Our Song of the Day comes from the harmonious Harry Bird and the Rubber Wellies who are fast becoming a firm FRUK favourite. Here they are with that great folk ballad The Golden Vanity from their 2013 album Kettle of Silver.
You have no excuse not catch these guys as they start a 100 date tour of Britain and Ireland (some dates below).They also have a new album on the way which we’re really looking forward to hearing. Bricks and Feathers is due for release on May 1st via Hot Drop Records.
About the band:
Skippered by guitarist Harry Bird (Edinburgh/Bilbao) and multi-tasking beard-meister Christophe Capewell (Sheffield/Dublin), they have spent the last seven years on the road, playing bars, cafes, circus galas, festivals, folk clubs and front rooms alike, cheering audiences all over from Galway in Ireland to Gisborne in New Zealand. After the success of “Long Way to Be Free” (2009) and “The Bones on Black” (2012), this year sees the release of their third studio album, “Bricks and Feathers”, with the usual crew of far flung welly misfits.
UK Tour Dates
26/04/15 The Tap & Spile, Hexham, ENGLAND (4.30pm)
29/04/15 The Greystones, Sheffield, ENGLAND (with Chelsea Alice Scott)
30/04/15 House Concert, Edgbaston, Birmingham, ENGLAND
01/05/14 Seven Bro7hers Brewery, Manchester, ENGLAND (20h)
02/05/15 Puzzle Hall Inn, Sowerby Bridge, ENGLAND (6pm)
04/05/15 Dorchester Arts Week, Dorchester-on-Thames, ENGLAND
07/05/15 Loughton Folk Club, Loughton. ENGLAND
08/05/15 Hot Numbers Coffee, Cambridge, ENGLAND
10/05/15 The Blues Bar, Harrogate, ENGLAND (6pm)
14/05/15 The Oval Tavern, Croydon, ENGLAND
15/05/15 The Hyde Tavern, Winchester, ENGLAND
16/05/15 Miss Peadpods, Penryn, ENGLAND (with Martha Tilston)
17/05/15 Dreamers Folk @ The Sportsmans Arms, Four Lanes, Redruth, ENGLAND
22/05/15 The Blue Walnut, Torquay, ENGLAND
24/05/15 The Sheppey, Lower Godney, ENGLAND (2.30pm)
26/05/15 The Canteen, Bristol, ENGLAND
27/05/15 The Druidstone, Broad Haven, WALES
29/05/15 Billy Byrnes, Kilkenny, IRELAND (with The Savage Jim Breen)
30/05/15 Nighthawks @ The Cobalt Café, IRELAND
03/06/15 Sweeney’s, Dublin, IRELAND
04/06/15 The Café Sessions @ Chapter One, Cavan, IRELAND
06/06/15 The Greyhound, Kilkee, IRELAND
07/06/15 Mullarkey’s, Clifden, IRELAND
09/06/15 Rouge, Galway, IRELAND
11/06/15 Gulpd, Cork, IRELAND
12/06/15 McCarthy’s, Dingle, IRELAND
13/06/15 The Mariner, Bantry, IRELAND
14/06/15 De Barra’s, Clonakilty, IRELAND
19-21/06/15 Solas Festival, Blackruthven, Perth, SCOTLAND
28/06/15 Dundee Acoustic Music Club @ West Church, Dundee, SCOTLAND
02/07/15 The Old Bridge Inn, Aviemore, SCOTLAND
22/08/15 Just So Festival, Rode Hall Estate, Cheshire, ENGLAND
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