Firebrand - news and live dates.



The New Album Our new album, entitled "Lost Lady Found", has been out since October last year. Reviews from publications such as fRoots and Living Tradition are just starting to come in and are extremely favourable. See the reviews page. We are very confident that you will like it - it is by far our best album to date. The album is available from this website from the online shop . It is also be available from the band at gigs and the MVC chain. Gig News As you can see on the list of dates below, we are currently looking forward to our Spring tour dates which will see us visiting several new venues including many in Wales. This follows hot on the heels of the Taplas interview in the Dec/Jan issue. Shortly after this we will be into the festival season. We will be having by far our busiest summer yet and there may still be more to come. We are now working on bookings for an October tour. 2002 Live Dates - Festivals
May 18		Wheaton Aston Festival, Nr Telford
May 31 & June 1		Chippenham Folk Festival
June 15		Leamington Peace Festival
June 21 - 23		Alcester & Arden Folk Festival
July 7		Brinklow Folk Weekend
July 13		Ely Folk Weekend
July 26 - 27		Warwick Folk Festival
July 28		Trowbridge Village Pump Festival
August 23 - 25		Bridgnorth Folk Festival
Sept 7		Stroud Festival, The Cornhill, Stroud
Sept 20 - 22		Bromyard Folk Festival

		October Tour

October 1		Roses Theatre - Tewkesbury (Folk in the Bar) TBC
October 3		Milkmaid Folk Club - Wymondham, Norfolk
October 6		The Bell Inn - Bath 1pm
October 6		Topsham Folk Club - Exeter
October 8		Ceol Castle - Birmingham
October 9		The Albert Hole - Bristol
October 11		Dorchester Arts Centre, Dorset
October 12		Folk 'n' Good Music Day, Mill Theatre, Banbury

Nov 30		Blaxton Live, nr Doncaster with Vin Garbutt
New Line up... For anyone who has not yet heard about our expanded line up, here are the details: The original 3 members remain and are now joined by Imogen O'Rourke from Cardiff playing flute and vocalist Miranda Sykes from Lincolnshire who also brings double bass. Miranda is in great demand both as a live performer and for session work. After a two year stint with folk-rockers “Pressgang”, she can now also be seen touring with artists such as Steáfán Hannigan, Bill Jones and Robb Johnson and is currently working on a solo album. Imogen joined firebrand upon her return from Portugal where she was touring for 12 months. We are all rather excited by our new sound which not only has added depth and new textures but lots more balls.