classic definitive
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CELEBRATING 69
YEARS OF GREAT RECORDED FOLK MUSIC

Folk music real music that comes from the hearts, heads and histories of its performers ...

Some of the
"Topic Classics"
 

Topic's impressive catalogue includes some of the classic folk albums of all time, recorded by the likes of Martin Carthy, The Waterson family, June Tabor, John Tams, Dick Gaughan, Nic Jones, Anne Briggs, Brass Monkey, John Kirkpatrick, Martin Simpson, Eliza Carthy, The Copper Family, Linda Thompson, Shirley Collins, Ewan MacColl, A.L. Lloyd and many more.

Most recent new releases:
Eliza Carthy "Dreams of Breathing Underwater"
Carthy & Swarbrick
"Both Ears And The Tail"
Martin Simpson "Prodigal Son"



red starELIZA CARTHY new cd released 23rd June 2008


tscd567 martin simpson - prodigal sonEliza Carthy "Dreams of Breathing Underwater" (tscd571)

Winner of two Mercury Award nominations, three BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards and numerous other accolades, Eliza Carthy is easily the most impressive and engaging folk artist of her generation.

She has performed and recorded with a diverse array of artists including Paul Weller, Rufus and Martha Wainwright, Joan Baez, Nick Cave and Peter Gabriel. And yet, while traditional music is her lifelong love, Eliza had always planned to stay with the songwriting thing she started eight years ago with "Angels & Cigarettes", her only album for a major label. And a good thing for us that she did. Years in the making, Dreams of Breathing Underwater showcases a much more mature songwriting and performing talent - lyrically, musically and stylistically.

• "A strong suite of [in the main] self-penned songs rich in drama and feeling. A broad and ambitious palette. A ‘Top of the World Album" redstarredstarredstarredstar Songlines

• • "It’s a fizz-bang jamboree bag of an album exploding with ideas, unexpected tangents and corking story songs." fRoots (lead review)

• This is the work of a wonderful artist who refuses to stand still." redstarredstarredstarredstar ½ The Sun

• "Her most sophisticated album yet and one destined to win her a whole new set of admirers – the care and invention on display is striking." redstarredstarredstarredstarredstar Observer Music Magazine

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red starELIZA CARTHY special offers


PRICE REDUCTIONS ON ELIZA CARTHY & WATERSON:CARTHY'S BACK CATALOGUE!!!

To celebrate the release of Eliza’s new album, we are offering all her previous solo albums on Topic and all her albums with Waterson:Carthy and Blue Murder at special prices.

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red starTHE RADIO BALLADS back at mid price with a free cd


tscd801-808 The Radio BalladsEwan MacColl, Charles Parker & Peggy Seeger "The Radio Ballads" (tscd801 - 808)

We want to celebrate the re-release at Mid-Price of the original and ground breaking Radio Ballads!

2008 is the 50th anniversary of the broadcast of the first, the famous "Ballad of John Axon."

A new publication to celebrate the series is Peter Cox's book Set Into Song - Ewan MacColl, Charles Parker and the Radio Ballads. Go to www.setintosong.co.uk to browse the book and buy a copy.

You can buy them individually, but if you buy all 8 Radio Ballads at the special price of £50.00 [that's £42.55 excl VAT tax outside the European Union] not only will you save over 25% on the individual CD price ... you'll also receive the 16 track Ewan MacColl CD “Solo Flight” COMPLETELY FREE!!!

Recorded in 1972 for Argo Records, “Solo Fight” was released on CD in 2000, but it has been out of print for several years now and it's not available elsewhere.

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tscd567 Martin Simpson - Prodigal Son

 


red starBBC Radio 2 Folk Awards 2008

  • Martin Simpson's album "Prodigal Son" has been voted BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards ALBUM OF THE YEAR
  • The song "Never Any Good" from "Prodigal Son" has been voted BEST ORIGINAL SONG
    Plus!
  • John Tams and Barry Coope have been voted DUO OF THE YEAR
  • Andy Cutting, the winner of the Musician of the Year 2008 award, is also featured on Martin Simpson’s "Prodigal Son" and June Tabor’s "Apples".


red starMartin Simpson
recent release
tscd567 Martin Simpson - Prodigal Son
"Prodigal Son"
TSCD567

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red starSteve Ashley
recent release
tscd569 Steve Ashley - Time And Tide
"Time And Tide"
TSCD569

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red starThe Watersons
recent release
tscd574 The Watersons -  For Pence And Spicy Ale
"For Pence And Spicy Ale"
TSCD574

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red starCarthy & Swarbrick
recent release

tscd572 Carthy & Swarbrick Both Ears And The Tail
"Both Ears And The Tail"
TSCD572

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red starWorld Series
recent release
tscd562 waterson carthy holy heathens
"Songs of Defiance: Music
of Chechnya and the
North Caucasus"

TSCD934

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red starWorld Series
recent release
tscd555 Bob Fox The Blast
"Songs of Survival:
Traditional Music of
Georgia"

TSCD935D

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red starQuick links

Bain & Anderson Albion Band Steve Ashley Margaret Barry Battlefield Band
Brass Monkey Anne Briggs Billy Bennett John Burgess Copper Family
Waterson:Carthy Eliza Carthy Martin Carthy Shirley Collins Christine Collister
Harry Cox e2K Bob Fox Dick Gaughan Blue Murder
Ramblin' Jack Elliott Michael Gorman Joe Heaney Ashley Hutchings Nic Jones
High Level Ranters Oliver Knight Sam Larner A.L. Lloyd Ewan MacColl
Walter Pardon Colin Reid Leo Rowsome Silly Sisters Martin Simpson
Sheila Stewart Dave Swarbrick June Tabor John Tams Tarras
Linda Thompson The Watersons Lal Waterson Mike Waterson Norma Waterson


BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards


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