Topic Records - New Linda Thompson Album

Won't Be Long Now

Topic Records is very proud to announce that the long-awaited new album from Linda Thompson will be released next week.

Won’t Be Long Now – Linda's first album in six years -  was recorded in the UK and America with a rich array of contributing musicians. While it’s undoubtedly a family affair, featuring a duet with former husband Richard Thompson, regular contributions from their children Teddy and Kami, and grandson Zak Hobbs, Won’t Be Long Now also reflects Linda’s folk beginnings. This new album includes appearances by many alumni of the British folk scene, including John Kirkpatrick, Dave Swarbrick, Martin and Eliza Carthy, as well as American musicians such as David Mansfield, Amy Helm, Sam Amidon, Jenni Muldaur and Tony Trischka, among others.

“It’s apparent how undimmed Thompson’s talent is, especially in the sheer confident power of her vocal performance. Long may she continue.” Record Collector

More Info at...  www.topicrecords.co.uk  

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The Full English

The Full English ensemble will be on tour shortly:
19 Oct  The Met  BURY
24 Oct  The Sage  GATESHEAD
25 Oct  The Atkinson  SOUTHPORT
26 Oct  Darwin Suite  DERBY
27 Oct  Colston Hall  BRISTOL
28 Oct  Arts Centre COLCHESTER
29 Oct  Firth Hall  SHEFFIELD
30 Oct  The Stables  MILTON KEYNES
31 Oct  Cecil Sharp House  LONDON
01 Nov  The Mac  BIRMINGHAM
02 Nov  The Drill Hall  LINCOLN

“Seasoned celebrations, tragedies, comic interludes
and oodles of warmth ensue.” The Daily Mirror.

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LAL WATERSON
teach me to be a summer's morning

Fledg'ling Books in association with Topic Records are to publish this beautiful 72 page hardback book with 15 track CD on Monday 21st October.

Lal Waterson is known primarily as a singer and songwriter, a member of the wonderful Watersons. teach me to be a summer’s morning shows the full range of her creativity. This limited edition hardback book publishes, for the first time, a selection of her drawings, paintings, lyrics, thoughts and poems to present a portrait of her extraordinary intense, tender and complex but ultimately very human artistic talents. The CD, included inside the book, collects together 15 songs drawn from her home recordings and serves to confirm her stature as a songwriter of rare imagination, depth and rich beauty.

More Info at...  www.topicrecords.co.uk

Howden Jones @ Lincoln Drill Hall

Thursday 17 October 8pm @ Lincoln Drill Hall in the Room Upstairs

Howden Jones

Join singer/songwriters Kate Howden and Paul Jones for an evening of songs and stories. There will be songs to sing along to  and plenty of laughter too as Kate and Paul share their travelling experiences through their music and northern-tinged banter. They write all their own material, all beautifully arranged and packed with powerful harmonies and  between them play guitar, mandolin, fiddle, banjo and bodhran.

Tickets: £8 from 01522 873894

Lincoln Drill Hall, Freeschool Lane, Lincoln. LN2 1EW

www.lincolndrillhall.com

'Ale'Oween Mimi Beer Fest @ The Joiners Arms Lincoln

 

Check out the 'Ale'Oween Mimi Beer Fest @ The Joiners Arms Lincoln

 

On the afternoon of 2nd November the Coffee Bar Cowboys will be playing in the Bar between 3 and 5pm and then between 6.30 and 10pm Roger Williams and Keith Luckey will be Jammin' the night away!

Busy Month Ahead For Topic Records.

Busy month ahead new releases from Topic October is scheduled to be very busy in the Topic office. We have several exciting new projects due for release. The splendid FULL ENGLISH album is released on Monday 7th October and LINDA THOMPSON's eagerly-awaited Won't Be Long Now on Monday 14th October. Our colleagues at Fledg'ling Records have just released a previously unheard live recording from 1968 by The YOUNG TRADITION and are to publish a hardback Book with CD of the late LAL WATERSON's lyrics, drawings and paintings on 21st October. All four projects have kept us very busy in recent months. You may have already spotted some of the many reviews and media mentions. The Full English is a groundbreaking project sponsored by the English Folk Dance and Song Society that draws together for the first time the early twentieth century folksong collections of Harry Albino, Lucy Broadwood, Clive Carey, Percy Grainger, Maud Karpeles, Frank Kidson, Thomas Fairman Ordish, Cecil Sharp, Ralph Vaughan Williams and Alfred Williams. The result is the most comprehensive searchable database of British folk songs, tunes, dances and customs in the world. To mark the launch of the project, folksong scholar and acclaimed singer Fay Hield has assembled The Full English band - inviting half a dozen of the top talents on the English folk music circuit to collaborate on songs drawn from these unique collections. The result is a tremendous album of material drawn from these historic collections. Rapidly becoming identified as a folk supergroup The Full English includes singer and fiddle player Seth Lakeman, who has successfully steered English folk into the musical mainstream with his high-energy performances and a series of best-selling albums. One of the world’s finest and most admired guitarists, Martin Simpson. Nancy Kerr, another fiddler/singer with a deep commitment to the English traditional repertoire, celebrated for her partnerships with Eliza Carthy and James Fagan. Sam Sweeney on fiddle and Rob Harbron on concertina, formidable instrumentalists who feature in Fay’s backing band The Hurricane Party as well as in Jon Boden’s Remnant Kings, and are two of the most in-demand session musicians on the scene. Nailing all this multi-instrumentality down is Ben Nicholls, double bassist of choice for artists as diverse as the Seth Lakeman Band, Martin Carthy and Jimmy Somerville. The FULL ENGLISH CD is available to buy at the special price of at £9.00 until 1st November Last weekend, BBC4 broadcast Michael Proudfoot's splendid and moving documentary The Enigma of Nic Jones - the return of Britain's lost folk hero. Nic Jones is a legend of British folk music. His 1980 record Penguin Eggs is widely regarded as a classic - in a poll by the Observer a few years ago, Penguin Eggs was rated number 79 of the 100 Best Records of All Time, just above Station to Station by David Bowie and just below Let It Bleed by The Rolling Stones - amazing for an LP that never actually charted. The programme is currently available to watch on the iPlayer Linda Thompson's first album in six years has been receiving some incredible press - "Folk-rock grande dame, still damned grand" in the view of Uncut. We'll have full details of Won't Be Long Now and the Lal Waterson book teach me to be a summer's morning in a newsletter soon. Fledg'ling Records have just released a previously unheard live recording of the mighty YOUNG TRADITION – Oberlin 1968 – FLED 3094 "Copious thanks to Fledg’ling for bringing us what is definitely the historical release of the year, no question." Living Tradition The live reputation of the mighty Young Tradition lives long in the memories of all who heard them during their brief career. Live recordings were thought not to exist until, 45 years later, an American fan remembered the reel-to-reel recording he’d made at Oberlin College on 17 November 1968. Carefully restored, these tapes are finally available for all to hear on CD and DL. Recently we added a few more designs to our range of Topic T-shirts. Full details can be found at: www.topicrecords.co.uk/category/t-shirts/ We have a handful of copies of the limited edition DAVY GRAHAM & ALEXIS KORNER 3/4 AD vinyl Record Store Day 2013 anniversary EP left to purchase from the Topic online shop. "Finger-style guitar maestro's signature tune, reissued on a 50th anniversary EP for Record Store Day 2013". MOJO

LIVE MUSIC @ OLD NICKS TAVERN HORNCASTLE ‘OCTOBER 2013’

 LIVE MUSIC @ OLD NICKS TAVERN HORNCASTLE ‘OCTOBER 2013’

Contact...

01507 526862 www.oldnickstavern.co.uk

Steve Fulsham

Jackhammer

DATE	BAND
Tues Evening	Jam & Open Mic Night.  Musicians come & join in – ALL genres welcome – backline provided which includes 1 x Drum kit, 1 x bass amp plus 1 x guitar amp, please bring own instruments. 8.30pm start.
Sat 5th	Riff Raff (Prehistoric Crunchy Rock) Old Nicks welcome back this brilliant rock covers band with a tinge of sadness as we have been informed that this will be Riff Raff’s final performance…. devastating!!  They will be playing covers from AC/DC, early Quo, Wishbone Ash, Hawkwind, Pink Floyd and all that kind of stuff…… going out with a bang!  One definitely not to miss.  9pm start
Fri 11th	The Refounders (Rock’n’Roll Italian Style) We are pleased to re-introduce this touring band from Italy playing their own brand of suave and sophisticated rock’n’roll with influences such as Dr. Feelgood, The Pirates, Little Bob Story, etc. Good all round entertainers. 9pm start.
Sat 12th	The Steve Fulsham Band (Power Blues/Rock) The Steve Fulsham Band are a slick, high energy Blues Rock Band based in Hull. Over the last seven years, this band has been travelling up and down the country delivering their own brand of Blues Rock, playing with the likes of Walter Trout and Wilko Johnson along the way. Steve is considered to be one of the finest guitarists on the circuit.  9pm start.
Sat 19th	Sally’s Army (Rock’n’Roll in Rockabilly Style) You are in for a treat with this 3 piece from the Alford area, consisting of outstanding musicians including a female drummer.  Playing songs from artists such as The Stray Cats, Eddy Cochran, Elvis, Chuck Berry and many, many more.  You are invited to dress in the spirit of the rock’n’roll/rockabilly era, let your hair down and enjoy.  9pm start
Sat 26th	Jackhammer (Classics Rock) 3 guys from the Scunthorpe area playing music they all love, including original material and Classic Rock covers from AC/DC, Black Sabbath, Cream, Deep Purple, Jimi Hendrix, Motorhead, The Who etc.  All 3 members of this band are seasoned musicians having played in other bands such as Faded Elbow, Stella, The Misfits and Cobblers Thumb.   9pm start

 

Shine A Light World Mental Health Day Live Music Event

Shine A Light World Mental Health Day Live Music Event

@ Lincoln Drill Hall

Thursday 10 October Doors open from 5pm

 

Shine a light will be promoting world mental health day by bringing an evening of music to Lincoln. The evening will consist of live music from rock bands to acoustic solo performers, ceilidh and medieval music and dance, together with up to date information about mental health in Lincolnshire.

 

This event plans to be informative, fun, diverse, and at times daft! We aim to cater for all, young and old, the past and future sounds of our lives. Please come and enjoy, learn and dance at the same time! Supported by Rock Haven and NHS Lincolnshire Tickets £4 from 01522 873894

 

www.lincolndrillhall.com

 

"The Janne Ersson Monster Big Band"

"The Janne Ersson Monster Big Band" will once again tour all of Europe in summer 2014 with the american jazz singer Michael Sumerville.

This is one of the best Nat King Cole tributes ever made and with this band it make's it even better.

The JEBB big band is probably the best there is in Europe today in the style of Buddy Rich and his music and the band also has an authentic Buddy Rich sound.

This time the band will feature the american jazz singer Michael Sumerville in a tribute to the great Nat King Cole and Frank Sinatra. More than two hours of monster hits from Nat King Cole, Frank Sinatra and Buddy Rich is a real music experience that will knock the audience totally out.

The band is a "kick ass" band and plays all the great hits from Buddy Rich including the famous West Side Story Medley.

This is american big band music at it's best. It's simply big band jazz with a rock'n roll attitude.

We'd love to hear from you regarding booking's and other question's for 2014

Phone: +46 (0) 31-190314 or cell phone: +46 (0) 706-341293. email: updates@comhem.se

Video Sample: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3S9KyUSm4WI

 

Happy Lincolnshire Day!!!

It's the First of October so...

HAPPY LINCOLNSHIRE DAY!!!

Batemans Beer Festival 4th & 5th October

 

Batemans Beer Festival 4th & 5th October

 

@ the Visitor Centre Wainfleet

 

Live music from Merlin's Keep

 

 

www.bateman.co.uk

Check Out The Comforts

Check Out The Comforts

The Comforts are an acoustic duo playing less obvious indie and rock covers from the past thirty years in a style that we hope is engaging, entertaining and unique. You can expect to hear everything from Nine Inch Nails to Portishead via The Beatles so eclectic to say the least! Above all, we strive to make our sets as accessible and as varied as we possibly can, whilst giving our audience something a little ‘off the beaten track’ from the traditional covers band fare.


For further information and contact details see...

www.propercomfy.com