Swarb's News and Gigs

Alistair Hulett RIP

Jill and I were saddened to hear that Alistair Hulett had died at the Southern General Hospital in Glasgow on Thursday evening, January 28, 2010. He had been critically ill in hospital for the last three weeks, suffering from liver failure due to cancer that spread to his liver. Alistair was a truly great singer and songwriter and I, along with many others, will greatly miss him. There are some really moving tributes on the internet and our thoughts go out to Alistair’s partner, Fatima.

Brand New Swarb CD

Watch out for the forthcoming solo CD to be called "Swarb". With a projected early spring release, the album includes a reggae version of the Spanish Ladies medley, some new compositions and music from 17th and 18 centuries. The theme is mostly English and the CD will include around 12 other musicians. Details and track list to follow soon.

Swarb at Celtic Connections 2010

Swarb will play the prestigious Celtic Connections Festival in January 2010 with the Jason Wilson Band. They might seem unlikely bedfellows, but Swarb’s guest appearance on Canadian reggae star Wilson’s last album, The Peacemaker’s Chauffeur, and their forthcoming duo release The Lion Rampant, bridge surprisingly few degrees of separation. Wilson’s cousin was in UB40 with Ali and Robin Campbell, sons of the seminal folk balladeer Ian Campbell, whose band Swarb joined in his pre-Fairport days. The Celtic Connection’s show will also include Dick Gaughan. Details below.

The Jason Wilson Band

R J Satchithananthan, Marcus Ali, Jason Wilson, Iain Green, Andrew Stewart - Photo by Jason Hendriks

Swarb Solo

(Web links in white)

FEBRUARY 2010
Tues. 2nd	Dartford Folk Club 01322 222553
Wed. 3rd	Llantrisant Folk Club 01443 206689
Fri. 5th	~~Ram Club, Thames Ditton~~ ~~0208 686 9421~~ POSTPONED – SEE MAY 14^th BELOW
Tues. 9th	St. Neots Folk Club 01234 376278
Fri. 12th	Wessex Folk Club 01202 732239
Wed. 17th	Baldock Folk Club 01767 683583
Sat. 27th	Newhampton Folk Club 01902 820958
Sun. 28th	The Waiting Room, Stockton on Tees 01642 780465
MARCH
Mon. 8th	The Ravenswood, Sharpthorne, West Sussex 01342 714 810
Fri. 12th	Norwich Folk Club 01603 425546
Fri. 19th	The George, South Molton 01769 572514
Wed. 24th	Tower Arts Centre, Winchester 08700 600100
Sat. 27th	Beacon Folk Club, Tunbridge Wells 01892 557333 / 07798 767770

MAY
Sun. 2nd	The Bothy, Southport 0151 924 5078
Fri. 7th	Ashcroft Arts Centre, Fareham 01329 223100
Fri. 14th	Ram Club, Thames Ditton 0208 686 9421
Thurs. 20th - Sun. 30th	TOUR OF DENMARK
Mon. 31st	Greys, Brighton 01273 680734

Swarb with Kevin Dempsey

APRIL
Sat. 17th	Acorn Theatre, Worksop, Nottinghamshire 01909 501817 (with Kevin Dempsey)

Whippersnapper

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Dave Swarbrick & Martin Carthy

JULY 2010
Fri. 30th	Camp Bestival, Lulworth Castle, Dorset 0871 222 3200
SEPTEMBER
Thurs. 2nd	The Courtyard, Hereford
Fri. 3rd	Village Pump Folk Club, Lamb Inn, Trowbridge, Wiltshire 01225 707346
Sun. 12th	The Forum, Barrow In Furness, Cumbria 01229 820 000
Tues. 21st	Great Knight Folk Club, The Old White Hart Inn, Northampton 01604 766154
Fri. 24th	The Goose Is Out, East Dulwich, London
Sun. 26th	Bristol Folk House, Park Street, Bristol 0117 9262987
OCTOBER
Sun. 3rd	Exeter Corn Exchange 01392 665866

Swarb's Biography

At long last, Swarb has decided to commission his long awaited Biography. He has given the substantial, but very exciting task, to his partner and confidante Jill Swarbrick-Banks. Jill has already written the near complete history of her decade so far with Swarb, which records first hand his Daily Telegraph obituary episode, emphysemic years and bi-lateral lung transplant, their life together and the very many anecdotes of course. And so, it was Swarb's natural inclination to ask Jill to write his life story, warts and all!

Jill obviously has a massive task ahead of her, accumulating information of every type concerning Swarb. So a request!

If anyone has any information, memories, anecdotes, photographs, films, rare facts...scandals, nice stuff, in fact anything at all on Dave Swarbrick, Jill would be immensely grateful to receive it! Please don't forget to add your name, a contact address and / or telephone number, possible date of event, text or photograph...and any background info. to back it up please. Everything will be totally confidential. Jill & Swarb would be extremely grateful! Please make contact here in the first instance.