Seth Lakeman will be performing alongside fellow folk stars Kate Rusby, Eliza Carthy and Fairport Convention at the Teenage Cancer Trust’s first ever folk night at the Royal Albert Hall on 25 March 2009.
More information on the Gigs page or from http://concertsfortct.com/
Festival News
Seth is confirmed at three more summer festivals. He’s on the Friday night bill at Fairport Convention’s own Cropredy festival in Oxfordshire on 13-15 August. Also on the bill that night is Richard Thompson, frequently cited by Seth as a major influence on his own song-writing. Seth previously played Cropedy in 2007.
Seth returns to the National Forest Folk Festival in Leicestershire for the second year running on Fri 3 July, and will also play the Stokes Bay Festival in Portsmouth on Mon 1 Aug.
May Tour
Tickets for all dates on the May tour are now on sale, including Birmingham Symphony Hall.
In addition to the dates already announced Seth will be playing Minack Theatre in Cornwall – the dramatic location for the videos for Crimson Dawn and The Hurlers – sometime in May. Date to be confirmed.
Full info on all the May tour dates and other festival appearances are on the Gigs page on this site.
New Twitter Feed: www.twitter.com/SethLakemanNews
Finally a quick bit of site news. We’ve set up a Twitter feed for those quick news updates and tidbits of info which don’t warrant a full post here. "Tweets", as they’re known, will be displayed in the sidebar as Quick Updates or you can follow on Twitter at www.twitter.com/SethLakemanNews
May 2009 tour dates announced
February 9, 2009
The full list of May 2009 tour dates has been announced via the Forum and MySpace. There are eight dates in total around England and Wales, generally at smaller, more intimate venues. Several dates Most are definitely seated rather than standing gigs.
On the festival front Seth is confirmed for the lineup at the Bromyard Folk Festival on 11-13 September, which also offers you the chance to catch Folk Awards nemesis, The Demon Barber Roadshow, in action.
Full details, venue and ticket sales links on the Gigs page »
Folk Awards 2009 Roundup
February 8, 2009
Seth presenting former mentor, Tom McConville, with the Musician of the Year Award at the 2009 Folk Awards. Photo © Allan Price. More of Allan’s Folk Awards photos »
News
The annual BBC Folk Awards took place in London on Mon 2 Feb 2009, amidst the worst snow storm to hit the capitol in 18 years.
Seth was nominated for a single award this year, for Best Live Act, and opened the show with a typically storming live performance of ‘The Hurlers’. With obvious pleasure, he went on to present long-time teacher and friend, ‘Newcastle Fiddler’ Tom McConville, with the award for Musician of the Year, paying strong tribute to the man who so inspired his own playing. You can listen again » to the full ceremony until Web 11 Feb.
In the Best Live Act category Seth was up against stiff competition from fellow former Folk Award winners Lau and Bellowhead, but on the night the winners were the comparatively little-known Demon Barbers (aka The Demon Barber Roadshow) who have been not-so-quietly winning over festival audiences with their live performances which, accompanied by some hot clog and morris dancing, lay genuine claim to the old folk "foot stomping" cliché.
- Seth nominated for Best Live Act (original post)
- Full list of 2009 Folk Award Winners (BBC website)
- More about The Demon Barbers (official website)
Full ceremony
Listen Again : Folk Awards 2009 » until 11/02/2009
(Originally broadcast BBC Radio 2, Wed 4 Feb, 7-8.30pm.)
The ceremony was broadcast in full in the Mike Harding Folk & Acoustic slot on Radio 2 on Wed 4 Feb. Catch Seth’s show opening performance of ‘The Hurlers’ and heartfelt presentation of the Musician of the Year award to long-time mentor, teacher and friend Tom McConville. You can listen again via iPlayer until Wed 11 Feb 2009.
Videoss
BBC Folk Awards 2009 Videos »
The BBC’s Folk Awards website has videos up of all the live performances and highlights of the ceremony. The main highlights video includes Seth’s presentation of the Musician of the Year award to Tom McConville. Check the links on the right for the full video of The Hurlers performance.
Photos
- Folk Awards 2009 photos by Allan Price »
including three of Seth - Performing The Hurlers »
BBC Folk Awards website
Nominated Artists Compilation CD
Proper Music’s annual Folk Awards compilation CD
Buy on amazon.co.uk »
Free Download Track
Free track: Davey Graham’s Anji »
From the BBC Folk Awards website you can also download Bert Jansch and Ralph McTell’s tribute performance of the late Davey Graham’s classic track, Anji.
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