LATEST NEWS-DERNIERES NOUVELLES-LATEST NEWS 1st CD release of Cock and Bull's classic album Concrete Routes, Sacred Cows 20th Anniversary Edition with 3 Bonus Tracks
FORTHCOMING EVENTS Jean-Pierre Rasle: Blowout Festival, Polesworth Abbey, June 2009 Forthcoming DVD release of recording of improvised music for Robert Koenig's "Odyssey" exhibition project North Hero Festival, Killington, Vermont (U.S.A.) 26-28/8/08. Monsieur Pantin: Blowout Festival, Polesworth Abbey, June 2008 Cock & Bull Band: 30th birthday tourLive performances of"Concrete Routes, Sacred Cows"at:Northampton Folk Club - 1 Sept 09 - The Malt ShovelMad Nanny's Folk Club - 7 Oct 09 - The Orange Tree, BaldockSproughton Ceilidhs - 17 Oct 09 - Sproughton, SuffolkBath Ceilidh - 24 Oct 09 - BathMeltdown Ceilidh - 21 Nov 09 - Haywards Heath, SussexUnicorn Ceilidh - 27 Nov 09 - Hitchin, Herts.Poynton Ceilidh - 12 Dec 09 - Poynton, Manchester.Gate to Southwell Folk Festival - 12/13 June 10 - Southwell. Notts. Towersey Festival, 23 August 2009, Cambridge Festival, 31 July 2009, Waterside Festival, Newport Pagnell, 20 June 2009, Stony Live Festival, June 2009.
FRENCH BAROQUE / FOLK: Jean-Pierre Rasle solo / lecture-recitals / Jean-Pierre Rasle & The Dancing Drones: New CD "Jean-Pierre Rasle présente: Parallèles, Chansons Populaires dans le Bas=Berry" in preparation. Improvised music for the private view (6 June) and finale (29 July 2007) of Robert Koenig's "Odyssey" exhibition, Church of Christ the Cornerstone, Central Milton Keynes. Unicorn Theatre, London: Launch of National Storytelling Tour Dec. 2006 Publication of translation of Bernard Boulanger's Bagpipe Method. Now out
AMBIENT / DUB / WORLD: Jah Wobble's English Roots Band tours and recent shows: CANADA/U.S.A. Feb. 25/March 4 2006: Toronto, N.Y.C., Cambridge, Minneapolis, Detroit, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Seattle, Vancouver Bury 11/06, BBC Radio3 Andy Kershaw session 29/10/05, London 100 Club 28/12/05, Fairport Convention Cropredy Festival 11/8/05, Inverness Tartan Heart Festival 12/8/05, London East End Festival 3/9/05. ENGLAND & SCOTLAND: 4/2/05-28/5/05. IRELAND: 24/9/04-27/9/04 Jah Wobble's Invaders of the Heart: FRANCE: Paris Télérama Dub Festival 20/5/05 No 1 Hit single and video "Kiss, Kiss" by Holly Valance: Jah Wobble mix. more details at:30 Hertz Records
BAROQUE / FOLK / COMMEDIA: Jean de la Mer / Folies Bergères / Chalemie: Forthcoming publication of XVIIth Century Manuscript "Jean de la Mer". Jean-Pierre Rasle and Caroline Kershaw: Museum of London: Launch of "London's Burning" exhibition, May 2007. Jean-Pierre Rasle Presentation and performance of research on "Jean de la Mer": Lowland and Border Pipers' Society Collogue, Glasgow 16/11/04. Blowout Festival, Milton Keynes, 4/6/05.
FRENCH & ENGLISH FOLK/ROCK: Monsieur Pantin Highlights: CD release of "Ma Rosalie", launch and concert premiere at The Stables, Wavendon, Milton Keynes. Live performances :Bradwell Abbey Festival, Milton Keynes, Shrewsbury Festival, Waterside Festival, Great Linford, Milton Keynes Festival, Henley Festival (with Steafan Hannigan), Chester Festival, Stony Live Festival Week, For Monsieur Pantin in concert, contact: Monsieur Pantin New website: www.monsieurpantin.co.uk Cock & Bull Band Live performances highlights: Folk-on-the-Green Festival finale, Stony Stratford, Princes Risborough Town Festival, Milton Keynes City Discovery Centre 20th Anniversary Ceilidh, Broadstairs Pavilion Ceilidh. For dances and Cock & Bull Band contact: Cock & Bull
CONTEMPORARY: with Alec Dankworth Quintet: New CD 'Spanish Accents' launch, The Stables Theatre, Wavendon, June 2007. Parallèles / Tractatus: Forthcoming issue of recordings "Parallèles" and "Tractatus". Performance of "Tractatus" with Clive Bell: for the Silbury Group's International Artists Symposium, Milton Keynes, 8/02 + Soundtrack to DVD of event.