Swarb's News and Gigs

Exciting News from Jill

Dave's wife Jill Swarbrick-Banks has been appointed Artist in Residence to Coventry Cathedral. The world famous Cathedral celebrates it's 50th Jubilee in 2012 with great festivities and events. Jill is their very first Artist in Residence and is very thrilled to be a part of their auspicious year. She will be keeping a blog on her website www.jillswarbrick-banks.co.uk, including sketches and updates of her work for the Cathedral.

Swarb Film and Article at "Salut"

Swarb appears on Colin Randall's "Salut" website in footage from the old Fairport Maidstone film with an acompanying article. Click here.

Swarb on Film - New Documentary

The Gonzo Media Group have released a new film and live album about Dave. The film "Accompanying Dave Swarbrick" is a documentary portrait of Swarb and of a tour that Dave made with Danish author and musician Lars Kjaedegaard. The package will contain both the documentary film and also a live album featuring both Dave and Lars. The Gonzo website can be found here. NOW AVAILABLE IN SWARB'S SHOP

Lars Kjaedegaard has conducted an interview where he talks about the making of the film and his reasons for wanting to make it. You can find the interview here.

Swarb's Shirty Shop

Check out Swarb's new shop page for CDs, including “raison d’être” and a selection of t-shirts designed by Jill.

Swarb CD “raison d’être” on Shirty Records - REVIEWS

'raison d'être' has received rave reviews in over 20 magazines and publications. Here are just a few selections:

His fiddle flits and swoops like a swallow in full flight ...both his sense of humour and cavalier instinct are intact. FROOTS

We Brought the Summer With Us features Dave Swarbrick' s playing at its best. A truly stunning end to a brilliant CD. Raison d'Etre shows just why he is one of the select few. LIVING TRADITION

… he treats us here to his full range of enduring skills, through hearty baroque to classical, Irish and ceilidh music. MOJO (4stars)

...listen to his masterclasses in bowing on Sweet Alban and A Jigg Called Long Time/Running Footman's Jig/The Brown Joak' and laugh and weep. R2 (ROCK’N’REEL)

Lifetime Achiever Swarb, fiddle player by appointment to the universe. NETRHYTHMS

Raison d'etre brings to the listener a selection of great tunes played in Swarb's inimitable style and is the work of a fine fiddler who simply refuses to lie down and rest on his not inconsiderable laurels. EFDSS MAGAZINE

CLICK HERE TO SEE ALL THE REVIEWS IN FULL

Swarb Solo

FEBRUARY
Fri. 3rd	Fulford Arms, York 01904 620410
Fri. 10th	Folk House, Bristol Click for tickets 07855 826 228
Sat. 11th	The George, South Molton, Devon 01769 572514
Sun. 12th	The Maltings, Farnham 01252 745444
Sat. 18th	Frazer Theatre, Knaresborough 07703 472154
Sun. 19th	The Waiting Room, Stockton 01642 780465
Thurs. 23rd	Royal Oak, Lewes 01273 478124
Fri. 24th	The Goose Is Out, Dulwich Hamlet FC, East Dulwich
Wed. 29th	Chorlton Irish Club, Manchester 07875 707850
MARCH
Fri. 2nd	Stamford Arts Centre 01780 763203
Fri. 23rd	Newhampton Arts Centre, Wolverhampton 01902 572090
APRIL
Sat. 7th	Haddenham Village Hall 01296 415333
MAY
Fri. 11th	Folk on the Pier, Cromer 01263 512495
JULY
Fri. 13th	Kalamazoo Club, Kings Head, London N8 9AA 0208 341 0716

Dave Swarbrick & Martin Carthy

MARCH 2012
Fri. 9th	Burgess Hill Fairtrade and Freedom Festival, West Sussex 01444 242888
MAY 2012
Sat. 5th	Nuts in May Music & Arts Festival, Workington, Cumbria
Tues. 8th	Bush Hall, London 020 8222 6955
AUGUST 2012
Mon. 13th	Broadstairs Folk Week, Concert Marquee 01843 604080
SEPTEMBER 2012
Tues. 25th	National Centre for Early Music, St Margaret's Church, York 01904 658338
Fri. 29th	Reeth Memorial Hall, North Yorkshire 01748 884759
OCTOBER 2012
Tues. 2nd	Dartford Folk Club 01322 222 553
Thurs. 11th	Royal Oak, Lewes 01273 478124

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.