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Summer's here ~ Festival Season After a run of fabulous gigs earlier in the summer, and wonderful reviews for their Murmurs album, Simpson∙ŸCutting∙ŸKerr appear together again at two festivals over the summer, Cambridge Folk Festival on Sunday 2nd August and Towersey Festival on Sunday 30th August. The trio resume the Murmurs Tour on Friday September 18th at The Grand in Clitheroe, the first of eight more concerts. Check www.martinsimpson.com for more details.   You can also catch the wonderful Eliza Carthy & the Wayward Band at the following venues over the next couple of months: Friday 31st July : Camp Bestival, LULWORTH, Dorset Saturday 8th August : WICKHAM Festival, Hampshire Saturday 5th September : Robin Hood Folk Festival, RAVENSHEAD, Notts Sunday 6th September : COTTINGHAM Folk Festival Perfect for the festival season (and record collectors), we now have for sale a black tote bag with the classic Topic accordion player logo on one side and a 1967 Topic flyer design on the other. Continuing our monthly choice of music at a very special price, August’s selections are volumes 17 to 20 of the original Voice of the People set and 4 more great Fledg’ling titles:   another 4 volumes of the Voice of the People:     TSCD667  IT FELL UPON A DAY, A BONNY SUMMER DAY TSCD668  TO CATCH A FINE BUCK WAS MY DELIGHT TSCD669  RANTING & REELING TSCD670  THERE IS A MAN UPON THE FARM   and an August bundle of 4 more great Fledg’ling titles:       FLED 3017  RICHARD THOMPSON & Chums ~ Hard Cash FLED 3026  JULIAN DAWSON ~ Under The Sun FLED 3080  SHIRLEY COLLINS ~ Sweet England FIVE 005  DAPHNE'S FLIGHT Martin Carthy and Dave Swarbrick head out on an extensive 23-date tour in September, starting at St David’s Hall in Cardiff on Tuesday September 1st and finishing on October 30th at the Stamford Arts Centre in South Lincolnshire. You can see the full list of dates by following this link: Martin Carthy and Dave Swarbrick tour dates