Press Pack ’25
Please find here a compilation of short film clips of the band playing live, including some examples of the projected original animations we use to accompany the music. Also a biography and reviews. Jonathan Day Collective Biography 2024 “Jonathan Day is a musician of movement and of place – an artist who, whether through the...
National Poetry Day – performance film
Delightful experience with Shrewsbury Poetry at the LOFT, Milk Street, Shrewsbury debuting a number of new pieces, including this : )
BBC Radio 4/British Library animate us : )
http://bbc.in/2bxMXoM So delighted with this animation – BBC/ BRITISH LIBRARY took a section of an interview with myself, my daughter and the BBC’s Genevieve Tudor, and animated it. We were talking about touring in Thailand and the story of Rama and Sita. Click on the image to watch… lovely job don’t you think? x
Performance in Iona Abbey cloister – a film about wilderness, old wisdom and hope.
8th century celtic poetry, translated, woven into a song and performed in the beautiful ancient Iona Abbey cloister. A film from the white sands and azure sea, about wilderness, old wisdom and hope.
Moon Dappling a Night Garden
MOON DAPPLING A NIGHT GARDEN An improvisation for a warm evening by Rob Carolan (hang drum) and Jonathan Day (alto). Played in the forest hall at Mellowcroft in the Welsh mountains. Cover image by Ed Lam : )
Shallow Brown
Shallow Brown – a song about drifting from the Atlantic to the Pacific coast of America. I started with Blackbeard on Ocracoke and finished with sand and the soul trace of Myrna Loy on Venice Beach, California
Atlantic drifter – summer tour ’14 : )
Very happy to announce this year’s summer tour. Hope to see you somewhere on the road! x 25.3 Helsinki, Finland http://www.aalto.fi 26.3 Arabiankatu, Finland http://www.aalto.fi 27.3 Kapelli, Finland http://valokuvataiteenmuseo.fi/fi/tulossa-en 2–3.5 Landed Festival, Rhayader, Wales http://www.landedfestival.co.uk 4.5 Sun Festival, Severn Meadows, Low Town, Bridgnorth http://tiny.cc/myn9dx 17.5 Celf Ymarfer Coedwig Naturial, Coed Nant Gain www.naturalforestpractice.com www.freetheforest.org 18.5...
All the leaves are brown and the sky is gray… films remembering a Shropshire summer
Abel’s Harp play Wax and Wane, featuring Harriet Bartlett (vocal, accordion), Simon Smith (bass), Jonathan Day (vocal, tenor guitar, cahon), Rob Dunsford (vocal, guitar), Charlotte Price (cello). Abel’s Harp play The Spanish Set at Festival at the Edge – (from left) Harriet Bartlett, Jonathan Day, Cait Leach and Jared Jackson. Abel’s Harp play ‘Millionaire’ (Rob...