Seth Lakeman - Tales From The Barrel House
Celebrated folk singer-songwriter, former Mercury Prize nominee, and virtuoso fiddler Seth Lakeman will release his 6th album 'Tales from the Barrel House' on April 2nd 2012.
Having made the album available exclusively to his mailing list before christmas, Seth sold all 10,000 copies of this limited run in just 5 weeks, with an offer to personally sign all albums ordered in the first day resulting in over 3,000 copies being purchased in 24 hours
Nominated for the Mercury Prize in 2005 for his 'Kitty Jay' album, 'Tales from the Barrel House' see's seth returning to his Devon roots. Recorded at Morwellham Quay mining port on the north bank of the River Tamar, tracks were recorded in workshops located in the quay. One track even saw Seth descend into a disused West Country copper mine to record a vocal and banjo take.
Recorded with just one sound field microphone, Seth not only wrote all the songs, but played every musical contribution himself, as well as producing and mixing the album.
He will be touring the UK in the coming weeks. Dates can be found below. Get in touch if you would like tickets or interview time for any of these:
February:
Thu 23 Manchester Club Academy
Fri 24 York Fibbers
Sat 25 Lincoln Tokyo
Sun 26 Nottingham Rescue Rooms
Tue 28 Colchester Arts Centre
Wed 29 Portsmouth Wedgewood Rooms
March:
Thu 1 Bristol Trinity
Fri 2 Oxford Academy
Sat 3 - Plymouth Pavilions
Bbc Concert Orchestra And Special Guest Seth Lakeman
Tue 20 Bournemouth Fire Station
Wed 21 Cambridge The Junction
Thu 22 Sheffield The Plug
Fri 23 Cardiff Coal Exchange
Sat 24 Leamington Assembly