News and gigs update

A very warm welcome to you from all the team at Camine Towers. Thank you for visiting the website. Do take a while to browse around. We've tried to make the layout and content user friendly. This section of the website is regularly updated, so please do call again and we can keep you in touch with the hot news as it breaks.

You can catch Camine live at the following:

If anyone is travelling a long distance to a gig it's always a good idea to ring the venue incase of any unforeseen circumstances.

We also play at private functions, so for bookings contact:
camineinfo@yahoo.co.uk or 07905983474

Hope to catch you at a gig soon…

OTHER NEWS & STUFF.......................

Andy takes a break..........

Due to on going health problems - Andy now has RSI in both his arms, he has decided, sadly and reluctantly, to leave Camine. Andy has played music with Ramona and Zinta for the last sixteen years, but needs to take a long rest. He is embarking on the Alexander Technique to hopefully sort his arms out and will be back playing in the future. Thanks to everyone for many happy times. Ramona and Zinta has some exciting projects coming up with other musicians and possible Camine members, as well as lots of duo work

Camine New Zealand tour Feb / March 06.

Ramona and Zinta will be touring New Zealand for the next six weeks. (so no Kent gigs – sorry)
Ramona will fly out on the 23rd of Jan 06 to join Zinta (who’s already there). Starting at the Auckland folk festival, they then embark on a merry jaunt for the next six weeks around the beautiful South Island. On their return in mid March there is a rush of St. Patrick’s gigs, then off to Finland with Andy for a return tour following the success of last years. We will keep you posted.

Posted Feb. 25th

As we prepare for freezing weather, here is an email up-date of how Ramona and Zinta are getting on with their summer tour of New Zealand (that’s summer in New Zealand of course!!).

Ramona writes:

Well, in addition to playing some great gigs, we’ve been having lots of adventures: riding Harley Davidson, climbing glaciers, walking through tropical rainforest, skydiving, and yesterday whale watching! Went out on a boat and saw three sperm whales over 18m long from a distance of about 50m. We also saw giant albatross and watched fur seals yawning and playing. Dusky dolphins playfully swimming around and racing the boat!
If there is a paradise on earth New Zealand is it! Most beautiful landscape we’ve ever seen. Here’s where we’ve been playing

Jan 28 - Auckland Folk Fest ( Blackboard Stage )
Feb 9 - Suave - Blenheim
Feb 11 - Seumus's - Picton
Feb 12 - The Vault (and Seumes's) - Picton
Wed 15 - Prince Albert - Nelson
Feb 18 - Devaney's - Hokitika
Feb 21 - Blue Ice Bar - Franz Joseph ( Bar nearest to the glacier )
Feb 24 - Pog Mahones - Queenstown
Feb 26 – Sullivan’s Bar - Christchurch
Feb 27 - Strawberry Tree - Kaikoura
March 1 - Seumus's - Picton
March 3 - Radio interview, Radio Active 89FM – Wellington.
March 3 - Suave - Blenheim
March 5 - Bodega – Wellington

Chris Sadler, Andy, Ramona Harping and Ramona whistling.

Chris, Jem and Ramona

And a good time was had by all, cheers to everyone who came along.... new gig dates below. Other exciting news is Camine are planning a return trip to Finland for next year, plans are being hatched for possibly April.... watch this space.

Horsebridge Arts Centre, Whitstable. Camine make a welcome return to the Horsebridge in sunny Whitstable on November 6th. A special Autumn concert with special guests. Tickets £5 / £4 con. (4-7pm). Box office (01227) 281174. info@horsebridge-centre.org.uk

The limited edition live EP out earlier this year in time for our summer outings has been selling very well indeed - which is jolly nice - and having some very nice things said about it. The long awaited Camine studio album is now in the final stages (seriously) - having taken a wee while in the making we can finally see the flag. A final release date has not been fixed yet, but we will keep you posted.

For all you tunesmiths, Andy has a book out, a collection of favourite traditional tunes collected over the twenty five years or so he has been playing traditional music. The book is called ‘The well that never ran dry’ and is available through this website - check out the merchandise page.

Thanks to the following for their help.
Christophe Courtin and Jenny for the Website techno and help with design.
Neil Acres for the services rendered. Dylan Woolf, Dave Wheatley, Mike Spoor and Katie Bradley for photography.