Showing posts with label June Bug. Show all posts
Showing posts with label June Bug. Show all posts

Tuesday, 4 June 2019

Divining Moments - Alison O'Donnell and David Colohan - June Wyrd Artists

Join Alison O'Donnell and David Colohan (aka United Bible Studies), our Wyrd Artists for June for two performances this month in the UK! You can catch them at the Babar Cafe as part of Weirdshire on Thursday 27th June and at the Leigh on Sea Folk Festival on June 30th.

They created an incredible piece of music "Deadly Nest"  for the Wyrd Kalendar album inspired by the story "June Bug".

You can hear it and buy the album here.

Sunday, 1 July 2018

The Wyrd Kalendar Album - June Artist - Alison O'Donnell

Last year we prepared for the publication of the book Wyrd Kalendar...

This year we are making ready an album of  the same name...

This new album will contain 13 tracks - 12 of which will be related to the stories from the book and the month of the year. The album will be released by the very groovy Mega Dodo (who released Songs from the Black Meadow in 2016). All profits from the album will go to charity.

The artists have been given a month each, a copy of the linked story and Andy Paciorek's picture to give them a starting point and away they go!

Last year we prepared for the publication of the book Wyrd Kalendar...

This year we are making ready an album of  the same name...

This new album will contain 13 tracks - 12 of which will be related to the stories from the book and the month of the year. The album will be released by the very groovy Mega Dodo (who released Songs from the Black Meadow in 2016). All profits from the album will go to charity.

The artists have been given a month each, a copy of the linked story and Andy Paciorek's picture to give them a starting point and away they go!

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We are very proud to reveal that the artist for June is the incredible Alison O'Donnell who with David Colohan has created a track based on the month of June and the story "June Bug". Alison O'Donnell is an incredible artist who most recently worked as a solo artist on her recent climb sheer the fields of peace album an incredible piece of haunting folk. She has also collaborated very successfully with Firefay and United Bible Studies on various albums.

Alison is a singer, musician, writer of songs & soundscapes. She is a collaborator in a number of bands across folk, trad, alternative & cross genres. Her long career goes back to Mellow Candle as a teenager. She is a student of United Bible Studies. Her songs are meaningful and frequently pastoral and poetic, sung with passion and heart.

Check out her earlier work from 1977 with Flibbertigibbet...



More information about the album and our other monthly artists will be released throughout 2018...

While you wait for the Wyrd Kalendar to arrive do check out the wonderful sounds of Climb the Sheer Fields of Peace. You can buy all of her albums here. Ensure that you do!


Thursday, 21 June 2018

Wyrd Kalendar - A Mix for Summer




Join the Kalendar Host in a haunting hike upon the Kalendar Heath this summer. Peppered with the sounds of summer, music on the theme of summer and extracts from three summer based tales from Wyrd Kalendar (available to buy here). You will also be given the opportunity to pause in your trek as special guests from the Folk Horror Revival, Howard Ingham and Darren Charles discuss a vital summer film and album for your edification and delight.

 The Spring mix includes tunes by Belbury Poly, Marianne Faithful, Emil Richards, XTC, Kate Bush, Patricia Varley, Acid House Kings, The Style Council, David Cain, Percy Faith and his Orchestra, Animal Collective, T Rex, Aha, Belle and Sebastian, Jim Williams, Los Chicarrons, Terry Hall, G. Love and Special Sauce, Beck, Clannad, Reef, Cold Cave, Pink Floyd, The Divine Comedy, Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong, Luke  Haines, Love, Nat King Cole, Luis Bacalov, The Sandals, The Kinks, The Flaming Lips, Lana Del Ray, Keith Mansfield, All About Eve, Patti Smith, The Heartwood Institute, Primal Scream, The Beach Boys, The Decemberists, The Bitter Sweets, The Lovin’ Spoonful, The Stranglers, Frank Sinatra, Nancy Sinatra and Dusty Springfield.

Saturday, 14 October 2017

Countdown to Publication of Wyrd Kalendar - June


As we prepare for the publication of Wyrd Kalendar later this month enjoy the June mix that contains extracts from "June Bug" and explore some of our June discoveries here...

Thursday, 1 June 2017

The June Mix is here... Don't let the June Bug bite!

It is June. The sun is shining and people gather at tables to sup lemonade watching the crops thrive and the flowers bloom. This month wander the Kalendar Heath to the strains of Sparklehorse, John Shakespeare, Steeleye Span, The Kinks, The Sallyangie, David Cain, The Cocteau Twins, Marc Bolan, June Tabor, The Decemberists, Case-Lange Veirs, June Carter-Cash, Sam Gopal, Bright Eyes, Al Stewart, Linear Movement, Pinback, Jan and Dean, Petula Clark, Finn, The Clancy Brothers, Rodgers and Hammerstein and the B52s while Jim Peters regales you with choice extracts from this month’s tale, from the Wyrd Kalendar; “June Bug”.

Friday, 26 May 2017

The June Bug is near...

The new June mix will be out on June 1st. This time with readings from the Wyrd Kalendar June story by Jim Peters...

Catch the May mix here as you enjoy the sunshine!