Brooks Williams and Aaron Catlow Touring in 2021 / 2022 Book Now.

Brooks Williams and Aaron Catlow will be touring in 2021 / 2022. Promotors are invited to book in a date for brighter times ahead -

Brooks Williams is a Cambridge UK-based, Statesboro, Georgia US-born guitarist singer and songwriter.

With over 30-plus recordings and 30-plus years of touring, Williams is named one of WUMB-FM Boston's Top 100 All-Time Artists and is listed in the Top 100 Acoustic Guitarists. He was playing Americana before it was called that.

Known for both solos shows and collaborations, RnR writes, Williams is a "guitarist in
possession of rich vocal powers and a talent for lyrical imagery, his songs are imbued with uplifting generosity

" (Read Full RnR

Aaron Catlow  is a Briston, UK based fiddle player  playing acoustic, folk and roots music. Aaron Catlow | Facebook

The pair will be touring the UK in 2021 / 2022. Dates may be available outside of the official touring periods so please enquire. email gail@laughingdogmusic.co.uk

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New King King CD 'Live & Acoustic' Is Available To By Online Now

King King 'Live & Acoustic' is available now to buy.

Six track live CD featuring old and new tracks;

Rush Hour, Fire In My Soul, She Don't Gimme No Lovin, When My Winter Comes, Lay With Me, Coming Home

Order from…

Live & Acoustic Bonus CD on King King Official Online Store (tmstor.es)

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Willow Smith Returns With Rock Single Featuring Travis Barker

Willow Smith has embarked on a new era with her new rock single, 'Transparent Soul’, featuring Travis Barker.

The 20-year-old singer-and-actress - whose parents are Hollywood power couple Will Smith and Jada Pinkett-Smith - has unleashed her brand new single with the Blink-182 drummer.

Alongside a visual for the track, Willow - who has ditched her famous surname for her music - teased on Instagram: “I am so GRATEFUL and EXCITED to start this new journey ! Let the vibes commence. (sic)"

Willow's new single is her first new material since her 2020 joint album ‘The Anxiety’ with Tyler Cole.

To coincide with the record, the pair were locked in a box for 24 hours as part of an art installation at the Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA) in Los Angeles, which focused on anxiety.

Willow explained at the time: "We were like, 'Wouldn't it be so interesting if we could personify this experience? Starting from being scared and feeling alone and moving to a place of acceptance and joy? We understand this is a very sensitive subject. And, we don't want to be like, 'Our experience is the experience.' This is just us expressing our personal experience with this. "This is not so that people are like, 'Oooh!' This is for awareness. The first thing we're going to be writing on our title wall is something along the lines of: 'The acceptance of one's fears is the first step toward understanding.' So, then you know this is on something real. This is for a real cause."

The collaborators spent three-hour blocks exploring different anxiety-related emotions, including sadness, paranoia, and compassion and were muted during the performance.

The 'Whip My Hair' hitmaker said ahead of the event: "We might grunt or scream - it's going to be very primal."

Willow Smith

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Whitby Folk Week 2021: Important Update From The Directors

Whitby Folk Week 2021: Important Update From The Directors

In the light of the continuing pandemic and the uncertainty of restrictions such as social distancing and face coverings being fully relaxed by August, the Whitby Folk Week directors have taken the extremely difficult decision to postpone the 2021 festival until the 20th-26th August 2022.

The very essence of Whitby Folk Week is our community; being together to dance, sing, play music and be with friends and family. Ceilidhs, morris dancing, sessions, workshops, sing-arounds and bustling venues are at the heart of this, and they are simply not possible with any level of social distancing in place. Whitby Folk Week without these things would not be the Whitby Folk Week we know and love.

There are also more practical considerations such as the availability of the Spa, ever changing restrictions and the fact that any financial risk in this already unpredictable year may well jeopardise future festivals. To ensure a positive future for the festival, we must be mindful of the ongoing need to protect each other, as well as the town of Whitby, and our festival and its reputation.

For this year, we will contact ticket holders over the next few days and, as last year, we will host a Whitby@Home which we hope you will support to keep us all going until we can have the festival back to its old self.

Hopefully, in 2022, we will collect our heather in person, hug our friends, dance, sing and play to our hearts' content. In the meantime, we send our very best wishes for continued health and happiness to our supporters and their loved ones.

Whitby Folk Week is a long-standing celebration of the traditional music, dance and song of the British Isles has taken on the trappings of a tradition in its own right. As always there will be over 100 fantastic concerts ready to entertain you across the town in numerous venues.

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Check Out Right On Yukon – Homesteaders From Their New Album Ambassadors

Check Out Right On Yukon – Homesteaders from their new album Ambassadors.

Shapes the earth with his work-nicked hands

all he ever wanted was to be your man

wife said ‘Oh, Dad, you miss so much

but if you lose the land, you'll lose my touch

every time we try to get a little ahead

we fall behind the family's grocery debt t

he railroad is coming with eminent domain

 they'll steal the land, burn the grain

Right on Yukon is a musical project that is made up of Greg Wadden, Patrick Shea, Jason Szeto and Cameron Lawrence but often includes many others. They are an alternative rock band with some free tracks on Bandcamp. Sometimes they are on the slower, bluesier side and sometimes they are just straight up rock n’ roll.

Right On Yukon (bandcamp.com)

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Joe Nichols New Single 'Home Run' Is Out Now

The new single, “Home Run” by Joe Nichols is out now! Have you heard it?”

Click on the link below to stream/download. #homerun

https://orcd.co/homerun

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For Online Musical Study Check Out Inspire Learning, Nottingham, UK.

If you know any adults (18+) in the Nottingham. UK area who would like to try their hand at a musical instrument in a fun, relaxed online group session, please check out Inspire Learning.

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2021 Day Of Lincolnshire Folk Still Going Ahead

Tom Lane has reported that work is still going ahead to try to ensure the 11th Annual Day of Lincolnshire Folk Music Dance and Song can go ahead on Sunday August 1st as planned. As always, there will be stages across the scenic village of Leadenham, at the George Hotel, the Teahouse and in Nun's Close.

There will be workshops in the Village Hall. Entry to all events is FREE. They have lots of open space and are working with various authorities to ensure that it will be entirely Covid Compliant.

All you need do at this stage is put the date in your Diary.

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Announcement From the Joe Strummer Foundation Re Partnership with Technology Provider, Keemoji, To Release the JSF Keyboard on iOS & Android

 The Joe Strummer Foundation are excited to announce a brand-new fundraising partnership
with Mocha Global – the creators of the mobile keyboard application, Keemoji.

Keemoji is a fully responsive customisable keyboard that makes it easier than ever to text with your friends and family. With dozens of app integrations and interactive features such as contact tagging, send messages that will power-up your chat experience.

 Download The JSF Keyboard

We join a handful of other forward thinking nonprofit organisations – Creative Youth, Rockinghorse, Greyhound Trust & The Hansen Foundation – who also hope to raise funds through their branded Keemoji keyboards.

Introducing the JSF Keyboard

The Joe Strummer Foundation mobile keyboard (#JSFKeyboard) is a great way to stay in touch with everything we are doing - our projects, new merchandise, gigs and events.

We hope that leveraging mobile technology to help raise funds will allow more nonprofits to reach and engage more supporters in a way not done before. Exciting times!

How the JSF Keyboard will benefit our Foundation

The fundraising element happens whenever you use the keyboard to buy something from one of the thousands of online stores from Amazon, Next, Tesco etc.. an average of 2.5% of everything you spend will be donated directly to the Joe Strummer Foundation. At no extra cost to you or us.

So if you spend £100 on your weekly shop then whoever you buy it from will give us £2.50. Every time you shop. At no cost to you and with no extra effort you are generating money for us from the shops you buy stuff from.

It’s a great thing to do for us just by doing what you do already. We can really grow what we do if lots of people use the JSF keyboard on their phones or tablets.

 Download The JSF Keyboard

Key JSF Keyboard Highlights:

§  Stay up-to-date with our news and updates directly within the app

§  Express yourself with emojis

§  Seamless shopping directly from your keyboard, with custom suggestions helping you get to where you want to be instantly

§  Improved typing with Swipe feature, profanity filter, and languages for you to choose from

§  Direct access to exclusive content from The Joe Strummer Foundation without switching apps

§  Your typing is always secure - Keemoji can not see, access or store, any of your information. Ever.

We sincerely hope you enjoy using the JSF Keyboard and we would like to thank the team at Mocha Global for their commitment, hard work & guidance to help us get the JSF Keyboard ready for release.

Thank you,
The Joe Strummer Foundation Joe Strummer Foundation - Empowerment Through Music

Australian Rock Band 'Wicked Smile' Release New Album Later This Year.

Australia's Wicked Smile would like to announce that their debut full length album will be titled
'Wait for the Night'.

The release date will be September 24th.2021

*Worldwide distribution is currently being organised in different territories.

Listen to the single 'Killer At Large' here…

 

WickedSmile | Facebook

'wicked smile' .....officialstore (ecwid.com)

@WickedSmile6

Keith Luckey Busking In Peterborough, UK

 

Keith Luckey

Glasgow Rock Band Mason Hill Tour September 2021

Glasgow rockers Mason Hill will be on tour in September 2021 with Hollow Star & Empyre.

Mason Hill have their origins in the Glasgow rock scene. Originally in a teenage band, long time high school friends Scott and James had success in a European battle of the bands competition, ‘Surface Festival’, winning the Scottish section beating 12,000 other bands, which led to them playing the o2 in London.

MASON HILL (masonhillofficial.com)

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Newport Folk and Jazz Festivals Set Dates for Summer 2021

Newport Folk and Jazz Festivals Set Dates for Summer 2021

Newport Folk Festival and Newport Jazz Festival have officially announced their return for summer 2021. The Folk festival will occur on July 23-27, while the Jazz festival will occur July 30-Aug 1. The festivals will occur at Fort Adams State Park in Newport, R.I.

In the announcement, the organizers made it clear that “Newport Folk and Newport Jazz won’t look exactly the same,” but they are nonetheless “thrilled to be bringing music and artists back to the Fort.”

The announcement also noted that organizers are working closes with state and local government officials to “ensure that what [they] present will set a benchmark for safety and transparency through our protocols and communication.” More details on protocols and COVID restrictions will be available soon.

For more information see newportfestivals.org.

The Band From County Hell brand new, seventh album 'King of Scotland' is out now

The Band From County Hell brand new, seventh album 'King of Scotland' ​is ready to check out now.

Sleaford (UK) Celt Rockers ‘The Band From County Hell’ are an original celtic folk band with 7 critically acclaimed albums, published works with Cherry Red Records and over 2000 live performances as part of their history. 

Live gigs have seen them play from the smallest of venues to outside arenas and most notably their own show at The London Palladium.

Their brand new, seventh album 'King of Scotland' ​is out now. Check it out now…

Music - The Band From County Hell (bfch.co.uk)

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Enquiries and Bookings…

​celticartists@aol.com

Check Out Melodic Prog-Rockers ‘Mad Symphony’

Mad Symphony is the collaboration of professional Vancouver-based musicians who collectively have many years of experience writing, recording, and touring internationally with various acts. Formed from the ashes of Seattle grunge-metal band Soulbender (which also featured Michael Wilton of Queensryche fame on guitar), lifelong friends and collaborators Dave Groves (guitar) and Wes Hallam (drums) joined up with multi-instrumentalist/producer/engineer Ted Tosoff (Blue Voodoo) in 2018 to begin writing for a new, as-yet-unnamed project. 

Ted knew of powerhouse vocalist Kevin Wright (The Wilds), whose raunchy and melodic vocal stylings a-la Bon Scott and Robert Plant, fit the new songs perfectly; Kevin was quickly recruited into the fold. To round out the lineup, the formative members didn’t have to look far. Dave and Wes had both played with keyboardist Mike Russell (Sweeney Todd) and bassist Amrit Prasad (Assault), but not always in the same bands or at the same time.  With the addition of Mike on keys and Amrit on bass Mad Symphony immediately began recording their debut album and rehearsing.

Mad Symphony will tell you that they write songs with a message of hope and resiliency that harkens back to the glory days of rock and roll.  Screaming guitars, driving drums, and huge vocals combine with melodic keyboard orchestrations and thundering bass to make the sonically dense and raucous sound that is… Mad Symphony.

Check them out now…

MadSymphony | Melodic Hard Rock

Mad Symphony | Facebook              @SymphonyMad 

Heretic Fest Band Applications Closing Soon

Heretic Fest Band Applications Closing Soon

If you want to be in with a chance of playing Heretic Fest 2022, you need to apply before Sunday 25th April 2021.

Send your full EPK to hereticfest@gmail.com, submission in any other format will not be counted.

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Tune in to Fine Folk on Lincoln City Radio on Tuesday 6th April at 7pm, Alan Ritson talks to Paul Gilbody

Tune in to Fine Folk on Lincoln City Radio 103.6FM (http://lincolncityradio.com) on Tuesday 6th April at
7pm to listen to an interview with Alan Ritson speaking to Paul Gilbody discussing his eagerly anticipated debut album ‘UNTWINED’. A gifted singer-songwriter, multi instrumentalist and highly sought after session player, Paul Gilbody has recorded and featured on numerous albums and performed around the world, including European tours with KT Tunstall and opening for the legendary Sir Tom Jones.

His organic blend of Acoustic Groove and Neo-Mellow regularly draws comparisons to the likes of Seal, Sting and Jason Mraz. 

Paul Gilbody

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@paulgilbody

A Message From Playing For Change re Happy Birthday Roberto Luti

Today is a very special day! Join us in celebrating the life of an artist who really
represents what #PlayingForChange is all about. An artist that has perfected his craft to the point where every note tells a story and every melody has the power to transport you to that special place of joy.

Help us wish a very Happy Birthday to the great

Roberto Luti

!

Jethro Tull Have Released a New Animated Video for Their 1971 Classic, “Aqualung.”

Jethro Tull have released a new animated video for their 1971 classic, “Aqualung.”

The video was directed by Sam Chegini and begins with the famous illustration of the old man on the Aqualung album cover before expanding into a stark and often devastating meditation on homelessness, from those living on city streets to refugees displaced around the world. Jethro Tull frontman Ian Anderson also makes a cameo in the clip, appearing via the rotoscope animation effect.

Read more on rollingstone.com

Jethro Tull - The Official Website of the Legendary Classic Rock Band

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A Message From The School Of Rock and Roll Knowledge

We've gone a year now without live shows. It sucks. Here is some Rock and Roll Musician math regarding no shows.

A public message from

The College of Rock and Roll Knowledge

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