News
13/01/2010
New Year, New stuff – youtube, spotify & tour pix
Wishing you a very warm – if rather snowy – welcome to 2010! Whilst things may have been a bit quiet since before Christmas, there’s been lots of beavering away behind the scenes to bring you some new bits ‘n bobs…
Tour pix
Nathan’s Winter Wanderings tour of the UK was a big success – with lots of friendly faces (new and old) coming out to hear him play. Thanks to all of you who came down and made for a very special first ever tour. We’ve put a few photos of the gigs up on the gallery page at www.nathanball.com/gallery/winter-wanderings
Christmas in the studio & New You Tube video
After a couple of months on the road, Nathan travelled over to Ireland and spent much of Christmas in the studio recording as many songs as possible! By 1 Jan 2010, he’d recorded over 30 songs to help him decide on the final few that will appear on his debut album, to be released in the Spring.
To give you a taste of what’ll be on the album, some good friends have made a first attempt at a music video of one of Nathan’s most recent – and most relevant – songs ‘Stand Up’. You can view the video at: www.nathanball.com/gallery or on youtube at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jWUCgQb2QY4
Nathan adapted the lyrics for ‘Stand Up’ from a Winston Churchill speech – both the song lyrics and the text of the original speech can be found on the lyrics page at: http://www.nathanball.com/stand-up
Nathan Ball on Spotify
With so many people listening to their favorite artists on spotify, we figured it was about time we made Nathan’s Footprints EP available there too. Check out www.spotify.com if you haven’t already and please let your spotify-loving friends know they can now hear Nathan there for free!
Debut album
Come February, Nathan’ll be back over to Ireland to record his debut album with the rest of the band. He’ll be helped along by record producers Tom Newman (Tubular Bells/Virgin Records) and Steve Fearnley. Check the website and watch this space for sneak previews of recordings and the latest news from the studio…
Until then… stay warm!
Nathan Ball & friends
27/11/2009
Welsh Wanderings, new Manchester dates, South Westerly collaborations & the journey so far…
Nathan is now just over half way through his Winter Wanderings tour of the UK. Thanks to all of you who have come to hear him play over the past few weeks and a warm winter welcome to those of you who signed the mailing list at one of the tour gigs.
The journey so far… It’s been an amazing month travelling the country playing some beautiful gigs – from the jam-packed opening night in London town to the home-from-home that is the Penzance Arts Club… along the way selling out in Brighton, enchanting audiences in Stroud, Norwich and Nathan’s home town of Bracknell and a very special gig on a boat in Bristol with Martha Tilston… it’s been an incredible journey!
Welsh Wanderings
Next stop on the road is Bangor in North Wales where Nathan will be playing TOMORROW night (Sat 28th Nov) at The Greek, supported by quirky, experimental folk artist Stacey Cohen and her Wild Mountain Giants.
New Manchester dates
After that it’s over to Manchester (yes finally some Manchester dates!) for the first of 2 showcase gigs at the For Folk’s Sake Yuletide Special at The Bay Horse on Wednesday 2 December. The second will take place at the Green Room on Friday 11 December.
South Westerly collaborations
Following the first Manchester date, Nathan will be return to the South West for a series of dates with the inspiringly talented Tobias Ben Jacob of Roots Union…
3 December: EXMOUTH @ The Beachcomber 4 December: TOTNES @ The Barrelhouse
5 December: HEREFORD @ Café Green (Note the change from the previously publicised Glastonbury gig)
6 December: HAY-ON-WYE @ The Globe
And finally…
The tour will draw to a close with a final Northern date at the Sela Bar in Leeds on Sunday 13th December with the lovely people from Stone Soup.
After a busy couple of month’s touring, Nathan will head over to Northern Ireland for Christmas and although there are no Irish tour dates booked in, the traditional festive sessions will no doubt provide ample opportunity for even more musical winter wanderings…
Nathan Ball & friends
30/10/2009
NEW TOUR DATES ANNOUNCED!
Thanks to all of you who came down on Wednesday – it was great to pack out the venue and felt like a good opening night to the tour!
I’ll be leaving London on Monday but before I get on the road I wanted to let you know about some just-booked tour dates, the time change for THIS SUNDAY’s Norwich gig with Brooke Sharkey, and my next moves…
NORWICH:
So - this Sunday (1st Nov) I will be playing the second date of my tour at The Cider Shed in Norwich. It had previously been advertised as taking place from 7.30pm on Sunday evening but it is actually an afternoon gig from 2.30pm, finishing around 5/6ish. Full details of the gig are available at here
NEW TOUR DATES:
Following an invitation to join up with the wonderfully talented Tobias Ben Jacob of popular folk band The Roots Union, I have now added a further 4 dates to my tour as follows:
3 December
EXMOUTH (venue TBC)
4 December
TOTNES @ The Barrelhouse
5 December
GLASTONBURY @ King Arthur
6 December
HAY-ON-WYE @ The Globe
If you’re based in the South West or on the Welsh borders – or know people who are – please forward the new dates on to them.
NEXT MOVES:
After Norwich, I’ll be in Stroud (Tues 3rd Nov) with local band Hot Feet and the following day (Wed 4th Nov) I’ll be supporting Martha Tilston at the Bristol Thekla. If you haven’t encountered Martha already, she’s certainly worth a trip to Bristol – but book ASAP as tickets are likely to sell out. You can also book advance tickets for the Bracknell gig on Sat 7th Nov and the Brighton gig on Wed 11th Nov – so please get booking if you’re planning to come!
I will write against once I’m on the road…
Nathan x
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