#laugharne weekend

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You should have stayed at home yesterday

Can anyone elaborate or corroborate Pete Paphides' tweet from yesterday?

Heading into #Laugharne for Day 2 of the festival where, at 12pm in The Fountain, I'll be sharing the confessions of a teenage pacifist. Music will be provided by the great Alasdair Roberts. He tells me he's going to tackle OMD's Enola Gay. I dare not believe it until I hear it.

I've witnessed him doing Kraftwerk's Radioactivity and Abba's The Day Before You Came, but not this.

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So this weekend I visited the former home of the poet Dylan Thomas in the little village of Laugharne, Wales. He is the one that wrote "do not go gentle into that good night", the poem used in our favourite book series matched!

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MUSIC NEWS: THE PENDERYN MUSIC BOOK PRIZE ANNOUNCES 2019 SHORTLIST

The Penderyn Music Book Prize has announced the 2019 shortlist at rock bar, The Boogaloo, in Highgate, London. This year’s five shortlisted titles include acclaimed memoirs from musicians such as Brett Anderson of Suede, hip-hop group, Beastie Boys, and octogenarian English folk singer, Shirley Collins, alongside a history of the record shop and a highly acclaimed biography of the grime music genre.   The 2019 Penderyn Music Book Prize shortlist:All In The Downs: Reflections on Life, Landscape and Song - Shirley Collins (Strange Attractor) Coal Black Mornings - Brett Anderson (Little, Brown) Inner City Pressure: The Story of Grime - Dan Hancox (William Collins) Going For A Song: A Chronicle of the UK Record Shop - Garth Cartwright (Flood Gallery Publishing) Beastie Boys Book – Michael Diamond & Adam Horowitz (Faber) The Penderyn Music Book Prize is organised by Richard Thomas, founder of the Laugharne Weekend, and’s the only UK-based book prize specifically for music titles including history, theory, biography and autobiography.   The winner will be announced at the Laugharne Weekend Festival on Sunday, April 7, 2019 where they will be presented with a cheque for £1,000, and a bottle of Penderyn Single Cask Whisky. The Laugharne Weekend runs Friday, April 5 to Sunday, April 7, 2019; speakers announced to date include John Lanchester, John Cooper-Clarke, Tracey Thorn, Hollie McNish, Robin Ince, Annie Nightingale, David Kynaston, Ed Vuillamy, Will Ashon and many more. “There really is nowhere like The Laugharne Weekend,” Irvine Welsh The prestigious judging panel for the 2019 prize:

Geoff Travis is the founder of ROUGH TRADE and Joint MD. Jude Rogers is a journalist, interviewer, arts critic and broadcaster. Chris Difford is a singer, musician, songwriter and record producer. He’s a founding member and songwriter of the British group, Squeeze. Laura Snapes is deputy music editor at The Guardian. Pat Nevin is a retired Scottish footballer, notably playing for Chelsea, Everton, Tranmere Rovers and Scotland, a football commentator and an avid record collector. Lucy O’Brien is a writer and a broadcaster whose work focuses on women in music. “Without being asked to judge this Penderyn prize I would have missed out on reading some of these consistently interesting and informative books. I enjoyed all of them and would have been happy for almost any of them to be crowned winner,” Geoff Travis “I really enjoyed reading the books on the long list - it’s great to see so much vivid, moving, political and innovative music writing being published in the UK. We’ve always been pretty good at that,” Lucy O’Brien The Prize is sponsored by award-winning Welsh whisky company, Penderyn, which has its distillery in the village of Penderyn, nestled in the foothills of the Brecon Beacons.  The company of Penderyn has grown considerably since first sponsoring the prize, they are now a global brand and delighted to continue their support for a fifth year. “Good stories, music and the finest single malt go hand-in-hand, and Penderyn are delighted to sponsor this wonderful prize, which is now in its 5th year. Penderyn is the foremost Welsh manufacturing success story of recent times, and export award-winning whiskies to over 20 countries from our base in the Brecon Beacons National Park in South Wales,”  Stephen Davies, Chief Executive, Penderyn For more information please click, here.

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"Daniel Rachel’s Walls Come Tumbling Down" takes the Penderyn music book prize

“Daniel Rachel’s Walls Come Tumbling Down” takes the Penderyn music book prize

An exhaustively researched history of pop music’s impact on British political life during the 70s and 80s has won this year’s Penderyn music book prize. Walls Come Tumbling Down won its author Daniel Rachel the £1,000 prize at the Laugharne Weekend music and literature festival in south Wales, the prize’s home since it was first presented in 2015. Walls Come Tumbling Down, subtitled The Music and…

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"Daniel Rachel’s Walls Come Tumbling Down" takes the Penderyn music book prize

An exhaustively researched history of pop music’s impact on British political life during the 70s and 80s has won this year’s Penderyn music book prize. Walls Come Tumbling Down won its author Daniel Rachel the £1,000 prize at the Laugharne Weekend music and literature festival in south Wales, the prize’s home since it was first presented in 2015. Walls Come Tumbling Down, subtitled The Music and…

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2017

Greetings viewers...

New blog action after, er, nine months...and what a nine months it's been! Never mind the “absolute roaster” in the White House, I'm Not With The Band became an award-winner (teenage hero Annie Nightingale's Book of The Year 2016), was shortlisted for the Costa Biography Award, shortlisted for the Penderyn Music Book Prize this very week, and someone at the NME was having a right laugh by shortlisting it for their awards too... Gigantic thumb aloft to everyone who sent me hoots and support via Twitter and Facebook (despite being less “a presence” on both than “frankly, a void...”)

Meanwhile, more literary festivals are looming, starting with the Laugharne Weekend in Wales (April 7-9). Will update the “Happenings” page with dates as they come in...

Avanti! xx

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Following the unprecedented multi-award winning success of his first stage play, What I Learned From Johnny Bevan, Luke Wright will return to his roots in the first half of 2017 with a 21-date tour, performing poems from his new collection The Toll, published in February (Penned in the Margins).

The poems in The Toll visit the flat-roofed pubs and half bought couches of Brexit Britain as it struggles with doubt, duty and half-cut nights spent shouting impotently at Question Time on TV.

Wright makes poetry accessible, normal even. His verse ranges from the laugh out loud funny to the tear-inducingly poignant and back again, as he effortlessly takes his audience with him on the ride switching emotional gears without missing a beat.

‘I wrote these poems over the last three years’ says Luke. ‘There’s a range of subject matter including lots of stuff about family, about England, and about heartache. It’s about The Toll that life takes on you, but also about duty and trying to do the right thing. As ever in my work, politics and social issues always lurk in the background ready to pounce …’

Spend an evening with a gifted and compelling raconteur at the top of his game, as he spits out visceral, inventive verse that sweats, bleeds and sings.

See a video sample of The Toll here 1yWEfUyq9w>

The Toll follows Luke’s 2013 debut collection Mondeo Man, of which Huffinton Post noted ‘If any contemporary collection is going to convince the unbeliever that poetry can be a riot of cheek, giggles, boobs, tears and Facebook – while keeping its artistic integrity firmly intact – Mondeo Man is it.’ «««««

‘Quite simply, this is the future of popular poetry’ The Skinny

Luke Wright is a poet, theatre maker and broadcaster who has written and starred in eight solo shows of his poetry as well as ‘What I Learned from Johnny Bevan’, the play that sold out a three week run at London’s Soho Theatre and toured extensively. It won a Fringe First award for new writing, The Stage Award For Acting Excellence, The Saboteur Award for Best Spoken Word Show and is currently nominated for an Off West End Award. It was published in both hardback and paperback.

He tours the world each year (as far afield as China and Australia) with his unique brand of poetry and can often be seen opening for John Cooper Clarke. His verse documentaries on Channel 4 have been enjoyed by millions of viewers and his poems can often be heard on BBC Radios 3 & 4 and sometimes further afield. He has been a regular contributor to Sony Award-winning Saturday Live and has numerous main channel TV appearances under his belt. Luke curates the spoken word line-ups at The Latitude Festival, Festival Number 6 and The Edinburgh International Book Festival.

‘Sit-up-and-listen good, a zestful relish for pump-action wordplay with a thoughtful and deeply felt understanding of just how messed up Britain is’ Dominic Cavendish Daily Telegraph

Luke Wright is an excellent and entertaining interviewee, contact Steve Forster for availabilities, review tickets etc. Full tour listings follow.

Tour listings info: The Toll by Luke Wright Stunning new show from the latest collection from one of Britain’s most popular poets that finds him at the peak of his powers, equally compelling on the stage as on the page. The Toll explores the cost of living in Brexit Britain and the toll it takes on us all.

‘funnier than the bulk of the comedy section and more thoughtful than most of the theatre’ The List

15 Feb Jersey Arts Centre, Phillips St, St Helier JE2 4SW 8pm £18 – £10.20 01534 700444 www.artscentre.je

Derby Maypole Theatre 42 Brook St, DE1 3PH 7.30pm £5 01332 293916 http://ift.tt/2kFhg00

26 Feb Rugby The Squirrel (Twisted Words) 33 Church St CV21 3PU 8pm £9 01788 544154

10 March 7.30pm Manchester The Edge, Theatre & Arts Centre Manchester Road Chorlton M21 9JG £12/£10 0161 282 9776 http://ift.tt/2jUqLnG

11 March Chesterfield Labour Club 113 Saltergate, S40 1NF 8pm £9 01246 208387

16 March Isle of Wight Ventnor Exchange 11 Church St, Ventnor PO38 1SW 8pm £10 01983 716767 http://ift.tt/2iYHVQn

29th March London (Putney) Half Moon 93 Lower Richmond Rd, Putney SW15 1EU 8pm £10/£8 020 8780 9383 www.halfmoon.co.uk

8 April Laugharne Weekend http://ift.tt/1drMY6a

21 April Cambridge Junction Clifton Way CB1 7GX 7.30pm £12.50, £8 01223 511511 www.junction.co.uk

26 April London Bethnall Green Working Men’s Club, 42-44 Pollard Row E2 6NB 8pm £10 0207 739 7170 http://ift.tt/2kFxKFd;

27 April 8pm £14, £12 concessions Oxford The North Wall, South Parade OX2 7JN 8pm £14/£12 01865 319450 www.thenorthwall.com

12 May 8pm Diss Corn Hall St Nicholas Street IP22 4LB £10/£6 01379 652241 http://ift.tt/2jUJdfB

19 May Brighton Festival The Spire, St Mark’s Chapel, Eastern Rd, BN2 5JN 7.30pm £xx 01273 709709 http://ift.tt/PYqq3L

21 May London Lion & Unicorn Theatre 42-44 Gaisford St, Kentish Town NW5 2ED 7.30pm £8/£10 020 7267 2304 http://ift.tt/1Myy1TJ

8 June Oundle Stahl Theatre West Street, PE8 4EJ 7.45pm £12/£10 01832 273930 http://ift.tt/2kFhRik

16 June Poole The Lighthouse 21 Kingland Road BH15 1UG 7.30pm £10 01202 280000 http://ift.tt/1BF4o7x

17 June Shrewsbury St Nicholas, 24 Castle St SY1 2BQ 7.30pm £10 0800 292 2116 http://ift.tt/2kFcW0w

21 June Fareham Ashcroft Arts Centre, Osborn Road PO16 7DX 8pm £10 01329 223100 http://ift.tt/2jUwERs;

22 June Wivenhoe, British Legion, The Quay CO7 9BX 8pm £5 http://ift.tt/2kFcVK0

30 June Bridport Arts Centre South Street Bridport, DT6 3NR 8pm £12, £10 concessions 01308 424204 http://ift.tt/1DQkUFI

26 July Holt Festival Auden Theatre, Cromer Road, NR25 6EA 2pm 01603 598699 www.holtfestival.org

http://ift.tt/2kFsrpv LondonTheatre1.com

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The Springfield Road launch party is this Wednesday! Don't forget to RSVP Caitlin at Unbound  - and if you haven't had an invite but would like one please message me.

Springfield Road officially hits the shops this week. Order yourself a copy from your nearest and dearest bookshops or have one delivered from here: http://www.unbound.co.uk/books/springfield-road

Big week this week: Wednesday launch ‪#‎SpringfieldRoad‬, Thursday I'm gigging in ‪#‎Hastings‬ & Friday BBC Radio 4 live on 'Loose Ends' with the fabulous Arthur Smith and Benjamin Zephaniah 

All details in the usual place www.salenagodden.com

First I must somehow un-Laugharne myself. We had such a wonderful wicked Welsh weekend at The Laugharne Festival with Dylan Thomas spirit and japes. I love Wales, beautiful people and lush landscapes and skies. Here's a few pics of Laugharne, Dylan Thomas writing shed and his final resting place. Beautiful! Fab-oo-luss!

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In a parallel universe not far from this one, there has been little else discussed on social media for the past month but speculation about the nature, whereabouts and implications of this performance. And now, fellow travellers, here it is…

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Alasdair has been added to the bill at the Laugharne Weekend. He's playing on Friday 15 March. Tickets to the Weekend are sold out, but £10 gets you an online feed of the whole weekend.

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Alasdair is announced at a couple of shows in Wales and Scotland:

Laugharne Weekend festival, exactly a month from now

Calstock Arts, 9 July

A new edition of the Incredible String Band Compendium, Be Glad For the Song Has No Ending includes an interview with Alasdair.

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If you watch this, please donate to Cafe OTO by going to paypal.com and sending money to donations@otoprojects.org.

Here’s the show from Wednesday night, if you missed it. It might seem a strange thing to say, but you really did have to be there watching the stream live on the night. The chat stream running alongside the show was a glorious outpouring of love from over 500 audience members.

Participants in the chat included former collaborators Jackie Oates, Sushil Dade, David Toop, Elaine Mitchener and Ivor Kallin - also Eliza Carthy, John Williams (novelist and Laugharne Weekend curator), Steve Beresford, Vicki from People Like Us, Mike Cooper, and journalist Jude Rogers - plus many friends of the amber.

False Flesh

Coral and Tar

The Blithesome Bridal [pipe tune from Donald Lindsay]

The Braes of Balquhither

Hymn of Welcome 

Orrison of Union [title?]

The Smith’s a Gallant Fireman [also from Donald Lindsay]

Waxwing

Europe

The Silver Tassie (Robbie Burns)

The Green Chapel

The Wife of Ushers Well

Unyoked Oxen Turn

Scarce of Fishing

Niel Gow’s Lament for the Death of his Second Wife

Standing in Yon Flowery Garden

Undiscovered Land [title?]

Fair Flower of Northumberland [encore]

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From this year’s Laugharne Weekend festival. There are more songs from this performance on YouTube and at the end of the live playlist.

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Laugharne Weekend 7-9 April

There will be musical performances from Scritti Politti and Alasdair Roberts at this year's Laugharne Weekend. Please retweet

— Laugharne Weekend (@laugharne2017) January 4, 2017

Laugharne Weekend website