Our Song of the Day is a video premiere of Lovely Molly which features on The Fade in Time, the new album from Sam Lee and Friends released March 16, 2015.
The video is actually a live recording session in which Sam is joined by the Roundhouse Choir who certainly live up to their reputation here as one of the most exciting and energetic young choirs in London. In amongst their ranks in the video you can spot Jamie Doe (The Magic Lantern, Ballina Whalers). This is one of the most moving songs I’ve heard in a very long time, just watching it is emotionally over-whelming, the atmosphere in that room during that recording must have been something close to magic. The beauty of this is beyond words.
A fitting tribute if ever there was one to many singers who pass down these fine songs from one generation to another. The likes of Jeannie Robertson made Lovely Molly famous, it featured on the 1963 Prestige release The Cuckoo’s Nest and Other Scottish Folk Songs. She learned the song through Hamish Henderson who in turn learned it from Jock MacShannon while engaged in fieldwork in Kintyre. Sam in turn flourished under the tutelage of Aberdeenshire’s Stanley Robertson (whose aunt was Jeannie), on his last album…a fine example of a living tradition if ever there was one.
Don’t miss Sam Lee on Tour which kicks off with his Temples Tour Album Launch this month:
TOUR DATES
Temples Tour
17 MAR – 20:00 ALBUM LAUNCH: ST MARKS DALSTON: TEMPLES TOUR LONDON
18 MAR – 20:00 ALBUM LAUNCH: ST PANCRAS OLD CHURCH: TEMPLES TOUR LONDON
19 MAR – 20:00 ALBUM LAUNCH: SANDY’S ROW SYNAGOGUE: TEMPLES TOUR LONDON
20 MAR – 20:00 ALBUM LAUNCH: WESTMINSTER QUAKER MEETING HOUSE: TEMPLES TOUR LONDON
Tour
25 MAR – 19:00 RADIO 2 FOLK SHOW SALFORD,
28 MAR – 20:00 BRIGHTON CORN EXCHANGE BRIGHTON,
13 APR – (ALL DAY) FALMOUTH: GIVING VOICE FESTIVAL FALMOUTH,
28 APR – 20:00 EXETER PHOENIX EXETER,
29 APR – 19:00 TRURO TRURO,
30 APR – 19:00 BROADWELL,
01 MAY – 20:00 SALISBURY: ROUTES SOUTH WEST SHOW SALISBURY,
02 MAY – 19:30 CORSHAM: ROUTES SOUTH WEST SHOW CORSHAM,
03 MAY – (ALL DAY) BRISTOL: ROUTES SOUTH WEST SHOW/BRISTOL FOLK FESTIVAL BRISTOL,
04 MAY – 19:00 EMBERCOMBE: SOLO TALK ONLY EXETER,
05 MAY – 20:00 BRIDGWATER: BRIDGWATER ARTS CENTRE BRIDGWATER,
09 MAY – (ALL DAY) ROUNDHOUSE: VOICES NOW LONDON,
16 MAY – 11:00 DAY OF FORAGING WITH SAM IN SUSSEX (PLEDGE OFFER) NEAR LEWES,
16 MAY – 21:00 SINGING WITH THE NIGHTINGALES (PLEDGE CAMPAIGN EXCLUSIVE) NEAR LEWES,
17 MAY – 15:00 GROUP SINGING LESSON WITH SAM (PLEDGE CAMPAIGN EXLCUSIVE) LONDON,
Special Levels Collective Evening
As part of Folk Radio UK’s ongoing partnership with Bridgwater Art Centre called “The Levels Collective” we have a number of upcoming special evenings including Sam Lee and Friends on TUE 5TH MAY, 2015 8pm
Tickets an details here
The Fade in Time is released March 16, 2015
Pre-Order via: Amazon
Read more about Sam’s Pledge Campaign here:www.pledgemusic.com/projects/samlee