ALAW GIGS!
Oli's exciting new trio ALAW, featuring Dylan Fowler and Jamie Smith, are thrilled to announce the following gigs coming up soon:
27/4/13 Tredegar House festival at Usk Memorial Hall, 8pm, 01633 246241
28/4/13 Calan Mai, Wales Millenium Centre, Caridiff, 7.15pm
2/5/13 Crickhowell Festival, The Manor, Crickhowell, 01873 853394
9/6/13 Acapela Studio**, Pentyrch, Cardiff, 7.30pm, 02920 890 862
15/6/13 The Gower Folk Festival, 01792 850803
**This performance is being televised for S4C.
Merry Christmas 2012
Submitted by oliw-d on Wed, 12/19/2012 - 12:00To say Merry Christmas this year, Jacob has recorded In the Bleak Midwinter. Audio at the bottom of the page or enjoy the video.
MERRY CHRSTMAS!
xx
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Alaw in Lorient
We are thrilled to say that Alaw will be giving a number of performances at this years Festival Interceltique de Lorient. The festival attracts around 700,000 visitors and has a huge bill of some of the most exciting performers from the Celtic nations. Alaw will be at the festival from the 7th to the 9th August. You can find out more about Alaw here www.fiddle.org.uk/alaw
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A Love Like Salt on the Radio
Award-winning “master storyteller” Daniel Morden will be will be appearing on BBC Radio 3’s “The Verb” this Friday (May 4, 10pm) to talk about 'A Love Like Salt, the new show from the Devil's Violin Company. Luke Carver Goss, a musician in the company, was also on BBC Radio Solent today. You can hear his interview from about 1hour 8 mins here: http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/p00r3lkb/Katie_Martin_01_05_2012/

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THE VERB
Daniel Morden, Dave Morris, Katherine Mitchell, Simone Felice
Next on:
Friday, May 4th, 22:00 on BBC Radio 3
Synopsis
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.
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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
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.
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Tea Hodzic on tour
Submitted by oliw-d on Tue, 03/15/2011 - 10:47Three 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...!'
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