New CD will. be out on April 1st.

See the site for preorders and tour tickets.

Last year’s Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Festival saw the combination of (whatever you call it)’s finest bands: Mekons and Freakwater:

Here’s the opportunity to see the stream of that show on Mekonium:

Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Festival:
Golden Gate Park - San Francisco, CA
October 5, 2013

VIDEO DOWNLOAD

Songs:

Haunted
Over the cliff
Drone operator
Old Devils
Hank Williams must die
Tubby Brothers
Water in the well
Miner’s Lullaby
Johnny Miner
Coal miners grave
Dark as a dungeon
Working in the coal mine

Lineup:

Jon Langford: voc. gt.
Sally Timms: voc
Catherin Irwin: voc gt
Jean Bean: voc.
Jean Cook. violin
Tawnee Newsome: voc
Jim Elkington: gt
Dave Day: bass
Steve Goulding: dr
Anne ?: violin
Randy Franklin: mandolin
Bill Anderson: gt

Premiere was at DOC NYC on November 15. 2013.

The Trailer:

Functional Art - an interview with Joe Angio

DOC NYC 2013: Revenge of the Mekons Review

Freakons
Sun, September 22, 2013
Doors: 5:00 pm / Show: 6:00 pm
The Hideout
Chicago, IL
$10.00

There have been many super groups throughout the annals of music
history, but none have put together such a clever name before.

Combining the eclectic style of The Mekons with the cool country tones
of Freakwater, this is a wonderful rare opportunity to see Chicago’s
alternative music royalty come together for a rare performance.

The Chivalrous Mekons (Will Oldham, Emmett Kelly, Angle Olson, Danny Kiely, Ben Boye, Van Campbell) playing Appalshop benefit in Lexington, KY 2012-07-07

Besides his own songs Will Oldham did a few Mekons cover versions as the Chivalrous Mekons

I feel like Fletcher Christian

Love Letter

Thee Olde Trip To Jerusalem

Chivalry

Oblivion

Go to Youtube for his own Bonnie Prince Billy compositions too: I see a darkness and others

While Jon has a new one with the Waco Brothers, Lu and Steve havn’t been lazy:
For quite a while Steve Goulding has been drumming with New York City folksinger Megan Reilly. She has a new cd out called ‘the well’. The new cd is quite a step for Megan, so please give it a listen.

Just as the poster says, they’ll do a single show in Otley (Yorkshire) on May 4th.

May 5th Bradford, 1in12 Club – w. Night On Mars & Tom Hyatt
May 7th Preston, New Continental – w. Night On Mars & Tom Hyatt
May 8th Manchester, Gullivers – w. Night On Mars & Tom Hyatt
(Marc Riley BBC session that night too!)
May 10th Newport, Le Pub – w. Give Me Memphis, 2 Marks & a Frank & Tom Hyatt
May 11th London, The Windmill in Brixton – Give Me Memphis, Chips For
The Poor & Tom Hyatt

04.26.12: Fitzgerald’s, Berwyn, IL Album Release show with Paul Burch

04.27.12: Cactus Club, Milwaukee, WI, Album Release show with Paul Burch

05.25.12: Beat Kitchen, Chicago, w/ The Riptones