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Posted on May 10, 2021 by admin

‘Invisible Music’ on BBC Radio 2 Folk Show

I spoke to Mark Radcliffe for the BBC Radio 2 Folk Show on Wed 5 May about my new album ‘Invisible Music: folk songs that influenced Angela Carter’.

He played three tracks from the record, including Kathryn Williams‘ beautiful reading from Carter’s ‘The Bloody Chamber’.

Listen at around 25 mins for my part, but the whole show is fantastic.

 

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Here’s Pearl’s sister, Molly. They are both wo Here’s Pearl’s sister, Molly. They are both working hard with me the next few weeks as I prep all these new songs. So genuinely exciting to have all this new material to play with/play. The birds have been flying in the window recently and I love them for it. You can’t make them, but you can put some seed on the sill.

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Back in late night A&E with my aged ma who’s get Back in late night A&E with my aged ma who’s getting battered by dialysis and @jefftweedy keeping me good company while she goes for tests.

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#thankyounhs💙 #thankyou #thankyounhsstaff #thankyounhs
I’m in the joyful position of relearning how to I’m in the joyful position of relearning how to play all songs I’ve written in the last few months. This is Pearl. She’s really helping me remember the crazy fucking tunings I have used. Some songs have more than one ?! so this is part practice, part detective work. ❤️
Very excited to be on the lineup at this beautiful Very excited to be on the lineup at this beautiful North Norfolk festival.
My Friday video for patrons this week talks about My Friday video for patrons this week talks about improvising on piano as the start for a song.

Join in the conversation!
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Sometimes music brings you amazing friendships. I’m so lucky to have this woman @kathrynwilliamsuk in my life. She defibrillated my belief in myself as a songwriter and I will never be able to thank her enough. 

#friends #music #friendship #womensupportingwomen #womeninmusic
🔆 We are unbelievably excited to announce our m 🔆 We are unbelievably excited to announce our month-long UK tour from 16 Sept-15 Oct 2023.

We’re doing a double header solo tour playing in carefully-selected and beautiful intimate venues, suggested by the hive mind of Kath’s Twitter followers.

It’s going to be a gorgeous experience, reconnecting and sharing informal, loving shows. 

We’d love you to come along,and help us spread the word. And book a ticket!!!!

Link in bio or here:
linktr.ee/bigskytour

All our love,
Kath and Polly xxx

#tour #songwriters #womensupportingwomen #lifeontheroad #music #live #liveauthentic #folkmusic #acoustic #indie #indieartist #writer #venues #musician #autumnvibes #uk #road #ontheroad
Beautiful night last night at @thelondonlibrary c Beautiful night last night at @thelondonlibrary  celebrating shared love for T S Eliot and London with novelist Ben Okri, dancer Charlotte Jenkins, and poets Sophie Herxheimer, Richard Scott, Hannah Sullivan, Jay Bernard, Daljit Nagra and Will Harris. Still pinching myself that I was there. Thank you @kathrynwilliamsuk and @thelondonlibrary 💚💚💙💙

#auditoryimagination #collection #connection #together #liveevents #livemusic #waterloosunset #violethour #kinks
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🔆 WOW! I'm very excited to announce a month-lon 🔆 WOW! I'm very excited to announce a month-long UK tour running from Sept 16 - Oct 15 2023 with my dear pal @kathrynwilliamsuk!!

We are setting off on a double-header solo UK tour in beautiful intimate venues, all thanks to Kath's Twitter followers who shared wisdom and their favourite venues. 

We start in Glasgow on 16 September and we finish up in Reading on 15 October.

We'd love you to come to the shows, & share the news of our tour with all your friends.

Ticket links in bio or here - 
linktr.ee/bigskytour

Sat 16 Sept GLASGOW Glad Cafe @thegladcafe
Sun 17 Sept DURHAM Old Cinema Launderette @oldcinemalaunderette
Mon 18 Sept LEEDS Hyde Park Book Club @thecommonroomgn
Tue 19 Sept POCKLINGTON Pocklington Arts Centre @pocklingtonartscentre 
Thur 21 Sept DEEPDALE, NORFOLK Deepdale Festival 
Fri 22 Sept CAMBRIDGE Portland Arms @theportlandarms
Sat 23 Sept WOLVERHAMPTON Newhampton Arts 
Thur 28 Sept LONDON St Matthius Church @greennote
Fri 29 Sept HENLEY Christchurch 
Sat 30 Sept LEAMINGTON SPA Temperance @temperance
Sun 1 Oct CHESHIRE Thornton Hough @thevcwirral
Tue 3 Oct MANCHESTER Gulliver's @gulliversNQ
Wed 4 Oct HEBDEN BRIDGE Trades Club @the_trades_club
Thu 5 Oct GALASHIELS Mac Arts @macartsscotland
Fri 6 Oct NEWCASTLE Common Room @thecommonroomgn
Wed 11 Oct BIRMINGHAM Kitchen Garden Café @kitchen_garden_cafe
Thu 12 Oct NEWPORT Le Pub @lepub
Fri 13 Oct TOTNES Ashburton Arts Centre @ashburtonarts
Sat 14 Oct WESTON-SUPER-MARE Loves Café
Sun 15 Oct READING South Street Arts @southstreetarts
So much is happening at the moment: if you want to So much is happening at the moment: if you want to be the first to know my news, sign up to my mailing list. 

I don't write very often, and I won't pass on your details to anyone else. 

You get a free song, too. 

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Can’t wait to play a few songs amid such prestig Can’t wait to play a few songs amid such prestigious company. Join me at The London Library next Friday 28/4.

Lit Fest: The Waste Land; A Double Bill - The Poem & The City (In person & online)

As the ‘cruellest month’ draws to a close, we’re celebrating one of the most important and influential poems ever written, TS Eliot’s The Waste Land, on the centenary of its publication in book form by the Hogarth Press. An integral part of our history, Eliot, a former President of The London Library, once auctioned a manuscript of the poem to save the Library from closure. Now, on our own anniversary, Eliot’s iconic words will ring out through the Reading Room, once again in, this very special double bill. 

 

Part I: The Poem @ 7pm

The evening will begin in the ‘violet hour’, with a stirring performance of the poem by award-winning, internationally acclaimed poet and novelist Ben Okri, accompanied by contemporary dancer Charlotte Jarvis. 

Part II: The City @ 8pm

In the second half of the evening, we’ll explore The Waste Land as a polyphonic, London poem, weaving our way through the ‘Unreal City’ via the words and voices of some of the best contemporary poets writing about London today. Jay Bernard, Will Harris, Daljit Nagra, Richard Scott, Hannah Sullivan and compere Sophie Herxheimer perform their own odes to the city and their favourites by other poets, with music from singer/songwriter/scholar Polly Paulusma and featuring tarot cards created by Sophie Herxheimer (channelling Madame Sosostris). 

https://www.londonlibrary.co.uk/whats-on/197-lit-fest-the-wasteland-a-double-bill-the-poem-the-city
I can’t wait to support my wonderful friend @kat I can’t wait to support my wonderful friend @kathrynwilliamsuk for this gorgeous gig @cultureweston #westonsupermare on Fri 5 May - bank holiday weekend - see you there!

https://cultureweston.org.uk/listings/williams/
Playing new songs to old friends is one of my favo Playing new songs to old friends is one of my favourite things. 

#newalbum #newsongs #oldfriends
Hello lovely peeps. Join me and @meforqueen from Hello lovely peeps. Join me and 
@meforqueen from her place for a bandcamp livestream on Wed 8pm BST. 

We'll play songs for you and chat about songwriting and all kinds of other things. 

Last time we played together it was lovely (see pic of us belting The Woods). 

Tix £8.50 join us! https://meforqueen.bandcamp.com/merch/me-for-queen-meets-polly-paulusma

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Every first Friday of the month, at 6pm UK time, I Every first Friday of the month, at 6pm UK time, I go live for my beloved @patreon patrons from my sparkly shed. 

Next Fri 7 April, I'll be playing ALL NEW SONGS for the next album. It's time! 

Will you join us? Only £4/mth. Mine's a G&T, thanks for asking.

Copy and paste http://patreon.com/pollypaulusma 
or link in bio.
Big experiment tonight. Let’s see if it works. 🤞
Yesterday recording at Abbey Road with Jim Hawkins Yesterday recording at Abbey Road with Jim Hawkins, pissing about with mics. Total bliss.

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@james_hawkins_music
Well, this is lovely. Thank you so much, @folkrad Well, this is lovely.

Thank you so much, @folkradiouk
I love this one. Thank you @johnlyons99 I love this one. Thank you @johnlyons99
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