Dear Afterworders, may I commend to you this artist, whose singing and playing is of the very highest quality; Hattie Whitehead.
I know there are several amongst us who have already seen her play either her own material – she’s done 3 EPs to date – or the Joni Mitchell material that she currently performs on tours with Pete Oxley’s group that calls itself Hejira.
The great news is that her first full album is on its way to us at last, and she has a crowdfunding effort afoot to take the project over the line. If you have a mind to secure yourself a copy on vinyl or CD, accompanied by a T-shirt perhaps, or even a personalised video performance or maybe a sourdough loaf (I kid you not), then hasten across to the following place and shake your wallet at an artist who should be encouraged to flourish:
https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/hattie-whitehead-s-debut-album/x/37385807#/
Her “Mechanism” e.p. is excellent – I bought it recently and it’s a doosie! Rush out and buy it!
Use the box!
https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/hattie-whitehead-s-debut-album#/
Don’t use the box!
(YouTube link)
Anybody got a problem with Dai, see me. By me, I mean that Burly Guy over there I just gave a fiver to mind my car ..
Good work, Vulpes!
If we have the resources, we should all so our bit to support up-and coming artists.
I’m currently reading an excellent novel, Villager by Tom Cox. It was crowd-funded by means of unbound.com. Everyone who contributed gets a mention at the end of the book.
https://unbound.com/books/villager
Seriously! Compare supporting Hattie Whitehead, Tom Cox or any other creative person of their ilk with buying a ticket for the Mr Blue Sky, Super-Golden, Access All Areas, Uber-Groovy, Final Fantasy, Ultra-VIP, Total De Luxe, Extra Orgasmic Experience.
It’s very easy to see which is the most satisfying and meaningful way to spend your money.
Get out there and support Hattie!
I ordered the CD – couldn’t afford the sourdough! Must be a helluva loaf at that suggested price!!
Especially as a house concert is cheaper, maybe there’s more to the sourdough than meets the eye.
You get everything else too!
I didn’t notice that! Just thought it must be ace bread!
Digging the new photo, @Twang – it’s spring, when a young man’s fancy turns to Tull…
You too Fitz, change is as good as a rest!
Yep: after a recent post posing some questions about hats, I thought I’d nail my “Slapp Happy/Henry Cow/Art Bears/News from Babel” colours to the metaphorical mast.
VV – Can you please try to remember to NOT add videos direct into Posts and add them as a first comment. You know it makes sense.
Makea cuppa. I’ll try harder next time.
Ordered. The house concert looks quite reasonable if we clubbed together. Who is centrally located?
That would be a hell of a way to have an Afterword mini-fest!
Agreed.
Hire/arrange a small hall somewhere and for 30 people it’d only be a tenner each.
Would need to be London area or nearby. Further afield possible by arrangement.
I think we used to manage to get that many people for past mingles.
Where is the middle? Hitchin? 😉
Funnily enough I was in that pub we used to meet in the other day. In Fitzrovia.
Now you are making me very envious.
I wonder if she’d fly to Stockholm to a house party!
Seriously though….Come to think of it, what would be far more useful is to put Hattie in touch with Gavin, the guy who does all the bookings for Jazzclub Fasching and persuade them to book her.
I’m confident they’d be interested.
I’m sure she’s great, but she said “vinyls” – which rightly gets spell-checked by this emergency laptop – and which is, I’m afraid, a deal breaker.
Could have been worse…could have been “vinlys”…
Frankly I’d’ve preferred that.
Well, that’s a deal-breaker for me – so I’m afraid we’re finished! If you want me, I’ll be at the Watergate!
I’ve just got a ticket for her show with the Hejira guys in Beverley in June – really looking forward to it.