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Mike Gulston
Folk / Acoustic



Brighton,
United Kingdom

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Last Login:  7/25/2008
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Member Since3/8/2007
InfluencesTraditional English music and the traditional dance music of France and Brittany
Record Labelindependent
Type of LabelIndie




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   About Mike Gulston

"A gentle voiced singer with a sure way with traditional songs and adventurous accompaniments on string instruments."
(Vic Smith, Folk at the Royal Oak, Lewes)

Mike Gulston sings songs of love and longing, ballads of heroines and lovers, betrayals and happy-ever-after, accompanied by his own arrangements on guitar and octave mandola. Most of his material draws on traditional English folk songs (especially the ones with a decent body-count by the last verse). His voice conveys unerringly the emotion of the song, and his lyrical, imaginative arrangements make each one his own.

He performs as a duo with Blanche Rowen - English ballads, French dance songs, Welsh folk songs and strange and unique hybrids of any or all of the above.

He’s also known for his playing of dance music from France and Brittany, recently as a new duo 'Avant Deux' with fiddler Mark Prescott (Penda’s Fen, Vivant) which with the addition of Meriel Field (Allan yn y Fan) becomes Avant Trois.

His latest musical incarnation is as part of the ambient-prog-folk-frenchdance sensation-to-be that is Metheglin, hitherto a duo but in the process of becoming a trio. Mike guested so comprehensively on their forthcoming album that they've signed him up as a permanent fixture.

And then there’s GIG CB! (ie the George Inn Giant Ceilidh Band) with whom Mike plays in England and Europe, encouraging our continental neighbours to strip their willows. Which they do, with glee.

His debut CD ‘Mike Gulston at Kinnersley Castle’ came out last year, recorded in a one-take session by producer Jürgen Grunert, and featuring fifteen songs from the English tradition and three original instrumental pieces.

Oh, and he does a mean Teddy Bears' Picnic, too.


If you'd like to reach him but aren't part of the Myspace network, (and aren't in a hurry) you can email him at mikegulston [at] hotmail.com

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   Mike Gulston's Friend Space (Top 24)
Mike Gulston has 102 friends.
 Blanche Rowen & Mike Gulston 


 Louise Schultz 


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Mike Gulston's Friends Comments
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Duo Chazot-Mauchand





Jun 19 2008 2:21 AM

Hi Mike,

just a lovely picture for you !

See you soon.

Stéphane

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Eric Thézé





May 18 2008 7:14 AM

Duo Chazot-Mauchand





Jan 16 2008 12:42 AM

Hello Mike,
Many thanks for the add (again).
I think you've recognised the guitarist of Valsepareille, who went with us in Kinnersley.
I hope to see you soon.
Sandrine and I, we listen very often your CD, and the one you made with Blanche.
Regards.
Stéphane
Eric Thézé





Oct 18 2007 1:36 AM

hello Mike, It's always good to hear you playing and singing, even on the internet! I hope we'll have soon opportunities to see us and play together.
ia2iago





Jun 16 2007 8:38 AM

There're some new tracks to be heard on our site; & poems too!
We've now added two new members who come complete with their own action photos... click the link.
xXx from Cornwall & Gloucestershire...



www.ia2iago.co.uk

Book Bin





Jun 2 2007 6:48 PM

We've just had a blue moon the end of May, Mike.
Hope you've had something rare happen!
(Something good, of course!)
George





Apr 13 2007 2:09 PM

Great sound - thanks!
Robert Amyot





Apr 1 2007 12:17 PM

Hi Mike !
Hope to meet you some day.
All the best and thanks for the request.
Robert
Book Bin





Mar 31 2007 6:25 PM

Enjoying the beautiful tunes.
Many thanks for the add!
Warm greetings from New Jersey ~ US

Naïal





Mar 27 2007 3:40 AM

Hi Mike !
Happy to find you there !
Sandrine and I, we listen very very often you album. It's always the same pleasure.
Hope to see you, perhaps in Saint-Chartier ?
Best regards.
Stéphane
Ayla





Mar 25 2007 12:30 PM

Hello Mike - yes I would expect us to have quite lot of friends in common! Were you at Blowzabella in Banbury - can't remember if I saw you, but it was so busy....

Ayla
Louise Schultz





Mar 25 2007 12:05 AM

I'm having breakfast to your music.:-)
Lovely to hear your songs here too,
Louise
Yannick Minvielle-Debat





Mar 22 2007 12:54 PM

Welcome to this fantastic virtual space where one hops from friend to friend and makes fabulous musical discoveries..
Primaeval





Mar 21 2007 3:35 PM

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Metheglin





Mar 21 2007 3:09 PM

About bloody time!!!!!!!!
Glad to be friends....us baldies should stick together....
Lots of love from Pete and Clare
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