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MAWKIN

"Unconditionally Mighty" - MOJO Magazine ****

About Me

Mawkin have gained a name for themselves in the festival circuit as a hardworking live band playing at over 50 festivals in the past 4 years, last year supporting Show of Hands, Eliza Carthy and Shooglenifty on their tours. Mawkin released their debut album “The Fair Essex” last September which has received brilliant reviews including a 4 star review from MOJO who described it as “Unconditionally Mighty”. Their guitarist, was also this years BBC Radio Young Folk Award finalist.

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 12/14/2005
Band Website: mawkin.co.uk
Band Members: Jamie Delarre: Fiddle, Melodeon David Delarre: Guitar Alex Goldsmith: Melodeons Danny Crump: Bass Guitar, Piano
Influences: Jeff Giddings, Johnny CunninghamPeter Booth, Ian Kelleher and Django Reinhardt,Red Hot Chilipeppers, Silly Wizard, John Barber, Eric Roche, Andy Cutting, Essex and Suffolk.
Sounds Like: SHEPLEY SPRING FEST 2007
Record Label: Good Form Records
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

MAWKIN:CAUSLEY- Future Guardians of Folk Tour!

19th - Acton Village Hall, Acton Lane, Acton, SuffolkDoors: 7:30pmTickets: £10/£6TEL: 01787 [email protected] - The Mart Theatre, Craven College, The High St, Skipton, ...
Posted by MAWKIN on Wed, 03 Oct 2007 05:12:00 PST

I dep for rock gods "Pauper Kings" for one night only!

A sequence of events lead me to play bass for this great little rock band called "Pauper Kings" indeed they have their own myspace- http://www.myspace.com/pauperkingsand on their myspace you will find...
Posted by MAWKIN on Sun, 15 Apr 2007 09:40:00 PST

Album of the Year Award...

Hello,The AcousticStage (www.acousticstage.net) is running a poll for Best Album of the Year Award, (you can guess what were going to say next), it would be fantastic if you could take the time to ema...
Posted by MAWKIN on Sun, 10 Dec 2006 06:57:00 PST

VOTE FOR US!

Hi guys,If you have the time, please log onto- http://www.nme.com/newmusic/mawkin and take the time to vote for us, we are trying we need 1800 votes to get to the top and show NME what folk music is m...
Posted by MAWKIN on Mon, 31 Jul 2006 04:48:00 PST

Long Awaited Debut Album Release- 1st of Sept

Yes, its finally going to see the light of day! Mawkin will be releasing their debut album The Fair Essex on the 1st of September 2006.The 12 track long progressive fully instrumental album will also ...
Posted by MAWKIN on Fri, 21 Jul 2006 03:33:00 PST