Tiller's Folly: News

Best wishes for a happy holiday from all of us at Tiller's Folly.  Here is a link to a free download of our version of 'Auld Lang Syne' from 'The Ghosts of the Mighty Fraser".  Many people think this is one of the very best versions.  Please enjoy and stay tuned for new news in 2012.  We'll have a solid release date for 'Go The Road' early in the new year.  Thank you for your continued support

http://www.tillersfolly.com/publicfiles/AuldLangSyne.zip

Nolan Bruce and Laurence Tiller's Folly

We would like to announce that `Go The Road` (#8) has just been approved for funding by FACTOR (Foundation to Assist Canadian Talent on Record).  This is an early Xmas present for us and exciting news for Tiller`s Folly and our wonderful supporters!!.  

We will have a hard release date for this CD to announce very soon.

Listen to the sample of 'Death and Taxes' the new single, and also clips of two other songs from the upcoming new CD "Go The Road" the title track 'Go The Road' and 'Forever on My Mind' on the flash player at the bottom center of the home page.

'Death and Taxes' is available at most digital purchase sites also at http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/tillersfolly our own CDbaby sales site

Samples

'Death and Taxes' features guest vocals from Mountain Heart's Josh Shilling and John Cowan (Doobie Brothers, John Cowan Band).  Josh has the first verse on the sample, Bruce the second verse and John the last verse before the fadeout into Randy Kohrs great solo

'Forever on My Mind' features guest vocalist Cia Cherryholmes and accordian wizard Phil Cunningham 

'Go The Road' showcases Scot Vestal's amazing banjo playing all three songs also feature Jeff Autrey on Guitar and Joby Baker on drums and precussion

The first single from our forthcoming album "Go The Road" is being readied for shipment to radio. Titled "Death & Taxes" is features musical luminaries like John Cowan-Doobie Brothers (vocals), Josh Shilling-Mountain Heart (vocals), Grammy winner-Randy Kohrs (dobro), Jeff Autry (guitar) and Scott Vesal (banjo). It turned out fabulous, can't wait for you to hear it. Soon, very soon!

Things are fast moving forward with our new Cd 'Go The Road'  We'll be back in Nashville showcasing the whole cd at the IBMA conference at the end of September with some of the guest artists on the CD appearing with us at the showcase.

Including John Cowan ( John Cowan Band, Doobie Brothers), Josh Shilling (Mountain Heart), Molly Cherry Holmes ( The Cherryholmes), Scott Vestal (Sam Bush Band, John Cowan Band) Jeff Autrey (John Cowan Band)

We doing a couple of local shows before we go, hope to see longtime friends and supporters at the shows. Info on the calendar

Pics at our www.facebook.com/tillersfolly  Please sign up as a friend at this site ASAP

Hi all friends of Tiller's Folly. 

Please visit our facebook site www.facebook.com/tillersfolly for more updated info and photo's ect on the band and on our calendar.  Lots of exciting stuff going on re the new CD Go The Road.  The list of guest artists and singers is truly legendary.

Please become a friend of the band on facebook and we hope to see you in our travels soon

http://www.bclocalnews.com/surrey_area/peacearchnews/entertainment/124034899.html check out this great article by our long time friend, fellow musician and columnist  Alex Browne.  Please go to the link and check it out.

Pender harbour tomorrow.  Looking forward to visiting good friends and having a great show.  Monday Nashville Tennessee.  Bruce and Laurence's first time.

Marietta, GA (June 10, 2011) -- Acclaimed acoustic group, TILLER’S FOLLY is scheduled to visit Nashville, TN as well as several other important and influential southern cities in late June in what is being termed an important “barnstorming week” packed with high profile media visits and public music showcase appearances.

The power-packed media tour will find them playing the long celebrated live Nashville music showcase, “The Billy Block Show” on Tuesday evening, June 21^st at 7:00 pm CT followed by a high profile half hour slot on the hottest weekly live music show in Nashville, “Music City Roots” on Wednesday night, June 22^nd at 8:40 pm CT. Both shows, presented before a live audience will be available to be streamed live in their entirety over the Internet (http://www.ustream.tv/channel/the-billy-block-show-live) and (http://www.musiccityroots.com/live-stream).

They will then appear on Friday, June 24^th on the noon news on WCYB Channel 5, Bristol, TN’s NBC affiliate for a live performance & interview segment. Saturday, June 25^th finds the band headlining for the first time on the legendary live music showcase program “Blue Plate Special” on Knoxville, TN’s WDVX. This show can also be streamed live over the Internet from http://www.wdvx.com/webcast.html

They will close out the week with a full concert at The Rooster’s Wife, a celebrated music hall located in beautiful Aberdeen, NC on Sunday night, June 26^th.

Tiller’s will then return to Nashville, TN on Monday, June 27^th to perform at a VIP private function of music industry leaders before flying back home Tuesday. This tour is designed to bring the band to the attention of notable music “tastemakers” in Nashville and Knoxville and to introduce them to new audiences in the other markets.

Marietta, GA – June 10, 2011 – Georgia based Leadership Artists, LLC is proud to announce its recent signing of the phenomenal group Tiller’s Folly for exclusive management representation. Tiller’s Folly are the Pacific Northwest's internationally traveled, virtuosic ambassadors of song. For the past thirteen years, through 1,000's of performances they have spread their memorable blend of energy, history, musicality, romance, and just plain fun in pubs, small and large halls, theatres and festivals. Their words and sounds are at once populist, minimally produced, poignant, and refreshingly sincere.

With seven studio CD's to the bands credit to date, Tiller's continues to expand and refine their potent mix of acoustic & electric based, Celtic influenced Canadiana, Americana, Newgrass 'and beyond.'

"I'm really thrilled about working with such an extremely talented group of musicians and entertainers and helping them navigate all the avenues of exposure available to them," says Brian Smith, Leadership Artists’s President. " They're one of the most talented groups I've seen, and will fit in nicely with the other two acts I manage (Acoustic super-group Mountain Heart and legendary vocalist and current bassist with The Doobie Brothers, John Cowan)."

Tiller’s Folly is currently in the studio working on their soon to be released new project, “Go The Road”, their eighth release overall. In addition to current members Bruce Coughlan (lead vocals/guitar), Nolan Murray (vocals/fiddle/mandolin/mandocaster) and Laurence Knight (bass/vocals) they will again showcase the vocals prowess of the masterful John Cowan, as well as introducing new musical collaborators like Josh Shilling (Mountain Heart) and Cia Cherryholme (The Cherryholmes) along with the legendary Scottish Music Hall of Famer Phil Cunningham on accordion. Rounding out the musical partnerships will be guitarist Jeff Autry (John Cowan Band) and banjo great Scott Vestal (John Cowan Band/Sam Bush Band).

With their new self-penned songs, new musical studio partnerships and an invigorated collaborative spirit, Tiller’s Folly is poised to breakthrough to the next level in 2011 and beyond.

Folks there has been so much going on for us that the calendar on the website got negected. I have updated it and will continue to do so. Thank you all for your support. Remember we're gonna be live on the internet June 22 and the guests playing with us are amazing musicians. it will be on music city roots similcast live.

More info to come. We will have a new Cd working title 'Go The Road'.  12 brand new songs from Bruce.  Amazing tunes!!   I played the whole Cd on upright and I'm very glad Bruce pushed this direction.  These new songs are so good.  Wait till you here Nolan's parts.  It's gonna be the best Tiller's Cd yet Number 8.  Head to our facebook page to hear about some of the other guests that will be featured.  Scott Vestal (banjo) and Jeff Autrey (guitar) who both are on  on the new Cd and the great Kenny Malone (drums) will be on the live feed from Music City Roots.  These guys play amazingly!  wait till you hear it.

check out www.facebook.com/tillersfolly this seems to be where the most stuff is happening re updates right now.  Look at some of the other guests coming on board!! (wow)

On another note:

What we really need is a great logo for T-shirts, hats and just period.   If any one out there has a graphic flair go crazy and send us the results.

We're having fun in Port Angeles this weekend 2 more shows to go.

We will be over on Vancouver Island next weekend see the calendar for locations. 

We'd like to thank all who came out to our shows in Ocean Shores, Heppner and Elgin over the St Paddies weekend.  You know who you are Thanks again!

WE would like to thank all of you that came to intimate show in White Rock last.  What a lot of fun.

There is a lot simmering with Tiller's right now so please stay tune.  Laurence is off to Australia and we will be hitting the ground running in March.  Bruce is writing songs like crazy and Nolan's new CD Heavy Wood is out.  Not quite sure if Nolan has it online yet.  The calendar should be updated soon so we look forward to seeing all of you at shows this year. 

Keep well and Happy Belated New Year from Bruce Nolan and Laurence.  We will get that new cd finished this year!!!!

We'd like to thank you all for your support this year and wish you all a safe holiday and Merry Christmas! Happy New Year in 2011! 

Bruce's interview is available to listen to at http://www.cbc.ca/bcalmanac/ under the Nov 10 podcast.  It starts at approx 39:53 and goes to almost the end.    Way to go go Bruce

A sample segment of Robbie McBeath is available on the player down below or at http://www.youtube.com/tillersfolly    

Bruce did an interview with Mark Forsythe at CBC Almanac for broadcast tomorrow Nov 10, with the playing of Robbie McBeath.  Also more pictures and updates are available at www.facebook.com/tillersfolly these days.

Please visit our facebook site and become a friend of Tiller's Folly 

Check out the new photos at our face book site www.facebook.com/tillersfolly from our show at LaGrande OR on saturday night.  We always have a great show there and have so many friends and family there.

Tiller's Folly just came back from a mini tour of Nevada.  Lots of pics up at our facebook site

www.facebook.com/tillersfolly  We visited Reno, Minden, Lake Tahoe, Virginia City and Yerington. 

In our player below is a sample of a new song 'Friendly Waters' that we have recorded with Valdy.  It's still in the early stages but as we are performing with Valdy and Hank this weekend we thought you might like a little preview.  Turn on the player below

I went to the premiere of both West Coast Escapes and The Aviators last night. They are great new TV shows produced by our good friends John Lovelace and Anthony Nalli and their fine cast at New Edge Entertainment. Great shows and surprise, they feature lots of Tiller's Folly music especially the premiere of West Coast Escapes.

The theme song Blue Skies was written by another good Friend Holly Arntzen. Please watch out for these shows on Global in Canada and PBS in the US. We're excited. Also I had a look at our TV from the Ethnic Fest in Tacoma this summer as was very impressed with the quality. I'm trying to get permission to put some clips up on our youtube website. Try to look it up on Tacoma TV.

We are working away getting ready for some shows showcases and very sadly FALL!

Soon I'll be putting up an piece of our new song that features our good friend Valdy up on both the website and facebook.

Check out this interview on the Saliash sea online at

http://salishreflections.wordpress.com/2010/07/27/stirring-up-ghosts-the-music-of-bruce-coughlan-and-tillers-folly/

Very good includes music lyrics and interview.

Also more photos from our scottish tour at www.facebook.com/tillersfolly

Please become a friend at facebook ASAP

Have a look at the begining of our tour at www.facebook.com/tillersfolly

Our performance @ EthnicFest will be broadcast live on TV Tacoma. You can also watch live @ www.tvtacoma.com (click on Watch Live). This Saturday, July 24, @ 2pm.

Tiller's Folly - Stirring Up Scotland Tour 2010

The music of Tiller's Folly is uniquely representative of Canada's proud Scottish heritage. For over a dozen years, they have been collecting and interpreting Scots traditional music from a global perspective, tracing its many influences through North American music traditions. Performing the width and breadth of the North American continent, and throughout the United Kingdom.

This visit, Tiller's Folly will be touring in support of Bruce's solo release A Minstrel in Moray, inspired by the beautiful music, wonderful people, and amazing landscape that is Scotland.

In addition, we will be highlighting two new media projects.

Over Northern Skies, a song commissioned to celebrate 100 Years of Flight in Canada (2009), tells the story of how Scots-born inventor Alexander Graham Bell was responsible for Canada's first motorized flight. The song was used in a documentary celebrating the event.

 Robbie McBeath: Bruce was commissioned by the Village of Kinlochbervie, Scotland to commemorate their local hero, Robert McBeath, VC. That song has become a collaboration with the Vancouver Police Pipe Band. A line from the song is engraved in a commemorative cairn in Kinlochbervie.

 TOUR DATES:

Wednesday, July 28th, 2010
Institute Hall - 8:00 PM
Tiller's Folly In Session with Calum Stewart and Heikki Bourgault. 
Fochabers,  Moray

Sample of our new tune Robbie McBeath is now available below on the flash player.  Check it out and tell us what you think.  Song is available on iTunes

Just wanted to let you all know that we've posted our new tune on YouTube. Click here.

"Robbie McBeath"

November 20th 1917. World War 1 was raging in Europe. Entrenched in bitter warfare at the Battle of the Somme in France, a regiment of Seaforth Highlanders was pinned down by intense machine gun fire. Lance-Corporal Robert McBeath, from the small Sutherland village of Kinlochbervie, Scotland volunteered to attack the guns alone, armed only with a Lewis gun and revolver. Joined by a tank, McBeath attacked five machine gun nests in succession, capturing three officers and thirty enemy soldiers. For this heroic action Robert McBeath was awarded the Victoria Cross.

McBeath returned home to a hero's welcome. He married Barbara MacKay and soon after, emigrated to Vancouver, Canada, where he joined the Vancouver Police Department.

October 9th, 1922 Constable Robert McBeath was fatally shot while engaging in an arrest.

McBeath's funeral was one of the largest ever in Vancouver history. All stores and banks were closed and thousands of attended to pay their respect. The procession took twenty minutes to pass, and was led by Vancouver Police Inspector George Hood on horseback. He was followed by the Vancouver Police Pipe Band, the widow Barbara, the mayor and council members, 300 Masons, 80 Vancouver Police, 100 Vancouver Fire Fighters, 12 Royal Canadian Mounted Police, 50 Seaforth Highlanders, a contingent of Irish Fusiliers, Several hundred WW1 veterans, 40 members of BC Electric Railway, 12 of the Canadian Pacific Police, several hundred members of the Foresters, St. Andrews, and Caledonia Societies.

Click here to download a 1 page information PDF on Robbie McBeath