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Allan played a concert at the Belfast Festival on Saturday, 9 November with Andy Irvine. Andy's section was broadcast live, Allan's section will be broadcast on Saturday16th November between the hours of 22.00 and 24.00 hours local time (Northern Ireland). Click on: BBC Radio Ulster and then click on "Folk Club" to the lower right hand side of the page. Further news: the dates for the "Both Sides 'the Tweed" tour with Dick Gaughan have now been finalized - click on Tours for more information. Also, the first few dates have now come in for the Allan Taylor/John Wright tour of Denmark in April 2003, and are also listed in Tours. Further dates will be posted when they have been finalized.
Over the last two weeks Allan has received a few enquiries asking him if he would consider touring America and Canada. Therefore plans are being made to tour during April and September 2003. The April gigs will be announced soon and the September plans are as follows:
Gigs have started to come in for the Gaughan/Taylor tour - "Both Sides the Tweed" - see Tours page.
The reviews are starting to come in for the re-issue of Out Of Time - check the Reviews page. Also, check out the review of Allan's gig at the Tonder festival. Also of interest is news from the Tonder Festival with a sample of "Banjo Man" on the website of Hans Theessink: http://www.theessink.com/en/
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The Tonder festival in Denmark (22-25 August) was another great success. Over the weekend 25,000 people attended a series of concerts spread throughout the town and on the festival sight.
Allan's first concert was with three other songwriters -Tim O'Brien, Chuck Brodsky and Bruce Guthro in the Kulturhuset, Tonder. All four songwriters sat on stage together for two sets of 1 hour and 15 minutes each and simply sang their songs in succession. Nothing was rehearsed and yet such was the success of their performance they received a standing ovation.
On Saturday in the larger hall, Tonderhal One Allan played a concert with Waterson/Carthy and Donovan. At first it seemed it was a strange combination, but as the reviews stated, it was a great success.
Sunday was dedicated to the release of the Derroll Adams Tribute CD and the Tribute Concert on Main Stage 1. This was recorded by Danish Radio and filmed by an independent company. If the film is released commercially check this web-site for details as and when they come in.
In January 2003, as part of the Celtic Connections festival in Glasgow, plans are being made to perform ten concerts with workshops on songwriting throughout Scotland. A.T. will also be appearing at one or two concerts in Glasgow for the festivals although precise details have not yet been finalized.
In February 2003 A.T. will be touring with Dick Gaughan on a tour entitled "Both Sides the Tweed". Ten concerts are being scheduled throughout England, Wales and Scotland. Each concert will be preceded by a session lasting approximately an hour where both A.T. and Dick will discuss their approach to songs and songwriting.
In April 2003, 3rd to 14th A.T. will be touring Denmark with John Wright. Those who are familiar with John's work know that he always tours with a band. However, on this occasion he will not have a band with him - the show will be A.T. and John on stage for two sets of 1 hour singing A.T.'s songs and some of John's favourite songs. For bookings please contact A.T.'s new agent: Bent Juul Rasmussen. His contact information can be found on the Tours page. Such has been the interest in this project that John and A.T. will be touring Holland in November 2003.
A.T. has not toured in America since he lived there in the early 70's. However, recently he has been asked to play various venues and it is therefore now under consideration. Possible time periods are either in late April/early May 2003 or in June 2003.
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In February 2003 A.T. and Dick Gaughan will tour together in a special production called "Both Sides the Tweed". The programme will start with a session "meet the performers" where Allan and Dick will talk about songwriting. After a short break the evening's performance will start. Each will sing four solo songs intersperced with eight songs which they will perform together. Dates and venues will be posted as and when they are confirmed. John Barrow of Stoneyport Agency will be arranging the tour. Details will follow.
A.T. is currently writing material for his new album, and is on track to record before the year's end.
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A.T. has returned from his tour of Denmark and Germany (Denmark was a solo tour and Germany was a duo tour, played with Helmut Debus). It was a successful tour and one of the highlights was the new song A.T. had written for the tour, "The Lovely Lili Marlene" which uses as its theme the fact that during the war Helmut's father was in the German navy and A.T.'s father was in the British navy. Both men came home from the war singing the same song - Lili Marlene. Sixty years later the sons of those men who fought each other in a war are not only the best of friends but are making music together. The last stanza says:
"For enemies can be brothers when united in a song."
When the song finishes, A.T. sings Lili Marlene in German. On several occasions Helmut and A.T. got a standing ovation after this song was sung. They will not tour again until May 2004, but bookings for concerts are already being taken.
During October the artist Allan Black (who painted the portrait of A.T.) will spend a week in the Augenwiede Art Gallery, Muenster, Germany. He will be working alongside the resident artist, Mirjam, and will be on hand to discuss his work. On Friday 18th October A.T. will give a concert in the Gallery. Tickets are by invitation only, but additional tickets may be available by phoning Judith Ruchert-Schramm in Germany on 0251 482 8090.
The Living Tradition - Issue 48 - May 2002: "Out of Time". On Reviews page.
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One of the dates on the up-coming German tour with Helmut Debus has been changed (June 5) - check out the Tours page for details. Allan and Helmut have decided to make a duo CD with many of their most popular songs and two or three new songs which they have not yet performed. It is doubtful however that it will be ready for the tour in May/June.
The details of the Tonder festival (August 23-25) have now been finalised. The Derroll Adams Tribute CD project is now ready and will be released at the Tonder festival. There will be a press reception on the friday afternoon and a concert on Main Stage One where A.T., Hans Theessink, Arlo Guthrie, Donovan and Youra Marcus will play songs from the CD. Refer to the Tours page for the specific concerts Allan will be playing.
The Scottish artist, Allan Black, has painted a portrait of A.T.There is the possibility that original signed photographic prints will be available from Allan Black. Details will follow. Also there is a new photograph of Allan done by Matthias Friedemann that will be featured on promotional posters.
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The Derroll Adams tribute CD will be released at the Tonder festival, which will be held August 23 - 25. Those of you who have read the previous news items will know that Allan has recorded three songs for this project (in Germany - "Trouble in Mind" and "The Sky"; in Vienna "Banjo Man" with Donovan singing harmonies). The final line up of performers on this CD is as follows: A.T., Hans Theessink (who coordinated the project), Arlo Guthrie, Donovan, Ralph McTell, Rambling Jack Elliot, Billy Connolly and Dolly Parton.
There will be a press reception for the release at Tonder Festival, culminating in the concert Sunday evening.
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What is generally regarded as the classic Allan Taylor CD, "Lines" (TCD002) has been re-pressed and is available. Also, the live CD "Out of Time" (TCD003) has been re-mastered and re-designed - Allan has written some of the stories behind the songs - photographs from the time of recording have been used and Allan has recorded three bonus tracks: "Angelina's Cantina," "Middle Time" and "The Rose and the Briar." These CDs can be bought via T Records or from Allan on his gigs. Allan starts his British tour on February 1st. - check the Tours page for details.
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