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The Imagined Village are: *Benjamin Zephaniah * Billy Bragg * Chris Wood * Eliza Carthy * Johnny Kalsi * Martin Carthy * Paul Weller * Sheila Chandra * Simon Emmerson * The Copper Family * The Gloworms * Tiger Moth * Trans-Global Underground * Tunng
The Imagined Village Live Band are (from left to bottom right): Francis Hylton (Dhol Foundation, Afro Celt Sound System, Incognito + others), Sheema Mukherjee (Transglobal Underground), Martin Carthy, Laurel Swift (The Gloworms, Morris Offspring), 5 Young Coppers, Barney Morse-Brown (The Kate Garrett Band, Village Band), Simon Emmerson (Afro Celt Sound System), Eliza Carthy, Billy Bragg, Johnny Kalsi (Dhol Foundation, Afro Celt Sound System), Andy Gangadeen (The Bays), Sheila Chandra
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Copper Family
Eliza Carthy
Johhny Kalsi
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Paul Weller
Sheila Chandra
Simon Emmerson
The Gloworms
Tiger Moth
Transglobal Underground
Tunng
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Member Since: 9/26/2007
Band Website: imaginedvillage.com
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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

My Blog

Simon E Question and Answer session on ’Talk-a-While’ forum

Simon Emmerson is doing the guest Question and Answer session on the 'Talk A While' Folk and Acoustic music forum:http://www.talkawhile.co.uk/If you want to ask him anything or just join in with the d...
Posted by The Imagined Village on Fri, 27 Jun 2008 09:35:00 PST

St George’s Day article in the Financial Times

Here's a great little article by David Honigmann, the FT's folk and world musiccritic: THE LIST: David Honigmann selects the finest English folk songs for St George's day.By DAVID HONIGMANN599 words19...
Posted by The Imagined Village on Thu, 01 May 2008 02:08:00 PST

SUMMER FESTIVAL DATES FOR 2008!

The Imagined Village are delighted to announce a whole series of summer festival dates. If you didn't catch the band on last year's tour here's another opportunity to see their amazing multimedia show...
Posted by The Imagined Village on Tue, 15 Apr 2008 06:25:00 PST

Imagined Village on Jools Holland's "Later" 15th Feb

The Imagined Village band will be performing on Jools Holland's "Later" TV show, 15th February doing Cold Haily Rainy Night. The show starts around 11.30 pm and we are the 4th band in. They may also a...
Posted by The Imagined Village on Thu, 14 Feb 2008 03:43:00 PST

Tom Robinson Radio Show Appearance

Hi folks, You can listen again to the Tom Robinson show last Tuesday 18th Dec on the Radio 6 web site, he played 3 live tracks from the IV RFH gig:Acres of GroundCold Haley Rainy NightHard Times of O...
Posted by The Imagined Village on Thu, 20 Dec 2007 09:06:00 PST

Imagined Village returns to local pub after triumphant UK tour

Thanks for contacting us through our my space site and sorry for any delay in replying. The Imagined Village has now come off tour and we'd like to thank all the people who came to see us at our vario...
Posted by The Imagined Village on Tue, 04 Dec 2007 04:24:00 PST

Radio 4 Front Row Imagined Village feature 25/10/07 19:15ish

Billy Bragg, Martin Carthy and Simon Emmerson are on a Radio 4 Front Row feature on the Imagined Village broadcast at 19:15, 25/10/07
Posted by The Imagined Village on Wed, 24 Oct 2007 03:33:00 PST

BBC Newsnight feature tommorow not tonight: 11/10/07

they've moved it, as they do......
Posted by The Imagined Village on Thu, 11 Oct 2007 01:19:00 PST

Martin Carthy IV interview BBC2 Newsnight. Tonight 11/10/07

Martin Carthy should be on Newsnight tonight talking about the Imagined Village as part of an extended news feature on Bob Dylan. 22:30 to 23:20
Posted by The Imagined Village on Thu, 11 Oct 2007 03:04:00 PST

Billy Bragg/Imagined Village interview/Radio 2/Simon Mayo/8Oct

Here's a great interview with Billy Bragg and radio 2 dj Simon Mayo about the Imagined Village broadcast on the 8/Oct/07:billy bragg/simon mayo radio 2 imagined village interview...
Posted by The Imagined Village on Tue, 09 Oct 2007 05:15:00 PST