the rest of this entry »

Since their return from the States in May Tinderbox have gone from strength to strength.

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Sunday morning saw Dan and Monique touch down at Heathrow airport from Wichita, Kansas, via Chicago after a gruelling yet hugely successful US tour. Read the rest of this entry »