Devil's Violin new video

The Devil's Violin have released a trailer for their new show, A Love Like Salt. Please feel free to share it around. Their is also a longer except. Both can be viewed below.

Singing Bones CDs!

The Devil's Violin Company's latest CD has arrived and will be available to purchase within the next week. The CD is a recording of their successful show The Singing Bones and includes instrumentals alongside storytelling and music.

A link will be added here when the CD is available for purchase.

Sleeping Beauty & Alcestis - DECEMBER DATES

We are very pleased to be performing Sleeping Beauty & Alcestis twice this December:

14th December, The Darwiin Suite, Derby Assembly Rooms, Derby, DE1 3AH

15th December, The Mac, Birmingham www.macarts.co.uk/event/sleeping-beauty-and-alcestis

Life and Fate

Oliver Wilson-Dickson's violin playing will feature in the soundtrack soundtrack for a major new dramatisation of Vassily Grossman's epic novel Life and Fate, starring Kenneth Branagh.

Produced by Alison Hindell, BBC Head of Audio Drama, the dramatisation will take over every drama slot (except for The Archers) on BBC Radio 4 during a week from 18th September 2011, with several events planned to coincide with the broadcasts.

Jamie Smith's Mabon - Live at WOMAD on BBC R3

The BBC Radio 3 Stage in WOMAD was jumping last Friday afternoon when Jamie Smith's Mabon played their debut concert at this fabulous festival. You can hear highlights from the performance on no less than four radio shows this week, some of which also feature interviews with Jamie:

- Listen again to last Saturday's "Womad Live" on BBC Radio 3 at about 2 hrs 16 min in( http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/console/b012whh6 )
- Check out BBC Radio Scotland's 'Global Gathering' tonight (Tuesday 2nd August) after the news at 8pm

Live reviews for Jamie Smith's Mabon

VARIETY, ENERGY & EXCITEMENT
The start of this highly anticipated set by much talked-about Jamie Smith's Mabon was held up for a few minutes so that they could be presented with their trophy for winning the Best Instrumental Album category in the annual Spiral Earth Folk Awards.

Daniel Morden Sleeping on the Verb

Daniel Morden will be talking to Ian MacMillan on BBC Radio 3's 'The Verb' at 10pm this Friday. He will tell a short section from Sleeping Beauty and discuss the show.

www.bbc.co.uk/radio3/theverb

www.fiddle.org.uk/sleepingbeauty

Sleeping Beauty - May tour 2011

SLEEPING BEAUTY AND ALCESTIS
‘moving, passionate and vital’ The Times

Daniel Morden, Oliver Wilson-Dickson (violin), Dylan Fowler (guitar)

Following on from their success with The Devil’s Violin and The Singing Bones, Daniel and Oliver team up with world-class guitarist Dylan Fowler to present a passionate retelling of Sleeping Beauty.

Tea Hodzic on tour

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

Mabon shortlisted for Best Album

The popular acoustic music website Spiral Earth has shortlisted Mabon's live album 'Live at the Grand Pavilion', for best instrumental album of 2010. The album has had a number of excellent reviews and has also been included in a BBC compilation of Celtic music.

You can vote for Mabon by following the link below:

http://www.spiralearth.co.uk/spiralawards2011/instrumental.asp

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Further to this story I am pleased to say that Mabon won!