Steve Tilston

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Just announced on the Mike Harding Show tonight – Steve Tilston’s song “The Reckoning” has been nominated in the “Best Original Song” category in the 2012 BBC Folk Awards! If you missed the show you can listen again here

Steve was in London on Friday recording for the Songwriters’ Circle series for BBC Four. It also featured Michael Chapman and Martin Simpson. Actual broadcast date is still to be confirmed, probably in the new year - watch this space…

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A full one hour live concert featuring Steve Tilston & The Durbervilles, recorded at Clitheroe Grand Theatre, will be broadcast by BBC Radio Lancashire’s folk programme, The Drift on Friday 21 October 2011 at 8.00 pm – listen live or on iplayer here 

Steve will be a featured artist on Later with Jools Holland this week, along with Peter Gabriel, The Horrors, Ghostpoet, Lana del Ray, Noah and the Whale

Mike Harding presents an hour of the very best in folk, roots and acoustic music and talks to singer and guitarist Steve Tilston about his new album The Reckoning.

On this week’s programme, Steve looks back over his career so far and tells Mike Harding about the subjects that inspired his latest works, from the songs on The Reckoning to his novel All For Poor Jack.

listen again here or download podcast here

The Reckoning has already picked up 4-star reviews in The Guardian, The Observer “A great narrator on top form.” (Neil Spencer) and  The Scotsman 

Hear/see Nottanum Town Return, Steve’s reworking of the classic traditional song Nottamun Town given a contemporary political twist on the Video Page

Steve’s latest CD – The Reckoning is now available to order from the Online Store

Official release date:  Monday 25 July 2011

Click on picture for lyrics and songnotes 

To celebrate the 50^th issue of Acoustic magazine there are special features including the top 50 acoustic songs chosen by the readers – Steve is there at number 32 with A Pretty Penny – alongside Nick Drake, Simon & Garfunkel, Joan Armatrading and others plus one of Steve’s personal inspirations Big Bill Broonzy.

“It’s been said that Steve Tilston is one of the best kept secrets in British music. That might be over egging the pudding but there’s no doubt that he’s one of the best and deserves a wider audience. This is a recent song from his 2008 album Ziggurat and it’s a testament to his skill as a songwriter that he’s still penning such memorable songs.”

Steve Tilston will be fondly remembered by many readers as one of the leading lights on the Bristol folk music scene in the 1970s and 80s – a fine musician with an international reputation. But that’s no reason to suppose that his first novel will be any good. So it’s a pleasure to report that All for Poor Jack is an outstanding literary debut. It’s a historical novel of epic proportions, finely crafted and with a compelling plot. Read the rest of this entry »