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Sunday 8th January |
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Admission
£5 (Members £3) |
Classical
Folk with Julie Roberts and Gary Holder
Classical
Folk: taking the direct approach of folk music to the
beauty of classical music and bringing a new excitement
to both. The violin of Andrew Wickens, the voice and flute
of Sylvia Golden, and the guitar of Peter Golden. Traditional
and beautiful folk songs; and a sprinkling of classical
songs and pieces by Massenet, Schubert, Saint-Saens, and
that lot.
Andrew has spent a lifetime playing in world-class orchestras,
most recently as a long-term member of the Philharmonia
Orchestra, with whom he has travelled to all parts of
the world. He studied at the Royal Academy of Music in
London and then at the Conservatory of St. Cecelia in
Rome. It was Andrew who pointed out that some of the greatest
classical composers used folk themes in their compositions,
and he enjoys exploring this merger of classical with
folk music.
Sylvia has played whistles, recorders and flutes since
she was a small child. Her clear voice is at the heart
of Classical Folk's beautiful sound.
Peter plays the guitar. Sylvia says he has dragged himself
out of his long and raucous past of skiffle, rock and
roll and shanty bands (Full
Shanty), through writing for and singing with Resolution
to approach a level of refinement (just) acceptable by
Classical Folk.
www.classicalfolk.co.uk
Julie Roberts has a wonderful mellow voice with a unique
quality and the ability and
experience to interpret songs in many styles including
folk, blues and ballads. Her
material includes the songs of Nina Simone, Peggy Lee,
Billy Joel, Jobim, and Tracy
Chapman and some original songs.
She sings mainly to folk audiences and from time to time
she is a guest singer with the
Dave Fellingham Big Band. She has performed at numerous
festivals including Broadstairs,
Brighton Fringe, Arundel, Shoreham, and Windsor Fringe.
Julie plays guitar and piano,
accompanied by double bass celebrity, Gary Holder.
"Julie Roberts is a fabulous singer... I love that dark
smoky voice . . . She's really
brilliant. . .a great singer." - Claire Martin, presenter
of the Radio Three programme,
Jazz Line-up.
www.julierobertsmusic.co.uk |
Sunday 15th January |
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Song and Dance
Admission £2
(members £1) |
Songs, tunes and poems from members & guests plus
dancing to our excellent ceilidh band.
Beginners and experts alike are welcome and our experienced
callers ensure everyone can work their way through the
dances with enjoyment. |
Sunday 22nd January |
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Dave Ellis &
Boo Howard
Admission £5;
(members £3) |
Dave's intricate guitar work and Boo's mellow vocals do
full justice to their stunning contemporary folk songs.
Dave and Boo are based in London with
a musical partnership that began in 1979. Their current
style evolved in 1998 with Dave's intricate guitar work
and Boo's mellow vocals combining to create a sound
completely their own. Their music is entirely original.
"Maybe I Might Fall" was their debut acoustic
CD in 1999 followed by "Amber" in 2002 and
"Late in the Day" in 2004. Their latest album,
released in 2007, is "Living On Light".
Dave has become known around the club
circuit for his unique guitar style (sometimes using
a 12 string tuned to fifths) while their song writing
skills draw plaudits from audiences and reviewers alike.
Always up for something new, a recent recording session
for 'Some Day' saw the addition of castanets, cajon
and shakers from Boo all accompanied by Dave on Spanish
guitar.
Dave Ellis came to London from Liverpool
in 1970. He released a solo album in 1973 which gave
him nationwide exposure including appearances on the
Old Grey Whistle Test and In Concert. Dave became a
regular at the Marquee.
In 1979 Dave formed the Reactors with Boo Howard playing
bass and soon handling most of the vocals. Getting the
"blond up front" seemed to make a difference
and business interest followed involving some high profile
managers: the Police's Kim Turner and The Jackson 5's
Germaine Jackson. In 1994 Dave and Boo self-produced their
only electric album "Snaps" under their later
band name "Brave Lucy".
'Acoustic
rock, folk and blues at its best'; Cambridge Folk Club
'Acoustic rock, folk and blues at its best, with a sackful
of great homespun songs'; Ram Club
'Dave Ellis and Boo Howard are a perfect example of the
UK music scene's 'buried treasures''; George Clapperton,
Rock'n'Reel
www.daveandboo.com
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Sunday 29th January |
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Open Floor
Admission £2
(members £1) |
Everyone is welcome to perform songs, tunes and readings
in a relaxed, informal atmosphere. The club has its own
bar and plenty of free parking. |
Sunday 5th February |
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Wholehearted
Wholehearted, a name they certainly live up to both in
style and attitude. John Bartlett and Peter Luscombe have
been singing together under various guises for many years. Both
artists write strong harmonic vocal material and recently
John was prevailed upon to publish his songs in a book
entitled 'Patterns in the Sand',
John is a relative newcomer to the Hampshire folk scene,
however as a member of Victory Morris he has been singing
in the local Portsmouth area for a number of years. Recently,
with some success, he has taken to song writing.
If there is a high note to be found, then Peter is the
master of 'the lost chord!'. A fine singer who provides
much of the top harmony. Originally from the West
Country he brings with him a love of the sea, and an appreciation
of rural life! Pete also sings with 'The Portsmouth Shanty
Men"
Admission
£5; (members £3) |
Sunday 12th February |
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Song and Dance
Admission £2
(members £1) |
Songs, tunes and poems from members & guests plus
dancing to our excellent ceilidh band.
Beginners and experts alike are welcome and our experienced
callers ensure everyone can work their way through the
dances with enjoyment. |
Sunday 19th February |
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Nigel Bagge &
Eddie Armer
Admission £5;
(members £3) |
Bagge and Armer play an eclectic mix of the ‘blues
and beyond’, featuring the sensitive soulful guitar
(acoustic, slide & electric) and smoky passionate
vocals of Nigel Bagge and the melodic harmonica wizardry
(and mandolin) of Eddie Armer.
Drawing on a wealth of experience their music displays
many roots – from classic blues through soulful
ballads with a hint of country to swinging rhythm and
blues including songs from the likes of Robert Johnson,
Blind Willie McTell, B B King, and Ry Cooder, John Hiatt,
Keb, Mo all played with feeling and empathy.
Nigel has toured Europe appearing at many Blues Festivals
with Chicago Blues Diva Angela Brown. He works non-stop
in the UK, both with his own band and as part of other
line-ups including appearances with such legendary
blues heroes as Chris Farlowe, Peter Green and Miller
Anderson.
Eddie Armer, frontman with The Lonnigans, was chosen by
Carlo Little (‘The Rolling Stones original drummer)
to take the place of the late Cyril Davies on harmonica,
when he reformed the Allstars with surviving original
members. Recording credits include Pete Seeger, Odetta,
the late Long John Baldry, Jeff Beck and Ronnie Wood.
Bagge & Armer have appeared at festivals including
Brecon Jazz, Barnstaple Fringe, Beer Rhythm & Blues,
Banbury Blues, and venues including the legendary Ram
Folk Club, Amberley Folk Club, Brookes Blues Bar, Basingstoke
Blues Club and the New Crawdaddy Club. |
Sunday 26th February |
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Open Floor
Admission £2
(members £1) |
Everyone is welcome to perform songs, tunes and readings
in a relaxed, informal atmosphere. The club has its own
bar and plenty of free parking.
The evening includes a feature spot from The Pickled Lilies. |
Sunday 4th March |
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Song and Dance
Admission £2
(members £1) |
Songs, tunes and poems from members & guests plus
dancing to our excellent ceilidh band.
Beginners and experts alike are welcome and our experienced
callers ensure everyone can work their way through the
dances with enjoyment. |
Sunday
11th March |
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Wendy Arrowsmith
Admission £5;
(members £3) |
Born and raised in the suburbs of Glasgow, Wendy has been
singing for as long as she can remember. Her musical influences
as a child were mostly Trad Jazz or Church hymns! Although
she learnt Burns and other traditional Scottish songs
at school, it wasn’t until she moved to England
to marry that she began to delve deeply into traditional
folk music.
In just over two years performing on the folk music scene,
Wendy has delighted audiences across the UK from as far
a field as Aberdeen to Kent. She is not only recognised
for her fine interpretations of traditional songs but
also for her own award-winning song-writing. Wendy accompanies
herself mainly on guitar, and also plays accordion,
mandolin, whistles and bodhran although she really
sees herself as "a singer who plays some other instruments!"
Wendy has sung many different styles of music –
ranging from large scale classical choral works, operetta
and musicals to backing vocalist for a prog rock band!
But with
folk music she has found songs that come from the heart
and allow great emotional expression and social commentary.
She released her second CD, "Seeds of Fools"
in 2009 to very positive reviews and airplay on several
local BBC radio folk music shows. 2010 sees Wendy's diary
very full as she performs at folk clubs and festivals
throughout the country.
She is as adept at creating her own material as she is
at interpreting a traditional song. Her songs have won
awards at Saltburn Folk Festival 2007 (The Visitor), Scarborough
Seafest 2008 (Sleep Well ‘till Morning) and Ryedale
Folk Festival 2009 (Hearth Song).
"Wendy Arrowsmith has a voice that can stop you in
your tracks" R2 (Rock n Reel), December
2009
www.wendyarrowsmith.com |
Sunday
18th March |
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Dave Webber &
Anni Fentiman
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Dave and Anni made their duo debut on stage at the Eisteddfod
Festival in Dartmouth Massachusetts in 1993 to begin a
very successful career as a harmony duo, working largely
acapella and featuring mainly traditional and traditional
idiom material. They have worked extensively in the UK
and the USA to much acclaim and now have five albums of
their own to set alongside the Beggars Velvet recording,
which is still in demand after many pressings.
As well as touring concert venues, clubs and festivals
Dave and Anni have also been involved in a number of special
musical and dramatic productions on both sides of the
Atlantic. They toured provincial theatres in England in
96/97 taking substantial singing and acting roles in the
stage musical "The Widows Uniform" a fully dramatised
production of Rudyard Kipling's Barrack Room Ballads.
And more recently, in the USA, they took the parts of
Henry and Susannah in Peter Bellamy's Ballad opera "The
Transports".
Dave and Anni have featured on both local and national
radio in Britain and also performed a live concert (with
studio audience) for Radio WGBH in Boston, USA.
Although Dave and Anni perform substantially at home in
the UK they also make at least one trip each year to the
United States, where they have an established following
and have also performed in Holland, Denmark and Finland.
Anni has developed a specialist repertoire of songs originating
from her native North East, and Dave has been writing
songs in traditional vein since 1982 many of these are
widely sung and have become part of the general song repertoire
of singers all over the world. Dave Webber has that rare
gift of writing songs that sound traditional.
www.oldandnewtradition.com/daveandanni/
Admission
£5; (members £3) |
Sunday
25th March |
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Open Floor
Admission £2
(members £1) |
Everyone is welcome to perform songs, tunes and readings
in a relaxed, informal atmosphere. The club has its own
bar and plenty of free parking. |
Sunday
1st April |
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Skyhook |
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Sunday
8th April |
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Song and Dance
Admission £2
(members £1) |
Songs, tunes and poems from members & guests plus
dancing to our excellent ceilidh band.
Beginners and experts alike are welcome and our experienced
callers ensure everyone can work their way through the
dances with enjoyment. |
Sunday
15th April |
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Open Floor
Admission £2
(members £1) |
Everyone is welcome to perform songs, tunes and readings
in a relaxed, informal atmosphere. The club has its own
bar and plenty of free parking. |
Sunday
22nd April |
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Scold's Bridle |
Admission
£6; (members £4) |
Sunday
29th April |
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Song and Dance
Admission £2
(members £1) |
Songs, tunes and poems from members & guests plus
dancing to our excellent ceilidh band.
Beginners and experts alike are welcome and our experienced
callers ensure everyone can work their way through the
dances with enjoyment. |
Sunday
6th May |
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Open Floor
Admission £2
(members £1) |
Everyone is welcome to perform songs, tunes and readings
in a relaxed, informal atmosphere. The club has its own
bar and plenty of free parking. |
Sunday
13th May |
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Denise and Stuart |
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Sunday
20th May |
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Namara |
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Sunday
27th May |
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Song and Dance
Admission £2
(members £1) |
Songs, tunes and poems from members & guests plus
dancing to our excellent ceilidh band.
Beginners and experts alike are welcome and our experienced
callers ensure everyone can work their way through the
dances with enjoyment. |
Sunday
3rd June |
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Ewan McLelland |
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Sunday
10th June |
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Open Floor
Admission £2
(members £1) |
Everyone is welcome to perform songs, tunes and readings
in a relaxed, informal atmosphere. The club has its own
bar and plenty of free parking. |
Sunday
17th June |
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Mundy-Turner |
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