I'm going to be playing a set at the inaugural Wellington Music Festival this Saturday. I have one of the final slots at the new Bandstand (Wellington Library) around 4pm. Event page is here. Hope to see you there!
Tonight!!
Tonight I'm going to be playing from 8:30pm at the Red Cow Pub in Richmond - great pub just down the road from the tube/rail (and they serve amazing food too!)
I've played there a couple of times at open mics so here are a few pictures of what to expect and there's a handy map at the bottom!
Hope to see you there :)
Gig next Thursday (28th May) BAR Gallery, Willesden Green
Going to be playing a set at the St Judd night next Thursday - the FB event is here.
This will be a completely acoustic night with some others including Michael Soakell.
It'd be great to see you there :)
Little Lost Souls Lyrics
Going up on the Lyrics page now... I played this last night at the Stage Door open mic.
(Paper fans will recognise a nice bit of Claire Fontaine Seyes-ruled for the background :D Probably my favourite paper, not that easy to get your hands on here but I have a stash to keep me going!)
Write up from Lime Meadow, 10 April
I played a short set in the music night at Lime Meadow Acoustic Folk & Blues club on Friday 10th April. It was a special event for them and a great turnout - some great music featuring Pete Robson and a great variety of regular guests.
Chris from the club always does these great comical write-ups and his assessment of the night is here.
Solid Ground original lyrics
I was going through my song notebooks today (doing an idea audit as I think it's time to start writing some new songs!) and found the original of Solid Ground from when I was writing it, complete with scribbles and re-ordering of verses ;) Think I may add this to the lyrics gallery...
Lyrics page - Wish You Were
One of the plans I've been working towards for this site is to have hand-written lyrics up for all the tracks from These Hours and then start to add a bit of information about the songs and how they came about.
I probably need to play around with sizes and so on but the first couple of songs are up and you can see them here.
"These Hours" Review on Folkworld.eu
“We have some attractive and pure folk singing here from Croydon. Acoustic guitar and rich voice presenting original songs still works with the folks that have the talent to do it and the guts to lay it out for the public. Anne Sumner has a classic style that will work for traditionalists and modernists alike. She balances the strength of her voice with a sensitivity, not unlike Sandy Denny. The guitar is light, but there are some nice substantial patterns that are more than the simple chords. Even without any different arrangements, I found myself carefully listening to all fifteen songs. That is the mark of a strong folk album. ”
Photos from 26 March at the Red Cow
I have quite a bit of updating to do here - been playing a fair bit and have quite a bit to say about gigging in general and London open mics in particular. To start off here are some pictures from the inaugural open mic at the Red Cow in Richmond, which has been up and running for several weeks now and as I understand it has been getting better every week! This is being run by Audio287 - check out their site for a whole host of recording and editing services; they record the open mics too and if you perform you can get the live recordings afterwards. The Red Cow also does spectacular burgers which are half-price on a Thursday, so you can enjoy your food and some great live music at the same time!
The pictures are Emily and Rob (who opened the night) and Michael Soakell, with some from my set too.
Thursday 26 March at the Red Cow, Richmond
Audio 287 are hosting an open mic at the Red Cow in Richmond tomorrow night.
Here's the link - and the FB event page
Lime Meadow Folk & Blues Acoustic Folk & Blues Club
I've been playing semi-regularly at Lime Meadow in Sanderstead and one of the hosts, Chris, writes these great blog reviews of the club nights. This is the latest one from last Wednesday. They have a lively crowd of regulars and an increasing number of visitors and the quality and variety is always brilliant.
There are some more photos and mayhem on the club's Facebook page.
This Sunday at Ruskin House, Croydon
I'm going to be singing at Ruskin House this Sunday - from 8pm, £2 entry. Always a fun night, this'll be an acoustic set by candlelight and a chance to hear some more tracks from the album.
Links here to the Ruskin House Folk & Blues club website and map.
"Solid Ground" on Brian Player's Acoustic Cafe Radio Show
Here's Brian Player's Acoustic Cafe show from last week - listen out for Solid Ground towards the end. Very grateful as always to be included :)
Charity night at the Hurlingham
A few pics from the Hurlingham charity night on Thursday...
Post by Anne Sumner.
March Gigs
A couple of confirmed gigs for March -
Thursday 5th March I have a spot at a charity open mic at the Hurlingham on the Wandsworth Bridge Road - this is in aid of the Diabetes Research Fund at St. George's hospital. DJ Boots' set from 6pm, live music starts from 8pm, full details via Audio 287.
Sunday 22nd March I'll be playing at the Ruskin House Folk & Blues Club in Croydon (map) - really looking forward to this as it's what I consider my "home" club and I have learned so much from playing there! There will be floor spots and it's probably going to be a completely acoustic set - £2 entry goes towards Ruskin House and gets you in the raffle for a bottle of wine. From 8pm-ish.
Brian Player's Acoustic Cafe Radio Show
Very happy that These Hours has made it into the next edition of Brian Player's Acoustic Cafe.
See his post for the playlist and the full schedule of when his show is aired - there are quite a few opportunities to catch it depending on where you are.
West Norfolk Radio Folkspot
Many thanks to Jane at the Folkspot show for picking up Answer for the Sunday playlist - you can listen at 7pm on Wednesday (NOW!) for the repeat show on West Norfolk Radio.
Here's the post with the full line-up:
Post by Jane Knights.
Croydon Radio podcast - 'Sunday Afternoon With...'
Here's the link to Andrew Chatterton's show from Sunday on Croydon Radio - you can listen online or download the podcast, and the full show running order is here.
These Hours is on at around the 35min mark but please listen to the whole podcast if you can - the show features many of the nominees for the BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards (I'll be the first to admit to not knowing all the names on that list! But I've been listening hard to catch up and this is a great sampling).
It was a real honour to have a song taken up so quickly and especially more so since this is my local community radio, I'm chuffed to bits :)
Anne
You can listen to the song on their site and get hold of the album here or download below:
Croydon Radio - Sunday from 4pm
These Hours is going to be played on Andy Chatterton's Sunday Afternoon With... show tomorrow from 4pm on Croydon Radio - you can tune in online or through the TuneIn app etc. - info on how to listen is here. There will be a podcast link to follow in case you miss it!