Fat Cat Nights with the Great Escape 
@ Theatre Royal Brighton - Friday 16 - Saturday 17 May 2008

Brighton Festival


Brighton-based label Fat Cat returns for these specially produced
Festival concerts in association with the Great Escape.


Fri Vashti Bunyan, Vetiver, Haushka, Tom Brosseau
Sat Nina Nastasia, The Twilight Sad, Frightened Rabbit, Silje Nes
	

Heading up Friday night's line-up is British chanteuse Vashti Bunyan, celebrating the recent re-release of her early pop material including her 1965 debut single penned by Jagger and Richards. Plus the lush acoustic textures of Andy Cabic's uber-cool Vetiver; North Dakota's golden-voiced folk-roots troubadour Tom Brosseau; and German composer Haushka, whose disruptive ‘piano interventions' bring to mind the rhythmic sounds of Steve Reich and John Cage.

Saturday night sees New York's cult singer-songwriter Nina Nastasia headlining another dream roster with her spectral Americana and smouldering vocal intensity. Also featuring the skewed anthemic rock of Glasgow's accordion-toting The Twilight Sad; Glasgow's exuberant post-punk Indie rock trio Frightened Rabbit; and the multilayered organic hooks of Norwegian multi-instrumentalist/singer Silje Nes.

Box Office: 08700 606 650 (booking fee)

Due to (so far) unresolved difficulties 
with Universal over the licensing for 
"Some Things Just Stick In Your Mind/I Want To Be Alone".. 
the iTunes UK listing for the Singles and Demos collection
has these two tracks missing at the beginning.

If anybody would like to have them - here they are:


Some Things Just Stick In Your Mind 
(Jagger/Richards) 


I Want To Be Alone 
(Bunyan)

Whyn Lewis (VB's daughter) has a show of her new paintings at the Portal Gallery, 15 New Cavendish Street, Marylebone High Street, London, W1G 9UB - 12th November to 1st December

email portalgallery@btinternet.com
tel: 020 7935 5222

FatCat/Spinney release a double CD compilation of early (pre Diamond Day) recordings entitled 'Some Things Just Stick In Your Mind' on October 22nd 2007 in the UK. Di Cristina release the US version on October 30th.

Connect Festival, Inverary Castle, Argyll,
Scotland - 31st August, 1st and 2nd September

Syd Barrett - Madcap's Last Laugh

10 May 2007 / 19:30
Barbican Hall

"The spirit of Syd Barrett is invoked by an all-star 
line-up of music and lights. The many guests include
Kevin Ayers, The Bees, Vashti Bunyan, King Creosote
with Gordon Anderson (The Aliens), Mike Heron, 
Robyn Hitchcock, Chrissie Hynde, Captain Sensible, 
Sense of Sound choir+ more tbc"

The house band includes, Andy Bell on bass (Oasis),
Simon Finley on drums (Echo & The Bunnymen), 
Ted Barnes on guitar (Beth Orton).

Lighting Design by Peter Wynne Willson
Producers, Joe Boyd, Nick Laird-Clowes		

"Chemikal Underground Records are proud
to announce the release, March 5th 2007,
of Ballads Of the Book, an elaborately
ambitious project featuring some of
Scotland’s best writers and musicians."
			

			FEBRUARY 2007   

Friday 2nd        New York, Carnegie Hall - David Byrne's Perspectives
                          "Welcome to Dreamland"
                          Devendra Banhart, Adem, Vashti Bunyan, Vetiver,
                          Cocorosie and Cibelle.

East Coast USA with Vetiver

Saturday 3rd       Philadelphia, Johnny Brendas
Sunday 4th         Charlottesville , Satellite Ballroom
Monday 2nd        Carrsboro, The Arts centre
Tuesday 6th        Athens, 40 Watt Club
Wednesday 7th    Nashville, Mercy Lounge
Friday 9th           Washington DC, Rock and Roll Hotel
Saturday 10th     Brooklyn, Southpaw


Australia, with Jo Mango and Gareth Dickson

Tuesday 20th      Melbourne, Prince Band Room
Wednesday 21st  Sydney, Newtown
Thursday 22nd    Brisbane, The Zoo
Saturday 24th      Perth, International Arts Festival.

Japan, with Jo and Gareth

Tuesday 27th    Sansui, Osaka
Wed 28th           Metro, Kyoto

MARCH

Thursday 1st      Liquidroom, Tokyo

Thursday 15th    FatCat Showcase, SXSW, Austin, Texas
			

by Whyn Lewis ©2006

USA and Canada Tour 2006

09-01 Vancouver, British Columbia - Richard's on Richards
09-02 Portland, OR - Hollywood Theater (Halleluwah Arts Fest)
09-03 Seattle, WA - Bumbershoot Festival
09-06 Santa Cruz -The Attic
09-07 San Francisco, CA - Great American Music Hall
09-08 Los Angeles, CA - Getty Museum
09-09 Los Angeles, CA - The Echo
09-11 Chicago, IL - Lakeshore Theater
09-12 Chicago, IL - Lakeshore Theater
09-14 New York, NY - Bowery Ballroom
09-15 Boston, MA - Museum of Fine Arts
09-16 Shelburne Falls, MA - Memorial Hall Theater
10-03 Toronto - Harbourfront Center
10-05 Montreal - La Tulipe

Tour Schedule 2006

 14/04 - AB2 (Domino Festival), Belguim (Brussels)
 15/04 - Hotel Mozaique, Holland (Rotterdam)
 17/04 - Cafe De La Danse, France (Paris)
 18/04 - Le Minotaur, France (Vendome)
 19/04 - La Cooperative De Mai, France (Clermont Ferrand)
 20/04 - Le Grand Mic, France (Tourcoing)
 21/04 - Scene National, France (Dieppe)
 28/04 - Théâtre Jacques , France (Bourges)

 30/04 - Tramway, Scotland (Glasgow) with Belle and Sebastian

 01/05 - Cabaret Sauvage, Paris, with Cocorosie
 11/05 - Playhouse, UK (Leeds) Fuse Festival, with Adem and Tunng

 14/05 - All Tomorrow's Parties, curated by Devendra Banhart (Camber
         Sands, Rye, Sussex)

 21/05 - Bologna - with Adem

 25/05 - Brighton Festival, Corn Exchange (Brighton) with 
         Max Richter and Tom Brousseau

 02/06 - Venn Festival, (Bristol) with Max Richter

 03/06 - Primavera (Barcelona)

 04/06 - Homefires (London)

 03/07 - Accelerator Festival, Sweden (Malmo)
 05/07 - Accelerator Festival, Sweden (Goteborg)
 06/07 - Accelerator Festival, Sweden (Stockholm)
 07/07 - Quart Festival, Norway (Kristiansand)

 04/08 - Big Chill, Eastnor Castle, (Hereford)

 12/08 - Summer Sundae, (Leicester)

September/October USA/Canada

cover art is from a painting by 
Whyn Lewis (VB's daughter)
A show of her new work is at the 
Portal Gallery,
43 Dover Street, London
from 3rd till 22nd October 2005
www.portal-gallery.com
			

second album done - 35 years later
 
to be called 'Lookaftering'
for the years between and the looking back

produced by Max Richter
co-arranged by Max Richter and Vashti Bunyan
 
to be released by FatCat October 17th 2005
FATCD38p

in USA to be released by DiCristina - October 25th 2005
 
musicians include.. Max Richter, Joanna Newsom,  Adem,
Devendra Banhart. Robert Kirby, Kevin Barker , Otto Hauser,
Marcelo Di Oliviera, Adam Pierce.

May 2005
The big decision. Signing to FatCat Records.
Love them.
Photograph by Jason Evans April 2005

Working with
Max Richter (www.maxrichter.com)
as co-producer for album of new songs 
planned for
late 2005..
in USA will
be on DiCristina.
So far beautiful
musicianship from Max and Joanna Newsom, Marcelo 
- and plans for other people -
need to catch
them for a moment.

**********

June moments caught..

With Adem, Devendra Banhart, Andy Cabic, 
Otto and Kevin - French horn and trumpet
played by Robert Kirby.

Many thankyous

**********

May 2005
Prospect
Hummer - Animal Collective (feat. Vashti Bunyan) 
- an EP of four AC songs 
released by
FatCat May 16th 2005 in UK and May 31st in USA.
www.fat-cat.co.uk

Throughout
2004/5 - realising how much of it could be done by VB..
like all the song-writing 
- and old
Martin guitar given by son Leif and brought from California. 
It is not
liking the cold
but gets
better with playing.
And a Danelectro present from Al. Lovely blue.

DiCristina
re-issue of Just Another Diamond Day for the USA and Canada.
October 19th
2004
www.midheaven.com

EP Saint
Marie out May 30th  2004 on Green Ufos
More Piano
Magic - voice on Glen Johnson's song Dark Ages
www.piano-magic.com

For Devendra
Banhart - recorded duet although not on the same continent at the time. 
Devendra on
the Georgia/Alabama border.. Vashti in Edinburgh room with creaking
floorboards. 
Recording
sent over the Atlantic to join up.
To be found
on 'Rejoicing In The Hands' - out May 24th 2004 on XL and Young God

www.xl-recordings.com
www.younggodrecords.com
Link to Amazon

April 2004
Recording
with Animal Collective at Idle Luxury Studios, London.
*************************************************
2003/2004 More writing, deciding and undeciding.

Royal Festival Hall April 2003 - invitation to play 10 minute set in 
Stephen Malkmus curated - 'Down The Dustpipe'. 
First VB on stage for more than 30 years. 
First live singing of Diamond Day ever. 
Kieran Hebden, Adem and Fiona Brice accompany. 
Thank you very kindly. 
Reviews.

Silver Platinum Diamonds

April 2002
till April 2003.. writing, deciding, recording, undeciding. 
Demos made
with Simon Raymonde  sadly not
moving on.

Feb 2002
Writers Without Homes - Piano Magic 4AD. 
Vocals on
Glen Johnson's song - Crown of the Lost. First time in studio for 33 years