The Two Jimmies are booked for the largest Celtic festival in the world in Lorient, Brittany France. Watch this space for news of other European Festival bookings
The last year has seen the Jimmies concentrate, musically, on their collaboration with Mahinarangi Tocker for her show, “The Mongrel in Me.” The band for this show also includes Shona Lang, David Downes, Denny Stanway, Ashley Brown and Anahera Higgins.A new double CD of The Mongrel has just been released at The Nelson Arts Festival and is receiving rave critical reviews.
In 2003/4, they appeared with Mahinarangi at Christchurch/Taupo/Tauranga and Wellington International Arts Festivals and at WOMADelaide 2005 and WOMAD NZ 2005, in this highly acclaimed show. The Wellington show was recorded by Radio New Zealand for future broadcast with a CD planned for July 2005. As the duo they will be appearing at Port Arlington Natinal celtic Festival in June then Nelson Arts Festival and Wellington Folk Festival in October as well as a short tour of NZ. The Harbour Light concert on November 11th is the start of a very short tour taking in Kati Kati, Onewhero and Auckland. This will be their only tour this year so be sure not to miss out. With Special Guest Leon Barker on Percussion
NEW CD NOW AVAILABLE!
Our new CD recorded live at the Harbour Light titled Waltzing into Battle with the Woman I Love So Well is now avaiable. Running time is 45.58 minutes. Available by post at $30, click on the email link below. Here is a track listing:
1. Waltzing into Battle with the Woman I love so well (Trad/Young)
2. The Storm/Castle Kelly (D. MacLean/Trad)
3. Australasian Suite (Trad/Young)
4. Rob Shand’s/Molloy’s (Young/Trad)
5. Mind How You Go (J. Gregory)
6. Wilson’s Air/Drops o’ Brandy (Young /Trad)
7. Where is My Wild Rose (C. Thomson)
8. Mashed Potato Clouds (J. Wilkinson)
9. Ruby Tuesday/Grace’s Air (Jagger/Richards/Young)
10. Bri/The Warrior (Trad/Young)
THE TWO JIMMIES RETURN
Official CD Launch:Harbour Light, Lyttelton December 4th
A contemporary fusion of Celtic & Jazz influenced music; They have been touring worldwide for the last four years, building an enthusiastic audience for their acoustic music. From jazzy piping to one-handed guitar playing and onto songs by Eric Clapton and the Beatles as well as their own compositions. They will be officially releasing a new ‘live’ CD, their first NZ album, in the Harbourlight, Lyttelton on Thursday 4th DEcember: Doors open 7.30 Concert begins 8.30.
Following on from a very successful performance recently at The Christchurch Arts Festival, as part of the legendary Mahinarangi Tocker's band, we will be appearing with her again at the following arts festivals.
Tuaranga Arts Festival 8/9 November.
Taupo Arts Festival 7/8 February.
Wellington International Festival of the Arts 3/4 March.
We are also hoping to take this show over to Europe next year during their summer. A couple of festivals have already expressed interest in booking us.
Other news.
James and I will be playing a season at the Court Theatre, Christchurch as the musicians for the Irish play, Milo's Wake. This is from the 25 October til 22 November. Six performances plus one matinee a week!
Watch this space for news of our next National Tour in October/November 2003 and our new CD being recorded/released this year
Dates so far:October 2003
Friday 10 The Boathouse, Nelson
Saturday 11 Mussel Inn, Takaka
Monday 13 Jolly Potter, Timuka
November 2003
Sunday 2 Madison's, Christchurch Folk Club
Sun 23 Coromandel Town Theatre.
Mon 24 Auckland Folk Club, The Bunker
Tues 25 Onewhero
Wed 26 Whangarei
Thur 27 Keri Keri
Fri 28 Pamerston North Folk Club
Sat 29 Wararapa Museum, Masterton
Sun 30 Te Papa Museum and Wellington Folk Centre
We had a great national tour with capacity crowds at all the concerts and sold-out CD sales so thanks to everyone who helped organise these and to our friends, old and new, who came along to listen. We even filled Carnagie Hall albeit in Thames! We will again be touring throughout the country with the Annual Two Jimmies Road Show in Oct/Nov/December so get in touch if you'd like to book us.
Upcoming dates:
Akaroa Wine & Food Festival Jan 25th
The Easy Way Cafe & Bar Feb 5th
Waihi Bush Festival Feb 7-9th
The Jolly Potter Timucka Feb 10th
Gore Hockanui Moonshine Festival Feb 22nd
Waipara Folk Festival Easter 2003
Thank you for participating in our Annual Music Festival over Easter Weekend at Waipara Park, North Canterbury. It was a great priviledge to have you as Guests and we have had wonderful feedback from those attending the weekend. One of the many comments read "The Two Jimmies, Wilkinson and Young, have a unique sound which works because of the prodigious talent of both, their contrasting personas and the energy they create on stage" these sentiments were echoed in many of the feedback forms received in the mail, phone calls and emails. We trust that you enjoyed your Canterbury Family Festival experience and should you consider coming back at a future date, the Festival would warmly welcome you.
Best wishes and kindest regards from the organising committee. Canterbury Family Festival of Music Kath McDonald Director.
NZ National Tour 2002 Details:
Wed 30th Oct Geraldine, The Easy Way Cafe & Bar
Thursday 31st Penguin Club, Oamaru
Friday 1st Nov Gore, Eastern Southland Gallery
Sunday 3rd Dunedin Folk Club, Tull Cafe
Mon 4th Temuka, The Jolly Potter
Thursday 14th Harbourlight Theatre, Lyttelton
Friday 15th Motueka
Saturday 16th Mussel Inn, Takaka
Sunday 17th Nelson Folk Club
Friday 22nd Wellington, The Irish Centre
Sat 23rd New Plymouth, Upstairs Room
Sun 24th Thames
Monday 25th November, The Bunker, Devonport, Auckland
Wed 27th Whangarei Folk Club
Thurs 28th Kerri Kerri contact Ben 09 4077461
Friday 29th Katikati Folk Club contact John 07 5491652
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JIMMY YOUNG
Jimmy is originally from the West Coast of Scotland and has spent the last twenty years as a professional musician and composer. He is also founder of the House Band and RUA, the only group/artiste to have won the NZ Music and Entertainment Awards Best Folk Album of the Year twice since it’s inception. (1990/91 for The Commonwealth Suite and 1995/96 for Harbourlights as well as being runners-up 1991/92 for Live in the Cathedral.) These albums strongly featuring his compositions and skills on the Northumbrian Pipes (a small bellows-blown pipe from the borders of Scotland) and other wind instruments such as his simple-system flute made in London c 1830.
Having toured extensively, some of the highlights would be The Edinburgh International Arts Festival, the Millennium Celebrations for Santiago de Compostella in Galicia N. Spain and The Lorient Inter-Celtique Festival in Brittany, France, the largest Celtic festival in the world. Also composing the audio soundtrack for the new Hokanui Moonshine Museum in Gore, a subject dear to his heart and palate! After a year of living/playing overseas, he is now back in NZ where he has lived with his family for the past 11 years.
His latest work, Pipeworks, released world-wide on August 1st by the Scottish record label Greentrax, was recorded in Edinburgh this year. The main focus of the album was bringing together different types of bagpipes and recording them for the first time. The CD’s subtitle, The End of the Rainbow Suite, is dedicated to Greenpeace, the crew of the Rainbow Warrior and Fernando Pereira who lost his life in the explosion that sank the Warrior in Auckland harbour. This features many of the finest Celtic musicians working in Scotland today playing almost as a small chamber orchestra with pipes, cellos and fiddles joining with mandolins, mandolas and African percussion to form a unique fusion of contemporary influences and Celtic roots.
“The best piping related album to come this way in a long time.” Bob Walton, Folk Roots Magazine.
“Melodic magic” The Living Tradition, Scotland
James Wilkinson
Guitar, Fretless Bass, Vocals
James Wilkinson was born in Lincoln, New Zealand, July 12, 1968. A rural upbringing replete with fireside singalongs inspired James to focus his youthful energies on the acoustic guitar.
His technique bloomed after two long years of classical tuition at high school, he then graduated to electric guitar, writing and performing in a teenage acid-folk-rock band, The Lapdogs. Other groups followed during his ill-fated University years; The Rhubarb Collective (with whom he cut an LP) and Smokey Dive, a seedy little jazz trio which attained some notoriety prior to the inception of Hampster. James has traveled extensively with Hampster both locally and globally (including a gig at Galway's famous Roisin Dubh Bar and two-month residency at "Blue Monk", jazz joint in Oslo, Norway) and released two CDs, "Hampsterdam" (1993) and "Syzygy" (1995). He has also been an integral member of the award winning Celtic ensemble Rua, touring Australasia, Scotland and France and has featured on several of their foremost recordings .His exemplary fretless basswork has embellished a veritable plethora of albums, plus he has lent a helping hand on projects by such variegated artists as Irish singer/songwriter, Mick Hanly, Celtic Heartbeat Trio - Mairtin Fahy, Chris Kelly and Declan
Masterson, and New Zealand artists, Andy Thompson, Svelte, Lizzie Cook, Jody Lloyd, Phil Garland... not to mention his recent national tours with Celtic power trio, The Wylde Takafoleys.
“Wonderful Bass-playing “Dave Pegg, Fairport Convention
“Swooping guitar and soaring pipe-melodies” Dirty Linen Magazine, Canada.
