Media/Radio Airplay News
CARMINA SIGN TO REAL WORLD MUSIC PUBLISHING
We are delighted to announce that we have recently signed to Real World Music Publishing and we are promoting our new album 'My Crescent City' with
their help. We feel incredibly honoured to be joining their roster, which includes Peter Gabriel's works and a whole host of brilliant music by highly-respected
musicians from all over the world. It's been great getting to know the people at Real World Music Publishing - they are a really enlightened group of people with
some fantastic ideas about helping their musicians, so we are very much looking forward to working with them. We released an EP of four edited tracks from the new
album on June 24th (TwentyThree EP) with the help of Real World and Long Tale Recordings
Review of Carmina EP 'TwentyThree' - Venue Magazine, Bristol
'Acoustic Celtic-jazzers Carmina have a lot up their musical sleeves and
this EP is a good showcase for their bag of tricks. The four self-written
songs by Pippa Marland and Rob King come from the band's recent 'My
Crescent City' album and reflect their established pastoral mysticism,
with Marland's voice poised and disarming throughout. Recorded in Dublin,
the production - by Irish folk legend Donal Lunny - is rich and lush
without being overdone, giving the songs a commercial sheen that might
well attract some new fans. This is particularly true of the title track,
where Dave Goodier's propulsive double bass and Nic France's elegant
drumming give a jazzy drive to the deft saxophone solos and yet still suit
excellently the arrival of a traditional Irish reel towards the end. It's
a fine, energetic track that deserves a bit of airplay and a wider audience.'
- Four Star Rating (out of Five)
Our new album 'My
Crescent City' is now
available - Mp3 sales (via iTunes, Napster etc.) also available
In a recent Irish Times interview 'My Crescent City'
Producer Donal Lunny describes Carmina's music as "very,
very sweet. Very tender. And they're brilliant musicians"
The first published review (on folkforum.nl)
of 'My Crescent City' gave it 9+
(English Translation as pdf here)
"Pippa Marland has a real autumn leaf of a voice..
..with a gorgeously rich depth of colour"
8/10 Hot Press
"Whispers of Moving Hearts at their spacious, innovative best, as well as Van during his 'No Guru, No Method, No Teacher' period, infuse this quietly
confident set piece. Vocalist Pippa Marland bestows a smoky, languid air to a gathering that boldly takes possession of the iconic 'Lord Franklin', and
guest piper Diarmaid Moynihan bores deep beneath the surface of 'TwentyThree (In the Morning)'. The pleasurable maturity of the playing and the sense of
ego-free collaboration is a joy to visit and revisit." The Ticket, Irish Times
"Marland's singing is beautiful, her voice clear and true throughout..the quality of the musicianship is extremely high..really beautiful piping
interludes..beautiful, harmonious music." Debbie Koritsas, Songlines
"Their very name is a guarantor of the finest music from an eclectic group of musicians. Their latest offering lives up to all expectations"
**** Nottingham Evening Post
The first Japanese review of the cd is here
'December Song' was placed on the Christmas playlists for BBC Radio Nottingham and KCLR FM
(covering the south-east of Ireland) - this meant the stations gave repeated airplay for the song throughout the Christmas period
'December Song' also featured on the 'Celtic Heartbeat' Christmas show (22/12/07) on BBC Radio Wales
BBC Radio Bristol played it on 07/12/07
WRFG (Georgia, USA) aired it on 30/12/07
2MCE-FM NSW Australia played 'Hungry Hill' (08/12/07) &
'December Song' (22/12/07)
'December Song' aired (13/12/07) on RTV-oost (Hengelo, The Netherlands) in a Winter-themed 'Goeiemiddag Overijssel' show
'Blessed are the Broken' has made the 'Top Ten of 2007'
on 'The Crooked Road' (Radio Britfolk - now The Music Well & Swindon Fm - 20/12/07 & 'webcast')
Aled
Jones (BBC Radio 2) played 'Blessed' on 20/05/07,
calling it "Beautiful"
'Blessed' can also be heard in full on the new Carmina
Myspace Page
Frank Hennessy on 'Celtic
Heartbeat' BBC Radio Wales played 'Blessed' again on 20/10/07, 'Hungry Hill', 'Lord Franklin' and 'Cool Clear Water' on 27/10/07 , 'Still Falls the Rain' on 28/10/07
"Absolutely Gorgeous....a Masterpiece"
John Creedon, RTE 1 played 'Hungry Hill' on 12/11/07
John Holmes, BBC Radio Nottingham afternoon show played TwentyThree (22/05/08) two tracks from the album (28/10/07) and interviewed Pippa on 05/11/07
BBC Radio Show websites feature 'Contact the Show' facilities
that if you wish you can sent in requests & comments
"I love Carmina's music!! The music is beautiful, uplifting and fits so well into my show. Listeners have called often asking about the pieces..."
"I have added (Crescent City) to my 'best of 2007' list"
Laurie DesJardins - KVMR
Nevada City, CA, USA
Recently Laurie has played 'TwentyThree' (14/12/07) 'Stretched on your Grave' (30/11/07 & 26/03/08), 'Still Falls the Rain' (25/03/08), 'Blessed are the Broken' (16/11/07 & 08/02/08) & 'Hungry Hill' (16/11/07)
previously playing 'Carolan' (24/02/06), 'The Five Lakes' (24/03/06 & 20/04/07), 'Last Call for Tomorrow' (09/08/06), 'Lord Franklin' & 'You Turn me on, I’m a Radio' (01/06/07 & 09/07/08), 'Mireia' (29/06/07), 'Tom Moody' (19/10/07, 21/03/08, 29/06/07)
"awesome sound, nice melodies – catchy stuff – sounds great!" Sergio Cabanillas, Cabanijazz Madrid, Spain
"I like your music very much & am really glad to introduce our audience to your music" Roberto Lupercio XHBA Baja California, Mexico
Mark Thomas on his KMSU (Minnesota,
USA) World
Beat show played 'Hungry Hill' (03/11/07), Blessed are the Broken (02/06/07 & 02/12/07) & 'TwentyThree' (05/01/08)
John C. Falstaff WRFG (Georgia, USA) played 'TwentyThree' (25/11/07 & 02/12/07),
'December Song' (30/12/07) 'I Am Stretched on Your Grave' (13/01/08, 24/02/08, 29/06/08), 'Hungry Hill' (9/03/08, 18/05/08, 22/06/08), 'Lord Franklin' (06/04/08), 'Raglan Road' (13/04/08)
Susi Lanagan (PBS
FM 106.7 Melbourne, Australia) played ’Cold Clear Water’ (27/03/08), 'Mostly Myself' (1/11/07), 'TwentyThree (22/11/07) & 'Love Like Angels' (09/02/06)
FM-Brussel
Belgium played two songs from 'My Crescent City' on 14/10/07
"Very beautiful sound" Yoichiro Fujiwara, Shinjuku
Records Tokyo
"I'm extremely excited about the new Carmina CD"
Kelly Clement, Celtic and Beyond KTAO
Taos, NM USA
On 24/10 Kelly aired 'Blessed Are the Broken', 'Lord Franklin' and 'December Song'
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'Blessed are the Broken' from 'My Crescent City' won
the Tipperary Peace Convention International Song
for Peace Competition (Tipperary Town, Ireland
28/04/07) against entrants from Ireland, N. Ireland, England,
The Netherlands, Germany and U.S.A.
'Cold Clear Water' (another new song on 'My Crescent
City') received an honourable mention in the 'Song of the
Year 2006' competition folk category, also it reached the
finals of the 2006 Sean McCarthy Memorial Ballad competition
in Ireland and was very well received by the audience although
it wasn't chosen as overall winner.
On Monday 07/08/06 Pippa was interviewed on the John
Holmes Show (BBC Radio Nottingham) about the competition
& played extracts of her 'audio diary' of the event & the 'demo'
recording of 'Cold Clear Water' and John called it "gorgeous"
and Carmina "one of the great bands around in Nottingham"
'Cold Clear Water' has also been recorded by Micha
Marah (respected Belgian folk artist) with Pippa
guesting on vocals and sax, this is the third Carmina song Micha has recorded
John Weeks & Cath Connelly on 3MDR
97.1 FM (Australia) interviewed Pippa live on
their Spectrum
show (15/07/06) & played 'Bird of Paradise' (07/07/06 & 15/07/06),
'Raglan Road' (08/07/06), 'River' (12/08/06), 'In the Morning'
(20/01/07) and 'Blessed' (27/10/07)
Sonja Hedlund on WJFF Jeffersonville, NY played 'Mountains of Prayer' and 'Mireia' (11/10/07), 'Blessed Are the Broken' & 'Hungry Hill' (12/04/08 & 30/05/08), 'December Song' (19/04/08)
"Very lively, beautiful music - I really like this group"
Blair Larsen Fresh Folk KUSU-FM Utah played 'Mostly Myself' (14/06/08)
L1-radio
(Netherlands) broadcast (09/03/06) a live recording of Carmina's
2006 Fookhook
concert
Carine Tolbecq on Radio
Panik (Belgium) played 'The Five Lakes' & 'TwentyThree (In
The Morning)' (09/06/07)
John
Creedon on RTE One played 'Red River Valley
Girl' (03/11/05) and featured a Carmina 'Live' Session on his
show (15/11/05), which was repeated (19/11/05) in a RTE
'Best of the Year' show and 'Hungry Hill' (12/11/07)
On her 'What the Folk!' show (PBS
FM 106.7 Melbourne, Australia) Susi Lanagan
has played 'Red River Valley Girl' (28/07/05), 'Love Like Angels'
(09/02/06), 'You Turn Me On, I'm a Radio' (23/02/06 & 06/07/06),
'Twentythree' (06/04/06),'The Leaving Wakes' (10/08/06), 'Mostly Myself' (1/11/07), 'TwentyThree' (22/11/07), 'Cold Clear Water Of The Mountain' (27/03/08)
Roz and Howard Larman's Folkscene
show (networked across USA on KPFK CA, WUMB MA,
KPFZ CA, WGCS IN, WYOU VA, Online from
www.progressiveradionetwork.org & Plains FM Christchurch,
NZ) played 'Katy, the Years' (April/05)
On her 'Continental Drift' show (KUSP
Santa Cruz, CA. USA) Cindy Odom played 'The Leaving Wakes' (19/02/05)
Brian Greene (WXTC
Internet Radio) interviewed Pippa (21/10/06)
ahead of the Cork Jazz Festival appearance and played several
tracks, an .mp3 'Podcast' of the interview can be downloaded
by clicking here
(23mins - 11Mb file)
Casey Mallinckrodt (Night Jazz) on WKZE
Connecticut, USA played 'Down To Land/Garrett Barry's Jig' on
06/06/04 & Sept 26/09/04
Andy Donnelly presenter of 'The Celtic Show' on
CKUA
Canada emailed to say he has given 'On a Quiet Street' "quite
a lot of airplay" most recently playing 'The Five Lakes' (13/8/04),
'Weather in the Heart' (20/8/04) & 'Tom Moody' (25/03/05)
County
Sound Radio (Surrey & N. Hampshire) have interviewed
Pippa & continue to play tracks from 'Love Like Angels'
Kelly Clement played 'Blackwaterside'(03/06/04 & 28/06/06),
'Tom Moody'(03/06/04), 'The Moody Jigs' (03/06/04 & 28/06/06)
"Over the last couple of months I've gotten a very enthusiastic
response regarding the Carmina tunes that I have played, and
I've already received requests to play more of your music on
upcoming shows".
Kelly Clement - 'Celtic and Beyond' KTAO
New Mexico, USA
Frank Hennessy 'Celtic Heartbeat'
Radio Wales played
'TwentyThree', 'Raglan Road' and 'Lord Franklin' on his show
(24/01/04), speaking highly of the band's performance, calling
'Raglan Road' a "personal highlight" of that week's program
and has since played 'Red River Valley Girl','Blackwaterside',
'Raglan Road', 'Lord Franklin' (18/12/04 - 22/10/05 - 25/02/06),
'Blessed are the Broken' (19/05/07), 'December Song' (22/12/07), Cold, Clear Water (17/05/08)
'Raglan Road' has had airplay on 350 stations across the USA
on the PBS-networked 'Thistle
& Shamrock' show
Spirit
FM (W. Sussex) has also been giving Carmina tracks regular airplay
playing 'The Moody Jigs' on 18/07/04
Rob & Pippa appeared on a live broadcast, playing live from
the Theatre Royal Nottingham for BBC
Radio Nottingham (John Holmes show) on 4/06/04
and he has since played 'Cut You Into Stars' (13/04/05), 'Mireia'
(14/04/05) & 'Cold, Clear Water' (07/08/06)
Mike Ganley (producer/presenter) of 'The
Crooked Road' interviewed Pippa in January 2004
and again in June 2004 to discuss Carmina's appearance at the
Marlbrough Jazz festival
Mike has also aired a feature on Rob & Pippa at the 2007
Sean McCarthy Memorial Ballad Competition Finals Finuge,
County Kerry and played 'Cold Clear Water' (Carmina's entry)
and 'Carolan' - 30+ minutes of that show featured Carmina
his show has featured 'You Turn Me on, I'm a Radio' (15/11/04
& 23/11/06), 'Weather in the Heart' (23/05/05), 'Raglan Road'
(19/09/05), 'Love Like Angels' (21/11/05 & 05/01/06) & 'Blessed
are the Broken' (17/05/07, 24/05/07, 07/06/07, 12/07/07), Mostly Myself (22/05/08)
On 'Come
All Ye' 2MCE-FM NSW Australia, Bruce
Cameron played 'Weather In The Heart' (10/09/06) & 'Carolan'
(10/09/06)
also on her 2MCE-FM show 'One
of the Folk' Terry Fatseas played 'Red
River Valley Girl' & 'The Five Lakes' (25/08/07), 'Hungry Hill' (08/12/07) & 'December Song' (22/12/07)
Mark Thomas on his KMSU (Minnesota, USA) 'World
Beat' show first played Carmina in early 2002,
more recently playing 'Bird of Paradise' (4/9/04 & 4/12/04)
'Red River Valley Girl' (02/10/04) 'Weather in the Heart' (06/11/04
& 01/01/05) & 'Blessed are the Broken' (02/06/07 & 02/12/07), 'Hungry Hill' (03/11/07),& 'TwentyThree' (05/01/08)
Karen
Impola on KUNI
(Iowa, USA) played 'Down to Land' (29/8/04 & 23/1/05) & 'Lord
Franklin' (19/9/04 & 05/12/04) & 'The Moody Jigs' (02/01/05)
Galway Bay FM, Onda Verde Madrid 107.9 FM,
Radio Gold Network Italy,
Robert Menzel at WSMU MA. USA, Czech state radio's
folk/world show (Jiri Plocek), Paul
Hartman on WTMD Towson, Maryland, USA, KRFC
Fort Collins, Colorado, USA, KZSC CA. USA and Charlie
Crocker BBC Radio Kent have also supported Carmina with airplay
BestBuy.com
(one of the largest retailers in USA/Canada with 840 stores)
has added the Cdbaby.com
artists (including Carmina) to its instore 'kiosk' system &
'online' website sales (Carmina Cds can also be ordered in recordstores
worldwide via distributor Super
D)
Shinjuku
Records Tokyo now stock Carmina Cd's - thanks
go to Yoichiro for the support
'On a Quiet Street' & 'Love Like Angels' have their first
Japanese reviews here
and here
"The music of Carmina - her voice, beautiful melody, musicianship
- always takes my breath away when I listen to it. It's really
a great CD & wonderful music. I am sure many people in Japan
(will) appreciate their music" Noblame
Carmina cd's are also stocked at:
Burke's
Music (Castlemaine, Australia)
The Basement Discs (Melbourne, Australia)
After the Gold Rush (Nevada City CA USA) also now stock Carmina cd's
Ameoba Music (Hollywood, Berkley & San Francisco CA USA)
Ella Guru (Atlanta, Georgia USA)
Decatur CD (Decatur, GA USA)
Here are a selection from the warm and wonderful messages &
reviews that have been coming in for these releases
Love Like Angels
"A really great album - wonderfully moody and emotional"
Bath Evening Chronicle 'Love Like Angels' review
"best work yet, wonderful material and rock solid production"
Kelly Clement 'Celtic and Beyond' KTAO FM
"Lovely"
Frank Hennessy 'Celtic Heartbeat' Radio Wales
"in a word - gorgeous!"
Mike Ganley 'The Crooked Road' Swindon FM
"lovely - I will be playing these cd's"
Terry Fatseas 2MCE FM Australia
'On a Quiet Street'
"Glorious...Gorgeously haunting"
Time Out 'On a Quiet Street' review
"Poignant...Reflective...Hauntingly exploring loss and
the fear of loss"
Venue Magazine, Bristol 'On a Quiet Street' 4 star review
"'On A Quiet Street' is a hauntingly beautiful album full
of poignant lyrics and incredibly skilled musicianship. The
album basically encapsulates some of the band's best work over
the past few years, but also contains some unique covers of
hits such as Van Morrison's 'Crazy Love' - An album to be proud
of"
Irish World
"Beautiful voice...Absolutely impeccable music"
Ronny Daschot -
Jazznote Recordstore
Belgium
"This is an impressive album...a fine mixture of traditional
and original material, with a few well-selected covers. Marland
and King's 'Bird of Paradise' is memorable, as are Van Morrison's
'Crazy Love' and the traditional 'Lord Franklin'"
Bath Evening Chronicle review of 'On a Quiet Street'
'On a Quiet Street' awarded 9+ in Folkforum.nl review
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'Love Like Angels' is a beautiful CD.
Having drawn inspiration from traditional and Irish music, among
others, Carmina have gone on to create a unique and exquisite
sound, rooted in their poetry and musical abilities.
If no-one does yearning better than Jackson Browne, then no-one
has a smile in their voice like Pippa Marland, it's a voice
of steely delicacy.
Perhaps the CD's greatest strength lies in Rob King's production,
He has great taste.
From the unrequited love and unsent letters in the title track
to the sunshine of 'Mireia', it's a gem.
You really want to know what inspired the thoughts behind Pippa
and Rob's songs and are given some clues in the CD notes. Paul
McGann, for example, contributed to 'Tom Moody' and his spoken
voice melds with Pippa's on this track about the First World
War.
Pure serendipity brought me to Carmina and I wanted to pass
on my good fortune in finding contemporary music of such diversity
and depth.
You'll have little to lose but an awful lot to gain from hearing
'Love Like Angels'
Chris Cosgrave
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Excellent single, brilliantly produced and shows Pippa's voice
off beautifully.
I'll be playing this and other tracks until the rest of the
world wakes up and finds out what it's missing.
Justice? I just hope it comes quicker for you than Mandela.
Mark Ringwood - Spirit FM
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Thanks for the music, beautiful stuff
Steve Cohen - Eastvillage Radio
NY, USA
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Such wonderful, heartfelt celtic music!
Kelly Clement - 'Celtic and Beyond'
KTAO 101.9 FM New Mexico, USA
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I love Carmina's music!! The music is beautiful, uplifting and
fits so well into my show. Listeners have called often asking
about the pieces...
Laurie DesJardins - KVMR Nevada City, CA, USA
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'On a Quiet Street' is great - I put it on every time I need
to re-boot myself
Steve Poole - Ram Folk Club
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I've never heard of them before but I think their music is beautifully
haunting and relaxing. I love the marrige between traditional
Irish Folk with contemporary jazz. GREAT STUFF!!!! I hope I
get the chance to obtain their other CDs at some stage. Please
be sure to pass on my thoughts to the band. With many thanks
and wishes for a wonderful New Year!!
Noel (Australia)
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For years I have been listening again and again to an old tape
of Carmina:
'In The Glory Days', and my soul gets wings every time I listen
to it,
I feel so connected to your songs...
and so I am happy to have found you in the internet!
I am looking forward to listening to more songs from you...
Michael (Germany)
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You will perceive today I am a happy woman; TWO CDs arrived,
and filled my car and head with the serenity and vitality of
Carmina.
When I got back to my house after running errands, it was an
effort to turn off the engine and transfer everything to my
house, but well worth it; Carmina Redux is playing as I type.
Have you some special power over the Royal and US mail? - they
arrived in what seemed to me to be record time; no pun intended!!
Victoria (USA)
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After seeing you performing live, I was hooked.
Your music has that 'special ingredient' that so many other
bands try to capture, but cannot seem to succeed.
'On a Quiet Street' is just magnificent, it is the product of
master craftsmanship.
The songs that you have written are beautifully presented.
Pete's piano sounds so much more poignant in light of his untimely
passing.
On the second night of the live recording, I went and offered
him my congratulations and told him I thoroughly enjoyed the
music. I am very glad that I got to talk to him.
The pipes lend themselves very well to your music fit in beautifully.
Once again, I congratulate you on a masterpiece of musicianship,
What a fitting tribute to Pete, and what a wonderful legacy
he has left for music lovers of all ages
My very best wishes, Michael
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The new album is a joy!
My favourite so far is Franklin. Stunning and what a story
I could go on all night about the album, suffice to say it is
another wee masterpiece which you have every right to be proud
of
Memories of Pete streaming through
Eileen
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This is such a good album - a well deserved XXXX
I like all the tracks but particularly the soulful
sax in 'Bird of Paradise', the meandering sax header and pace
of 'Crazy Love' (surely Van would enjoy this version?), the
timeless melody of 'Red River Valley Girl' and the gentle, sweet
sounds of 'Down to Land' - and doesn't Pete take off in 'Concorde'?
and also his lovely piano contribution in 'You turn me on' -
'Mireia' is an unexpected surprise
Pippa's got such a lovely voice
Rodger
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Concorde & Carmina
Rob & Pippa's song 'Concorde' has long been the 'unofficial'
Concorde theme song - and now Concorde is made its final scheduled
flight on the 24th of Oct.
- three Concordes landed at Heathrow on that day
& Heathrow Air Traffic Control played the song as the planes
landed.
A month later, the haunting, serene sound of Carmina's 'Concorde'
was played to the huge crowd which gathered to witness a poignant
and historic moment as the last operational Concorde touched
down for the last time - very fittingly at the aircraft's birthplace,
Bristol's Filton Aerodrome.
More info. on the BBC
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