News
UK tour starts tomorrow
Our UK tour begins tomorrow (24 September 2016). We’ll be performing at the following venues:
24 September – The Marlowe Theatre, Canterbury
26 September – Cambridge Junction, Cambridge
29 September – Yellow Arch Studio, Sheffield
26 November – South Street Arts Centre, Reading
4 December – St. George’s, Bristol
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Spiro on Vinyl!
We’re delighted to announce that on 21st October Real World will be releasing a Spiro compilation album, Repeater. It will be available on vinyl only, and features an excellent selection of tracks from all four of our albums. And it comes in a gorgeous cover too. You can pre-order … more
Welcome Joy Nominated for Songlines Award
We’re excited to learn that our latest album Welcome Joy and Welcome Sorrow has been nominated in the 2016 Songlines Music Awards, along with Sam Lee & Friends, Tcha Limberger’s Budapest Gypsy Orchestra and Monsieur Doumani. The winners will be announced in the June issue of Songlines, out on … more
Vapourer Nominated for BBC Folk Award
We’re delighted to hear that the Vapourer has been nominated in the category Best Original Track in the BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards, along with the Rheingans Sisters, Marry Waterson & David A. Jaycock and Rufus & Martha Wainwright. The award ceremony takes place at the Royal Albert Hall on … more
Australia and New Zealand confirmed
We’re excited to announce that we’ll be touring Australia and New Zealand this coming March. See Live Dates for details. Pictured above: WOMAD New Zealand
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2015 Highlights
2015 has been our best year yet for gigs, not only with some great UK dates such as WOMAD and Sidmouth but also a string of international outings, some highlights of which were:
Tonder, Denmark
Sunfest, Ontario
Caixa Forum, Madrid
Prague
Chateau Hardelot, France
WOMAD, Fuerteventura
Dranouter, Belgium
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