Thanks to everyone who came and helped us celebrate the 2nd Birthday of our very own 'Baa Club' last week. We still can't believe 2 year has gone by! There was a terrific atmosphere in the room with lots of singing along and even some cake eating at the interval. As well as performing ourselves, the audience were treated to performances by Newcastle duo Jinski and song-writer Jim Wigfield, who had us all in histerics with his sheep song. Photos (taken by Neil Denham) from the evening can be viewed here.
SUMMER 2010 - NEW SONGS & NEW STUDIO!
We may appear to have had a relatively quiet (and very local) summer on the gig front...but things have still been happening in the Landermason camp! The studio or 'shed down the garden' has been totally refurbished by Paul and new equipment has been installed. This has taken quite sometime to organise but we're almost there! We are nearly at the point where we can go in and record some new tracks! Oh, and that's the other thing we've been up to...writing some new material. So if you come along to one of our gigs over the next few weeks, you'll hear some new songs and tunes in the set. Each very different...but then that's what we like...lots of variety!
NEW ALBUM REVIEW - LIVING TRADITION July 2010
Our latest album 'Tree of Souls' has just received an excellent review in the latest issue of Living Tradition magazine (Issue 85). The full review can be read on our REVIEWS PAGE or by visiting the reviews page of Living Tradition.
LAST MINUTE GIG IN GLASGOW July 2010
Following the unfortunate cancellation of Lyra Celtica, we are delighted to have been asked to play at The Star Folk Club in Glasgow on July 22nd. Please come along and support us. It's our first time at the venue!
A LOVELY WEE TOUR! June 2010
Just back from a lovely weekend in South Western Scotland. It's been while since we've been across the border and we chose a cracking weekend for it too...plenty of sunshine and barmy temperatures! Friday we played Girvan Folk Club for the 3rd time and decided to chose this friendly club to air some new material...an arrangement of Mike Bennett's Friday Jig and a song (still untitled) written as a direct result of the West Cumbrian shootings. Saturday we headed down to Scotland's smallest theatre...the Swallow Theatre tucked away in a pretty location near Whithorn. Although we like playing to large crowds, the initimacy of this charming 50 seater venue suited us down to the ground! Thanks to both venues for making us feel so welcome. We hope to be back.
SELL OUT CROWD IN PUPPET THEATRE! June 2010
We recently performed to a sell out crowd at the delightful Up-Front Gallery and Puppet Theatre in Unthank, nr Penrith, Cumbria. The small but cosy 100 seater theatre is a popular venue for touring musicians and offers a delicious home cooked meal beforehand, for those who wish to make an evening of it. We were warmly welcomed and very well looked after by John & Elaine Parkinson who run the place brilliantly. A really memorable evening and definately a place we hope to return to. Thanks for having us!
BAAFEST HAILED A SUCCESS! May 2010
We've played at many festivals across the UK over the last 10 years but have never actually organised one ourselves...till now!
They say it takes over your life and it certainly did for several months of ours, but despite the hard work...we enjoyed the experience. Bellingham All Acoustic Festival or BAAFest was born on May 1st and 2nd 2010. Although essentially a 2 day weekend of live music, the event for some was actaully 4 days with our monthly BAA Club on the Thursday night and a Student Folk Concert in the Town Hall on the Friday. These pre-festival events were terrific and photos from both evenings together with a selection from the weekend can be viewed here.
We have recieved lots of positive feedback since the event from visitors far and wide whilst a very favourable review has been written in the Hexham Courant. To read the article click here.
SPRING TOUR 2010
At last! It's Spring and we are hitting the road for a series of dates at venues around the UK throughout March and April. Check the LIVE PAGE for the full itinery. We'll also be posting updates on Twitter as we travel about. (Not forgetting Sweeps Blog of course...yes he'll be with us too!)
AIRPLAY ON BBC RADIO WALES
Our track 'When the Boat Comes In' was played on the Frank Hennessey Show 'Celtic Heartbeat' on saturday 6th February. Listen again for one week on BBC Radio Wales.
EXCITING 'BAA' NEWS!
Following on from the success of the Baa Club (Bellingham All Acoustic Music Club) we are now busy organising a brand new 2 day music festival to held in May 2010! Bellingham All Acoustic Music Festival or BAAFEST will be held on May 1st and 2nd in the grounds of the Riverdale Hall Hotel, Bellingham in Northumberland. Aswell as a fantastic line up of quality acts (see website for details), there will be many other events going on around the village too (a student concert, farmers market, 'Sights and Sounds' exhibition, stalls, morris dancing and more). Tickets are now on sale!
We hope to see you there...
NEW YEAR AIRPLAY ON BBC RADIO SCOTLAND
2 tracks from our new album 'Tree of Souls' have been played on the Iain Anderson Show on BBC Radio Scotland over the last 2 weeks! The title track 'Tree of Souls' was included in the run up to Christmas whilst 'Shipbuilding' was played only yesterday!
Listen again until January 11th www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/console/b00pl8pl
HAPPY NEW YEAR!
After a lovely restful Christmas break and very 'local' New Year, we are looking forward to playing at lots of new venues in 2010. Following on from a most enjoyable 'Highlights' tour of village halls in the North East and Cumbria, we are pleased to be rural touring again...this time in East Anglia and North Lincolnshire during March and April. We've posted all our tour dates up until the Summer on the LIVE PAGE but keep checking back for updates as things are still coming in!
NEW COLLABORATIONS!
This weekend see's our first proper collaboration with the superb Gareth Davies-Jones. Well seasoned singer songwriter Gareth, is enjoying much airplay from both his brand new EP and recent album 'Water and Light'. The show promises to be a little bit different, taking on the slightly more informal 'Jools Holland' style approach!
So aswell as individual tracks from both Gareth and Landermason, there will be several joint numbers in each set. Hope you can make it along! See LIVE for details.
SELL OUT GIGS!!!
As we near the end of our Highlights Rural Touring in the North East and Cumbria, we are delighted to have just played to 3 'sell out' audiences! Village halls in Boldron (Co Durham), Heads Nook and Bardesa (Cumbria) were all packed out! The tour concludes with gigs at Brampton Community Centre and Stainton and Streatlam Village Hall.
ONE VERY BUSY WEEK!
Just back after an exhausting but lovely week of gigs around the country. Had great fun in The Square & Compass, Worth Matravers, The Man of Kent, Rochester and also in the Barnaby Rudge, Broadstairs! In between these, Centre Stage (the home of Bournemouth Folk Club) impressed us in many ways and was a joy to perform at, whilst The Hoy at Anchor Folk Club, Leigh on Sea was probably Sweeps most memorable gig of the week! Our first visit to Masham Arts Festival was delightful and with a completeley sold out gig at The Hearth Centre, back in the Tyne Valley, we were both fairly satisfied with our lot! Thanks to everyone who came along or helped make us feel so welcome on our travels.
HIGHLIGHTS RURAL TOURING Oct/Nov 09
We are currently enjoyng a series of 10 village halls gigs across the North East & Cumbria. These are set up by 'Highlights' Rural Touring Scheme. www.highlightsnorth.co.uk
AUTUMN TOUR CONTINUES Oct 09
We're back on the road over the next few weeks! Catch us at a gig in Dorset, Hampshire, Kent, Essex, North Yorkshire or back up in North East. There's a wide range of different venues so it should be fun! See our LIVE PAGE for more details.
ALBUM LAUNCH THANKS!
A huge thanks to everybody who came along and supported us for our big gig! The launch took place in The Forum Cinema and was part of the 2009 Hexham Abbey Festival. Numbers are not definate at this stage but around 150 turned out. Thank you all so much. We hope you enjoyed it as much as we did!
FIRST NATIONAL AIRPLAY for 'TREE OF SOULS' !
The title track from the new album received it's first national airplay on Frank Hennessey's Saturday night show 'Celtic Heartbeat'on BBC Radio Wales. Frank described Landermason as a fine duo and that the song told an interesting story!
You can listen again until Saturday 26th at Celtic Heartbeat.
UK SONG WRITING COMPETITION 2009 SEMI-FINALISTS!
The Landermason track 'Words Unsaid' featured on the album 'The Reason' made it through to the semi finals in the Jazz and Blues catagory. There were around 6000 entries in the various categories offered overall! To read about all the winners go to:
http://www.songwritingcontest.co.uk
SPIRAL EARTH BLOG SPOT
Follow the link below to read our Autumn Tour Blog posted on the excellent and informative Folk, Roots and Acoustic Music website.
www.spiralearth.co.uk
AUTUMN TOUR 2009
Landermason will be performing at a selection of venues around the UK over the next few weeks. Visit the LIVE page for further details.
LIVE AT CAMBRIDGE FOLK FESTIVAL 2009
Landermason made their debut performance at this years Cambridge Folk Festival. Not only did they play a set in the Club Tent on Friday night as guests of Cambridge Folk Club but were also offered a short slot on Stage 2 on Saturday afternoon as part of Brian McNeils Afternoon Session. They played 'Saxophone Jig' and 'Drummer Man' to around 2000 people. The applause indicated they were well received!
