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Tea Hodzic on tour

Submitted by oliw-d on Tue, 03/15/2011 - 10:47

Three dates this week:

17 Turner Sims Concert Hall, Southampton 8pm
http://www.turnersims.co.uk/ 023 8059 5151

18 The Plough Arts Centre, Torrington 8pm
http://www.theploughartscentre.org.uk/ 01805 624624

19  - Glasbury Village Hall 7.30pm
http://www.glasburyart.co.uk/ 01497 847426

See you there!

'...a dark and haunting beauty to this music...' 
LONDON EVENING STANDARD
'...I'm blown away, one of the best voices I've ever heard in my entire life...' 
CELTIC HEARTBEAT
'...A haunting mix of heartfelt balladry and folkish flair...!'
BBC ONLINE

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Merry Christmas!!

Submitted by oliw-d on Thu, 12/16/2010 - 19:19

Merry Christmas!

Below is Jacob's latest release 'Rudolf The Red Nose Reindeer' and also an interview with the artist himself!

Enjoy and have great Christmas

Lots of love

Oli, Rachel, Jacob, James and Belle

xxxxx

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The Devil's Violin at Fabula

Submitted by oliw-d on Tue, 10/19/2010 - 22:47

Fabula storytelling festival takes place over a weekend in the heart of Sweden's capital city, Stockholm. The roster of artists included the fantastically entertaining Clare Murphy (Ireland) and Ma Xiaolon, one of the last practitioners of a thousand year old tradition of storytelling in the teahouses of Yangtzou, China. We (The Devil's Violin Company) performed both a shortened version of our previous show, The Devil's Violin, as well as a full performance of the Singing Bones.

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Mabon WOMEX showcase!

Submitted by oliw-d on Fri, 09/03/2010 - 22:50

STOP PRESS! Mabon have been invited to perform in a showcase at this years WOMEX world music trade show in Copenhagen.

According to the UN, WOMEX is:

"The most important international professional market of world music of every kind. This international fair brings together professionals from the worlds of folk, roots, ethnic and traditional music and also includes concerts, conferences and documentary films. It contributes to networking as an effective means of promoting music and culture of all kinds across frontiers."
UNESCO Global Alliance for Cultural Diversity

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Devils on Radio 4

Submitted by Daniel on Wed, 07/28/2010 - 15:53

The Devils Violin features prominently on a Radio 4 programme next week. The prog is called Word of Mouth.
Hope you'll give it a listen.

Tuesday 3rd Aug 16:00–16:30
BBC Radio 4
Chris Ledgard on the rise in popularity of storytelling at the
Festival at the Edge.

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The best solution for amplifying an acoustic violin?

Submitted by oliw-d on Thu, 07/15/2010 - 21:07

For many years I struggled to find the ideal solution to mic'ing my fiddle in the range of groups that I work in. I started with piezo strip mics, which sounded poor. I then tried various clip-on mics such as the Audtio Technica ATM 35 hc, which was ok on quiter gigs but I struggled with getting enough level before feed-back. Also the tone reproduction was not faithful. About a year ago I found the answer - for me anyway.

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Oli and Daniel back at the National!

Submitted by oliw-d on Wed, 07/14/2010 - 20:37

Daniel Morden and myself will be back at the National Theatre this summer for the 4th year running. We will be performing throughout the day on the 30th of July and have a great selection of tales and tunes for all the family - look forward to seeing you there!

Cheers
Oli

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Make Tomorrow Tune is here!

Submitted by oliw-d on Thu, 07/01/2010 - 21:22

Hi Everyone,

Below you can hear a simple recording of the 'Make Tomorrow' tune. You can combine it with the lyrics you wrote and you've got a song!

Have fun and let us know how you get on!

Cheers

Oli & Luke

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Make Tomorrow Today - school song lyrics

Submitted by oliw-d on Tue, 06/15/2010 - 22:09

Over the last week Luke and I have been visiting various schools around South Wales with our interactive concert. During the concert we write new verses for a song. The words to the chorus went like this:

Make tomorrow make tomorrow
Make tomorrow today
Make tomorrow make tomorrow
The ....... primary way

We have been really impressed with the creativity of the students at all of the schools and have decided to write down a few of the outcomes here...

St Thomas Primary, Swansea:

St Thomas Schools is very new
Make tomorrow today
St Thomas School is beautiful

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A great summer of gigs

Submitted by Daniel on Tue, 05/25/2010 - 20:02

The Devils Violin have an exciting summer coming. First up is Hay Festival
http://www.hayfestival.com/

Hay is an extraordinary event. We're privileged to be a part of it. It is hard to think of another festival so packed with ideas and inspiration. Scientists, historians, politicians, comedians, activists, musicians, film- makers...and storytellers. Hay has been a strong advocate for the artform. Ben Haggarty is also in the lineup, telling stories that inspired his wonderful graphic novel MeZolith.

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