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NEWS 2004
Bellow are all the news flashes from 2004, the latest news can be read here.
December 20th, 2004 A new diary entry from Caroline: read about skating ducks, a huge christmas tree and more... December 17th, 2004 Capodanno Celtico on Rai Due In the night of December 18th 2004, starting from 00.30, Italian TV channel Raidue will broacast a special dedicated to the Milan Celtic New Year - Samonios, the prestigious festival that took place from October 29th to November 1st 2004 in the wonderful setting of the Sforza Castle. The program includes shows, concerts and interviews, including Caroline's performance at the Celtic New Year. More information at http://www.trigallia.com/news/041218_raidue.asp November 23rd, 2004 Looking back on Milan, looking forward to Brussels with Loreena McKennitt and more. Click here to read Caroline's latest entry! For more info on the Brussels concert please visit the live section. October 12th, 2004 A New Letter ... On gigs in London and Milan, tea in Paris, running marathons in England and more. Read the letter here! September 25th, 2004 September 8th, 2004 A New Letter Read the latest diary entry from Caroline here about (nearly) getting wet feet, concert preparations and more! September 6th, 2004 Daily Telegraph Review The following review of Caroline's latest album "A Distant Bell" was taken from The Daily Telegraph, August 28th 2004: "One man's impulsive streak dictated the career path of the classically-trained cellist behind this album of immense and varied appeal. In the mid-1980's, Frankie Gavin, leader of Ireland's innovative De Dannan band, spotted Caroline Lavelle among buskers playing Flight of the Bumblebee in Covent Garden. Lavelle knew little about Irish music, but, once persuaded that Gavin was not trying to chat her up, agreed to learn. Folk audiences soon took the implausible presence of the glamorous young Englishwoman whose grandfather, a conductor, had worked with Elgar. Lavelle has subsequently collaborated with Nigel Kennedy, Massive Attack, Radiohead and Peter Gabriel, encounters that have plainly influenced her writing and production skills. Sweeping string arrangements turn good songs - her own So Uncool and the gorgeous, traditional Gently Johnny - into memorable tracks. Perhaps most surprising for those who remember her only as the blonde cellist in an Irish band, she has an assured, expressive voice; De Dannan's procession of superb singers - including Mary Black and Dolores Keane - meant that Gavin rarely allowed it to be heard. - Colin Randall September 4th, 2004 New Videos Two videos have been added to the audio / video section: the music video for Moorlough Shore from 1995, and a new video of Caroline in the studio talking about A Distant Bell. Both videos require the free Real player available here.
September 3rd, 2004 Caroline Lavelle's 'A Distant Bell' is now available for paid download on all the
OD2 services (i.e. HMV, FNAC, WANADOO etc).
This is in addition to its availability on E Music where 'A Distant Bell' is No 16 in the chart of most popular downloaded albums across all genres.
August 17th, 2004 A Distant Bell is now live for paid download on www.EMusic.com.
More services to follow in the coming weeks inc
Rhapsody, Wippit, MusicNet, MSN etc. August 4th, 2004 Banks of the Nile Remix Contest Create your own remix of Banks of the Nile, and maybe you'll win one of these wonderful prizes! * Vegas 5.0 software But... how to enter this contest? Just visit www.acidplanet.com
and read all about it! The competition closes at 12:00
a.m. midnight Pacific Standard Time on Wednesday,
September 15, 2004. July 29th, 2004 New Fotos and Links Some new fotos have been added to the photos / artwork section of this site. Also, a links section has been added. July 22nd, 2004 New Chieftains Dates Following the Spanish and Italian dates, Caroline will also acompany The Chieftains during the gigs below in the UK and France. Caroline will perform some pieces of "A Distant Bell" at these dates. Phonenumbers for the UK venues are listed.
July 20th, 2004 Caroline reports back to us from the road on touring with The Chieftains, falling branches and near fatal flights in a new page from her diary! July 13th, 2004 Bushes and Briars Caroline sends us a version of the song "Bushes and Briars" that didn't make the album but is now in the audio / video section of this website! July 11th, 2004 A very nice interview and review of "A Distant Bell" can now be read at Musical Discoveries. July 1st, 2004 You can now listen to the 12 tracks of "A Distant Bell" throug the "A Distant Bell Player" (requires Flash plugin). June 30th, 2004 Today Caroline's new album "A Distant Bell" has been officially released! You can now get your copy at our Ringing Tree Records shop or go to CDBaby's shop page! June 29th, 2004 Caroline pulled some music fragments out of her archive that she's worked on for various film and tv projects. Go to the audio / video section to download these tracks. June 23rd, 2004 Here's the second half of the Radio Caroline MP3's (see below for the first 5 parts!) PART VI (music: No More
Words from A Distant Bell) June 20th, 2004 June 20th, 2004 You can now listen to Caroline Lavelle talking about some of her influences, the poetry of Brian Patten, her work with Massive Attack and William Ørbit and ofcourse the new album "A Distant Bell", which will go onsale next week at CD Baby. There are five MP3's available, click on the titles below to download and listen to them! PART I
(music: Gently Johnny from A Distant Bell)
June 5th, 2004 Caroline Lavelle's song "Mangoes" is featured on the LICK (Fabulous Gay Tunes Vol. 3) album. Click here here for more information on this album. May 28th, 2004
Above you can see a small preview of what the new album's cover will look like, and soon you'll find out what it sounds like as well, as exclusive downloads are coming to you soon... Also, the site has been renewed to celebrate the coming of the new album. We hope that you'll enjoy it! Any comments on the site are welcome, please contact the webmaster. The Ocean concert update Tickets are on sale for the Caroline Lavelle, Julia Thornton & Echo Strings concert on September 17th at The Ocean. Tickets are priced £10 adv., for more information or how to order your tickets, please click here! Japanese Caroline Lavelle Site
Click on the above text to visit the new Japanese Caroline Lavelle site. "A Distant Bell" will be released in Japan the 27th of June 2004. May 23rd, 2004 Click here to read Caroline's latest diary entry! May 19th, 2004 Caroline will perform as a cellist on several dates with the Chieftains in both Spain and Italy this year. Please visit the live page to see the dates that Caroline will be joining the boys. May 18th, 2004 It has just been confirmed that Caroline Lavelle will perform at The Ocean, London (UK) on Friday the 17th of September 2004, her first official British concert appearance in seven years. Other artists appearing on the night are harpist Julia Thornton and the string trio Echo Strings. More news on how and where to get your tickets soon! ...and to get into the mood a little, we've got 5 streaming live tracks from a concert at Sinnkasten, Frankfurt (Germany), recorded the 25th of October 2001. Click here to listen to these tracks! May 10th, 2004 Good news for the Italian fans: "Celtic Stars Mystic
Waves", a new 2CD compilation album features the track "Banks of the Nile" from Caroline's
forthcoming album "A Distant Bell". This album also features songs by artists such as Loreena McKennitt,
Sinéad O'Connor, Capercaillie, Moya Brennan, Fairport Convention and many others. In stores in Italy now! May 8th, 2004 This summer Caroline's 3rd studio album 'A Distant Bell' will be released. We are glad to present you the complete tracklist and some details for this album!
Greenwood Laddie performed by Caroline Lavelle with music from Twelve Hours of Sunset by David Bedford by permission of Universal Edition (London) Ltd. Twelve Hours of Sunset BBCSO /CEFC /Jac van Steen, (P) 1998 NMC Recordings Ltd. Brian Patten's poems taken from 'Love Poems' published by Flamingo Books (HarperCollins) with the permission of the author Paddy Moloney appears courtesy of the RCA Victor Group
Mixed by Caroline Lavelle and Arabella Rodriguez Harvey Brough acoustic guitar 1 2 3 5 6 7 8 10 13, psaltery 4 8, cor anglais 5, backing vocals 1 13, piano 2 5, accordion 5; Alec Dankworth bass 1 4 5 6 7 8 10 13; Mike Outram electric guitar 1 2 7 10 13, acoustic guitar 1 6 13; Roy Dodds drums & percussion 1 2 3 4 5 8 13; Paddy Moloney whistle 12; Triona Marshall harp 4 12 ;Hugh Marsh electric violin solo 6; John Bews acoustic fiddle 6; Julian Sieger bass clarinet 11; Garbis Yessayan Armenian language coach 11; CL solo cello, vocals, recorders, piano, bvs, accordion, organ String arrangements on So Uncool, Gently Johnny, Timeless & Innocence Sleeping by Harvey Brough, string arrangements on Simple Lyric & A Handful of Ashes by CL. Alec, Roy, Julian and Mike recorded by Harvey Brough, Paddy Moloney recorded by Mark Horton, Strings recorded at Cava Studios, Glasgow by Tony Doogan assisted by Michael Bannister, cello on The Trees recorded by Rik 'it's the trees Rik' Simpson, remaining recorded by CL *Strings: The Scottish Festival Orchestra First Violins: Greg Lawson**, Lise Aferiat, Justine Watts, Charles Mutter, Elin Edwards Second Violins: Jackie Norrie**, Carole Howat, Joanne Green, Fiona Stephen, Catherine James Violas: Michael Beeston**, Susan Harris, Martin Wiggins Cellos: John Davidson**, Alison Lawrance Double Basses: Rick Standley**, Nick Bayley. **String quintet. Fixer: John Davidson Conductor: Harvey Brough
VERY SPECIAL THANKS:
THANKS: Soon Carolinelavelle.com will provide you with many goodies, such as more detailed information on the album, exclusive downloads (including "Bushes and Briars", which is not featured on the album), video material and much more! So check back regularly. April 29th 2004 A new letter from Caroline! Read it here... Caroline will not be performing with Nigel Kennedy at the Larmer Tree Festival on the 10th of July. She will however be playing dates with The Chieftains in Europe (Italy and Spain) instead. More detailed information soon! April 19th 2004 TECHNOLOGY EP
Tomorrow (April 20th) BT will release his latest EP, The Technology EP. On this EP is (among others) a remix of Caroline's The Great Escape. Next to these remixes there's an enhanced section which includes all the soundfiles for these songs, so you remixers can lay your hands on them! Secondly, a small question for you: would anyone who spots "The Great Escape" or any other tune featuring Caroline's vocals on any compilation album please let Caroline know via the contact section? This way we can add them later to a more complete discography page. April 16th 2004 IF YOU HADN'T HEARD A small update on what Caroline has been doing lately: she has contributed to BT's album "Emotional Technology" (singing "The Great Escape") and Hector Zazou's "Strong Currents" (singing "The Freeze"), both released last year. A few weeks ago, Hector Zazou released another album called "L'Absence", featuring the song "Lies Will Flow", also sung by Caroline. Right now, she's in the last stages of the new album "A Distant Bell", which will be released later this year. April 11th 2004
Always wanted an answer on that one question? Want to know more about the new album that's coming up? Just ask Caroline! Click here to go to the Q&A (Question & Answer) page and see how you can submit a question! April 6th 2004 BELLS WILL BE RINGING... Caroline Lavelle is working hard on a new album, tentatively called "A Distant Bell". A release date for Japan has been set for June 24th. The album will be a blend of traditional songs, original compositions and some poems by Brian Patten and Siamanto set to music. Watch out for an album special soon! April 3rd 2004 LARMER TREE FESTIVAL On the first day of the Larmer Tree Festival in England Caroline is playing a date as a guest vocalist to Nigel Kennedy on the 10th of July. The Larmer Tree Gardens, where the festival is held, are on the border of Dorset / Wiltshire. Gates open at 6 pm. For more information on the festival please visit their website: www.larmertree.co.uk. PERFORMANCE CANCELED, READ DETAILS ABOVE WHERE TO GET... If you're wondering where to get Caroline Lavelle records: click here. We've made a list where you can see where to buy Caroline's recordings. YAHOO GROUP There is a new discussion group dedicated to Caroline's work called Turning-Ground. Although this is not an official Ringing Tree service we
would like to encourage people to join. 'MOORLOUGH SHORE' ON CLASSIC FM TV Those of you in the UK you may be interested to know
that the video for 'Moorlough Shore' is
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