Hello Everyone, welcome back to
NetRhythms
but summer music is not all about sitting in
fields, muddy or not! Here are a few seated events in the big
city!
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Monday 28 Jul 7.30pm - at The Barbican - ROGUES GALLERY,
PIRATE BALLADS, SEA SONGS & CHANTEYS
The line-up for this special event now includes
Pete Doherty, Martha Wainwright, Julie Fowlis, Baby Gramps, David Thomas, Keith
Moline, Gavin Friday, Langley Sisters, Teddy Thompson, Kami Thompson, Jenni
Muldaur, Eliza Carthy, Martin Carthy, Norma Waterson, Robyn Hitchcock as well as
actor Tim Robbins and cartoonist Ralph Steadman.
Based on recent critically acclaimed CD release
featuring the talents of Nick Cave, Sting, Jarvis Cocker and Rufus Wainwright,
this concert consists of contemporary re-workings of traditional sea chanteys,
pirate ballads and seafaring songs.
The idea for Rogue's Gallery germinated on the set
of the second Pirates of the Caribbean movie, with actor Johnny Depp and
director Gore Verbinski. The songs on the subsequent CD have titles like
Baltimore Whores, Boney Was a Warrior (about Napoleon) and Little Boy Billee
sung by the artist Ralph Steadman about eating the cabin boy. A sea chantey
(often spelt shanty) is a work song that was sung on the old wooden ships.
Rhythmically, they matched the activity speed of these men hauling on lines.
Many of them are really filthy; many are very beautiful.
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What about the rather special August Sunday programme at Regents Park Open
Air Theatre in London NW1? Anyone who's seen Midsummer Nights Dream performed in
the Open Air Theatre will appreciate the magical setting
24 August SETH LAKEMAN - to be reviewed
shortly
Sunday performances (which are one-off events and
not part of the main repertoire) take place regardless of weather conditions.
Booking details & further information
http://www.openairtheatre.org/pl89.html
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And for the first time, CAMBRIDGE FOLK FESTIVAL will have a new daily
PODCAST this year.
The podcast will be available from the Festival
website a day before the Festival starts, with 5 planned in total. By
downloading it you will be able to access exclusive interviews, backstage news
and more as the Festival happens. More info at
http://www.cambridgefolkfestival.co.uk
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The
Latest Album, DVD & Book Reviews - JULY 2008
http://www.netrhythms.co.uk/reviews.html
Steve Tilston - Ziggurat (Hubris Records)
Dave
Sutherland - On The Waiting List (Red Kite)
Liam Finn - I'll Be Lightning
(Transgressive)
Belshazzar's Feast - The Food Of Love (WildGoose
Studios)
Thea Gilmore - Liejacker (Fullfill)
Romi Mayes - Sweet Somethin'
Steady (CRS/Me&MyAmericana)
Mary Gauthier - Genesis (The Early Years)
(Proper)
Emmylou Harris -All I Intended To Be (Nonseuch)
Gemma Hayes -The
Hollow Of Morning (GH)
Sandi Thom - The Pink & The Lily (RCA)
Bex
Marshall - Kitchen Table (House of Mercy)
Farrell Spence - A Town Called Hell
(Own Label)
Cherryholmes - Cherryholmes II Black and White (Skaggs
Family Records)
Randy Thompson - Further On (Jackpot Records)
James
McMurtry - Just Us Kids (Blue Rose)
Things In Herds - Nothing Is Lost
(G-Folk)
Fleet Foxes - Fleet Foxes (Bella Union)
Jinski - Hurry Home
(Lucky Smile)
Miracle Mile - Coffee and Stars (Own Label)
TV Smith - In
The Arms Of My Enemy (Carbon Neutral)
The Bowmans - Far From Home
(Continental Song City)
Justin Rutledge - Man Descending (Six Shooter)
The
Tex Mex Experience (Evangeline)
Edgar Winter - Rebel Road (Own
Label)
Samuel James - Songs Famed For Sorrow And Joy (Northernblues
Music)
Eric Steckel - Feels Like Home (Me & My Blues Music)
Fairport
Convention - Journeyman's Grace (Secret)
The Pentangle - One More Road/ Live
1994 (Hux Records)
French, Frith, Kaiser, Thompson - Live, Love, Larf &
Loaf (Fledg'ling)
Various Artists - Fairy Cakes For Tea/ Let's Ride
(Fairytales Can Come True, Vols & 3) (Psychic Circle)
Yellow Hand -
Yellow Hand (Fallout)
Lily & Maria - Lily & Maria (Sunbeam)
Fred
Neil - Travelin' Man: The Early Singles (Fallout)
String Cheese - String
Chese (Fallout)
The Far Cry - Far Cry (Fallout)
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