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1st January 2022: Sadly my forthcoming gig at Dartford Folk Club is postponed for the second time…. Happy New Year!
17th July 2020: Another home video and an online gig…
27th June 2020: Home videos
Like many others I’ve been making some home videos. Nothing fancy but nicely recorded… I’ve just uploaded the first one if you want to take a look. It’s called “The Chisel, the Plane and the Lathe” and it’s from my 2020 album Winter Hill.
15th May 2020: Northwich Folk Club. Virtually a gig!
My last two gigs before lockdown were at the Woodman Folk Club and Chester Folk Club in mid March. Both were lovely events and felt very special to me. I think everyone realised a change was coming and really appreciating being there. Since then I’ve been missing gigging so was delighted to be asked to do a 30 minute virtual set at Northwich Folk Club on 15th May. The club has done a fantastic job of keeping their singers nights going via Zoom and since I was supposed to be the guest that night they asked me along. Click here to see it.
My new acoustic album Winter Hill is now available for download and streaming from Amazon / Apple Music / Google Play / Spotify/ Deezer. Of course you can still buy a physical copy: just click on the shop link. Track listing
1. Bright Shiny Girl
2. Winter Hill
3. All Dressed Up
4. Welcome to the World
5. Flowers on Valentine’s Day 6
6. A Cup of Coffee
7. Hell or High Water
8. Day After Day
9. The Chisel, the Plane and the Lathe
10. Speechless
11. All Coming Back to Me Now
12. Will You Come with Me? 13. Annie Laurie
Lymm Festival and Winter Hill
Thanks to all who came to the Lymm gig at the Spread Eagle on Saturday night. We shared the evening with The Hometowners who had me in stitches for much of the evening: my cheeks are still aching. We stayed overnight with our friend Phil in Belmont and climbed Winter Hill on Sunday. A different atmosphere from the “stillness and the silence” of my song Winter Hill – partly because it was midday and a bit cloudy, and partly because of constant banter from Dave &...
read moreWoodman and Hoy at Anchor
Thanks Woodman and Hoy at Anchor Folk Clubs for two lovely gigs last week. I played solo at the Woodman and with the band at the Hoy at...
read moreTapestry….. knitting….
Two lovely gigs over the Bank Holiday weekend. First Lowestoft Folk Club then Hitchin on Easter Sunday. Thanks to all who came along. I was feeling particularly chipper since my album Friday Night Train Home was compared in a review (in Mardles) to Carole King’s Tapestry… I must admit that although this pleased me no end, I did find it a bit baffling until I realised that it was perhaps due to the fact that one of the tracks on my album is entitled “The Knitting Song”… tapestry,...
read moreA week in Kintyre, a new song and a great gig
Spent the week before last up in Kintyre on the West Coast of Scotland. I wanted to try to get back into writing some songs after a year spent focusing on recording, gigging and promotion… Stayed in a little cottage right on the shore. There were otters just outside my window and this seal watched me walk past as he lay on a rock! Managed to avoid frost bite by honing my fire-making skills in the wood burning stove. Came away with a new song called “Winter Hill” which is about an early morning walk in Lancashire. I seem to keep writing about places and the countryside… Then on Wednesday I travelled with Dave & Boo down to the Willows Folk Club in Arundel in Sussex. I’m glad to say the waters had receded sufficiently for fifty very enthusiastic people to turn out to listen. Thanks...
read morePink & Silver Sneakers at the Village Pump Trowbridge
Some great pictures taken at the Village Pump in Trowbridge last Friday. Thanks to Roy Middleton for the pink & silver sneakers…. not sure what the Boy in the Raybans would think about this! (He’s the one in my song Letisha Boccemski who said “give us a smile: you’ve got too much emotion and not enough...
read moreInterview on Radio Kent 5th January 2014
Doug Welch interviewed me for BBC Radio Kent last night: I sang some songs from my new album and had a nice chat with Doug. You can listen to it here: BBC Radio Kent Interview - Liz Simcock...
read moreWhitstable Sessions
Played at the Whitstable Sessions Music Club last night, supporting Ian Matthews. What a great venue. Lovely room, great sound, appreciative audience….. all this and scallops and a walk on the beach...
read moreFolk Words review
Tim Carroll at Folk Words just reviewed my new album: Folk Words (October 17, 2013): ‘Friday Night Train Home’ from Liz Simcock – sheer simplicity and precise poise. Sometimes an unnervingly pure piece of music reaches out to a part of you, equally there can be voices that touch you with their delivery, and then again, sometimes the poignancy of a particular lyric hits a similar spot. Well, I can tell you that ‘Friday Night Train Home’ from Liz Simcock scores high on all counts. The sheer simplicity and precise poise of this album takes you right to the heart of her songwriting – thoughtful and thought-provoking, forged with a cutting edge that can turn easily from humour, through pointed narrative to tear jerking echoes. Each song offers up a slice of life, some sad, some funny and all with a message that’s redolent of reality that’s lived by us all, and delivered by a voice that brings them alive. Sometimes an unnervingly pure piece of music reaches out to a part of you, equally there can be voices that touch you with their delivery, and then again, sometimes the poignancy of a particular lyric hits a similar spot. Well, I can tell you that ‘Friday Night Train Home’ from Liz Simcock scores high on all counts. The sheer simplicity and precise poise of this album takes you right to the heart of her songwriting – thoughtful and thought-provoking, forged with a cutting edge that can turn easily from humour, through pointed narrative to tear jerking echoes. Each song offers up a slice of life, some sad, some funny and all with a message that’s redolent of reality that’s lived by us all, and delivered by a voice that brings them alive. The sympathetic contemplation of this album echoes through story-songs like the title track ‘Friday Night Train Home’, the resilience and longing for else within the enchanting melody of ‘City Girl’ and ‘Long Haul’ with its examination of things we say and living with other people. Liz’s keen skill for creating a fine narrative is evident through the real-life expression of ‘Harry’s Eyes’, the frantic searching for a lost instrument in ‘The Bouzouki And The W3’ and the no-nonsense reassurance for all knitting freaks in ‘The Knitting Song’. There’s the essential truth of ‘By The Way’ that puts into perspective the way we sometimes ache for another person and then there’s ‘Stepping Back in Time’ with that sometimes deliciously painful, sometimes irrevocably lost ‘remembrance-of-past-days’ musing that we all indulge in from time to time. These are songs that might raise a wry smile or prompt a wave of sadness, whichever it is you’ll love ‘Friday Night Train Home’. To find your own copy this is the place to go: www.lizsimcock.com Alongside Liz (vocals, guitar, bouzouki) on ‘Friday Night Train Home’ are her regular collaborators Dave Ellis (guitar, mandolin, banjo, percussion, keyboards, backing vocals) and Boo Howard (bass, guitar, backing vocals) and guesting on ‘Harry’s Eyes’ is Harry Bogdanovs (piano). Reviewer: Tim...
read moreBehind The Scenes Video
I’ve just added a new video to my YouTube Channel. In the summer I hired London Music Video Productions to shoot two promotional videos for my new album “Friday Night Train Home” – you can see them on the video page. Boo’s husband Paul Howard brought his own video camera along and made this great little film “Behind the Scenes: Liz Simcock on location with the London Music Video Productions”. Ah the glamour of show-business: might give you a...
read moreAlbum available by download
For those who prefer virtual music, my new album Friday Night Train Home is now available by download from Amazon and...
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