Music:
Member Since: 6/25/2006
Band Website: troydonockley.co.uk/home.htm
Band Members:
Troy with Mostly Autumn.
From the DVD "Live In London".
Iona in Anthines Belgium 2006.
News
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May 2007
Forthcoming Live Performances
Troy has a few one-off live performances in the coming months. Firstly with Iona in the amazing atmospheric venue, 'Carnglaze Caverns', a cave in deepest Cornwall.
Then two performances in three days; firstly at the 'Spanfest', the Steeleye Span Festival at Kentwell Park, Suffolk, on Friday 27th July. Here he wil be performing with Maddy Prior and Friends.
Then on Sunday 29th he appears with Barbara Dickson at a festival in Hampton. See Barbara Dickson's website for more details.
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The New Album and other Projects
Troy writes:
'Work continues on my new solo album although it is difficult to find the time with other projects kicking my door down! The most exciting of which is a "Duo" album with Barbara Dickson. This is something we are both looking forward to immensely. It will be very much an extension of the more atmospheric side of the last album "Full Circle". But not. Anyway, it will be different....'
A band designed for "live" work ( festivals, folk clubs etc.) is being put together with my splendid pal Maart Allcock with a view to lots of activity next year. It will be an acoustic band and we will be playing in the "Traditional Realm" with the provisional line up being - Maart on all strings, a wonderful Harp player from Wales called Gwenan Gibbard, a brilliant box player from Scotland called Angus Lyon and myself on the usuals. It will be fab to return to my trad roots...
I am working with the Hi-Fi company BOSE again in June on another version of the Holst piece "Jupiter" ( which I arranged on the Maddy Prior album Lionhearts ). This will take place in Swansea and will feature the Welsh Male voice Choir.
I have also been asked to become a member of an 'album-based project' called "Mandalaband III" and I am very pleased to accept.
Initially, this project was formed in 1975 - the brainchild of the producer, engineer, and now Egyptologist (!) David Rohl and ended up in 1978 as a showcase for members of 10cc, Barclay James harvest, Justin hayward and my old pal Maddy Prior. This will be its third incarnation and we will work towards a release next year......
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5th January 2007
Abbey Road session for Nightwish
Troy recently recorded a session at Abbey Road for the forthcoming new album by the brilliant Finnish band 'Nightwish'. He played Uilleann Pipes, whistle & bodhran on 4 tracks. The album is due to be released towards the end of 2007. www.nightwish.com
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6th November 2006
The Unseen Stream Flows Again!A remastered version of Troy's first solo album is now available from the Shop along with a Christmas special offer. Click here.
25th September 2006
IONA to do special concert Near York.
Iona will be playing a special concert to mar k the release of their new studio album 'The Circling Hour'.
The concert, on 16th November will be held in the newly refurbished St James' church in the picturesque East Yorkshire village of Warter, near Pocklington and about 18 miles east of York.
The church is to become a centre for concerts and arts events and this will be the first event to take place there since the complete renovations.The concert will be candlelit and the venue (which dates back to the 13th century) will lend itself to an especially intimate atmosphere.
Tickets, which are all priced at £15, will go on sale through the Iona website (www.iona.uk.com) in the first week of October. More info, including some nice pictures of the church, will be available soon via the band's website. All tickets will be automatically entered into a prize draw to be held on the night. Winners will receive some signed Iona goodies.
12th September 2006
South Korean WOMAD Festival
Troy will be accompanying Midge Ure on 23rd September as part of the WOMAD festival in Seoul, South Korea. www.womad.org
4th September 2006
In search of the grail!
Troy has venturing out in search of the grail, on tour with Maddy Prior in October. Together with keyboard player, Nick Holland, they will be reprising their hugely popluar 'Arthur the King' tour and visiting some Arthurian hotspots including Glastonbury and Tintagel, before ending up at Rosslyn Chapel in Scotland. The twist in the tale is that the tour is to be covered live by webcam and you will be able to ask questions to the band and Arthurian experts via the web.
See the Grail Legend website:
Video with Maddy Prior & Nick Holland .
See "Quest 44 & 43" and more if you like (I did).
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