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CHRIS WOOD'S HANDMADE LIFE ....NEW TOUR & ALBUM
“…claims that
he is the greatest living English songwriter are not that far fetched. Chris
Wood is one of our true living geniuses.' - Musicohm.com
July 2009....
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“Handmade Life” is the name for (multiple
BBC Award Winning) singer, guitarist and songwriter Chris Wood’s new
contemporary band, tour and album project. Wood has written and recorded ten
dazzling songs specifically for the Handmade Life Autumn 09 tour and the
subsequent album (exclusively available on his Nov/..our and officially
released by RUF Records in early 2010). ....
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The sound of the new band marks a significant
progression from his previously acclaimed solo works (Trespasser 2007) and (The
Lark Descending 2005).....
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The Handmade Life band comprises Andy
Gangadeen (The Bays) - drums, Barney Morse Brown – cello (Eliza Carthy Band)
and Robert Jarvis (London Improviser’s Orchestra) - trombone. The band met
while playing together in Simon Emmerson’s hugely successful Imagined
Village alongside Billy Bragg, Sheila Chandra and
Martin Carthy & Eliza Carthy. Emmerson has described Chris’s works as
“Bardcore!”....
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In February 2009, Wood received Singer
of the year and Album of the year accolades at the BBC Folk Awards. In July 2009 his
career retrospective (“Albion” – An Anthology”) was released by Navigator
Records, again to widespread acclaim.....
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If Wood is viewed by some as
uncompromising, then the songs on Handmade Life will simply confirm this
position. However, alongside the edgy and overtly political material there are
an equal number of personal stories, songs which are delicate and subtle and
expertly realized by his stellar band.....
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The UK tour will provide audiences with a privileged first
opportunity to hear and buy Chris’s Handmade Life album ahead of its official,
domestic retail release on R.U.F. Records early in 2010.....
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The material being played on the Handmade
Life tour and new album consolidate Chris Wood’s growing reputation as a
songwriter and performer of stature. He celebrates the “ordinary” with a rare gift for
articulating what many people feel in their daily lives and welcomes you into
his celebrity free zone…....
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The Handmade Life tour is produced by Alan James at Hold Tight in
association with Alan Bearman Music and funded by Sound and Music*.....
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CHRIS WOOD – HANDMADE
LIFE TOUR NOVEMBER - DECEMBER 2009....
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20/11/2009
Theatre Severn Frankwell Quay, www.theatresevern.co.uk 01743 281281 £16/£14.50
SHREWSBURY, Shropshire, SY3 8FT.
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21/11/2009
Band on the Wall 25 Swan Street, North www.bandonthewall.com www.ticketline.
Quarter, MANCHESTER, com....
25/11/2009
West End Centre Queens Road, www.westendcentre.co.uk 01252 330040 - ALDERSHOT,
Surrey, box office
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26/11/2009
Turner Sims Concert University of Southampton, www.turnersims.co.uk 023 8059
5151 Hall Highfield Road, SOUTHAMPTON, SO17
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28/11/2009
Gulbenkian Theatre University of Kent, www.gulbenkiantheatre.co.uk 01227 769075
CANTERBURY, Kent, CT2 7NB.
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30/11/2009
National Centre for St Margaret's Church, www.ncem.co.uk 01904 658338 Early
Music Walmgate, YORK, YO1
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01/12/2009
Norwich Arts Centre Reeves Yard, St Benedicts www.norwichartscentre.co.uk 01603
660352 Street, NORWICH, NR2
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02/12/2009
Union Chapel Compton Avenue, Islington, www.unionchapel.org.uk 08444 771 000
LONDON, N1 2XD. (ticket web)....
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03/12/2009
St George's, Bristol Great George Street, off Park www.stgeorgesbristol.co.uk
0845 4024001 Street, BRISTOL, BS1 5RR.
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04/12/2009 ....
Moseley Folk All Services
Club, Church www.moseleyfolk.co.uk 0844 870000 £12.50 Road, Moseley,
BIRMINGHAM.
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05/12/2009 ....
Dartington Hall Great
Hall, TOTNES, TQ9 www.dartington.org/arts 01803 847070 6DE.....
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HANDMADE LIFE CONTACTS :....
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FOR ALL PRINT MEDIA ENQUIRIES PLEASE CONTACT – ....
HARRIET SIMMS at GLASS CEILING ....
Tel / Email 07958 539951 / glassceilingpr@btconnect.com....
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MEDIA MANAGEMENT & ALL ENQUIRIES....
TOM ROSE (REVEAL) 07779017236 / tomreveal@mac.com....