Newsletter #17 – First party at Netil Market and Dangerous Play Update…

Well it’s the beginning of December!! Just a quick note to say we are having a small gathering on this Sunday, 6th December, the first ‘Netil Noel’ at Netil Market (Westgate St, Hackney) to celebrate the shop being open and Christmas coming. There will be some spot sales, music from Steve Folk and others and a chance to meet other outdoors enthusiastic peeps! And to check out all our lovely new…

Steve Folk is a travelling troubadour, living and recording his music on his two roaming canal boats. Last summer Steve took his boats along the Kennet and Avon Canal to play at various venues from London to Bristol to promote his new album Ramble.

Steve now has 3 albums available (under the guise of Steve Thompson AKA Blabbermouth) and his new single Urban Fox with the B-Side Home celebrates both the sheer joy of city life and the need of a retreat!

"His voice quivers with a rare intimacy and his gauche lyrics are bluntly effective"

UNCUT

  "Here is a musician and songwriter who lives his Art"

SPIRAL EARTH

  "One of the most invigorating acts to arrive on the scene in some time"

ACOUSTIC MAGAZINE

The single is accompanied with a heart-warming and amusing video of two urban foxes making there way into the city from there rural beginnings; the B-Side "Home" is the sequel to this story and another video will accompany the song further down the line.

Here is the video link, an absolute must see: http://vimeo.com/60237434

Steve's previous video "That Sleigh" (a Christmas release) received over 35,000 views over the Christmas period.

His live CV is hugely impressive having played with artists like Seth Lakeman, Show of Hands, Sam Carter, The Magic Numbers and many other established acts. Return invites include The Sidmouth Folk Festival and has played at The Wadebridge Folk Festival, The Crawley Folk Festival, Farm Festival, The Two Rivers Festival and many more community Festivals. Steve has performed all over the UK and has also played gigs in New York, Philadelphia, Amsterdam, Paris and beyond. As we say, quite a CV.

Steve had also played for charities such as OxJam, Cancer Research and The Big Issue. An avid busker, he is one of the few buskers that plays only his own material, Steve has busked all over the country and confesses to have sold most of his CD's this way, it's this grass roots approach that makes Steve Folk a true Folk artist.

A passion for songwriting shines through on his new single "Urban Fox" and his skills as a producer and arranger are showcased with great results thus making Steve Folk one to watch in 2013.

And now for something completely different. This is Steve Folk. Steve presents himself as a travelling troubadour. And that's what he is. "Steve Folk (ex-Blabbermouth), is a true travelling troubadour, living and recording music from his roaming canal boats, he has also been known to tour via boat too, last summer Steve cruised The Thames and The Kennet and Avon stopping off at venues and pubs along the way and playing songs from his acclaimed album “Ramble”."