Silent June Tour Continues February to May 2011
FEB
18th LOUTH Off The Beaten Tracks British Legion Hall 01507 607677
www.offthebeatentracks.org
MARCH 4th NEWCASTLE Cumberland Arms 0191 2656151
www.thecumberlandarms.co.uk#
5th HUDDERSFIELD Lawrence Batley Theatre 01484 430528
www.thelbt.org
11th BRISTOL Folk House 07855 826228
www.ashkeysmusic.co.uk
12th BASINGSTOKE Anvil Arts @ The Forge 01256 844244
www.anvilarts.org
18th CARLISLE Folk & Blues Club 01228 541799
www.carlislefolkandbluesclub.com
19th RIPON The Golden Lion 01765 605987
www.dmblivemusic.co.uk
24th SURREY Farncombe Cavern @ The Freeholders 01483 421520
www.thefarncombecavern.co.uk
25th TROWBRIDGE Village Pump Folk Club 01255 707346
www.villagepump.org.uk
27th LONDON TheWindmill Brixton
0208 6710700
www.windmillbrixton.co.uk
29th ESSEX Hoy at Anchor Folk Club 01702 715111
www.ridgeweb.co.uk/hoy.htm
APRIL 2nd NEWCASTLE-U_LYME Old Brown Jug 01782 711393
www.oldbrownjug.com
20th BIRMINGHAM Red Lion Folk Club (with Jim Causley)
www.redlionfolkclub.com
MAY
6th IVYBRIDGE The Watermark 01752 892220
www.ivybridgewatermark.co.uk
rus, as this is a sentimental song that many of the elderly residents still sing today. This song’s very close to my heart as my day job is providing musical reminiscence – I go to care homes and play the music that elderly people remember from their past. I see on a daily basis how music changes people, how it helps bring back memories for them. The song highlights the fact that elderly people used to be just like us but these days, we put our older generations away and try to forget about them.
The opening song Flight of the Petrel was written in response to Simon Emmerson (Imagined Village) sending us an mp3 of the bird song of a Storm Petrel. He asked us if we would be able to write a song about this bird, so Heidi googled “petrel” and this was the re- sult. It has been described as a kind of avian lament in that it deals with society’s progress as imperceptible and grinding as glacial flow. In the song “bees drop like coins”, motorways are “backed up” and communities are like the aftermath of a road traffic accident and we take what it takes to get us through.
Our music has been described as “chamber folk”, which may in part be due to the lush string arrangements on the album and also our love of contemporary classical music which has definitely melded its way into our songs. Our songwriting does err on the side of the melancholic and has been described as unconventional, wryly observant, with a sometimes uncomfortable take on life. We’d agree with that, we’re not afraid to be in touch with our dark sides, but we’ve also been de- scribed as edgy romanticists who touch on matters of the heart and the frailty of the human condition. Bring it on! We don’t try
to sound like anyone else, but there are people we look up to and feel inspired by, the main two being June Tabor and Lal Waterson. Devastating and humbling in equal parts. We’re really proud of our album and were thrilled to bits when we found out it had made the Top Ten Folk Albums of the Year 2010 in Mojo Magazine. We both feel very fortunate to be able to make a living from writing, arranging trad ma- terial and performing our own music, it is the best job in the world! Sometimes though, it can be financially unpredicta- ble with sleepless nights worrying where the next mortgage payment or food bill is going to come from. Luckily, we are both reasonably frugal and not that materia- listic which is a good job really!
For the future, we have a tour which kicks off in a couple of weeks taking us all over the country and visiting a few folk clubs as well. We’re bringing the virtuoso vio- linist Anna Esslemont with us and if you haven’t seen her performing in Uiscedwr, then you need to come and see her pla- ying on our music, she’s quite something. She makes her violin sound like a string quartet!
We’re also visiting Ireland for a couple of weeks where we intend to start writing the next album. Work has already star- ted on this, and we are very excited alrea- dy at the direction it is taking us.
Possible album release pencilled in for Spring 2012.
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