News : 18th February 2002
Updates to the Discography: The Albumssection gains the cassette release of Hope In A Darkened Heart while the Compilationssection gains the sleeve art for Spools Paradise .
News : 13th February 2002
More on the forthcoming Jocelyn Pook UK tour: The National Touring Programme funded tour of Speaking In Tunes will begin at the ICA in London as part of their Week To View series from the 13th – 17th May. There … Read More
News : 11th February 2002
Jocelyn Pook is planning a UK tour of Speaking In Tunes alongside visual artist Dragan Aleksic which is scheduled for May 2002. Thanks to Graham for the info and more details are available at www.jocelynpook.co.uk.
News : 1st February 2002
A new Survey is now online: Which of Virginia Astley’s singles do you think was the best? Pay the Survey page a visit and cast your vote. There’s also been a few cosmetic tweaks around the site and other changes … Read More
News : 30th January 2002
The Links page gets updated with 2 new sites: Glass Darklyand Dreams & Desires– the latter concentrating on the Pleasantly Surprised label. The more knowledgeable fans will recognise the label due to Virginia featuring on some of the compilation tapes … Read More
News : 26th January 2002
From Gardens Where We Feel Secure finally gets a release date? Don’t be thrown by entries on the Amazon website which state a release date of 4th March. According to Rough Trade, they haven’t set a release date yet.
News : 15th January 2002
A new section has been added to the Virginia Astley website: The Articles section is designed to feature comment, interviews and written pieces on Virginia’s career, her music, the people she’s worked with and much more. The first article is … Read More
News : 13th January 2002
On the 18th September 2001, CEDAR Audio announced its annual award winners (CEDAR Audio Awards recognise outstanding contributions in the field of audio restoration.). In the ‘Modern Recording’ (CD remastering from a modern recording post 1949) category,the winner was Jon … Read More
News : 8th January 2002
Happy New Year to all visitors to the Virginia Astley website! If you want to read the news pages for 2001, then please click on the link on the left hand side. The reissue of From Gardens Where We Feel … Read More
News : 24th December 2001
Seasons greetings and a happy Christmas to all visitors to the Virginia Astley Website 🙂 The documentary Astley’s Way provided an intriguing insight into the work of composer Edwin Astley. Presenter Jools Holland helped to put a face to the … Read More