Some new music for
the Summer and Autumn
 
Both Topic and our colleagues at Fledg'ling have been busy
preparing some exciting new records for your enjoyment. Today, August
12th, Fledg'ling Records are releasing four previously unissued recordings by
the wonderful Anne Briggs. Four Songs will be released as a vinyl 7" EP,
with rare photos, three BBC recordings from the radio series ‘Folk-Song Cellar’,
plus one song privately recorded by one of Anne’s oldest friends.  These rare, simple, unadorned and
intimate performances, aching with poignancy, make their first appearance on
record, fifty years after recording and capture Anne Briggs singing at just the
right time. Anne herself has been very excited about the project:
“…the results couldn't have been better. Nice the way it came about too,
with lost recordings and old friends caring for them for decades.”
Track
list: 1 The Recruited Collier, 2 My Bonny Boy (A Bower In My Breast), 3
Polly Vaughan, 4 The Verdant Braes Of Skreen .You can follow
this link to preview: The Verdant Braes Of Skreen
In
2007 the original five members of PENTANGLE - Bert
Jansch, John Renbourn, Jacqui McShee,
Danny Thompson & Terry Cox - reconvened to
receive a Lifetime Achievement Award from Sir David Attenborough at the BBC
Radio 2 Folk Awards. In 2008 they began a UK tour at the Royal Festival Hall,
exactly 40 years to the day since they recorded their classic 'Sweet Child' at
the venue. Emotions and memories ran high in the packed house. The evening was a
musical triumph, as were the subsequent dates. On October 7th Topic will
release PENTANGLE ~ Finale recorded live by the original
line-up during the 2008 tour. This 2CD set captures the band on a musical high
re-visiting their classic early repertoire. More details in the next newsletter;
in the meantime, here's a link to preview: Light Flight
Also
on October 7th our friends at Fledg’ling Records will release Ever Popular Favourites - an infectious
selection of songs recorded by Mr. Martin Simpson and
Mr. Dom Flemons on tour in the autumn of 2015.
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