March 2008

• 12th - Scott Dixon Guitar Cases in Hull have given Edwina one of their original fab new hard cases to use on tour!

  Address:
  Unit J1
  Chamberlain Business Centre
  Chamberlain Road
  Hull HU8 8HL
  
  Tel: +44 (0)1482 223476
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• 10th - Edwina will be popping into BBC Radio Humberside at 9pm to play a few songs. See gigs page for details.
  
  
• 2nd - Aled Jones will be playing one of Edwina's songs today around 8.20am on his Radio 2 show Good Morning Sunday.
  You can tune in at 88-91 fm or listen again online until March 8th by Clicking Here.
  
  
• 1st - Edwina now has a My Space Group. Click here to see it!
  
  

February 2008

• 27th - Edwina will be playing at the fab Little Num Num Club in York in March x See Gigs page for details.

  

  
  
• 17th - The lovely and amazing Perez Hilton featured Edwina this evening on his brilliantly entertaining website www.perezhilton.com.

  

  
  
  Edwina is a longtime fan and admirer of Perez and his fab website and can't Thank him enough for his generosity and kindness!
  If you're a newcomer to Perez then pop in to his website as soon as you can, it's a lot of fun!
  
  Thankyou Perez! x

  

  
  
  

January 2008

• 12th - Edwina's second album 'Pour Me A Drink' will be released on 22nd February 2008.
  To pre-order a copy please see link at the top of this page!

  

  
  
  
• 8th - Facebook now has an official Edwina Hayes Facebook Group. Please feel free to pop in and have a look!
  
  
• 6th - Edwina now has an IAC Music page. Click Here to see!
  
  
• 2nd - Edwina has been booked to play 2 evenings at the fabulous new Wier Bar and Grill in Hessle. The shows will be in February and March and all details are now up on the gigs page.

December 2007

• 31st - This will be Edwina's 11th year playing at the fantastic Rags Restaurant in Bridlington and she is proud and happy to be singing in the New Year with Julie, Les and all the gang! Happy New Year everyone!
  
  
• 30th - Edwina is named Pick of the Week in today's Guardian gig guide.
  
  
• 22nd - Edwina will be taking an extended break from Hummingbird due to two thirds of the band being on maternity leave!
  Edwina wishes the girls well with the babies and would like to Thank everyone for supporting the band so fantastically this year by buying the CD and coming along to see us perform.
  Special Thanks to ARM, Flying Sparks, Michael Parkinson, Nick Parkinson, Aled Jones, Hilary Robinson, Terry Wogan and Paul Rogers.

November 2007

• 11th - Edwina has been invited to support the fantastic Gretchen Peters on her UK Spring Tour next year. Please see the gigs page for all the dates and details and Click here for Gretchen's website'.

October 2007

• 24th - Edwina will appear as a guest on the fab new CD by Joan Coffey due to be released in the New Year. Look in at Joan's website for details!

September 2007

• 4th - Christopher Holland's brilliant new record 'Everything You Can Imagine Is Real' is out now and features Edwina singing backing vocals on several songs.
  Click here for more details about Chris and to hear some of his fab songs on his My Space page'.

May 2007

• 31st - Edwina will be playing alongside some fantastic Artists at the Folk/Acoustic Extravaganza in York on Friday 8th June. Please see Gigs page for details.
  
  
  
  
• 16th - Edwina has been invited to open the show for Van Morrison at Thetford Forest on June 9th. Edwina is over the moon to be supporting Van for a second time and you can find all the details on the Gigs page.
  
  
• 15th - Edwina will be performing at a fantastic concert in York on May 28th. See Gigs page for details.
  
  

April 2007

• 17th - Edwina will be performing at a benefit concert in Hartlepool on Saturday May 12th. Do come along if you can!
  
  
  
  
• 5th - Two fantastic London double-bills have just been added to the gigs page. The first is with the super-talented and very lovely Jon Amor at the Halfmoon in Putney and the second is with the wonderful Joan Coffey at the Green Note in Camden. It will be Edwina and Jon's second time sharing a bill and a third time return to the Green Note for Edwina and Joan.
  Click here for Jon's My Space page.
  Click here for Joan's My Space page.

• 3rd - Posters are now up around York for the lovely City Screen gig on May 3rd!
  
  

March 2007

• 17th - Edwina has recorded a version of 'Froggie Went A Courtin' for a forthcoming Children's Charity CD. Lots of fab artists have recorded songs for the project and more details will be posted here soon!
  To listen to the song, which is Edwina's take on Bob Dylan's lovely version, go to her My Space page!

• 5th - Lots of new show dates have been posted up on the gigs page today!

• 3rd - Edwina has been in the studio recording songs for her 2nd record which will be released later this year.

January 2007

• 26th - Edwina will be playing at the City Screen Folk Extravaganza in York alongside lots of amazing artists. For details please see the gigs page.

  
  
  
  

• 16th - In some exciting news just in Edwina has been invited to open the show for Nanci Griffith when she comes over to play a couple of shows in Spring. See the gigs page for details!

November 2006

• 14th - Edwina will be playing alongside Jimi Alexander and Mike Newsham at the fab City Screen.

  

October 2006

• 8th - The brilliant new album 'Four Lawn Hope' from Alastair Artingstall features Edwina singing backing vocals on several numbers as well as a whole host of fab special guests. Click here to have a look at Alastair's website.

  

• 28th - Edwina's gig at the Film Theatre has been changed to The National Theatre and the new address has been posted on the gigs page.

• 20th - York remembers Johnny Cash

  
  
  

• 17th - Edwina is reviewed by 'Wears The Trousers'
  
  Edwina Hayes Half Moon Putney, London August 13, 2006
  
  It’s an accident of chance that a room out the back of some South London pub should be elevated above similar rooms in other hostelries to minor rock icon status. However, that’s the Half Moon in Putney’s good fortune and its none-more-black interior has seen performances by thousands of artists. On this particular rain-spattered evening, the select crowd who had forsaken an evening in front of the telly were treated to the distinctive country-folk sounds of rising star Edwina Hayes.
  
  Despite having just come off the touring treadmill as special guest on Nanci Griffith’s UK tour (at the specific request of Lubbock, TX’s folkabilly queen, no less!) she seems genuinely delighted to be gracing the Half Moon’s rather more bijou stage. Add in the “adopted hometown” energy of a rare London show and the family and friends scattered among the audience and anticipation is running high.
  
  Hayes graces the room with a beguilingly open, natural air that easily draws the audience in and wins them over. Sure, her vocal and performance style do owe a lot to her personal heroine, Griffith, but Hayes’ maturity as a writer belies her years and her performance is assured. Scattered among the anecdotes are songs from her debut album, Out On My Own, alongside others that are as yet unrecorded and covers of Gillian Welch and Randy Newman.
  
  One perennial danger of solo acoustic gigs is that they can sometimes become a little monotonous. Hayes’ gentle guitar style, however, mixes things up sufficiently that such a problem is avoided. In places, her country- style finger-picking lets the top strings ring clear like chiming bells, such as on the touching Leave A Light On For You, while numbers like Tell Me So witness a shift in the mood, elegantly lurching in a bluesier direction. However, Hayes’ masterstroke is to take the opportunity of playing in the city to rope in song- writing buddy and longtime London session hound David ‘Dzal’ (pronounced ‘diesel’) Martin on second guitar, bringing further richness to the sound.
  
  Although there is clearly a little busking going on with the chord sequences on occasion, the veteran’s experience and professionalism pay dividends. Only the pickiest ear would detect any hesitation in his playing. Certainly his acoustic solo on I Can’t Believe, his emotive slide on Tell Me So and his country blues twang-riffing on Long Highway catch the ear and linger in the memory. All in all, this was a hugely enjoyable evening and one that bodes well for Hayes’ involvement in the Voices On The Verge-style singer-songwriter collective Hummingbird later in 2006.
  
  ~ Trevor Raggatt, Wears The Trousers, Sunday, September 17, 2006 (www.thetrousers.co.uk)
  
  
• 2nd - Edwina performs at the Summer Pudding concert at York's City Screen alongside Laura Hockenhull, Shonet, Holly Taymar, Emma Kieveley, Becca, Claire J Smith and Kate Bramley. Hosted in style by the fabulous Chord and Comedy Pete, the evening raised over 300 pounds for a local charity and was a magical evening!

  

August 2006

• 21st - Edwina is interviewed on BBC Radio Shropshire by Marie Crichton on the Monday night Country Show. You can listen again until Monday the 28th by clicking here and Edwina's interview is 35 minutes into the show. Many Thanks to Andy Cole for helping to arrange the interview.

July 2006

• 18th - The lovely Andrew Elias has added a feature about Edwina on Nobody's Inn to his gallery over on the Photos page.
  Click here to have a look at a video clip of the show.

• 15th - Edwina is confirmed to play the finale night at the Acoustic Edinburgh Fringe Festival on Tuesday August 22nd. See gigs page for details.

  
  

June 2006

• 26th - Edwina appears in the ITV show 'Nobody's Inn' which will be broadcast every day at 2pm on ITV from Monday 26th to Friday 30th June. The show features Edwina's friends Stuart and Monia in their endeavours to win a competition to run a Devonshire pub called The Royal Oak.

• 22nd - Edwina appears on the brilliant new CD 'Little Canaan' by Kate Bramley, singing backing vocals on some of Kate's fab songs.
  Check out Kate's website and My Space page to find out more about it and hear some of the songs.

• 14th - Edwina appears as a guest on BBC Radio York's 'North Yorkshire Folk' with Michael Brothwell at 7pm - 9pm. To tune in online or listen again please look in at the BBC Radio York website.

May 2006

• 19th - Edwina has been invited to play at Beverley's all new coffeeshop and restaurant Mozarts. The first gig will be on Saturday June 10th with more to follow. Please see the gigs page for details.

• Edwina has been invited to sing alongside GT Turbo from Boss Caine and the lovely Laura Hockenhull in a matinee show at Fibbers in York on Saturday May 20th which will be a lot of fun!
• At the moment you'll find Edwina in York most Thursdays (whenever she can get there) at Rob Hughes Olde Crow Acoustic Show at Ye Olde Starre Inn (9.30pm till late) and most Sundays at GT Turbo's acoustic evening at Dusk (10pm till very late!). Both are great nights if you fancy going along to play or just to listen and enjoy!

• Edwina has been confirmed to play at this years Beverley Folk Festival in June and will play on the Friday night supporting Eliza Carthy and again on the Saturday afternoon. Edwina has also agreed to play an extra acoustic set over the weekend tbc. See the gigs page for details.

• 15th - Edwina has been confirmed as the support for the lovely Nanci Griffith on her UK 2006 Summer Tour. Please look in at the gigs page for details.

• 11th & 18th - Edwina has been asked to do a couple of Saturday nights at The Royal Oak in Hooe, Plymouth by her friends Stu and Monia as part of a competition they are involved in which could lead to them winning the pub for a year! They are running the bar for a fortnight and are in competition with another couple who ran it for two weeks first! The whole thing is being filmed for a documentary which will air on telly in early summer. More details to follow!

• 22nd - Edwina is invited to open for Sandi Thom at the Pocklington Arts Centre in what will be a lovely night. Please see gigs page for details.

• 10th - Edwina will take part in the very first podcast by the uber-talented and totally amazing Mark Fox! Mr P, Paula and the usual team will be there and there's bound to be lots of banana-chucking, larking about and general up-your-flaps silliness! Have a look at the results here. podcast.mark-fox.co.uk

• 1st - In a wonderful start to the year, Michael Parkinson played 'No Idea' on his New Year's Day show today. Edwina can't Thank Michael enough for all his support and encouragement, he really has been fantastic.

• 17th - Edwina has now got a My Space page! You can have a look in at it here: http://myspace.com/edwinahayes

• An article about Edwina appears in this December's edition of Maverick magazine. The article features an interview with Edwina taken on the Nanci Griffith tour back in April. Click here for more details!

• Thursday 1st - Edwina finishes her 2005 run of opening shows for Jools Holland with a fantastic evening at Sheffield City Hall. She has had an amazing time on tour with Jools, the RBO and the lovely crew and can't thank them all enough for being so brilliant and friendly and so much fun!!

• The lovely Andrew Elias has once again updated his photo gallery with some photos from July's Van Morrison concert and some of the recent Jools gigs amongst other things! Go to the photos page to have a look!

• Sunday 23rd - Michael Parkinson played 'Eyes of A Stranger' on his Radio 2 Sunday Supplement show, towards the end of a fantastic interview with Joan Rivers, which was very lovely of him!

• Wednesday 19th - Edwina flew out to Ireland for 3 concerts opening the show for Jools Holland and his Rhythm & Blues Orchestra at the Belfast Waterfront Hall and Dublin's Olympia theatre. The ever-talented Andrew Elias will be posting some photos from the trip on his amazing Gallery over on the Photos page soon!

• Monday 3rd - Edwina has been invited to open the show for Jools Holland at a one-off concert for Radio 2. The concert will be performed and recorded in Aberdeen and Jools' set with hi R&B Orchestra is to be broadcast on Radio 2 later this year.

• Thursday 29th - Edwina has been invited to take part in a BBC Radio Lancashire live concert organised by Phil Brown and his fantastic 'The Drift' team. The show will air live after the news at 8pm and will run for an hour. Tune in online at www.bbc.co.uk/england/radiolancashire

• Sunday 18th - Michael Parkinson played 'Eyes of A Stranger' on his Radio 2 Sunday Morning Supplement show.

• 21st - Michael Parkinson played 'No Idea' on his Sunday Suplement show on Radio 2

• 19th - Mariella Frostrup played the flip side to 'No Idea' a live version of 'Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow' on her Friday night Radio 2 Green Room programme

• Saturday 13th - Bob Harris played 'No Idea' on his equally fab Saturday night show!

• Friday 12th - Edwina played at Fairport Convention's Cropredy Festival. It was her first time playing at a UK festival and she had a fantastic weekend! Her highlights included seeing Richard Thompson and Beth Nielson Chapman play and the Fairport finale, especially the gorgeous version of Sandy Denny's 'Solo' song. A magical weekend!

• 5th - Edwina is invited to open 8 shows on Jools Holland's Winter Tour. For more info please look in at the gigs page. Also today, on the Johnny Walker show on Radio 2, Fairport Convention mentioned Edwina's forthcoming appearence at their Cropredy festival which was rather lovely of them!

• 4th - Edwina is set to release 'No Idea' as a single with a live acoustic version of 'Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow' as the B-side.

• 31st - Michael Parkinson played 'Eyes of A Stranger' on his Sunday morning Radio 2 show! Yey!

• Friday 22nd - The lovely Bob Harris played 'No Idea' on his fab Friday late night show.

• Sunday 3rd - Michael Parkinson played 'Eyes Of A Stranger' on his Radio 2 show + Edwina has been invited to support Daniel Beddingfeild at Liverpool Summer Pops on Thursday July 14th, see gigs page for details.

• Sunday 19th - Edwina performs 'The Road' on Songs of Praise. Click Here to find out more and see the performance.

• Friday 10th - In unexpected and thrilling news just in, Edwina is invited to open the show for her hero Van Morrison at his forthcoming concert at Audley End on July 16th! See 'gigs' page for details!

• Thursday 2nd - Edwina is interviewed live on air by the legendary Bernie Clifton at BBC Radio Sheffield!

• The wonderful Michael Parkinson played 'Eyes Of A Stranger' again on his Radio 2 show on Sunday 29th. In a lovely suprise later on in the afternoon Ed Stewart played 'Where I Belong' on his Sunday teatime show.

• The lovely Mariella Frostrup played 'Where I Belong' on her Radio 2 show 'The Green Room' on Friday 27th at 10:45pm

• Following recent plays by Bob Harris and Alex Leicester, Michael Parkinson played 'Eyes of a Stranger' on his Radio 2 show last Sunday 22nd

• The fab Andrew Elias has done a fantastic feature about the upcoming single 'Eyes of A Stranger' released on 25th April. Go to the Music page to see it!

• Check out the updated gallery on the photos page, featuring some photos from the Nanci Griffith concert at Bristol Colston Hall on 13th April!

• Edwina performs 'Eyes Of A Stranger' on BBC Look North and has an interview with Peter Levy.

• Edwina begins a series of Radio interviews all around the UK including many of the BBC and local stations.

• Edwina has filmed a version of 'The Road' to appear on Songs of Praise on 19th June (Father's Day!)

• Edwina records a duet with Shane Lynch for his forthcoming debut album

• Edwina performs 'I Want Your Love' on the Kelly Show in Belfast