"Does a flower forget to
bloom?" | |
July - Penelope returns to the
UK Check with Penelope's website for details http://www.penelopeswales.com/ Listen in at Ragamuffin Radio Mon 5th July - Half Moon, Putney (London) Wed 7th July - Grey Horse, Kingston (London) - with Lisa Fitzgibbon Sat 10th July - Lunchtime Magic Cafe, Magdelene Rd. Oxford Sat 10th July 8pm - The Old Coffee House, Soho Sat 17th July - Sumac Social Centre, Nottingham | |
Kiwi Kath Tait introduces Penelope and
Penelope begins with Shoe (Shoe, Archive: Demos, Out-takes and One Offs) | |
Stonking track that
ends with the kind of digeridoo playing to make Rolf Harris
tremble. | |
Penelope's impressions of London including an
hilarious aside about one of the best songs ever written about the
capital . . . (:Lost in London, Justify Your Longings To The Doctor) | |
Two Kiwi Kath Tait songs sung by Penelope,
the poignant Poor Dim Sally and the fiery Steel Hearted
Annie.
(Poor Dim Sally, Steel Hearted Annie from Archive: Demos, Out-takes and One Offs) | |
A
great song about Australia, written by Fred Small, an American. Penelope
recounts the tale of meeting Fred and being inspired by his
song.
(Guinnevere and the Fire from Justify Your Longings To The Doctor) | |
A
powerful song written for Claire, a park ranger who lost her life fighting
a forest fire.
(Bush Bloom from Archive: Demos, Out-takes and One Offs) | |
Penelope closes with Already Begun which I first heard her perform with an undiminished passion at the Cambridge Folk Festival (left)
(Al;ready Begun from Archive: Demos, Out-takes and One Offs) | |
July - Penelope returns
to the UK Check with Penelope's website for details http://www.penelopeswales.com/ Listen in at Ragamuffin Radio Mon 5th July - Half Moon, Putney (London) Wed 7th July - Grey Horse, Kingston (London) - with Lisa Fitzgibbon Sat 10th July - Lunchtime Magic Cafe, Magdelene Rd. Oxford Sat 10th July 8pm - The Old Coffee House, Soho Sat 17th July - Sumac Social Centre, Nottingham | |
Penelope Swales has just released her new double CD "Monkey Comfort" "A stunning tour of moods and emotions not only for the Folkies.
Swales has enough power to touch anyone." "An outstanding collection..... 'Monkey Comfort' is Penelope Swales
at her very best ." "A double taste of some of the best writing I have heard for some
time...a fantastic blend of musical ability and writing
dexterity." "A formidable achievement. It signals a mature woman and an artist
with a humanist eye and one with formidable courage and
skill." for more see http://www.penelopeswales.com/ |