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Welcome to Oysterband's official website...
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STOP PRESS:
Oysterband and June Tabor have been invited to appear on "Later... With Jools Holland" (BBC 2 TV). Broadcasts of the shows will be on Tuesday 15 May at 22:00h and Friday 18 May at 23:50h.
"Love Will Tear Us Apart", from the current Oysterband & June Tabor album Ragged Kingdom, will be available as a download single exclusively from iTunes worldwide from Monday 14 May onward. (Hint - it would be great if everyone who'd like to buy it buys it on that date, or as soon after as possible....!)
You can see Judith Burrows' film of "Love Will Tear Us Apart" on YouTube here.
We'll be warming up for the Big Session with three special acoustic shows at Wimborne (7th June), Beckenham (8th) and St Neots Folk Festival (9th).
Oysterband and June Tabor have been invited to appear on "Later... With Jools Holland" (BBC 2 TV). Broadcasts of the shows will be on Tuesday 15 May at 22:00h and Friday 18 May at 23:50h.
"Love Will Tear Us Apart", from the current Oysterband & June Tabor album Ragged Kingdom, will be available as a download single exclusively from iTunes worldwide from Monday 14 May onward. (Hint - it would be great if everyone who'd like to buy it buys it on that date, or as soon after as possible....!)
You can see Judith Burrows' film of "Love Will Tear Us Apart" on YouTube here.
We'll be warming up for the Big Session with three special acoustic shows at Wimborne (7th June), Beckenham (8th) and St Neots Folk Festival (9th).
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THE BIG
SESSION FESTIVAL ---- 2012 and the
future
CATTON HALL near Walton-upon-Trent, Derbyshire DE12 8LN, with stunning flat green spaces, easy access and the idyllic surroundings of an ancient country house by the river, will host the 2012 festival from 15 - 17 June.
We're very pleased to see The Big Session has made Songlines' "Top 10 UK Summer Festivals" - see www.songlines.co.uk/world-music-news/2012/03/announcing-the-best-of-the-summer-festivals ( - we agree of course).
During this period of change we've become very aware of the good reputation The Big Session has for the creativity of its programming and the warmth and informailty of its atmosphere. We promise we'll do our utmost to keep it special. We realise some will be questioning the move to a greenfield site - all we can say is, as greenfield sites go, this one's a corker.
Bring an instrument, bring your voice, bring your friends!
Artists booked include:
Oysterband (of course!) - playing two sets, one chosen by fans and one with June Tabor
Show Of Hands - Eddi Reader - Martin Simpson Band - The Leisure Society - Chumbawamba - Treacherous Orchestra - Jesca Hoop - Scott Matthews - Chris Wood - Kami Thompson - Roddy Woomble - Jon Boden & The Remnant Kings - Kris Drever - Dizraeli & The Small Gods - Abandoman - State Of The Union Songwriters' Circle - Jonny Kearney & Lucy Farrell - Walsh & Pound -
Merry Hell - Fay Hield & The Hurricane Party - Lucy Ward - Richard Warren - Paper Aeroplanes - Chris Tye - The Magic Tombolinos - Habadekuk - Hhymn - Jake Morley - Megan Henwood - Gavin Osborn - More Like Trees - Mawkin - Manière des Bohémiens - more than 20 other acts - and our old pal DJ Pete Lawrence
......mixing, we hope, the new, the venerable, the local, the international, the familiar and the unexpected in interesting proportions. More names at the Big Session website. And for the first time, we'll have a full Sunday evening programme, late curfews, and no rush to leave the campsite.
A weekend adult ticket (16yrs+) is a very competitive £92.95, including all booking fees. To buy, go to www.bigsessionfestival.com where you'll also find details of day tickets, child rates, concessions, camping and everything else we can give answers for.
"Meet You There...."
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RIP Levon Helm, of The Band and many other distinctions; who was at a certain time kindly and hospitable to Oysterband, and will be fondly remembered.
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Our current album with June Tabor, Ragged Kingdom, is available as a CD from our online shop, but if you're into the great vinyl revival, go to Stamford Audio at www.stamfordaudio.co.uk - audiophile quality, gatefold sleeve, the works.
Also available (not from Stamford) is a limited-edition 7" vinyl single of "Love Will Tear Us Apart" taken from the album, b/w "Fountains Flowing" live from the BBC Folk Awards. It's on Topic Records, cat. no. STOP2012 - the first vinyl single they've released for 32 years!
We'll have some copies at gigs, otherwise go to www.recordstoreday.co.uk for a list of stores that might have it in stock.
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THE OYSTERBAND PHONE APP
-- available free in Android and iPhone versions from the relevant App Stores, also via the button second down on the right on this page --
and
THE WIDGET
-- brought to you by the fine folks at ReverbNation, ever on the lookout for ways to help bands promote their music online.
It's a cunning little device, including songs, videos, reviews, contacts to buy tickets, gig-list, map, and more. It's designed to be easily copied, shared, posted and passed on, as you'll see if you hit the "Share" button below.
So you can put it on your own website or blog or social networking page and convert your friends to Oystermusic. When they say "What's the band like, then?" you now have a snappy answer!
And best of all, the widget is "live". So when we change the songs or add new live dates, that automatically updates every copy of the widget that has been posted anywhere else - how smart is that?
It's all in there - go on, have a play with it........
