From: oysterband [oysters_at_oysterband_dot_co_dot_uk]
Sent: 16 May 2016 14:02
Subject: OYSTERNEWS - MAY 2016
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IN THIS ISSUE Imminent release of This
House Will Stand A trip to Germany Another trip to Canada Drummers The Big Session 2016 |
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Hi
all A
general sense of up-gearing and loin-girding here at Oyster Central this
month. Lots happening...
Our
double-CD, 29-track Best-of is nearing the finishing line. THIS
HOUSE WILL STAND: the best of Oysterband 1998-2015
is released on
Friday May 27 on
Navigator Records on CD and Download.
If
you prefer to put the money directly into the band's pocket (hint), you can
buy the CD from our online shop here.
Orders will be shipped on or immediately after May 27. The
first disc, "This House Will Stand", consists of 15 tracks chosen
by the band from their last 6 studio albums. The
second, "The Work Of My Own Two Hands", includes a mix of all kinds
of other things: unreleased songs, demos, rare B-sides, live cuts, alt
versions. "...while
longevity can be a damning recipe for boredom and taking an artist's product
for granted, the Oysters have consistently striven to look forward, not back,
responding to the texture of the times at every turn, and many who chance
upon this lovingly packaged .... collection may be surprised by the depth and
range of the content." -
Colin Irwin, fROOTS
Magazine Couldn't
put it better... |
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At
last we can announce some dates in GERMANY!
Sorry to have kept you waiting? Fri
25 Nov DE BERLIN FRANNZ CLUB frannz.com Sat
26 Nov DE PLAUEN MALZHAUS www.malzhaus.de Sun
27 Nov DE HOMBURG MUSIKPARK www.musikparkhomburg.de Mon
28 Nov DE BONN HARMONIE www.harmonie-bonn.de Tue
29 Nov DE BOCHUM ZECHE zeche.net Wed
30 Nov DE HAMBURG KNUST www.knusthamburg.de All
tickets available via www.ticketmaster.de
Tickets go on sale Thu 19 May. More
on this soon on Facebook. |
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CANADA
So
far our trip to Canada looks like this: Fri
8 - Sun 10 July WINNIPEG FOLK FESTIVAL www.winnipegfolkfestival.ca Wed
13 July FESTIVAL PLACE
SHERWOOD PARK AB www.festivalplace.ab.ca Thu
14 July BUTCHART
GARDENS VICTORIA BC www.butchartgardens.com Fri
15 - Sun17 July VANCOUVER FOLK MUSIC FESTIVAL thefestival.bc.ca Fri
22 July ISLANDS
FOLK FESTIVAL at DUNCAN BC Sat
23 - Sun 24 July CALGARY FOLK MUSIC FESTIVAL www.calgaryfolkfest.com though
there is a little more to announce shortly. Our
tour in Canada in July will be different in one important way. Dil
Davies has occupied the drum stool in
style for almost a decade, but between two young children and his
ever-expanding Porter & Davies tactile monitor business it's hard now for
him to commit to extended tours. Dil will continue to appear with Oysterband
at UK summer and autumn festivals, but meanwhile we're delighted to welcome Pete
Flood (of the recently retired Bellowhead)
on drums for Canada and for some shows at the end of the year. Will
Pete make any difference to the Oyster sound? We've no idea, frankly, and
it's going to be really interesting finding out. |
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Finally,
our warmest thanks to everyone who came to the 2016 Big Session in Buxton.
The gamble in going to a 3-day festival seems fully justified, and the
atmosphere was pretty universally agreed to be excellent. There were
some storming performances by some of our favourite folk-related acts.
Good, too, to see the trickle of visitors from other countries
increasing, as at Big Sessions in the past - we hope that trend will
continue. Some
tweaks may need making to beer-festival access and a couple of other things,
but all in all we're satisfied with the progress of the event. Our
thanks too to the staff and volunteers at Buxton Opera House - you were
fantastic. The
date for your diary: THE
BIG SESSION 2017 - BUXTON, Derbyshire - 28-30 April 2017 |
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atb John, Alan, Ian,
Dil, Al, Adrian x OYSTERBAND
c/o
Running Man, PO Box 12018, Coggeshall CO6 1ZJ, UK "Faith
is nice. But doubt gets you an education." - Wilson Mizner email:
oysters_at_oysterband_dot_co_dot_uk URL:
www.oysterband.co.uk Twitter:
_at_Oysterband1 |
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