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october shows
european billy bragg shows
kathryn williams and neill maccoll- "two"
matthew jay tribute
single- "Come With Me"- OUT NOW!
words from the garden
kathryn writing with neill maccoll
new flickr photos uploaded
"when" video
Leave To Remain
new forum online.
Colours are Brighter.

October shows
kathryn and neill will be playing 4 more uk shows in october. full details on the tourdates page...

Billy Bragg shows
k & n will be supporting billy bragg in paris, antwerp, frakfurt and cologne from 25th to 29th september. more details here

"two" out march 3rd 2008

the new album- "Two" by Kathryn Williams and Neill MacColl is due for release on March 3rd. more information about this record at WilliamsMacColl.com. kathryn and neill wrote, recorded and mixed this record over just three weeks in 2007. there's a quicktime video telling the story of the record here or below is the youtube vesion...

go to WilliamsMacColl.com for samples of all songs

actually, here's the player- click for samples...
 

matthew jay tribute...

single- come with me... out now
the frist single from "Two" will be "Come With Me". it's available on itunes and is paired with "Ghost" (exclusive track). there are a couple of great reviews at WilliamsMacColl.com/press. See kathryn and neill perform Come With Me live at WilliamsMacColl.com/videos.html or on the youtube video above.

words from the garden

kathryn has been involved in a writers in residence project at the alnwick garden in northumberland. the results of the project are being released on a very limited edition CD by caw in collaboration with new writing north. 4 poets were involved with the project, and the whole thing has been put together in a soundscape with music by kathryn w and nev clay. the CD artwork is by kathryn w. you can buy the CD from the caw records online shop.

click here to download an mp3

Leave To Remain

Kathryn's new album, Leave To Remain, came out on October 2nd. Early reviews have been great... "her most haunting work since Old Low Light" -The Times http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2101-2376282.html "her best album yet" Observer Music Monthly http://observer.guardian.co.uk/omm/reviews/story/0,,1871737,00.html We'll update you with more reviews, etc on the press page soon. go to the music page to hear samples.
 
new dates- pigalle club and greenbelt...
kathryn is playing at the pigalle club, piccadilly on monday 10th september. looks like a great venue. take a look at their site... full details on the tourdates page. other new dates include the greenbelt festival on 24th august. kathryn is only doing a few one-offs at the moment, as she's spending a lot of time writing (see next story)...

Kathryn writing with neill maccoll...

kathryn's been writing a lot of new material with guitarist neill maccoll. the audience at the tricycle theatre show were treated to previews of a couple of their songs. kathryn says that she's really happy with this new material and that she's really excited about the coming album. check out the tricycle theatre thread on the forum for reactions to kathryn and neill's new songs.


new shots uploaded to flickr


we've just uploaded a load of new photos to kathryn's flickr page. new photos include shots from the daughters of albion show at the barbican and cork opera house, sage gateshead photos, and some from the recent shows in london and gloucestershire. other people have been busy uploading more tricycle theatre shots, celtic connections photos and yet more end of the road pictures.
if you have any shots from gigs or whatever, you can upload them to our group and tghey'll become part of the gallery on this site.  click here to see the photos as a slide show.
 

"when" video

now online at kathrynwilliams.net/when.html


 New forum online.
we've finally got a forum back online since losing the old one to hacker-madness. so sign up and talk to us! the forum is at www.kw-forum.co.uk



Colours are Brighter

kathryn has contributed a song to the "colours are brighter" save the children album, which is out on 16th October. the album was put together by belle and sebastian and features songs for children by fourtet, franz ferdinand, the kooks, the divine comedy and loads of other brilliant people. it's a really great record, everyone's really gone for it and decided to forget being cool! the full tarcklisting is:
1.  Four Tet featuring Princess Watermelon - Go Go Ninja Dinosaur
2.  Rasputina - A Skeleton Bang
3.  Franz Ferdinand - Jackie Jackson
4.  Snow Patrol - I am an Astronaut
5.  The Divine Comedy - Three Cheers For Pooh, Cottleston Pie, Piglet Ho
6.  The Kooks - The King & I
7.  Half Man Half Biscuit - David Wainwright's Feet
8.  The Barcelona Pavilion - Tidy Up Tidy Up
9.  Jonathan Richman - Our Dog is Getting Older Now
10.  Belle and Sebastian - The Monkeys are Breaking Out the Zoo
11. Ivor Cutler Trio - Mud
12. The Flaming Lips - The Big Ol' Bug Is The New Baby Now
13. Kathryn Williams - Night Baking
more details and samples at http://www.coloursarebrighter.com

 

tour dates

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