the sun he is a-drawing to the west, to the
west
After
a summer full of festivals in the sun, Topic looks forward
to more great music, recorded and live, along with some very special offers from
our back-catalogue.
MARTIN SIMPSON ~ Photo by Sandy
McGhieAfter a very busy summer touring solo and with Dom
Flemons (The American Songster), Martin Simpson
already has a pretty full touring schedule planned, beginning in September with
the following dates: Friday 16 th September – GUILDFORD – The Electric TheatreSaturday 17 th September –
SUDBURY – Quay TheatreFriday 23 rd September – ST HELENS –
The Citadel Arts CentreSaturday 24 th September
– KIRKGATE, Cockermouth – The Kirkgate CentreSunday 25 th September –
LANGHOLM, Dumfriesshire – The Buccleuch CentreMonday 26 th September –
EDINBURGH – Traverse TheatreFriday 30 th September – HEBDEN
BRIDGE – Wadsworth Community CentreAlso, as part of Nancy
Kerr’s ‘Words and Music’ events at Kings Place, on Friday 2 nd
December, Simpson Cutting Kerr
join forces with author Rob Cowen, exploring different
ways of writing about nature and wildlife: Words & Music at King's Place
Eliza Carthy & The Wayward
Band have been playing stunning live sets at festivals during the
summer months, and have a fabulous new album ‘Big Machine’, coming soon. Eliza
appears with dad Martin Carthy and The Gift Band at the Lyme Regis Folk Weekend
on Sunday 11 th September, then has the following Wayward Band
dates booked: Thursday 3 rd November – BURY ST
EDMUNDS – The ApexFriday 4 th November – HASTINGS – St Mary in the CastleSaturday 5 th November –
LONDON – Islington Assembly HallSunday 6 th November –
WARWICK – Arts CentreFriday 11 th November – SALISBURY –
City HallSaturday 12 th November – MANCHESTER –
Royal Northern College of MusicSunday 13 th
November – SCUNTHORPE – Baths HallSaturday 26 th November – BASINGSTOKE
– Anvil ArtsSunday 27 th November – NOTTINGHAM –
Glee Club“…of course, we already know the
band is great. So what follows may not be a surprise – but it is completely
thrilling… with Carthy dancing about at the centre of a joyful musical
whirlwind, thrilling in the moment."
folkwitness.co.uk Eliza’s finest work so far is showcased on the Topic
double CD set Wayward Daughter, available throughout
September at the very special price of only
£9.00! TSCD772D ELIZA CARTHY ~ WAYWARD
DAUGHTER
Finale : an evening
with PENTANGLE
Pentangle at the Royal Festival Hall June 2008 ~
photograph by Chris BatesIn 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. Topic is very proud to be releasing
Pentangle’s final live recordings on 7 th October on
‘ Finale’, a double CD set with some of their classic material,
beautifully played and recorded, a fine testament to the majesty of a mercurial
band, whose substantial individual talents came together to create magic in
their music.
The Guitar Player
and The American SongsterOur very good friends at
Fledg’ling Records also have a very exciting release on CD, DL and vinyl LP due
on 7 th October, Ever Popular Favourites by Martin
Simpson and Dom Flemons, a collection of recordings made out on the
road, capturing the infectious joy of a shared transatlantic musical
heritage.
Seasons of
Song The passing of the seasons feature prominently
in the canon of songs sung by The Copper Family of Rottingdean, and Topic has two
beautiful books available with the words and music to many of these songs
included, plus a superb memoir of his life by Bob Copper, ‘A Man of No
Consequence’
Now since we have brought this so cheerfully
round We will send for the ploughman who ploughs up and down. See the boy
with his whip and the man to his plough Here's a health to the jolly
ploughman who ploughs up the ground.
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