Caedmon's Return

Terrascope Rumbles ‘A Chicken….’ Review

Ken — Sat, 17 Sep 2011 10:59:59 +0000

Durham/ Edinburgh/ Manchester/ West Bromwich residents Caedmon – gone from the music world for 30 years but now reformed, at least, in theory – have a new folk-infused album out, “A Chicken To Hug,” in which

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Caedmon gig at Caedmon Hall 2011

Jim — Wed, 31 Aug 2011 21:17:52 +0000

That rarest of rare things, a Caedmon gig!

Only 18 months after the last gig and a lifetime after Caedmon played farewell in 1978, the band are getting together to play some old favourites and feature songs from the…

Listen on Spotify too..

Ken — Thu, 12 May 2011 06:02:21 +0000

As well as growing Youtube coverage of Caedmon (more than 7000 hits for ‘Sea Song’), find ‘A Chicken to Hug’ on Spotify.

Caedmon music on Youtube

Jim — Sun, 08 May 2011 22:29:30 +0000

In the absence of a radio show that could broadcast our music to an attentive world, we've decided to do it ourselves. We've started uploading Caedmon tracks to Youtube.

Shindig Review

Ken — Sun, 20 Feb 2011 21:06:49 +0000

Jeanette Leech review at Shindig Magazine:

CAEDMON was one of the original ultra-obscure acid folk acts; one private press album, released in ‘78, and nothing thereafter. The rediscovery and re-evaluation of their album has inspired Caedmon to regroup and

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You’ve been Tango’d

Ken — Thu, 06 Jan 2011 18:04:18 +0000

Caedmon’s Latin American consultant Christo Mac says that the distinctive knuckle over trailing foot sported by our chicken is an essential part of the ‘tango walk’. His teacher (Liliana) insists upon this move in her ‘tango walking’ lessons (I gather…

He hugged a chicken … and he liked it.

Sam — Tue, 04 Jan 2011 23:53:06 +0000

A friend wrote us a review on his blog. Here it is.

‘A Chicken to Hug’ – Caedmon Album ‘Review’

Seasons They Change and Electric Eden: New Books

Ken — Tue, 04 Jan 2011 09:44:06 +0000

Caedmon gets a mention in two new books on the market about 60’s / 70’s folk.

‘Electric Eden: Unearthing Britain’s Visionary Music’ by Rob Young
‘Seasons They Change: The Story of Acid and Psychedelic Folk’ by Jeanette Leech…

Chicken to Hug gets ten out of ten

Jim — Tue, 21 Dec 2010 20:07:04 +0000

Cross Rhythms has just published their review of 'A Chicken to Hug' - the new Caedmon album. And they've given it ten out of ten!

First review for A Chicken to Hug

Ken — Tue, 30 Nov 2010 22:36:40 +0000

Caedmon “A Chicken to Hug”

It has been over 3 decades, but like Vashti Bunyan a few years back, a classic seventies UK psyche-folk-rock band has come out with a second studio release. I had the pleasure earlier this

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