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2nd May 2010, Mary King's Voicelab Choir will do a joint gig with the band Elbow for the Southbank Centre's FOLK AGAINST FASCISM gig, taking place in the Queen Elizabeth Hall at 7.30pm. Sarah grew up singing folk songs with her large and very vocal family, so there were always plenty of opportunities to improvise vocal harmonies - often after a trip to the pub. She's also a regular at her local folk club THE GOOSE IS OUT.
BREAKING NEWS...26th May 2010 (evening) The Southbank Centre presents A Night Out With Fran Landesman in the Purcell Room, introduced by poet Lemn Sissay and featuring Sarah and Simon Wallace with guests Imelda Staunton, Phil Daniels, Bob Dorough and Gwyneth Herbert. Warren Lakin will chat to Fran about her extraordinary life and work against a backdrop of photos and film footage. This is an Access All Areas event and tickets are £10. (www.southbankcentre.co.uk).
16th November 2009, 7pm LONDON JAZZ FESTIVAL, Royal Festival Hall Sarah has joined Ian Shaw's Voicelab Choir which will perform a support slot for the brilliant vocal group Naturally 7
18th November, 7.30pm LONDON JAZZ FESTIVAL 2009: VIVA DIVAS! (Sarah, Gill Manly & Kai Hoffmann) are taking part in the London Jazz Festival, bringing our Peggy Lee/Ella Fitzgerald/Dinah Washington show to The Forge in Camden www.forgevenue.org.uk
23rd November, 7pm, Judee Sill Anniversary Concert, St Bride's Church, Fleet Street
Judee Sill
October 7th, 1944 - November 23rd, 1979
On Monday 23rd November at 7pm, in St Bride's Church there will be a Concert celebrating the life and music of Judee Sill. She was a direct contemporary of Joni Mitchell and Carole King, toured with Graham Nash and David Crosby, and was the first artist to be signed to David Geffen's Asylum label. She died on 23rd November 1979 of drug abuse.
A group of notable musicians (including members of St Bride's Choir) will perform songs from her two albums 'Judee Sill' and 'Heart Food', including her UK hit 'Jesus was a Cross Maker'. Sarah and Simon Wallace will perform Down Where The Valleys Are Low, The Phantom Cowboy and Ridge Rider.
Proceeds from the evening will go to HopeUK, a charity offering drug awareness sessions to children, young people and their parents.
The Raindance Film Festival 2009 screening of 'Almost A Legend - The Life & Lyrics of Fran Landesman' will take place on Friday 9th of October at 16:45 at the Apollo Piccadilly Circus (19 Lower Regent Street, London W1).
Tickets:http://www.raindance.co.uk/site/index.php?id=407,4841,0,0,1,0
The film (by Mia Vuoia-Ringwald) includes tracks from A Lazy Kind Of Love and Something's Gotta Give and live studio footage, plus tracks by Mark Murphy, Ian Shaw and Bob Dorough.
Volume I of the Landesman/Wallace songbook, available now from Red Ram Records.com and spwmusic@btinternet.com.
Piano, guitar and vocal arrangements for 30 of Simon and Fran's songs.
Sarah has joined VOICELAB choir at Southbank Centre, London. The first concert in which she'll be taking part is on Sunday 20th September and is an excerpt from Leonard Bernstein's stunning 'Mass', with BERNSTEIN PROJECT conductor Marin Allspot. There's a whole day of Bernstein related workshops, films and music, and it's called MASS RALLY. This is part of the ongoing Bernstein Choral Project which culminates in July 2010 with a full performance of Mass in its entirety. www.southbankcentre.co.uk
Summer Festival Dates 2009 at a glance: 16th May Dulwich (London); 10th July Swanage; 26th July Margate; 30th July, London; 25th August London
TWO BRAND NEW SHOWS FOR 2009 with gigs in May, June, July and August.
BRIGHT LIGHTS TONIGHT is the title of the new show which Sarah, Pete Atkin and Simon Wallace have put together. It features duets and plenty of harmony singing on some of their favourite songs, from writers as varied as Richard Thompson, Carole King, and even Buddy Holly plus stunning songs from their individual repertoires. The first gig was on 15th May 2009 at The Blue Hours, a great night hosted by Barb Jungr at New Greenham Arts, near Newbury. Barb hosts the night and does the first set so it's a bargain with 2 acts for the price of one!
The 2nd show on Saturday 16th May was a sellout for the Dulwich Festival
(www.dulwichfestival.co.uk), when Sarah, Pete and Simon did 2 sets upstairs at The Magnolia in East Dulwich, with special guest Nicki Leighton-Thomas. If you'd like to be notified of gigs that are coming up for Sarah and Pete drop Sarah an email from her mailing list page. Check Dates page for Atkin/Moule/Wallace gigs as they come in.
New Dates Added For Summer 2009
'A PORTRAIT OF MISS PEGGY LEE' is the title of Sarah's brand
new show featuring great songs associated with the iconic Peggy Lee. First show is The Guardian's JAZZ PICK OF THE WEEK, on Monday 8th June as part of the VIVA DIVA! series at Pizza Express Jazz Club, Dean St., London W1 (www.pizzaexpresslive.co.uk), where Sarah and Gill Manly will each be doing a set. 'Two very classy - and very different - jazz singers' The Guardian PICK OF THE WEEK.
Two new dates added for Summer 2009, at the Hot August Fringe Festival, at the historic Royal Vauxhall Tavern in Kennington, London (www.theroyalvauxhalltavern.org). See Dates for times and booking details.
Jazz Voice Jukebox@ Ronnie Scott's Club, London. Sarah was featured vocalist on the 3rd edition of this stunning new Spoken Word & Jazz night hosted by BBC Radio London's Jumoke Fashola at the club, and performed with fellow guests Southbank Artist In Residence Lemm Sissay and Agnes Meadows. Simon Wallace, Ollie Hayhurst and Winston Clifford are the house band and the next night is 12th July.
Dave Gelly reviews A Lazy Kind Of Love in The Observer
newspaper on Sunday 18th May, calling it 'a little treasure' see reviews on Press page
Stephen Foster at BBC Radio Suffolk interviewed Sarah about her
gig the Kersey Fleece on 30th January. Broadcast 3rd week January, 2009.
Sarah and Simon Wallace performed the title track from 'A Lazy Kind Of Love' on BBC Radio 4's Loose Ends on Saturday 31st May 2008.
Live On BBC Radio London 94.9fm
Sarah and Simon Wallace were guests of Jumoke Fashola on BBC Radio London on 30th April 2008. As well as performing 'A Lazy Kind of Love' live in the studio, they also composed and performed a song with lyrics supplied by a caller to the show live on the show. A tricky task but one with which Simon is well acquainted from composing for television and theatre. For more about Simon Wallace go to www.franlandesman.com.
Midnight Voices
Pete Atkin's cd Midnight Voices - Volume I of the Clive James and Pete Atkin Songbook is now available on www.redramrecords.com
Guest vocalist on Pete Atkin's new cd, 'Midnight Voices' (Hillside Music), Volume 1 of the Clive James/Pete Atkin Songbook. Sarah and Pete perform the duet 'Be Careful When They Offer You The Moon', as heard on Russell Davies' Song Show on BBC Radio 2 in February 2008. This song was previously recorded by Pete and Julie Covington.
'Midnight Voices' launched at The Groucho Club, Soho, London on 11th March 2008. Pete and Simon Wallace played a short set to invited guests and journalists, including the lyricist, writer and broadcaster Clive James, who also sang one of his and Pete's compositions. Sarah joined them to sing harmony vocals on Be Careful If They Offer You The Moon - 'That was beautiful' was Clive James' s reaction to hearing the song live.
Sarah and Pete Atkin performed together at The Stables, Wavendon on Friday 4th April 2008 . Each played a set of songs from their respective new cds. The band featured Simon Wallace (piano), Mark Hodgson (bass) and Ralph Salmins (drums) . Pete recorded the album at Underhill Studios in the summer of 2008 with Simon, Mark and Roy Dodds, with Mike Outram on guitar and Alan Barnes on saxes. Check out www.peteatkin.com for more info and to become one of the Midnight Voices forum members. |
