“**** Unaffected warmth” The London Observer
“An eye-opener – the boy done good” fRoots, U.K

Folk-inspired, multi-award winning singer/songwriter, SETH LAKEMAN is touring Australia with his band in March 2013 with tour dates that will include Port Fairy Festival, WOMADelaide Festival Adelaide, 2013 Bluesfest Byron Bay and Canberra National Folk Festival. The previous winner of Singer of the year and Best Album at the prestigious BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards recently re-released his latest album "Tales from the Barrel House" to meet demand after the original limited edition release sold out. The album underlines SETH LAKEMAN's innate knack of writing both foot-stomping, sing-along songs and more tender, thoughtful ballads. His playing is often breathtaking and truly SETH LAKEMAN's trademark, soaring vocals are at the forefront of this album, as beguiling and haunting as ever. 2012 has already seen SETH LAKEMAN perform with the BBC Concert Orchestra in March as part of the Music Nation weekend. Following his tours of Europe and Australia in 2013 he returns for a packed summer of festival appearances. The Australian Tour dates are:

GRITTY SINGER-SONGWRITER SETH LAKEMAN’S 6th ALBUM DIGS EVEN DEEPER

SETH LAKEMAN’s primary musical instruments are the violin, the tenor guitar, the banjo and the viola. For his latest album "Tales from the Barrel House", SETH LAKEMAN could not have dug deeper into his Devon roots. He even descended into a disused West Country copper mine to record one track! The rest of the songs on this collection were laid down in the co-operage (The Barrel House of the title), the old smithy and other workshops at the ghostly Morwellham Quay mining port on the north bank of the River Tamar. In his boldest musical statement yet, SETH LAKEMAN has not only written all the songs, but played every musical contribution himself, as well as producing and mixing the album.

SETH LAKEMAN said he enjoyed this solo project like no other. “I’ve been aching to do something musically experimental like this for some time, to get right back to the basics of Kitty Jay [the ‘produced around the kitchen table for £300’ album that shot him to fame] and beyond. To be blunt, this is a concept album I could never have done with a major label.” "I was determined from the outset to do it as simply as possible, with just one recording engineer and as little multi-tracking and overdubbing as possible. We used just one sound field microphone. There wasn’t room for much more gear down the mine anyway,” he joked. “But I think we managed to get the most authentic, truly ‘live’ sound. I want listeners to feel they are down that mine, or in the barrel house, immersed in this living history while hearing the stories of the people who inhabit the songs. I’d like fans to literally feel the atmosphere in which the album was recorded. The theme I was seeking was to pay homage to hard-working miners, sailors, skilled craftsmen and artisans, who worked for little reward but took a pride in what they did. It was an extraordinary freedom to explore my music in this magical valley, which is close to my Devon home. I couldn’t wait to get back to Morwellham every day, it was such a unique experience. I know this set of songs may be judged as harsh and raw, perhaps challenging for some, but – for me – that’s the whole point of “Tales from the Barrel House”.”

Charismatic, full of passionate energy and giving voice to people from the past, “Tales from the Barrel House” will entrance and enthrall a growing army of present-day fans and, undoubtedly, will also be discovered by lovers of heartfelt music – discerning folk – of the future.