2003 dates-
January-Akaroa Wine and Food Festival.
February-Waihi Bush Festival.
Gore Hokanui Whisky Festival.
March-Micky Finn's, Christchurch St.Patrick's Day.
April-Waipara Folk Festival 18-20.
Watch out as Jimmy & James are back on the road in November 2002. Touring in New Zealand. Dates so far are:
Friday Lunchtimes Concert Series, Christchurch Arts Centre 27th September.
Geraldine 30th October.
The Penguin Club, Oamaru 31st October.
Southland Gallery, Gore 1st November.
Tillermans, Invercargil 2nd November.
Tull Cafe, Dunedin 3rd November.
The Jolly Potter, Temuka 4th November.
The Harbourlights, Lyttelton 14th Nov.
Motueka 15th November.
The Mussel Inn, Takaka 16th November.
Nelson Folk Club 17th November.
The Wellington Irish Centre 22nd November.
New Plymouth 23rd November.
Thames 24th November.
The Bunker, Auckland 25th November.
Christchurch Folk Club, Maddisons 8th December.
Next year sees them returning to Australia in March/April, then on to Europe.
The LIVE CD is now available-$25 including P & P. Email us now for your copy. Here is a track-listing-
1. Waltzurka (J. Young)
The Warrior’s Jig (J. Young)
2. Eleanor o’ Rigby (Lennon/McCartney)
Rigby's Reel (J. Young)
3. In My Life (Lennon/McCartney)
The Corsican (Trad.)
4 Can’t Find My Way Home (Clapton/Winwood)
Toss the Feathers (Trad.)
5. Homeland (J. Young)
The Temple House (Trad.)
6. The Dublin Reel (Trad.)
Sean Sa Cheo (Trad.)
7. James’ solo: Because of the Rain
(J. Wilkinson)
8. The Glasgow Kiss (J. Wilkinson)
9. Anac Cuin (Trad.)
The Tasman Crossing (J. Young)
10. Raider (Yester/Henke)
The Morning Dew (Trad.)
"Hi there, I saw you guys (Jimmy and James) for the first time at the Fairbridge Festival in Western Australia a while back. It was absolutely awesome. You guys accompanied each other so brilliantly. I was so impressed I took my Dad along to the Fremantle "Kulcha" gig a few days later. He was blown away like me. I was just wondering If you guys have plans to ever come back to Australia, because there are a few people I would love to share the experience. When you try to explain to people what your gig was like, it is impossible to even slightly represent it in words. I know you were here not long ago, so you won't be back for a while, but just wanted to say, please don't overlook us down here, in the future, because your live show was the best thing I have ever seen: magic!!!
Thanks, Brad King."
Hello! I'm one of a small band of folks who play Northumbrian pipes here in the U.S. (though I myself am a novice, there's an NSP community of about fifteen of us in the Pacific Northwest that include some fine pipers). I thought "Pipeworks" was sheer genius and have introduced a number of friends to it. Through your website I found out about this other CD -- Is there any way I can go about ordering a copy of the CD "Live in Australia 2001" from here in the U.S.?
Many thanks, Tony Vogt America
APPEARING AT THESCOTTISH EXTRAVAGANZA AT JAMES HAY THEATRE
CHRISTCHURCH TOWN HALL
AUGUST 10th 2001.
Next tour is for Arts On Tour New Zealand starting on 17th. October 2001 and finishing end of November. We will be covering all of NZ playing most nights. As the Christchurch based performance poet Steve Thomas will again be with us on this tour, watch out for The Bards in your neighbourhood!
This was our itinerary earlier this year
AUSTRALIAN TOUR MARCH/APRIL 2001-
Jamberoo/Illawarra Festival 15th-19th March
Merry Muse Folk Club, Canberra
23rd March
Loaded Dog Folk Club, Sydney
24th March
Bathurst Folk Club 30th March
Brunswick Music Festival, Melbourne 1st April
Launceston Casino,Tasmania 5th April
Hobart, Tasmania 6th April
Flute/Whistle Classes (Jimmy)
The Natinal Festival 10-13th
The National Folk Festival,Canberra 13th-16th April
Fairbridge Folk Festival, Perth 20th-23rd April
Albany Festival,WA. 24/25th April.
Kulcha, Perth 26th April.
“By the way, Jimmy Young and James Wilkinson were sensational and certainly not to be missed next time they are around. Jimmy's flute and pipe playing was world class and James guitar style is breathtaking with one-handed melody making to tasteful backing.“
David De Santi, Editor, Illawarra Folk Club Newsletter, Oct 2000.
Nov.2000
We've just returned from a very successful month's tour of Australia which included the Victor Harbor Festival. It was an East Coast tour taking in Sydney, Melbourne, Tasmania, Adelaide and places in between.