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What's New
Clive Palmer album
Due for release on 11 October
2004 is a new album from Clive Palmer. All Roads Lead to Land is a
largely solo effort.
(Added 1 September 2004)
More Incredible String Band dates
The Incredible String Band have
announced a series of dates across the USA as well as a further four in Spain.
There are also three solo dates from Clive Palmer to support his new album.
Robin and Bina Williamson continue their workshop and concert series.
(Added 1 September 2004)
Robin Williamson Web Site
Robin's new Web site is up and running at
www.pigswhiskermusic.com.
(Added 17 March 2004)
Live at the Lowry
The DVD of the concert filmed at the Lowry Theatre in Salford is due for
release at the beginning of May.
(Added 17 May 2004)
Nebulous Nearnesses
The forthcoming album by incrediblestrinband2003
is Nebulous Nearnesses and should be released to
coincide with the spring 2004 tour. A limited edition of the album will be
available for all those who attended the recording sessions early in 2004. A DVD
release filmed in Salford is due in April 2004.
(Updated 6 March 2004)
2004 tour news
A UK tour is due to run from mid-April until
early May 2004. This is followed by a Spanish tour. Gavin Dickie has now become
a full member of the band.
(Added 14 November 2003)
Addition for dates
Gavin Dickie will be joining the band for the shows
at Glasgow, Aberdeen, Sheffield, London and the Real World recording on bass,
acoustic guitar, mandolin and vocals. Steini
Gudumundsson will be joining the band at the Real World recording on tablas and
percussion.
(Added 16 September 2003)
DVD release
The concert at the Lowry, Salford is to be filmed
for release on DVD next year.
(Added 16 September 2003)
Radio Stars
Adrian Whittaker will be guesting on the
left-field radio station Resonance FM (104.4 FM) on Tuesday October 6th
from 7.00 - 8.30 in their 'Clear Spot' series. The programme will be dedicated
to the ISB and the Helter Skelter book about them published the same week, and
will feature a mixture of ISB music and extracts from the book.
(Added 16 September 2003)
ISB on vinyl
Sundazed Music in the US has reissued the first
three Incredible String Band albums on 180g vinyl.
(Added 15 August 2003)
Canterbury Fayre
The incrediblestringband2003 is playing on the
same bill as Robert Plant and Roy Harper on Saturday 23 August at the Canterbury
Fayre. Also playing the same evening are Debbie Bonham (very impressive at
2001's Steve Marriott Memorial Event) and John Otway.
(Added 6 August 2003)
The book launch
The beGlad book will be launched at the Border
Bookshop in Islington, London, on 8 October at 6.30pm. Norman Lamont and the
acoustic trio Cloud Cuckoo will be performing Incredible String Band
songs.
(Added 21 July 2003)
Be present at the forthcoming
incrediblestringband2003 recording
Recording In The Real World. The
incrediblestringband2003 will be taking time out from their forthcoming Autumn
tour to record a ‘live in the studio’ album to showcase their touring
repertoire. The location for the recording will be Peter Gabriel’s Real World
Studios in the rural splendor of Box, Wiltshire (Gabriel is a longtime fan of
the band’s music), and the sessions will take place in front of an invited
audience. Numbers are strictly limited – further information email: info@incrediblestringband.com
Rare ISB CDs
Two Incredible String Band CDs are available.
Philadelphia Folk Festival 1969 is an "official" release of a bootleg
recording and said to be one of the best live recordings of the String Band. Heritage
is a compilation CD including some rare and unissued tracks such as Giles
Crocodile.
(Added 6 May 2003)
BeGlad the book in October
The beGlad anthology edited by Adrian Whittaker
is due from Helter Skelter Publishing in October.
(Added 28 April 2003)
Spirit of Life Concert Series
Robin and Bina Williamson are presenting an
ongoing series of seasonal concerts for Candelmas, May, Lammas and All-Hallows
and in celebration of life. These are based around the traditions of Celtic
spirituality and features the East-West blend of Robin and Bina's voices.
(Added 2 April 2003)
IncredibleStringBand2003
Following the recent tours by the Incredible
String Band, Robin has decided to leave to concentrate on his many solo
projects. However, Mike, Clive and Lawson will be continuing as
incrediblestringband2003 with the additional of multi-instrumentalist and singer
Fluff. A number of dates has already been arranged and will include the
re-introduction of A Very Cellular Song amongst mostly material from the
first five albums. The April US tour has been cancelled but new dates are
already planned.
(Added 24 March 2003)
Smiling Men with Bad Reputations
An eagerly re-release of Mike Heron's first solo album is due in the Spring.
This is a remastered CD and includes the lyrics included in the booklet and a
forward by Joe Boyd.
(Added 24 March 2003)
beGlad but the song has ended?
The latest issue of the magazine Be Glad for the
Song Has No Ending contained the sad news that it is to be the last issue.
(Added 24 October 2002)
String rising
The annual Record Collector survey of the most
collectable artists notes that the Incredible String were the year's second
highest climbers, moving from 424 to 118!
(Added 4 September 2002)
Woodstock performance on video
A new DVD release of the Woodstock Diaries
includes some (brief) footage of the ISB performing When
You Find Out Who You Are.
(Added 25 June 2002)
U release on CD finally!
The first-ever CD release of U is due for
July 2002. I Looked Up will also be available for the first time in the UK
on CD. Both these albums will include sleeve notes by Robin Williamson and Mike
Heron. The sleeve for I Looked Up will be the original, different
from the 1993 US CD release.
In the US, The first album and Liquid Acrobat
As Regards the Air will be released.
(Added 9 March 2002)
Incredible String Band in October 2002
Dates are available around the UK for October and November 2002.
(Added 9 March 2002)
O for Summer
A new release from the Famous Jug Band (featuring
Clive Palmer on banjo) is O for Summer. This was recorded in 2000 and band
member Michael "Henry" Bartlett has since died of a heart attack. The
CD is available in the UK from amazon.co.uk.
(Added 5 January 2002)
Play it again Mike
Mike Heron's Casablanca is being made available
again and on CD.
(Added 1 January 2002)
Mike and Lawson
During January, Unique Gravity is releasing a CD by Mike and Lawson Dando of
the songs that they have been performing live during recent gigs. Futurefields
includes studio recordings of the songs. There are also plans for a video
of them playing the songs.
(Added 1 January 2002)
Gems of Celtic Story 3
The latest in Robin Williamson's Gems of Celtic Story should now be
available.
(Added 1 January 2002)
Liquid Acrobat Re-release
There is talk that the US label Sepia Tone has licensed Liquid Acrobat as
Regards the Air for a release during April/May of 2002.
(Added 1 January 2002)
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