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Discussions => News and Events => Topic started by: Thrupenny Bit on January 15, 2019, 05:15:41 PM
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Just had this ping into my inbox
http://rootbeatrecords.com/leveret?mc_cid=f71c464ba8&mc_eid=b720e87fdc
Apparenetly digging into old manuscripts again as opposed to writing new stuff.
I'm excited about that (:)
Just pre-ordered ;)
cheers
Q
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Great ! I'm already looking forward to more tunes for me to 'learn' and fail to play well... ::)
Seriously, I'm sure it'll be as fantastic as their previous cds. (:)
J
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Hah! Thought you'd be interested!
Q
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Oooh, all traditional songs, that's going to be interesting.
Whelp. There goes my money.
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Thanks for the heads up, Quentin.
Great ! I'm already looking forward to more tunes for me to 'learn' and fail to play well... ::)
Seriously, I'm sure it'll be as fantastic as their previous cds. (:)
J
:D. I think all of that will probably be true, for me.
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Hi Greg,
Yes thought it would catch your attention too.
What really excites me is that one of our top groups is deciding to dig into the manuscripts, re-discover and play those tunes.
Something Julian and I have agreed on previously, re-discovering our musical past is wonderful, as we three are discovering with the Buttrey MS. Letting the world know that we actually *have* a musical past and that it is a very rich heritage by Leveret advertising the fact through their cd's is good in my book. Plus it shows us as players what's out there and where to look.
Win-win situation all round for me, and I expect it'll be a great cd to simply listen to as well.
All good (:)
Q
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My copy came through today, and am listening as I type.
Superb! Absolutely spot on.....
Q
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Excellent ! I'm looking forward to seeing them in concert in Edinburgh on the 3rd March so will get my copy then.
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ooohhh you lucky devil!
Yes it will be a great concert, and I'd expect them to focus on this new stuff.
You're in for a treat!
cheers
Q
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My copy made it to Bavaria today. "The Wounded Hazzar" (track 4) is absolutely beautiful.
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My order still hasn't arrived yet. Eagerly waiting to listen to it!
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There are some truly excellent tracks - the real challenge for me is deciding which to learn first - not that I will ever match their talent in bringing tunes to life.
J
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It arrived today and - holy moly - is it a great album. Very much looking forward to try out playing to their recordings and fail miserably. :D
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My copy arrived same day as Q's, already learned the first two tunes now working on Molly apple pie, Drunken Barnaby and Cuckolds.
M.
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Hessian Camp has become my latest ear worm -I have just had to have an extended Lounge Bar session to drive it out !
Now I wonder which tunes they'll teach at the Halsway Leveret weekend... ::)
J
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Just ordered my copy, along with their two first CD's... can't wait for their arrival!
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Leveret are just about to be broadcast on BBC Radio 4Front Row with extracts from the new CD
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Just listened to it.
Rob and Sam played a track live, as Andy's touring in France.
I thought it was a good interview, touching on their teaching of young musicians, and that all the music was from English manuscripts. Also discussed their approach to tunes, the fact they play them to get into the tune rather than arrange them.
Nice little advert for English traditional music!
Q
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I got the CDs yesterday when back from my business trip, playing them right now
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Just back from Edinburgh with the new CD after an excellent concert in Edinburgh last night.
Some interesting variants of tunes on the new CD . Track 1 - The Bull Ring from William Winter sounds like a variant of "Long Odds" and the B part of Ellis Knowles No 7 sounds like a variant of the Coleford Jig.
Next stop on the Leveret Tour - Cornwall on Thursday you lucky people.
PAul
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If I have the energy to go to my local session tonight it'll be Hessian Camp as my regular 'tune no-one else yet knows but ought to'. Easy enough to pick up I reckon.
(The pub is only 150 meters away but I've worn myself out playing Origin of the World...!)
J
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The Album is also available on Spotify, if you're into that kind of thing.
Although buy the CD if you like it since that helps artists much more than streaming apparently does. You can also purchase it on several online music stores (https://play.google.com/store/music/album/Leveret_Diversions?id=B5cn4ak3qutpjnrezaj2kpzc5mu), which is neat.
I'm not super into distance-buying CDs when I don't have a feel for the artist, so, the above realisation was helpful for me.