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Intro: Fairport Convention - Medley: The Lark in the Morning/Rakish
Paddy/Fox Hunter's Jig/Toss The Feathers - Liege & Lief
- A&M Records
Woodbine And Ivy Band - Arm A Nation - Sleep On Sleeping On -
Static Caravan https://www.facebook.com/woodbineandivyband
Jimmy Aldridge and Sid Goldsmith - Let The Wind Blow High Or Low - Let The
Wind Blow High Or Low - Fellside Recordings
http://jimmyandsid.com/
Richard Kitson - Scarecrow - Hermit Hill -
Richard Kitson http://www.richardkitson.net/
Faran Flad - The
Shaking Of The Sheets - Maiden Voyage - Wild Boar Music http://www.faranflad.com/
Si Barron - Our Captain Calls - Sweet Billy Caution - Si Barron http://www.sibarron.eu/
Smokey And The Mirror - Short Leaf Pine - Thin Black Line - Second String
Records http://www.smokeyandthemirror.com/#!
Woodbine And Ivy Band - Pretty Fly Lullaby - Sleep On Sleeping On -
Static Caravan https://www.facebook.com/woodbineandivyband
Jimmy Aldridge and Sid Goldsmith - Keep Your Hand On The Plough - Let The
Wind Blow High Or Low - Fellside Recordings http://jimmyandsid.com/
Richard Kitson - Riley's Ghost - Hermit Hill -
Richard Kitson http://www.richardkitson.net/
Si Barron - Prison Song - Sweet Billy Caution - Si Barron
http://www.sibarron.eu/
Faran Flad - The Modal
Hornpipe/Beal Bocht/Bulgarian Red - Maiden Voyage
- Wild Boar Music
http://www.faranflad.com/
Smokey And The Mirror - Ain't No Grave - Thin
Black Line - Second String Records
http://www.smokeyandthemirror.com/#!
Woodbine And Ivy Band: "The Static Brothers are chuffed to be
handed the astonishing new album by our friends in Manchester, The Woodbine
& Ivy Band. This beauty pushes on from the excellently received
self-titled debut in 2011. Their line-up again features a wealth of
Manchester’s finest musicians capturing a magical folk oeuvre flecked
with psych, prog, jazz and country rock. Partly
inspired by G.I. Gurdjieff’s theories on what he termed “waking
sleep”, this collection of ten tracks sounds appropriately out of
step and out of time, as if the product of an off-kilter dream; of instinct
or the subconscious. Where their debut drew comprehensively on folk
tradition, earning glittering reviews and favourable
comparisons with the likes of Sandy Denny, Fairport Convention and Crazy
Horse along the way, this latest outing pulls in a different direction.
Alongside three trad folk songs and three covers,
there are four original compositions too. The beauty of the Woodbine &
Ivy Band’s approach is in making these disparate songs appear
genuinely timeless, sounding both steeped in careworn tradition yet also
fresh and invigorated. For the first album they worked with a different
singer for each song, but here all vocal duties are taken care of by two
highly contrasting singers - the soft, amorphous voice of Jenny McCormick
and the coarser tones of James Raynard. The rich
and varied elements of ‘Sleep On Sleeping On’ are as bold and colourful as its evocative cover artwork, by Anna
Wilson-Hall. The album is indebted to British folk classics, with
touchstones such as the Albion Band’s ‘Rise Up Like the
Sun’ and Lal & Mike Waterson’s
‘Bright Phoebus’, but that pedigree is augmented by gracefully
textured arrangements which introduce pedal steel, horns, drones and
glissandos, along with pastoral synth washes like a Klaus Schulze
soundtrack for a film about allotments." - Static Caravan Website
Jimmy Aldridge And Sid Goldsmith: "Jimmy Aldridge and Sid Goldsmith
play traditional and original folksong of the British Isles. They tell
stories of hardship, joy, struggle and celebration held together with
driving banjo and guitar arrangements and close vocal harmonies. They have
both been heavily influenced by the songs and singers of East Anglia, where
they both grew up, but their music also reflects the diversity of voices
within the folk and acoustic world. They weave traditional English folksong
with Irish, Scottish and American tunes, and their own compositions draw on
many different styles. The songs on their new album have been picked up
from sessions, singarounds, gigs, recordings and
learned from friends. The stories are varied but there is a common thread
of political struggle and resistance, and the decline of the industries
that were the backbone of England for many generations." - Artists' Website
Richard Kitson: "From a young age
Sheffield born Richard Kitson immersed himself in
the music that he loved; relentlessly emulating the sounds he heard on
records from Bob Dylan to Big Bill Broonzy,
Robert Johnson to Rory Gallagher. He first taught himself the harmonica and
dabbled with drums before making guitar technique not merely a passion, but
an artistic obsession. Moving on from a successful first album it was
something of a revelation to discover the music of Bert Jansch,
Davy Graham and John Martyn. Kitson adopted a new
finger-picking style that not only unlocked a world of new potential in his
personal playing; but also released a new depth of songwriting that has
become a primary focus. Self-taught by listening to the greats and with a
deep sense of the tradition and craft of blues and folk, Richard is a
musician's musician - it all comes from the soul. From his first eponymous
album release in 2003 Kitson's sound has matured
and developed along with a career supporting some of the biggest names in
folk and blues around the UK. He has regularly supported well-respected artists
from across the globe such as Michael Marra, Otis
Gibbs, Boo Hewerdine, John Tams, Wizz Jones and Peggy Seeger." - Artist's Website
Faran Flad: 5, 6 or
even 7 piece outfit (depending on where you are reading on their website)
hailing out of Belgium tho with practically no
information on the website about the band or its members. Lovely collection
of tunes (original and trad I think) and
traditional song, with a couple from Steeleye's
stellar repertoire, performed beautifully and sympathetically.
Si Barron: "is a folk singer, songwriter, superb self-taught
musician based in Somerset. He has a deep relationship with English
traditional music and a gift for turning time-honoured
melodies into foot stomping anthems on guitar, dulcimer or pedal organ. With
his rich voice and intense driving guitar sound which can switch from fast
and boisterous to measured and moving (sometimes within the same song) Si
communicates an infectious love of English music through his exciting
renditions of the tradition and his own strongly narrative songs. As one
half of Barron Brady alongside Rosalind Brady he has travelled around the
UK and sung in many of the main Folk Clubs and Venues. Here in a solo
capacity the full verve and diversity of his ability is unrestrained and
makes for an exciting evening of acoustic entertainment." - Artist's Website
Smokey And The Mirror: Fayetteville, AR-based husband and wife duo of
Bryan (acoustic guitar, vocals) and Bernice Hembree
(double bass and vocals), formerly of the well regarded trio Three Penny
Acre, here with their forthcoming second (and always difficult) album which
on the basis of the tracks here seems to have gone extremely well! They
will be making their Little Rock Folk Club debut on Sat Jun 6th 2015.
Streaming live Sat 2100h CMT/Sun 0300h GMT at http:
www.kuar.org/
Archives on line at
http://www.littlerockfolkclub.org/FAAB/faabindex.html
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mail: albion@kuar.org
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