STOP PRESS - 2011

May 18th 2011. For one night only Artisan is coming out of retirement to take part in a fundraiser for Norma Waterson who has been severely ill and hospitalised for months. Please come and support our efforts. It's a great lineup and every penny raised will go to Norma. Artisan at Summerfolk

NIGHT FOR NORMA

Wed May 18th 7.30 pm

Square Chapel, Halifax
Tickets £15 ( £12 concessions)
01 422 349422
Tickets went on sale today, Monday March 14th

With
Heretique / Ryburns / Steve Tilston
Gracenotes / Artisan / Martin Simpson
Kimbers Men / Bliss & Napper / Demon Barbers

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2010

Artisan 5-Year Reunion Tour... has now ended...

1st July to 17th September 2010

Thanks to all those who came to shows and bought new CDs (if you haven't, we've got some left...)

Jacey's Tour Blog Here

Artisan on Youtube (Lunenburg Festival)

Randon Play RANDOM PLAY
NEW CD for the Reunion Tour - 10 new Brian Bedford songs plus a bonus poem. The new CD will be ready for shipping by 23rd July, and it's at a bargain price, too. Just £10 for 10 songs plus £1.50 postage to anywhere in the known universe.

Available to order now on our album page here: http://.www.artisan-harmony.com/albums.htm

When Lunenburg Festival in Nova Scotia invited Artisan to reunite to perform at their 25th Anniversary Festival in August 2010 it was just too good an offer to turn down. Lunenburg has always been one of our favourite places to play since our first appearance there in 1995. So we said YES PLEASE! And then Owen Sound Summerfolk Festival in Ontario - another of our favourites - booked us, too.

It will be five years between Artisan's retirement concert in 2005 and the 2010 tour, so there was a lot of rehearsals - which involved much laughter roiund the bedford's kitchen table and a lot of tea and coffee being drunk. The response was fantastic. Thank you, bookers, for your confidence and enthusiasm.

Artisan laugh So how did it go? We loved it, working on new songs as well as old ones. We recorded a new CD, called 'Random Play'.

We had some new promo photos taken. Aargh! We all hate having our photo taken and invariably when we see the results each one of us will say (of the same pic.), 'How come you two look great when I look dreadful?' Now, let's see... spectacles on or off for the camera?

We have a Facebook page Artisan. Please sign up for it and you can get involved in discussions and keep up with happenings. Atb the time of writing there are no further concerts or festivals planned, but we never say 'never again' so when the right opportunity arises... we'll be there.

You can sign up for the Artisan mailing list here.

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