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Gigs already
in the diary for 2021
Summer at The Jubilee, Woodhall Spa Woodhall Spa,
United Kingdom
Boston West Hotel Hubbert's Bridge, United Kingdom
Alford Craft & Music Festival 2020 - Half Moon Alford, United Kingdom
40th anniversary at Short Ferry Park 2021 Fiskerton,
United Kingdom
The track, which deals with the subjects of depression and opioid addiction, marks the first musical collaboration between MH mastermind Robb Flynn and original Burn My Eyes guitarist Logan Mader in 24 years.
An Introduction to Nic Jones
The 14th release in Topic’s acclaimed ‘An
Introduction To…’ series celebrates the classic English folk singer,
fingerstyle guitarist and fiddle player, Nic Jones. Compiled by Nic
himself, the album includes sleeve notes by Colin Irwin (fRoots/The Guardian)
and two previously unreleased 2013 studio tracks, ‘Now’ and ‘I Only Spoke
Portuguese.’
Nic Jones has won awards galore, has made some fantastic albums and played with the likes of June Tabor, Martin Carthy, Richard and Linda Thompson, Peter Bellamy and Shirley Collins to name but a few. There is no doubt he would have made even more fantastic music had it not been for a tragic car crash that robbed this world of his magic touch. 1980 saw the release of his classic album Penguin Eggs on Topic Records but less than two years later, fate took a disastrous turn. After a gig and while traveling home his car collided head-on with a brick lorry. Virtually every bone in his body was broken. The shock waves reverberated around the entire folk world. The battle to rebuild his body and his life was long and tortuous. He would never play again, that was for sure.
Except. Except, eventually – well, almost thirty
years eventually – he did.
Coerced, encouraged, protected and inspired by his remarkable wife Julia, he
was able to put the pieces back together again. First lured to play a few
festivals and then in 2013 with the help of his son Joe Jones and Belinda
O’Hooley, record a few new studio tracks, two of which appear on this release
for the first time.
Nic insisted on compiling this introduction to his
work, a mix of material from the Topics classic Penguin Eggs and Game Set Match
albums, tracks included are ‘Humpback Whale’, ‘Seven Yellow Gypsies’, ‘Dives of
Lazarus’ as well as the magical never released before 2013 studio recordings of
‘I Only Speak Portuguese’ and ‘Now.’
I think it’s best to have Nic have the last word.
“I think this selection of tracks represents very
well my working repertoire during the years I was a professional performer. In
music, I have always liked stories, encapsulated in a rhythmic way. I have
enjoyed the visions, true or false, black or white, philosophical or emotional,
played to the best on my old guitar… So here are a few of those songs that will
take you all around the world and, hopefully, set your own visions alight” – Nic
Jones January 2019
The Flaming Lips have announced a special show in Oklahoma City.
The septet will play the "World's First Space Bubble Concert" — where the band members and the audience are all housed in giant inflatable bubbles — at the Criterion on December 11.
The bubbles have frequently been used as part of the group's onstage repertoire since they first appeared encased in the plastic spheres at 2004's Coachella festival.
Having staged a series of trial runs, including a performance for family and friends, which they turned into a live video for Assassins of Youth, the band are ready to present a concert for the general public. Attendance will be limited to 100 people and tickets go on sale at 10am on November 13.
The Flaming Lips Upcoming Tour Dates are as follows
Fri December 11 2020 - OKLAHOMA CITY Oklahoma - Criterion (USA)
Mon January 25 2021 - LOS ANGELES California - Wiltern (USA)
Tue January 26 2021 - SAN FRANCISCO California - Warfield (USA)
Thu January 28 2021 - VANCOUVER British Columbia - Commodore Ballroom (Canada)
Fri January 29 2021 - VANCOUVER British Columbia - Commodore Ballroom (Canada)
Tue February 02 2021 - DENVER Colorado - Mission Ballroom (USA)
Thu March 18 2021 - PORTLAND Oregon - Arlene Schnitzer Hall (USA)
Fri March 19 2021 - SPOKANE Washington - Martin Woldson Theatre At The Fox (USA)
Sat March 20 2021 - MISSOULA Montana - Wilma Theatre - MT (USA)
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Jackie Oates & Megan Henwood On Line Show - Saturday 14 November 2020
Multi award winning contemporary folk duo Jackie Oates and Megan Henwood meld together their love of storytelling, songwriting and melody with their voices and acoustic instruments, resulting in a fresh sound that combines both reworked traditional folk song with original and contemporary material. Their individual musical backgrounds are quite different yet their voices blend effortlessly, sensitively backed by viola, guitar, and sometimes piano.
The pair met at Nettlebed Folk Club in Oxfordshire, already admiring one another’s work – they began playing music together shortly after and Jackie contributed heavily on Megan’s last album ‘Head Heart Hand’. Since then they have been working together on new material and experimenting with arranging traditional and contemporary songs to fit their musical vision. Working with producers Pete Brown and Tom Excell they have recorded a 5 track EP entitled ‘Wings’ which features their haunting adaption of Brain Bedford’s poignant song ‘What’s The Use Of Wings?’.
After their duo performance at Folk Weekend: Oxford was scuppered by Covid (although we had a lovely shared set of solo songs instead!) we are delighted that Jackie and Megan will be back performing together for us, live to your living rooms.
Start date: 14 November, 2020 Start time: 20:00 GMT End time: 22:00 GMT
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Martin Simpson celebrates the release of his new album, Home Recordings, this Friday with an online album launch. See below for details and links to buy tickets.
WHISKEY SIPPIN' MUSIC | Laid-Back Delta Blues Guitar by Justin Johnson
This track is included on "The Bootleg Series Vol. 2: Whiskey Sippin' Music" NOW AVAILABLE at https://justinjohnsonstore.com Whether you've got a glass of your favorite stuff or not... just sit back, press play, and ease your mind for a while. I love playing some slow, mellow, back porch slide guitar. Forget about your problems, enjoy some music, and if it makes you feel better... go ahead and hit that "Subscribe" button for more musical medicine!
TUNING: Open D: D-A-D-F#-A-D GEAR: • Vintage Dobro Resonator Guitar • Justin Johnson Signature Ceramic Guitar Slide: http://www.JustinJohnsonStore.com • CEntrance Mobile Recorder (R4R)
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