From: jason robbins [tofutastic_at_hotmail_dot_co_dot_uk]
Sent: 08 December 2008 10:37
Subject: TWISTED FOLK MAILOUT-WINTER 2008
Hi people...
Ok, firstly, many thanks to everyone who contacted me with new name suggestions for the gigs..ranging from the sublime to the ridiculous (!), i have finally settled on..TWILIGHT FOLK. Hope that dosent sound too safe, but all the other good ones seemed to be used up! And it was the closest to TWISTED...which a lot of people were already comfortable with. So there we go.
Secondly, below is the info for the next gig-the amazing ROBB JOHNSON, plus local acts DROHNE, and RELIG ORAN...cant wait for this one myself, another eclectic (and twisted?!) line up..hope you can make it!
Other gigs are in the pipeline, but as yet, i will remain mysterious over details, until they are confirmed...the one definate evening I can reveal for next year (May 1st, poss 2nd...) though is another gig at Orange Street, featuring THE SONS OF NOEL AND ADRIAN (http://www.myspace.com/sonsofnoelandadrian) , with support from Shoreline.....this is an act I first became aware of live at the End of the Road festival, and they were absolutely stunning, a huge collection of multi instrumentalists..in their own words-
"Closely resembling a giant centipede in motion Sons of Noel and Adrian grew up in the midlands with many like-minded musical folk. A couple of years ago they moved to Brighton to gather more legs and are now a fully formed outfit with sometimes as many as ten members or as few as five. The music is acoustic and falls loosely into the progressive folk niche. At the core are Jacob and Toms tumbling guitars, joined by a colourful host of other instruments to create music that ranges from Shanty to Schoenburg, from deep underground to just above the surface and muses on whether excess can make you a better person and what's to do when your credit's all used up and there's nowhere to go"...so now you know!
Check them out in the meantime, their debut album is pretty magical...

Ok, other stuff-the wonderful OWL SERVICE have another gig this year-
The Owl Service
12-21-2008 19:00 at A MIDWICH MIDWINTER at The Ship PH with THE KITTIWAKES, THE OWL SERVICE & THE HONEYGALES
, Leigh-on-sea,
Cost: £4 in advance
The second annual Midwich Records Midwinter celebration - live performances from The Honeygales, The Kittiwakes, The Owl Service and more, plus a seasonal open mic session (email infor_at_midwich-cuckoos_dot_co_dot_uk to book a slot). £4 in advance, £5 on the door - advance tickets available from www.midwich-cuckoos.co.uk (all proceeds from the evening go to the Leigh Folk Festival).

Also, TRYAD, who supported the OWL SERVICE at the last gig have just returned from playing in Paris, and Naomy, their charismatic and very talented cellist/singer, has just joined up to perform with local artist KIM THOMPSETT (http://www.myspace.com/kimthompsett), whose amazing new album (see below) is out now, for fans of VASHTI BUNYAN, EARLY FAIRPORT etc, its well worth checking out!-
Songs from the Uglee Meadow' is now finally out on release.

"Featuring 10 original tracks graced by the talents of Dave Kent on guitar, Will Summers (Circulus, Princes in the Tower) on crumhorns, flute and recorder, Philip G Martin (Drohne) on hurdy gurdy and pipes, Sarah Tadros on fiddle and Ian Tullet (ex-Ugenix) on percussion, the album flows among rushing streams and under shady willows, dancing around the oak trees in the twilight mists and meandering in a somewhat timeless fashion up onto the high and lonely moors for a rather epic finale.  It's all been mastered on some rather clever analog gadgetry to give it a really warm sound.  I'm releasing it on my own label, Meniscus Hump Records.
The CD package also contains a pull-out booklet designed and painted in fabulous watercolours by the wonderful fantasy artist, Esther Remmington which echoes perfectly the flow and essence of the songs.  It's all come together so beautifully with everything slotting into place at just the right time, it really feels like there's a magical positivity surrounding the whole project, so I hope that comes across.
Right now it is only available from my MySpace page by clicking on the BUY IT NOW button.  In a few day's time it will be available from Amie Street (http://amiestreet.com/music/kim-thompsett/) for download.   It will also be available in a few weeks on all the major download sites."

Ok, thats all for now, I hope to see you all again soon...
Have a wonderful and Twisted Yuletide!
From the shores of Summerisle...
The Twilight Folk.

DONT FORGET-NEXT GIG!!

FRIDAY 30th JANUARY 2009
Another evening of Twisted Folk with…
ROBB JOHNSON
PLUS
DROHNE
RELIG ORAN

LIVE AT
ORANGE STREET MUSIC CLUB
CANTERBURY
All gigs £5 admission/special price ticket £7.50-gains you entry to two evenings.
8.00 pm Tel: 01227 760801

"the UK’s most consistently strong songwriter"
Sean McGhee, Rock'n'Reel
"creator of some of the most potent songs of the last decade"
fRoots
"Britain's finest songwriter since Richard Thompson"
Venue
"love songs as touching as the political material is sharp."
Red Pepper
"One of Britain's most challenging songwriters."
The Daily Telegraph
"his songs are incisive and clever and witty and you can sing them on your way to work."
Boff, Chumbawamba
"Great song - wish I'd written it!"
Tom Robinson


 DROHNE-
“In the post-psychedelic London of 1968 an impressionable young Phil Martin encountered the hurdy-gurdy of the first time; yet it was to be 20 years before this life-changing experience would culminate in the finding of a playable instrument.
The 70s and 80s were filled with many diverse musical projects; including, playing guitar with Hawkwind's Robert Calvert and new wave pioneers The Record Players, whose music has recently been re-discovered due to inclusion on the Messthetics compilations from US label Hyped to Death.

Phil then teamed-up with early woodwind player Geoff Huggins {aka Geoff X, Zappa Purcell etc} in The Explorers Club who played a melange of medieval punk and English morris music, before a chance encounter with Radio Tirane opened the floodgates to European influences.
It was while checking-out Albanian music at a festival in France that, the still impressionable, Philip Martin stumbled into hurdy-gurdy heaven. The next few years were spent immersed in the traditional dance music of central France; however, the lure of psychedelia would not go away and in the 90s he played hurdy-gurdy on several dance albums, including the groundbreaking John Barlycorn 2000 by The Knights of the Occasional Table.
In 1994 Philip G Martin put out his 1st solo album Vielle Sauvage, three releases later, Hurdy-Gurdy Mandrohne follows that same eclectic musical path, the seeds of which were originally sown over a quarter of a century earlier. Although, he draws on influences rooted in a bygone age, and uses instruments normally associated with European traditional music, Philip Martin, as Drohne, makes music that is essentially contemporary English”

RELIG ORAN -
“Relig Oran mix the sounds of the African Kalimba, driving percussion, fiddle and bouzouki with the traditional music of England, Ireland and Brittany. With innovation and dynamics they give the music a contemporary and exciting twist, while tipping their battered caps to the long journey from the 60’s and 70’s psychedelic rock / acid folk. They have been described variously as ‘prog-folk’ and ‘goth-folk’. Yet at the same time Relig Oran keep the spirit, drive and depth of the music. A respect for the tradition is always at the very heart of Relig Oran’s music, and though there are some exciting detours on the journey, the Relig Oran sound is always based on a deep love of traditional European music“

www.robbjohnson.co.uk
www.drohne.co.uk
www.myspace.com/religoranband



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