Folk & Tumble Club Night Launches In Norwich!
July 6, 2010
Folk & Tumble – an exciting new club night brought to you by independent label Dustbowl Records – launches this July in Norwich, at brand new venue Knowhere Bar. The night aims to showcase the best upcoming folk, folk rock, acoustic and alternative talent from across the UK.
The line-up for the first Folk & Tumble night is as follows:
COCOS LOVERS – http://www.myspace.com/cocoslovers
ADELAIDE’S CAPE – http://www.myspace.com/adelaidescape
TAKEDA – http://www.myspace.com/takeda
ALLOY ARK – http://www.myspace.com/alloyark
In addition to a truly stunning four act bill, the night will feature a DJ set from the wonderful folk over at OUTLINE MAGAZINE as well as a range of FREE HOMEMADE CUPCAKES for all! Tickets are priced at just £3.00 in advance from WeGotTickets.com and £4.00 on the door.
Folk & Tumble takes place at Knowhere Bar in Norwich on July 27th. Doors open at 7pm and the first act will be on soon afterwards. The ticket price includes a free cupcake and a free Folk & Tumble mix CD, but make sure you get down early, because these are being dished out on a first-come-first-serve basis!
The second in the Folk & Tumble club night series launches this autumn in Bristol, with details to be announced shortly. Plans for a London edition are also in the works.
Barn On The Farm Festival announces inaugural lineup
June 28, 2010
If you liked the look of this year’s Latitude or Hop Farm or Secret Garden Party but just couldn’t afford the extravagant price of £200.00 for the weekend, look no further; Barn On The Farm Festival, Gloucester’s wonderful new mini-festival, will look after all your musical needs, and best of all, it’ll only cost you £30.00!
Taking place in the beautiful grounds of Over Farm, the three-day festival runs from Friday 23rd to Sunday 25th July, and is hosting a lineup I can only describe as being the crème de la crème of upcomers in the world of nu-folk.
The complete lineup is as follows – I’m vibrating with excitement just looking at it:
All profit from the festival goes to Global Footsteps and Friends of Nowder, both of which support social, economic and environmental sustainability projects globally.
Tickets are available now via www.skiddle.com/events/11375316 and are priced at just £30 for the weekend including camping, or just £15 for a Saturday day ticket.
There is a Facebook Event here: www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=128354000509605&ref=ts
Grab your bargain price ticket now, because with a capacity of just 200, this is one festival that is absolutely sure to sell out!
Emily Barker announces third album and October UK tour
June 17, 2010
Australian folk beauty Emily Barker will be heading back into the studio to record her third album this month, ahead of festival dates this summer and an autumn tour in support of the new release.
Emily appears at Big Session Festival, Llama Festival and Larmer Tree Festival this month and next, with a full tour of the UK this autumn with dates as follows:
Frank Turner announces UK tour for December
June 16, 2010
I’m one of those people who has been following Frank Turner since the days before his signing to Epitaph, and a nod towards more mainstream success. When I last saw Frank live (at the 1,500 capacity UEA LCR in Norwich), he reminisced with the packed out room about having played to twenty people at The Ferryboat (tiny and rather shitty Norwich music venue that no longer exists) only a few years back…aww, we love a humble man here at Folk & Tumble.
Anyway, the lovely Mr. Turner will be heading out on a December tour of the UK, with dates as far spread as Aberdeen and Southampton, and I can’t wait to catch him out on the road again (‘The Road’ being a tremendous song by the way).
The December dates are as follows:
Review | Johnny Flynn – Been Listening
June 15, 2010
The new Johnny Flynn album is exceptional. This was expected, of course, by any who heard 2008’s marvellous debut ‘A Larum’, and were immediately engulfed by a truly outstanding modern folk musician and a man who is the sincere definition of a multi-instrumentalist.
The album begins with the upbeat and rather ambiguous (in subject matter at least) ‘Kentucky Pill’, a relentlessly catchy track that shows a new radio-friendly tilt to Flynn’s elusive sound. Moving through the album, highlights include the beautiful ‘Lost & Found’ and the heartbreaking ‘The Water’.
Adding to the strength of the release are phenomenal duets with Laura Marling and Anna Calvi on two of the tracks. It certainly helps to have a famous friend or two doesn’t it? Helps even more when they’re as talented as these two ladies.
The stand out track by far on this album – a huge number of my Twitter followers will back me up on this – is the absolutely stunning ‘Barnacled Warship’. The grace, beautiful and emotion portrayed in this genuinely creative and genuinely interesting tune show us that the new “radio-friendler” Johnny Flynn has developed and improved very positively – as if there was ever really any doubt.
You can download an album taster in the form of opening track ‘Kentucky Pill’ via this link. And then please make absolutely sure you grab a copy of this glorious release from our friends over at RecordStore.co.uk by clicking here.
Review | The Boy Who Trapped The Sun – Katy
June 15, 2010
They say that first impressions mean everything, and I think that’s probably true. I first encountered The Boy Who Trapped The Sun – otherwise known as Colin – last year when he supported the lovely Lisa Hannigan at Norwich’s Waterfront. He was charming, self-deprecating, and talented enough to make me swoon for reasons behind his (extremely) pretty face.
After an EP released through Rough Trade Records, The Boy recently signed to Geffen Records, and the first single, titled ‘Katy’, from his forthcoming album release is truly gorgeous. I just couldn’t help but put down what I was doing and have a listen (several times) when the promo copy arrived on my desk.
Though Colin comes from the Isle of Lewis in Scotland, he has that brilliant Roddy Woomble-esque American-sounding lilt to his sound, and ‘Katy’ strikes the perfect balance between radio friendly and staying true to folk-inspired roots.
As every debut single should, this one has left me chomping at the bit to hear the upcoming album from The Boy Who Trapped The Sun. For the sun’s sake, I hope when he captured it, he played it some tunes.
Introducing | Alloy Ark
June 15, 2010
So once upon a time in October 2009, Sam “Adelaide’s Cape” Taylor and I attended an absolutely disastrous Oxjam Festival in Norwich. When we arrived at the beautiful Dragon Hall for Sam to play his set, there was no sound equipment or sound man, it turned out. So, with the show running an hour late, Sam set up all the equipment himself, played a stressful 30 minute set and we made a run for it.
We ran over to Norwich Puppet Theatre, where, incidentally, bad promotion meant we were two of only five people in the 180 seater venue. But what we discovered there was this amazing boy-girl duo called Alloy Ark. And suddenly all the stress of the day was forgotten…
Now signed to NRONE Records – a label best known for girl-fronted pop/rock band The Kabeedies (though Alloy Ark are nothing like The Kabeedies), and a notoriously and painfully Norwich-centred affair – Alloy Ark will be releasing their debut EP this autumn, and I, for one, really can’t wait. The music is beautiful, unique and bustling with talent and potential.
To truly understand the simple greatness of this wondrous pair, you really should head over to their MySpace page and have a listen to their songs. My favourite tune is ‘Columbian Coffee’, but all the tracks you’ll find over there are charming little acoustic pop ditties.
I’ll be very interested to see what lies ahead for these two – I think it’s clear they have a well-deserved and very bright future ahead of them.
New single from The Boy Who Trapped The Sun
June 2, 2010
Recent Geffen signee The Boy Who Trapped The Sun releases his debut single ‘Katy’ on July 5th, and what a beautiful song it is. See the video for it below…
Also catch him live this month with Lissie and Kassidy (MySpace for full details of the tour dates) and at a range of festivals over the next couple of months.
His album, ‘Fireplace’, is released on July 12th through Geffen.
Upcoming folk troubadour Adelaide’s Cape has been confirmed for Wychwood Festival (4th-6th June) and Secret Garden Party (22nd-25th July) this year, the former being via selection by BBC Introducing.
If you can’t make it to either of those festivals though, also announced last week was a full band English tour for Adelaide’s Cape this June, as well as touring as main support to The Miserable Rich at the beginning of the month.
The live dates are as follows:
2nd – The Wilmington Arms, London (solo headline)
5th – Wychwood Festival (solo, BBC Introducing stage)
6th – The Haymakers, Cambridge (with The Miserable Rich)
7th – Puppet Theatre, Norwich (with The Miserable Rich)
8th – The Thirsty Scholar, Manchester (solo headline)
9th – The Library, Leeds (with The Miserable Rich)
10th – Glee Club, Birmingham (with The Miserable Rich)
11th – Buffalo Bar, Cardiff (with The Miserable Rich)
14th – Moles, Bath (full band headline)
21st – 10 Feet Tall, Cardiff (full band headline)
23rd – Oakford Social Club, Reading (full band headline)
24th – Astor Theatre, Deal (full band headline)
26th – The Hope, Brighton (full band headline)
27th – Hamptons, Southampton (full band headline)
29th – The Flowerpot, London (full band headline)
30th – Barhouse, Chelmsford (full band headline)
1st – The Haymakers, Cambridge (full band headline)
2nd – The Labour Club, Northampton (full band headline)
3rd – Treehouse Festival, Norfolk (full band, Main Stage)
