April saw Becky in London for the first round of rehearsals for BG (Boris Purushottama Grebenshikov) and his international ensemble.

In a prolific career that has spanned almost four decades, BG (Boris Purushottama Grebenshikov) has continued to enchant his audiences with new sounds and a lyrical language that has earned him the affectionate title "Poet Laureate of Russia".

Accompanied by an international ensemble of musicians performing on instruments from the sitar and tabla to the violin and flute, he presents a fusion of his own classic folk melodies with sounds from around the world.

This is a FREE concert, to get your ticket and for full details visit www.grebenshikovconcert.com

A new Myspace page can be found at www.myspace.com/piperbeckytaylor


Many thanks to Frances O'Rourke for setting this up!

The Music Room Presents

'Whistle Day' &

Becky Taylor's 'Ireland Bridge' CD Launch

The Music Room, St.John's Works, St. John's Place,

Cleckheaton, West Yorks BD19 3RR Tel +44 (0) 1274 879768 

SATURDAY 12^th APRIL 2008 

2.00-3.00pm - Beginners whistle workshop with Becky.

3.30-4.30pm - Improvers 'Technique Toolbox' with Becky.

5.00-6.15pm - Becky Taylor Band Ireland Bridge CD Launch with support by 'Heretique', fabulous French tunes featuring the Music Room's own 'Murray Grainger'.

6.15pm Join us for wine and nibbles to end the day.  

Workshop Information 

Workshops cost £10 each, with numbers limited to 10 participants for each session. (Observers are welcome to watch at a cost of £5).

Tickets include a free ticket to the launch party.

The beginners workshop is aimed at complete beginners who have never picked up a whistle before, and our aim is to get you playing a tune by the end of the workshop!

Improvers workshop will centre round the 'Technique Toolbox' more advanced techniques to elaborate and embellish your existing tunes and improve your whistle playing skills. 

Ireland Bridge is now available to download in full or by track from iTunes.com

Ireland Bridge is now in stock from CDBaby.com which is good news for fans on the other side of the Atlantic. Click on http://cdbaby.com/cd/beckytaylor  Available as MP3 download click here or CD (available now)

Digital distribution is also in the pipeline from their partner companies and will be coming in the near future, watch this space for further updates..

Becky will be doing an interview and playing some tracks from 'Ireland Bridge' on Phoenix Radio's Folk Music programme this Sunday morning, March 2nd, 10-12am. Please tune in and support us :)
Phoenix radio can be found on 96.7 FM and is Calderdale based, although you can listen live via the web http://www.phoenixfm.co.uk/phoenix_updates.htm

Being bombarded with requests for the track listings from the new CD.. so here it is!

1J

1  Ireland Bridge

Trip to Greystoke/Teds Fingers/Francie Donnelans*

 

2  The Gift

Kilkenny Jig*/Baby Kee's/The Gift

 

3  Smallcoalpiper

The Barring/ 17year gap/Small coals and little money*

 

4  Mable
  

5  When it's all over

The List/When it's all over

6  Captain O'Kane**

 

7  Rattle the Cash

Red haired Polly*/Rattle the Cash*

 

8  The Lady's cup of tea

To Limerick we will go*/The Lady's cup of tea*/The Road to Lisdoonvarna*

 

9  River Rose

River Rose/I'm not complaining

 

10  Can't help Smiling

Can't help smiling/Skee's Jig/The way it was

 

*Traditional arranged by Becky Taylor. All other tracks written

and arranged by Becky Taylor with the exception of ** O'Carolan  arr. Taylor

Finally, the Ireland Bridge CD is now available!
Its taken three years and a lot of hard work and effort by a lot of people, resulting in 10  must-have new tracks, a dynamic mix of traditional and new compositions and  featuring a stellar line-up of musicians:

Becky Taylor

Uilleann Pipes

Northumbrian Smallpipes

Whistles

Piano

Duet Concertina

Fiddle

 

Featured Musicians:

Dave Wood

Guitar and bouzouki

David Kosky

Guitar on River Rose and Can't help smiling

Paul Cowham

Guitar on Rattle the Cash

Leigh Stothard

Drums and percussion
Hugh Bradley

Electric and Upright Bass

Recorded by Neil Thomas at Versunken Landschaft Bingley, West Yorkshire  2005-2007

      Post production by Murray Grainger at TMF studios, December 2007

Latest addition to the case is a lovely new Fred Rose whistle to replace the much loved one I've just about worn out over the last 15 years ;). Fred is based in Lancashire and makes high quality handcrafted whistles, they don't come much better than this. Check him out here Fred Rose