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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 14th 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

 

MORE LATER

 

 

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.