Me, a couple of guitars and a machine from the guru. And each band member shall be known by the name 'Robinson'.
Influences
Ella Johnston, James Kelman, Walter Benjamin, Andrey Platonov, Jean-Paul Sartre, Outsider Art (however a misnomer), Joyce and Kafka, Les Enfants du Paradis, WB Yeats, Mark Rothko, Battle of Algiers, John Keats, Karl Marx, Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Enid Marx and Marianne Straub, Alexander Solzhenitsyn, Count Tolstoy, Lewis Grassic Gibbon, Gilbert and George, Paul Klee, crashing at my feet.
MW Bewick's first solo EP/7" single is released in August 2009.
Here is a short teaser movie: Icelandic Country Dialogue
MW Bewick grew up on the western fringes of the Lake District and now lives in central London. Writing music he terms 'lo-folk', influences on his songwriting include artists as diverse as Mogwai, Mark Hollis (Talk Talk) and George Harrison, as well as luminaries from the late-1960s British folk revival such as John Martyn and Nick Drake.
"In theory I'm a fan of simplicity in songwriting," Bewick says. "I like a tuneful melody, a good hook, and short songs. But then I don't always want to provide what people expect, so I'll make a song wrong, messing with sounds or structure. When people listen to my songs I'd like them to feel both surprised and reassured."
This single is MW Bewick's first solo recording and follows the release of his Acertone side-project release in 2008. "I hope people like the new record," he says. "But I'm not really interested in having major success in the modern music industry, which is all about greed and commerce and margins. For me it's more about that traditional folk thing – the impulse to tell a story and have people hear it. That's what counts."
The 5-track EP:
'Darkness In Our Minds' is a grown-up love song about making sense of relationships while acknowledging the atrocities of the modern world. A pretty tune set to words of war and peril.
'Gordon "Dodger" Pattinson' is a modern-day folk song about a real-life character from West Cumbria, where MW Bewick grew up.
'Country Dialogue' is a short interlude on the theme of distance and exile.
'Prodigal Sons' is a mythical fable – a warning sound in times of ecological plight.
'Black Circles' is the delicate, threatened and threatening sound of the possible thoughts in a person's head at four in the morning.
The 7" single:
'Darkness In Our Minds'
'Black Circles'
All songs recorded in London by MW Bewick and David Cleaver (Acertone, Colonel Decker). Additional recording by Simon Willey (Max Harris Project) and Pat Whelan (Holy Samanas). Mastered by Neil Pickles at Estudio El Bano. Cover image and design, Ella Johnston.
Comments for MW Bewick on his MySpace page:
"Your songs set my mind at ease" ... "Excellent tunes" ... "Beautiful" ... "Lovely guitar playing" ... "Very fine songs" ... "Delicious music" ... "Fantastically lovely tunes" ... "Bloody good music" ... "Smart playing" ... "Beautiful and delicate melodies" ... "Someone who can actually write lyrics" ... "Truly a talent" ... "Relaxing and dreamy" ... "Magic music"
Hey, Im posting new videos today! New pictures too!
And TUESDAY July 14, the band will be filming a performance for the tv show at SAXON PUB! Be in the audience for the tv show 4:30 to 5:30!!!!!!!! Ruby Jane
Hey thanks for your very kind comments and its a relief we can reutrn them:-) Great playing I am sucker for dad tuning. good tunes welll sung too. And your a good looking fella too....actually on refelction we don't like you at all:-)
The Kittiwakes - CD Launch - Clerkenwell 22nd June
Leigh-on-Sea 3-piece, The Kittiwakes, celebrate the release of their Midwich Records debut, ‘Lofoten Calling’, a collection of original folk songs written about the people, landscape, folklore and history of the Lofoten Islands above the Arctic Circle and influenced by the traditional music of Norway and the British Isles.
'The Kittiwakes craft timeless and magical acoustically dappled folk treats - gentle and alluring ostensibly Gaelic in sound texture and gorgeously flighty braided as they are by corteges of mandolins, accordions and violins.' [LOSING TODAY]
'The Kittiwakes (rissa tridactyla): delicious, intriguing and evocative music, beautifully played and sung by this talented trio. Recommended to twitchers and lovers of folk music alike' [LEIGH FOLK FESTIVAL]
Tune in to episode 12 of the Lantern Society Radio Hour, featuring the creme de la creme of the capital's most comely crooners. Stunning live performances beautifully captured for your listening pleasure, at London's Finest Folk Club, The Lantern Society.
And, why not join us for the next Lantern Society - Thursday 18th June.
The Betsey Trotwood, Farringdon Rd, London. EC1R 3BL
Beautiful singing...Great to have you as friend....Thanks for request .very very nice music and great singing .i wish you my deep regards . .... much love & peace !!!
Hello MW Bewick. This is our first headline London show for a very long time, to celebrate finishing our new album which will be out later this year. So come on down and have a good time with us.
...and of course don't forget London's Finest Folk Club, The next Lantern Society - Thursday 7th May at the Betsey Trotwood, Farringdon Rd, EC1R 3BL. Neartest tube Farringdon.
Hello MW Bewick. The new episode of The Lantern Society Radio Hour is now on the air. As recorded at London's Finest Folk Club on 16th april 2009. Click the banner below to subscribe for free at iTunes, or simply use the player to tune in.
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And do come along to the next installment of the Lantern Society at The Betsey Trotwood, Farringdon Rd, on Thursday 7th May.
Upcoming shows: 15-17 May - Wood Festival, Braziers Park, Oxfordshire. BUY TICKETS
18th May - Spectacle Records Presents: Your New Favourite Bands at Catch Bar, 22 Kingsland Road. Shoreditch, London. HEADLINE SHOW.
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