Member Since: 9/26/2007
Band Website: imaginedvillage.com
Sounds Like:
STOP PRESS: MESSAGE FROM SIMON EMMERSON: We are being filmed at Glasto this Saturday by the
BBC.
We are on the jazz world stage at about 7.45 to 9 pm a
may have some live coverage or coverage later in the
day.
STOP PRESS: COLD HAILY RAINY NIGHT WON A FOLK AWARD FOR BEST TRADITIONAL TRACK AT THE RADIO 2 FOLK AWARDS LAST WEEK.
ALSO SIMON AND THE BAND WILL BE PERFORMING THE TRACK ON THIS WEEK'S JOOLS HOLLAND SHOW. CHECK THE PERFORMANCE RIGHT HERE!
THE IMAGINED VILLAGE ALBUM
Released 15th October
on Realworld Records
Available at all good landlocked and online stores
across the globe
Some great reviews:
"It's never a bad idea to give folk song a good shake-up and Simon Emmerson has astutely assembled the people to do it with both love and a sense of mischief....bringing to the party, beats, bhangra and other weapons of global Britain and, stripped of all the theories, back stories and undercurrents of social history, it's still mostly a cracking album." fRoots (UK)
"It's a brilliant idea - to reinterpret traditional English folk song for a multicultural 21st century society... Almost everything on this bold and ambitious album works... (A) breathtakingly imaginative record that is sure to become an English folk-rock landmark... The Imagined Village finally offers English roots music a meaningful new destination." Songlines (UK)
"The highlight of the CD however has to be the contemporary retelling of the magical ballad 'Tam Lyn' by the Rastafarian writer and poet Benjamin Zephaniah over a reggae bassline. Amazing, truly amazing." Folk London (UK)
"A star-studded musical collaboration is bringing English folk into the 21st century"
New Statesman (UK) - Phil Meadley goes behind the scenes at the first rehearsal of The Imagined Village band. Read more at www.newstatesman.com
If you can't see the video below, click in the middle of the space and the box should appear
Record Label: Realworld
Type of Label: Indie