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Oxford Folk Festival
// April 16th, 2010 // Comments Off // Uncategorized
After a racing start to the week with our own gig at Hillsborough Folk Club, we are finishing it in fine style at Oxford Folk Festival in our other guises as members of Bellowhead and the Demon Barbers.
Bellowhead are playing the main stage tonight (Friday 16) and the Demons are on the main stage on Saturday.
Tickets are still available on the door or online through various box offices. See www.oxfordfolkfestival.com for more detail.
Busy, busy week
// April 15th, 2010 // Comments Off // Uncategorized
Phew! It’s been a busy week already in the Hannah and Sam camp.
First there was a lovely gig at Hillsborough Folk club. Our first gig together for a while. Many thanks to Pete Shaw for the invite and to our lovely audience for the company. It is a really nice venue at Burton St, cosy, intimate and with a good bar of course, so if you are in Sheffield on a Tuesday check it out.
Next we caught our good friends the Askew Sisters as they performed at the Rivelin Folk club last night to promote their new album. If you have chance to see them on their current tour and enjoy it, you might also enjoy a new trio, Lady Maisery featuring a certain Miss Hannah James, Hazel Askew and Rowan Rheingans.
In fact the trio will be performing on 24th April in Ashover. More on that later.
Finally and it is another Sheffield event (isn’t it great we have all this on our doorstep?). Get yourselves down to the Boardwalk tonight for Nancy Kerr and James Fagan plus the Boardwalk Allstars. This is part of a series of events set up by Fay Hield and Kit Bailey that will happen at regular intervals throughout the year with different acts headlining, but with the MIGHT of the Allstars behind them! The Allstars tonight will include Martin Simpson, Jon Boden, Roy Bailey and harmonica whizz Will Pound. Another not to be missed event brought to you by the city of steel!
Front cover stars!
// March 4th, 2010 // Comments Off // Uncategorized
Check us out on the front cover of English Dance and Song magazine, which is out now!
You’ll find us in the Singer, Song and Source feature. The magazine can be purchased for a very reasonable price of £2.50 here, so what’s stopping you? We have also recorded a song especially for the EDS website, so check it out!
Tonight at Guildford Music Institute
// February 19th, 2010 // Comments Off // Uncategorized
We will be enjoying the delights of the Guildford Music Institute tonight from 8pm. Tickets will be available on the door, but there is currently only a few tickets left! Come along.
Visit the website for more info and ticket details
Cheltenham Folk Festival – This weekend
// February 10th, 2010 // Comments Off // Uncategorized
The lovely people at Cheltenham Folk Festival have managed to squeeze us into their excellent line-up for this year’s festival and we are very chuffed. You can see us working the duo magic at 1.30 on Sunday 14 February in the Town Hall.
Make sure you also check out our good friends the Demon Barber Roadshow and Fay Heild trio. You might see someone you recognise.
‘Not the BBC Folk Awards’
// February 5th, 2010 // Comments Off // Uncategorized
We may have left empty handed from the folk awards, but we are delighted to have won the Horizon Award for best newcomers at the Hancock awards! The Hancock awards (aka ‘Not the BBC Folk Awards’) are set up and voted for by the good folk at Talkawhile, so many thanks to everyone who voted for us!
Remember you still have time to vote for us at the Spiral awards
No win, but great time had by all!
// February 5th, 2010 // Comments Off // Uncategorized
Unfortunately we came home empty handed from the Folk Awards, but we had a lovely time nonetheless catching up with friends and seeing some excellent live music. Congratulations to the Horizon award winner Sam Carter.
You can listen to us not win and the rest of the awards on the BBC iplayer. Listen out for Sam accepting the best live act award in his role as newest and youngest member of Bellowhead. Didn’t he do well?
BBC Folk Awards 2010
// January 31st, 2010 // Comments Off // Uncategorized
The Radio 2 Folk Awards, now in their 11th year, will be hosted by
Mike Harding at The Brewery, in London EC1.
Highlights will be broadcast on Radio 2 on Wednesday 3rd February at 7pm,
and available to listen to on the iPlayer for 7 days afterwards.
Live performances and other highlights from the night will be available
to watch at bbc.co.uk/radio2 from 7pm on Wednesday 3rd February.
Unfortunately video is only available to users in the UK.
It’s nearly the Folk Awards!
// January 20th, 2010 // Comments Off // Uncategorized
It’s now less than a fortnight until the Folk Awards! Keep an eye on the website for news on the results! We are very excited!
Now available on Spotify!
// January 7th, 2010 // Comments Off // Uncategorized
‘Catches & Glees’ is now available to listen to on Spotify! You can now listen to the whole album for free!
Tell your friends!
