From: jason robbins [tofutastic_at_hotmail_dot_co_dot_uk]
Sent: 15 February 2010 10:28
Subject: TWILIGHT FOLK NEWS MARCH 2010-TREMBLING BELLS, and PHILLIP HENRY-LIVE AT ORANGE STREET MUSIC CLUB, CANTERBURY

Hi people,
March will be an exciting month, with two gigs for you...! I am so excited to bring you a band that I saw at the GREEN MAN festival in Wales last year and was totally blown away by-featuring Alex Nielson ( serving apprenticeships with some uniquely talented songwriters (Bonnie Prince Billy, Baby Dee, Alasdair Roberts, Current 93, 6 Organs Of Admittance etc) .....we present-

TREMBLING BELLS

PLUS SUPPORT -AN ACOUSTIC SET from LIAM, JOEL AND RAVEN
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Liam Magill, Raven Bush & Joel...
Presenting a mixture of Syd Arthur material in all its stripped back, acoustic glory as well as solo material from the group - expect an interesting night at the cutting edge of 'folk', New-Wave Canterbury style
http:///www.myspace.com/sydarthur
 LIVE AT ORANGE STREET MUSIC CLUB CANTERBURY
FRIDAY MARCH 12TH 8.00 pm
TICKETS £8/£6 in advance
Tickets-from the club (01227) 760801
or from Canterbury's indoor market record stall (01227) 470328
http://www.myspace.com/tremblingbells
"Trembling Bells are my kind of band." Joe Boyd
Trembling Bells are a Glasgow based band who seek to reanimate the mythic landscapes of Great Britain via a love for Traditional Folk, Early music and canonical Rock. Founded in early 2008 by renowned UK drummer, Alex Neilson, Trembling Bells have enjoyed two successful British tours and rave reviews for their debut album, Carbeth (Honest Jon’s records).
These include ‘debut album of the month’ (Uncut, July 2009), 4-star review in Mojo (May 2009), David Fricke’s ‘recommended album of the month’ (Rolling Stone, May 2009) and ‘recommended UK band for 2009’ (New York Times, 12/4/09). Carbeth has also appeared in several Best of 2009 charts (Uncut, Wire, The Times, Frieze magazine).
Additionally, Trembling Bells have been heralded by such influential musical figures as record producer, Joe Boyd (“Trembling Bells are my kind of band...”) and Paul Weller who sited Carbeth as his favourite album of 2009 in Mojo magazine (“Carbeth is a great album. Really folky but not slavish and there is a mystery in there.”). Trembling Bells were featured in Will Hodgkinson’s book Ballad of Britain and Jeanette Leech’s book Shifting Sands. Both books can be read as surveys of the contemporary psychedelic folk movement.
This acclaim has ensured favourable comparisons to such folk-rock pioneers as Incredible String Band and Richard Thompson, and indeed Trembling Bells were invited to participate in a prestigious Incredible String Band tribute concert (A Very Cellular Song) at the Barbican, London (June 2009), gaining particular mention in the Guardian’s 5-star review of the concert.
Trembling Bells have just finished recording their second album, Abandoned Love, for Honest Jon’s records (due out in spring 2009 to coincide with the SXSW festival). They feel it is their most successful attempt to synthesise traditional folk forms with the bathetic romanticism of Country music, the deceptive complexity of Medieval music and the swagger of Classic Rock. Trembling Bells effortlessly combine and personalise these superficially disparate musical forms generating a sound that is saturated in the myths and mysteries of their native terrain but also startlingly original.
Mojo (4-stars), Will Hodgkinson (May 2009)
Alex Neilson has a theory that folk music is at it’s heart free, and hence can serve as the base of whatever kind of journey you care to take from it. That theory is put into practise brilliantly on this incredible collection of songs which combine early music, psychedelic noise, anthemic rock and traditional British melodies to carry tales of heartbreak and yearning. A deeply affecting ode to Love lost resonates deep with the ancient spirit of Britain.
Uncut (‘the month’s best debut’), Rob Young (July 2009)
Trembling Bells mulch of mudcake grooves, harmonium, trombone and valve amps establishes a fertile bed for some bracing, often ecstatic folk-inflected sonwriting, where glimpses of incredible String Band puckishness vie with melting improv, skirted by wraiths of ancient lays. There’s a frayed but genuinely exploratory vibe here, that’s not afraid to get tough. This is the noise of Caledonia dreaming.
Shindig!, Richard S Jones (November 2009)
It can’t be easy for a band at the beginning of their musical career to achieve on a debut album the sound of uncompromising beauty, grandeur and unequivocal fun. An album that sounds beyond it’s years, the influence of it’s peers and avoids all the caveats of doing all of the above, simply ‘in places’. One band however that has done all this and more, from initial chimes to it’s farewell fade out is Trembling Bells.
Rolling Stone (Fricke’s Picks), David Fricke (May 2009)
History keeps repeating itself on Carbeth (Honest Jon’s), the intoxicating debut album by Trembling Bells. The English- Scottish quartet essentially revive an earlier revival: the rediscovery in the sixties and early seventies of traditional British balladry and country-dance tunes. But there is a robust beauty here too. Garlands of Stars is a rattling bouquet of shooting-star guitar, lusty trombones and Lavinia Blackwall’s arcing voice, driven by Neilson’s tidal drumming. The folk roots still show, but in fresh air.
WATCH/LISTEN TO TREMBLING BELLS HERE-
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o_xCsXleLIw&feature=related

http:///www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Jn0IKWzO0A

Our next gig in March-always a highlight of Broadstairs Folk week....the amazing slide guitar and harmonica virtuoso...

PHILLIP HENRY
 
  LIVE AT ORANGE STREET MUSIC CLUB CANTERBURY
  THURSDAY MARCH 18TH 8.00 pm
TICKETS £5
Tickets-from the club (01227) 760801
or from Canterbury's indoor market record stall (01227) 470328
"Definitely one to watch out for"
 Verity Sharp - BBC Radio 3 - Late Junction
Phillip is one of a new breed of English slide guitarists. Beginning as a bottleneck blues player Phillip has branched out to incorporate a wide range of musical styles into his playing. He is fast becoming known as one of the countries finest lap slide players, his dazzling technique showcases careful study of such world slide guitar styles as Hindustani slide guitar, bluegrass Dobro and Hawaiian lap steel, deftly combined with a strong grounding in traditional music of the British Ilse's. Phillip is also a fiery harmonica player, heavily influenced by Sonny Terry he has developed a very distinctive and crowd pleasing solo style which rarely fails to get people moving.....
Phillips influences range are many-Jimi Hendrix, Blind Willie Johnson, Son House, Ry Cooder, Jerry Douglas, Debashish Bhattacharya, Martin Simpson, Sonny Terry, Sonny Boy Williamson, Davy Graham, John Renbourne, and Bert Janch......
"Phillip Henrys dedication and originality has made him one of the most exciting newcomers to the British acoustic scene, he is probably one of the finest lap players to have recently emerged, wonderfull noises emanate from this humble northerner ! "
Kevin Brown -renowned slide guitarist and songwriter.

http://www.myspace.com/phillip.henry

http:///www.youtube.com/watch?v=wcSsp6OFf98&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UBH5t4ggdo8
Plus support from
JOHN FORRESTER and ANDY WARD-WEBB
John Forrester toured Europe extensively as a singer/songwriter playing Acoustic Guitar & Bouzouki and released 2 albums and an E.P. for German Indie label Twah! Records. After years of solo work he took a break to play bass for New Model Army offshoot band Nozzle and songwriter Robb Johnson. Now reunited with friend & guitarist Andy Ward-Webb, they are playing as a duo for the first time in 12 years. Forrester's intense vocals paired with Ward-Webb's virtuoso guitar playing make for quite an experience. Expect indie guitar attitude, well struck acoustics, and a bouzouki called Hamish - all dished up with passion, energy & humour.

"some of the most stunningly articulate songs you'll hear anywhere from anyone... an acoustic backdrop brimming with passion, ideas &
invention..." - Rock n Reel
"strangely melodic sounds and truly passionate lyrics...Forrester has the rare gift of turning bare, raw emotion into commercial music" -
Taplas
http://www.myspace.com/johnforrester

Gig Diary-at a glance....
WEDS 24TH FEBRUARY 
 EMILY PORTMAN TRIO, with support from JO LEPINE (THE OWL SERVICE) AND NAOMY 8.00pm £6/£5
FRIDAY MARCH 12TH
TREMBLING BELLS with support from LIAM, JOEL AND RAVEN
TICKETS £8/£6 in advance 8.00 pm
THURSDAY 18TH MARCH
PHILLIP HENRY with support from John Forrester & Andy Ward-Webb 8.00pm £5
http://www.myspace.com/twilightfolkclub
ORANGE STREET MUSIC CLUB
CANTERBURY (01227) 760801
 www.orangestreetmusic.com/venue/main.php


http://www.myspace.com/twilightfolkclub

 

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