The French rapper Dinos released his fifth album today (29th November). The track ‘D block Afrique’ uses samples from our song Death of Fox, first released on the eponymous album ‘Caedmon’ in 1978.
The chorus of D Block Afrique chants …
Click on the fox to hear Jim and archive audio from Farewell Concert 1978.
Death of a Fox was written in 5:4, which is the same rhythm as Take Five by the Dave Brubeck Quartet. Y’know, it really ought to …
Beyond the Second Mile – Caedmon/Caedmon
Recording from Farewell Concert 1978.
https://soundcloud.com/…/beyond-second-mile-farewell…
The Reverend Professor William F Storrar, an internationally known academic theologian with way too many letters after his name, used to be known just as Willie. Back …
When we set about making our third studio album in 2018, we met a number of times in Edinburgh recording together in Simon’s garret studio.
We decided to copy the same format as our first eponymous album. 500 vinyl LPs …
Ouagadougou: ‘A Chicken to Hug’
Durham Demo Version 2008 with this link:
Caedmon · Ouagoudougou Durham Demo 2008
It was a joy to play together again after 30 years in 2008 when we started to put together our second studio …
Ten Maidens Fair: Caedmon / Caedmon
Here’s a recording from our Farewell concert 1978 of Ten Maidens Fair, the first track on the original eponymous Caedmon album. The recordings have never been released because of the mains hum which spoils …
The band met in Edinburgh in 2019 to film a series of short videos entitled:
– Caedmon: Rare
Collectable Caedmon
Caedmon’s Edinburgh
Caedmon: the 1978 recording
– Caedmon: Psych Folk
– Caedmon: the promo
Caedmon the full length documentary
They …
Caedmon have just published a new track, based on the medieval Christian poem ‘The Dream of the Rood’ which some believe to have been written by the seventh century monk Caedmon.
Developed from a jam session in January 2016, the …
From Terrascope
…Durham/ Edinburgh/ Manchester/ West Bromwich residents Caedmon – gone from the music world for 30 years but now reformed, at least, in theory – have a new folk-infused album out, “A Chicken To Hug,” in which improvised material