The summer is a-coming in, and winter’s gone
away-o
Throughout the summer months, there’s plenty of our favourite folk
music to enjoy at concerts and festivals across the land. Eliza Carthy and the Wayward Band start their
festival programme at the Yorkshire Festival in Leeds on July 2 nd,
continuing with the following appearances:
Martin Simpson has some festival solo shows
and these select duo appearances with Dom Flemons, ‘The American Songster’:
Our friends at Fledg’ling Records will
shortly be releasing Ever Popular Favourites - an infectious
selection of songs recorded by Mr. Simpson and Mr. Flemons on tour in the autumn
of last year.
Six of the best!
TSCD 298 JUNE TABOR ~ Airs and Graces TSCD 452 MARTIN CARTHY ~ Right Of Passage TSCD 475 WATERSON:CARTHY TSCD 517 DAVE SWARBRICK ~ Rags, Reels & Airs TSCD 563 The WATERSONS ~ FROST AND FIRE TSCD 567 MARTIN SIMPSON ~ Prodigal Son
With accompaniment from Martin Carthy and Diz
Disley, Rags, Reels & Airs is by the master fiddle-player
Dave Swarbrick, who sadly recently passed away. Topic is proud
to have arguably Dave’s finest album in its catalogue - the perfect example of
the nature of folk music moving with the times, Dave’s modern techniques and
ideas applied to traditional instrumental styles.
Our good friends at Fledg’ling Records have a very exciting
release due in August, four previously unissued recordings by the wonderful
Anne Briggs. ‘Four Songs’ will be released as a vinyl 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. 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.”An Anne Briggs ‘lost classic’
is one of the albums on special offer this month from Fledg’ling; Sing A
Song For You, recorded in 1973 with Steve Ashley’s band Ragged Robin,
was intended to be the follow-up to Anne’s CBS album ‘The Time Has Come’, but
remained unreleased until Fledg’ling issued it on CD in 1996. As with the other
three great Fledg’ling titles here, it is now on sale at the special price of
only £6 each:
FLED 3008 ANNE BRIGGS ~ Sing A Song For
YouFLED 3023 SHIRLEY COLLINS ~ Adieu To Old England FLED 3024 HELEN WATSON ~ Doffing FLED 3051 DAVY GRAHAM ~ Hat
The TOPIC tote bag - perfect for the festival season (and avid
record collectors). A black tote bag with the classic Topic accordion player
logo on one side and a 1967 Topic flyer design on the other.
With best wishes from all at
Topic
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