News Archive 2003 - 2004
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25-11-04
Nick Drake 30 years In Memoriam. Although remembered well through the years,
and up to date more and more even, doesn't mean that we can't
remember him a little bit extra today! Remember him with love...
Don't forget that there are several tributes tonight & tomorrow!
Also one not mentioned before, as I didn't get direct information;
Tonight at the former Les Cousins, organised by Mark Pavey, a special tribute.
Performing at this concert will be:
1. “Things behind the Sun”: Featuring Mark Pavey, Peter Michaels,
Chris Healey, Hugo, and Tom Bartlett. 3 sets over the evening.
2. Rebecca Mosely
4. Boo Hewerdine
5. Goldrush
6. Michael Chapman
Due to the nature and location of the event there will be a suggested door
charge which will include most of the younger and older musician’s expenses.
This will be ten pounds and will include membership of “Les Cousins”
music club.
Please note that reservations are in order; Please mail for more information.
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19-09-04
Be sure to keep posted about the other tributes this year!
For example the ones in The Netherlands & Belgium!
There will be a new compilation album released on September the 27th.
It will be called 'A Treasury'. For more information, such as the tracklisting,
as well as the new River Man video (!), please visit Bryter Music.
Please note that this new compilation album comes with a special extra little
'treat'
& it will be replacing the other compilation album 'Way To Blue'.
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03-09-04
The Tribute Gathering was wonderful... Read about it as it was presented.
As soon as I've gathered some pictures and such I will put it up here!
There were about 160 people present! The evening was full of pleasant music
(and surprises!)
ZDF Germany is broadcasting a bit about Nick and the Tribute as well tonight
at 22.30
in the programme 'Aspekte'. BBC Birmingham will let me know as soon as they
know
when they'll broadcast their programme 'Inside Out'. Keep posted!
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09-08-04
The list of performers for the Tribute Gathering has been added to the Schedule!
The Tribute will also be filmed & recorded.
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08-08-04
There is some news from Cally of The Estate Of Nick Drake;
A video for 'Riverman'!
"There is no film footage of Nick Drake and precious few photographs.
Nick moved in an era when performing music was often enough -
there were few promotional films ever made and few recorded TV appearances
open to any musician, let alone one as unknown as Nick. I’m not sure
how many of these Nick would have made even by today’s multi-visual
demands.
Nick avoided the noise of ‘Celebrity’, he made few public
‘live appearances’,
he sang “If songs were lines in a conversation, the situation would
be fine”
and there we would feel inclined to leave it.
His songs now speak to millions. Nick’s music has had a profound
and personal impact on other artists too.
We decided to make a series of short films recording these impressions in
a series called ‘A Place To Be’.
The first candidate was the Film Director Tim Pope. He made several ground-breaking
pop promos
in the 80s and 90s particularly several for Talk Talk, The The, The Cure and
Soft Cell.
He later concentrated on directing feature films and documentaries, but Nick
managed to drag him back
into the world of the pop promo after 10 years. Tim has been an admirer of
Nick’s for many years,
and he leapt at the challenge of filming ‘River Man’ despite the
obvious restrictions. Combining
the photographs by Keith Morris with newly commissioned work by Paul Rider,
Tim has made
his own impressionistic film about Nick Drake and the world of ‘River
Man’."
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26-07-04
There will be a tribute to Nick Drake at Toronto’s premier music venue The Rivoli on November 25th.
It will feature a host of Toronto’s finest musicians. The entire nights’
proceeds, as well as those
of a raffle they will have, will benefit Willow, a breast cancer support centre
in Toronto.
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08-07-04
Here's an email-letter from Cally (The Estate Of Nick Drake)
on the well-discussed & still to be released 'Family Tree'.
Thanks Cally! ;)
Dear Denise,
We have been working on Family tree for 4 years.
We aim to release a CD that is better than the bootlegs.
Better in performance, better in sound quality, better in packaging, better
in price,
and better in availability.
It astounds us how cheaply and nastily bootleggers decide to package
their releases,
the high price betrays a contempt for the contents - the fact that some of
the music is not Nick at all,
the fact that it all seems to run at the wrong speed and that the quality
of performances
are often clearly not those that Nick would have ever allowed to be heard
-
also seems to reinforce this disrespectful contempt. It seems strange that
anyone
would want to do this to Nick.
It has taken us a long time to prepare ‘Family Tree’. We
would like to do this once only as best we can.
So often, new material surfaces and all of it has to be listened to, assessed
and cleaned up if necessary.
No tracks are guaranteed to be included yet, but the release should illustrate
two things:
Nick’s journey through music in his home environment and the material
he performed in his early live set.
Cally
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20-06-04
More places to stay have been added to the Nick Drake Tribute Gathering 2004 info page.
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19-06-04
Happy Birthday to Nick! :)
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17-06-04
There will be a Nick Drake Tribute evening in the Twickenham Folk Club this
weekend.
On June 20th (at 8 pm), Keith James will be performing Nick's songs for about
90 minutes long.
Take a look at their website for more information.
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13-06-04
For anyone in the Northern California area there is another Nick Drake Tribute
on June 19, 2004.
(Information courtesy of SMMY)
Then this year there's also going to be a Tribute in Vienna, Austria!
This one's going to take place on November 25, 2004. You can read more about
it here.
And last, but most certainly not least, there'll be a Tribute in Almelo,
the Netherlands
on november the 26th, 2004. For more information on this, please send an email
to Henk Lammers
or phone; 0031 (0)546 829 949.
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08-06-04
There has been some new information added to the Info page of The Nick Drake
Tribute Gathering,
among which some more places to stay. Have a look if you are planning on coming!
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27-05-04
The new post-humous cd 'Made To Love Magic' has been released!
If you'd like to order it, you can do so via your local stores or via Amazon.co.uk.
It has been released as a cd and also on vinyl! There is a single too called
'Magic'.
The new album has created quite some waves in musicland. Besides the BBC
radio specials
and the fact that Nick finally is being played on mainstream radio, it is
said
that the single 'Magic' has actually reached the Top 40!!! 30 years too late,
but one
can only conclude out of this that it is finally Nick's year!
Keith Morris is showing some of his pictures of Nick in a gallery
in West-London from June 17th - Aug 28th 2004. The showing is called "3
Days".
"Redferns Music Picture Gallery are proud to present a very special
collection of photographs featuring Nick Drake."
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06-04-04
Brad Pitt is going to host a Nick Drake Tribute on BBC Radio 2!
Believe it or not. That is what is going to happen on May 22nd!
You can read more on this page and on this page.
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28-03-04
Nick Drake Tribute Gathering 2004!
Yes! There will be a tribute gathering held this year. It will take place
on August the 21st in Tanworth-In-Arden, England. The event will exist out
of a few things;
A small concert and hopefully a digital presentation & guestspeakers.
It will take place
in the town's church. Food & drinks will be provided for. Please stay
tuned for more info.
You can read more on this page.
We will however need performers! So if you'd like to be one of them,
please contact the organisator!
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13-03-04
There will be a new post-humous album! Some may already have heard about
it.
According to the manager of The Nick Drake Estate the album shall be named
'Made To Love Magic'.
It will feature a previously unreleased song called 'Tow The Line', the final
song Nick recorded.
As of now the album is said to be released on May the 24th. Previous to this
album there will be
a single release called 'Magic'. According to other sources this album will
probably contain 13 songs.
Press release information on Robin Frederick's Website!
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02-09-03
The Biography and the Discography have been added, however not all of the
links are working yet.
I will add them as soon as possible. Thank you for your patience.
A little point for your attention however; in the Biography there will be
links with exclusive news.
Something that's not in the Biography book by Patrick Humphries and has not
been in the documentaries.
One of them, perhaps the most important & exclusive one, is already working;
so have a look! ;)
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13-08-03
On September the 2nd, as it looks now, I will be in a radioprogramme by Omroep
Hilversum
called "DE LOKALE TIJD" to talk about Nick. And some of his music
will be played then too.
It will be aired 'live' from 19-21 hour Dutch time. The 'red thread' about
Nick will be
from about a little past 19.30 till a little before 20.30, so almost an hour!
From August 29 on, the website of the programme will be active again.
It will be mentioned on there as well then.
The site about Omroep Hilversum itself can be found here
Radiofrequencies; 106.2 Ether & 103.3 Cable
So listen if you can! ;)
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01-08-03
On July the 1st, I went to England to spend an 8-day holiday visit in Tanworth-In-Arden.
Needless to say, I have gathered lots of new things for the site, among which;
pictures, hopefully some well-turned out video material and yes (!), real
news.
All of these things I shall sort out and put online as soon as possible!
So stay tuned! :)
Picture ©Keith Morris