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The new CD is here!
Yes, the latest offering from Pig's Ear is here. We'll be officially launching our new CD Pig's Year at the Kentish Horse, Cow Lane, Markbeech on Saturday 27th October.
Thanks to Gina and Jeremy for hosting the evening, and we hope you will all come along in your droves, drink their beer, buy CDs and generally get in training for next year's Pig's Ear Kentish Horse Folk Ale!
A busy Pig's Year
Our twentieth anniversary year has been a busy one. We've played a number of new venues this year and some old friends and favourites.
We very much enjoyed hosting the City Wall Wine Bar stage at Rochester Sweeps - an excellent mix of guests included La Zag, Zoox, and our friends No Worries and Ty and Ayesha Watling.
We also had a busy but enjoyable couple of days at Broadstair s Folk Week - thanks to all who dropped in on our performances.
The Pig's Ear Kentish Horse Folk Ale
The 2007 Folk Ale was a brilliant weekend - with a rare glimpse of the summer sun to provide the icing on the cake. Great to see so many there, and so many arriving during Friday to enjoy the whole weekend's offering. Gina and Jeremy had not long got their feet under the table of the Kentish Horse following Dave the pub's departure to pastures new, but they and their stalwart bar staff did us proud.
A new and successful venture for 2007 were the Pigs Ear Folk Ale T shirts, courtesy of Helen Rule, Ben Scruton and Jessica Blackwell. A challenge to Ben to come up with an even better design next year!
And talking of next year....
The 2008 Folk Ale will take place over the weekend of 30th/31st May, 1st June. We trust we will see friends and supporters such as Wasps in the Woodshed; No Worries; Capella; John Barden; Ty & Ayesha; The Wilderness Family; A Band Called Dave; Les Elvin once again.
The Singing Loins will be heading the line-up on Friday night, and on Saturday we are absolutely delighted to announce that our invited guests include the current generation of the voice of Sussex traditional song, the Copper Family:
The Young Coppers
Need I say, put this in your diary now! Get one specially!
Where to see...
Dangerous Age Keith's other band are playing at the Ivy House in Tonbridge on Sunday 23rd September.
There are live bands every Sunday evening at the Ivy House, and music of a more acoustic flavour at the Punch and Judy in Tonbridge every Tuesday.
Ty & Ayesha and other members of The Wilderness Family run a folk/blues/Americana club on Monday evenings at The Fox and Hounds, Romney Street, Nr. Otford, Kent. Bits of Pig's Ear can be seen here as well as at Ron's Sessions at the Kentish Horse on the 2nd Sunday of each month, and the Chafford Arms, Fordcomb on the 4th Sunday of the month.
News of what the excellent Strawhead - from whom we stole Subject's Joy - are up to can be found on www.strawhead.org.uk. Pay them a visit.
Don't forget the famous Elsie's singers night at The Queen's Arms, Cowden Pound, on the 2nd Tuesday of every month, and the monthly guest nights there, hosted on Saturdays by Elsie's Band.
Cloak of Magic
Sue Rule of Pig's Ear has written a Science Fantasy novel, 'Cloak of Magic', which has received many plaudits from its select readership. Join this growing band of devotees - you can buy the book from the Edenbridge Bookshop; through Amazon (www.amazon.co.uk) and Authors On-line (www.authorsonline.co.uk) - or ask Sue for a signed copy at the next Pig's Ear gig!
The book is the first in a trilogy "Shaihen Heritage" - book 2 is in the pipeline - and you can learn more about the fictional world in which it is set and about the books, from Sue's website at Shehaios.com. Download a flyer by clicking here.
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PYou can download Pig's Ear CDs from Woven Wheat Whispers in the UK or from eFolkMusic in the USA and Canada… and elsewhere for that matter.
If you inhabit the realm of MySpace, let us know - www.myspace.com/pigsear .
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Best regards for now, Sue, St.Clare's September 2007
Our latest gig dates can be found in the Gig Guide page on this website. We always welcome bookings from folk clubs and festivals. Please contact any of the band (contact details in the lefthand sidebar above) if you are interested.
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