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Christmas
Eve Listen
in on Christmas Eve for the last (at least for the time being) of the
folk, roots and acoustic programmes on East Grinstead’s community radio
station, Meridian FM (at 8pm to 10pm).
Needless
to say, this week’s programme will be a Christmas special. If you live in
the East Grinstead and surrounding area, tune into FM 87.7 - or alternatively listen
over the internet at www.meridianfm.com. For more
information on Acoustic Sussex
shows including sound samples, click on the artists' website
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Friday
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The
Classic Rock Society recently presented
Dave Cousins with the Lifetime Achievement Award. Thirty
years on from their huge album chart successes, 'Grave New World' and
'Bursting at the Seams', the Strawbs now tour three times a year with an
acoustic line-up - Dave Cousins on guitar, dulcimer, banjo and vocals,
Dave Lambert on guitar and vocals, plus 70s band member Chas Cronk on
guitar, bass and vocals.
The
Strawbs have enjoyed major success on both sides of the Atlantic. In the
early 1970s, as well as the hit albums, their hit singles ‘Part of the
Union’ and ‘Lay Down’ topped the charts. From the mid-1970s they spent
more time in the States and Canada where their albums charted for five
years as they toured, among others, with Santana, The Eagles, Peter
Frampton, Blue Oyster Cult, Joe Walsh, King Crimson, and Frank Zappa.
Acoustic
Strawbs have recently toured Italy to critical acclaim and played three
nights at the Edinburgh Festival at the prestigious Music Hall in the
Scotsman Assembly Rooms. Acoustic
Strawbs play classic Strawbs songs with the integrity and musicianship for
which the band has been always been
recognised. STOP
PRESS
The long-awaited Strawbs boxed set is released this month (copies will be
available to buy at the concert). Sourced from the Strawbs’ own archives,
it includes unreleased songs, demo versions, alternate mixes, and live
material. According to Witchwood Records, “it includes all the Strawbs tracks that ought
to be in a boxed set, but virtually none of the versions that even devout
fans will currently have in their
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Saturday
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SOLD
OUT BETH
NIELSEN CHAPMAN
Tickets for Beth
Nielsen Chapman's concert on 27th January are now sold out
(cancellations only).
The concert
on is a cancer charity
fund-raising event, which will coincide with an auction of an
electro-acoustic guitar (sponsored by Hobgoblin Music in Crawley)
- signed by a number of well-known musicians, which so far includes: Amy Wadge, Ralph
McTell, Tommy Emmanuel, Jacqui McShee, Nick Harper, Gretchen Peters, Clive
Gregson, Christine Collister, Dougie MacLean, Bob Fox, Billy Mitchell,
Dave Kelly, Al Stewart, Laurence Juber, Martha Tilston, Kris Delmhorst,
Pierre Bensusan, Martyn Joseph, Simon Nicol, Ric Sanders, Chris Leslie,
Gerry Conway, Karine Polwart, Steve Knightley and Phil Beer.
More details on
how to bid for the guitar will follow in
January. |
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Friday
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Although
Keith James is still, in
some respects, a well kept secret, he has recently seen a gradual
emergence as one of the country's most valuable singer/songwriters, and
concert performers. During January, February and March 2007, Keith
performs his eighth UK tour entitled The Songs of Nick Drake, in which
almost the entire concert is dedicated to the work of the most loved of
all English singer/songwriters. Previous tours across the country,
totalling over 250 concerts, have seen audiences filling arts centres and
theatres to hear this music again after an absence from the live music
scene of well over 30 years. Nick
Drake himself, was, during his prolific period, somewhat of a mystery. He
only lived to record 3 albums, "Five Leaves Left", "Bryter Later" and
"Pink Moon", all of which were regarded at the time as being flimsy and
without the substance that was called for to engage popular audiences. It
has only been in the last 10 years that many thousands of listeners have
come to appreciate their beauty. Nick Drake has now, thankfully, become
the most revered of all figures to take their place in the world of
contemporary acoustic music. It is with this in mind that these concerts
are presented. “A fresh and powerful approach to these
wonderful songs” |
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For
your future diaries.. |
Future
dates in the 2007 Acoustic Sussex programme: Ø
26
February 2007, Anais
Mitchell (see
website) Ø
12
March 2007, Thea Gilmore (see
website) Ø
26
March 2007, Richard
Durrant (see
website) Ø
30
April 2007, Charlie Dore
(see
website) Ø
14
May, Corrine West tbc
(see
website) Ø
4
June 2007, Vin Garbutt (see
website) More
information on all up-and-coming artists can be found on our website: www.acousticsussex.org.uk. You
can also find us on MySpace (with samples from some of the artists
appearing) at: www.myspace.com/acoustic_sussex.
If you know anyone who you think may enjoy our events, please forward this
email to them. |
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