Good day people
Not precisely an Early Winter update as such, but a bit of
activity on the Big Eyes Family Players front.
LIVE DATES
The group (featuring James Green, David Jaycock,
a Hot Snack and both Acolytes Action Squad-ders) are
playing a few live shows over the next few months, as follows:
7th April 2010 - The
Royal Park Cellars, Brudenell Road, Leeds. Supported by Last Harbour and one other tbc.
Doors 8pm, £4 in advance, £5 on the door. Advance tickets
from here.
20th April 2010 - The Red House, Solly
Street, Sheffield. With Aurelie/The Cardboard Lung. £4
on the door. Doors 7.30pm
3rd May 2010 - The Harley, Glossop Road, Sheffield - Drowned In Sound
event, supporting Damon and Naomi.
17th July 2010 - The Union Chapel, Islington, London.
Daylight
Music sessions
A bit of Festival activity will be happening in August too, and
TBEFP might be off on a proper tour at the end of May as well. We'll update on
this as soon as we have more information.
RELEASES
We're very proud to announce that a James Yorkston
& The Big Eyes Family Players song ('Martinmas Time') will
be featured on a forthcoming compilation double CD for Folk Against Facism. Other artists on the compilation are Lau, The Unthanks, Roy Bailey, Christy Moore, Shirley & Dolly
Collins and Kate Rusby. You can pre-order
it now. It is out at the end of April 2010.
That’s all for now
CURRENT EWR RELEASES
The
story so far is as follows:
EWR1 - James Green - Tempers CD mini-album
EWR2 - The Broken Blackbird Ensemble - Gadzooks! CD album
EWR3 - James William Hindle - Joshong CD mini-album
EWR4 - David A Jaycock - The
Improvised Killing of Uncle Faustus and Other Mythologies CD mini-album
EWR5 – Acolytes Action Squad – Winkle Time CD album
You
can order them directly from us via Paypal/personal
cheque, or buy from several mail-order/retail outlets in the UK... Jumbo /
Norman Records in Leeds, Piccadilly Records in Manchester, Rare and Racy /
Record Collector in Sheffield and Rough Trade in London.
To
order from our website, see the How To Order page