• For concert dates and performances please see the Tour
Dates page
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Latest News below..... Songwriting Workshop, Hon President of Glosfolk,
Oct 2008 - Thanks for all the support at recent concerts in September in Germany (see reviews page), Holland, and at the Acoustic Guitar Show in Cheltenham....
and also at the Wimborne and Priddy Folk Festivals in the summer...great
to see you! The summer tour of Much Ado About Nothing tour by The
Festival Players (with music written by Johnny Coppin) was received
really well.
Out
now - latest CD
Breaking the Silence
with Mike Silver
also The Gloucestershire Collection (Forest & Vale.../English
Morning) a 34 track 78 minute CD is now in stock!
Mike Silver's new album "How Many Rivers" is now out
- co-produced by Johnny Coppin and Mick Dolan contact - www.mikesilver.co.uk
A 1976 BBC recording of Johnny singing "Joseph Baker" at Sidmouth
Festival was played on BBC Radio 2 - Mike Harding programme
on Wed 5 March 2008 - this was the track voted for by the public in
this month's Folk Vault. Other tracks includes Martin Simpson, Pete
Seeger, Ani de Franco etc....listen again for 7 days online bbc.co.uk/radio2/mikeharding
LATEST NEWS - November 2008
* I have two concerts with Mike Silver in Devon this month at Exeter and near Plymouth -(see Tour dates page for details) plus rehearsals for the Christmas tour of "All on a Winter's Night" in December. I'm sorry but the St Briavels nr Lydney date on Wed 10th has been cancelled, and the Malmesbury Abbey concert on Friday 12th has had to be moved to another venue.
* I enjoyed several concerts in October- 4 with Paul Burgess, 2 with Mike Silver, and even a reunion gig with Phil Beer (from Show of Hands) 27th Oct at Nettlebed Village Hall. Have had great reaction to these - see "Your Comments" page.
*Had a great tour with Mike Silver in Germany and Holland in September - and a review of the gig at Bonen has now been added to Reviews page plus reaction on Your Comments page.
* It was an honour to be elected as the Hon. President of Glosfolk Š an organisation working very hard to promote folk music in its many forms here in Gloucestershire. - see www.glosfolk.org.uk
*Songwriting Workshop .I'm hope to run a weekend songwriting workshop- and IÕm wondering if you are interested in taking part? You would have to find your own accommodation - but food and drink in the daytime would be included in the price. So what ever your experience, you may like to take this opportunity to work with me on any or your ideas, lyrics, unfinished songs etc Please email me at johnny@johnnycoppin.co.uk or telephone 0845 6441447 Š letÕs hope we can get the minimum number we need
* I'm sure you'll be pleased to know that the Folk for MS concert at Wantage in June raised £1500 for the charity - money that will soon be helping people with Multiple Sclerosis.. The concert featured Doug Eunson and Sarah Matthews, The Tindall Family, Tinker's Oak, and myself.many thanks to everyone who supported this event.
* In July I saw the wonderful musical play ArthurÕs Plough
- about the famous organic Fordhall Farm in Shropshire - originally
run by Arthur Hollins, and now by his son Ben and daughter Charlotte.
The play was written and directed by Chris Eldon Lee, with great actors
and an excellent choir. My song "On A Hill in Shropshire" (from Force
of the River) was featured alongside songs by Chris E Lee and Mary
Keith, and one by Steve Ashley.
*I do hope you can make it to one of my concerts near you!
