Blazin’ Fiddles
Blazin’Fiddles bring the flavours of the Highlands and Islands to English venues for a rare foray south of the border during June. The tour starts on 14 June in Harrogate and finishes on 29 June in Kendal and heralds a return to England in advance of a major UK tour in 2014.
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Barrule
Named after the famous Manx summit, where legend says the ancient Celtic God Manannan Mac Lir stalked his mighty fortress, Barrule fuses three distinct musical forces – Mabon frontman and accordion wizard Jamie Smith, gifted 20 year-old fiddle-player Tomás Callister and versatile accompanist Adam Rhodes
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Le Vent Du Nord – Tour Dates
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.
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Sean Canon (of the Dubliners)
SEAN CANNON front member of the legendary DUBLINERS, together with his son Robert and local musicians Danny and the Dragons play a one-off evening of fine Irish/Folk music.
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Lady Maisery’s May Tour 2013
This week sees BBC Radio 2 Folk Award nominated band Lady Maisery set out on an ambitious 22 date tour across England and Scotland. It’s the biggest tour yet for the band, who have been creating a stir on the folk scene ever since the release of their debut album ‘Weave & Spin’ in 2011.
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Notting Hill Mayfest Present …
An evening of folk with Mercury Prize nominee Sam Lee, Nancy Wallace and The Collectress.
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Rare opportunities to see up-and-coming troubadour Sean Taylor
From busking in Notting Hill Gate, through a myriad of clubs and stages, to the major Australian music festivals, singer songwriter Sean Taylor has been winning audiences from all musical genres. With his virtuoso guitar style and charismatic thoughtful songs he has been described by Eric Bibb as ‘a wonderfully talented modern troubadour’. Now a select few audiences in the UK have a chance to catch up with him on a short tour during May.
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Sarah McQuaid Tour Dates
This tour sees the acclaimed singer/songwriter/guitarist taking part in several exciting collaborations. In Scotland, she’ll be performing a series of four concerts “in the round” with fellow songwriters Bill Adair & Richard Grainger in Farncombe, Surrey, she’ll be backed on a number of songs by the Godalming Community Gospel Choir and later in June, as part of the Golowan Festival, she’ll be supported by three secondary school students from the Music MixX programme at Mounts Bay Academy, where Sarah gave a songwriting workshop earlier this year.
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Show of Hands release 7” single for Record Store Day
SPRING TOUR: April 17 – May 18, 2013
As they set off on a virtually sold-out 21-date tour of England and Wales, Devon’s Show of Hands will release their first ever vinyl 7” single to mark Record Store Day on Saturday (April 20) – a celebration of the UK’s independent record store sector.
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Gilmore & Roberts – Exeter, Weds April 17th
Barnfield Theatre, Exeter - Wednesday April 17th, 2013 7.30pm £10 in advance, £12 on the door, Support – Benjamin Josif
2013 BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards Duo nominees Katriona Gilmore & Jamie Roberts combine astounding lap-tapping guitar, fiery fiddle and their trademark harmonies with considerable songwriting talent to make a truly distinctive sound.
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The Harrison All-Day Folk Festival – 21/04/13
We are very excited to announce the third Harrison all-day folk festival in Kings Cross, London. Once again, it is absolutely free and we are bringing you a truly mouth-watering line-up of contemporary folk music.
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The Carrivick Sisters in Concert (South East Cornwall)
Music in Menheniot will be presenting its first folk music concert at St Lalluwy’s Church, in South East Cornwall village of Menheniot (about four miles North East of Liskeard) on Friday 17th May from 7.30pm, with a concert by The Carrivick Sisters.
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Tim Edey Album Release
Tim, who also won the “Best Duo” title in the 2012 Folk Awards with harmonica genius Brendan Power, has announced he will be releasing a solo album of guitar music this August, augmented by a string quartet led by popular Scottish fiddler Patsy Reid (Vamm, Cecil Sharp Project) and formerly with Breabach. The album will be officially launched at Kent’s famous Broadstairs Folk Week in Tim’s home town – this year he has the honour of closing the festival on Friday, August 16 with support from inspired young Devon duo Phillip Henry & Hannah Martin.
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Blackbeard’s Tea Party CD Release & Tour Dates
“Funky folk tunes, saucy songs and an infectious stage energy. Blackbeard’s Tea Party mix fiddles & squeezeboxes, guitar noise & synth bass, and a feast of international hand percussion to bring you an unforgettable folk-rock extravaganza. Grounded in English traditions – but never afraid to explore more exotic musical avenues – they create a sound that is equal parts tasty, dramatic and danceable.”
‘Whip Jamboree’ is the second full-length release from the York based six-piece known for their unique brand of gutsy folk-rock brought kicking and screaming into the 21st Century.
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Henry & Martin clinch Best Duo title in 2013 Spiral Awards
Fast-rising Devon musicians and singer songwriters Phillip Henry & Hannah Martin have clinched the Best Duo title in the 2013 Spiral Awards staged by leading UK music website, Spiral Earth.
The Exeter pair won the award today after a public vote just months after winning the Best Folk Act title in the South West Music Awards. It was a close-run contest with fellow young duo Katriona Gilmore and Jamie Roberts while others short listed in the category were Kathryn Roberts and Sean Lakeman(also from Devon) and O’Hooley and Tidow.
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Fairport Convention: semi-acoustic tour in May 2013
Legendary folkrockers Fairport Convention will
be on the road in their semi-acoustic format during May. The band will visit
two dozen venues with a mix of brand new songs and reworkings of their classic
repertoire.
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Problems with log-in and adding posts or events
There have been a few difficulties adding dates to the events calendar and posting messages, articles and news items to the Folk Roots List website. Apparently it’s been problematic for a while but nobody reported it, until now. As Admin I’ve had none of these problems and I’ve been blissfully unaware. Thank you, Manda, for pointing out the glitches.
I’ve just finished making changes and these are the results:
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Lady Maisery
The spellbinding BBC award-nominated trio Lady Maisery have released a special charity download single to mark International Women’s Day on Friday (March 8), celebrate Women’s History Month and raise funds for the End Violence Against Women coalition.
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Stolen Equipment ALERT
Equipment stolen from a car in Escrick, near York on Saturday night 23/02/13. 
Bouzouki, guitar, pedals and flight case) Photos and descriptions and contact info here http://www.barruletrio.com/stolen/
Wales
Hot on the heels of St David’s Day, a wealth of Welsh music and traditional folk arts is about to cast a Celtic spell over the capital – in a rare day-long event staged at Cecil Sharp House, London.
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The 21st annual London Fiddle Convention
Sunday Feb 24th at Cecil Sharp House, 2, Regents Park Road, London, NW1 7AY.
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Johnny Coppin’s – January Newsletter
Happy New Year from a very snowy Gloucestershire!
Here is the very latest information about
- Jan/Feb/March dates
- Songwriting, Arranging, and Performance Workshop - Sunday 24 February
- my BBC acoustic radio show is now every Saturday 5.30pm only on BBC Gloucestershire, online and listen again!
(future guests include Richard Thompson, Bellowhead, Bristol s/s Daisy Chapman, and Cardiff duo Zervas and Pepper )
- CDs by Mail Order
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Tyde – Album Launch
Tyde, the band that have wowed audiences at more than 60 festivals in the last 3 years, are back with their 2nd album, The Hidden Spoon. It sees them ramp up their sound to a new level with the addition of bass and percussion, more complex arrangements and stunning close knit playing.
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Celtic Fiddle Festival
The group Celtic Fiddle Festival celebrates the violin in all its globe-trotting variations. Fiddlers Kevin Burke (Ireland), Christian Lemaître (Brittany, France) and André Brunet (Quebec, Canada) showcase a fascinating juxtaposition of international and individual styles.
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NEW FOLK SHOW VICTIM OF ITS OWN SUCCESS
Last night former BBC Radio 2 Folk Show host Mike Harding launched his own folk podcast website. At 5pm GMT a staggering 27,000 people hit the site in the first seconds of it going live and even with a massive server and unlimited bandwidth the site crashed.
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Jamie Smith’s MABON – New tour dates 2013
The band have just wrapped up a great year, with sold out shows during the recently completed tour and widespread critical acclaim for their new album.
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Cropredy tickets for Christmas – First line-up announcement
Tickets for Fairport’s Cropredy Convention festival will go on sale in time for Christmas, the organisers announced today (5 December 2012).
The full line-up of artists appearing at Fairport’s Cropredy Convention 2013 will be announced in the new year. However, the organisers announced that the acts will include Levellers, 10CC, Nik Kershaw (acoustic), Edward II, Martin Barre’s New Day, Lúnasa, Moulettes and The Dunwells.
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Feast of Fiddles 20th Anniversary Tour
England’s most dynamic fiddle line-up are tuning up to celebrate an incredible two decades on the road next year – kick-starting their April UK tour with an “all hands on deck” milestone concert at Hertfordshire’s Alban Arena fielding some of the most legendary names in folk.
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2nd Frome Folk Festival News
Jim Moray, one of folk music’s greatest innovators, has been announced as Sunday headliner of the second Frome Folk Festival which will return to the picturesque Somerset market town next February (16 and 17).
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Celtic Connections Announces Michael Marra Tribute Concert
On Monday 28th January 2013 Celtic Connections will host a special tribute night to folk legend Michael Marra at the Glasgow Royal Concert Hall.
Dundee singer-writer Michael Marra sadly passed away in October 2012. From his alternative national anthem Hermless to his majestic reading of Psalm 118 on Martyn Bennet’s Grit, Marra was a uniquely eloquent and vital presence in Scottish Music.
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Albion Band members scoop two nominations in the BBC Folk Awards
Two members of the new re-vitalised Albion Band have been nominated in the 2013 BBC Folk Awards. The nominations were announced this evening on Mike Harding’s BBC Radio 2 folk programme. Blair Dunlop has been nominated for the Horizon Award and Katriona Gilmore has been nominated with Jamie Roberts for the Best Duo Award. The nominations – four in each category – will go forward to the next round of voting and the results will be announced at the Folk Award ceremony in Glasgow on Wednesday 30 January 2013.
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Colgarra ‘Follow Me Up To Carlow’
Colgarra brings together two very different musicians from the Irish music scene. Eugene Teevan, button accordion and flute and Joe Giltrap, vocals, guitar, bodhran and harmonica combine to produce a distinctive sound and repertoire that will keep your feet tapping.
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Fairport Convention Winter Tour Dates
Veteran folk-rock band Fairport Convention today (9 November 2012) announced the dates and venues of their Winter Tour which will visit 27 theatres throughout England. The tour starts at The Roses Theatre, Tewkesbury on 31 January 2013 and finishes at The Union Chapel, London on 9 March.
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Celtic Connections 2013
Celtic Connections will celebrate 20 years as a cornerstone of Scotland’s cultural calendar with a stellar programme announced today by Artistic Director Donald Shaw which will celebrate the ethos and artists that have seen the festival become a global phenomenon. Some of the biggest names in folk, roots, world, traditional, indie, blues and jazz will perform in Glasgow between 17th January and 3rd February next year.
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Christy Moore with Declan Sinnott
Mon 12 November, 8pm. Glasgow Royal Concert Hall, Main Auditorium
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Show of Hands – WAKE THE UNION
Released: Monday, October 15, 2012
Entwined in the sturdy roots of English and North American music, Wake the Union is a big, transatlantic touchstone of an album marking the incredible 20 year partnership of England’s most celebrated acoustic roots duo, supported by an enviable “best of British folk” guest list.
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ahab – ‘Live in London’ official release date
ahab, one of the hottest and most exciting young bands to come to the fore of the UK-Americana scene release their first full-length CD ‘Live in London’ on 29 October 2012. The fourteen track album was recorded earlier this year at London’s renowned music venue The Half Moon, and captures the real spirit and dynamic of the live band.
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The Albion Band Tour Dates
Yes, folk rock fans, The Albion Band is back with fresh songs, high-energy concerts and a line-up that leads directly back to the Guv’nor himself, founder Ashley Hutchings. Building on a summer of successful festival appearances, The Albion Band is taking what could be called a victory lap with a second UK tour this November.
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FRIGG – Fizzing Finnish fiddle septet tune up for UK debut tour
Named after the Norse goddess of love and fertility, this freewheeling, feelgood septet have created their own captivating style of music – Nordgrass, fusing Nordic folk and American bluegrass.
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An Atlantic Bridge to UK Festivals
A unique collaboration between The Association of Festival Organisers (AFO) and Atlantic Canadian Music Industry Associations (ACMIA) will see over 20 artists and events industry professionals from Canada join 200 UK delegates at this year’s AFO Conference in Nottingham. (This is where the folk festival organisers gather every year).
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Folk Events Calendar Upgraded
I’ve been busy adding a new interactive folk events calendar to the website. It’s a major improvement on the old one and you can now add your gigs, festivals, workshops, ceilidhs and concerts directly to it. http://www.folkrootslist.co.uk/folk_events_diary/
Just click on ‘Add events’ (at the top of the calendar) then click on the date and add the details.
It’s there ready and waiting for your dates. It’s a great and free way to let everyone see what events are being organised and when and where live folk music is being performed.
Jamie Smith’s Mabon unveil free “vocal” download single from forthcoming autumn album “Windblown”
Jamie Smith’s Mabon, known for accordion maestro Smith’s outstanding InterCeltic tunes, is adding songs to its excitingly upbeat repertoire. Whipping up a storm, the crisp new 10-track studio album Windblown is due out October 29, toasting the autumn season and sun-waning days of the equinox and celebrating the Welsh band’s own Pagan festival name. (Mabon = autumn equinox).
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“The Devil’s Violin” – spellbinding new show!
Why should the devil have all the best tunes? So goes the famous adage – but in the case of The Devil’s Violin’s new show he definitely does!
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Luke Jackson is finalist for 2013 BBC Radio 2 Young Folk Award
Luke Jackson,the acclaimed 18 year-old singer songwriter from Kent, has been selected as a finalist in the 2013 BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards.
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Show of Hands “Wake The Union” Autumn tour
Show of Hands will set off on a 28-date UK tour in October, showcasing their first major studio album in three years, Wake the Union.
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Krista Detor
Krista Detor’s most recent CD ‘Chocolate Paper Suites’ is a beautiful album presented via a series of music suites. Each suite is connected by theme and imagery inspired by the works of Federico Garcia Lorca, Dylan Thomas & Charles Darwin among other thinkers, artists and experiences.
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Fairport Convention night on BBC Four TV
BBC Four Television will broadcast an evening of programmes celebrating the forty-fifth anniversary of Fairport Convention, Britain’s best-known folk rock band. The screening is scheduled for Friday 14 September with the first programme going out at 9pm.
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Phillip Henry & Hannah Martin
Routes South West Tour Sept 15 – Dec 1, 2012
One of the most inventive, captivating and sought-after rising acts on the acoustic roots scene will set off on a tour of key venues in their home region this autumn.
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Sunshine success at Fairport’s Cropredy Convention
2013 festival dates announced
Glorious weather and a great musical line-up ensured success for Fairport’s Cropredy Convention this year as music fans enjoyed themselves at the three-day Oxfordshire festival.
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Les Barker Dates
Les Barker writes strange poems and comes originally from Manchester, but he’s now Welsh. He was an accountant before he became a professional idiot.
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Slim Panatella and the Mellow Virginians
Slim Panatella and the Mellow Virginians (Simon Mayor, Hilary James and Richard Collins). This world class collective on mandolin, violin and double bass will light up your evening playing everything from bluegrass to Irving Berlin
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How to write promtional copy & press releases
EntsWeb runs a number of websites one of which is GEN-up. GEN-up, as the name suggests, is a website set up as a learning area. A series of master class articles, related to the world of music, entertainment and event management are slowly being added.
The first two are “Get free publicity with great press releases” and “How to write promotional copy that will get you more work” .
David Francey – New CD ‘Late Edition’ & UK Tour Dates
David Francey - from carpenter to songwriter. Since leaving the construction business to record the album Torn Screen Door in 1999, Scottish-born Canadian David Francey is now recognized as one of today’s finest singer-songwriters. Francey’s straightforward songs tell honest stories of real people and real places.
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Show of Hands forced to cancel annual signature festival in flooded Dorset
~ Hampshire’s Wickham Festival makes special offer to Abbotsbury ticket holders ~
Floods forced Show of Hands to cancel their popular annual signature festival on Saturday – as relentless rain lashed Dorset’s Jurassic coast and roads were closed throughout the area. But a special offer has been extended to disappointed Abbotsbury ticket holders by Hampshire’s Wickham Festival, where Show of Hands will perform on Saturday, August 4.
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Show of Hands Festival
Show of Hands hugely popular annual signature festival on the Dorset heritage coast celebrates its 15th year next month – fielding some of the hottest young acoustic roots acts in England, Wales and Germany in one of its best ever line-ups.
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Lightning Seeds to play at Scarborough’s new look Acoustic Gathering
The Lightning Seeds are to play an exclusive acoustic set to kick off this year’s Acoustic Gathering Festival. Also returning this year is the fantastic 3 Daft Monkeys.
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Malleticious head for HOME
Exciting new Devon-based percussion duo Malleticious will be on home ground when they open a series of showcases by young South West Music School artists at the third HOME world music festival at Dartington Hall on June 23.
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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
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