The Seth Lakeman Archive

‘Live at the Minack’ DVD out 30 Nov 2009

The Seth Lakeman Archive — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 18:30:19 +0000

Back in May this year, Seth played an amazing sell-out show at the Minack Theatre in Porthcurno, Cornwall. Set on the cliff edge, the Minack Theatre is a beautiful and unique outdoor amphitheatre – a truly fitting venue for Seth’s story telling lyrics and foot stomping performances. The magical show was captured [...]

Autumn/Winter UK Tour Starts Tonight

The Seth Lakeman Archive — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 16:49:30 +0000

After a warm-up gig in Chesterfield on Saturday Seth’s UK tour starts with a vengeance tonight in Cambridge and takes in cities across the UK in November and December culminating with a night at London’s Shepherds Bush Empire. We’re promised yet more new songs on this tour, after which Seth is heading [...]

Watch: Solomon Browne Live at Shrewsbury Folk 09

The Seth Lakeman Archive — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 16:00:02 +0000

Top quality official festival video of Seth’s live performance on the main stage at Shrewsbury Folk Festival 2009. Posted in Gigs, Videos Tagged: Seth Lakeman, Shrewsbury Folk Festival

Watch: Cormac Byrne on-stage with Seth at Cropredy 09

The Seth Lakeman Archive — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 13:52:00 +0000

A nostalgic moment for long-time fans, as Cormac Byrne joins Seth on-stage for a classic performance of ‘Lady of the Sea’ at Fairport’s Cropredy Convention 2009. Cormac, with his dazzling bodhran playing, was Seth’s original percussionist. Before he left the regular band this pairing of fiddle and bodhran for the high-energy Lady of the Sea [...]

Last minute addition to Beautiful Days line-up

The Seth Lakeman Archive — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 07:53:57 +0000

Seth is a last minute addition to the Leveller’s Beautiful Days festival this weekend, after Friday’s scheduled Big Top headliner, Richard Thompson, broke a finger. Tickets for the festival are sold out. Posted in Gigs, News

Backstage at Cropredy with Radio FiveLive

The Seth Lakeman Archive — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 12:46:10 +0000

Seth Lakeman plays Kitty Jay backstage at Cropredy. Click for full size version. Photo from @wittertainment Simon Mayo and Mark Kermode caught up with Seth backstage at Cropredy last Friday for an exclusive performance of Kitty Jay and short interview, before his field-storming headline performance that night. You can listen again on iPlayer until this Friday [...]

Watch: Seth performing The Leveller’s, ‘The Boatman’ (2005)

Sophie Dennis — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 12:06:02 +0000

Seth accompanies The Lev’s Simon Friend on the classic Leveller’s track, The Boatman. Simon was a surprise guest at this gig with Seth Lakeman and Benji Kirpatrick at Ely Folk Club way back in January 2005. Thanks to Mary Stokes for the find. Posted in Videos Tagged: Benji Kirkpatrick, Seth Lakeman, The Levellers [...]

More winter tour dates

The Seth Lakeman Archive — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 10:05:54 +0000

The winter tour is filling out with eight additional dates announced in Cambridge, Aylesbury, Brighton, Poole, Falmouth, Warwick, Edinburgh and Oxford.

Bright Young Folk interview Seth Lakeman

The Seth Lakeman Archive — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 13:16:16 +0000

Bright Young Folk interviewed Seth before the London Union Chapel gig on 24 May 2009. The video interview is in two parts. The first is devoted to the new tracks showcased on the tour and Benji Kirkpatrick joining the band line-up, and is probably the most in-depth interview to date on plans for the next [...]

Benji Kirkpatrick talks to BrightYoungFolk about joining the Seth Lakeman band

The Seth Lakeman Archive — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 17:12:41 +0000

Benji Kirkpatrick talks to the folk music website Bright Young Folk about joining the Seth Lakeman band prior to the gig at London’s Union Chapel on 24 May 2009. Benji will be a permanent new fifth member, joining Sean Lakeman (guitar), Ben Nicholls (double bass) and Simon Lea (percussion). It is unclear whether he will [...]

Tickets on sale for UK Tour, Nov/Dec 2009, and other gig news

The Seth Lakeman Archive — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 08:30:18 +0000

Tickets go on sale for a number of UK tour dates in Nov / Dec 2009, plus a tour of Netherlands, Belgium and Denmark in October. In other gig news, there are new dates in Wales in late September, and Seth is confirmed for a number of UK festivals this summer, including Glastonbury and V Festival.

Two interviews with Wales Online

The Seth Lakeman Archive — Sun, 31 May 2009 14:06:07 +0000

Seth Lakeman gave two interviews in local Welsh press to promote the recent tour, which stopped off in Cardiff on Sat 23 May. They’re both up on WalesOnline. On the benefits on being with a major label: “when it comes down to it, you still can’t beat that massive marketing push major labels are able [...]

Pre-tour interviews on writing new material and forthcoming live DVD

The Seth Lakeman Archive — Sat, 16 May 2009 15:45:30 +0000

A couple of interviews in local West Country press ahead of Seth's UK tour, which kicks off tomorrow.

Seth nominated for Ireland’s Music Awards

The Seth Lakeman Archive — Fri, 15 May 2009 15:00:30 +0000

Seth has been nominated for Best Male Vocalist in Ireland's Music Awards, which celebrate the best in traditional Irish, celtic and folk music.

Vote for Seth at www.irelandsmusicawards.com/nominees.php?c=18&id=83

Support Acts for May 2009 Tour

The Seth Lakeman Archive — Tue, 12 May 2009 18:08:40 +0000

Benji Kirkpatrick will play support for all bar two dates on Seth's forthcoming UK tour, which kicks off in Birmingham this Sunday, 17 May. Support for Birmingham on 17 May will be from Megson and Nancy Elizabeth, with local band Inu appearing at Bath on 3 June. Details of all the acts are in the full post.