Arran Singer and Poet Tim Pomeroy launches new CD

Tim Pomeroy has just released a second CD of his singing and playing. It is called The Poetry Place and was called this because of the photo on the front cover, taken as the sleeve notes testify, outside the Poetry Place in London, (The Poetry Society’s coffee and book shop and performance venue) prior to that night’s gig at which the Arran Poets, Cicely Gill, David Underdown and Tim were the headline act. Tim was also the musical interlude. The photo was taken by his daughter, Saskia.

The CD consists of 13 songs by some of Tim’s favourite songwriters and performers, and three of his own poems. He says:

“I don’t know about proper musicians, but these songs represent the ones I feel most for at the time of recording. Some of them are very new to me like the wonderful Kate Rusby song Falling, while others like Don McLean’s Oh My What a Shame I’ve known since about 1976. Some songs stay with me for years and I seem constantly to be learning new ones. Which is inspiring and invigorating and as a process, almost accidental.”

Tim’s CD is available at Fiddlers Bar in Brodick, Brodick Post Office or on Ebay or directly from him on his ebay page.  

This year Tim is doing the opening 40 minute set at the Arran Folk Festival, ably accompanied by Andy McCallum and Robin Fisher. More details on the AFF website.

Gillian Frame, who also hails from Arran and, Tim insists, is a much bigger fish in folk circles, is also playing at the festival and will be launching her own new album then.