Gilmore & Roberts Conflict Tourism due Sept 18th
Gilmore & Roberts unveiled the video to 'Cecilia' recently, from their upcoming fourth album, 'Conflict Tourism' which is due Sept 18th. The hard working duo will support the album with an extensive run of European tour dates that will include a string of UK shows.
Following a year of touring in mainland Europe, Canada, and their native Britain, Katriona Gilmore and Jamie Roberts noticed a common thread running through their latest crop of original songs. Conflict, whether an internal struggle between positive and negative, or a healthy body and a disease, is an everyday phenomenon captured perfectly by these 11 tracks.
Previously nominated twice at the BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards, Gilmore & Roberts cover a broader and more contemporary genre-spectrum than might be expected from a duo wielding guitar, fiddle and mandolin. Produced by Mark Tucker and featuring Matt Downer (Jamie Smith's Mabon), Phil Henry (Phillip Henry & Hannah Martin) and James 'Hutch' Hutchinson (Bonnie Raitt), Conflict Tourism packs a considered punch from start to finish. From the industrial weight of 'Cecilia' and the insistent energy of 'Peggy Airey' to the hauntingly hypnotic 'Jack O Lantern', Gilmore & Roberts' songwriting inflicts multiple earworms after a single listen.
TOUR DATES
SEPTEMBER
Wednesday 2 Geldrop, NL Groen Koffiehuis
Thursday 3 Ter Aar, NL House Concert
Saturday 5 Zaandam, NL Roots an der Zaan
Sunday 6 The Hague, NL House Concert
Tuesday 8 Lichtentanne, DE St Barbara Church
Thursday 10 Gemert, NL De Bunker
Friday 11 Cologne, DE Kulturcafe Lichtung
Saturday 12 Baars, NL Speelplaats Baars
Sunday 13 Horst, NL Cafe Cambrinus
Fri 25 Aylesbury Limelight Theatre
Sat 26 Maldon, Essex The Blue Boar
Tues 29 Barnstaple St Anne's Arts Centre
OCTOBER
Weds 7 Sheffield Yellow Arch Studios
Sat 10 York Poppleton Live, All Saint Hall
Thurs 15 Swansea The Chattery
Fri 16 Chester The Compass
Sat 17 Bangor, North Wales Blue Sky Café
Weds 21 London Surya
Thurs 22 Brighton Komedia
Sat 24 Marnhull North Dorset Folk Festival, The Village Hall
Sun 25 Stroud The Prince Albert
Weds 28 Kirkham, nr. Preston Willows Folk Club
Thurs 29 Manchester The Castle Hotel
Fri 30 Norwich Octagon Chapel
NOVEMBER
Sun 1 Bristol The Folk House
Tues 3 Battle, East Sussex Mrs. Yarrington's Music Club, The Senlac Inn
Weds 4 Leicester The Musician
Fri 6 Otley, West Yorkshire The Courthouse
Thurs 12 Wakefield Unity Works
Sat 14 Southport The Atkinson, Americana & Roots Festival
Sun 15 Birmingham Kitchen Garden Café
Thurs 19 Newcastle upon Tyne Cluny 2
Fri 20 Barnard Castle, Co. Durham The Witham