hazel winter

Benefit gig for Windmill Hill City Farm

Friday 25th September 8-late

Fiddlers, Willway St, Bedminster, Bristol Bs3

Tickets available from www.fiddlers.co.uk

£6/£7

Hazel Winter and John Parish; Hazel will be kicking off proceedings performing songs from her latest album Situation Normal Then and poems from her Bleak Blog series, ( including “ I’m scared of the pig on the city farm”) with guest musicians John Parish and Gina Griffin

Los Yanquis; stormingly soulful county

Shane; fabulous country blues

SAVE THE FARM ….save the pig…

Situation Normal Then

New album Situation Normal Then is now available on iTunes etc.

CDs can also be posted from Hazel’s living room in exchange for a voluntary donation to the Hazel Winter Pension Disaster Fund.

Cheques should be made out to H Winter and posted to PO Box 1050 Bristol BS99 1FT

New Album. 2009

Thirty years after they stood up together and performed Blowing In The Wind at the Elvet Methodist Church harvest supper in Durham, Hazel Winter is reunited with sister Trish for her third solo album Situation Normal Then.

Other musicians were co-opted from Trish’s band of Northumbrian folksters "Horseplay", regulars from Durham’s weekly Dun Cow pub folk sessions plus Bristol based fiddler Gina Griffin and banjo player Joff Lowson. Instruments include Northumbrian pipes, mandolin, wooden flute, Medieval side drum and that traditional North Eastern heritage instrument, the Didgeridoo. The songs were recorded over 2 separate weekends 18 months apart; one was produced by Adrian Utley and the other by Hazel Winter.

By the end of the recordings Hazel had remembered that not only had Trish elbowed her way to the front of the queue when the Breast Fairy visited the Winter household but that she had got Distinction for Grade 8 flute at around the same time Hazel got Unclassified for Maths O Level.

There was hissy fitting, slamming down of phones and Hazel remembering why she had bothered to move to the other end of the country 25 years ago anyway.

Siberia. 2007

Hazel recently took a break from recording her third album to travel to Siberia accompanying her cousin who was undertaking research for an Ethno musicology dissertation looking at Shamanism. They flew from Moscow into Krasnoyarsk where Emma looked at museum archives and Hazel gained mealtime–related skills of surreptitiously scraping offal into her handbag. They then hired two blokes from down the pub to drive them to the Tuva Region to try and meet some Shamans. Hazel’s daily fear of death courtesy of Siberian roads/driving/absence of seatbelts/minus 20 degree temperatures /rape and dismemberment by everyone they met, was balanced by cousin Emma’s daily fear that she might be unable to wash and blow dry her hair. They finally ended up in Kyzyl near the Mongolian border where they met up with the fantastic Alash musicians [www.alashensemble.com] and saw them in concert.

They were introduced via the instrument maker, to some Shamans and attended a ritual out in the mountains. Film footage of the ceremony will be avalable for download soon.

www.flickr.com

This is a Flickr badge showing items in a set called Hazel in Siberia. Make your own badge here.

Sleepwalking Video online

The video for 'Sleepwalking', taken from Death Row Bride, is now online. Directed by Hazel Grian, it's in the Media section of the site.


		Benefit gig for Windmill Hill City Farm Friday 25th September 8-late Fiddlers, Willway St, Bedminster, Bristol Bs3 Tickets available from www.fiddlers.co.uk £6/£7 Hazel Winter and John Parish; Hazel will be kicking off proceedings performing songs from her latest album Situation Normal Then and poems from her Bleak Blog series, ( including “ I’m scared of the pig on the city farm”) with guest musicians John Parish and Gina Griffin Los Yanquis; stormingly soulful county Shane; fabulous country blues SAVE THE FARM ….save the pig… Situation Normal Then New album Situation Normal Then is now available on iTunes etc. CDs can also be posted from Hazel’s living room in exchange for a voluntary donation to the Hazel Winter Pension Disaster Fund. Cheques should be made out to H Winter and posted to PO Box 1050 Bristol BS99 1FT New Album. 2009 Thirty years after they stood up together and performed Blowing In The Wind at the Elvet Methodist Church harvest supper in Durham, Hazel Winter is reunited with sister Trish for her third solo album Situation Normal Then. Other musicians were co-opted from Trish’s band of Northumbrian folksters "Horseplay", regulars from Durham’s weekly Dun Cow pub folk sessions plus Bristol based fiddler Gina Griffin and banjo player Joff Lowson. Instruments include Northumbrian pipes, mandolin, wooden flute, Medieval side drum and that traditional North Eastern heritage instrument, the Didgeridoo. The songs were recorded over 2 separate weekends 18 months apart; one was produced by Adrian Utley and the other by Hazel Winter. By the end of the recordings Hazel had remembered that not only had Trish elbowed her way to the front of the queue when the Breast Fairy visited the Winter household but that she had got Distinction for Grade 8 flute at around the same time Hazel got Unclassified for Maths O Level. There was hissy fitting, slamming down of phones and Hazel remembering why she had bothered to move to the other end of the country 25 years ago anyway. Siberia. 2007 Hazel recently took a break from recording her third album to travel to Siberia accompanying her cousin who was undertaking research for an Ethno musicology dissertation looking at Shamanism. They flew from Moscow into Krasnoyarsk where Emma looked at museum archives and Hazel gained mealtime–related skills of surreptitiously scraping offal into her handbag. They then hired two blokes from down the pub to drive them to the Tuva Region to try and meet some Shamans. Hazel’s daily fear of death courtesy of Siberian roads/driving/absence of seatbelts/minus 20 degree temperatures /rape and dismemberment by everyone they met, was balanced by cousin Emma’s daily fear that she might be unable to wash and blow dry her hair. They finally ended up in Kyzyl near the Mongolian border where they met up with the fantastic Alash musicians [www.alashensemble.com] and saw them in concert. They were introduced via the instrument maker, to some Shamans and attended a ritual out in the mountains. Film footage of the ceremony will be avalable for download soon. www.flickr.com This is a Flickr badge showing items in a set called Hazel in Siberia. Make your own badge here. Sleepwalking Video online The video for 'Sleepwalking', taken from Death Row Bride, is now online. Directed by Hazel Grian, it's in the Media section of the site.	Situation Normal Then “…a unique brand of folk-tinged dark rock ….subtle dynamics…the guitar….emits a brash and gloriously dusty sound that is suitably paired with Winter’s smoky, fainting voice…Endearing beauty and musicianship” The Music Magazine “…a striking solo artist…cathartic and hypnotic blend of coarse English folk and unapologetic, splintering garage blues, like evil black-sheep twin sister of Maddy Prior and early P.J. Harvey…striking….alarmingly visceral…truly engaging and bewitching…” Crud Magazine “a commendable solo artiste and rich purveyor of scintillating-yet-caustic folk/punk …dark and idiosyncratic British charms with an increasingly melodic sound …her most potent album to date…brutal uncompromising and intelligent punk…” Fresh Deer Meat “…abrasive folk rock hybrid…incredibly captivating and irresistible…is likely to be one of the most intriguing of the year…” Devil has the best tuna “…Hazel has set about creating a wildly powerful and uncompromising new album…” Female First “… a relative unknown …former Blue Aeroplanes member…Winter’s gritty folk-rock sound is exciting, strange and incredibly compelling….haunting lyrics and unique instrumentation…unsettling yet captivating…” Chewing Gum For The Ears “…fat, fuzz-heavy guitar played with disarming skill behind a cacophony of strings, flutes, and bells…makes a swift impression…” Wears The Trousers “…Adrian Utley…her fellow Bristolian, helps create a more rounded production on Situation Normal Then, albeit one that still retains Winter’s trademark vicious bite…Utley should be applauded for his subtle production work throughout the album. The employment of folk and Celtic instrumentation could easily have backfired, but every track bristles with inventive touches that deepen with repeated listens…the spooked world of Hazel Winter will alienate some and delight others. Needless to say , this is an album that deserves repeated listens for its unique atmosphere to really grip” Music OMH “….Your Mother And I can’t hear the lyrics….” Hazel’s Dad Links www.johnparish.com www.licoricefilm.com www.horseplay.org.uk www.eyelashpics.com www.evansfinch.co.uk
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