Mike Donaghy – ‘I Wish You Well’
Mike Donaghy has been making a name for himself in Ireland and the UK ever since releasing his first EP “January Never Came This Year” back in 2009. The blend of his music and songwriting creates a very unique sound, occasionally being linked to folk, Americana and bluegrass.
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Le Vent Du Nord
UK Tour Dates and Launch of their new CD ‘Tromper Le Temps’
Le Vent Du Nord (Wind from the North) perform traditional Québécois music in French which is heavily influenced by Celtic music from both Ireland and Brittany. The group use a very diverse range of musical instruments augmented by Québécois Foot Percussion presented via a most entertaining …
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Big Session Festival
Big Session Festival will soon be here and we think we may have the biggest (or at least the best) line-up of acoustic artists this side of Christmas (or Birmingham anyway!).From massive Folk favourites like Show of Hands, Chris Wood, Jon Boden, Martin Simpson, Kris Drever and June Tabor to the great songwriters like Scott Matthews
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The Best of Tim Edey CD & Tour Dates
On Monday (April 23) the Kent-based musician and composer releases the eclectic and timely The Best of Tim Edey – a superb 18-track album that charts the course of his career to date and showcases his collaborations with luminaries from the Celtic music world including Sharon Shannon, Ross Ainslie , Seamus Begley and Mike McGoldrick.
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McGoldrick joins Bristol Folk Festival line-up
Mancunian-Irish flute, whistle and Uilleann pipes legend Michael McGoldrick has been confirmed for next month’s Bristol Folk Festival.
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Folkrock legends Fairport Convention will celebrate their forty-fifth anniversary with a major UK tour during May 2012.
The band will play 24 venues starting in Norwich on 1 May. The tour finishes at Lichfield Guildhall on 27 May, 45 years to the day since Fairport Convention played its very first concert at a church hall in Golders Green, London.
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Sarah McQuaid New Album and May-June 2012 UK Tour
In conjunction with the recent release of her new album The Plum Tree and The Rose (currently charting at No. 3 on the Folk Radio Chart, No. 4 on the UK Roots Radio Airplay Chart and No. 5 on the Euro Americana chart), Sarah McQuaid sets out on tour across the UK
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Lúnasa undertake their most extensive UK tour
Irish music ensemble Lunasa hits the road in May for its most extensive UK tour to date. The sixteen date itinerary will see the band travelling to all four points of the compass as the five band members take in large and small venues from Cockermouth to Great Torrington and Cardigan to Cambridge and many points in between.
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Irish Mist
On Saturday April 28th Budworth Hall in Ongar will echo to the sound of Irish traditional music when Irish Mist perform an evening of songs, old Irish melodies, dance music, poetry and anecdotes. Irish Mist consist of Joe Giltrap on guitar vocals and bodhran (Irish side drum), Mal Rogers on fiddle and mandolin, Brian Aldwinckle on whistle and acoustic bass guitar, and Eugene Teevan all-Ireland champion accordion player on accordion and flute.
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Finalist for Isambard Folk Award announced
Five exciting emerging music acts will go head-to-head in the final of a nationwide music competition organised by Bristol’s revived Folk Festival.
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Fairport Convention London concert on BBC Four TV
BBC Television will film the closing concert of Fairport Convention’s current UK tour on Saturday (10 March 2012). The gig at the Union Chapel, Islington, marks the end of Fairport’s forty-date Winter Tour
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Feast of Fiddles – England’s fabulous fiddlers back on the road
England’s most dynamic fiddle line-up are tuning up to hit the road again in April for their 19th consecutive annual tour – fielding some of the most legendary names in folk, and a new addition.
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Celtic Connections’ Big Top
Celtic Connections –Glasgow’s internationally renowned folk, roots and world music festival – today announces two new additions to the line up of Big Top, the two-night music event on Skye.
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Fairport Convention News February 2012
Cropredy full line-up announced and box office opens
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Bristol Folk Festival to present Brit-Nominated Newton Faulkner at 02 Academy
News From Towersey
Info about this years Towersey Festival
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Three Of The Hottest New Young Roots Acts Go “Undercover” At Rain-Free Bristol Folk Festival
As great value day tickets go on sale* organisers have announced three buzzing, award-nominated names to add to the already vibrant line-up – Derbyshire singer songwriter Lucy Ward, the hugely popular alt-country band ahab and singer, guitarist and actor Blair Dunlop of the new Albion Band – the long-lived, legendary band founded by his father Ashley Hutchings. *£30 (Sat), £35 (Sun) and £40 (Mon) and concessions.
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The Big Session Festival
The latest news from the Big Session Festival
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Folk music on local radio is under threat
If nothing is done, folk music on local radio could be lost. Proposed BBC cuts will bite deeply into the budgets and the programming ability of local radio stations. This in turn will force them to reduce output and to focus on what they perceive as mainstream items.
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New Christmas single release from Johnny Coppin
Keep the Flame single!
A new mix of Johnny Coppin’s ‘Keep the Flame’ song is now on sale as a download single.
It is available from iTunes, Amazon mp3, Spotify, MySpace, Medianet, eMusic, Zune, Rhapsody, Nokia, Napster, Thumbplay and IMVU.
Here’s the link to iTunes -
http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/keep-the-flame/id483046923?i=483046927&ign-mpt=uo%3D4
And to the Amazon.com website:
http://www.amazon.com/Keep-The-Flame-Single/dp/B006CILFEE/ref=sr_shvl_album_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1322292252&sr=301-1
Feast of Fiddles
Feast of Fiddles tour news. The sextet of fabulous fiddlers and their backline include some of the most legendary names in folk.
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Pilgrims’ Way – Shining Gently All Around
New young trio Pilgrims’ Way -one of folk music’s biggest success stories of 2011- are crowning their year with a surprise Christmas EP.
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Celtic Connections Presents Transatlantic Sessions on Tour: Shetland 2012
In this the Year of Scottish Islands Transatlantic Sessions are performing their first ever show in Shetland, the home of Transatlantic stalwart Aly Bain, on Friday 3 February 2012 at the Clickimin Leisure Complex, Lochside, Lerwick, Shetland, ZE1 0PJ
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Simon Mayor’s Mandolinquents
The Mandolinquents feature everything from hot swing and ragtime instrumentals from the mandolin orchestras of the 1930s: Irving Berlin, Mozart, Ravel and Tchaikovsky to lively reels and beautiful traditional Irish airs to Chinese and Brazilian folk tunes.
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JSM wrap up successful year with UK tour
The fizzing JSM will be taking their high energy InterCeltic act across England and Wales from Saturday, November 12 – to arts centres, theatres and universities. Formerly known simply as Mabon (meaning autumn equinox), the prodigiously talented JSM are fast making their unique and vibrant mark on the roots scene, led by tunesmeister and accordionist extraordinaire Jamie Smith.
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Fairport Convention celebrates 45th anniversary with 2012 UK tour
Folkrock legends Fairport Convention will start their forty-fifth anniversary celebration in style with a major UK tour during January and February 2012.
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JOHNNY COPPIN E NEWSLETTER – NOVEMBER 2011
Johnny’s latest news and forthcoming dates
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Award-winning Jackie Oates joins Saturday line-up for Frome’s first folk festival
Hot property Jackie Oates, double BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards winner, has been announced for Frome’s first folk festival next February.
The in-demand fiddle singer has been steadily carving out her career since The Word described her as “an impeccable starlet-to-be”.
Welsh wizards Jamie Smith’s Mabon also announced.
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Celtic Connections 2012
At the heart of the Celtic Connections festival is the vibrant folk and traditional music scene, with some of the UK and Ireland’s finest musicians set to raise the roof this January. Artists include …
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Show of Hands step out on second autumn tour
Just two weeks after completing a virtual sell-out duo tour, Steve Knightley and Phil Beer will be back on the road for a contrasting second Show of Hands autumn tour (Nov 15-Dec 3).
This time, singer songwriter Knightley and multi instrumental wizard Beer will reunite with regular guest Miranda Sykes, the stand-out double bass player and vocalist. Special guest for the tour is the celebrated and charismatic American folk singer songwriter Richard Shindell.
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Tim Edey and Brendan Power
When instrumentalists of the calibre of Kent’s Tim Edey and Brendan Power decided to fuse their prolific talents there could only ever be one outcome – spontaneous combustion!
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Sarah McQuaid Tour
Sarah McQuaid begins the UK leg of her Autumn/Winter Tour on Oct 29th in Cornwall.
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Back Again! Bristol’s revived folk festival strides into 2012
Bristol Folk Festival – brought back to the city after an incredible 32 years this year – will return in May 2012, with Early Bird tickets going on sale next week, from October 17th.
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Joan Baez to Tour UK in 2012
Legendary artist Joan Baez will embark on an extensive UK tour beginning in February. Baez will be accompanied by multi-instrumentalist Dirk Powell and will feature a repertoire spanning her five-decade career.
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Feargal Sharkey joins Festival Organisers for their 25th Get Together
As the UK Festival industry continues to grow, some events thrive, some struggle but all share similar challenges, common goals and aspirations. Through all the ups and down the Association of Festival Organisers (AFO), now 25 years old, has been there supporting its members and providing a voice for small and medium sized festivals and events.
The AFO’s annual Conference is the number one networking opportunity for the sector, but more than that, it provides an opportunity to review, refresh and plan. Delegates can share experiences and information, debate the pros and cons of festival management and take time to relax in the convivial company of organisers with a passion for the industry.
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Sea Shanties and Maritime Music in Liverpool
A new regular Sea Shanty and Maritime Music session has started up in Liverpool, hosted By Trim Rig and A Doxy, Mick & Mary McGarry and Andy Kenna. What else could it be in Liverpool, the spiritual home of the sea shanty. Entry is free and all are welcome both singers and listeners alike.
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Free live streaming for sold-out Steve Knightley gig
A sold-out gig featuring Show of Hands frontman Steve Knightley is to be streamed live on the internet this weekend. Singer-songwriter Steve, who recently became co-patron of the fast-rising Shrewsbury Folk Festival, will be performing at Shrewsbury’s The Hive this Saturday (October 1).
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Show Of Hands Kick Off First Duo Tour In Four Years
Knightley and Beer revisit their brilliant back catalogue for a new album and their first duo tour in 4 years
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Schumacher Centenary Festival
Tickets are selling well for a special one-off world music concert in Bristol, in celebration of the centenary of “green” pioneer E.F. Schumacher, the man who coined the phrase “small is beautiful.”
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Merry Hell play blistering Folk Rock with a message
Mrs Casey Records is proud to present this debut album capturing the essence of folk/rock with a hard hitting message. “BLINK… and you miss it” is danceable, singable, loveable – this band play hard and give you poetry that hits home with melodies you will remember.
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The Wrigley Sisters
COMBINING mastery with mischief, tradition with modernity, Jennifer and Hazel Wrigley, the internationally acclaimed fiddle and guitar duo from the Orkney Islands, have a magical new CD and are currently taking dates for their tour next year.
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Herding Cats
Les Barker’s Guide Cats for the Blind Volume 5 – Herding Cats, is a CD released to raise funds for The British Computer Association of the Blind. A fantastic line-up of artists perform the poems of Les Barker; including – Linda Bellingham, June Tabor, James Bolam, Toyah Willcox, John Scott Cree, Jeremy Irons, Michael Palin, Ann Widdecombe, John Tams, Edward de Souza …
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The picturesque Somerset market town of Frome is to get its first ever folk festival in February 2012.
Some of the top names in English folk have already been booked to appear at the winter weekend festival, which is set to take place in the historic town near Bath on Saturday, February 18 and Sunday, February 19
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All Along The Wall
Back On Track –Brampton Live’s Acclaimed All Along The Wall Show Starts September Mini Tour In Lancashire.
The stellar septet of English and Scottish songwriters and poets who created an acclaimed show with Hadrian at its heart are reuniting for three special dates next month, opening at the Bury Met on Friday, September 23.
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Mabon
New-look Welsh band Jamie Smith’s Mabon (JSM) are gearing up for a gig in the heart of their homeland next month, when they play Cardiff’s St David’s Hall.
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Australia’s UK-touring Spooky Men perform “secret” fund-raising gigs
Australia’s off-the-wall Spooky Men’s Chorale – on a massive tour of the UK this summer – have raised over £1,000 for the East Africa Famine Appeal after staging two “secret” concerts in a Devon church.
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Tommy Sands
Tommy Sands Announces First Round of Dates of a 32 date Irish tour scheduled for September & October 2011
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Towersey Festival
The latest news letter: As the school holidays start, look forward to the end of August and one final Festival, hurrah!
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Announcing an all-new Albion Band
Beyond a simple line up change, 2012 will see a complete reboot of the Albion Band.
2012 sees the torch being passed to a newer generation of English folk talent. As ever, this band brings together some of the finest musicians and singers in the UK folk scene.
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Pilgrims’ (rapid) progress…..
Pilgrims’ Way recording for Radio 2’s Mike Harding Show
Bound together not only by their goal of recharging trad folk but also by red hair and shares in an ex-Ellesmere Port tar boat, North West trio Tom Kitching, Lucy Wright and Edwin Beasant met in The Crown pub underneath the mighty, Lowry-inspiring Stockport Viaduct.
With a quirky, stand-out voice and a teeth-jangling penchant for Jew’s harp playing, 26 year-old Siberian music student Lucy joined forces with fiddler and BBC Young Musician of Year nominee Kitching and multi instrumental wiz Beasant. Naming themselves after the Kipling life creed poem they hit the ground running earlier this year, stamping their feisty, feelgood take on trad folk firmly on the acoustic scene with a mix of “devil may care” tunes, dewy eyed love laments and “cross dressing” ballads!
JOHNNY COPPIN E NEWSLETTER – JULY 2011
The latest news from Jonny Coppin
Chloe Hall with Silas Palmer UK Tour
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