News

LATEST NEWS

  
7 Oct 2009:  "MORRIS ON" & "THE COMPLEAT DANCING MASTER"
There will be a short period during which these two recordings from the early 1970s will not be available. Fledg'ling Records, who have been issuing the two CDs on licence from Universal Records for the last few years, have just renewed their arrangement to produce more. Unfortunately they will not be re-released until January 2010, so until then we cannot supply any copies of either title.
29 Apr 2009:  NEW SOLO INSTRUMENTAL CD - OUT NOW!
"THE DANCE OF THE DEMON DAFFODILS" is now available through the merchandising pages of the website, even though it may not say so for a few days! This is a CD consisting entirely of original compositions, performed on the full range of JK's push-pull squeezeboxes. One or two of the tunes have seen the light of day before, but most of these performances deliver world premieres.

The CD is aimed to tie in with the imminent appearance of "Jump at the Sun" - the John Kirkpatrick Tunebook - currently being prepared for publication by Mick Lynn of Quarry Bank Publishing. More news of this as it comes, but the book will contain over 130 tunes.

Track listing:
1. The Dance of the Demon Daffodils
2. The Black Stallion / Prasutagus
3. The Three Piece Suite
4. Leaping Jack / Living in Sin / Great Gusto
5. Puddleglum's Misery / Accordionism / Jump At The Sun
6. Chomping the Barley / The Rat-a-Tat Polka / Benders in the Vestry
7. The Henceforward Lover
8. The Three Speed Plough / The Hafren Hornpipe and a Half / Unchristmas
9. The Source of the Thames
10. Kerlebbedy's Hat-Trick / The Singing Devil / The Pineapple Patch
11. Petal of Spice / Blossom Made of Fire
12. Mrs Fox Dances / The Trout in the Crown
13. Shiner
14. Hunting the Deer / The Boar Hunters
15. Footing the Bill / An Unexpected Pleasure
16. The Fork Stuck Under the Door / Fishing on a Bicycle

Fledg'ling Records FLED 3075. £12.00 + p&p.
27 Apr 2009:  BRASS MONKEY CD NOW AVAILABLE
The new Brass Monkey CD - "HEAD OF STEAM" - is now available via our merchandising pages. You can order it now, even though it won't be shown there for another few days!

This is the first recording with our new trumpeter, Paul Archibald, with a repertoire of entirely traditional English songs and tunes. You can hear the whole set on our live gigs on the tour which begins today, or jusr buy it anyway!

Tracks:
1. The Moldavian Schottische / The Snowdrop Polka
2. The Press Gang
3. The Barbados Lady
4. Lichfield Tattoo / The Radstock Jig / The Quickstep from The Battle of Prague
5. The Trees they do Grow High
6. Banbury Bill / The Old Woman Tossed Up In A Blanket / The Beaux of London City / Hunt the Squirrel
7. Bold Archer / Dearest Dicky
8. The Red Lion Hornpipe / Peckett's Hornpipe / The Welch Hornpipe
9. The Loss of the Ramillies
10. Nelson, The Fallen Hero / The Death of Nelson

The CD is dedicated to the memory of our dear friend and colleague Howard Evans, who played trumpet with Brass Monkey from our earliest beginnings in the 1980s until poor health overtook him a few years ago.
16 Feb 2009:  HARRY HILL'S TV BURP!
Those poor souls who missed this breathtaking performance last Saturday get a second chance tomorrow night - Tuesday February 17th, on ITV 1 at 11.05 p.m. - to witness this meeting of two great minds. It's not often you get to see a concertina- playing folkie being mauled by a prominent comedian with an artificial pig, so make the most of it!
 
Back | More...