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Friday 24 August 2018

Fender Guitars, Left Handers.

Discover our latest and coolest offerings for left-handed players.

Fender
Left Handers Day Celebration
Celebrate Left Handers Day with an assortment of options for left-handed players, including our most iconic guitars and basses, tried-and-true acoustics and several build-your-own offerings.  
Shop Lefties
Electric Lefties
Electrics
From Stratocaster® to Jazz Bass®, explore 5 of our most iconic body styles, designed specifically for lefties looking for the very best.     
SHOP ELECTRICS
Acoustic Lefties
ACOUSTICs
Choose between dreadnought, concert and cutaway body styles to find your ideal acoustic fit and sound.   
SHOP ACOUSTICS
Squier Lefties
Squier
Whether you’re just getting started or just looking for something different, our Squier lineup includes left-handed Strat®, Tele® and Jazz Bass® models.
SHOP SQUIER
Still Looking for the Perfect Lefty? Design Your Own.
Mod Shop Lefties
Mod Shop
With 3 guitars and 2 basses to choose from, plus dozens of colors and features, Mod Shop offers nearly endless ways to design your own left-handed instrument.  
Build your own

Wednesday 22 August 2018

Megan Henwood and Findlay Napier - UK Touring Dates March 2019


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MEGAN HENWOOD & FINDLAY NAPIER - UK touring dates MARCH 2019

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Findlay Napier & Megan Henwood
Snape Maltings, Aldeburgh 2016 and Megan Henwood and Findlay Napier are a few hours into an EFDSS run songwriting retreat. They are outside drinking their 7th coffee of the morning. Napier's driven nine hours from Glasgow and is a bit wobbly. Henwood's back from a month long writing trip to Nashville and she is jet lagged and delusional. "Fancy writing a song about maths?" Napier enquires. And so the seed for this songwriting partnership was sewn.
Their collaboration has led to the creation of songs about hermit known as The North Pond Phantom, WBAI host Bob Fass' lifesaving broadcast on 6th Nov 1971, Georg Cantor's struggle with infinity, maths and God and something about Shephards and leaders. They are yet to write a song about pickup trucks... or beer.
CLICK HERE for a video of MEGAN singing 'BREXIT BLUES'
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Megan Henwood
If ever an artist called on the elements in her songwriting, it's Megan Henwood. The distinguished English singer-songwriter is far too self-deprecating to describe herself as a force of nature, but her third album 'River' reaffirms her unique ability to create roots music of beguiling purity from what's around her.
One of the finest songwriters and storytellers of the contemporary Scottish folk scene Findlay Napier is an insurgent talent that comes on like a Caledonian Loudon Wainwright. Distilled to artful acoustic guitar and Napier's remarkable voice his most recent album 'Glasgow' captures the timeless essence of one of the world's great cities.
CLICK HERE for a video of Findlay's Trio singing 'COD LIVER OIL & ORANGE JUICE
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MEGAN HENWOOD PRESS:
"Henwood's debut announced her as a promising new voice on the contemporary English folk scene; 'Head Heart Hand' confirms her as one of its finest exponents"- Folk Radio UK
"A powerful set of songs boasting the finest lyrics this reviewer has heard in a while" - Album of the Week, Sunday Express
"Raw nerves are constantly prodded -she has moved far beyond (Folk's) parameters into a world where anything is possible" - R2 Magazine
"She hones her songs so beautifully and the production is superbly judged"
- Country Music People: Americana
FINDLAY NAPIER PRESS:
"...one of the finest songwriters and storytellers of the contemporary Scottish folk scene." - Folk Radio UK
"After his debut release V.I.P.: Very Interesting Persons I wondered how he could possibly surpass such a start, with 'Glasgow' the master craftsman just gets better" - FATEA Magazine
"Napier's epically muscular, grittily raw yet brilliantly nuanced voice, to both comic and emotive effect, allies with some of the most fabulous (literally and figuratively) original songs that anyone's writing today." - Folk Radio UK: Live Review
CLICK HERE for a video of MEGAN singing 'CHEMICALS'
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PLEASE ENQUIRE FOR DATES IN MARCH 2019:

GAIL COOKE
LAUGHING DOG MUSIC
gail@laughingdogmusic.co.uk

 

Band From County Hell at Blackfriars Arts Centre Boston UK, September 15.

Saturday September 15th, we are back on stage at the beautiful Blackfriars Theatre, Boston. It will be cool, it will be Celtic and Jock will be unpredictable :) hope to see you there: tickets £12/10 from The Box Office: 01205 363108

Band From County Hell at Blackfriars Arts Centre Boston UK, September 15

Sunday 19 August 2018

Chantel McGregor: Solo show at Lincoln Drill Hall UK 31 August 2018

Chantel McGregor: Solo show at Lincoln Drill Hall 

Friday 31 August 7.30pm

As part of her U.K. tour, acclaimed rock Blues guitarist Chantel McGregor is playing a handful of exclusive and intimate solo acoustic shows. Chantel will be debuting new songs, reworking older tracks and performing rare cover versions. Not to be missed!  

Tickets: £14.00 from 01522 873894



Friday 3 August 2018

Jimmy Baker's Big River Gig - Sleaford, Lincolnshire, UK. Saturday 4th August, 2018.

Jimmy Baker's Big River Gig: Saturday 4th August, Midday through to 5pm Featuring... 

The Band From County Hell, Doghouse Rockets, Type 40, Green Lights (Martin Trimble & Johnny Fox), Keith Luckey, Jimmy Baker's Boat Club Band

"Jiimmy's Big River Open Day is on Saturday August 4th -Line Up:..

Midday - Band From County Hell
1pm - Doghouse Rockets
2pm - Type 40
3pm - Green Lights (Martin Trimble & Johnny Fox)
4pm - Keith Luckey
4:30pm - Jimmy Baker's Boat Club Band

DJ's Martin Collin & Neil Terry will be playing their mixes in between sets. Music finishes at 5pm

Admission Free

Jimmy's facebook page       

Wednesday 13 June 2018

Castle Bytham, Midsummer Festival, 23 and 24 June, 2018


Topic Records - June 2018 Newsletter

Topic presents two new Introduction to releases

An Introduction to Martin Simpson (TICD005) - 22nd June

An Introduction to Dick Gaughan (TICD010) - 29th June

Topic Records is happy to announce the release of two new CDs as part of the An introduction to series.

An Introduction to Martin Simpson is a wonderful 17 track compilation compiled by Martin himself and features a wonderful new recording of ‘Palaces Of Gold (2018)’ which is exclusive to this release. Pre-order here

An Introduction to Dick Gaughan is a 14 track compilation highlighting Dick Gaughan’s Topic recordings. Widely considered one of the great Folk singers of our time this CD is a must. Pre-order here

Also available to pre-order on vinyl from VINYL180.
An introduction to Martin Simpson double vinyl LP with signed art print.

Coming soon

Rachael McShane & The Cartographers
When All Is Still

Out 10th August

Topic Records is delighted to announce the signing of Rachael McShane & The Cartographers.  Rachael is probably best known as not only a string player/singer for the mighty Bellowhead but also a leading voice in The Transports (alongside The Young'uns, Faustus, Nancy Kerr, Greg Russell and Matthew Crampton).  Her brand new album (her first since 2009’s ‘No Man’s Fool’) sees her reworking traditional songs with a new band, The Cartographers, featuring guitarist Matthew Ord (Assembly Lane) and melodeon player Julian Sutton (Kathryn Tickell, Sting).

Pre-order ‘When All I Still’ here
For more info, visit Rachael’s website.

Out now

Norma Waterson & Eliza Carthy with The Gift Band
Anchor

Buy, stream or download the album here

Topic Records artists on tour 2018

Martin Simpson
June 2018
21st June - Huntingdon Hall, Worcester
23rd June - Wadsworth Community Centre, Hebdon Bridge, Halifax
28th June - The Marlowe Theatre, Canterbury
29th June - Connaught Theatre, East Sussex
25th August - Towersey Festival, Thame
08th September - Aylsham Festival Dance, Music & Song, Norwich
14th September - Blaxhall Village Hall, Suffolk
15th September - The Neeld Arts Centre, Chippenham
21st September - Gala Theatre & Cinema, Durham
22nd September - The Frazer Theatre, Knaresborough
28th September - The Goose Is Out!, Nunhead, London
29th September - The Lowry, Salford, Greater Manchester

Find more details at www.martinsimpson.com/gigs

Rachael McShane & The Cartographers
15 June - Downend Folk Club, Bristol
16 June - Calstock Arts, Calstock
17 June - Blue Sky Festival, Wiltshire
7 July - Folk at the Hall Festival, North Wales
10 August - The Bridge Hotel , Newcastle
18 August - FOLK EAST FESTIVAL
1 September - Folk Festival, London
20 October - FOLK FESTIVAL, Manchester
21 October - Riverhouse Barn (Brunch Concert) Walton-On Thames
24 October - Norden Farm Arts Centre, Maidenhead
25 October - Ropetackle Arts Centre, Shorham-By-Sea
26 October - The Lights, Andover
27 October - The Slaughtered Lamb, London
28 October - Quay Arts Centre, Isle Of Wight
1 November - Alexander's Live, Chester
2 November - The Civic, Barnsley
3 November - Kirkgate Arts, Cockermouth
16 December - The Froize, Woodbridge, Suffolk

Find more details at www.rachaelmcshane.co.uk/shows

Eliza Carthy / Eliza Carthy & The Wayward Band
27 June - The Gatehouse, Stafford
15 July - Folk By The Oak, Hatfield House, Herts.
3 August - Cambridge Folk Festival, Cambridge
9 August - Sidmouth Folk Week - Bulverton Marquee, Sidmouth

Find more details at www.eliza-carthy.com

Martin Carthy
9 June - St Neots Folk Festival St. Neots
16 June - Maritime & Folk Festival Ballydeho, Ireland
30 June - Ropery Hall Barton Upon Humber
3 July - Ammanford Miners' Theatre Ammanford
13 July - Kalamazoo Klub London
14 July - Lewes Saturday Folk Club Lewes
17 July - Hoy at Anchor Westcliff-On-Sea
8 August - Sidmouth Folk Week Sidmouth
2 Sept - Moseley Folk Festival Birmingham
8 Sept - Bermondsey Folk Festival London
21 Sept - Chiddingly Arts Festival Eastbourne
29 Sept - LlÅ·n Acoustic Guitar Festival Pwllheli

Topic Treasure

 Nic Jones - Penguin Eggs

38 years ago on 1st June 1980 the classic Nic Jones album Penguin Eggs was released. Still regarded as one of the greatest folk albums of all time. Topic is planning to release a special edition of this classic album in 2019. 
Watch this space for further news on this and on Topic at 80 years old in 2019.
Topic Records Would Like To Hear From You!
Topic Records would love to hear from you so please send us any suggestions you may have.

Your top ten Topic records, your favourite Topic recordings, maybe Topic merchandise you’d like to see made available in the future to buy and general feedback. We cannot guarantee a reply to every email, but we may feature some of your comments and suggestions in further newsletters. Thank you.

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A Country Night in Nashville Saturday 30 June 7.30pm at Lincoln Drill Hall, Lincoln, UK.


A Country Night in Nashville Saturday 30 June 7.30 pm at Lincoln Drill Hall






This stunning show perfectly recreates the energy and atmosphere of an evening in a buzzing Honky Tonk in downtown Nashville. Prepare to be transported on a musical journey through the decades; from Johnny Cash to Alan Jackson, Dolly to the Dixie Chicks, Willie Nelson to Little Big Town!

And pre-show music in the Bar as Keith Luckey plays a 25 minute  acoustic set of country music classics starting at 6.50 pm.

Tickets from 01522 873894