Julie Byrne and Michael Chapman share a mutual admiration for each other’s music which has led to them sharing the bill at what will be a special night at the Union Chapel on November 13th alongside Jim Ghedi.
EB=MC2, an album produced in Ehud Banai’s native Israel brings these two together – and shows that the adage about old dogs and tricks is far from the truth. “And your guitar, so clear and bright, is like a cure to the broken heart”.
EB=MC² is the new album from British folk legend Michael Chapman and one of Israel’s most successful singer songwriters, Ehud Banai. “A genuine piece of life captured by the flexibility of words and melody.”
Scott Hirsch and Michael Chapman will share the same bill for the first time in September with a series of UK dates. Both artists cast a mercurial eye on their art-form, moving the primitive guitar into realms of blues, jazz and the avant garde.
For those that missed it, ace guitarist Michael Chapman performed on Later… with Jools Holland on 18th April 2017. Watch him performing Sometimes You Just Drive which features on his latest album 50.
Having first played together in Tel Aviv in 2013, English folk-blues legend Michael Chapman and Israeli singer-songwriter Ehud Banai join forces once again for a series of UK Concert Dates.
Singer/songwriter/guitarist Sarah McQuaid is hard at work writing songs for her new album, to be produced by none other than folk icon Michael Chapman who she met when they both performed at Village Pump Festival in 2014.
Listen in full to Michael Chapman’s new record 50, titled to commemorate fifty years of touring, is his first “American record” and the first in years recorded with a full band under the watchful ear of producer Steve Gunn. It his undeniable late-career masterpiece.
Listen to the lead track from Michael Chapman’s forthcoming album ’50’. Produced by Steve Gunn the album also features Nathan Bowles and fellow UK songwriting luminary Bridget St John.
Steve Gunn unveils Ancient Jules video which stars none other than the legendary British folk icon Michael Chapman. Features on his forthcoming new album ‘Eyes On The Lines’.
Michael Chapman’s latest release ‘Fish’ is a beautifully constructed album. It’s a delightfully un-sanitised recording of a master guitarist completely at ease with his playing.
It’s not everyday we get to feature new music from such a revered British guitarist and songwriter as Michael Chapman who celebrates his 75th year soon. Listen to ‘Jack’ from his forthcoming new album Fish being released on Tompkins Square.
