rich(ard) dawson
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Newcastle music person. New album 'End Of The Middle' out 14th February
newcastle upon tyne
Joined November 2011
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The new Richard Dawson album 'The Ruby Cord' is out on 18th Nov. Possibly the conclusion of a trilogy that started with 'Peasant' and was followed by '2020'. (1/3)
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Richard Dawson's new album 'End Of The Middle' is coming February 14th. 'Polytunnel' is out now.
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apparently it was International Black Cat Day yesterday - so, belated greetings from me and Trouble
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'2020' is out today. Thank you to everyone who made this possible, friends and family, the musicians of the NE and beyond, Sam at @BlankStudios , all at @WeirdWorldRecs @Dominorecordco @Qujunktions and the biggest of shout-outs to the promoters and the gig-goers.
Essential listening. @richarddawson12's stunning new album 2020 is out today. Listen in full now here: ❌
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Thrilled to announce my next album '2020' will be coming out on @WeirdWorldRecs @Dominorecordco on Oct 11th. This is the first single JOGGING.
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Looking forward to chatting with The President tomorrow. Interview streaming live at 6PM GMT. 1 PM EST.
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;-(.
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beyond thrilled to announce Henki, an album I've made with my favourite band CIRCLE. out on @WeirdWorldRecs 26 nov. Watch the first video - featuring snooker god Steve Davis - and pre-order the album here . @WeirdWorldRecs @SteveSnooker @Dominorecordco.
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would have been on @glastonbury this aft, instead really terrified playing @Naughty_Dog 's last of us 2! Good consolation! Seems like a good time to say- v sorry for all the lost shows this year. Thankful for being safe and well. Hope to share music with you again soon. Big love.
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thanks to Matt at Fidelity Guitars for building me this very special guitar. Optimized for my horrible tuning, with a single Nu-Sonic pickup (researched and made by @mojopickups). The tone knob is probably overkill: just put it in 'go' mode! Amazing. @FidelityGuitars
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Photos from Monday's @marcrileydj session on @BBC6Music . The show is up to listen again via @bbcsounds
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This goose will be loose later this week. stay tuned
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First ever US shows announced for Spring!. Headline shows in NÝ and LA, and some dates with @Pigsx7. Tickets:
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I've got a new album of home recordings out today on @bandcamp called 'Republic of Geordieland' - a collection of instrumentals and vocal pieces recorded during lockdown, and a couple of bits and pieces that never found a home. I hope you enjoy it! 1 of 5.
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Heartbreaking news this morning. rest in peace SOPHIE.
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I'm live in session on Marc Riley's show in a few mins. wish me luck . @marcrileydj @BBC6Music.
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Here's my bid for the Xmas No. 1!! I wanted to make a small, pure, jaded 'pop!' song that would somehow resemble an unwanted Xmas pressie: A pair of novelty socks, some Lynx Africa, or a daft plastic puzzle you find in your stocking then chuck in a drawer for the next 10 years.
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I'm proud and excited to be supporting the incredible force of nature and magic that is @LankumDublin in London this OCT. I might even wear my suit!.
Absolutely fucking buzzing to announce that Newcastle shaman @richarddawson12 will be opening for us in London on October 26th. We've all been massive fans for years and it feels like a bit of an upside down gig to be brutally honest. Tickets: ❤️
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So this happened. thanks to Mr. Buxton, @louistheroux and all at Hammersmith @EventimApollo for a wonderful night. See you back there in October, when i'll be supporting the mighty LANKUM !!! @LankumDublin . info here: ENJOY YOUR SUMMER X
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Today would have been Record Store Day. It's more vital than ever that we keep supporting independent shops. Thank you to @beatdownncl for this stone-cold classic. #loverecordstores .@RSDUK
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Thanks @theQuietus for selecting Peasant as their album of the year. Some records I've enjoyed very much this year are.Circle - Terminal .Cevdet Erek - Davul.Awanto 3 - Gargamel.Pan Daijing - Lack.Larry Achiampong - untitled.Maggie Payne - Crystal.
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New album 'The Ruby Cord' is out today. Full UK tour also announced for 2023, tickets onsale now.
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Happy Xmas fellow Mogi . if you are somehow still awake in an hour I’m going to be Stewart Lee’s guest on Late Junction on @BBCRadio3 tonight.
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Had a lovely walk to a secret orchard with @nevclay today and stumbled quite by accident upon my place of (caesarian) birth, where I've only been once before, i.e. - when I was born. It's posh flats now.
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Slightly overwhelmed to tell you I have a gig.
With his Delight Is Right show at @BarbicanCentre due to be re-scheduled for 2021, Richard Dawson (@richarddawson12) plays a one-off solo live show Live From The Barbican on Sunday 25th October. Online and very limited in-person tickets info here
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as a way to deal with these times, me and Sal made a small, simple music group. We aim to record most days and upload it all to @Bandcamp It's a big help for us, we hope it can be of comfort/company to you too. Here's the first 3, all free to download.
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So excited to share this with you.
Hen Ogledd, a four piece featuring Richard Dawson, have signed to the Domino imprint Weird World and have a new album called Mogic on the way. Watch the video for excellent new single 'Problem Child' right now.
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I like that the line ‘Out the gate and down the lane’ in Polytunnel- it could mean going down the allotment, or it could mean going somewhere else. There’s possibly a lot of drama happening outside of the lines of the song…. Or not. It might just be a song about an allotment.
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Very excited to share 'Methuselah', the second track from my upcoming album with Circle, 'Henki' - a plant-based heavy metal odyssey. The video is by the marvellous Samuli Alapuranen. Watch it here- Album.out 26th Nov
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I'm honoured that @normanrecords have included a reissue of 'Peasant' as part of their 25th anniversary celebrations. Thank you!. Here it is on beautiful brown vinyl.
NORMAN 25TH ANNIVERSARY EXCLUSIVE: ‘Peasant’ by Richard Dawson. Richard Dawson’s ‘Peasant’ is easily one of the finest folk records of the 2010s, so we just had to get our hands on a fresh variant of it. @richarddawson12 .
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Headline show at the @barbicancentre announced Friday 5th May 2023!. Tickets go on sale Friday . More dates to follow soon
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I was sorry to learn last week that Rhodri and Angharad's dad John Davies had died. He was a lovely, generous, gentle man. Here he is playing all the parts on the opening track of Peasant. And what beautiful playing it is. All my love to his family.
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Incredible show from @LankumDublin and v happy times hanging out. Thanks @roadburn.
Hanging out with the incomparable @richarddawson12 at @roadburnfest. Beautiful man and a wonderful festival. Til next time!.xox.❤
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Rich(ard) Dawson will be touring the UK next Spring, playing new album 'The End Of The Middle' in some intimate settings. Tickets on sale 10AM Monday. More dates to follow.
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Some favourite albums from '24:. Nala Sinephro 'Endlessness'. Shinichi Atobe 'Discipline'. Dr Pete Larson + Cytotoxic Nyatiti Band 'Michigan Traditional Music'. Eiko Ishibashi 'Evil Does Not Exist'. Trystwch Y Fenwood s/t. 'Music for Shapeshifters' (sublime freq). Check em out !.
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been making my way very slowly through Mason & Dixon by Thomas Pynchon and it is utterly amazing. so we went hunting for the spirit of Jeremiah Dixon this morning at Raby Castle near Staindrop, and I think Sally might have captured on film. something!
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Very pleased to present this song about a football match, 'Two Halves', the second one from my forthcoming '2020' album. The video was made by the incredible Leslie Anne Rose.
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I'll be hosting a monthly edition of 'delight is right' on NTS radio starting today at 5pm. Listen here: @NTSlive @WeirdWorldRecs @Dominorecordco.
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Thanks to the Quietus for letting me share these favourite things.
"If I had a desert island disc, this would be it. It's one of the cornerstones of music for me." - Richard Dawson .
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Here's a new video for Dead Dog In An Alleyway, and a large chunk of upcoming live dates.
.@richarddawson12 releases an incredible animated video directed by Ewan Jones Morris for his track "Dead Dog in an Alleyway." Alongside this, he's announced further UK and European tour dates for this year. More information and dates can be found here:
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Henki is up for the Nordic Music Prize tonight, can you believe such a thing. Good luck to all and have a nice night, sorry not to join you!. @byLarm
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I guess this means I'm a folk singer after all. 😉.
"The greatest flora-themed hypno-folk metal record you’ll hear this year." . New at number 1 in this month’s Official Folk Albums Chart - Henki by @richarddawson12 and Circle. Watch the full show here:
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Me and Sally started a lockdown band. We're recording most evening and uploading the results to bandcamp. Number 4 'fossil' is now there. Everything free to download. Hope everyone is doing ok.
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Streaming gig from Barbican is tonight at 8, followed by Q+A with Stewart Lee.
This Sunday, Richard Dawson brings his inimitable solo live show to @BarbicanCentre, Live From The Barbican. Not only will Richard be playing live, but the show will feature a Q+A with the one and only Stewart Lee. Online tickets and info
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It really is such a happy thing for us to he able to share this with you now. new Hen Ogledd is HERE. and it's NOW!!!.
Hen Ogledd announce new album Free Humans - listen to lead single 'Trouble' here.
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The Unthanks have made an astonishing arrangement of one of my oldest songs. I'm humbled and greatly honoured by this. Thank you.
Here's a film of our reading of the @richarddawson12 song, We Picked Apples In A Graveyard Freshly Mowed. You can buy the album and film it comes from, on our website. The sentiment of the chorus may resonate particularly now, in this time of isolation.
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The paintings featired on the sleeve of my upcoming album 'End of the Middle' are by the amazing Mandy Payne.@mandypayne24 . See her work here:
Absolutely delighted to have my artwork featured on the front + back of @richarddawson12 new album 'End Of The Middle' which is coming out on February 14th. Pre-order the new album via @Dominorecordco .Richard Dawson will be playing the Ivy House Nunhead, London on the 7th Dec.
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very glad to be playing a streaming gig this sunday!.
This Sunday, Richard Dawson brings his inimitable solo live show to @BarbicanCentre, Live From The Barbican. Not only will Richard be playing live, but the show will feature a Q+A with the one and only Stewart Lee. Online tickets and info
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Setting out with these two cool dudes tomorrow. Looking forward to seeing you!
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New video for 'Horse and Rider' from 'The Ruby Cord'. Giddy up!.
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Just announced - full UK tour with Circle in July . Tickets here
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Sally made me this cuddly tardigrade. Merry Christmas.
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I finally won an award.
Sam Grant presents the award for the Best Cowbell of 2020. ⚠️ SPOILER WARNING ⚠️ . Well done, @richarddawson12. May you reap the rewards of such a prestigious honour.
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I play cowbell and tambourine om this.
We are over the moon to announce our new album, ‘Land of Sleeper’ is out via @RocketRecording, 17.02.23 . You can preorder it on Vinyl, CD, digital and in nice bundles. Head to the link to preorder and to listen to the first single, ‘Mr. Medicine’.
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was amazing to play a gig this weekend gone. I'm so lucky to be able to do it again this weekend, at Sage. One aft, one eve- or you can 'attend' the later one online. few people in touch to say it showing as sold out but tickets still available. all different sets,bar 1 or 2.
This will be amazing, heartwarming and true. If you’re missing live music and need to make sense of everything that’s going on right now, Richard Dawson will do this for you. Think of it as an hour of therapy. ❤️@Sage_Gateshead @richarddawson12.
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FREE HUMANS is out today! It feels like a very strange time to release an album, but oddly apt! . Here's the first track off it - 'farewell'
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impossible to overstate the greatness of Ennio Morricone. RIP maestro.
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On the marc riley show playing some songs from 2020 in about 15 mins @marcrileydj @BBC6Music.
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Opening for @mitskileaks in Edinburgh, Manchester and Dublin next Spring!. Ticket details at Thanks to Mitski for the invitation
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First gig back is in August as part of the Edinburgh Festival. more dates to follow. It's nerve-wracking just thinking about it. @edinburghfests.
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probably the only time i'll find myself sandwiched between Lizzo and Kanye :-).
There are many horrible things happening in the world today, but @ntabebe writing about @richarddawson12 is not one of them. Thank you for writing about the perfectness that is "Jogging".
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‘Henki’ is out tomorrow! Sign up to join myself, Janne and Pekka from Circle for an intimate listening party on Zoom next Tuesday 30th at 7pm GMT.
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I've never played a nylon-string guitar :-)
The best albums of 2017, No 10: @richarddawson12 – Peasant "performed by a geordie with a nylon-stringed guitar, a busted amp and a penchant for impenetrable avant-folk"
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I made a plant-themed playlist for the Freakzone . David Tudor, Jessica Moss, Little Jimmy Scott, Still House Plants, Jose Maceda, Redshape and more. Listen here @BBC6Music @Dominorecordco @StuartMaconie @WeirdWorldRecs.
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I think the man you are after is @RichardDawkins and not myself. A very easy mistake to make!.
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Me and Sally started a lockdown-band called Bulbils, we're uploading everything to bandcamp. Album no. 5 is called 'egg' and can be found here now everything's free to download. hope everyone is staying safe and healthy.
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The Ruby Cord UK tour, Spring 2023. Tickets onsale now
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My shows next week at @Sage_Gateshead , @BarbicanCentre and @TrinityBristol are postponed. We're working on rescheduling them and hope to see you all as soon as possible. Those'll be happy days when they come. Stay safe.
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Announcing 'The Ruby Cord Live' - a limited edition DVD of a special full band performance at St Georges Bristol earlier this year, filmed by @HeinzJunkins. Pre-order available now from Domino Mart . Tickets for all Autumn/Winter shows onsale now too.
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me and Sally got our 1st vaccines this week. to mark this strange milestone we made 'Vaccine', which also happens to be Bulbils #62. it's kind of a dance album. kind of. this, and the rest of em are available for free here - .
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Rhodri Davies' new album is out on Fri. Pre-order here . He designed and made an ancient horse hair harp and improvised these pieces after meticulous research of the earliest known Welsh harp music. It's amazing. Pls support this incredible musician!.
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Richard Dawson's upcoming album 'End Of The Middle' @dinkededition is available to pre-order now: Limited edition & numbered yellow vinyl featuring bonus 7" featuring two exclusive tracks and a 12-page lyric booklet.
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Today would have been Record Store Day. It's more vital than ever that we keep supporting independent shops. Thank you to @beartreerecords for that last Sun Ra haul, you made an old man very happy. #loverecordstores @RSDUK
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A beautiful 40 minute pop video has been made by director James Hankins (@HeinzJunkins) for the opening track 'The Hermit' (2/3).
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The incredible artwork for Henki is by Iris Aspinall Priest. I'm blown away by what she's done. Iris is an old friend and a real inspiration. Check out more of her work here: And find her etsy shop here:
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!!!.
So the final new entry today reaches the #1 spot, and it's @richarddawson12's new album The Ruby Cord.
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and next weekend at the Barbican, again live and streaming. so excited for these shows, and nervous to go out in the world again.
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here's a clip of 'Jogging' from one of our last gigs in Paris, back in February. I hope we can all get back to sharing music. relatively soon. #LetTheMusicPlay.
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Another lockdown means more Bulbils. #51 is called 'Back' and is available for free along with everything else here -. _________ new year!.
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I am over the moon to tell you that Hen Ogledd's new album 'Free Humans' is coming out on 25th September. Pre order here:. @WeirdWorldRecs @Dominorecordco.
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With The Ruby Cord out tomorrow, the 41-minute video for 'The Hermit' will stream on Bandcamp on Tuesday at 8pm GMT. Shot by Bristol filmmaker James Hankins, the video will be followed by a pre-recorded Q&A with Richard and James, hosted by Adam Buxton.
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my painting 'Robert De Niro in Yorkshire', inspired by his recent visit to Halifax, is now up for sale for an amount of money only justifiable by the fact it will go towards @thetradesclub crowdfunded, to help secure their future. Help save this most important venue!
At 5pm today we're putting on a very special reward - a painting by friend of the Trades @richarddawson12. More details here >> Our crowdfunder is here >> Please RT
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me and Circle had a great time playing @OUTFESTBarreiro this weekend gone - thank you !. especially thrilled to be on before the master @RP_BOO_ . lovely bloke, astonishing set ! ! ! - thank you !
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I hope its not 'complete' yet!.
NEW EPISODE: It's part 1 (of 2) on the discography of @richarddawson12. Join @pockless, @EuzieTemporary, @ZoeVonHess and @Nick_Tea of @myteenageband to grapple with the work of a pretty special musician. Listen here: with tunes:
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'The Hermit’, the 41-minute long first single from 'The Ruby Cord', will be released as a limited edition hand-signed CD single, backed by exclusive B-side ‘The Stone Pickers’. Link to pre-order: Out 18th November.
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