The Sleeping Years

2011′s Green Man Festival is coming up this weekend. If you happen to be going, you can catch me playing on the Pub Stage on Sunday 21st at 5pm.

Other events to look out for are the Arctic Circle‘s curation of the Cinema Tent on Saturday and Sunday featuring Paper Cinema, Sone Institute, North Sea Radio Orchestra, etc, and Emily Barker and the Red Clay Halo, who play on Friday night at 9.45pm.

Full line up: http://www.greenman.net/lineup

See you there!

7ème Ciel by Bastien Leblanc

Hello, I have some shows coming up through June, July and August…

Fairy Tales and Monsters
On 11th June I will be singing with The Age of Not Believing Orchestra at King’s Place in London. This orchestra features members of The High Llamas, The Red Clay Halo, Homelife, Beth Orton accompanist Ted Barnes, plus a six-piece brass section and 30-strong choir. This concert is part of the Fairy Tales and Monsters Festival curated by Arctic Circle and will be a really unique show – one not to be missed!
Tickets:
http://www.kingsplace.co.uk/whats-on-book-tickets/music/the-age-of-not-believing-orchestra-the-real-tuesday-weld

Gill Sandell at The Green Note
On the 14th July I will be supporting Gill Sandell at The Green Note in London. For the last few years Gill has been the accordionist and flautist with Emily Barker & The Red Clay Halo (who have recently provided the title music for the BBC2 Drama series ‘Wallander’ and ‘The Shadow Line’). This will be Gill’s first headline show with her own band.
Tickets:
http://www.wegottickets.com/event/120257

Catchers in Paris
My old group Catchers will be playing a very intimate, one-off show in Paris on 6th August at Les Concerts du 7ème Ciel, held on a rooftop overlooking the Sacré Cœur.
For details on how to win tickets for this event please visit:
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Les-Concerts-du-7%C3%A8me-Ciel/136924289174

The Green Man Festival
Finally, I am really looking forward to playing at this year’s Green Man Festival. The festival runs from 19th to 21st August and I will be playing on Sunday. Headliners include Fleet Foxes, Iron and Wine and Explosions in the sky.
Festival information:
http://www.greenman.net

I hope to see you there!

(artwork by Damian O’Hara)

Don’t forget that the ‘Fairy Tales and Monsters‘ festival begins at King’s Place in London on the 9th June.

Curated by Arctic Circle, the festival’s highlights include a celebration of the music of Vernon Elliot, a tribute concert to Moondog, and Paper Cinema‘s performance and workshop.

I will also be taking part on the 11th June, singing a new song with the Age of Not Believing Orchestra, which features members of The High Llamas, The Red Clay Halo, Homelife, Dollboy, Beth Orton accompanist Ted Barnes, plus a brass section and a 30-strong choir!

Tickets are available from King’s Place by going here:

http://www.kingsplace.co.uk/whats-on-book-tickets/music/the-age-of-not-believing-orchestra-the-real-tuesday-weld

Hi, there are a couple of shows coming up to tell you about…

First of all I will be doing a solo set at a showcase night for the Trace Recordings label on the 7th April at The Wilmington Arms in London w/ Rome Pays Off, Signals, David Hurn, etc. Tickets will be £5.

All proceeds from this event will go towards the Red Cross Japan Tsunami Appeal.

You can donate to the Red Cross by going here:
http://www.redcross.org.uk/japantsunami/?approachcode=68861_blogjapan.

On 11th June I will be appearing with the Age of Not Believing Orchestra as part of the Arctic Circle‘s ‘Fairy Tales and Monsters‘ Festival at King’s Place.

The AONBO features members of The High Llamas, The Red Clay Halo, Homelife, Dollboy and Beth Orton accompanist Ted Barnes. Singers on the night will include Adrian Crowley, Emily Barker, Stephen Coates, etc.

I will be singing a new, specially written song for the event.

For all details, times and prices please check out the ‘Shows’ section here: http://sleepingyears.com/live/

We are going to be performing some songs with a brass section and small choir at the Arctic Circle Christmas Concert at Kings Place on Dec 17.

Tickets are on sale now from http://www.kingsplace.co.uk/music/folk-union/the-arctic-circle-christmas-concert

The concert will also feature Emily Barker, Ted Barnes, Dom Coyote and Harry Escott with some surprise guests.

‘While December Turns‘ by Rothko and The Sleeping Years:

9 – Rothko and The Sleeping Years – While December Turns by Arctic Circle Radio

‘This old world grown quiet’ (featuring Dale Grundle):

3. Arctic Circle Ensemble & Puffin Voices – This Old World Grown Quiet by Arctic Circle Radio

We have recorded a cover of ‘Cattle and cane‘ by The Go-Betweens for release this month with The Explorer’s Club.
‘The Explorers Club is a collaboration between LOAF recordings and Arctic Circle. Together we plan to bring you a series of special, one-off singles released once a month from 30, or so artists from the four corners of the globe.‘
http://www.l-o-a-f.com/explore

‘Cattle and cane‘ will be released on the 18th Aug and you will be able to order the track on its own or you can subscribe to access all tracks released so far on The Explorer’s Club.

You can listen to the song now on soundcloud:

Cattle and cane by thesleepingyears

Available to order from:

Amazon: http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B003T3PA46/ref=dm_sp_alb
Boomkat: http://boomkat.com/downloads/312799-the-sleeping-years-homelife-explorer-s-club-8-reykjavik-dublin
Juno: http://www.junodownload.com/products/1593758-02.htm
HMV: https://www.hmvdigital.com/artist/the-sleeping-years-homelife/explorers-club-8-reykjavik-dublin

Recording credits:

Dale Grundle – Vocals, guitar, bass, piano, percussion
Dan Wood – Keyboards
Alex Beamont – Cello
Tom Page – Drums

The first show of this year will be at Kings Place in London on the 26th Feb.
Accompanied by members of both The Sleeping Years and Catchers – and the Arctic Circle Brass Ensemble – Dale will perform songs in special arrangements by John Jermy and Nick Drake-collaborator the late Robert Kirby.

Alice Lemon will be joining Dale on stage to perform some Catchers songs.

Tickets are on sale now with very limited SAVER SEATS available online at £9.50 for all concerts. Prices (unless stated otherwise): £24.50, £19.50, £15.50 Premium seats available.

Tickets http://www.kingsplace.co.uk/music/weekly-themes?theme=102

Facebook page: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=244640127919&ref=mf