SEE WHAT OTHERS SAY ABOUT JAMES!
MARCH
James Chadwick was nominated for the INDY MUSIC AWARDS 2008. Please show your support by
visiting the Indy Awards website and VOTING for JAMES CHADWICK.
NOVEMBER
Review of Worried Noodles in the Sunday Times on 11th November by Richard Clayton:
"It’s a strength of the project that the best-known names (David Byrne, Hot Chip, Franz Ferdinand) turn in some of the least involving contributions. With treatments ranging from future doo-wop (Dirty Projectors) to gabba techno (Liars), the tastiest tracks, to my ears, come from Psapp (cute ambient pop), James Chadwick (unashamed folk), Scout Niblett (PJ Harveyish obsequies) and Final Fantasy (violin-chuggy prog). The greatest juxtaposition, Shrigley says, between lyrical starting point and final song is Grizzly Bear’s “Spinal Tap-like guitar ode to blackcurrant jam”. READ the review >>
See the Review from the Guardian below.
OCTOBER
Launch party for "Worried Noodles" at Scala, Kings Cross on 14th October. James wrote the music for "Wooden Floor" and performed at the party alongside, amongst others, Hot Chip, Franz Ferdinand DJ and Psapp.
Review from the Guardian: Compilation of the month:
David Shrigley/Various, Worried Noodles 4 stars
A cartoonist's poems set to music: just the job if you like intriguing experiments of the darkly funny persuasion, writes Stephanie Merritt Sunday October 14, 2007
"This is the ultimate indie-kid's collectors' item: the poetry of cult artist and Guardian cartoonist David Shrigley given musical substance by eclectic leftfield bands (including TV On The Radio, Hot Chip, Franz Ferdinand, Lord Cut-Glass, Aidan Moffat and David Byrne), all packaged in a little hard-backed book of Shrigley's sprawling line drawings. The original Worried Noodles was made by Shrigley in 2006 and released as a 12-inch LP, except that it didn't have any music, because Shrigley, in his own words, 'couldn't be bothered to make a record'.
This small deficiency has now been remedied, and on the resulting 39-track double album the musicians have constructed songs of all varieties around Shrigley's spare lyrics. There are seemingly shapeless dance tracks ('A Clash of Heads' by Tussle, which features Shrigley reading in a monotone) and gently melodic folk (James Chadwick's 'The Wooden Floor'), Celtic rock (Lord Cut-Glass, 'Maybe') and blues/gospel (Hank, 'Baby's Bible')..... READ MORE>>
KULTUREFLASH advertised the eveing thus:
Catch London electro outfit Hot Chip, performance artist Simon Bookish, indie rock duo Psapp, the Brazilian freak-folk of Cibelle, and the precocious talent of singer-songwriter James Chadwick, among others, at a live showcase in aid of Amnesty International's Protect The Human Week. Inspired by Glaswegian artist David Shrigley's illustrated book of imaginary songs, Worried Noodles ("The Empty Sleeve"), this eclectic group of musicians and singer-songwriters, signed to independent record label Tomlab, will bring to life Shrigley's surreal doodles and musings. A chance to hear Hot Chip's toe-tapping anthem "Over And Over", and see Shrigley and his animations in the flesh, in the comforting knowledge that all proceeds from ticket sales will be donated to the charity. (www.kultureflash.net)
AUGUST
David Shrigley adds music to Worried Noodles...
“I didn’t make a record. I couldn’t be bothered to make a record. It would have been too difficult. It was easier not to make a record.”
The words of Glaswegian absurdist David Shrigley regarding his LP-sized book of song lyrics Worried Noodles, released in 2006. Unfortunately it was missing one crucial component - the music.
No longer. Tomlab have assembled artists ranging from Liars to David Byrne, Deerhoof to Grizzly Bear and James Chadwick to Franz Ferdinand, leaving them to their own devices to produce a composition citing Shrigley's absurd scrawlings from the "Worried Noodles" book.
Again titled Worried Noodles, it will be released as a 3xLP and/or a 2xCD, the latter with a 106-page hardback book of Shrigley's work, on October 23.
Track listing…
Roger Ferguson – ‘Welcome Singer’
Christopher Francis - ‘One’
Grizzly Bear – ‘Blackcurant Jam’
R. Stevie Moore – ‘Live In Fear’
Phil Elvrum & Nick Krgovich - ‘Watcha Doin’'
Scarlett’s Well - ‘Maybe’
Psapp – ‘Sad Song’
Aidan Moffat & The Best Of’s - ‘Your Hands Are Cold’
Yacht – ‘I Saw You’
Simon Bookish – ‘Prince Of Wales’
Deerhoof – ‘You, Dog’
Hank – ‘Baby’s Bible’
Marriot 1262 (TV On The Radio Portland Chapter) - ‘Sweet, Sweet, Sweet Potato’
David Byrne – ‘For You’
James Chadwick – The Wooden Floor’
Islands - ‘Joy’
Cotton Candy – ‘A Sentimental Song’
Franz Ferdinand - ‘No’
Alig Fodder – ‘The Hole’
Cibelle – ‘Elaine’
Dirty Projectors – ‘Come Forward’
The Curtains - ‘Show Me The Way Things Work’
Max Tundra – ‘A Truce’
Munch Munch – ‘A Squirrel’
Liars – ‘Panic Button’
Tussle (ft. David Shrigley) - ‘A Clash Of Heads’
Trans Am – ‘The Film’
John Shankie – ‘A Song’
Scout Niblett – ‘The Bell’
Final Fantasy - ‘Joys’
Mt. Eerie – ‘A Sentimental Song’
The Dead Science - ‘Once I Found A Diamond’
Lord Cut Glass - ‘Maybe’
Per Francine – ‘Another Song’
Hot Chip - ‘No’
Casiotone For The Painfully Alone - ‘The Pretty Girl’
Mitch Friedman - ‘Awesome’
Pyrolator & Stoya - ‘Elaine’
Les Georges Leningrad - ‘Manager And Coordinater Of Prostitutes’
READ MORE on DROWNED in SOUND and David Shrigley
Read REVIEW of James at the LEWES GUITAR FESTIVAL
"...the enigmatic James Chadwick...was Centre stage at a lunch time concert set in the beautiful surrounds of Lewes castle, Chadwick's emotion laden lyrics allude to a lifetime of experiences which seem incongruent with his apparent fresh faced youthfulness... Belting out a range of blues and folk Chadwick switches effortlessly between genres and tempos. Both vocally and on guitar... he is technically fantastic" Hannah Russell Sussex Express.co.uk 02/08/07
NOVEMBER
Opening for Karine
Polwart at Sale, Manchester and
Cambridge
The "Scribbled in Chalk" Tour
See gigs page for details |
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October
On
tour with Folkwit Records....
See gigs page for details
September
|
Supported Jim
Moray at
Stratford Civic Hall
Norwich Arts Centre
& Brewery Arts Centre, Kendal
See gig page for details |
August
Debut performance at one of the most famous clubs in England! The
Cavern,
Liverpool
Print a cut-price ticket flyer HERE
July
A
fantastic weekend 8th & 9th of July at the Gillingham
Festival then
at Priddy Folk Festival. The rain was torretial and
James's tent not waterproof - but what the heck! View pictures
of Priddy Folk Festival 2006 [HERE].
Another one to add to the diary next year.
Image©priddyfolk.org
June
James is involved in helping to organise the first Rutland Grassroots
Festival. He is playing solo in the Acoustic Tent and also joining Opaque and Circus as bass player.
26/07 Thanks to all the superb Acoustic Tent players and to eveyone who
helped to make this a sell-out success, especially the driving force,
Moony. To see who else was at the Festival and read more about it go
to the Unity Blog [ HERE ]
. Add this one in your diary for next year.
MAY
20/06 An all-day Folkwit Records event at the "Solstice" Peterborough. See
gig page for details.
22/06 The event was a great success, with a guest
slot from Jackie and Doug Oates.
Read the Unity Blog
on the day [HERE]
and the local press [HERE]
APRIL
5/04 James will be starting an Acoustic Open Mic evening
at the Xoo
Bar , below the
City Club, Peterborough.
This will run every Wedneday evening. Just turn up if you hope to sing or play;
or email James to book a definite slot. The evening ends with a 30 minute booked
showcase slot. On 5th this will be Patrick
Briscoe and on 19th Andy
Whittle .
More great names are lined up for coming weeks. [Local
Press]
MARCH
5
track EP: "Serotonin" by James Chadwick and the Red Guards
released.
Tracks: Serotonin, Cold, Don't Go, Down to the Ground Blues
and Thomas.
You can hear them on the listen page.
Vocals & Guitar: James Chadwick; Bass: Nathan
Wieckowski;
Cello: Rachel O'Malley; Drums: Pete
O'Malley
[NB 2 of these tracks appeared first on the EP "Nocturne"]
Buy the EP [HERE]
FEBRUARY
Two of James's songs were played on Samuai.fm/Nobones internet
radio in Japan.
According to the DJ, Dominic Glyn, "the Nobones show is a pretty eclectic mix
of all things underground" Small world that it
is, you can log on and listen yourself to Samurai.fm/nobones. There are some
archived programmes
FEBRUARY 2nd "Wasteland Blues" was
played on Travelling
Folk on BBC Radio Scotland.
JANUARY 2006
You
can get a FREE download of James's song: "Falling
Down" if you join the mailing list for
the record label, Folkwit Records.
Simply click the Folkwit banner below to send an email signing up to the list.
DECEMBER 17th GRASS ROOTS DAY
A fantastic day at the Crown, Peterborough organised by
Unity & Muddy Promotions.
Click [HERE]
to see photos and reviews of the day.
Join Unity's mailing
list for information on some great gigs in Peterborough.
DECEMBER 15th 2005
James is to play 3 songs live on BBC radio Cambridge
on Thurday 15th December between 6-7pm.
Tune in to listen!!
DECEMBER 9th 2005
James is in the Finals of the BBC Radio 2 Young
Folk Awards on Friday
9th December.
12/12/05 The winner was
the amazing Bodega, a six piece band with harp and Northumbrian
pipes.
I had a fantastic evening, I got to play to
a full house at the Sage, Gateshead , with
the likes of Vin
Garbutt and Howard Goodall in the
audience. All the finalists were brilliant. If you get the
chance to see any of them live, you must do. They were, Mattheu
Watson, Shona Donaldson, Southwind and Joe O'Connor. None
of them seem to have websites yet so I can't direct you.
Last year's winner, Lauren MacColl also made an appearance
playing a great twenty minute set. You can check out her
site at www.laurenmaccoll.co.uk. Afterwards, there was a
big party with posh food and another session.
Thanks to Folkworks and the BBC for giving
me this great opportunity.
Photos of the event can be seen by following this link: YOUNG
FOLK AWARDS GALLERY
In the pipeline, I have a number of exciting
gigs lined up for the new year. Definite bookings have been
made for the Cavern, Liverpool , the
Liquidroom, Edinburgh and Priddy
Folk Festival . I look forward to seeing some
of you there. Dates are on the gig
page on my website.
NOVEMBER 5th-24th 2005
James
is performing as part of the "Folkwit
Tour" at venues as far apart as The
Little Civic, Wolverhampton, The Old Ale
House, Salisbury, The Talbot's Bar/ Yales, Wrexham, The
Troubadour, London, The Portland Arms, Cambridge.
NEW VENUES HAVE BEEN ADDED THIS MONTH , so visit
the gigs page for
details of venues near you.
Other artists involved are: Bailey, Gwildor, Jinder,
Keith Mouland & Paul
Godden, Palava, James Yuill. For further details, see the gigs page.
To hear samples of the music of the other musicians, visit Folkwit.
OCTOBER 14-16th
The
weekend of 14th-16th October was the Semi-final of
the BBC RADIO 2 YOUNG FOLK AWARDS.
James was one of just 14 semi-final acts chosen from
hundreds of entrants nationwide. The weekend consisted
of workshops and music-making on Friday and all day
Saturday, followed by the audition concert on Saturday
evening in the
Brewery Arts Centre in Kendal. The
weekend was rounded off at lunchtime on Sunday with
an informal concert in the Malt Room at the Arts Centre,
with all the musicians working together.
It was a brilliant weekend and
the standard of musicianship was incredibly high. There
were certainly some of the stars of the future in the
line-up. Mike
Harding announced
the names of the 6 FINALISTS on his Radio
2 Folk show
on 26th October (88-91 FM). If you missed the radio
show, you can listen again on the BBC
Radio 2 website www.bbc.co.uk/folk.
Short snippets from each of the six finalists were
played at the end of the show. You can also read brief
biographies of the finalists on the website.
There will be photographs of the
semi-finals available soon, so visit again to have
a look. If you would like to hear extracts from the
two songs James sang for the auditions, please visit
the LISTEN page and click
on "Walking the Line" and "Down
to the Ground Blues". Post a comment
on the forum.
Local press: Evening Telegraph
27th October 2005
