Hi everyone,
Welcome to our August update. Sorry we haven't written anything new for a while but we have been on a whirlwind trip taking in most of Ireland and then Newfoundland, and finally the amazing Folkworks Summer School, meaning we have hardly had time to scratch. Until today.
The eight-date Irish tour was a great success, sharing the stage with the one and only Andy Irvine, brilliant Aussie duo Kate Burke and Ruth Hazelton, and sensational Aussie Irish fiddler Ado Barker. Full tour diary and photos to follow... watch this space.
NAFCO 2008... aka the third North Atlantic Fiddle Convention, was held in St John's, Newfoundland over the first week of August and it was a tremendous honour to be invited - we had some terrific gigs and workshops and made lots of new friends. Huge thanks to Karen Cimer for taking us in for a week and taking us for a walk along a strip of coast where we saw huge majestic humpback whales breaching just off the land... it is a breathtaking thing to witness and was the highlight of our trip. Aberdeen will go back to being hosts for the event in 2010 and we can recommend it to anyone.
James had the juniors this year at Folkworks Summer School, and would like to thank each and everyone of the children as well as his fellow tutors for a truly amazing and energising week. Nancy had a great time teaching fiddle and song at the Youth summer school and also wants to send all her students a big thankyou for a great week. If you haven't experienced the joy of the wonderful week of music making, dancing and friendship that is the Folkworks Summer School... what have you been doing?!
This weekend we are the wonderful Shrewsbury Festival both as the duo and as Kerr Fagan Harbron. Hope to see lots of you there.
MYSPACE - we now have audio clips and other information on our brand new myspace site - click HERE
NEW CD!!!!
The new CD Station House, with Rob Harbron, is now available and has had a string of great reviews in the press. To see a bit of our show click here. To find out more about the trio and the CD, and how to get an copy, visit our website www.kerrfaganharbron.co.uk
The recording is the debut CD of the new trio Kerr Fagan Harbron. Robert Harbron will be well known to trad and acoustic music followers through his many excellent projects which have ranged from Dr Faustus to the English Acoustic Collective. Click HERE to see his website. We now have a myspace site too: www.myspace.com/kerrfaganharbron
2008 is another busy one for the duo, with festivals and concert appearances around the UK, and trips to Scotland, Norway, The Netherlands, Ireland (with Andy Irvine, Kate Burke and Ruth Hazleton), Newfoundland and, late in the year, Australia. Catch us as a duo at Wath Folk Festival, Tredegar Folk Festival, Dumfries and Galloway Arts Festival, Leigh Festival, Priddy Folk Festival, Saddleworth Folk Festival, Shrwesbury Folk Festival, Fylde Folk Festival, Sedgefield Folk Festival and Bromyard Folk Festivals. See "concerts" section for details.
KERR FAGAN HARBRON gigs already confirmed for 2008 include Cheltenham Folk Festival, Chippenham Folk Festival, Bath Fringe Festival, Gower Folk Festival, Saul Folk and Boat Festival, Shrewsbury Folk Festival and Derby Traditional Music and Arts Festival.
SPIRAL EARTH is a great new website dedicated to folk and roots music in the UK, and the guys recently paid us a visit to do an interview and video some live music. Please check it out at: www.spiralearth.co.uk/music/kerr-fagan.asp
There are live videos of the duo and the trio up at YouTube as well.
Shrewsbury Folk Festival 2006 - photo by Phil Myers
Nancy is still loving her fiddle made by Tim Phillips, whose details are in our "links" section. It's lush.
Buy the new CD now online!! www.fellside.com
That's all for now ... see you on the road somewhere soon.
Best wishes from us both,
Nancy Kerr and James Fagan