Eliza Carthy and The Restitution have announced ‘Queen of the Whirl‘ will be released on October 28th on HemHem Records. Multi-award-winning Carthy MBE is celebrating 30 years as a professional musician with the release of the album of newly recorded versions of some of the most popular songs from her career. It will be released as a standard CD, Double 12″ vinyl, and as a special limited-edition 4 EP deluxe package.
Carthy said of the new record, “This collection is honestly the best and most comprehensively reimagined, replayed representation of my work in English traditional/contemporary music over the last thirty years yet.“.
Carthy has also announced an Autumn tour which includes eleven dates starting at Masham at the end of November.
Tracklist:
EP 1 (out 4 August)
1. Whirly Whorl – Taken from Eliza Carthy & The Kings of Calicutt (1997)
2. The Snow it Melts the Soonest (single) – Taken from Red Rice (1998)
3. The Company of Men – Taken from Angels & Cigarettes (2000)
4. Jacky Tar – Taken from Heat, Light & Sound (1996)
EP 2 (out 1 September)
1. Stumbling On – Taken from Red (1998)
2. Mohair – Taken from Rough Music (2005)
3. Mr Magnifico – Taken from Dreams of Breathing Underwater (2008)
4. My Father’s Mansions – Taken from Where Have All the Flowers Gone: The Songs of Pete Seeger (1998)
EP 3 (out 29 September)
1. Space Girl – Taken from Empire & Love by The Imagined Village (2010)
2. Two Tears – Taken from Wayward Daughter (2013)
3. Blood on my Boots – Taken from Neptune (2album
EP 4 (out 28 October + full abum)
1. Pretty Ploughboy – Taken from Anglicana (2002)
2. In London So Fair – Taken from Anglicana (2002)
3. Accordion Song – Taken from Red Rice (1998)
4. Good Morning Mr Walker (Slinger and Norma Go To The Dancehall Mix) – Taken from Eliza Carthy & The Kings of Calicutt (1997)
List of tour dates
23/11 – Masham Town Hall, Masham
24/11 – Diss Corn Hall, Diss
25/11 – Howard Assembly Rooms, LEEDS
26/11 – Ludlow Assembly Rooms, Ludlow
28/11 – The Glee Club, Birmingham
29/11 – Brighton Komedia, Brighton
30/11 – Glee Club, Cardiff
01/12 – Turner Sims Concert Hall, Southampton
03/12 – Sage Gateshead, Gateshead
04/12 – Band on the Wall, Manchester
05/12 – Junction 1, Cambridge
You can preorder the EPs and buy show tickets on the artist’s website.
