Topic Records News - October 2017

NEW RELEASES AVAILABLE NOW Topic Records – An introduction to As part of the definitive Introduction to series, Topic Records are happy to announce the first two NEW releases, The Real Sound of Folk Music and An introduction to Shirley Collins are available now. Various Artists – Topic Records The Real Sound Of Folk Music A definitive various artists introduction to the wonders of Topic Records, the worlds oldest independent record label. CD1 : Dick Gaughan - Both Sides The Tweed / Nic Jones - Canadee-i-o / Davy Graham - Angi / Shirley Collins - The Sweet Primeroses / Martin Simpson - Never Any Good / Andrew Cronshaw - Wasps In The Woodpile / Pentangle - The Time Has Come / Anne Briggs - Blackwater Side / Martin Carthy - Scarborough Fair / Eliza Carthy - Worcester City / Ewan MacColl - Dirty Old Town / The Watersons - Pace-Egging Song / Silly Sisters - Hedger & Ditcher / John Tams – Unity (Raise Your Banners High) CD 2 : June Tabor & The Oysterband - Love Will Tear Us Apart / Brass Monkey - The Handweaver And The Factory Maid / Steve Ashley - Ships Of Shame / Vin Garbutt - The Land Of Three Rivers / Johnny Handle   - Dust / Mike Waterson - Tamlyn / Bill Caddick - Two-Fisted Heroes / The Cheviot Ranters - The Ideal Schottische / Cilla Fisher - Blue Bleezin’ Blind Drunk / The Full English - Man In The Moon / Ramblin’ Jack Elliott - Talking Dustbowl Blues / Tim Van Eyken - Barleycorn / Peter Bellamy - When I Die / Oak - Scan’s Polkas Double CD, digital download, digital streaming and limited edition 2 LP vinyl set from VINYL180. Available now from The Topic Shop, Amazon, iTunes, Spotify and all good record shops. Shirley Collins – An introduction to This compilation is the perfect introduction to the work of Shirley Collins. Specially selected songs from classic albums  featuring Shirleys sister Dolly Collins and the Young Tradition. CD : The Foggy Dew / I Drew My Ship / A Blacksmith Courted Me / The False Bride / All Things Are Quite Silent / Polly Vaughan / False True Love / Spencer The Rover / The Sweet Primeroses / Rambleaway / March The Morning Sun / The Cherry Tree Carol / The Moon Shines Bright / One Night As I Lay On My Bed / Come All You Little Streamers CD, digital download, digital streaming and limited-edition LP vinyl from VINYL180. Available now from The Topic Shop, Amazon, iTunes, Spotify and all good record shops. Here's a selection of review for the first two Introduction To series of releases. RnR Magazine: Songlines Magazine: fRoots Magazine: EXCLUSIVE OFFERS This month to celebrate Martin Simpson touring and his new album ‘Trails and Tribulations’, Topic Records are happy to offer the following Martin Simpson CD’s at a special price. The Collection Find out more » The Bramble Briar Find out more » Righteousness & Humidity Find out more » Kind Letters Find out more » Prodigal Son Find out more » True Stories Find out more » Purpose + Grace Find out more » Vagrant Stanzas Find out more » Murmurs (CD + DVD) Find out more » Bootleg USA Find out more » Copyright © 2017 Topic Records, All rights reserved.  mailing address: Topic Records The New Powerhouse, Gateway Business Centre Kangley Bridge Road London, Eng SE26 5AN United Kingdom

Alan Barnes Octet featuring Pat McCarthy – Fish Tales @ Lincoln Drill Hall

New Jazz 5 presents Alan Barnes Octet featuring Pat McCarthy – Fish Tales

@ Lincoln Drill Hall - Saturday 11 November 8 pm

A powerful evening of jazz, performed by an all-star line-up, providing an evocative musical memorial to the fishing heritage of Grimsby. 

The music is interspersed the amusing, risqué and troubling poems of Josie Gray.

Tickets: £14, Students/under 16s £7 from 01522 873894

Purchase tickets on line here...

Event Web Link

This Coming Sunday at Grimsby Folk Club... Daoirí Farrell

This Coming Sunday at Grimsby Folk Club... Daoirí Farrell

Daoirí Farrell is leaving a legion of fans behind at every gig he plays, don't miss out,  see you all Sunday doors open 7.30pm   8pm start.

Daoirí won TWO 2017 BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards: The Best Traditional Track Award for ‘Van Diemen’s Land’ from his album True Born Irishman, and the Horizon Award for best newcomer.

He became the All Ireland Champion Singer at the Fleadh in Co. Derry in 2013 and won the Danny Kyle Award at Celtic Connections in 2015 with the line-up Four Winds.

Farrell's Web Site

www.grimsbyfolkclub.co.uk

Heading South by Norman Hewit - Now On Spotify

Check out this great track on Spotify...

Heading South by Norman Hewit

https://open.spotify.com/track/7blOU2sXl0IPXxujb9GMTy

#Electricana #Dance #Ambient

March Manouche Gypsy Jazz Festival Menai Bridge, Anglesey March 2018

March Manouche Gypsy Jazz Festival Menai Bridge, Anglesey

23 - 25 March 2018. www.marchmanouche.co.uk 

King Pleasure and the Biscuit Boys - Now Booking!

NOW BOOKING CELEBRATING 30 YEARS OF ROCKING, ROLLING, JUMPING, JIVING, SOUL-SHOUTING, BLUES HOLLERING AND DOWNRIGHT GOOD TIMING KING PLEASURE & THE BISCUIT BOYS ON TOUR THROUGHOUT 2018 WITH MUCH MORE OF THE SAME "The hardest act to follow since the parting of the Red Sea" - Paul Jones, BBC Radio 2 "For those that say swing is a musical form best left to the Americans, prepare to be proven wrong. This British combo is bullet-proof" - Atomic Magazine, New York Watch them in action here... Rough, tough and always rocking, the legendary King Pleasure & The Biscuit Boys' zany stage show sometimes belies the fact that here is the finest, most authentic rhythm and blues band ever to come from outside the USA. As anyone who has followed their astonishing career knows, the band carries a guarantee of great swinging music and high entertainment value. 2018 will be the year that King Pleasure & The Biscuit Boys celebrate a remarkable 30 years on the road. In that time they have opened shows for BB King, Cab Calloway and His Orchestra and toured with the real Blues Brothers Band - the one from the movie. As well as 6000 performances in 21 countries, the band have also made 73 television appearances, including Blue Peter, The Teletubbies, The Gadget Show, The Paradise Club, Challenge Anneka, and Live And Kicking, where they accompanied John Barrowman in a rendition of I Get A Kick Out Of You. King Pleasure & The Biscuit Boys will be celebrating this milestone with dates throughout 2018, with supporting media campaign, album release and print. "Behind the fun and rollicking good times lies an outfit skilled enough for the horns to come on with the bite and precision of The Basie Band" - The Guardian "They're the genuine article, in full working order, dedicated to shaking you up and swinging you into the middle of next week" - The Observer For bookings, contact Tim Jennings at Big Bear Music Email: tim@bigbearmusic.com

News From King King

New single - Broken Today we officially reveal our next single 'Broken' with our new video, taken from 'Exile and Grace'. Thank you for all you wonderful comments and reactions. We are delighted with the first week reviews on Amazon - so much so that we put together a compilation of some of your quotes in a video here. King King in the Charts We are pretty chuffed to be topping the Blues Charts, but also incredibly excited that this album might even make the Top 30 main charts this week! If you haven't yet bought it and intend to, please do so by midnight on Thursday so that we can represent British blues rock in the pop charts! Amazon CD or LP as well as at iTunes and of course our merch store. Planet Rock continues to support the album, and also have a competition to win a copy and a T-shirt here. January Tour The January Tour is selling well, don't miss out. The full gig listing is on our website. Enjoy the tunes, and keep posting those reviews! Copyright © 2017 Manhaton Records, All rights reserved.  mailing address: Manhaton Records 9 School Road Twyford Winchester, Hampshire SO21 1QQ United Kingdom

Back to The Future: 80s vs 90s - Frequency Festival Silent Disco Special! @ Lincoln Drill Hall.

Saturday 28 October, 7.30pm -12.30am at... 

Lincoln Drill Hall, GFreeschool Lane, Lincoln. UK.

Back to The Future: 80s vs 90s - Frequency Festival Silent Disco Special!

To celebrate the culmination of this year's Frequency Festival, which takes place across the city from 20-29 October, our Back To The Future disco night takes a digital twist! Come and join us for the ultimate Silent Disco - make your choice from multiple music streams spanning two huge pop decades.

And don’t forget, dressing up is positively encouraged. Who are you going to be? Siouxsie or Geri? Morrissey or Jarvis? Marilyn or Marilyn Manson? Bananarama or The Spice Girls?

Tickets: £6 (£5 if booked as a party of 4+) available from 01522 873894

www.lincolndrillhall.com