Just announced!
Michael will be appearing at The Roundhouse in London tonight (Thursday 3rd July) with Ron Sexsmith.

Doors 7.30, MWK on stage at 8pm

Hello, Hello, Hello
Excuse the lack of news and info. on the site recently but here, at last, is the latest update;

- Apologies for the delay with the new live album, Crawling Through The USA. We had hoped to have it ready by March but decided to wait until after the recent US trip, so as to include some performances from that tour. Michael is editing the album now and it should be available, via the web site, and at live shows, by the end of June. The album will feature live performances recorded solely in N. America over the past 18 months and well also feature a selection of demo's , and songs recorded for other projects. This will be the 3rd and final album in the live "trilogy", to go along side Live...In Dinky Town, and Absent Friends.

- Work on the "as yet untitled brand new album", will begin in the summer. Provisional tiles are The Trocadero Flowers, The Sunburst Kid vs The Twighlight Crowd and, In Spain The Dogs Are Too Tired To Bite You. And not only is MWK working on this album BUT also a second album, and a brand new project, called My Darling Clementine, which will be recorded in September:

George & Tammy, Dolly & Porter, Johnny & June
......My Darling Clementine.....
"a modern duets album / songs of betrayal, infidelity and heartbreak."

Rehearsals begin in June for the recording of a duets album featuring Michael Weston King & Lou Dalgleish under the name of ....My Darling Clementine.

Featuring 12 brand new MWK songs that focus on betrayal, infidelity, and heartbreak, this will be an out and out Country record (NOT an Alt Country record, NOT Americana record), but an album that harks back to the classic country duets of George and Tammy, and Dolly and Porter.

The band line-up includes Martin Belmont (guitar), Gerraint Watkins (piano), Kevin Foster (bass), JIm Russell (drums) & Alan Cook (pedal steel guitar)...with some very special guests TBA.

- Michael's song I Fall Behind was recently used in the Hit US TV Show Army Wives, which is currently being shown in the UK (on Living TV)

- The play Happy Infidels, written by Irish play write Brian Richmond, and based around 12 of Michael's songs will go into production early in the new year and be staged at The Lichfield Garrick Theatre in the Spring. Before that, Michael will appear in They Call her Natasha, also at Lichfield Garrick, in February. This is a musical play based around the songs of Elvis Costello, written by Michael and his wife Lou, and features Lou as the female "Costello obsessed" lead. This was first staged at The Edinburgh Festival in 20001 and is being revived, and re -written for 2009. More info to follow on this soon but in the meantime check out www.myspace.com/loudalgleish

- Upon hearing MWK's cover of his song, Alone Again Naturally, Gilbert O Sullivan faxed Michael personally to say thank you for covering the song and that he liked the interpretation, and also how much enjoyed the album. Needless to say, we were all thrilled here at King Towers.

- As well as selected festival appearances, we also are pleased to announce that Michael will be doing a series of house concerts this summer and into the autumn;
THE MICHAEL WESTON KING HOUSE CONCERT SERIES IS NOW BEING BOOKED FOR SUMMER/AUTUMN 2008 TO BOOK MICHAEL IN YOUR OWN LIVING ROOM, UP CLOSE AND LIVE CONTACT BEN ON: mwk1@blueyonder.co.uk

- More live news: MWK will be on tour in Holland, Belgium and Germany from Sept 19th - Oct 6th, this will be followed be some solo UK shows in October, and then a triple bill tour in November with Jeb Loy Nichols and Peter Bruntnell. More news on this tour will be announced soon but in the meantime time check out these two fanstastic songwriters at www.myspace.com/jebloynichols and www.myspace.com/peterbruntnell

OK, as Phil ,Ochs said, that is all the new that is fit to print. We will see you soon.

Cancelled Portsmouth show
Apologies to those of you who went to the show in Portsmouth (at The Cellars at Eastney) only to find it had been cancelled. Michael took a fall on Sunday morning and sprained his wrist, the same one he broke 2 years ago, and he was simply not able to pick up a guitar, let alone play one. We hope to be able to re-schedule the Cellars show for sometime in May. He will also be playing another in the Hampshire area at that time, when he appears at the Forest Arts Centre in New Milton. The latest medical news is that he is on the mend, and should be fine for the show in Biddulph on Wednesday night.

The Blackstaff Sessions - BBC iPlayer
Michael's appearance on BBC Northern Ireland's "The Blackstaff Sessions" will be shown on Tuesday 26th on BBC 2 NI at 10pm. UK viewers with Sky can go to channel 992 to see it live, and it will also be available on the new BBC I Player for seven days after broadcast.

The songs performed on the show are Here's The Plan, Let The Waves Break and It Will End In Tears

The Blackstaff Sessions
The Blackstaff Sessions, for which Michael recorded 3 songs, will start to be broadcast  on 29th of January at 10pm on BBC 2 Northern Ireland.   For those of you not living in Ireland, you can still see the show by tuning into  channel 992 on Sky in the UK

You can also find out more info on the show, broaddcast dates, and which shows MWK will appear on, by checking:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/northernireland/radioulster/ralphmclean/
http://www.bbc.co.uk/northernireland/radioulster/mcleans_country/

Another year older, and what have we done??
Well, for MWK 2007 has seen the release of A New Kind of Loneliness, the album many feel to be his best so far, as well as the DVD, The Crowning Story , finally out and in the shops. Live, Michael has been all over the place, as usual, playing over 120 shows across Europe and N America, as well as some interesting collaborations, not least the summer concerts with Jackie Leven and Robert Fisher, under the title of Fisher King Leven. There may well be more to follow next year

Michael is looking at Spring 2008 for starting work on the new studio album, with most of the new songs written, and a one or 2 having been performed live over the past few months. However, in the meantime there will be a new live album, recorded solely in N. America over the past 18 months. This will be the 3rd and final album in the live "trilogy" to go along side Live...In DInky Town, and Absent Friends, and we hope to have it ready in time for the tour in February and MArch.

Talking of which, the majority of the live shows next year will take on a different look , and sound, and will feature a new "collective" of musicians, known as The Lonely. This will not be a fixed line-up but will, at different times, feature:
Mike Cosgrave - Piano / Keys / Accordion / Brass / Vocals
Alan Cook - Pedal Steel / Mandolin / Dobro
Paul Hesketh - Guitar / Vocals
Busto Virile - Snare drum / Percussion
Lou Dalgleish - Voclas / Percussion

Some times it will be just 2 of them joining MWK on stage, sometimes all 5. Going to a gig next year will involve an even greater element of surprise.

Finally, by way of a little Christmas give away, if you go to Michael's Myspace site you will find 2 suitably miserable songs to get you the festive spirit. They are just demos, and have been added to the site for the festive season only. However, unlike the other songs already up on the site, these 2 songs can be downloaded!. But hurry, as they will only be up here for the next few weeks.

Here is what Michael has to say about the songs:
"She Is Still My Weakness" is a song that numerous folks have asked about , and wanted to buy , at recent gigs. We did allow the demo version of the song to added to the American edition of A New Kind of Loneliness, but apart from that, it is not available anywhere else, until now. A very simple sparse version, I don't imagine it will sound like this when it appears on the new album, but this is how it sounds for now.
"The Dancing Around" was recorded in a short 4 hour session in Connecticut earlier in the year. Many thanks Eddie Seville for use of his great place, and also his fine playing. I wrote this with the singer Madelaine Peyroux in mind (hoping she will record it), and also someone else, who I know a little better.

Happy Christmas, happy listening
MWK

Interviews
Michael has given a series of press interviews over the past few weeks. Check out the current issue of 'Rock n Reel' magazine, out now and also the upcoming issue of 'Maverick' magazine, out mid-July.
Michael also gave lengthy interviews to www.americana-uk.com (which will be posted at the end of June) and also the German online magazine www.musicheadquarter.de
Check out these fine sites or go to the Reviews page here to read these interviews in full and also, to read Michael's song-by-song analysis of the new album.

Also check out the new issue of Rock n Reel magazine, the song It Will End in Tears, taken from ANKOL, appears on the cover mount cd. A interview with MWk will also appear in the following issue.

To find out what the press have been saying about the album click on these links and see quotes below:

http://www.whisperinandhollerin.com/reviews/review.asp?id=4638

http://www.americana-uk.com/auk/

Listen to A New Kind of Loneliness and you¹ll hear a musician who's risen above pigeonholing genres to produce an album categorised only by its sheer class.
Net Rhythms

'It Will End In Tears' could be one of the songs of the year so far, and the album that
spawned it no less dignified or impressive.
Scotland On Sunday **** 4/5

'A New Kind Of Loneliness' is quite probably King's very best album to date and one which (again) re-inforces his credentials as one of the UK's very best singer/ songwriters.
Whisperinandhollerin 10/10 **************

'It Will End In Tears' , which - with its' stung and bitten-off guitar and tormented lyrics ("And there was nothing I wouldn't do/ I was totally consumed by you/ it will end in tears") may well come to be viewed as Michael's very own 'I Want You' in years to come.
Whisperinandhollerin 10/10 **************

A superb album, and yet another album of the year contender from MWK.
Americana-uk ********8/10

A New Kind of Loneliness may prove to be King's breakthrough in America. Amply stocked with instantly embracing originals and it garners additional credibility in cameos from Chris Hillman and fellow songsmith Ron Sexsmith.
USA Entertainment News & Views ****4/5

Given King was playing Alt Country in the UK before anyone new what it was, it makes sense he'd be sharp enough to leave a sinking ship. With ANKOL he delivers classic orch/pop, singer-songwriter and soul inspired songs of the highest order
Now Toronton ****4/5

'A New Kind Of Loneliness' is perhaps the most consistently impressive addition to an already terrific catalogue that many of the supposed 'Americana' contenders would secretly give their right arms for. If you continue to deny him, you really are a fool to yourself.
Whisperinandhollerin 10 / 10 **************

The official release date for ANKOL is April 16th, and it will be available in all good stores from that date. Before then , available from MWK shows and via the web site".

You can also download the album or tracks from it from the following web sites:

I-Tunes , Arvato , BuyMusic , MP3-Extension , MusicNow , Napster , Puretracks

Michael Weston King enters the charts!

Freeform American Roots (FAR) report #90 announces that Michael¹s new CD, A New Kind Of Loneliness, has just entered the FAR charts at #13!

John Conquest, the editor of 3rd Coast Music in Texas, an essential paper for American Roots music, has just voted Michael Weston King the #1 Male Artist and the #3 in the Songwriter of 2006! Visit www.3rdcoastmusic.com for more info.

Critic Paul Emile Comeau has entered Michael Weston King as one of his top 3 discoveries of the year in the Penguin Eggs Critic Poll!

In New London, CT Twisted Roots Radio Show (WCNI, 90.9FM) DJ Brian Bourgoin has chosen A New Kind of Loneliness as his "top pick" in the Feb 2007 FAR chart and has also selected Michael Weston King as his FAR Songwriter of the year!

Chat Room
Head over to http://groups.yahoo.com/group/michaelwestonking to check out the newly opened MWK Chat Room / Yahoo Group

The DVD, The Crowning Story, will be out at the end of the month on BORDERDREAMS. Keep on eye on the site for the price and the exact date when it will be available. Also check out www.borderdreams.com.


Release date for the brand new album, A New Kind of Loneliness, is now fully confirmed as Nov 27th and will be released by Floating World Records in Europe, and Poptown Records in America. Much more news to follow very soon about this. Everyone hear at MurderedWithKindness is very excited about it's release, and all feel it is the best album of Michaels' career so far.

There will be a lot of shows to follow, with MWK on tour in the UK and across Europe between now and March, then on to America in Spring 2007. Please check the gig page for up to date news on all shows booked so far

A provisional date has been set of Nov 27th for the release of MWK's new album, 'A New Kind Of Loneliness'

We have had a number of requests recently from people wanting to buy copies of The Good Sons first 2 albums, Singing The Glory Down and The King's Highway, both of which have been deleted. However, the wonderful folks at Glitterhouse Records have found the last 10 remaining copies of both of these albums, hidden in some dark cupboard, and they are now available for purchase via the MWK web site. Just go to the store and buy as normal, using either PayPal or send a cheque to the usual address.

Michael apologizes for the lack of blog activity recently, on both this site and his MySpace site. His mother died earlier in the summer and consequently he has not felt the urge to talk or write lately. However, spending a lot of time in the pub with a newspaper, or wandering alone in the Lake District, or listening to Elvis, Simon & Garfunkel, Buddy Holly and Glen Campbell (his mums favourite artists) have been how he has spent recent weeks, aswell as writing a batch of new songs. A very rough demo of one of the brand new songs will be on-line via the site very soon.