The latest news from Caedmon
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 new …
As well as growing Youtube coverage of Caedmon (more than 7000 hits for ‘Sea Song’), find ‘A Chicken to Hug’ on Spotify. …
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 the
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 …
A friend wrote us a review on his blog. Here it is.
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
Listening to …
…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 year
A video celebration of the release of the ‘Chicken to Hug Album’ 1st December. Here’s a 5 minute edit of the whole album with snaps old and new and footage from the Edinburgh May 2010 concerts.
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