JANIS IAN:

FOUR DAYS UK PROMOTION FROM LONDON - THE BEST OF JANIS IAN

19th - 22nd SEPTEMBER 2011

The ever popular Janis Ian returns to the UK in
late October and through to November 2011 to
undertake a long overdue concert tour and to
promote a double CD plus DVD set entitled The
Best Of Janis Ian.


Before that, however, Janis will be coming to a
radio station near you to talk about her now over
four-decade long career, which includes such
commercial high-water marks as her 1960's
breakthrough hit, Society's Child and
At Seventeen, the classic, poignant reflection of
awkward teenagerhood.





Janis Ian is warm & witty and a great interview subject - catch her and her 'live'
songs for yourself on the following radio stations and shows.

NB: The BBC regional radio stations do have 'listen again' facilities via their websites -
should you miss the original broadcast or indeed like a second helping.

BBC Radio Scotland:
Presenter ~ Tom Morton on air 14.30 - 16.00
Broadcast date/time: TBA

BBC Radio 2:
Presenter ~ Zoe Ball on air 6.00 - 8.00
Broadcast date/time: TBA

BBC Radio 2:
Presenter ~ Sally Boazman ~ 'When Rock Chicks Rule'
Broadcast date/time: TBA

BBC Radio Merseyside:
Presenter ~ Spencer Leigh on air Sat 18.30
Broadcast date/time: TBA

BBC Radio 4: Womens Hour
Presenter ~ Jenni Murray on air 10.00 - 11.00
Broadcast date/time: 10.30 on Wednesday 21st September 2011

BBC Radio 2:
Presenter ~ Johnnie Walker on air Sunday 11.00 - 13.00
Broadcast date/time: TBA

BBC Radio Suffolk:
Presenter ~ Stephen Foster on air 16.00 - 19.00
Broadcast date/time: TBA

BBC Radio Humberside:
Presenter ~ James Hoggarth on air 19.30 - 22.00
Broadcast date/time: TBA

BBC Radio Northampton:
Presenter ~ Bernie Keith on air 9.00 - 12.00
Broadcast date/time: 11.40 on Thursday 22nd September 2011

BBC Radio Kent:
Presenter ~ Roger Day on air 19.00 - 22.00
Broadcast date/time: TBA

BBC Radio Cumbria:
Gordon Swindlehurst on air 12.00 - 14.00
Broadcast date/time: 12.30 on Thursday 22nd September 2011

BBC Radio 2:
Presenter ~ Mike Harding on air Wednesday 19.00 - 20.00
Broadcast date/time: TBA

BBC Radio Derby:
Presenter ~ Andy Potter on air 13.00 - 16.00
Broadcast date/time: 14.00 on Thursday 22nd September 2011

BBC Radio West Midlands:
Presenter ~ Paul Franks on air 16.00 - 19.00
Broadcast date/time: TBA

BBC Radio York:
Presenter ~ Russell Walker on air 12.00 - 15.00
Broadcast date/time: TBA

BBC Radio Gloucester:
Presenter ~ Tom Lowe on air 10.00 - 12.00
Broadcast date/time: TBA

BBC Radio Wales:
Presenter ~ Alan Thompson on air 19.30 - 22.00
Broadcast date/time: TBA

BBC Radio Cambridge:
Presenter ~ Sue Marchant on air 19.00 - 22.00
Broadcast date/time: TBA

BBC Radio Bristol:
Presenter ~ Elise Rayneron air 14.00 - 16.00
Broadcast date/time: 15.15 on Thursday 22nd September 2011

Janis will also be taking time out to chat to the following local stations:

Radio Teesdale - Teeside - presenter: Peter Dixon
All FM - Manchester - presenter: Andrew Edwards
Bauer FM - Scotland - presenter: Richard Allan
Forth 2 - Scotland - competition

Janis will also be interviewed by the following publications:

Inverness Courier
Maverick Magazine
The Journal - Newcastle
Ross-shire Journal
The Beat Magazine
Highland News
Diva Magazine
Newcastle Chronicle
The Argus - Brighton
The Jewish Telegraph - competition



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CHRIS SPEDDING:

PEARLS - ONE DAY AT THE BBC

Chris Spedding has long been acknowledged
as one of Britain's premier guitarists.

Throughout the 1970's, he was the guitarist
of choice for artists as varied as Gilbert
O'Sullivan, David Essex, John Cale, Bryan
Ferry and scores of others to numerous to
mention.

Chris Spedding has also conducted an absorbing solo career, of which his latest album,
Pearls, is one of his finest.

Incorporating a breathtaking variety of styles - from Blues, atmospheric instrumentals,
Jazz and even a bit of skiffle, Chris also went on the radio recently to discuss it, on
the following shows:

BBC Radio Newcastle:
Presenter ~ Simon Logan on air 12.00 - 16.00
Broadcast date/time: TBA

BBC Radio 2: Tracks Of My Years
Presenter ~ Ken Bruce on air 9.30 - 12.00
Broadcast date/time: TBA

BBC Radio Kent:
Presenter ~ Roger Day on air 19.00 - 22.00
Broadcast date/time: TBA

BBC Radio Derby:
Presenter ~ Andy Potter on air 13.00 - 16.00
Broadcast date/time: 14.15 on Tuesday 13th September 2011

BBC Radio Cambridge:
Presenter ~ Sue Marchant on air 19.00 - 22.00
Broadcast date/time: TBA

BBC Radio Merseyside:
Presenter ~ Spencer Leigh on air Sat 18.30
Broadcast date/time: TBA

BBC Radio Suffolk:
Presenter ~ Stephen Foster on air 16.00 - 19.00
Broadcast date/time: TBA

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SHAKATAK:

BILL SHARPE & ROGER O'DELL IN CONVERSATION

 

 

Bill Sharpe and Jill Saward's Jazz-Funk
combo were one of the 1980's most
consistent dance floor fillers, care of hits
such as Night Birds and Easier Said Than
Done, Shakatak return with an excellent
new album Across The World, released on
the Secret Records label.

Amongst the airy Funk, pulsing Jazzy grooves and propulsive rhythms, is a great version
of the Coldplay classic, Trouble.

Bill Sharpe and Roger O'Dell from the band undertake the following radio interviews:

BBC Radio Northampton:
Presenter ~ Bernie Keith on air 9.00 - 12.00
Broadcast date/time: 10.45 on Tuesday 6th September 2011

BBC Radio Berkshire:
Presenter ~ Phil Kennedy on air 16.00 - 19.00
Broadcast date/time: TBA

BBC Radio Kent:
Presenter ~ Roger Day on air 19.00 - 22.00
Broadcast date/time: TBA

BBC Radio Cambridge:
Presenter ~ Sue Marchant on air 19.00 - 22.00
Broadcast date/time: TBA

BBC Radio Suffolk:
Presenter ~ Stephen Foster on air 16.00 - 19.00
Broadcast date/time: TBA

BBC Radio Coventry:
Presenter ~ Vic Minett on air 14.00 - 17.00
Broadcast date/time: TBA

BBC Radio Derby:
Presenter ~ Andy Potter on air 13.00 - 16.00
Broadcast date/time: TBA

BBC Radio Wales:
Presenter ~ Alan Thompson on air 19.30 - 22.00
Broadcast date/time: TBA



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ROBIN TROWER:

THE PLAYFUL HEART TOUR: AUGUST - OCTOBER 2011

 

 

 

Robin Trower is now a real elder statesman
of British Rock.

Forty years as a solo performer have not
blunted the cutting guitar edge that is heard
throughout his new album, The Playful
Heart released on the Repertoire Records
label.

Robin's live performances are master classes of the improvisational guitar arts.

Amongst the guitar playing cognoscenti, Robin Trower is revered for his distinctive tone
and his Hendrix - tinged explorations.

All this, and he's one of the genuine good guys. See him on tour in the UK from August to
October 2011. The dates, in so far, are as follows:

AUGUST:

Sun 28th: MILTON KEYNES - The Stables
Mon 29th: LANCASHIRE - Colne R 'n B festival

SEPTEMBER:

Thurs 15th: DERBY - Assembly Rooms
Fri 16th: SHEFFIELD - The Academy
Sat 17th: KENDAL - Brewery Arts Centre
Thurs 22nd: MANCHESTER - Band On The Wall
Fri 23rd: GLASGOW - The ABC
Sat 24th: ABERDEEN - The Lemon Tree
Sun 25th: EDINBURGH - The Caves

OCTOBER:

Wed 5th: BILSTON - Robin 2
Thurs 6th: SOUTHAMPTON - The Brook
Fri 7th: FROME - The Cheese & Grain
Sat 8th: FALMOUTH - Pavillion


More dates to be announced shortly


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JANIS IAN:

THE BEST OF JANIS IAN: OCTOBER - NOVEMBER 2011

 

One of the great singer-songwriters to emerge
in the turbulent 1960's, Janis Ian sets off on her
first UK tour for six years in the Autumn of this year,
in which she will be promoting a career-spanning
double CD compilation, The Best Of Janis Ian.







The Janis Ian in-concert experience, is, as her legion of fans will aver, an amazing
two-hour event that sees her navigate a path through the forty-odd years of her
absorbing career.

From the 1960's Civil Rights heyday of the debut hit, Society's Child, through to her
70's and 80's commercial high water mark of the At Seventeen era, and on to more
recent triumphs such as her Billie's Bones and Folk Is The New Black albums.

Janis Ian is a wonderful singer, and a staggeringly accomplished guitarist, and, if she
ever decided to pack this singing lark in, could also make a living as a stand-up comic
or raconteur, peppering her sets with witty stories and laugh-out-loud interludes.

She's also renowned for her willingness to meet and greet her fans after shows.

It is not only music; Janis' autobiography, Society's Child, published in 2008, garnered
massive press plaudits for its unremitting honesty and candour, some frequently
difficult and personally trying experiences recalled without a shred of self-pity or
mawkishness.

Janis Ian will be coming in to the UK for promotional work in September in advance of
the tour; Contact us here at Indiscreet PR for more details.

The tour dates, in so far, are as follows:

OCTOBER:

Wed 26th: SHEFFIELD - The Cathedral
Fri 28th: NEAR INVERNESS- Strathpeffer Pavillion
Sun 30th: EDINBURGH - Queen's Hall
Mon 31st: GATESHEAD - The Sage

NOVEMBER:

Tues 1st: STOCKTON - ARC
Thurs 3rd: SALFORD - The Lowry
Fri 4th: BASINGSTOKE - Haymarket
Sat 5th: LONDON - Cadogan Hall
Tues 8th: BRISTOL - St George's
Wed 9th: WORCESTERSHIRE - Huntingdon Hall
Thurs 10th: MILTON KEYNES - The Stables
Sat 12th: BRIGHTON - St Georges Church
Sun 13th: BIRMINGHAM - Town Hall
Mon 14th: LEEDS - City Varieties


More dates to be announced shortly


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JACKIE LEVEN:

THE WAYSIDE SHRINES TOUR: OCTOBER - DECEMBER 2011

 

Jackie Leven is one of the great British singer-
songwriters.

In a career that's been cracking on for nearly
forty years now, Jackie has pursued a determinedly
individualistic path and his brand new album
Wayside Shrines And The Code Of The
Travelling Man (released on the Cooking Vinyl
label in August 2011).





Recorded with gifted collaborator Michael Cosgrave, is an absorbing and hugely
engrossing collection that shows his compositional skills are as sharp and keenly
observed as ever.

Jackie will be undertaking some live shows later this year and will be largely solo, with
multi-instrumentalist, best friend and co-conspiritor Michael Cosgrave appearing when
he can.

There'll be songs from the new album, but also unrecorded new songs.

Expect brand new stories both funny and sad from Fife's master storyteller!

The dates in so far are as follows:


OCTOBER:

Sat 22nd: MANCHESTER - Academy 3
Sun 23rd: HEBDEN BRIDGE - The Trades Club
Mon 24th: YORK - The Duchess
Tues 25th: WAVENDON - The Stables, Stage 2
Wed 26th: BRISTOL - Thunderbolt
Thurs 27th: DERBY - The Flowerpot
Sun 30th: BIRMINGHAM - Kitchen Garden Cafe

NOVEMBER:

Thurs 17th: GLASGOW- Woodend
Sat 19th: KINROSS - The Green Hotel

DECEMBER:

Fri 9th: TUNBRIDGE WELLS - Assembly Hall, Theatre Foyer Bar



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