Phone John Heydon at Dragon Records 01296 485995. They have big stalls at major folk festivals - it's worth getting a few CD's into their shop.

You could also try asking Doug Bailey at Wild Goose. Phone 01264 860569. He has many other specialist outlets that he used before he got a deal with Proper Distribution (which has access to high street shops).

Another approach is to swap CDs with other artists. Pete Coe does this a lot, so do Mary Humphreys and I, Tom and Barbara Brown, Keith Kendrick and others. It does work - we've sold other people's CDs at gigs along with our own.

You will probbaly shift the majority direct at gigs, though.

I have a list of places Doug Bailey sent our CD to - radio stations, magazines etc - if you haven't done that already you might get a bit of airplay on a local radio folk programme or some magazine reviews which could result in some sales.

Anahata