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I have recorded some live solo videos for Americana UK’s Mini-Gig series while in lockdown during the Coronavirus pandemic.
Thank you to my wife, Susie, for a steady hold of the iPhone : )
https://americana-uk.com/exclusive-auk-mini-gig-ian-roland-the-subtown-set

 ‘Double Rainbow’ was played last Sunday on Frank Hennessey’s Celtic Heartbeat show between 7pm-9pm on BBC Radio Wales … Frank says about the track “a cry for help from the Earth itself. A very topical song indeed from Ian Roland & The Subtown Set” … 24 mins in https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000gf7r

” ‘Double Rainbow’ is steeped in folk and warming orchestration. At times traditional roots and at others, it spreads it wings to a more pop friendly realm…this is an album of charm to replenish the soul with.” Travellers Tunes (17th March 2020)

Wall Of Sound Magazine have reviewed our ‘Double Rainbow’ album : )
“…a great album full of charming folk style melodies, which when combined with the haunting vocal style create beautiful tracks that stick with you long after the album ends.” Wall Of Sound Magazine (09th March 2020)

On Sunday 1st March 2020, we played a live radio session for Doug Welch’s ‘Kent Folk’ show on BBC Radio Kent to mark the launch of our debut album, ‘Double Rainbow’, by ‘Ian Roland & The Subtown Set’. Thank you, Doug and Team #folk #americana #radio #bbc #newmusic www.ianroland.com

I knew Union Music Store in Lewes would be the ideal place to launch our album ‘Double Rainbow’ so a few months back I decided to chance my luck and go ask the owners of the shop if we could do an in-store. I was a bit daunted by this task because one of the owners is a song-writer whose work I have admired over many years, namely Danny Wilson of ‘Grand Drive’, ‘Danny & The Champions of The World’ , ‘Bennett Wilson Poole’…Have a listen and you’ll begin to understand how I was feeling when I walked in to the shop…(nervous)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MYHqSMVePQs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3EQhZqNF5F0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dmclNiTdybY

Well, I made it in to the shop and Danny made me feel so welcome and said ofcourse we could play an instore! Which we did, on Saturday 29th Feb 2020 at 1pm… Thank you so much, Danny, and co-owner, Del Day, for letting us play in your fantastic record shop. We had a great time…Here’s a video Josh Lewis (JR Lewis Films) filmed for us on the day…

“Double Rainbow is an eminently listenable and enjoyable release…Brighten up a miserable winter by treating yourself to a listen.” http://www.fatea-records.co.uk/magazine/reviews/IanRoland/ David Pratt, FATEA (2nd March 2020)

We played an in-store at Union Music Store in Lewes at lunchtime today, to mark the release of our debut album, ‘Double Rainbow’. Thank you to everyone who came to see us and support us and thank you to Danny and Del at Union Music. Here is a photo kindly sent to us by a member of audience…

Thank you, Mike Davies, for reviewing our new album, ‘Double Rainbow’, for Folk Radio.

“It’s an old myth that there’s a pot of gold at the end of the rainbow, but seek out this one and you’ll be well-rewarded.” Mike Davies, Folk Radio https://www.folkradio.co.uk/2020/02/ian-roland-the-subtown-set-double-rainbow/