Gone but not forgotten.
Your flags we keep flying,
And your legacy of hope and freedom
Your wise words – we try to heed them,
In campfires and concerts and in the hearts of those who need them.
Joe Strummer & The Mescaleros – Redemption Song
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F10tP5HIpaA
One love,
Strummerville x
This is Strummerville Sessions, a 3 part TV series, directed by Don Letts and presented by Jaime Winstone on Channel 4.
Filmed over the past few months the series focuses on six Strummerville bands captured at our festival campfire tour, our Westway Round The UK tour and at our Notting Hill Carnival Party.
Episode 1: Featuring Rum Shebeen & The Riff Raff
Episode 2: Featuring Beans On Toast & Molotov Jukebox
Episode 3: Featuring The Supernovas & Thee Deadtime Philharmonic
All the bands featured in this series are on our DIY pages. Visit the following links for more info and free downloads:
Beans On Toast
Molotov Jukebox
Rum Shebeen
The Riff Raff
The Supernovas
Thee Deadtime Philharmonic
One love,
Strummerville x
Beans On Toast, the gravel voiced troubadour from Braintree, wrote this track ‘Tour Blog’ whilst on the road during our recent Westway Round The UK tour. We love it!
Big love, Strummerville x
More about Beans On Toast
http://www.myspace.com/sexdrugspolitics
Big thanks to everyone who came out and supported our tour and to all the bands who provided such great shows every night.
Click here for all tour related press, reviews and photos.
One love,
Strummerville
This autumn we are thrilled to present the Westway Round The UK Tour with Rum Shebeen, The Supernovas and Beans on Toast. Each night will be headlined by a local band we have been working with. We’re also delighted to have Don Letts DJ-ing for us in Bristol.
In Sheffield and Manchester we will be joined by Thee Deadtime Philharmonic, in Leeds by The Yalla Yallas, in Glasgow by Chomsky Allstars and Newcastle by the Jukebox Allstars.
Our home coming show will be an all-dayer at The Flowerpot in London where we will be joined The Riff Raff, Nimmo & The Gauntletts and Sound of Rum.
Lots of love,
Strummerville x
Buy The Tickets:
| Date | Venue (linked to map) | Price | Buy | |
| 10/10/10 | The Boardwalk, Sheffield | £5 | Order Tickets | Join Event |
| 11/10/10 | The Croft, Bristol | £6 | Order Tickets | Join Event |
| 12/10/10 | Mine Venue, Leeds University | £5 | Order Tickets | Join Event |
| 13/10/10 | King Tuts, Glasgow | £5 | Order Tickets | Join Event |
| 14/10/10 | Moho Live (In the City), Manchester | £8 | - | Join Event |
| 15/10/10 | Digital (JukeBox Club night), Newcastle | £5 | - | Join Event |
| 17/10/10 | Flowerpot, London | FREE | - | Join Event |
Watch The Trailer:
Listen To The Bands:
Grab The Tour Poster & Stick it Around Online:
On Twitter? Get the latest Westway Round The UK Tour updates using #westwaytour
Excerpt:
“Over seven dates – from Sunday 10th October to Sunday 17th October – ‘Westway Round The UK’ will bring a selection of fast-rising bands, picked from this year’s Strummerville campfire sessions at Glastonbury, Lounge On The Farm, Secret Garden, Endorse It and the Goodwood Vintage Festival, to venues around the UK. As well as showcasing local Strummerville supported acts in each town.
The tour begins at The Boardwalk in Sheffield (formerly the Black Swan – where the Clash played their first ever live gig) and will rouse your musical palette every night until the tour culminates at The Flowerpot in Kentish town, with an all-dayer not to be missed. Get tickets for each event early to avoid disappointment.”
Excerpt:
How did your part in the Strummerville tour come about?
Well, we got involved with Strummerville after The Great Fire Of Nambucca burned all of our equipment to the ground, which Strummerville were generous enough to replace for us. Since then we’ve been gigging around the country with them – particularly on this year’s festival circuit which was wicked. We were also lucky enough to be taken out to Texas to play at SXSW and are doing the Westway Round The Uk tour with them, so it’s a relationship that has been going from strength to strength really.
Thanks to Mike Sprague and the Rat Bandits for organising this benefit for us on 20 November.
Punk West: featuring local punk bands from the South West
Rat Bandits
51st State
Po-lice
Dane Howells
Faith of the Gods
Tatworth Memorial Hall
Doors Open @ 7:00
Music 7:30 till 11:00
November 20th 2010
Excerpt:
Strummerville sits in a trailer park under the Westway flyover in Hammersmith, near a car repair shop and horse stables. The location was chosen because the foundation founders wanted to stay close to Joe Strummer’s roots. This used to be a favorite squatting ground of the 101-ers, Strummer’s band before The Clash. Strummer also busked in this area.
Strummerville helps young musicians who wouldn’t have the means to get their voices heard by supplying facilities, coaching and recording platforms.
“Our objective is to give opportunities through music to people who wouldn’t otherwise have them,” Charity Director, Trish Whelan says.
The organization has helped more than 200 bands. Young bands working at Strummerville are offered use of the ‘Strummerville Magic Bus,’ which they can use for tours. Strummerville have also helped more than 40 young bands get into the recording studios. Unsigned bands can post their music for free download to help get their music out to eager ears.
Everyone at Strummerville is passionate and dedicated to perpetuating Strummer’s DIY ethos, “We’re just trying to keep Joe’s spirit alive… and to keep the fire burning.”
Sending our deepest sympathy and condolences out to the family and friends of Camden Calling member Tasha Hollywood.
We were so sad to hear about the loss of Tasha yesterday and today we hold her memory in our hearts.
Love,
Strummerville
These are the highlights i shot myself throughout our Strummerville campfire tour 2010.
Love,
Trish xx
Excerpt:
“The work of Strummerville includes funding for new musicians, providing a DIY platform for un-signed artists to showcase their music, The Rinse Academy, campfire sessions at UK festivals to showcase new talent, rehearsal space and so much more.
This year will see the first ever Strummervile national tour kicking off on October 10th with Rum Shebeen, The Supernovas and Beans On Toast all cramming into the Strummerville bus.”
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Sunday 29th August (Carnival Sunday)
Inn On The Green
3 Thorpe Close
London, W10 5XL
(link to map)
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Live:
Rum Shebeen
The Supernovas
Nimmo and the Gauntletts
Beans On Toast
The Riff Raff
DJ:
Leo Greenslade (YOYO / GREENMONEY)
6pm – 11pm
Excerpt:
A delightful moment at Glastonbury this year was when I found the Strummerville camp fire (and it took a lot of searching – you would think a fire would be easy to spot in the darkness). The atmosphere was lovely, with a decent sized crowd scattered on sofas, rugs and the natural earth all gathered around a warming and roaring fire. It didn’t really matter what music was playing, but as it turned out there was a great collection of artists who performed low-key acoustic sets on possibly the smallest stage in the world.
This is the kind of thing that Strummerville promotes – good music being put in front of some attentive ears to hopefully try and gain a wider audience. Strummerville is a registered charity that, in true Joe Strummer style, aims to help new artists and bands record and get more exposure. It reflects Joe’s legacy to music, as The Clash continue to influence young bands everywhere. The charity helps young artists who otherwise would not have the means to normally progress their musical career. Strummerville is about doing things a bit differently, creating a community spirit within the music scene and allowing artists who actually have some things to say, to express them through the good old fashioned medium of rock ‘n’ roll.
This Sunday, Strummerville comes to the Inn on the Green to celebrate the start of the Carnival Weekend. While there may be many events on offer this weekend, this should provide some time to breathe whilst still enjoying the party atmosphere.
Excerpt:
“Don Letts, the documentary-maker, DJ, former member of Big Audio Dynamite and an old mate of The Sex Pistols and The CLash, doesn’t do apethy. He has made a short film to highlight the efforts of young bands that are still carrying the flame of Joe Strummer, thanks to backing from the charity Strummerville, set up in memory of the punk visionary and supported by friends including Damien Hirst and Billy Bragg. Bands such as The Riff Raff and Nimmo & The Gauntletts have benefited from Strummerville’s network of live events and rehearsal spaces. The otherwise exasperated Letts found himself ‘really encouraged by the project’.”
