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LIVE NEWS
James Green and David A Jaycock are off on tour around the UK in
October/November 2009 as part of the James Yorkston
& The Big Eyes Family Players band. ‘Folk Songs’
by JY&TBEFP was a collaboration album of tradition folk material, released
in August on Domino Records. David will also be playing solo as the opening act
on this tour that also includes Brighton’s Mary Hampton. See James Yorkston’s
website for more details.
BELIEVE
We
have recently signed up for digital distribution with French company Believe. This means that you can
download our music from all sorts of digital music websites, including ITunes.
As well as our entire catalogue, you can also find our (now out of print) Early Winter Music vol.1 compilation.
Go here for more information.
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
RELATED RELEASES
The Big Eyes Family Players
James’
group collaborative project ‘The Big Eyes Family Players’ new album ‘Warm Room’
is released on 26th October 2009 on Pickled Egg Records
Check www.big-eyes.co.uk
or www.myspace.com/bigeyesmusic
for more info about Big Eyes / The Big Eyes Family Players
David A Jaycock
David
has an album out on Manchester label ‘Red Deer’ called ‘Coleopterous
Cuckoos Collude’. More weird, scary and lovely sounds.
See the Red Deer myspace page for more information.
Singing Knives Compilation
The
ever-busy Singing Knives promoters/record label have
released a compilation entitled ‘Singing At The Moon’. It features 15 tracks by
various acts they have come across and promoted over the past few years.
Artists include Nalle,
The One Ensemble of Daniel Padden, Mick
Flower, Directing Hand, Ben Reynolds, Peril Hill, James Green,
The Big Eyes Family Players and many
others. It comes in a lovely cd digipack
(with artwork from Nick Mott from Volcano The Bear)
and costs £6, either from their website or Volcanic Tongue. See the following
link for more info: www.singingknivesrecords.co.uk/singmoon.html
John Barleycorn Reborn & Woven
Wheat Whispers
David
A Jaycock and The Big Eyes Family Players are both to
featuring on a compilation entitled ‘John Barleycorn Reborn’. It is a massive
2CD and download tome dedicated to all things UK folk-related and a little
weird. Other artists featured include The Owl Service, Pumajaw,
Sharron Kraus and The A Lords. Check it out at: www.john-barleycorn-reborn.com
LIVE DATES
Check
the link page to
go to each artist’s own websites for info on this.
CHANGE OF ADDRESS
You
may have already noticed, but we now have a different address. The P O Box is
no more, and we have a new home, listed on the How To Order page.