BBC Folk Award Winner - Album Of the Year 2009!
BBC Folk Award Winner - Singer Of The Year -2009!
Albion - an Anthology - June 29th 2009 > PRE ORDER NOW Commission for Bath Literature festival - 2009
Writing for The Darwin Song Project - 2009
Frontline member of The Imagined Village Touring with Karine Polwart Autumn tour with his first band – Chris Wood’s Handmade Life!
Chris Wood is a multi award-winning artist at the centre of English folk music. Heralded as “the renaissance man of English folk” by The Irish Times, Chris won the BBC Folk Award’s “Best New Song” in 2006 and “Best Traditional Track” in 2007 with The Imagined Village. Early 2009 saw him recognised as “Folk Singer Of The Year” with this latest album Trespasser awarded “Album Of The Year”.
Chris is an uncompromising writer whose music reveals his love for the un-official history of the English speaking people. With gentle intelligence he weaves the tradition with his own contemporary parables, his writing has been said to share the same timeless quality as Richard Thompson at his best.
..“Several major shifts have happened to him in the last few years… what that all adds up to is that he is now one of greats!”
Ian Anderson
“…an intuitive explorer, he’s very much his own man, arsey as hell! ”
Martin Carthy
'I think Chris Wood is an incredible artist....he combines stories and music in such an original and completely melodic way.'
Laurie Anderson
'Contemporary hero of the English folk tradition. ...radical, fierce, compassionate, humane, political, proud, tender, humorous, critical and frank. Wood's work speaks directly to anyone concerned with English life and society... his impact is immediate and direct.'
Bath Festival
Albion - RELEASED JUNE 29th - Chris' highly anticipated double album compilation complete with a twenty page booklet. £13 +p&p
Darwin Song Project – March 2009. With 2009 marking the 200th anniversary of Charles Darwin’s death, and the 150th anniversary of the publication of his groundbreaking “On the Origin of Species”, Chris was among the group of artists chosen to collaborate and produce new songs in celebration of Darwin’s life. Chris spent a week in a farmhouse tucked away in a tranquil corner of Shropshire with seven other songwriters. The week was a huge success culminating in a sell out concert at Theatre Severn and the artists will get together again at the Shrewsbury Folk Festival on 28th, 29th, 30th and 31st August 2009. The Theatre Seven concert was recorded and a commercial CD release expected in Summer 2009.
Chris Wood’s Handmade Life Tour – November of 2009. Chris Wood now broadens his music with an award from the Contemporary Music Network and will be touring with a new band including fellow Imagined Villagers Andy Gangadeen and Barney Morse Brown on Drums and Cello along with Robert Jarvis on Trombone. Nothing sounds quite like it – the unique instrumentation matches Wood’s voice perfectly while the content of the new songs retains his vision. Subtle yet massive! As this is offered with a CMN touring grant, this may be the only opportunity to see this unique ensemble!
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Praise For Chris Wood:
Undoubtedly one of the most distinctively powerful singers and musicians in the country. ***** 5/5 Stars
R2 / ROCK N REEL , July 2009
A vital and excitingly unpredictable influence on the modern scene. fROOTS, July 2009
Unravel it, layer by layer. A balm for any music lover’s soul. **** 4/5 Stars
THE IRISH TIMES, July 2009
Chris Wood is about as far from the finger-in-your ear school of folk droners as it's possible to be. His music is melodic and accessible but with a wonderful sense of space. The lyrics are superb. ***** 5/5 Stars
THE DAILY EXPRESS, July 2009
...such is the focus of Wood's songwriting skills - claims that he is the greatest living English songwriter are not that far fetched. Chris Wood is one of our true living geniuses. Buy this record and then snap up his entire back catalogue. He's that good. MUSICOMH.COM, July 2009
His strength is in melding narrative, song and melodies- the natural heir to Martin Carthy. **** 4/5 Stars
UNCUT MAGAZINE, July 2009
Frequently emotional – stripped down, shivers-down-spine moments of candid emotion - power and economy. BBC.CO.UK , July 2009
(rightly) much hailed, folk singer of the year and album of the year. THE GUARDIAN , June 2009
The minute he starts singing he has this way of drawing people in, to make everybody really listen to the words. I have no concept of time when he's singing and for me, that's a complete star quality. VERITY SHARP ( excerpt from 'Albion - An Anthology' sleeve notes) , Released June 2009
With a reputation for pushing the boundaries of traditional folk music he has established himself as one of the true figureheads of folk. FRESHDEERMEAT.COM, June 2009
We have our next mini-festival at 93 Feet East on Saturday 25th July with an amazing line-up along with our usual Burlesque, performance art and Electro DJ’s. Check out the ticket link below. See you there.
hey, we are playing the luminaire in kilburn today(thursday), we are contacting everyone on our friends list in london hoping you can make it down, we really wana make the london part of the tour special so if you can make that would be amazing.thankyou Groanbox
"Absolutely wonderful. I cannot recommend highly enough catching them live if you get the chance." - Folk and Roots Online The Kittiwakes are Kate Denny on vocals and violin, Chris Harrison on accordion and Jill Cumberbatch on violin, mandolin, and guitar. Their debut album ‘Lofoten Calling’ is being released by Midwich Records, and is original music based around the people, landscape, folklore and history of the Lofoten Islands, - an area above the Arctic Circle in Norway. The music is song based, and influenced by traditional British Isles and Norwegian folk music. The band have supported established artists such as FAUSTUS, KATHRYN WILLIAMS, and TIM VAN EYKEN, and are fast developing a following in their own right.
LIVE AT ORANGE STREET MUSIC CLUB CANTERBURY WEDS 24TH JUNE £5 admission Tel: 01227 760801 8.00pm
After you've finished here, you may like to hear this poem sung on myspace...
Poem 2 of 230, WalkaboutsVerse (please see my blog): WALKABOUT WITH MY PEN
Once drove an old sedan, up north, From a place in Sydney to Cairns; Then to Kuranda I went forth, By train, to look without set plans.
I browsed through the trendy market, With fresh fruits of tropical kind; Walked to the creek through lush thicket - Nature’s hand giving peace of mind.
I dined in a scenic cafe; Then, outside, as I wrote for yen, Some passing Kooris called-out: “Hey, You go walkabout with your pen.”
Request or question, I don’t know - Assured voices, elderly men. That’s now several years ago, And I’ve seen the world - with my pen.
TWILIGHT FOLK PRESENTS… THE KIM THOMPSETT BAND WITH SUPPORT FROM JEM and MARTYN (RELIG ORAN) For fans of early pastoral English folk music, in the vein of SANDY DENNY, PENTANGLE and VASHTI BUNYAN.
" honest, most magickal and real, a treasure indeed " Root Deity Poems Released on 30th November 2008, Songs from the Uglee Meadow features ten original songs inspired by nature and tales of myth and legend. Having already won acclaim from various quarters including Michael Tyack of Circulus and Marianne Segal, folk legend of the 1970's, and blending medieval, celtic, folk and contemporary influences, Songs from the Uglee Meadow should appeal to all lovers of the acoustic folk style. "I am very impressed. Beautiful voice and really nice arrangements. I have strong connections with the folk world and this is one of the best things I have heard recently." Andy Hemsley, Journalist The album "Songs from the Uglee Meadow" is inspired by a serene and beautiful place in East Sussex called the Uglee Meadow. With the involvement of musicians such as Will Summers from Circulus on crumhorns, recorders and other blowy things and Philip Martin (alias Drohne) on hurdy gurdy and pipes. Songs inspired by quiet woods, rushing streams, misty meadows, lonely moors and dancing fires imbued with an air of timelessness…. http://www.myspace.com/kimthompsett LIVE AT ORANGE STREET MUSIC CLUB CANTERBURY WEDS 20TH MAY 2009 8.00 pm Tel: 01227 760801 £5 Entry
Thanks very much for the add! I love your music and am thrilled for your awards this year! I plan to visit the UK again this November (November 2007 was when I saw the Imagined Village and was captivated by your music) so I will watch your gig list here and will plan to catch you on your fall tour with your band! Cheers, Marjorie
THANKS FOR ADDING ME!! Welcome! Check out some other great music, surf my friends! visit my page! I try to get everyone on one of my play list!
The list gets bigger every day! I'M HERE TO SHARE THE MUSIC I FIND:) THANKS AGAIN, JOHN
