World Cafe Guests

WXPN Radio

WXPN
The premier guide for new and significant artists in rock, blues, and folk - including NPR-syndicated World Cafe ®
listen Listen Live

Listen Xpo

XPoNential Radio
24/7 Musical discovery. A unique mix of emerging and heritage blues, rock, world, folk, and alt-country artists.
listen Listen Live

Singer Songwriter Radio

Singer Songwriter Radio
Featuring classics from heritage troubadours to new musicians and bands in the singer-songwriter tradition.
listen Listen Live

Folk Radio

Folk Alley
Folk music radio streaming on the web; Americana, Roots Music, recordings, and stories from folk's best.
listen Listen Live
Listen Live
You are here: World Cafe // World Cafe Guests // 2009 // Bell X1: WXPN's March 2009 Artist to Watch

Bell X1: WXPN's March 2009 Artist to Watch

The Irish pop rock band Bell X1, originally known as Juniper, have experienced a multitude of changes on the path to the successful spot they currently hold. Though they were lead by popular vocalist Damien Rice, Rice ended up leaving Jupiter and was replaced by drummer Paul Noonan. Soon after the group changed their name and became Bell X1. Of their three studio-recorded albums, Flock, released February of 2008, has proven to be the most successful. The album reached #1 in Ireland and gained a huge following throughout the U.K.

Bell X1 most recently signed to Yep Roc Records in what is now a successful attempt to break into the U.S. indie rock scene. The band's pop indie sound, with their sweet and never overworked tunes, has carried them around the U.S. on various tours, making appearances on shows such as "Late Night with Conan O'Brien". They've also managed to have their songs featured on a number of television shows, including "Eve, the Apple of My Eye," which was used for the popular TV show "The O.C."

Bell X-1 is currently on tour in the states to support of their fourth studio album Blue Lights On the Runway.

Website: bellx1.com
MySpace: myspace.com/bellx1
Origin: North County Kildare, Ireland
Recent Release: Blue Lights on the Runway, the #1 album in Ireland this week.
Release Date: March 3, 2009
Label: Belly Up
Related Links: Lillywhite Session on the World Cafe

Song Clips:
listenFlame | Rocky Took a Lover

Streaming Music:
listenGreat Defector | How Your Heart is Wired

Tagged under

Related items

More in this category: « Black Joe Lewis and The Honeybears: WXPN's April 2009 Artist to Watch Animal Collective: WXPN's February 2009 Artist to Watch »
back to top

ATW Archives

Non-COMM Recap: Going introspective with John Murry (photos, audio, setlist)

With just his guitar and his voice, Bay Area by way of Mississippi songwriter John Murry played an emotional, powerful set Wednesday...Read More

Non-COMM Recap: Sallie Ford and the Sound Outside dabble in retro rock (photos, audio, setlist)

Portland retro group Sallie Ford and the Sound Outside showed the Non-COMM crowd its rockability in a feisty set that closed out...Read More

Non-COMM Recap: The late night gets weird with Foxygen (photos, audio, setlist)

Quirky upstate New York four-piece Foxygen got crazy in a late-night Non-COMM set yesterday that blended Doors-esque poppy psychedelia...Read More

Non-COMM Recap: Robert Randolph makes steel strings sing and the crowd dance (photos, audio)

Slide guitar wizard and XPN favorite Robert Randolph got the downstairs crowd at World Cafe Live dancing in his Non-COMM set....Read More

Watch Surgeon perform “Greed” at Garage Mahal (playing Johnny Brenda’s on Sunday)

Local thrash / metal band Surgeon has been readying its long-in-the-making new full-length Chemical Reign for the past couple years...Read More
     
     
    • The Key
    • Facebook
    • Twitter
    • Mobile
    • YouTube
    • Vimeo
    • Flickr
    • Podcasts
    • RSS