mike silver

Alchemy - 50 years in song, was released on 26th March 2019 via Folkstock Records. The album launch gig was at The Slaughtered Lamb in Clerkenwell, London on the same day with Marina Florance opening the evening for me!

It was a thrill to hear Cerys Matthews tell her listeners on BBC Radio 2 to 'go and see him' after some very kind words and playing a track on the album! and Oh Doctor was also played on The Folk Show the day after the release also on Radio 2, with Not for You being played on BBC Introducing on both BBC 6 Music from Tom Robinson and BBC Intro Devon and Cornwall !

 

HAVE YOU HEARD THIS ALBUM?

SILVER COLLECTION

Mike's new album is now available from this website's on-line shop! Read the review by W. John Wallace on the Latest News Page page.

A jewel box of treasured songs beloved and played

by acclaimed singer, songwriter and guitar player, 

Mike Silver.

 

Choice of music is always a measure of a musician’s true worth when they create an album comprising other people’s songs – and ‘Silver Collection’, Mike Silver’s new CD of his favourite songs from across the musical pantheon, demonstrates an outstandingly bold and thoughtful choice; it also showcases superb musicianship and an extraordinary ability to awaken something fresh, original and new in each of the album’s superbly crafted 14 songs. Spanning traditional ballads, epic jazz and blues, as well as classics by Mike’s favourite singer-songwriters from the UK and USA, ‘Silver Collection’ is a beautiful, sensitive and richly rewarding album that transforms familiar songs into newly made, magical and wonderful music.

Track Listings

1) Paris (Ewen Carruthers)  2) Lucky Old Sun (Guillespie/Smith) 3) The Amber Room (Ewen Carruthers) 4) Boots of Spanish Leather (Bob Dylan) 5) Lord Franklin (Trad arr. Silver) 6) The Autumn Leaves (Mercer/Kosma 7) Snowing on Raton (Townes van Zandt)

8) Strange Fruit (Lewis Allan aka Abel Meeropol) 9) Foundryman’s Daughter (John Richards) 10) Safe in the Harbour (Erik Bogle) 11) Alcatraz (Ewen Carruthers) 12) Nature Boy (Eden Ahbez) 13) The Water is Wide (Trad arr. Silver) 14) Was it You (Ewen Carruthers

 

 

 

 

 JACK DANCES REVIEW – by William Villiers - December 2012

Long heralded as a master craftsman of song-writing, singing and performing....‘Jack Dances’ further confirms Mike Silver’s position as one of the UK’s foremost roots-and-acoustic singer-songwriters.. Supremely confident and competent guitar, plus his trademark rich, warm voice.. Holiday hell-holes, love songs (to a grandson and to a guitar!) all fall within the remit of Silver’s song-writing abilities on ‘Jack Dances’; a master-class in restraint and time-served musicianship.  

To read the whole review click here:

 

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NEWS FLASH!
Mikes new album 'JACK DANCES' is out now! 
Lyrics for each track are available via this web site only.
 

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For information regarding Mike, his availability for bookings and associated please contact us by emailing ruthfaymusproductions@gmail.com

Mike’s working year is shaping up to be busy, the gig guide adds up to quite a bit of travelling, Canada, a songwriting workshop in France and dates around the UK.    

Being able to play music is like having my birthday every day.  When you play for people, the size of the audience is irrelevant, sometimes in live performance, at the end of a song there is a moment of silence before the applause begins. It's like a benign earthquake in the heart, it is these rare moments that keep me and so many of my talented colleagues on the road. It is what we all live for. 

Now based in Launceston, Cornwall, Mike Silver has been writing and playing music for more than 50 years, enjoying success throughout the UK and various territories around the world. Check out Mike's Video

We hope you get to see Mike at a venue near you sometime soon. The gig guide is updated regularly as and when the new dates are confirmed.

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