Here are two tracks from singer-songwriter Simon Stewart’s forthcoming debut album Across the Land. Just click on the images to download for free.

Oh My Love 

Staggering Sun

Simon’s songs lurch from happiness to sorrow. They're steeped in the romance of travelling, and are compelling and poetic. The thirteen track album, produced by Richard Durrant and recorded during the 2006 English heatwave will take you back to the summer months...

The full album release is 4th June 2007. One other track has been made available to buy as download from the LongMan shop (click here). You can also order the CD now to be delivered one week prior to release.

Reviews:

"Wonderfully melodic, hugely enjoyable stuff” Time Out

“Simon Stewart is a brilliant new songwriter with a powerful voice and a line in inventive, heartfelt songs. This is classic night café music crying out to be heard in some smokey bar on the left bank of the Seine’” Des de Moor.

Please email marketing@longman-records.com if you would like to be contacted with further details of Simon's recordings and gigs. Or visit Simon Stewart.

Don Partridge's 2002 album "The Highwayman" is now available as downloads from the LongMan shop. Click here to buy.

This classic recording is a collection of songs tracing Don's busking adventures around the globe. Guest musicians include Herbie Flowers on bass guitar.

Click here to listen to a medley of tracks from the album.

The latest LongMan albums to be available as downloads are Richard Durrant's experimental 2005 release "Music from the Colourdome" and the classic album of Villa-Lobos and Barrios "La Guitarra Latina" (2000).

Muisc from the Colourdome is: "An ambient virtuoso guitar album with a sting in the tail...an effortless blend of classical, jazz, electro/acoustic and world music". It was featured in the BBC2 documentary "A very English village".

Click here to hear a free Colourdome mix

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Click here to listen to a free Latina mix.

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Luke Holland's remarkable TV series "A very English village" is currently being shown on BBC2. The series, part of the award winning BBC Storyville strand, takes us beyond the postcard gloss of England's rural idyll in the ancient Sussex village of Ditchiling, Sussex.

The music for the series was composed and recorded by Richard Durrant. Many of the peices used can be found on Richard's "Music from the Colourdome" album. The album is available in CD or download formats by clicking here - or from UK record shops. A medley of Richard's music from the series can purchased by clicking here.

Highly regarded Sussex based concert guitarist Richard Durrant & award winning Film Director Phil Grabsky are to represent Brighton’s thriving arts and cultural scene by featuring alongside the RPO at The Music Park'07. Tickets are on sale now for Classical Proms Sunday at new South East four-day event The Music Park. Currently celebrating its 60th anniversary, the RPO will perform a summer proms line up conducted by Nick Davies to an outdoor arena capacity of 8,500.

Scheduled for Sunday 24th June 2007 the afternoon will start at 2pm with an exclusive screening of the recently premiered In Search of Mozart accompanied by a talk from Phil Grabsky. Richard Durrant will be appearing as special guest soloist with the Royal Phil to perform the middle movement of Rodrigo’s famous “Aranjuez” guitar concerto as well as the ever popular "Cavatina" by Stanley Myers (better known as The Deer Hunter theme).

Richard comments "I was born in Hollingbury and spent a lot of my childhood exploring the woods around Stanmer. At the age of 16 I still loved the place and chose to play my first ever public recital at the church in the park. This makes it all the more special to return to Stanmer all these years later as a soloist with the magnificent Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. For me Stanmer Park will always be one of the most magical of Brighton's open spaces and it will make a beautiful venue for "The Music Park".

To buy Richard's CD albums and downloads (including the new version of Steve Reich's Electric Counterpoint) click here