SETH LAKEMAN TOUR AND COMPETITION

Win a pair of Tickets to see Seth on his upcoming UK Tour!



Seth sets off on the road again on 22nd October for the Poor Man's Heaven Tour. He'll be heading to many parts of the UK and Ireland. For your chance to win a pair of tickets to a gig of your choice, simply answer the question HERE and fill in your details.

The competition will close on 30th September and winners will be informed after that date. Prize includes a pair of tickets to the show of your choice. You will need to be able to make your own way there and back.

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TOUR DATES:

October
22 - Wolverhampton Wulfrun
23 - Liverpool Academy
24 - Lincoln Engine Shed
25 - Northampton Roadmender
26 - Cambridge Junction
28 - Oxford Academy
29 - Bristol Academy
30 - Aberdeen Lemon Tree
31 - Dundee Fat Sams

November
1 - Glasgow QMU
2 - Norwich Waterfront
4 - Newcastle Academy
5 - Sheffield Leadmill
6 - London Shepherds Bush Empire
7 - Portsmouth Pyramids
8- Manchester Academy
9 - Leeds Metropolitan University
11 - Loughbrough University
12 - Bournemouth Opera House
13 - Cheltenham Town Hall
14 - Belfast Spring & Airbrake
15 - Dublin Academy
16 - Exeter Great Hall
17 - Falmouth Princess Pavillion
18 - Brighton Corn Exchange

Seth of course is not only an inventive and boisterous fiddler, but also plays tenor guitar and banjo. The tenor guitar will be featured in the next blog

SETH LAKEMAN OFFICIAL WEBSITE HERE

Crimson Dawn video:

New Fotheringay album !

From the fairport site

After 38 years - A New Fotheringay Album!!
Added 2008-08-26 08:20:44

In 1970, during the recording of their second album, Fotheringay broke up as Sandy Denny was persuaded to pursue a solo career.

The tapes for the unfinished album have been gathering dust for 38 years.

Jerry Donahue with Gerry Conway and Pat Donaldson, with the full approval of the Sandy Denny and Trevor Lucas estates, have finally pieced together the unreleased album. More...

Fotheringay 2 will be released on CD and DL on September 29th on the Fledg'ling label - Fledg'ling FLED 3066.

Track listing:


Sandy Denny - vocals, piano, 12 string guitar, harmonium
Trevor Lucas - vocals, electric & acoustic guitars
Jerry Donahue - lead electric, acoustic & alto guitars, backing vocals
Pat Donaldson - bass, duet & backing vocals
Gerry Conway - drums, percussion, backing vocals
1 Eppie Moray
trad arr S Denny / T Lucas : Warlock Music Ltd.
2 Gypsy Davey
trad arr S Denny / T Lucas : Warlock Music Ltd.
3 John the Gun
Sandy Denny : Warlock Music Ltd.
4 Bold Jack Donahue
trad arr S Denny / T Lucas : Warlock Music Ltd.
5 Two Weeks Last Summer
Dave Cousins : Winckler Productions
6 Restless
Trevor Lucas / Peter Roche : Warner Chapell Music Ltd.
7 Wild Mountain Thyme
trad arr S Denny / T Lucas : Warlock Music Ltd.
8 I Don't Believe You
Bob Dylan :
9 Silver Threads & Golden Needles
(J Rhodes / O Reynolds) Campbell Connelly Music
10 Trevor / Jerry Instrumental (no title yet)
Trevor Lucas / Jerry Donahue :
11 Late November
Sandy Denny : Warlock Music Ltd.
12 Knights of the Road
Trevor Lucas / Peter Roche : Warlock Music Ltd.
13 Lowlands of Holland
trad arr S Denny : Warlock Music Ltd.
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Grab it HERE:

It is very, very rare that musicians get a chance to complete a project begun 38 years previously. I'm sure all Fairport fans will be interested in this remarkable release.


For further information, please visit: http://www.thebeesknees.com/

The folk rock group Fotheringay was formed in 1970 by singer Sandy Denny upon her departure from Fairport Convention. The band drew its name from Fotheringhay Castle, where Mary Queen of Scots was imprisoned in England. Said castle was also the inspiration for the song "Fotheringay", which Fairport Convention had included on their 1969 album What We Did on Our Holidays, before Denny's departure from the group.
Two former members of Eclection, Trevor Lucas and Gerry Conway, and two former members of Poet and the One Man Band, Jerry Donahue and Pat Donaldson (bass), completed the line-up responsible for the quintet's only album. This folk-based set included several Denny originals, notably "Nothing More", "The Sea" and "The Pond and The Stream", as well as meticulous readings of Gordon Lightfoot's "The Way I Feel" and Bob Dylan's "Too Much of Nothing". Although criticized contemporaneously as constrained, Fotheringay is now viewed as a confident, accomplished work. However, the album failed to match commercial expectations and pressures on Denny to undertake a solo career – she was voted Britain's number 1 singer in Melody Maker's 1970 poll – increased.

MORE ON THE FOTHERINGAY WIKI HERE

LAST FM TITLE TRACK ( from first album ) HERE

SANDY DENNY MAILING LIST: HERE ( Good for latest news, networking with other fans and people who knew Sandy )

Questions about the list including lots of files and sandy info are HERE

COMPREHENSIVE SANDY DENNY SITE HERE

MORE ON FOTHERINGAY 2 HERE

Banburyshire brolly podcast ( folk and news )

Please take the time to drop by this excellent podcast.

What is the Brolly?

A collection of podcasts, featuring a number of presenters, covering a number of music styles (folk, roots, blues, rock, contemporary, etc). Promoting and celebrating the music, heritage and characters of Banburyshire. With interviews, information, stories and humour.

Previous guests have included:

Leatherat
Spank The Monkey
Anna Ryder
3 Daft Monkeys
Little Johnny England
Karine Polwart
Kev Dempsey and Tom Leary
Mawkin
Steve Tilston
Fairport Convention
David Stevenson
Colvin Quarmby

http://www.banburyshire.com/brolly.html

Show 174 currently available:

Show 174 - Thursday August 7th 2008
Presented by Jules Procter.

Featuring :

Chasing The Dragon by Andy Guttridge
Couldn't Find The Craic by Leatherat
Listen To Me by Spank The Monkey
This Is The Last Time by Wee Alex

Interviews with Ray Jackson and Gerry Donahue from "The Gathering" recorded at the Woodford Halse social club on Wednesday 6th August.

Bert Jansch, Danny Thompson, John Renbourne FREE

Bert Jansch, John Renbourn & Danny Thompson - Open Air Festival, Gandino, Bergamo, Italy, August 5th 1990, from master.

Disc One :

Bert Jansch Solo Set:

1. Bonny Portmore (aka The Ornament Tree)
2. Durban's Flowery Vale
3. David
4. Pretty Sara

Bert Jansch & Danny Thompson Set :

5. Let Me Sing
6. One For Jo
7. Chat
8. Black Mountain Side part. 1 (with vocals, same trad. Jimmy Page made famous)
9. Black Mountain Side part. 2 (1 glitch between the two parts)
10. One Scotch, One Bourbon, One Beer

John Renbourn Solo Set :

11. Instrumental
12. I Know That Someday I'll Sing A Lullaby
13. Watch The Stars (Pentangle's cover)
14. Lord Franklin
15. Little Niles (Randy Weston Cover)
16. Lindsay
17. Sandwood Down To Kyle pt. 1 (1 glitch between the two parts)
18. Sandwood Down To Kyle pt. 2

Disc Two :

1. Three Sheeps
2. Cherry Instrumental (Dollar Brand Cover)

Bert Jansch, John Renbourn & Danny Thompson Set :

3. Instrumental
4. The Time Has Come >
5. Servant >
6. Sally Free And Easy (Pentangle's cover)
7. I've Got A Feeling (Pentangle's cover)

Really nice recording, awesome performance.




Bert Jansch official site

John Renbourn official site

Danny Thompson official site

Seth Lakeman part 2 download

HERE

Remember if you like Seth to support his official releases , his new album is especially wonderful:



Andddd... probably my favourite rendition of KITTY JAY :

Judy Dyble articles

Posted with permission from Judy , these three articles are currently on Judy's myspace page so add her as a friend to see all of her pics and blog entries. She also has a blog here so stop by and say hello.
The files are in a pdf form and contain 3 good quality article scans ( Shindig magazine, Froots and Rock n Reel )

GRAB them HERE

Guitar tabs

It's much easier to learn how to read guitar tabs than it is to learn sight reading on guitar. Knowing exactly which fret and string to put your fingers on is the main advantage of tabs over notes. However, most tabs don't clearly express the rhythm of the music so it's best to also have a recording of the song you are learning.

Guitar tabs are written on a six lined staff. Each line represents a string on the guitar. The top line of a guitar tab is for the high E string, and the bottom line is for the low E string. All of the other strings fall between in order.

Here's what a guitar tab staff looks like:

e--------------------- <- high E string

B--------------------- <- B string

G--------------------- <- G string

D--------------------- <- D string

A--------------------- <- A string

E--------------------- <- low E string

Sometimes the string names won't be written at the beginning of the tab staff, and it will look something like this:

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------7--5-----------------8-----------8/10-

------7--5h6----------------7b9r7p6--------

--------------7---5-6-7----------------------

----------------7--------0--------------------

--5-5-----------------------------------------

But don't worry, it works just the same as before.

If you're not quite sure about your string names yet, here's an easy mnemonic device to help you remember them:

Ed And Dan Go Bowling Every Day.

What do the numbers mean?

The numbers on the lines tell you which frets to play. So, a 1 will mean the first fret, 2 stands for the second fret, etc. If you see a zero, that means to play the open string.

Here's an example:

e--------------------

B--------------------

G--------------------

D-----2--------------

A--------1-0---------

E--0----------3--0---

Alright, let's walk through it.

First, play the open low E string. Then play the second fret on the D string. After that play the first fret on the A string, then the open A string. Play the third fret on the low E string, and finally the open low E string again.

See? It's not hard to figure out how to read guitar tabs!

What about chords?

Chords are written the same way, except the fret numbers are stacked on top of one another. Here's an E7 chord for example:

e--0-----

B--0-----

G--1-----

D--0-----

A--2-----

E--0-----

Sometimes, if you're supposed to take your time strumming, the tab will look like this:

e------0-

B-----0--

G----1---

D---0----

A--2-----

E-0------

There are some other symbols that you are likely to see on tabs besides just numbers. Here's a list of what they mean:

• h - hammer on
• p - pull off
• / - slide up
• - slide down
• b - bend
• r - release bend
• ~ or v - vibrato
• x - mute
• t - tap
• pm - palm mute
• tr - trill, rapid hammer ons and pull offs

So, learning how to read guitar tabs is not that hard, especially when you compare it to note reading! To get the most out of a tab, get a recording of a song to practice with and get the rhythm from.

Eliza Carthy - my music channel 5

My Music: Episode 4 - Eliza Carthy
Channel 5 - 27 April 2008

Documentary series exploring the musical influences of four of the most successful artists in contemporary English folk music. This film focuses on Eliza Carthy, a singer-songwriter who is bringing traditional music to a new audience. Part of a legendary musical dynasty, Carthy regularly mixes musical genres as disparate as music hall, tango and even drum and bass. Her willingness to experiment with various styles has allowed her music to reach a new generation of fans

PART ONE HERE ( just follow the links to the rest in the sidebar or by hitting my youtube user name )