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Folk on Foot
website, YouTube and podcast feed. Commissioned by English Folk Expo and
compiled by the Official Charts Company.
See which albums have made the Official Folk
Albums Chart this month, with Folk on Foot. Packed with stories, music and
insights, this is always a joy to watch. You might also spot us making an
appearance this week…
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For nearly six decades, John Mayall’s name has been synonymous with the blues, especially in England. The man responsible for spotlighting young blues guitarists like Eric Clapton, Peter Green and Mick Taylor, as well as future superstars John McVie and Mick Fleetwood in his Blues Breakers line-ups, Mayall is the Eveready Bunny of the blues, still going and going at the age of 87.
His cumulative discography, including studio and live LPs and compilations, totals somewhere around 100 albums, and he’s also released dozens of singles.Now, through what must have been years of painstaking mining of archives and headphone time, the Madfish label of Snapper Music Ltd. has released the deluxe 35 disc box set John Mayall – The First Generation 1965 - 1974 .
With
a pressing limited to 5,000 copies, this massive collection demonstrates how
prolific Mayall was in his early years, though he certainly hasn’t slowed down
since. The collection includes newly remastered versions of 19 of Mayall’s
albums, from 1965’s John Mayall Plays
John Mayall through 1974’s.
he Last Edition with the exception of 1969’s Primal Solos, an archival album whose songs are included as bonus tracks in other discs on this box set.The incredibly productive Mayall himself is a multi-instrumentalist, playing keyboards, harp and guitar, in fact playing all of them on the 12 tracks of his 1967 album The Blues Alone (included in this box set), recorded when multi-tracking and overdubbing were still in their infancy. He got started relatively late in life, recording his first album at the age of 31 after he’d been playing professionally for nearly a decade. A onetime art student, Mayall is also known for having designed many of his own album covers and carving his guitar bodies into works of art.
The box set was put together with John’s full cooperation. It contains: - 35 discs, including 3 CD Singles & 8 previously unreleased discs, alongside newly remastered versions of the original Decca & Polydor albums
- Seven previously unleased live recordings, including Windsor
1967, Gothenburg 1968, Berlin 1969 and San Francisco 1970, among others
- 28
unreleased BBC tracks, featuring Eric Clapton, Peter Green and Mick Taylor
- An
autographed photo
- 168
page coffee table book including rare photos, posters, and memorabilia, written
by Neil Slaven
- 128
page hard cover book of newsletters, interviews, band member biographies, tour
updates and all kinds of fascinating details from The Official John Mayall Fan
Club, including images of letters sent out by its first secretary, Doreen
Pettifer
- Two
replica posters: Ten Years Are Gone and the official poster from the 1968 tour
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Replica press pack for John Mayall Plays John Mayall
The First Generation Box Set will be released on January 29th,
2021 on the Madfish label through Snapper Music.
Order the Box Set here: https://JohnMayallMusic.lnk.to/TheFirstGeneration
Fender Enters 2021 with Record Breaking Milestones
This past year, Fender welcomed more than 900k new players
via the brand’s online learning app, Fender Play®, driving consumer demand from
beginners and record sales milestones. Fender today announced a slate of new
products for the first half of 2021 via its second online meeting experience
for global dealers.
The introductions come as an effort to accommodate recent
droves of aspiring players and loyal professional musicians learning and
creating at home during the pandemic. New additions include products across
categories – from electrics and amplifiers to Squier® guitars and accessories.
Fender says that it will continue to use a private
interactive portal for its dealers to explore executive and product video, as
well as other visuals via an easy-to-follow user interface.
Source - Fender Newsroom.
Shop Fender | Electric Guitars,Acoustics, Bass, Amps and More
Planet Rock
report that In a Cheap Trick news double whammy, the Illinois rockers have
rescheduled their English tour for February 2022 and premiered their brand-new
song ‘Light Up the Fire.’
Originally
set to take place in April 2021, Cheap Trick will now open their short run of
shows at Newcastle Boiler Shop on Tuesday 1st February and call in at
Manchester Academy, Wolverhampton KK’s Steel Mill and London O2 Shepherd’s Bush
Empire before culminating at Bristol O2 Academy on Sunday 6th February.
All
original tickets remain valid
FEBRUARY 2022
Manchester
Academy – Wed 2nd
Wolverhampton
KK’s Steel Mill – Fri 4th
London
O2 Shepherd’s Bush Empire – Sat 5th
Bristol
O2 Academy – Sun 6th
The quartet
have also just premiered the brand new single ‘Light Up The Fire’ – the first
taster of their
eagerly anticipated 20th studio album ‘In Another World’, which
lands on Friday 9th April 2021.
Available
to buy on a variety of formats, ‘In Another World’ features 13 songs and closes
with a cover of John Lennon’s classic song ‘Gimme Some Truth.’
Join Chantel for her weekly
live-stream on Facebook at 5-6pm uk time, every Saturday during lockdown.
A female guitar
prodigy, Chantel was told by a major label that she had a "great voice,
but girls don't play guitar like that!" Wisely ignoring their comments,
she enrolled at the Leeds College of Music and became the first student in the
college’s history, to achieve a 100% pass mark at BTEC, with 18 distinctions.
Chantel then pursued further education and left with a First Class Honours
degree in Popular Music and a coveted prize, the college’s musician of the year
award.
Find out more
by visiting…
Enjoy an hour or so of song-sharing and conversation with
folk legend Nancy Kerr. This event is presented by Downend Folk Club, who have
been doing a fantastic job of cheering us up with weekly events on Facebook
during lockdown.
No ticket required,
but donations gratefully received on Paypal.
Nancy Kerr is an English folk musician and songwriter,
specialising in the fiddle and singing. Born in London, she now lives in
Sheffield. Kerr is a Principal Lecturer in Folk Music at Leeds Conservatoire.
She is the daughter of London-born singer-songwriter Sandra Kerr and
Northumbrian piper Ron Elliott. She was the 2015 BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards
"Folk Singer of the Year".
Topic Records recently launched a new Spotify playlist called ‘Folk
Discovery’ which features new and not so new folk songs they
are currently enjoying. The playlist isn’t just limited to Topic artists and
includes folk music from around the UK, Ireland and further afield. Topic will
be keeping it regularly updated so make sure to follow on Spotify and check back in to
explore the world of folk.
It all means that it’s more important than ever
to support and celebrate our favourite gig spots — and Independent Venue Week
is the perfect opportunity to do just that. Going digital for the first time,
the seven-day series will feature an array of live-streamed gigs, online
Q&As, radio shows, quizzes, film screenings and more, all reminding us just
how important it is to protect smaller venues.
By championing these venues, we are able to highlight why they are so much more than just places for live music – they are cultural hubs for learning, creativity, arts and culture more widely connecting people
Check out this link…
Independent Venue Week –
Celebrating The Spirit Of Independence
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