"Does a flower forget to
bloom?" |
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returns to the UK Check with Penelope's website for details www.penelopeswales.com Listen in at Ragamuffin Radio Mon 5th July - Half Moon, Putney (London) Wed 7th July - Grey Horse, Kingston (London) - with Lisa Fitzgibbon Sat 10th July - Lunchtime Magic Cafe, Magdelene Rd. Oxford Sat 10th July 8pm - The Old Coffee House, Soho Sat 17th July - Sumac Social Centre, Nottingham |
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Kiwi
Kath Tait introduces Penelope and Penelope begins with
Shoe (Shoe, Archive: Demos, Out-takes and One Offs) |
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Stonking
track that ends with the kind of digeridoo playing to make
Rolf Harris tremble. |
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Penelope's
impressions of London including an hilarious aside about one
of the best songs ever written about the capital . .
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(:Lost in London, Justify Your Longings To The Doctor) |
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Two
Kiwi Kath Tait songs sung by Penelope, the poignant Poor Dim
Sally and the fiery Steel Hearted Annie.
(Poor Dim Sally, Steel Hearted Annie from Archive: Demos, Out-takes and One Offs) |
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A
great song about Australia, written by Fred Small, an
American. Penelope recounts the tale of meeting Fred and being
inspired by his song.
(Guinnevere and the Fire from Justify Your Longings To The Doctor) |
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A
powerful song written for Claire, a park ranger who lost her
life fighting a forest fire.
(Bush Bloom from Archive: Demos, Out-takes and One Offs) |
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Penelope closes with Already Begun which I first heard her perform with an undiminished passion at the Cambridge Folk Festival (left)
(Al;ready Begun from Archive: Demos, Out-takes and One Offs) |
| July -
Penelope returns to the UK Check with Penelope's website for details www.penelopeswales.com Listen in at Ragamuffin Radio Mon 5th July - Half Moon, Putney (London) Wed 7th July - Grey Horse, Kingston (London) - with Lisa Fitzgibbon Sat 10th July - Lunchtime Magic Cafe, Magdelene Rd. Oxford Sat 10th July 8pm - The Old Coffee House, Soho Sat 17th July - Sumac Social Centre, Nottingham |
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Penelope Swales has just released her new double CD "Monkey Comfort" "A stunning tour of moods and emotions not only for the
Folkies. Swales has enough power to touch anyone." "An outstanding collection..... 'Monkey Comfort' is Penelope
Swales at her very best ." "A double taste of some of the best writing I have heard for
some time...a fantastic blend of musical ability and writing
dexterity." "A formidable achievement. It signals a mature woman and an
artist with a humanist eye and one with formidable courage and
skill." for more see www.penelopeswales.com |
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