From: Sue Cavendish [suecavendish_at_blueyonder_dot_co_dot_uk]
Sent: 10 June 2009 09:23
Subject: NetRhythms - so very Topical

Hello Everyone - Welcome back to NetRhythms,

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TOPIC RECORDS, the legendary English folk label, is 70 years old this year. This makes it the oldest, truly independent record company in the world and an extremely sprightly, almost ageless senior citizen compared to youngsters Motown, Island and Rough Trade who also enjoy big anniversaries this year.
To celebrate this significant moment in Topic's illustrious history, in September this year, Topic will publish 'Three Score and Ten', a sumptuous 7 cd set complete with a 108 page book, charting 7 decades of recording and social history.?The label will also co-host TOPIC 70, a series of 3 concerts at London's Southbank, an event complete with a photographic exhibition and live foyer events.
Topic, which started as an off-shoot of the Workers Music Association in 1939, has released a unique and important array of recordings : from Paul Robeson, Pete Seeger, Vanessa Redgrave and Ewan McColl, to Nic Jones, Shirley Collins, Dick Gaughan, Martin Carthy, The Watersons, June Tabor, John Tams and Martin Simpson, to the current generation, including the multi award-winning Eliza Carthy. Topic has also been responsible for releasing acclaimed field recordings from around the globe, but most significantly perhaps, from the UK, where the ground-breaking 20 cd 'Voice of the People' set was met with critical and popular acclaim on release in 1999, the label's 60th birthday. ('This is truly a landmark collection. Quite simply, awesome' - The Times) www.topicrecords.co.uk
TOPIC 70 - Live events at London's LONDON'S SOUTHBANK CENTRE

THE WATERSON FAMILY & THE ELIZA CARTHY BAND - 11 September - Royal Festival Hall MARTIN SIMPSON & BIG BAND - 17 September - Queen Elizabeth Hall JUNE TABOR in Concert - 18 September - Queen Elizabeth Hall www.southbankcentre.co.uk
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More wonderful music reviewed for you. There's something for everyone. www.netrhythms.co.uk/reviews.html

The Latest Album, DVD & Book Reviews - JUNE 2009

Richard Shindell - Not Far Now (Signature Sounds) Austin Lucas - Somebody Loves You (Suburban Home) Kate Campbell - Save The Day (Large River) The Refugees - Unbound (Wabuho) Dave Alvin And The Guilty Women - Same (Yep Roc Records) John Kirkpatrick - The Dance Of The Demon Daffodils (Fledg'ling) Red Shoes - Ring Around The Land (Cedarwood) Chris Wood - Albion (Navigator) Smoke Fairies - Frozen Heart (own label) The Bad Shepherds - Yan, Tyan, Tethera, Metheral (Monsoon) Greg Copeland - Diana and James (Inside) Pete Atkin & Clive James - Beware Of The Beautiful Stranger; Driving Through Mythical America; A King At Nightfall/The Road of Silk; Secret Dreamer/Live Libel (Edsel) Toni Childs - Keep The Faith (Freeworld) JBM - Not Even In July (JBM Music) A Hawk And A Hacksaw - Delivrance (Leaf) Great Lake Swimmers - Lost Channels (Netweerk) Po' Girl - Deer In The Night (Po'Girl Music) Michael Weston King - Crawling Through the USA (Valve) Carrie Rodriguez - She Ain't Me (Continental Song City) Slaid Cleaves - Everything You Love Will Be Taken Away (Music Road Records) Rob Lutes - Truth And Fiction (CRS) Amelia Curran - War Brides (Six Shooter Records) Gandalf Murphy & The Slambovian Circus Of Dreams - The Great Unravel (High Noon Records) Steve Earle - Townes (New West) The Saw Doctors - Clare Island To Cape Cod DVD (Shamtown Records) Crosby, Stills & Nash - Demos (Rhino) Antje Duvekot - The Near Demise Of The High Wire Dancer (Black Wolf Records) 17 Hippies - El Dorado (Hipster Records) James Grant - Strange Flowers (Vertical) Jon Allen - Dead Mans Suit (Monologue) Catherine MacLellan - Water In The Ground (True North) Abigail Hopkins - The Memoirs Of An Outlaw (Possessed) Pennyroyal - First (Folksound) Andy Wall - Wall To Wall (Own Label) Simon Care - Oh What A Caper (Talking Elephant) Headwater - Lay You Down (Nowhere Town) Ric Sanders - Still Waters (Talking Elephant) The Field Mouse Conspiracy - Freedom & The Dream Penguin (WMNY Recordings) Seán Keane et al. - The Irish Scattering (CD & DVD) (Circín Rua) Uiscedwr - Fish Cat Door (Yukka Records) Trembling Bells - Carbeth (Honest Jons) BettySoo - Heat Sin Water Skin (BettySoo.com) Danny Santos - Say You Love Me Too - Brambus Records Tallulah Rendall - Libellus (Transducer Records) Life And Times - Where The Working Boats Went (Wixamtree Recordings) Blaze Foley & The Beaver Valley Boys - Cold, Cold World (Lost Art Records) Tom Pacheco - Railroad Rainbows And Talkin' Blues (Frog's Claw) Catriona McKay - Starfish (Glimster Records) Phil Beer - Hard Works (Talking Elephant) Joan Baez - Gone From Danger (Collectors' Edition) (Proper) Ken Nicol - Initial Variations (Own Label) Ian Anderson's Country Blues Band - Stereo Death Breakdown (Fledg'ling) Gillian Welch - The Revelator Collection (Acony DVD) Cliff Wagner & The Old # 7 - Hobo's Lullaby (Wagco Records) Various Artists - Man Of Somebody's Dreams (Yep Roc Records)
All reviews are linked to the artist or the label - and if we have tour dates for them you'll find them on our LISTINGS www.netrhythms.co.uk/listings.html
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Don't miss Mike Harding's Wednesday Show (tonight) on 10 June 7-8pm on BBC Radio 2, features an interview with singer-songwriter REG MEUROSS and tracks from his latest album - a NetRhythms favourite! You may LISTEN AGAIN for one week following the show's transmission. www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b006wrmz

This evening's BBC4 TV is features Yusuf (Cat Stephens as most of us will think of him) with three programmes from 10pm, commencing with IN CONCERT from 1971. Part of BBC4's celebration of 50 years of ISLAND RECORDS. Not to be missed. www.bbc.co.uk/bbcfour/programmes/schedules

Love, Sue
Sue Cavendish, Editor
www.netrhythms.com