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Caedmon’s Farewell Concert 1978

Tuesday, March 16th, 2010

Caedmon’s farewell performance in 1978….. the last public performance before their comeback gigs of the 7th and 8th May 2010.

Caedmon Stage Style Statements

Saturday, March 6th, 2010

Caedmon on stage (c1977)c1977 (Edinburgh Fringe?)

Sam wears Snoopy, Angela goes angelic, Simon sports straw and Jim juxtaposed in jade (his wrap over kimono fashioned on the flat’s sewing machine by his own fair hand). Ken presumably stage left with camera?

Note Caedmon’s…

Caedmon Meadows Festival 1977

Saturday, February 20th, 2010

Carolyn (sound woman for Caedmon at this time), Sam, Sally and Lance (Lance Stone wrote ‘Deathknot’ a Caedmon song not currently available in recordings), and Simon.
Martin Lovell and Jim are just visible behind and between Carolyn and Sam.…

Tickets now available for Caedmon concerts 7th & 8th May

Friday, February 5th, 2010

It’s official!

Find the events diary button on this site:
http://www.scottishstorytellingcentre.co.uk/ and check the listing.
Box office number to buy a ticket:
Telephone: +44 (0)131 556 9579
43-45 High Street, Edinburgh, EH1 1SR
e mail:…

David Heavenor’s Photos. No 1: Greyfriars Market, Edinburgh

Wednesday, January 27th, 2010

Caedmon in Edinburgh c1977
Here’s the first of a collection of Caedmon photos unearthed by David Heavenor, legendary Scots songwriter. Featuring Simon, Ken, Jim, Angela and Sam.

New Album ………… but what should we call it?

Monday, January 25th, 2010

We’re starting on artwork for our new album……but what should we call it?

Perhaps, simply, ‘Caedmon’s Return’?
Or a title reflecting our Acid Folk tag e.g. ‘Acid Drops’? Or one of the track names e.g. ‘Elephant in the Chatroom’?…

Playing to an empty hall

Friday, January 22nd, 2010

Here are the four Caedmon boys at Ken’s house in Weardale. Simon is strumming the guitar in the living room (Who Knows Where The Time Goes, I think); Jim is working at his laptop; Ken is making supper; and I’m musing on what’s happening next.

Caedmon rehearsing for new album and concerts in 2010….

Thursday, December 3rd, 2009

Photo taken in November 2009: the band between rehearsals for April’s 2010 recording and May 2010 concert in Edinburgh.

The band warmed to playing a few of their 1970’s songs: Sea Song, Aslan, London Psalm, Columcille and signature spiritual ‘Give…

Kissing Spell has lost its magic

Saturday, October 10th, 2009

Kissing Spell Records logoKissing Spell was the record label that bought the rights to publish the Caedmon 1978 album on CD.

For a while there, you could buy the album on Amazon, but recently Amazon reported the album as ‘out of stock’…

Listen to the Caedmon 2008 demos

Tuesday, September 8th, 2009

Caedmon's Return - the demosWell, now that we’ve got the music player up and running, we can let you hear some of the more recent music we’ve been working on.

These are demos – recordings we’ve made to try things out and see…



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