Shady Bard album out soon; gigs

The really rather nice band Shady Bard have their debut album coming out on 28 May, with fancy digital downloads available from 14 May. To celebrate this they're going on a hefty nationwide tour, and selling iron-on patches just like what you used to get with the Wombles on in the seventies. They're also playing the Supersonic festival in July, at which a growing diskant massive will be in attendance.