Regents
Park show- August 17th
we've just confirmed a show in regent's park
open air theatre on august 17th. it will be
a full band show again... martyn barker on
drums and simon edwards on bass- the pair
who made the recent Queen Elizabeth Hall show
so great!
if you've never been to the open
air theatre, it's one of the most amazing
venues- an amphitheatre in the centre of regent's
park, surrounded by trees. beautiful. the
show starts as the sun begins to set, so by
the end night has fallen completely.
kathryn played regents park a few years ago-
read the 5 star guardian review
here.
a couple of songs from that show ended up
as tracks on kw's "relations" covers
album- "hallelujah" and "these
days" were recorded live at the show
and were the spark that led to the creation
of "relations".
it's just a magical place that makes things
happen...
get tickets at BigWheelTickets.com
/ 0844 8264242
gates at 6pm for picnics on the lawn. show
starts at 7.30
2 great supports are TBC- we'll keep you informed
New
Daughters of Albion shows
kathryn and neill will be performing at two
new daughters of albion shows at birmingham
symphony hall and brighton dome. kathryn is
compere. these shows are a celebration of
english women singers and songwriters, and
feature kathryn, lisa knapp, lou rhodes, norma
waterson, june tabor and bishi backed by a
house band featuring neill, martin carthy
and tim van eyken, under the musical direction
of kate st john. kathryn and neill first met
at the first daughters of albion show- in
cork opera house a few years back- that's
when they decided to make a record together...
should be 2 great shows: birmingham symphony
hall, 27th april- click
for info & tickets0121 780 3333 brighton dome, 13th may-
click
for info & tickets 01273 709 709
"two"
out march 3rd 2008
the new album- "Two"
by Kathryn Williams and Neill MacColl is due
for release on March 3rd. more information
about this record at WilliamsMacColl.com.
kathryn and neill wrote, recorded and mixed
this record over just three weeks in 2007.
there's a quicktime video telling the story
of the record here
or below is the youtube vesion...
kathryn
and neill on tour
kathryn and neill are kicking off the touring
year with a set of 4 shows in tiny venues
in the scottish highlands and islands.
from the 6th to the 9th of february, they'll
be in fort william, inverness, stornoway and
ullapool. get in quick if you want a chance
to see these very special shows... details
on the tourdates
page
then the 16th march sees the start
of the main tour to support the album release.
we start off at the komedia in brighton, which
is always a great place to play, then the
tour continues through to april 19th,
taking in 22 towns along the way- including
shows at the queen elizabeth hall in london,
the sage in gateshead, st george's in bristol
and the city varieties in leeds, as well as
a host of intimate venues including prema
arts centre in dursley (gloucestershire) and
the arts centre in pocklington (east riding).
we're also really pleased to be playing 3
further scottish shows and 3 welsh
shows as part of the tour. WilliamsMacColl.com/tour.
single-
come with me... out now
the frist single from "Two" will
be "Come With Me". it's available
on itunes
and is paired with "Ghost" (exclusive
track). there are a couple of great reviews
at WilliamsMacColl.com/press.
See kathryn and neill perform Come With Me
live at WilliamsMacColl.com/videos.html
or on the youtube video above.
words
from the garden kathryn has been involved
in a writers in residence project at the alnwick
garden in northumberland. the results
of the project are being released on a very
limited edition CD by caw in collaboration
with new
writing north. 4 poets were involved with
the project, and the whole thing has been
put together in a soundscape with music by
kathryn w and nev clay. the CD artwork is
by kathryn w. you can buy the CD from the
caw
records online shop.
new
dates- pigalle club and greenbelt... kathryn is playing at
the pigalle club, piccadilly on monday 10th
september. looks like a great venue. take
a look at their site... full
details on the tourdates page. other
new dates include the greenbelt festival on
24th august. kathryn is only doing a few one-offs
at the moment, as she's spending a lot of
time writing (see next story)...
Kathryn
writing with neill maccoll... kathryn's been writing
a lot of new material with guitarist neill
maccoll. the audience at the tricycle theatre
show were treated to previews of a couple
of their songs. kathryn says that she's really
happy with this new material and that she's
really excited about the coming album. check
out the tricycle
theatre thread on the forum for reactions
to kathryn and neill's new songs.
new
shots uploaded to flickr we've just uploaded a
load of new photos to kathryn's flickr
page. new photos include shots from the
daughters of albion show at the barbican and
cork opera house, sage gateshead photos, and
some from the recent shows in london and gloucestershire.
other people have been busy uploading more
tricycle theatre shots, celtic connections
photos and yet more end of the road pictures.
if you have any shots from gigs or whatever,
you can upload them to our group and tghey'll
become part of the gallery on this site. click
here to see the photos as a slide show.
New
forum online. we've finally got a forum
back online since losing the old one to hacker-madness.
so sign up and talk to us! the forum is at
www.kw-forum.co.uk
Colours
are Brighter kathryn has contributed
a song to the "colours are brighter"
save the children album, which is out on
16th October. the album was put together
by belle and sebastian and features songs
for children by fourtet, franz ferdinand,
the kooks, the divine comedy and loads of
other brilliant people. it's a really great
record, everyone's really gone for it and
decided to forget being cool! the full tarcklisting
is:
1. Four Tet featuring Princess Watermelon
- Go Go Ninja Dinosaur
2. Rasputina - A Skeleton Bang
3. Franz Ferdinand - Jackie Jackson
4. Snow Patrol - I am an Astronaut
5. The Divine Comedy - Three Cheers
For Pooh, Cottleston Pie, Piglet Ho
6. The Kooks - The King & I
7. Half Man Half Biscuit - David Wainwright's
Feet
8. The Barcelona Pavilion - Tidy Up
Tidy Up
9. Jonathan Richman - Our Dog is Getting
Older Now
10. Belle and Sebastian - The Monkeys
are Breaking Out the Zoo
11. Ivor Cutler Trio - Mud
12. The Flaming Lips - The Big Ol' Bug
Is The New Baby Now
13. Kathryn Williams - Night Baking
more details and samples at http://www.coloursarebrighter.com
