They have since taken this fantastic live event around the UK, which is well worth catching if you can, but now have also curated a compilation album of some highlights of this folk scene they have helped nurture. We’ve been featuring a handful of these bands here on TBW over the past couple of years from Johnny Flynn to Jay Jay Pistolet, but Communion have created a community and this is the recorded product of that. And it’s amazing.
You can pre-order the double disc vinyl now before its official release date on 01/03 but the MP3s get sent over straight away – time to get on it me thinks. If you weren’t excited enough – here’s the tracklist:
And a sampling of MP3s from some of the artists that have played at Communion over the years:
Noah and the Whale – Instrumental III
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(NATW – not on this record but mainstays of the London folk scene and Communion itself and are in are writing their new album as we speak in a converted Synagogue in East London! This track is taken from their film “First Days of Spring”)
Johnny Flynn – Drum
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(Johnny Flynn is playing live around the UK this month!)
Beans on Toast – The Country’s Gone to Shit
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(Beans on Toast is playing SXSW this year for you yanks!)
Kurran and the Wolfnotes – Here To Fill You In
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(KATW will be the main support for The Kissaway Trail on their upcoming UK tour!)
Marcus Foster – I Don’t Mind
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(Marcus Foster is back to London in March so get your tickets now!)