Following speculation in the press, Dramatico Entertainment
are delighted to confirm the engagement of Katie Melua
and James Toseland. We wish them happiness in their
life together.
17.1.12 LISTEN TO MIKE BATT ON SODAJERKER
Sodajerker is a songwriting team from Liverpool in the
United Kingdom. Founded by co-writers Simon Barber and
Brian O’Connor, Sodajerker is the creative outlet
for two friends raised on the celebrated songbooks of
such luminaries as Lennon and McCartney, Bacharach and
David, Holland-Dozier-Holland, Goffin and King and The
Chic Organisation.
Simon
and Brian talk to five-time Ivor Novello winning songwriter,
composer, conductor, arranger and producer Mike Batt
about his diverse career including projects like The
Wombles, The Hunting of the Snark and the writing of
hit songs like ‘Bright Eyes’ (from Watership
Down) and ‘The Closest Thing to Crazy’ (Katie
Melua).
Backstage
footage taken by Mike Batt, testing out the new camera.
Taken before and during Katie's performance on
Kuschelrock The Music is Katie Melua - 'Gold In Them
Hills', taken from Katie's new album 'Secret Symphony'
(released 5th March 2012).
Katie
Melua has also confirmed she will be performing at the
historic Hampton Court Palace Festival in London, on
June 22nd. Tickets are available here.
Watch our film of Katie talking about her new album,
released on March 5th, with exclusive performance footage!
3.1.12 KATIE MELUA ON SONGS OF PRAISE
Katie performed ‘Gold In Them Hills’ on
the BBC's Songs Of Praise TV Show - watch it here.
3.1.12 CARO EMERALD AWARDED THE IFPI PLATINUM EUROPE
AWARD
Dramatico Records and Grandmono are proud to announce
that Caro Emerald's debut album 'Deleted Scenes From
The Cutting Room Floor' is now certified Platinum in
both Britain and Germany, 6x Platinum in Holland, and
has been awarded the IFPI Platinum Europe Award for
sales exceeding 1 million copies in Europe. In Britain
'Deleted Scenes From The Cutting Room Floor' has been
certified Platinum, with sales exceeding 300,000 copies,
where it has spent ten weeks in the top ten of the album
chart.
Prior
to the release of ‘Secret Symphony’ Katie
will be performing two nights at Ronnie Scott’s
on February 6th & 7th. These shows will be a rare
opportunity to see Katie, who has sold more than 11
million albums and is one of Britain’s most successful
artists of the last decade, in such an intimate setting.
In addition to familiar favourites such as ‘Closest
Thing To Crazy’ and ‘Nine Million Bicycles’,
Katie will be previewing songs from ‘Secret Symphony’.
Doors : 06:30 p.m.
Katie Acoustic Set : 08:30 p.m. (30 mins)
Katie with Band : 09:30 p.m. – 10:20 p.m.
We'd like to wish all our visitors a very happy new
year - stay tuned for more exciting news about our roster
of artistes!
22.12.11 KATIE MELUA ON WEEKEND WOGAN
Sir Terry Wogan presents a very special Christmas concert
from London's Union Chapel for BBC Radio 2. Katie Melua
performs festive favourites including 'Have Yourself
A Merry Little Christmas' and 'O Holy Night', in an
atmospheric setting with a festive feel. Click here
to listen again.
13.12.11 WATCH THE WOMBLES ON THE RADIO!
At around 6pm this evening you
can watch the Wombles chatting and playing live on Simon
Mayo's BBC Radio 2 show.
Visit the WombleHQ website here
to catch the live stream! #WomblesForNo1
12.12.11 THE WOMBLES LAUNCH CHRISTMAS SINGLE AT HMV OXFORD
STREET
The Wombles launched their bid for the Christmas
Number One slot with ‘Wombling Merry Christmas’
at HMV’s Oxford Street store London on Sunday
11th December 2011, meeting fans and posing for photos
with families and children. They were joined by Mike
Batt - composer of The Wombles’ many hit songs.
Click on the images for full size versions.
11.12.11 THE WOMBLES - 'WOMBLING MERRY CHRISTMAS' RELEASED
We
wish you a Wombling Merry Christmas - the single is
out now, available on download and CD from the following
retailers:
Caro Emerald has released a single for Christmas - a
brilliant duet with Brooke Benton, 'You're All I Want
For Christmas'. Brooke was a prolific and massively
successful r'n'b artist in the 60s and this posthumous
pairing is the perfect festive tribute to a legendary
artist, topping off a massively successful 2011 for
Caro Emerald.
Buy 'You're All I Want For Christmas' at iTunes here.
7.12.11 WOMBLES AT HMV OXFORD STREET THIS SUNDAY
The Wombles launch their bid for the Christmas Number
One slot with ‘Wombling Merry Christmas’
with a photocall at HMV’s Oxford Street store
in London, on Sunday 11th December at 12 noon. Orinoco,
Great Uncle Bulgaria, Madame Cholet, Wellington and
Bungo will pose for pictures with fans and customers.
‘Wombling
Merry Christmas’ will go head-to-head with The
X Factor for this year’s Christmas Number One.
The chart stars will also be bringing ‘The W Factor’
to the festive season with the release of their greatest
hits collection, a remastered compilation album of 20
Wombling greats including ‘Remember You’re
A Womble’, ‘The Wombling Song’, ‘To
Wimbledon With Love’, ‘Nashville Wombles’
and the much-loved ‘Minuetto Allegretto’
5.12.11 PAUL KELLY: CHRISTMAS GRAVY AND MASH
A mix&mash of Paul Kelly in performance over six
months...
We filmed Paul Kelly over a number of months and realised
we could do something unique: we took all the multitrack
recordings of Paul performing 'How To Make Gravy' -
totalling 98 tracks - and interwove, overlapped and
mixed them to create a continuous compilation performance
across different venues.
It
moves from the intimacy of his A To Z shows and rehearsal,
to playing the Corner Hotel and the Falls Festival main
stage. These were filmed and recorded for the feature
documentary 'Paul Kelly - Stories Of Me', a film by
Shark Island Productions - coming in 2012.
5.12.11 KATIE
MELUA'S SECRET SYMPHONY TOUR 2012
In
summer 2012 Katie Melua will introduce 'Secret Symphony'
to live audiences in Germany. Dates are confirmed for
Stuttgart, Berlin, Regensburg, Munich and Dresden. Katie’s
concerts will take place in very special locations:
as part of the Jazz Open Festival 2012 she will play
an unique concert featuring musical surprises and special
guests on the palace square in innercity Stuttgart.
In Berlin the German Film Orchestra Babelsberg will
perform with her at the historic town square Gendarmenmarkt.
Desden’s „Movie nights at the Elbufer“
present an inpressive view of the stage built at the
banks of the Elbe river opposite the skyline of historic
Dresden. Munich will see Katie Melua at the popular
Tollwood Festival and Regensburg the concert is presented
as part of the festive Schlossfestspiele at the Chateu
of Regensburg.
Dates:
8.07.12 Stuttgart, Jazz Open, Schlossplatz, Katie Melua
& Special Guests
09.07.12 Berlin, Klassik am Gendarmenmarkt, Katie Melua
& Filmorchester Babelsberg
11.07.12 München, Tollwood
14.07.12 Dresden, Filmnächte am Elbufer
15.07.12 Regensburg, Schlossfestspiele
More dates for autumn will be announced soon. Tickets
are now on sale here
for Katie's show in Denmark on June 30th.
30.11.11 FIRST KATIE MELUA CONCERT OF 2012 ANNOUNCED
Katie Melua has announced details of a live concert
in Odense, Denmark, at Den Fynske. The show is on Saturday
June 30th 2012 and tickets go on sale on Monday December
5th, available from www.danbillet.dk
and www.billetnet.dk.
28.11.11 GURRUMUL AT THE ARIA AWARDS
Watch Gurrumul's amazing performance with Missy Higgins
at last night's Aria Awards here:
22.11.11 CARO EMERALD PLATINUM EDITION OUT NOW
The special Platinum Edition of Caro Emerald's
hit album 'Deleted Scenes From The Cutting Room Floor'
is out now. The CD/DVD package features the original
album plus a bonus DVD featuring live performances plus
four music videos.
US President Barack Obama commenced his day
at Parliament House in Canberra, as Gurrumul started
his morning in the remote northeast Arnhem community
of Elcho Island. Both men were preparing to fly to Darwin
for only a few hours: Obama to address Australian and
US defence troupes; and Gurrumul to perform for them
and to meet the President himself.
In a specially decked out, bomb-swept hanger on the
RAAF base, the voice of Gurrumul kicked off celebrations
as he sang to 1500 military personnel, 300 invited guests
(including political, business and sporting identities)
and international media, all of whom were shuttled into
the coveted location via special transport, through
top level security clearance. After Gurrumul performed,
fellow NT indigenous singer-songwriter Jessica Mauboy
took to the stage. The military band keep the audience
entertained as Gurrumul and Jessica were escorted to
the highest-level security zone known as ‘the
clutch’. Here, only a dozen people were invited
by the White House to meet and be photographed with
President Barack Obama and Prime Minister Julia Gillard.
Accompanying Gurrumul into this area was bass player,
collaborator and close friend Michael Hohnen who said
“Gurrumul was struck by the sensitive, personable
and caring nature of the President in his brief meeting
today”. The President's warmth and moments to
pause and make Gurrumul feel special, resounded with
the silent but communicative indigenous singer. Gurrumul
joined his Skinnyfish Music team back in the VIP seating
area with the wider audience who were by now, bubbling
in anticipation of seeing this enigmatic world leader.
The Prime Minister & President literally bounded onto
the stage where Gurrumul had just performed, to deliver
their speeches before a personal farewell and a hand
shake to those lucky enough to be seated upfront (including
Gurrumul’s girlfriend Bronwyn Gurruwiwi). All
guests were required to stay in the hangar (where specially
installed air-conditioning brought the temperature down
from forty to thirty degrees Celsius) until the President
had boarded his plane. During this time Gurrumul connected
with many people including fellow countryman Gullarwuy
Yunupingu. Just at the moment Gurrumul and Jessica Mauboy
departed the hangar, the Air Force One jet taxied past
scores of military personnel who were able to wave and
cheer for both the President of the Unites States and
two of Australia’s most celebrated performers,
as they all departed Darwin having shared centre stage
on this very special occasion.
16.11.11 CARO EMERALD TO PERFORM ON CHILDREN IN NEED
Caro Emerald will be taking part in the BBC's
Children In Need fundraising spectacular. This Friday
night (or should that be Saturday morning!)
Caro will be performing A Night Like This in Part 3 of the show. Broadcast on
BBC1 Caro will be performing at the end of the show
(1.50am) so just before Sir Terry Wogan reveals the
total raised during the spectacular show
12.11.11 WORLD PREMIERE PERFORMANCE OF 'GOLD IN THEM HILLS'
Last night Katie performed 'Gold In Them Hills' on the
German TV channel RTL. The programme was a celebration
of 25 years of the Kuschelrock compilation album. The
song, which is written by Ron Sexsmith, will feature on
Katie's new album 'Secret Symphony'.
Katie was interviewed after the performance and revealed
that the album is very personal, romantic and intimate.
11.11.11 THE WOMBLES 'WOMBLING MERRY CHRISTMAS' VIDEO UNVEILED!
The children's character favourites will re-release
their classic hit 'Wombling Merry Christmas' as a potential
contender for this year's festive number one.
Wombling Merry Christmas' which reached number 2 in 1974,
features on 'The W Factor', the collection of The Wombles
Greatest Hits, which is released on November 28th. The
single will be available to download from December 12th.
12.11.11 WORLD PREMIERE PERFORMANCE OF 'GOLD IN THEM
HILLS' BY KATIE MELUA
Last night Katie Melua performed 'Gold In
Them Hills' on the German TV channel RTL. The programme
was a celebration of 25 years of the Kuschelrock compilation
album. The song, which is written by Ron Sexsmith, will
feature on Katie's new album 'Secret Symphony'.
Katie was interviewed after the performance and revealed
that the album is very personal, romantic and intimate.
10.11.11 CARO EMERALD'S NEW SINGLE 'STUCK' ADDED TO RADIO
2 PLAYLIST
'Stuck' the new single from Caro Emerald's album 'Deleted
Scenes From The Cutting Room Floor' has been added to
the A List at Radio 2.
The playlist starts on Saturday 12th November with the
single released on December 5th
4.11.11 JUST 2 DAYS LEFT TO HEAR KATIE MELUA'S PERFORMANCE
ON WEEKEND WOGAN
Katie treated Radio 2 listeners to a preview of her new
album 'Secret Symphony' when she performed new song ‘Better
Than A Dream’ live at the Savoy Theatre for a special
Children In Need edition of Weekend Wogan. Listen on the
BBC iPlayer (1 hr 20 mins in).
Katie
had a short chat with Sir Terry and then delighted the
audience with a performance of ‘The Closest Thing
To Crazy’.
4.11.11 CARO EMERALD UK MEDIA UPDATE
Missed
Caro's performances on Strictly Come Dancing or The
Alan Titchmarsh Show? Don't worry, you watch them online
- click NEWS for details
Also...look out for You Magazine in the Mail on Sunday
this Sunday (November 6th) for a gorgeous feature.
26.10.11 CARO EMERALD TOUR ADVERT
25.10.11 TD LIND ANNOUNCES PARIS SHOW
TD Lind will create a very special evening of music
as he performs songs from his new album 'The Outskirts
of Prosper' at Le Divan Du Monde club in Paris, at 8pm,
Wednesday Nov 9th. Having been hailed by the British
and French press, TD Lind will bring together his romantic
and lyrical take on jazz manouche, rock n roll and blues
at the launch of his new single 'Coming Home' - it will
be a night to remember. Tickets are available here.
22.10.11 CARO EMERALD ANNOUNCES UK TOUR
Caro Emerald is set to dazzle Britain with her polished
fusion of pop, jazz and swing. With her show at O2 Shepherds
Bush Empire on December 13th sold out, Caro announces
four dates in March 2012. Tickets will go on sale on
Friday October 28th at 9am.
March 15th Birmingham, Symphony Hall 0121 780 3333
March 16th London, Roundhouse 020 7403 3331
March 18th Glasgow, O2 ABC 08444 999 990
March 19th Manchester, Bridgewater Hall 0161 907 9000
24HR CC HOTLINE 0844 811 0051.
Ticket price £25 except London £28.50, plus
booking fees.
Caro and her band will be performing showstopping songs
from her hit album ‘Deleted Scenes From The Cutting
Room Floor’ including ‘Back It Up’,
‘A Night Like This’, ‘That Man’
and ‘Stuck’.
16.10.11 STRICTLY CARO EMERALD
Tune in to BBC1's Strictly Come Dancing on October 23rd
to see a performance by Caro Emerald!
14.10.11 CARO EMERALD AWARD NEWS
Caro
Emerald has been nominated for Independent Breakthrough
Of The Year at the inaugural AIM Independent Music Awards.
Taking place on Thursday 10th November, the awards recognise
and celebrate the artists, labels, companies and individuals
at the heart of the independent music business. The ceremony
will be hosted by BBC 6 Music’s Steve Lamacq and
Radio 1’s Huw Stephens.
Rrakala by Gurrumul picked up Best World Music album last
night in Australia at the prestigious ARIA awards. Gurrumul
and Rrakala are also nominated for three more categories
in the forthcoming second part of the ARIAs - Rrakala
is nominated for Best Independent Release, Gurrumul for
Male Artist of the Year and Album of the Year.
Gurrumul and Rrakala picked up 6 nominations overall which
is an outstanding achievement for this, his second album.
The main ARIA event will be on November 27th November.
29.9.11 GURRUMUL'S NEW ALBUM 'RRAKALA' OUT NOW
Gurrumul's exceptional new album 'Rrakala' is now available
on CD and download - buy now from iTunes
/ Amazon.
Don't forget his live performances coming up in October:
Here's the link to hear Gurrumul performing live on
BBC Radio 2's Simon Mayo show yesterday - click here
to listen now.
Meanwhile, back in Sydney, Gurrumul has yet again swept
the board at the 2011 Deadly Awards. The gifted singer
/ songwriter from Galiwin'ku collected Male Artist of
the Year for the third time in four years and won and
Album of the Year for 'Rrakala'. The accolades follow
five individual National Indigenous Music Awards last
month and Rolling Stone magazine called him "Australia's
Most Important Voice". You can see his acceptance
speech here.
23.9.11 GURRUMUL PROMO UPDATE
Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu is currently on a promotional
tour of radio and TV for his new album 'Rrakala' - click
on NEWS
for details
We'll bring you more news of when and where you can
hear Gurrumul as we get it.....
7.9.11 KATIE MELUA ALBUM NEWS
Secret Symphony, the brand new album by Katie Melua,
will be released on March 5th, 2012
Katie Melua takes the stage in front of the Secret Symphony
Orchestra, on this, her fifth album. Always happy to
step away from people's expectations, Katie delivers
a superbly crafted set of tracks interpreting songs
drawn from a wide spectrum of songwriters including
herself and Mike Batt.
"This album was going to be my 'singer's album' says
Katie. I had always wanted to do this one day; singing
other people's songs brings something out of you and
your voice that isn't perhaps where you would have gone
vocally with your own material. It stretches you. As
it happened Mike and I did write a couple of new ones,
but the general idea was to find songs by great writers
such as Ron Sexsmith ('Gold In Them Hills') and Francoise
Hardy's 'All Over The World'.
The result is a collaboration with orchestrator and
conductor Batt that imbues the songs with a distinct
personality that could only be the work of this creative
team. The gorgeous 'Secret Symphony' album was recorded
at Air Studios in London and represents a blend of musicianship
and dedication that will delight existing Katie Melua
fans and win her many new ones.
19.8.11 PAUL KELLY CONCERT NEWS
With his four night residency at Bush Hall
sold out, Paul Kelly has announced a new date in
London for 2012. Paul will take to the stage at
the Union Chapel on Friday 3rd February. Tickets
from www.seetickets.com. More information
from www.paulkelly.com.au
01.08.11 CARO EMERALD CHART NEWS
'Deleted Scenes From The Cutting Room Floor'
is:
#6 (4) on the UK Album Chart
#3 (3) on the Independent Album Chart
#2 (1) on the Jazz & Blues Album Chart
This
now makes it nine weeks in the Top 10
25.7.11 CARO EMERALD CHART NEWS
'Deleted Scenes From The Cutting Room Floor’
is:
#4 (6) on the UK Album Chart
(its highest position to date!)
#3 (4) on the Independent Album Chart
#1 (1) on the Jazz & Blues Album Chart
20.7.11 SARAH BLASKO ACOUSTIC TOUR
Sarah Blasko will embark on a series
of intimate shows through the month of October,
having toured extensively across Europe last
year with her full band. Sarah will perform
acoustically with her long-time guitarist as
a duo, testing new songs from her forthcoming
album and songs from her recent European release
of As Day Follows Night, described by The Go-Betweens’
Robert Forster as:
“A triumph…a wonderfully diverse
and melodic collection…a wonderful record.
A classic, in fact.”
This is a rare opportunity to enjoy the
beguiling and startling power of Sarah’s
voice, in a pure and elemental musical setting.
Fred Kinbom, with his lap steel guitar, will
join Sarah as her special guest, supporting
the recent release of his new EP ‘Quit
My Job’.
With her album ensconced in the UK top 10 and
her Jazz Café gig in August sold out,
swinging, stylish pop superstar Caro Emerald
will return to London ON Tuesday 13th December
with her superb eight-piece band to bring to
a close another extraordinary year. Tickets
are £22, available from www.02shepherdsbushempire.co.uk
With her debut UK show at London’s Jazz
Café on August 25th becoming an instant
sell-out, Caro’s return to the capital
will be another highly anticipated show. Yet
it’ll also be a celebratory end to an
enormously successful year for the charismatic
singer who slickly translates the danceable
party attitude of her album to the live stage.
“Easy to like, hard to resist: a real
find” **** - Daily Express
“A truly classy piece of work”
**** - Mail on Sunday
“A cross between Lily Allen and Jessica
Rabbit this is sassy stuff. Don’t miss
out! Retro loveliness” ***** - Star
Magazine
"Deleted Scenes From the Cutting Room
Floor is so thoroughly joyous and cleverly thought
out it’s almost impossible not to be seduced
by it … a great album" - BBC
Music
11.7.11 PAUL KELLY ANNOUNCEMENT
Dramatico Entertainment are proud to annouce
the latest release from the famed, award-winning
Australian singer-songwriter Paul Kelly. The
British independent label will put out a deluxe
8 CD box set and book entitled 'The A-Z Recordings'
on August 29th. Kelly will also travel over
to London on the week of release to perform
four nights at Bush Hall from 30th August -
2nd September.
Paul Kelly is one of the most respected and
prolific performers to ever come out of Australia,
with a career spanning over 3 decades and 8
ARIA awards. Last year he had a memoir published
entitled 'How To Make Gravy'. As well as his
songwriting he is also a vocal political figure
in his homeland, where he has long been a supporter
of the rights of the indigenous culture.
Kelly's new release 'The A-Z Recordings' is
a document of 100 live recordings. Working through
his back catalogue alphabetically and performing
twenty five songs a night across four nights,
Kelly has been touring these 'A-Z' shows since
2004 and will perform it in full at his Bush
Hall shows. 'The A-Z Recordings' is an 8-disc
set (two discs per night) and compiled as a
lavish hard cover book.
‘’To be working with the legendary
Paul Kelly is a dream come true'' Andrew
Bowles, MD Dramatico Entertainment
For Dramatico, Paul Kelly is the latest addition
to a roster that includes the likes of Katie
Melua, Caro Emerald, Marianne Faithfull, Asa
and TD Lind.
Upcoming releases include the second album by
Gurrumul, 'Rrakala', and Saltwater Band's 'Malk'
Dramatico is proud to announce the release of
'Rrakala', the highly anticipated second album
from Gurrumul Yunupingu, out on September 5th.
'Rrakala' taps into old songs from Gurrumul’s
band, his family's songwriting, his new material
and presents a choice of songs that reflect
deeper into his Aboriginal identity. Showcased
for the first time are his exceptional skills
on piano, drums, nylon string acoustic guitar,
electric and acoustic guitars.
Having performed to critical acclaim in Europe
in 2009 Gurrumul will return for a run of eight
dates in October:
You won't have seen this on the television coverage,
so here's an exclusive first look at The Wombles'
headline-grabbing performance at Glastonbury
Festival.
Following their triumphant Glastonbury performance
yesterday, The Wombles will be appearing on
ITV's 'This Morning' show this Wednesday.
24.6.11 CARO GOLD
In the UK this week not only did ‘Deleted
Scenes From The Cutting Room Floor’ achieve
Gold status but it also climbed from #17 to
its highest position so far of #8 on the UK
Album Chart.
Caro achieved her first UK #1 by topping the
Blues and Jazz Chart.
This sales surge was caused by her interview
and video play on BBC Breakfast TV and the Maida
Vale session for BBC Radio 2, this activity
also sold out
Caro’s first UK Show at the Jazz Café
on August 25th.
Gold Disc photo was taken at the BBC
Maida Vale studios with Dramatico Managing Director
Andrew Bowles with Chris Hession and Natalie
Peyton from Hesso Media.
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