The Hut People

We have added another Link section where you can find the digital retail links for the buying of the new album. Hope it makes things easier for you.

The Vixen FM evening went really well, we played some stuff off the album and also made up some tunes live!. You can hear the podcast of the show by going to www.myspace.com/thefoxesdenshow

We are going on the James Hoggarth show on Radio Humberside, Thursday 18th February. The show begins at 8pm and you can hear it on 95.9FM. The podcast of Gondwana Sound on Radio Sheffield Live can also be heard by going to their homepage and following the links. Jill Turner plays some wonderful music, it's really worth checking out.

After doing Raw Talent  on Radio Humberside a few weeks ago Alan put this up on his twitter page, we liked it so here's the quote "WOW The Hut People were a folk driven dream"
BBC Raw Talent. Bless him and we didn't have to pay!

GIG UPDATES

Latest gig in is for Folk in the Basement on the 27th April. Situated in the City Screen Complex back from Coney Street behind St Martin Le Grand church. Looks like a great spot right in the heart of York near to the riverside. Check out The Basement,York website for further info, entrance fee £7.

Venues now known for the Swaledale Festival

Please check calendar for venues also contains secret session. We had a wonderful time there last year so we are really looking forward to it and what a beautiful part of the world as well.

Album of the month - Review now available on Page 47 of The Link Whitby,January issue

THE LINK ONLINE -A free monthly music/listings magazine for the following areas, Hartlepool, York, Darlington, Scarborough inc Teeside and the Moors have picked 'Home is where the Hut is' as the January cd of the month. We are well chuffed, it's not out yet but we have had some really positive responses about the album. I will put reviews on the site when they occur.

RAW TALENT

We have been invited to go onto the BBC Radio Humberside show Raw Talent on the 24th January to talk about the album and to do an acoustic session. We might play 3 numbers off the album live, you can tune in on 95.9FM. The show goes out as far as Leeds and Sheffield. Alan Raw fronts the show and this is the second time we have been on, me and Sam are looking forward to it.

Home Is Where The Hut Is

The day after the show is the 25th, our special day, when the album comes out. I will put reviews up when I receive them ,it's very exciting! If you have any comments on the album yourself please let us know, it will all help for the next one!

MUSIC

As soon as we are able, that means with a little help from a friend , we will put some tracks up from our album. In the meantime you can catch some of our stuff  at www.myspace.com/thehutpeople. There are a couple of rough mixes from the album and a couple of other tracks from way back. Hope you like what you hear, let us know.

We decided to enter the facebook world, so we created a 'Become a fan' page. If you go to Facebook just search for The Hut People and hopefully you will be directed to our page.

HUT PEOPLE – Home Is Where The Hut Is (Fellside Recordings FECD228)

 Review from The English Dance Society Spring 2010

The Hut People is accordion and percussion duo

Sam Pirt and former The Beautiful South

percussionist, Gary Hammond. The rather

cringeworthy, throwaway album title mustn’t put you

off: this is a lively album of tunes from around the

world, made to stand out from the crowd by the

varied and unexpected percussion. Hammond is a

self-confessed percussion collector and boasts an

assortment which is 400 pieces strong, so it is not

surprising that a great deal of percussion is

employed here: some you will be familiar with, such

as cajon, washboard, triangle and congas, and some

you may well not, like the spring guiro, zabumba,

darbuka and crotal bell.

A tune from Brazil sits alongside one from

Louisiana, Finland and Canada, all fluidly led by

Pirt’s accordion. And there is little need for vocals –

‘songs’ such as ‘Butter’ swell and spit out the words

via the accordion just as a singer would.

And if there is a tune you recognise, it won’t be

long before it’s given a more cosmopolitan groove,

such as ‘Princess Royal’ and her new Latin

overcoat.

www.fellside.com

Sophie Parkes

Going back in to the foxes den show but this time with Sam to play some live tracks from our latest album, we are going to try and bring in our friend from a local Market Weighton fish and chip shop to play one of our tunes. He doesn't know this yet but with a little persuasion we are sure he will bring his box along. Be sure to listen in on 101.8Fm Vixen 101, right plaice right time!

Just thought we would put in the bit that mentions us,

Just to say a big thanks to everyone who helped make our 10th anniversary festival the best yet. We’ve had lots of feedback and it’s been overwhelmingly positive (although as always we’ll look to improve things in the light of constructive criticism). There were some wonderful highlights – I think most people agree Rango were a big hit and possibly the stand-out act but if you go to our website polls you’ll get an idea of what went down well & please add your own thoughts there. It is great to see two Yorkshire based acts that we really support and believe in (Samay & The Hut People) making such an impact again as well as the hidden gems such as Voluntary Butler Scheme.
We are really pleased to be leading the favourite act poll in our section, myself and Sam would like to thank all those who voted for us.

We do now have a photo gallery on the website, so please, please send us some photos of huts from your travels. We would love to put them up in our gallery. Come on you know you want to!

Although the cd does not officially come out until 27th January 2010 we do have some for sale. Please get onto our mailing list by giving your email to Sam at Samjpirt@aol.com. He has a shipping form which you can fill in and the cd will wend it's way towards your hut.The cd is out on Fellside records, check them out they have a great catalogue of folk and jazz album's

Musicport are running a poll for the favourite artist 2009, we came second overall last year behind Toumani Diabate. This year we are even more pleased because out of the two polls which are running we are ahead in our one and have most votes overall. Thanks to everyone who has voted for us, my favourite was Rango , I will have to ask Sam what his one was. Sam and his mum Gill also had a stall  raising money for the Sengwer tribe in Kenya. They have both been involved in this project for many years and it has been very successful. Those of you on our mailing list should not have to wait long for the cd it is approaching as I type. Although it's official release date is January 2010, Fellside records have given us the go ahead to sell the first batch of cd's.. I will try and keep you up to date on Hut people stuff and the musical things me and Sam get up to whilst not playing together.

We are really thrilled to be album of the week, especially from a station that plays such brilliant music.Listen to GondwanaSound, live every Wednesday 11am-midday on Sheffield Live! 93.2FM on your radio or via the internet through SheffieldLive.org . Jill Turner spins the tunes and the playlist is always magical and relevant to what's happening out there. Below is a quote from the Gondwana Sound's mailout email.....

" Our album of the week comes from The Hut People and extraordinary combo of Percussion and Piano Accordian.  Ever since we saw them at Musicport two years ago we've been waiting in anticipation for their debut album and we haven't been disappointed.  Hope you enjoy the three tracks that we've picked out for you ".