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Last Updated: 24th May

Big Blue Sky Record at One Voice (24th May)

Tickets are being snapped up quickly for the One Voice event organised by Nameless Music in Aldershot, which will be recorded to hopefully appear as a live album later in the year. The event is on Saturday 17th June (the organisers know it clashes with the England vs. Germany football match) and will be led by Tim Sherrington and others from Nameless Music.
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Sheila Hamil Contest (24th May)

Sheila Hamil's webmaster has been in touch to let us know that there's a competition currently running on her website to win a copy of her latest CD. Keep an eye on Britlinks as we're soon going to be launching a contest to win tickets to Greenbelt and copies of IndigoEcho's latest album.
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Devoutly Awaited Compilation (24th May)

Two new tracks from Ikon are amongst those available on a new compilation just released in the USA. The Devout Artists Compilation is available from a number of online sources. Ikon have also announced that the United Kingdom clubnight in which they were both involved has been put on hold for finanial reasons.
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Planet Life: Live and Large (25th May)

Planet Life Live And Large is the name of a new album just released through Alliance Music. Featuring the World Wide Message Tribe and guests, the album was recorded live at the monthly Planet Life worship event in Manchester.
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One:Lite (25th May)

One:Lite have been in the studio recently preparing tracks for their next EP, a project they plan to keep working on over the summer. One of the group's dancers, Natalie Hewlett, is leaving soon to join a new act put together by The Message, which will work alongside World Wide Message Tribe.
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Juliet Charts (27th May)

Burn The Black Suit, the new album from Juliet Turner has entered the Irish charts at number 15 one week after release. The album, Juliet's second, has been well received by press in Ireland and beyond and is now available at hmv.co.uk
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Caroline's Takeaway (28th May)

Hotly-tipped Caroline Alexander has added more dates to her "Takeaway Tour", including a headline slot at Camden's Dingwalls. She will also play at the Water Rats on 10th July to celebrate the launch of her debut single, "Fake The Blame" produced by Dave Lynch, known for his work with Toploader, David and Carrie Grant and Spring Harvest. Caroline's repertoire includes material written by the newly-wed Iain Archer, Split Level's Adrian Thompson and Alex Legg. Her live band includes Mike Simpson of Kato.
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BBC Music Live (29th May)

So how many Britlinks artists and readers are getting involved in BBC Music Live? The Amazing Pilots, Expanse, and NSC are all doing special gigs as part of the live music events happening across the UK, and Vigilantes of Love (whose new album is out today through Compass) are kicking off their UK tour with an appearance in Wales
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Room 3 in Edinburgh (30th May)

Scotland's Room 3 Records have announced some more details of the Christian arts venue they're planning for this year's Edinburgh Festival. The venue is St. George's West Church and musicians already booked include all three bands currently on Room 3, Nervous Passenger, Superhero and IndigoEcho, as well as Jennifer Knapp, Ian White, LCGC, yfriday, Martyn Joseph and Robin Mark.
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Amos, Street Kids and Lots of Music (31st May)

The Amos Trust will be playing host to Iain Archer, The Amazing Pilots, Garth Hewitt, Paul Field and a gospel choir on June 16th as part of an event focussing on the charity's work with street kids in South Africa. Speaking at the event will be Tom Hewitt (son of Garth) who lives in South Africa working with children there.
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Emmaus Worship (31st May)

The new album from Emmaus is now available, described by the band as a real return to their roots, with lots of acoustic and celtic instrumentation. The album, which will be released in the US in a couple of months through Grassroots Distribution, focusses very much on prayer, praise and worship and comes hot on the heels of the band's recent worship compilation which brought together material they'd written over the past ten years.
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