Was Christmas born in England? Jackson~Hewitt believe so and would like to share their belief with the release of their new feel-good Christmas anthem of the same name. written from the perspective of an English soldier stationed abroad over the festive period, the song portrays emotion ,optimism and patriotism in equal measure and will surely strike a chord with anyone who can imagine the feeling of being away from home and family over Christmas – whatever your nationality.

released 01 December 2011

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Dugdale’s Flower’s is a folk album, yet it is not a tribute to the styles of the past. It is its own living entity, it is here in the now, a body of work for today and beyond.

You cannot live a life without gathering emotions and sounds, and you cannot portray the memories of those emotions honestly without giving away something of your inner self, the vulnerable pieces that make you who you are to the people that truly love you.

Peter Dugdale was my wild spirited fine art lecturer, and as a seventeen year old boy I drank up every drop of his rebellion. He would compare each student’s work to his own masterpiece, a series of flower observations, that he would describe in great detail. Eventually I came to understand that those studies didn’t actually exist and that despite being able to visualise the work he had yet to receive the inspiration to put paint to canvas.

His flowers simply represented ambition.

Dugdale’s Flower’s is an ambition realised, a journey that both Barry and I have been travelling

for more years than we care to mention.

Dugdale’s Flowers is released in June 2010, we are proud to present these preview tracks and hope to see you out on the road this year.

Ian Hewitt