Frank Turner’s current album ‘FTHC’ became his first #1 hit on the UK’s Official Album Chart. Appealing to a broad mix of genres - punk, folk, rock and indie - its success was all the more remarkable given that it is his ninth studio album. Now Frank keeps the album in the spotlight by sharing a new version of one of its key moments, ‘Little Life’, which now features KT Tunstall. The original version of ‘Little Life’ and the album’s subsequent ‘Farewell To The City’ combine to give ‘FTHC’ a feel of ending one chapter and waiting to see where the next journey leads to. ‘Little Life’ in particular is about those compromises we inevitably have to make as the years pass. While the song expresses a melancholic doubt about embracing a life far away from the manic rush of the city, its focus is really on the possibilities that this new horizon brings. Maybe love and a leisurely pace of life is all that a couple really needs. This new version is infused with a stronger romantic streak courtesy of KT Tunstall’s beautifully harmonised vocals. The duo revisited the song during a session at Eastcote Studios, London in March. Frank says:- “This song is one of the more important ones on ‘FTHC’ for me, and I wanted to shine more of a light on it. I was blown away, not to say honoured, when KT agreed to be part of the track, and she's brought a whole new life to the piece.” KT Tunstall adds:- “I’ve been a fan of Frank’s for such a long while - collaborating with him on this beautiful song was an absolute joy”. KT Tunstall has remained one of the UK’s foremost Singer-Songwriters since the release of her hugely successful debut album ‘Eye To The Telescope’ in 2004. The record went on to sell over 5 million copies and featured two of her signature songs, ‘Suddenly I See’ and ‘Black Horse and the Cherry Tree’, leading to prestigious awards at the BRITs and the Ivor Novellos. KT followed up that early success with albums ‘Drastic Fantastic’ (2007), ‘Tiger Suit’ (2010), ‘Invisible Empire//Crescent Moon’ (2013), ‘KIN’ (2016) and ‘WAX’ (2018), keeping the platinum sales rolling and cementing her reputation as a major recording talent, as well as a mesmerising live artist. Frank Turner’s live plans for the remainder of 2022 are characteristically hectic. He plays a handful of UK shows in the coming weeks before spending the majority of June and July touring North America. He then takes his four-night Lost Evenings fan congregation to Berlin for the first time in September before commencing his rescheduled UK headline tour. The UK dates are listed below, please see his website for a full list of international tour dates. MAY
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Public Service Broadcasting are delighted to reveal that English artist Jane Weaver will be joining them on their UK tour this spring. J. Willgoose, Esq. of PSB says: ‘Modern Kosmology was one of my favourite albums of 2017 so we’re really happy that Jane is joining the bill. I’m sure our audiences will really enjoy her music.’ After a stunning 2017 which saw the release of their critically acclaimed third record Every Valley and a sold-out UK tour which included a spectacular performance at London's Hammersmith Apollo, 2018 looks set to continue along the same trajectory for one of the UK's most unusual and interesting musical acts as they take to the road again this April. [Buy tickets here] Each album from Public Service Broadcasting is a painstakingly crafted artefact, filled with the wit and passion of J. Willgoose, Esq. and Every Valley is no exception. Recorded in former industrial town Ebbw Vale and chronicling the vertiginous rise and devastating fall of the Welsh mining industry, it featured collaborations with Tracyanne Campbell of Camera Obscura, James Dean Bradfield, Haiku Salut and Lisa Jên Brown of 9Bach, as well as the Beaufort Male Choir. The resulting album jostled with Jay Z and Ed Sheeran on release, reaching #4 in the UK charts. Continuing where they left off in October, their forthcoming UK tour is a culmination of the Public Service Broadcasting story so far: a richly kaleidoscopic feast of sound and vision placing material from their three top-twenty albums, 2013’s Inform – Educate – Entertain, 2015’s silver-certified The Race For Space, and this year’s Every Valley (not to mention the accompanying documentary footage and recordings) alongside one another. Fans of the band have come to expect a lot from the extraordinary production values of Public Service Broadcasting’s live shows, and resident set design guru and all-round visual mastermind, Mr. B, is thrilled at the opportunity to once again blow these expectations clean out of the water with another set of heart-stopping blockbuster set-pieces. As much a part of the Public Service Broadcasting experience as the [inter]stellar sonics, Mr. B’s visuals elevate each gig into an unmissable event. Described as “a singular, spellbinding audio-visual show” in The Metro and “a tour de force”, Public Service Broadcasting’s live gigs are a perfect distillation of a band dedicated to their duty to entertain as much as to educate and inform. Tickets for the tour are on sale HERE UK Tour Dates 05/04/18 – New Theatre, Oxford 06/04/18 – O2 Academy, Bournemouth 07/04/18 – Dome, Brighton 08/04/18 – Winter Gardens, Margate 10/04/18 – Corn Exchange, Cambridge 11/04/18 – Brangwyn Hall, Swansea 12/04/18 – Olympia, Liverpool 13/04/18 – De Montfort Hall, Leicester 14/04/18 – Usher Hall, Edinburgh 16/04/18 – Empire, Middlesbrough 17/04/18 – O2 Academy, Sheffield https://www.facebook.com/PUBLICSERVICEBROADCASTING/ The biggest winter music festival of its kind in UK, Celtic Connections celebrates its 25th anniversary with an exciting and ambitious line-up of musicians from all corners of the world, showcasing the best talent in folk, world and jazz music. Descending on Glasgow between 18 January and 4 February 2018, Celtic Connections offers 18 days of entertainment to brighten up the dark, wet January nights with a mixture of concerts that will include a host of one-off musical collaborations alongside talks, workshops, film screenings, ceilidhs, art exhibitions, free events and late night sessions. This year’s highlights include a special tribute to the late musical legend, Martyn Bennett featuring GRIT Orchestra and bike stunt hero, Danny MacAskill recreating some of his famous stunts from The Ridge seen by some 55M people on YouTube, this special night will be opened by Isle of Skye band Niteworks fusing electronica with bagpipes; other highlights include one of the world’s greatest female singers, Mali’s Oumou Sangaré, Scottish folk legend King Creosote, Hannah Peel blending her signature electronica with Tubular Brass’s magic, Roaming Roots Revue - a special tribute to the late Tom Petty and a country die-hard Dale Watson. To browse all 300+ events visit www.celticconnections.com. |
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