Upcoming UK tour to be followed by runs in Australia,
North America, China later this year. See the video for “Apparition”
at Yahoo!
now.
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Calan (L-R):
Angharad Jenkins, Sam Humphreys, Bethan Rhiannon, Patrick Rimes, Alice French. Photo credit: Richard P Walton.
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PLAY, POST
& SHARE
[SOUNDCLOUD]: https://soundcloud.com/fanaticpro/calan-apparition
[YOUTUBE]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eKGH71FzVuY
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“Grace, daring and sheer joy.” — The
Daily Mirror (UK)
“Stunning. Gorgeously crafted songs,
sprightly foot-tappers, verve and raw excitement.” — The Belfast Telegraph (UK)
The untraditionally traditional Cymru, Wales-based
group Calan is the only Gwerin
(translation: Folk) band to be held in a detainment cell at Chicago’s O’Hare
International Airport alongside a death metal band from Estonia. Calan is also the only band of any
genre to follow-up that experience by performing alongside Sting at the Royal Albert
Hall as part of the 50th birthday celebration of famed opera singer, Sir Bryn Terfel Jones.
These facts, even without listening to a note (or a
foot stomp) from Calan, makes them
rock stars, albeit rock stars on a mission to prove that traditional music,
based on folklore and taught and performed through the generations, actually
does rock. With 2017 performances in Australia and China following several
months touring the US and UK supporting the new album Solomon (Sain Records, May 12th), Calan
is on its way to accomplishing that.
Despite the ancient roots of Calan’s music, this brash, young group is comprised of a new
generation of ambassadors, striving to take their sound to new audiences,
raising some eyebrows with their deliberate presentation, while also raising
the international profile of traditional Welsh music. Get used to this:
Accordion, Fiddle, Pipes, Harp, and the percussive sound of Clogs are the new
Guitar, Bass, and Drums.
To date, Calan
has gone from busking in the streets of Cardiff to introducing Welsh
traditional music to curious music fans in the UK, Belgium, Italy, France, and
on several tours of North America, playing festival shows on huge stages to
tens-of-thousands, as well as at local folk club shows, unrestricted by sound
systems, while standing on tables and jumping off chairs.
The musicians making these old sounds new, blasting
their way through the old reels, jigs and hornpipes, include Calan vocalist, accordionist, and
wearer of the clogs, Bethan
Williams-Jones, who sings in both English and Welsh, and learned her style
of award-winning clog dancing from her father, who was also a champion.
Soloman’s
first single is “Apparition,” a Calan original based on entries in the
bizarre diaries of Rev. Edmund Jones,
a minister and soothsayer living in Wales during the 18th century. The writings
affirm Jones’s belief in fairies,
and discuss the legend that claimed that when the coal and iron industries came
to Wales, the fairies disappeared, as fairies don’t react well to metals. No
word on how fairies react to Estonian death metal.
Solomon,
the latest album by Calan, arrives
via Sain Records on May 12th, 2017. The band
launches a UK tour later this month (see dates below), with dates in Australia,
North America, and China to be announced. Members of Calan are available for interviews. Contact Josh
Bloom at Fanatic for
more information.
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Calan
Solomon
May 12th, 2017
(Sain Records)
Track Listing:
01. Kân
02. Ryan Jigs
03. #DeportationSelfie
04. Apparition (SOUNDCLOUD | YOUTUBE | MP3)
05. Hayes and Quinn's
06. Madame Fromage
07. Pe Cawn I Hon (If She Were
Mine)
08. Yr Eneth Ga'dd Ei Gwrthod
(The Rejected Maiden)
09. Synnwyr Solomon
(Solomon's Wisdom)
10. Dennis, Polca!
11. Yr Hwiangerddi (The
Lullabies)
12. Big D
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Calan – Live
4/20/2017: Hereford, UK @ Courtyard Arts Centre
4/21/2017: Farnham, UK @ Maltings
4/22/2017: New Milton, UK @ Forest Arts Centre
4/23/2017: Hitchin, UK @ Folk Club
4/24/2017: Maldon, UK @ Blue Boar/Mac Theatre
4/25/2017: Norwich, UK @ Arts Centre
4/27/2017: Baston, UK @ Barn
4/28/2017: Bangor, UK @ Pontio
4/29/2017: Settle, UK @ Victoria Hall
4/30/2017: Gateshead, UK @ Sage
5/02/2017: Glasgow, UK @ Cottiers Theatre
5/03/2017: York, UK @ National Centre for Early Music
5/04/2017: Sheffield, UK @ Greystones
5/05/2017: Otley, UK @ Courthouse
5/06/2017: Bury, UK @ Met
5/07/2017: Liverpool, UK @ Philharmonic Hall Music
Room
5/09/2017: Wavendon, UK @ Stables
5/10/2017: London, UK @ King's Place
5/12/2017: Ivybridge, UK @ Watermark
5/13/2017: Bridport, UK @ Arts Centre
5/14/2017: Horsham, UK @ Capitol Theatre
5/16/2017: Bristol, UK @ Colston Hall Lantern
5/18/2017: Swansea, UK @ Taliesin AC
5/19/2017: Brecon, UK @ Theatr Brycheiniog
5/20/2017: Cardigan, UK @ Theatr Mwldan
5/25/2017: Fareham, UK @ Ashcroft Arts Centre
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Calan Links
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Contact Josh Bloom at Fanatic Promotion
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