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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
Magna Carta - Long Time Running - The Fields Of Eden - Talking
Elephant www.magnac.com/
Richard Thompson - Beatnik Walking - Still - Concord
www.richardthompson-music.com/
Linda Em - Run Higher - Shadowlands - Talking
Elephant www.lindaem.co.uk/
The Jeremiahs - The Luggites -
The Jeremiahs - www.thejeremiahs.ie/
Joel Rafael - Love's First Lesson - Portland Town - Inside Recordings
www.joelrafael.com/
Ellis Paul - Never Want To Lose You - Chasing Beauty - Black Wolf Records
www.ellispaul.com/
Magna Carta - Greenhow Hill - The Fields Of Eden -
Talking Elephant www.magnac.com/
Richard Thompson - Dungeons For Eyes - Still - Concord
www.richardthompson-music.com/
Linda Em - The Docker's Tavern - Shadowlands -
Talking Elephant www.lindaem.co.uk/
The Jeremiahs - Mary - The Jeremiahs -
www.thejeremiahs.ie/
Joel Rafael - The Good Samaritan - Portland Town - Inside Recordings
www.joelrafael.com/
Ellis Paul - Empire State - Chasing Beauty - Black Wolf Records
www.ellispaul.com/
Ashley Hutchings MBE - Albion Sunrise - The Guv'nor's
Big Birthday Bash - Talking Elephant www.folkicons.co.uk/ashley.htm
Magna Carta: "Magna Carta was founded in April, 1969, and is one of
the longest running bands in the world today. The band has seen a number of
personnel changes, but the common factor has always been Chris Simpson.
Song writer, poet, acoustic guitar player and vocalist, he has been largely
responsible for the band's unique sound, and has had uncanny success in
gathering high quality musicians around him. He founded the band with Lyell
Tranter, guitarist, and Glen Stuart, vocalist extraordinaire, and their
first professional gig was at the Cambridge Folk Festival. A year later the
band cut the first of their 30 odd albums, six of which have gone Gold, and
three Silver. The essence of Magna Carta for the
last twenty years has been Chris Simpson and Linda Simpson. Chris has been
singing with Linda since 1984. They have been joined in recent years by
Matt Barnhoorn, an outstanding Dutch fiddle
player. In concert and on record they play with a variety of fine
musicians, some of whom have been associated with Magna Carta for a long
time. They continue to tour extensively." - Artists' website
If the name is new to you... find the very early
releases Seasons, Lord of the Ages or Songs From Wasties
Orchards and you will be hooked! :-)
Richard Thompson: Say no more! Nudge, nudge, wink wink, eh? Know what I mean?
Linda Em: "Linda is a
unique singer/songwriter whose music skillfully blends the traditions of
Celtic narrative, smoky folk and contemporary blues. Her songs speak
hauntingly of life experienced and truly felt; this is music for grown-ups.
Linda sings because it is how she processes and celebrates the world around
her; an aged soul with a character honed by a life lived consisting of
trials, laughter, tribulations and happiness, brought expertly and
passionately to her sound. Linda came from southern Ireland in the 1980s to
a London experimenting with the free thinking sounds of the post punk era
and quickly gravitated to the plaintive laments of Kirsty MacColl and other reflective balladeers. This was
fueled by regular road trips home where she continued to share her
grandmother’s folk singing and Accordion playing. Trad
and folk were her early imprints and the fascination with the Celtic
narrative and the oral traditions of storytelling fed her imagination.
Linda spent her early youth in East London and in her late teens studied
community arts which fed her imagination and fueled a love, not only for
music but for art, poetry while nodding the cap towards theatre, writers
and the written word. This hotbed of soul searching and expression was a
conduit for her own growth resulting in a sound
and a writing style that is unique, personal and compelling. Linda has
enjoyed performing with the dexterous musicians in the East London haunts
cultivating a sound that has been described as cross between Melanie Safka and Christine McVie.
This is a girl who strikes a chord with the seasoned and youthful alike and
is starting to be taken very seriously – think “Old Grey
Whistle Test” in the early years and you’ve got to
conclude…watch this space!" - Bio, artist's website
The Jeremiahs: " This Irish quartet has
been making a name for itself rather fast over the two short years since its
founding. Together, Joe Gibney (vocals, whistle),
Brian Corry (tin whistle, flute, fiddle), James Ryan (guitar, bouzouki) and
Jean-Christophe Morel (fiddle) make a sound that can best be described as a
fresh and healthy blend of the traditional and the contemporary. From the
outset, on their debut CD’s first offering – band-penned tune
The Luggites – you know you’re in the
presence of four gifted musicians, and you can feel their accomplishment in
the confident phrasing and skilled blending of dynamics, which engage the
listener right away. There’s a comparable sense of being completely
at ease with their instruments and musicianship pervading all five
instrumental tracks on the album, which probably needs no further comment
beyond recommendation, although I’d be tempted to single out the
sensitive bowing on Injee for special mention.
However, on balance I feel that it’s on the disc’s five songs
that the Jeremiahs arguably show their strongest hand, especially in the
art of arrangement. It helps, of course, that singer Joe has a fine command
of range and expression, and that his voice can cope well with a wider
range of material than one might expect to encounter in the repertoire of
an Irish band. There’s a well-paced take on Dave Sudbury’s perennial
narrative The King Of Rome, vibrant renditions of Ewan MacColl’s
tribute The North Sea Holes and the shanty Hog’s Eye Man, and for
contrast Adam Holmes’ love story Mary, although many will judge the
disc’s highlight to be the self-penned Forgotten Sons, a plaintive
song of emigration inspired by a documentary on the forgotten Irish in
England. A thoroughly commendable debut disc, whose only (small) failing is
the white-on-grey colour scheme chosen for the
digipack, which renders the lyrics and track notes less than ideally
discernible (at least to these ageing eyes!).” — David Kidman
The Living Tradition - Artists'
website
Joel Rafael: 9th release from this dyed in the wool West
Coast folkie with a long history of championing the songs of Woody Guthrie
and performing at the annual Woody Fest in Okemah, OK. and
co-writing two songs with Guthrie using lyrics provided by his daughter
Nora Lee Guthrie. Along the way he has collaborated with numerous artists
including Steve Earle, Jack Tempchin and the late
Jack Hardy. Produced by Texas Music Awards Producer of the Year winner (and
guitarist of choice for most of Austin's music scene) Jon Inmon, with Greg Leisz on
electric guitars, dobro and pedal steel, James "Hutch" Hutchinson
on bass, and guest
electric guitar appearances by Inmon
and Terry "Buffalo" Ware who performed to great appreciation at
Little Rock Folk Club with Fayetteville duo Smokey and the Mirror recently.
Ellis Paul: "Some artists document their lives
through their music. Others chronicle their times. It’s a rare artist
who can do both, telling their own story through songs that also
encapsulate the essence of people and places who have helped define their
era overall. Woody Guthrie comes to mind, and so does Bob Dylan; Bruce
Springsteen certainly as well. Yet few others, for whatever genius they may
possess, can relate their own history to the history experienced by those
who find that common bond, be it in a coming of age, living through the
same realities or sharing similar experiences. Ellis Paul is one of those
gifted singer/songwriters. Though some may refer to him as a folksinger, he
is more, for lack of a better word, a singular storyteller, a musician
whose words reach out from inside and yet also express the feelings,
thoughts and sensibilities that most people can relate to in one way or
another, regardless of age or upbringing. The exhilaration of the open
road. A celebration of heroes? The hope for redemption? Descriptions of
those things that are both near and dear. The
sharing of love... intimate, passionate and enduring. These are the
scenarios that emerge from Ellis Paul’s new album, Chasing Beauty, a
set of songs which detail, in typical Paul fashion, stories of people and
places that reflect larger truths about us all. “Kick Out the Lights
(Johnny Cash)” pays tribute to that fearless American icon
name-checked in its title. “Plastic Soldier” offers homage to a
wounded soldier returning from Afghanistan. A real-life barnstorming pilot
takes the spotlight in “Jimmie Angel’s Flying Circus,”
while iconic Boston blue collar musician Dennis Brennan takes the focus in
“Waiting on a Break.” Even the Empire State Building and the
Boston Red Sox get their due, via “Empire State” and “UK
Girl (Boston Calling),” respectively. In reality, these stories are a
continuation of tales Paul has told for more than a quarter century, over
the expanse of nineteen albums, numerous critical kudos (15 Boston Music
Awards alone), inclusion in several movie soundtracks, and stages
he’s headlined both near and far. “I’ve got a car with
over 4?75?,000 miles on it, and it's my third road
vehicle,?” Paul declares. “I’ve been doing 200 shows a
year for over twenty years. There isn’t a town in the country where I
won’t find a friend. I’m a nomad. And I’m gonna write and play until I’m gone.” -
Artist's website
Ashley Hutchings MBE: "The legendary ASHLEY
HUTCHINGS, band-leader extraordinaire, is also a multi-talented writer,
arranger, producer and broadcaster. His influence and innovation are
celebrated throughout the music world. The founder of Fairport Convention, Steeleye Span and The Albion Band, Ashley continues to
be in the forefront of English music." - Artist's Official webpage
Honoured this year in the
Queen's Birthday honours list with an MBE for
services to folk music... and all one can say is: about bloody time too! In
a just world this man would have his own channel on the in-flight
entertainment system of all BA flights into the UK... where listeners would
be entertained and educated simultaneously... wow! What a concept...
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