In the Springtime of the year, Topic
Records congratulates the wonderful
Norma Waterson on her recent
Lifetime
Achievement Award at the
BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards and
has news of Record Store Day releases available now, along with special offers
and details of
SimpsonCuttingKerr tour dates.
On
April 27
th at the Royal Albert Hall, Norma Waterson was the recipient
of a Lifetime Achievement award at the BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards. Given a
rapturous reception, her stirring speech and spirited performance with The Gift
Band stole the show. You can watch her perform ‘Bunch of Thyme’ by clicking on
this link to the BBC iPlayer:
Bunch of Thyme
Record
Store Day 2016On Saturday 16
th April, Topic
released an exclusive 7” vinyl single by Martin Simpson and some of his musical
friends. Available only in independent record shops on the day, we can now offer
this fantastic limited edition record by mail order.
A double A-side, the
single features Martin with Andy Cutting and Tom A. Wright on a brilliant
version of Booker T. and the MGs’
Green Onions, and, on the other side, with
Andy Cutting and Nancy Kerr on the classic ballad
Willie Taylor.
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Also available now is Fledg’ling Records’
exclusive reissue of a rare
Shirley Collins 7” EP that
originally came out on the Collector label in 1964;
English Songs volume 2 comes in a replica
flipback sleeve plus a new inner sleeve with rare photographs.
Our
current vinyl catalogue can be found here:
VINYL
May 2016
special offersThis month we have four titles
from Topic’s acclaimed World Series,
at the very special mail order price of
only £6 each:
TSCD 908 FOLK MUSIC OF TURKEY
TSCD 912 MUSIC OF THE TATAR PEOPLE
TSCD 919 THE MOKEN – SEA GYPSIES OF THE ANDAMAN SEA
TSCD 920 THE YEMEN THIAMA To
celebrate upcoming tour dates by SIMPSON∙CUTTING∙KERR and
Andy Cutting's remarkable achievement in winning
Musician of the Year at the BBC Radio Folk Awards for
the third time,
we are offering the superb deluxe edition of their wonderful album Murmurs at the very special price of only £10.00
Reg Hall 'A Few Tunes of
Good Music'
To coincide with the latest two volumes in
the
Voice of the People series -
"It was mighty!" and
"It was great altogether!" - we have
published Reg Hall's monumental history of Irish music in London.
The
result of over twenty years research and a lifetime of playing Irish music,
A Few Tunes of Good Music is a comprehensive
history of Irish music and dance in London from 1800 - 1980 and beyond. Much of
the material is based upon original interviews and historical research. The book
runs to over 1000 pages including many illustrations and an extensive
discography.
A Few Tunes of Good Music may be downloaded
for free or viewed online here:
Reg Hall 'A Few Tunes of Good Music'
May and June sees
Martin and Eliza Carthy on the road,
beginning at the Cornerstone, Didcot on May 13
th. Tour dates are
available by clicking the following link:
Elephant tourMartin
Simpson continues his busy schedule of touring, with solo gigs and
then, in June,
Simpson∙Cutting∙Kerr undertake an extensive
tour:
Simpson tour
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