Calendar, by Emily Barker and The Red Clay Halo

Calendar

by Emily Barker and The Red Clay Halo

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Emily Barker & The Red Clay Halo are delighted to bring you this, the second single from Almanac in the form of 'Calendar'.

Inspiration for the song (and the album title) comes from the poem ‘Almanac’ by Italian writer Primo Levi. With words as relevant now as they were when written in the 1970’s, he captures in his verse our present day concerns with global warming, commenting:

“Spreading the desert to the forests of the Amazon;
To the living hearts of our cities; to our very own hearts.”

Emily’s lyrics address the need to respect the earth ... more

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Calendar has already received airplay on BBC 6 Music with DJs such as Gideon Coe, Tom Robinson and Nemone supporting the band's music. At the end of January the band performed Calendar live on Radio 4's Loose Ends and Catatonia front woman Cerys Matthews, who presents a show on 6 Music has invited the band in for a session to be aired on Sunday February 6th.

Hey and did you know the band will be touring in February? Here are the dates:
09-Feb-11 Wed Leicester, Donkey
10-Feb-11 Thu Bournemouth, Folk Club
11-Feb-11 Fri Portsmouth, Eastney, Cellars
13-Feb-11 Sun Exeter, Fat Pig
15-Feb-11 Tue Brighton, Latest Music Bar
16-Feb-11 Wed Norwich, Arts Centre
17-Feb-11 Thu Halifax, Square Chapel
18-Feb-11 Fri Manchester, Castle Hotel
19-Feb-11 Sat Blackpool, Mellow Yellow
20-Feb-11 Sun Stockton, The Waiting Room
21-Feb-11 Mon Glasgow, Brel
22-Feb-11 Tue Leith, Folk Club
24-Feb-11 Thu London, St Giles in the Fields
25-Feb-11 Fri Cambridge, Folk Club
26-Feb-11 Sat Bristol, Thekla

lyrics

Calendar
will we hold onto the light or just play until it fades?
will we draw a curtain across the sky and count down all our days?
will our veins be filled with sand and our hearts be filled with ache?
when the desert takes the land and the ground begins to shake
ground begins to shake, ground begins to shake
Chorus:
No! Let's sing us a song 'til all seas become calm
'til all selves become one another
then let's sing it again to remember where we've been
all we lost and all we’ve learnt from each other

Will the winds above the lake and the flowers in the glen
one night sleep and never wake, one night dream a darkened end
will all power turn to pain when the birds take flight and leave?
will our intellect come save us or fail us when in need
or fail us when in need, fail us when in need
Chorus
To the long-forgotten fields where your childhood memories lay
to all the trees you ever climbed and the rivers where you bathed
to all tomorrows shores that your children will all comb
to the comets and the stars that they’ll be wishing on
they’ll be wishing on, they’ll be wishing on
Chorus