February Tour Pt. 2

breabach@yahoo.co.uk (Breabach) — Sun, 19 Feb 2012 16:39:00 +0000

Today is gig 10 of our tour and we are having a brilliant time revisiting venues, visiting some for the first time, meeting old friends and making new ones! A few long drives (Ewan and Tompy (Iain Thomson, our sound engineer/magician/voice of reason) are tackling these between them, hardy loons) but all made worth while by accommodating folk and great, up for it crowds!

Along the road we have visited the Lakeside Theatre in Nottingham, the Theatre Severn in Shrewsbury (with a wee stop for a few ales at our favorite Shrewsbury pub - the Armoury), the Celtic Footprint Festival in Chichester - which also allowed us a few hours walking round the beautiful snowy Kingley Vale. Here is a poem which Calum wrote about it (followed by a bonnie picture) -

The Yews of Kingley Vale

Early rose the sun of morn

a blue and yellow day was born

The air felt cool and crisp to breathe

"a nature trail!" cried the young laddie

So off we popped in the rental van

to embark on james' enchanting plan

we parked the beast and tied our boots

and began our march through the muddy woods

we climbed and jumped and slipped and fell

then puffed and panted UP the hill

Our legs were sore but no-one keeled

then all at once the view revealed

Fields of green and forests of pine

a fine meeting place for earth and sky

we made our way down filled with cheer, joy and jest

and then on to perform at the Cheltenham folk fest

Following on from this we headed to the Cheltenham folk festival for our gig in the playhouse which sits atop an old (haunted) swimming baths. Spooky.

"your such a rubbish driver" - anonymous man @ Cheltenham

Onto Colchester with a wee stop at Beaconsfield services. Obviously a hot spot for the travelling musos, as we bump into Eliza Carthy and the Floating Palace crew. Colchester Arts centre is a fantastic venue offering great three bean chilli and is also the original home of Humpty Dumpty, he's not an egg folks, answers on a postcard (or a comment below). While we are on the subject of Eggs, the two James's have become a bit partial to a cream egg on the tour (Breabach is in no way affiliated with cream eggs (it's up for discussion though if Cadbury's are interested in affiliating with the band, don't hesitate to get in touch))

"hmm, yes, I am getting oak and sherry"

Next stop Nettlebed folk club, a lovely hall which was commissioned by James Bond's grandfather (Robert Fleming) in 1912 and still thrives as a hub of the community. Then, we have a lovely day off in Leamington Spa, where much perusing of Vintage shops takes place. Our resident style expert James Duncan Mackenzie demonstrates two garments below (Woolen Nordic and a classic Wool/Suede design).

Then we are onto Birmingham to play at the Red Lion Folk Club. This is our first time playing in Birmingham, so there is an air of apprehension in the group. However, once we realize that Ewan Robertson is actually THE Red Lion we have nothing to worry about. The gig went, thanks to those who came along and we hope to be back in Brum soon!!

"Rar"

Then we headed to London for more fun. You'll need to wait until the next blog to hear about that. However, a little bit of what we got up to is on the iPlayer - head here to check it out - BBC Radio 3 intune

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February tour Pt. 1

breabach@yahoo.co.uk (Breabach) — Sun, 12 Feb 2012 17:07:00 +0000

Today is day five of our UK tour and all going well! After a reasonably mental Celtic Connections we hit the road and have so far been to the Nottingham Lakeside Theatre, Shrewsbury Theatre Severn, the Celtic Footprint Festival in Chichester, Cheltenham Folk Festival and tonight we are in the Colchester Arts Centre, and thats where this blog post comes to you from!

Here's a wee video taster of whats to come over the next few days. Stay tuned!

We would love to hear if you were at any of the gigs and what you made of them! So please leave us a comment below.

Hello everyone!

breabach@yahoo.co.uk (Breabach) — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 19:22:00 +0000

Welcome to the Breablog! We will be blogging on here with all our news from tour and other shenanignas! We will keep you updated with photos, regail you with tales and we will be uploading podcasts too.

Cheers
B

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February Tour Pt. 2

February tour Pt. 1

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