Ray started playing on the North London folk scene in the late sixties at the legendary Enfield Folk Club and was writing songs pretty much immediately from then on. He's appeared at various infamous London venues such as Bunjies and The Troubador. He flirted briefly with Traditional English Song during a period of residency at the Hoddesdon Folk Club where he became a mascot for the Hoddesdon Crownsmen dancers. Resulting from this was a brief tour of Norway in 1981 with TV and Radio appearances and also in the UK at several major festivals - Cambridge, Towersey, Village Pump and many folk clubs. For a while he worked with Keepers Lock doing (and writing) songs about canals with again TV and Radio appearances.
"On Parole" is Ray's only album so far although he's in the process of selecting songs for a new album. His songs have been recorded by other artists such as 'Artisan'. Ray is now working with Diana Johnstone on a regular basis, appearing at various venues with their show about songwriters.
The second part of the trilogy "The
Empty
Circle" by The Joy of Nature, entitled «Rastos de Sangue e fragmentos da
Tradição», has been now released by Ahnstern and it is available at The Joy of Nature's store.
In this second part a lot more instruments were used and more
musicians collaborated, like R. Coutinho, B. Ardo (Sangre Cavallum), Rui
Almeida (Massa Última), Triarca, Mara Neves and M.J.
Not only a reaction against the modern world, but
an alternative to this post-modern world.
2 weeks monday, that makes it the 5th october all going well ~ really should meet up before then! ~ lovely september weather here, which should be about the same up thata way ;) ~ hope all good kel an mark
Hello, it's me, Ruby Jane.To those who don't know me, I am a 14 year old fiddler, songwriter. I have some songs posted that are fresh out of the studio. Let me know if you like the new songs..be one of the first to hear, even before they are released!Thanks! new videos too! Ruby Jane
Check out the slackers may 1 - 24! to hear latest mp3s go to www.myspace.com/theslackers May 1 – Carcelles, Be – Pacrock Festival May 2 – Eeklo, Be – N9 May 3 – Lelystad, NL - Underground May 4 – Dordrecht, NL - Bibelot May 5 – Leeuwarden, Nl - Liberation Fest May 6 – Tampere, Fi – Klubi May 7- Helsinki, Fi – Tavestia May 8 – Paris, Fr – Music To Rock the Nation Fest May 9 – Koln, DE - Werkstatt May 10 – Braunschweig, De – Jolly Joker May 11 – Lindau, DE – Club Vaudeville May 12 – Geneva, CH – L’Usine May 13 – Zurich, CH – Club Future May 14 – Hazelbrouk, Fr – Shaka Laka > May 15 Brighton - Engine Room > May 16 Sheffield - Carling Academy 2 > May 17 Southampton - Soul Cellar > May 18 Bristol - Thekla > May 19 London - Underworld > May 20 Plymouth - White Rabbit > May 21 Dublin - Academy > May 22 Belfast - Spring & Airbrake > May 23 Carlisle - Brickyard > May 24 Leeds - Slam Dunk Festival New Self Medication vinyl! New dvd – Live at the Flamingo Cantina out now! to order in europe check out www.phonocaster.com ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Rocksteady 7 – on tour may 26-30 Rocksteady 7 on tour, featuring dave from slackers on sax.
New cd, out in may, Get Back Up, from Brixton records. www.brixtonrecords.com To hear new mp3s go to www.myspace.com/davidhillyardrocksteady7 May 26 – Madrid – Gruta 77 May 27 – Valencia -Black Note May 28 – Barcelona - Sala Rock sound May 29 - Xixon (Gijon) - Savoy May 30 - Bilbao (Bizkaia) - Txakoli
Recently we finished making us some posters that we can use as advertisment for the band. We were wondering if you could print off a couple from our myspace site and put them up in any folk clubs/areas you know of. It's all about raising page views and getting our name out! You can print them if you click on view Clockwork's pictures, just underneath our profile picutre.
We would realllly appreciate it even if you just printed one! Any publicity is good, and what with your quite high gig count, it's even better! Thanks for helping this young band get out there!
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