Monday, 3 May 2021
Town Hall Live Back After 16 Months Absence
Friday, 30 April 2021
Brooks Williams and Aaron Catlow Touring in 2021 / 2022 Book Now.
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
Aaron Catlow
is a Briston, UK based fiddle player playing acoustic, folk
and roots music.
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
@laffingdogmusic
@BrookeRedGuitar
@CatlowAaron
Thursday, 29 April 2021
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)
Wednesday, 28 April 2021
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."
Tuesday, 27 April 2021
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.
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.
Monday, 26 April 2021
Joe Nichols New Single 'Home Run' Is Out Now
The new single, “Home Run” by Joe Nichols is out now! Have you heard it?”
Friday, 23 April 2021
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.
Inspire
Online | Inspire - Culture, Learning, Libraries (inspireculture.org.uk)
Thursday, 22 April 2021
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.
Wednesday, 21 April 2021
Announcement From the Joe Strummer Foundation Re Partnership with Technology Provider, Keemoji, To Release the JSF Keyboard on iOS & Android
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.
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.
Key JSF
Keyboard Highlights:
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Stay up-to-date with our news and updates directly
within the app
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Express yourself with emojis
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Seamless shopping directly from your keyboard, with
custom suggestions helping you get to where you want to be instantly
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Improved typing with Swipe feature, profanity
filter, and languages for you to choose from
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Direct access to exclusive content from The Joe
Strummer Foundation without switching apps
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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