Songs From The Attic (Plus Extras)

by Jon Wilks

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1.	The Sandgate Dandling 03:40	info	buy track
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3.	Girl On A Kemble Train 02:54	info	buy track
4.	When First I Came To Caledonia 05:02	info	buy track
5.	Hard Times of Old England 03:02	info	buy track
6.	Ye Mariners All (A Jug Of This) 02:57	info	buy track
7.	My Old Hat That I Got On 03:10	info	buy track
8.	Durham Fair 06:02	info	buy track
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10.	The Unquiet Grave (Out-take) 03:21	info	buy track
11.	Nobody Writes Protest Songs Anymore (Single) 03:41	info	buy track

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"His love for folk music manifests itself throughout this lovely album." - Folk Radio UK

"Songs From the Attic is a genuine, carefully considered album which is made with a lot of heart. It deserves to be noticed." - Bright Young Folk

'Songs From The Attic' was the result of nine months spent researching and writing traditional folk songs on the Grizzly Folk blog. Each song at some point began to get under my skin and, following a lengthy process of fairly obsessive study and performance, I found I'd fallen in love with them – just as many, many people had done before me and will do again.

These traditional songs very quickly elbowed the original songs out of my live set, so I thought it might be worthwhile recording them as a snapshot of where I was at that point. Two original songs managed to stay put, mainly due to the storytelling qualities that I felt they shared with the traditional songs.

This new release adds 'The Greenland Whale Fishery' (traditional) when started to creep into my live set towards the end of 2017, but failed to make it on to the original release (I'm not sure why). It also contains a recording of 'The Unquiet Grave', as taken from the video of the same name which originally featured on the Grizzly Folk Youtube channel.

The original album came out on September 19th, 2017, with only nine songs. It stayed online for a month or so before I took it down again, unsatisfied with how slight it felt. After listening to the out-takes I decided to re-release it, including the lead single, 'Nobody Writes Protest Songs Anymore' (original). This download also features the full sleeve notes, plus the video that accompanied the release of 'My Old Hat That I Got On'.

While I certainly can't call this a 'trad album' anymore, it better represents the gigs I was playing during the year I discovered traditional folk music.

I hope you enjoy it.

Jon Wilks, December 2017

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released December 21, 2017

Arranged, produced and performed by Jon Wilks

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Jon Wilks Whitchurch, UK

'The sort of performer folk circles mean when they talk of the living tradition' - Mike Davies, Folking.com

“One of the best of the New Wave of Folk Blokes. As a guitar player and arranger of traditional songs, Jon Wilks already deserves speaking of in the same breath as your Simpsons and your Morays.” – Ian A. Anderson, fRoots Mag ... more

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May 18

The Old Court

Windsor, UK
May 19

The Poppy and Pint

Nottingham, UK
May 24

St Laurence Church

Weymouth, UK
Oct 20

Exeter Phoenix Arts Centre

Exeter, UK
Nov 8

Marlborough Town Hall

Marlborough, UK
Nov 11

Colchester Arts Centre

Ipswich, UK
Nov 29

The Ivy House - Nunhead

London, UK

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