Update from Folkwit Records

[Folkwit Records]

NEW WEBSITE

We've given the website a complete facelift - it's easier to navigate, has loads more sample tracks and buying CDs & downloads couldn't be simpler.

Go take a look: http://folkwit.com

As well as featuring our own releases, we are beginning to expand the catalogue available from the site to include recommended self-released music plus releases from other like-minded small labels. We hope you'll find it an increasingly useful resource for discovering new music.

UPCOMING RELEASES

2009 promises to be a busy year for Folkwit with a number of new projects. Here are just a few:

ORWELL - Le Génie Humain
We have teamed up with Twin Fizz Records to release this great album in the UK.
Lush French pop from Jérôme Didelot and a plethora of fine musicians including Ruth Minnikin
Release date: 1 June 2009

PULCO - Triceratops
Another slice of lo-fi / home-fi genius
Release date: TBA

THE RED FLAGS - The Happiness of Dolls
Superb follow-up to Hundreds of Sunshine - features Paul Godden
Release date: TBA

TOUR DATES

Coming up:

Soy Un Caballo tour Spain and return to the UK to perform with This Is The Kit
Andy Whittle supporting Bert Jansch in Nottingham
Dan Maitland gigging the pubs & clubs of London + new UK tour dates

Soy Un Caballo

31/03/2009 Sala El Sol, Madrid ES
01/04/2009 Teatro Munoz, Cadiz ES
02/04/2009 Sala, Algeciras ES
04/04/2009 Sala 12, Murcia ES
06/04/2009 Sala Be Cool, Barcelona ES
09/05/2009 Union Chapel, London UK /w This is The Kit
10/05/2009 The Folkhouse, Bristol UK /w This is the Kit + Morning star
21/05/2009 The Legion, London UK /w James Yuill + Maps

Daniel Maitland

12/03/2009 Smile at the Shunt, London UK
20/03/2009 Telegraph Hill Festival, Crossways School, London UK
20/03/2009 The Goose is out! DHFC, London UK
26/03/2009 The Constitution. Folk in the Cellar, London UK
10/04/2009 Kontra Roots Club, Woodford, Nr Kettering, Midlands UK
24/04/2009 Club Acoustica at The Crown, Twickenham, London UK
30/10/2009 The Acoustic Kitchen, Kings Lynn, Norfolk UK

Andy Whittle

12/04/2009 The Running Horse, Nottingham UK /w Bert Jansch
02/05/2009 Boomerang Returns @ Voodoo Lounge (solo), Stamford UK
05/06/2009 Gate To Southwell Folk Festival 5-7th TBC, Southwell UK
11/09/2009 Farncombe Folk Club, Guildford UK /w Dana and Susan Robinson

CUP OF TEA FOLK

A new promotion by Folkwit at Lee Rosy's Tea, Nottingham, UK featuring some fabulous acts from the UK and beyond - more details @ myspace

SOY UN CABALLO

Sam Genders (Tunng) with Soy Un Caballo

Check out this great video of Robin by Tunng & Soy Un Caballo - click here.

PULCO

Part of the Music 09 programme, Respond will see artists working with curators from the seven national museums in Wales to produce a musical response to the nation's collections. Some of Wales' emerging musical talent including our very own Pulco are submitting original tracks inspired by various exhibitions, displays and objects.

Go here to find out more and download Caban by Pulco - a piece commissioned for the National Slate Museum:

http://www.museumwales.ac.uk/en/2117/

AUDREY RYAN

Audrey Ryan (USA) is working on completing her newest record I Know, I Know which is a collection of one-man-band songs recorded on a four-track where she plays guitar, loops, drums, percussion all layered together. She's been playing a lot of shows all over the US and will be returning to perform at SXSW in Austin TX this March.

Never one to rest on her laurels, she has also written a book about the music industry, The Need to be Heard which is available free to the public on her website and a fun read for musicians. Feel free to check it out: www.audreyryan.com

By the way we've posted a video of her performing People from Dishes and Pills from Balcony TV, Dublin - go take a look!

http://folkwit.com