Hamilton Yarns Scrapbook

2007

January

Over at the West Hill Hall...

April

An Easter show at The Prince Albert. There'll be a video of the puppet show up here sometime.

May

We played at Oxfam in Brighton with The Sticks, as concocted by Woodland Recordings. Here's it:

Later in the month we supported Maher Shalal Hash Baz in London. They put a smile on our face.

June

We played in a big old garage as part of Lewes Art Lab. Bagpipes were involved.

2006

March
With Birdengine and Mary Hampton at The Albert, Brighton, on a Sunday afternoon.

April
We launched the new LP - The Show-Boat, Over - at the Permanent Gallery - here's some more pics



We also played at the Cowley Club with Francois

And in Deptford Creek on an old minesweeper:



In August we went to CWM in the Valley, near Cromer, Norfolk,
and we played on the Sunday evening. These pics are by Stephen Burch.



(and here's some more pics of that weekend)

In December we played at a Winter Fair in Suffolk at this place:

2005

April
We played an extended version of Mr Jack at Audio, Brighton

May
28th - we played at CWM2. It was great.

June
Hanbury Ballroom, Brighton, with WHY?
Sussex Arts Club, Brighton
Barden's Boudoir, London. Emitron launch party

July
An afternoon gig at the Barbican as part of the Contemporary Folk Archive exhibition.

August
We played twice at the Camden Arts Centre. This was the second time, in the garden:

December
Brighton Fringe Cafe. Oil Rig Catering played as well, and a Christmas ghost story was read.
The Albert, Brighton, on a Sunday afternoon with Dan and Fraser Geesin

2004

August
CWM in Wales. We played in an old barn

November
Halloween - at the Permanent Gallery, we launched the two new albums we made in 2004 - 'If The Wind Is Still' and 'Mr Jack'.

December
We played with Ron Geesin at the Friends Meeting House in Brighton. It was great.

2003

February
At the Buffalo Bar with Now, The Fujii and Pthh

Winter
Some frames from the slide show we put on at the Marlborough Theatre.

2002

Spring
We recorded the first album - Homing Calls - some of it outdoors, such as this spot in Stanmer Park, Sussex:


The rest was recorded indoors.

August
We played in an industrial estate on the edge of Norwich, at an afternoon event called Band Practice: