We are asked to do a mixtape for the independent. here it is with loads of great exclusives like KRIS DREVER / SANDY WRIGHT and INGE THOMSON.. + many of the artists on the label

download here.



http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/features/navigator--reveal-records-mixtape-giveaway-1819588.html

YOU CAN PRE ORDER Rachael McShane, Chris Wood, Angel Brothers albums now and very soon Boo Hewerdine's Gog Bless The Pretty Things..  whilst your there.. check out the SUMMER SALE.. fantastic new CD and Vinyl albums  up to 50% off ... http://www.navigator-store.com

HOPE not hate
Celebrating modern Britain

We are preparing a new Kris Drever solo album and its recording in June / July.. its the follow up to Black Water.. hurrah !

the Chris Wood anthology is all set for June 22nd release,

DMW are on tour in June, LAU are touring through May into July..

 Rachael Mcshane's No Mans Fool is set for August 3rd release and Angel Brothers new cd is out in July 6th..

 further ahead the Sandy Wright double Cd is coming in October.. Boo Hewerdine is set to arrive with new album for September.. and the reviews are coming in thick and fast for both LAU and Mawkin: Causley.. 5 stars in Independent for Lau this week, 5 stars in Uncut for Mawkin:Causley.. here are some quotes.. I know you love a quote !


Lau "Arc Light" Cd. Deluxe 2LP. DL. Navigator 20 'nothing short of miraculous, their empathic musicianship never wavers and their creativity remains at a uniformly high voltage throughout the record ' (NetRhythms.com)
BBC6 Album of The Day  **** Observer Music Monthly  **** Songlines  ***** Maverick **** The Scotsman BBC Radio 2 Folk Award (Best Group) Winners 2009-2008

Jon Boden "Songs From The Floodplain"  Deluxe Cd. LP. DL. Navigator 21  'A beautifully dramatic record that has all the makings of a future classic' (BBC.co.uk) ***** Songlines Top of The World Award ***** Maverick ***** Rock n Reel  **** Mojo **** Observer **** Uncut 

Mawkin : Causley "The Awkward Recruit" CD DL Navigator 19
'Unconditionally Mighty' (MOJO) "Heroes of the new folk revival " – Critic’s Pick (The Guardian)  "remarkably assured - such conviction and a true sense of their music's history" - ***** 5 Stars (Uncut)
 "Supremely confident - a serious album, of considerable weight"  (fROOTS)  " genuinely artful arrangements - mighty, provocative, yet admirably considered"  - **** 4 stars (Observer Music Monthly)


Let me direct you to our new online store where every month we have certain bargain prices .. on our lovely albums.. you can get LP and Cd combinations and lots more.. sometimes before it hits the shops too.. have a look

www.navigator-store.com

cheerio

xxx

This was emailed to us, from the lovely Sue Cavendish at Netrhythms.. it gave us a big head for a minute and then we decided we whole heartedly agreed with her (about the artists and gig) so why not tell the world !

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Hello Everyone -  welcome back to NetRhythms
 
http://www.netrhythms.com
 
I'm rejoicing in the new generation of folk musicians and singers with a bunch of albums and tours currently on our Listings. I can't remember when the scene was so vital and live performances so enriched by young talent. Sometimes it all comes together - with certain movers and shakers lighting the blue touch paper, so to speak.
 
So I'd like to give four NetRhythms Folk Awards to John McCusker for his talent in bringing so many wonderful projects together (Under One Sky; Drever, McCusker, Woomble)
to Heidi Talbot for one of the loveliest albums to be released this past year (In Love + Light)
to Boo Hewerdine for releasing his best work to date (with Toy Boxes 1& 2 and the new album promised shortly)
and to Tom Rose of Navigator for signing them and releasing their music.
 
It may be premature to talk about a Best Gig of the year but surely last Friday at the Union Chapel
with Kris Drever, John McCusker, Roddy Woomble, Heidi Talbot , Boo Hewerdine, (and Andy Cutting)
will be hard to beat.
http://www.navigator-store.com

Sue.
 

This friends, is one of the best albums of any genre for some years.. the quality of Jon's writing here is incredible and on this his second solo album he plays every single note of every instrument!

Don't miss what is likely to be your only chance to see him play these songs live in 2009 when he is joined by his band.. The Remnant Kings..

Artist : Jon Boden
Title : Songs from the Floodplain
Label : Navigator
Release date : March 2nd 2009

Jon Boden
& The Remnant Kings
The Songs from the Floodplain tour

March 2009

1 Sun:Cannock, Staffs - The Tackeroo – 08444 771000 / www.takeroo.com
2 Mon:Farnham, Surrey -  Maltings – 01252 745444 / www.farnhammaltings.com
3 Tues : Stony Stradford, Bucks – The Cock Inn - 01908 567 733
4 Wed:London, Kilburn - The Luminaire – www.ticketweb.co.uk / www.wegottickets.com
5 Thu:Nottingham, Mansfield Road - The Maze – 0115 947 5650 / www.themazerocks.com
6 Fri:Leeds, Hyde Park - Brudenell Social Club – www.brudenellsocialclub.com
7 Sat:Oxford - Jericho Tavern – 01865 311775 / www.thejerichotavern.co.uk

‘Songs from the Floodplain’ is Jon Boden's second solo album, the first being the well received and self-released ‘Painted Lady’ (2006).

“... Boden is a man to watch” - The Guardian

Jon Boden’s most recent albums include the highly acclaimed Burlesque (2006) and Matachin (2008) with dynamic, multi-award winning big band, Bellowhead - and Vagabond(2008)  with the equally feted traditional duo, Spiers & Boden. He has also recorded and performed with Eliza Carthy on both of her Mercury Prize nominated albums.

Not only has Jon toured internationally with Bellowhead at a range of prestigious festivals, he's also performed on Later with Jools Holland (alongside new fans, the Red Hot Chilli Peppers) and made two other televised appearances at the BBC 2008 Proms. Bellowhead were recently appointed Band in Residence at London’s South Bank Centre, following in the footsteps of St Etienne.

Jon has, in addition, also found time to compose many theatre scores, most recently for the RSC's Merchant of Venice and Hamlet at The Globe Theatre (2008).

Jon Boden, who was born in Chicago in 1977 and grew up in Winchester, graduated in Mediaeval Studies from Durham University and since becoming a parent, has since settled in the South Yorkshire dales.
 
Songs From The Floodplain is a return to Jon’s rock roots and follows in a long tradition of post-apocalyptic literature, from The Last Man by Mary Shelley (1826) through Ridley Walker by Russell Hoban (1980) to, more recently, The Road by Cormac McCarthy (2006). This is probably the first time the subject has been seriously tackled in the form of an album, though, it has to be said that ‘Songs from the Floodplain’ is far less bleak then that of the many novels which examine the subject. 

Although the album doesn't tell a complete story, there are strong thematic links between all the songs. The ambiguous character of 'The Preacher' looms large in the darker numbers (‘Penny For The Preacher’, ‘Dancing in the Factory’) whilst the character of 'The Gypsy's Daughter' dominates the middle of the album as a mocking onlooker to an archaic folk custom in ‘Beating the Bounds’ and then later, as an object of adoration in ‘The Pilgrim's Way’ and ‘April Queen’. Never quite sure whether an actual flood or a devastating man-made disaster has just occurred, all one can be sure of is that the basic fabric of community has survived and images of rain and flood are never far away giving ‘Songs from the Floodplain’s vivid narrative, epic proportions. The final track of the album (‘Has-been Cavalry’) brings all the themes together with a defiant hymn-like quality.

“A mover and shaker on the folk scene.. Jon Boden salutes his teenage rock roots … Mixing tenderness and anger in equal measure …a refreshingly original creation’.  - The Observer



 

COVER STARS OF THE FORTHCOMING FROOTS MAGAZINE - MAWKIN:CAUSLEY HAVE FINISHED THEIR DEBUT ALBUM AND ITS SOUNDING AMAZING.. "THE AWKWARD RECRUIT" PRODUCED BY STU HANNA IS OUT ON NAVIGATOR ON APRIL 20th. 

Heidi Talbot's award winning new album " In Love & Light" out now, on Navigator Records
Navigator 6, Deluxe Digi Pack CD, Red Vinyl LP, DD
Featuring the new single "The Blackest Crow" w/ Kris Drever.

www.heiditalbot.com    www.navigator-store.com




HEIDI TALBOT - "In Love & Light" Concerts 2009

Feb 8   SOLD OUT Drill Hall, Lincoln w/Boo Hewerdine + Drever, McCusker, Woomble     
Feb 9    Lancaster Grand Theatre, Lancaster w/ Boo Hewerdine + Drever, McCusker, Woomble     
Feb 10 The Junction, Cambridge with Boo Hewerdine + Roddy Woomble, John McCusker, Kris Drever     
Feb 11 The Duchess, York w/Boo Hewerdine + Drever, McCusker, Woomble     
Feb 12 Darwin Suite, Derby w/Boo Hewerdine + Drever, McCusker, Woomble     
Feb 13 Union Chapel, London w/ Boo Hewerdine + Roddy Woomble, John McCusker, Kris Drever
HEIDI TALBOT & Boo Hewerdine  w/ Eddi Reader
IRISH TOUR
Feb 18 – Cork School of Music
Feb 20 – Wicklow Greystones
Feb 21 – Dublin Academy
Feb 22 – Belfast – Spring and Airbrake
Feb 23 – Galway Black box
Feb 25 – Wexford Arts Centre
Feb 26 – Ennis Glore
Feb 27 -  Drogheda Droichead Arts Centre
Feb 28 – Castlebar Ruby Rooms
HEIDI TALBOT featuring Boo Hewerdine &John McCusker
March 13 CCA, Glasgow  w/Boo Hewerdine & John McCusker     
Mar 14 The Woodend Barn, Banchory w/John McCusker & Boo Hewerdine     
Mar 15 The Bongo Cub, Edinburgh w/ Boo Hewerdine & John McCusker
Mar 17  Montrose Folk Club w/Boo Hewerdine & John McCusker
HEIDI TALBOT / KRIS DREVER both perform their solo material together, as a duo line up (2 sets).
April 2   The Met Theatre, Bury. Duo tour w/ Kris Drever     
Apr 3    The Rock at Maltby, Rotherham w/ Kris Drever
Apr 4    The Red Lion Folk Club, Birmingham.     w/ Kris Drever
Apr 5    The Maze, Nottingham. w/ Kris Drever
Apr 8    The Discovery Centre, Winchester  w/Kris Drever
Apr 9    Muni Arts Centre, Glamorgan  w/ Kris Drever
Apr 11  Newhampton Folk, Wolverhampton  w/ Kris Drever
Apr 12  Gosport & Fareham festival, Fareham     w/ Kris Drever
Apr 15  Market Harborough Theatre, Leicestershire  w/ Kris Drever

HEIDI TALBOT w/ EDDI READER & Boo Hewerdine / John McCusker
Tue
28-Apr
Banchory
Wood Barn Banchory
Wed
29-Apr
Dunfermline
Carnegie Hall
 
 
 
 
Fri
1-May
Darvel
Darval Homecoming Festival Town Hall
Sat
2-May
Hamilton
Town House
Sun
3-May
Dumfries
Easterbrook Hall
 
 
 
 
Tue
5-May
Kirkcaldy
Adam Smith Theatre
Wed
6-May
Stirling
Albert Hall
Thu
7-May
Oban
Corran Hall
Fri
8-May
Laugharne
Hurst House, Laugharne  South Wales
Sat
9-May
Stockton Upon Tees
The Arc
Sun
10-May
Darvel
Darvel town Hall (Scotland)
 
 
 
 
Tue
12-May
Falmouth
Pavilion
Wed
13-May
Frome
Cheese and Grain
Thu
14-May
Southport
Southport (north england)
Fri
15-May
Halifax
Victoria Theatre
Sat
16-May
 Rhyl
The Pavilion Theatre,
Sun
17-May
Bromsgrove
The Artrix Centre
 
 
 
 
Tue
19-May
Nottingham
Playhouse
Wed
20-May
Warrington
Par Hall
Thu
21-May
Bournmouth
New Milton -
Fri
22-May
Dunbar
Homecoming-Burns (Skateraw)
Sat
23-May
Ireby Cumbria
Festival
Sun
24-May
Glasgow
City Hall
Tue
26-May
London
Queen Elizabeth Hall
Wed
27-May
Leamington Spa
Assembly Hall,
 
 
 
 
Fri
29-May
Barton Upon Humber
Barton-Upon-Humber
Sat
30-May
Brecon
Theatre Brycheiniog
Mon
31-May
Buxton
Opera Hous
Wed
2-Jun
Kings Lynn
Corn Exchange
 

HEIDI TALBOT / MORE TOUR DATES TBA FOR JUNE  & SEPTEMBER w/ DREVER, McCUSKER & WOOMBLE:
Jun 13  Wimborne Folk Festival
Jun 18  Pocklington Arts Centre    
Jul 12   Stonehaven Folk Festival

 

New Single "Into The Blue" and UK tour with John and Kris

Kris Drever,John McCusker, Roddy Woomble + Heidi Talbot and Boo Hewerdine new tour dates for 2009. A new single "Into The Blue" is released January.

16 Jan 2009 ABC Glasgow
3 Feb 2009 Carnegie Hall Dumfermline
4 Feb 2009 Lemon Tree Aberdeen
5 Feb 2009 Ironworks Inverness
6 Feb 2009 Magnum theatre Irvine
7 Feb 2009 Gala Theatre Durham
8 Feb 2009 Drill Hall Lincoln
9 Feb 2009 Theatre Lancaster
10 Feb 2009 Junction Cambridge
11 Feb 2009 The Duchess York
12 Feb 2009 Darwin suite @ The Assembly Rooms Derby
13 Feb 2009 Union Chapel London

www.wegottickets.co.uk www.seetickets.com www.gigantic.com and venue box offices




"UNDER ONE SKY" TOUR / ALBUM..

The twelve artist musical celebration "UNDER ONE SKY" is touring this month into December, The album is available to buy early at the shows or upon release in February 09. You can listen to a track from the album, on the player now.

Under One Sky is an hour-long vocal and instrumental suite by the Scottish multi-instrumentalist, composer and producer John McCusker in collaboration with a dozen of Britain's finest musicians.
Originally a joint commission by the PRS Foundation, the Scottish Arts Council and the Esmée Fairbairn Foundation, Under One Sky sets out to explore and interweave the many different traditions, genres and influences at work across today's dynamic UK folk scene. Bringing together an array of established and emerging talent from both sides of the Border, McCusker's hand-picked ensemble includes Blur co-founder Graham Coxon , Idlewild vocalist Roddy Woomble and acclaimed Gaelic songstress Julie Fowlis. Revered balladeer John Tams and rising star Jim Causley also feature among the singers. McCusker himself heads a crème-de-la-crème instrumental line-up of Andy Cutting (diatonic accordion), Ian Carr (guitar), Emma Reid (fiddle), Iain MacDonald (bagpipes/whistles/flute), Ewen Vernal (bass) and James Mackintosh (percussion). Within McCusker's compositional framework, each musician has been encouraged to contribute to the music's development and arrangements, infusing them with a vibrant collaborative spirit.

Tour dates start in Scotland on 25th November @ Glasgow Fruitmarket
then move onto Aberdeen Music Hall (27th), Perth Concert Hall (28th), Inverness Ironworks (29th) Pocklington Arts Centre (1st December)
Salford Quays The Lowry (2nd), Gateshead The Sage (4th), Alnwick Playhouse (5th), London Queen Elizabeth Hall (6th), Nottingham Albert Hall (7th)
finishing in Edinburgh Queens Hall on December 8th.

www.navigatorrecords.co.uk

here is the latest news from the Navigator folk mine -

All true as of Tuesday 11th November but release dates can be subject to change x

John McCusker's wonderful Under One Sky multi artist project are touring this month, the dates start in Scotland on 25th November @ Glasgow Fruitmarket
then move onto Aberdeen Music Hall (27th), Perth Concert Hall (28th), Inverness Ironworks (29th) Pocklington Arts Centre (1st December)
Salford Quays The Lowry (2nd), Gateshead The Sage (4th), Alnwick Playhouse (5th), London Queen Elizabeth Hall (6th), Nottingham Albert Hall (7th)
finishing in Edinburgh Queens Hall on December 8th. You can buy the album early if you attend the concerts (full release on Feb 2nd 2009 CD LP DIGITAL)

Aidan O'Rourke's " An Tobar" album is coming out December 1st, initial copies are packaged in a luxurious map Digi Pack with a poster of the artwork.

Mary Hampton rounds off a successful 2008 and first few months in support of her hugely acclaimed "My Mother's Children" album with a Green Man Festival Tour
that starts in Glasgow on November 25th and concludes in London on December 14th. Mary has a unique approach to her lyrics and the songs delivery, her live performances
are rarely short of magical, so go see her play and visit her on myspace.com/maryhampton asap!


Bellowhead and Drever, McCusker, Woomble are the cover stars of the latest Properganda Magazine.
Both artists are on tour in February 2009.
you can check out the magazine here:
http://publishing.yudu.com/Library/Asnsa/Properganda10OctNov0/resources/index.htm?referrerUrl=http%3A%2F%2Fbeta.yudu.com%2Flibrary%2Fitem_details%2F16765%2FProperganda-10---Oct---Nov--08---Amazon-Edition&skipFlashCheck=true

Jon Boden releases his new solo album on March 2nd and will be playing a few special shows with his band
Jon Boden and The Remnant Kings, including Farnham Maltings (2nd March) London Luminarie (4th), Nottingham The Maze (5th) and Leeds Brudenell Club (6th).
More album info and ticket details coming soon, meanwhile check with your local venue.

Award winning trio Lau are back in the studio this month finishing their new album (working title) "Arc Light" . The album is expected March 30th on Navigator. We are excited
by this, having heard a new tracks performed live on the November Uk tour. Could be the sound bar is going to be raised yet further!

Dean Owens has been out on a few dates with Eddi Reader and Nels Andrews, we have lined up a first single release " Raining In Glasgow" appears January 19th
digitally with some bonus tracks.

Boo Hewerdine's Toybox No.2 mini album is out now and has just been recommended by Observer Music Monthly this week. "Simple poetic reflections on life and love" ***
you can see Boo on tour with Drever, McCusker, Woomble and Heidi Talbot in Feb 09, starting at Union Chapel London on Feb 13th and he's pretty much always touring
year round, so check the dates on his myspace and website. The Toybox mini albums see Boo in stripped back acoustic mode and the new volume has already had
plenty of radio support- check out the sublime "White Lillies" and for the first time, you can get your hands on his original version of "Harvest Gypsies" (made popular on Kris Drever's 2006 Black Water).

"People Like Me" by Alyth, is coming out on Navigator February 23rd 2009, much more on this fine artist and album here soon - her beautiful voice is really something else, just incredible
and we hope you'll agree. You can sample a taste via the "This Is Navigator Records" compilation now.

The Martin Green Machine, have a sound that's seriously off the wall and forward thinking, taking in elements of folk, jazz, rock, dub, electronics, poetry and spoken word
and much more it somehow manages to remain joined up and intriguingly inventive . This collision of musical styles comes to Navigator via a new album released January 26th.
Martin launches the record at Celtic Connections when he will be showcasing a full brass band concert as well as performing with Lau, clever and busy boy that he is!

Heidi Talbot and Kris Drever release a new duet "The Blackest Crow" from Heidi's award winning new album " In Love + Light" on March 16th 2009, supported by round two
of the special duo touring, where Heidi and Kris sing their wonderful songs from across their catalogues together. Not to be missed. Two of the best voices in folk music today.

Mawkin:Causley are currently ahead of schedule with their knob twiddling with the super talented Stu Hanna ! - he of Megson (who's producing), in a London Studio! The highly anticipated debut album is coming to store new you in mid march 2009. Expect the unexpected is our advice, when the young guns bring you their take on English traditional tune and song.. a genuinely exciting proposition awaits.

A gorgeously dreamlike, roots -world - psychedelic platter is coming is the form of the re-vitalised Angel Brothers. The duo return in spring with their self titled new album
and some special live dates are promised. The album is currently scheduled for April 27th 2009 and a single will proceed its release entitled "Ghosts".

The "This Is Navigator Records" 17 track compilation we put together originally for Rock n Reel magazine, went down so well we have now made it available as a super cheap
(under £4) album available from all stores now. You'll find some as yet released tracks, demos and key album tracks and singles from our roster.. and it's a good place to start
if you want to a sample of the music we release here.

We are just putting together an double album anthology of the English musical genius (not using the word lightly, he is !) Chris Wood (expected late April) working title "Albion"

Talking of genius.. Sandy Wright is nominated for Scottish Composer of The year at the Trad Music Awards and Navigator are putting out a specially commissioned compilation
featuring Roddy Woomble, Heidi Talbot, Lori Watson, Boo Hewerdine, Dean Owens, Kris Drever and many more all singing the magical songs of Sandy Wright. The real bonus
is we have managed to twist Sandy's arm into making us a new studio album to go with it.. more on this when it's completed.

Up the workers !

xxxx