'News' Category
Goodbye, old paint
To those of you who have listened to my music and only know me through this website and from gigs, either solo or with my previous group, this may come as something as a surprise. To those of you who’ve known me longer, it’ll come as no surprise at all. No-one ever said I had [...]
Sam Hall on Dandelion Radio and other news
Sam Hall has been played on the very marvellous Dandelion Radio.
I’ll be announcing some news here shortly about future musical plans, for all half-a-dozen people who might be interested… needless to say, I have a new venture in mind…Will Beckett’s March (reprise) on forthcoming compilation
A Place In Space, the new compilation from Invisiblegirl Records features Will Beckett’s March (reprise) from the album Mother’s Thinking Bath.
The album will be an iTunes release; here’s a trailer featuring all the artists.Interview in Halfcut magazine
While I’m here updating the site… there’s an interview with me about Mother’s Thinking Bath in the current edition of Halfcut Publications’ magazine. You can get a free copy of the magazine from their website, halfcutpublications.com
There’s also a sample of the track “West Hagley” from the album on their Leper Colony page.Electricity
I’ve been working through a few ideas for the next set of recordings and I’m now pretty certain it’ll be a mostly electric set of traditional songs. There’ll undoubtedly be some acoustic material as well, but for the most part it’ll be guitars turned up to eleven, bass, and drums, probably with quite a bit [...]
“I Can’t Find Brummagem” featured on Created In Birmingham blog/album update
Many thanks to Pete Ashton of the Created In Birmingham blog for running an article about my version of I Can’t Find Brummagem and also for giving the album a plug - cheers Pete!
A brief update on the album, Mother’s Thinking Bath - thanks to all of you who have bought it it’s now raised [...]HANDS ON MUSIC WEEKENDS - a message from Dave Townsend
Dave Townsend has had some trouble with the Royal Mail, so I’m reproducing below a note sent out by him for wide circulation.
HANDS ON MUSIC BOOKINGS
A Message from Dave Townsend
If you recently sent a booking or enquiry to Hands On Music Weekends, PO Box 1162, East Oxford D. O., OX4 4WS, U. K., your letter [...]Frank is… fantastic!
The internet is a wonderful thing.
Over on MySpace, I decided to chance my arm and ask the very fantastic singing phenomenon Frank Sidebottom if it was OK to record a cover of his song “Free Download” in a music-hall style on concertina as long as I put it up on my website as a free [...]Debut album now available!
The debut album, on Swainsthorpe Records, is now available to buy. Go to the “Buy CDs” page to hear samples and order your copy now!
I Can’t Find Brummagem - on internet radio!
This week’s Brumcast podcast includes a new recording of my version of “I Can’t Find Brummagem” which I recorded recently - it’s played on acoustic guitars, acoustic bass, and mandolin.
It’s not available anywhere else yet, so visit their MySpace and get the podcast feed here: http://www.myspace.com/brumcastbirmingham
The words and a bit of blurb about the song [...]