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Acoustic Music Jam Session - Bluegrass Weekly, every Thursday from 8:30 pm The Red Lion, The Street, Castle Eaton, Wiltshire SN6 6JZ.
Tel: John, 077 487 138 57
Greg Cahill and the ‘Special Consensus’ are wondering if anyone can possibly help them out. Unfortunately, the venue they were scheduled to play in Nottingham on 17th July has gone into liquidation - meaning the proposed show has been cancelled…..so the band are hoping to find an alternative gig that would allow them to be within striking distance of the Guildtown Festival in Scotland the following day. The Special ‘C’ would also appreciate any offers for them to play between Monday 14th July - Thursday 17th July. If you can help this excellent - and very popular American band by providing/suggesting a possible venue - please email Greg via gcahillspc@aol.com as soon as possible.
Hello Everybody, Both I and Sue hope this finds you all well. We have moved our very popular Hillbilly Bluegrass Club learners session to the Marine Hotel, Function room, Old Colwyn same time 8pm 1st Tuesday every month. As usual everybody is most welcome, and we look forward to seeing you at the new venue. The marine Hotel is situated in Old Colwyn, if coming off the A55 take the Old Colwyn turn off, when you hit the mini roundabout the Hotel is on the far left hand corner, you will have to go through the bar area to reach the function room. Wendy and Brian the friendly owners for many years and great lovers of live music keep an excellent place with full restaurant facilities, 4 bars. We will be have more guest spots in our new format, and look forward to hearing from anybody wishing to do a few numbers. And remember this will entitle you to the coveted sticker only available for playing on the open mike. it says I have played live on the open mike., with the Hillbilly logo and can only be got for doing this prestigious event. For more info call John or Sue 01492 533969
Hillbillys Bluegrass Club Events
Thursday1st May, Smith O Rielly Band.USA, Bluegrass. A good Americian group who are on a return trip to the Uk.8pm Marine Hotel, Old Colwyn. £10 Tickets Hillbillys 01492 535755
Jeff Warner UK Spring Tour
www.jeffwarner.com
Fri 30 May - The Black Diamond Folk Song Club, Endwood Pub, Birmingham 0121 358 2665
Sun 1 June - Crabshell Inn, Kingsbridge, South Devon 01548 856601
Wed 4 June - Edinburgh Folk Club, The Pleasance Cabaret Bar, Edinburgh 0131 6502458
Thu 5 June - The Star Folk Club, St. Andrew's in the Square, Glasgow 0141 563 0454
Fri 6 June - Pack Horse Folk Club, Loughborough, Leics 01509 214292
Sat 7 June - Haddenham Concerts 7.15pm (Inc. Ceilidh with Burlesdon Village Band, Kerry Fletcher and Tim Brooks) Haddenham, Aylesbury, Bucks 01296 415333
Sun 8 June, 2:00-4:00 PM Banjos, Bones and Ballads - An Afternoon of American Folk Music, The American Museum, Claverton Manor, Bath 01225 460503
Sun 8 June, 7:30 PM - House Concert, Dursley, Gloucs. Contact David Cheffings: 01453-545065 or 07973-994711
Tue 10 June - Kiveton Park Folk Club, Kiveton Park Colliery Cricket Club, Stone Close, Kiveton, S. Yorkshire 0114 2879597
Wed 11 June - Saltburn Spa Hotel, Saltburn-by-Sea, N. Yorkshire 01642 478859
Thu 12 June - Black Swan Folk Club, Peasholme Green, York 01904 632922
Fri 13 June - Bacca Pipes Folk Club, Keighley, W. Yorkshire 01535 605310
Sat 14 June - Davy Lamp Folk Club, Washington, Tyne & Wear 0191 2193455
Sun 15 June - Folk at the Manor, Wallasey, Merseyside 0151 6781962
The second UK Autoharp Day of 2008 is on Saturday 5th July and is being held in Goring-on-Thames, Oxfordshire, at the Goring Community Centre, Station Rd, Goring on Thames, Oxfordshire, RG8 9ES. The day’s workshops will be followed by the A.G.M., which they hope UKA members will attend.
The programme will cater for all levels of player from the absolute beginner to the more advanced. There will be loaner harps available if you need one, and non members are welcome at the event. Alec Anness (www.alecanness.co.uk) has kindly agreed to be Mr Fix-It for anyone with a minor problem with their harp.
Other instruments are always very welcome both in the Workshop sessions and for the Open Stage, and non players often return from a day out in the area to the concert.
Goring on Thames is on the borders of Oxfordshire and Berkshire, with Reading and the M4 about 10 miles south and Oxford with the M40/A34 16 miles to the north. Goring and Streatley Parkway Station is ¼ mile from the venue and is on the main Oxford to Reading line. Directions, plus railway station details and an accommodation list will be sent to you. If you need further local information please contact Rebecca Joisce on 01491 875333.
Tea, coffee and cold drinks will be available at all times. * The Community Centre is in the centre of the village close to shops, a cafe and pubs. A raffle for club funds will be run, and contributions of prizes will be much appreciated.
To reserve your place, please complete the booking form which is on the UKA website, www.ukautoharps.org.uk and send it to: Rebecca Joisce, Ashcote House, Streatley Hill, Streatley Berkshire RG8 9RD.
Wallingford: 2nd Tuesday - Cross Keys. Bluegrass and old time. Contact Lucy Quinn: tonyquinn@aol.com
The Clubhouse Sessions Get your Bluegrass 'fix' throughout the winter months'. Friends, family and public welcome for the free entertainment and friendly atmosphere. Acoustic sessions - the FIRST Friday of each month, Friday, December 7th, 2007 - Xmas Party Friday, January 4th, 2008 - Last Pick B4 Work! at Kemble Airfield (Sign posted from the main entrance - site of the Didmarton Bluegrass Festival) Bar Open 7.00 p.m.'til late Info: 01566 502543 or 01666 503946 31st August - 2nd September Didmarton Bluegrass Festival
The Beachy Headbangers have a gig on Sat. May 10th at The Lewes Arms, Lewes, East Sussex
Please don’t forget that Annual General Meeting of the British Bluegrass Music Association will take place on Saturday 26th April at the Orwell Bluegrass Festival - between 12noon and 1pm. This is an extremely important meeting as it will involve the election of a new Chairman and BBMA Committee Members.
There is a American Barn Dance in Reading on Sat 5th July at OLOP Social Club, 338 Wokingham Road, Earley, Reading, RG6 7DA 4401189 6637 http://www.olop.org.uk. Tickets are £5 which includes an American BBQ and bar services. Local Old-Time band The Newtowners http://www.geocities.com/newt_chaser/newtowners are providing the music, but players wishing to join in are welcome, or if you can fill the vacancy of elementary dance caller you will be paid (a provisional caller is booked just in case). Contact Colm Daly on 0118 9677408 or email colmdaly@ntlworld.com.
The Whitetop Mountain Band is a family-based band from the highest mountains of Virginia. Whitetop, Virginia is an area rich in the old time music tradition; this band has deep roots in mountain music. The members have done much to preserve the Whitetop region’s style of old time fiddling and banjo picking. The band originated with Albert Hash in the 1940s and in the 1970s he was joined by his brother-in-law, Thornton Spencer and his wife, Emily Spencer. The current line-up is Thornton, Emily, daughter Martha, Jackson Cunningham, Spencer Pennington and Debbie Bramer. Between them they play fiddel, banjo, mandolin, guitar and bass and most of them are involved in clogging and dance.
http://whitetopmountainband.tripod.com/index.html
Sept 11 Islington Folk Club, London
Sept 12 Bluegrass Plus Club, Coulsdon
Sept 13 Linlithgow Folk Festival, nr Edinburgh
Sept 14 Laurie's Bar, Glasgow
Sept 15 Ex-Servicemans Club, Helsby, nr Chester
Sept 16 Wildwood Mountain Music Club, South Molton, Devon
Sept 18 Acousticart, St. Ives, Cornwall
Sept 19-21 Cornish Bluegrass Festival, Newquay, Cornwall
Sept 23 venue TBC, Pembrokeshire, Wales
Sept 24 Square and Compass (TBC) Worth Matravers, Swanage
Sept 25 Bournemouth Folk Club, Bournemouth
Sept 26 Special event Milford, (Surrey?)
Sept 27 Cellar Upstairs, London
Don't forget the HOSPICE HOOTENANNY! Saturday, 14 June 2008 commencing with an American Shapenote Singing Workshop by the lovely Cathy Tyler, then an Old Time/Bluegrass/American Roots Session at a local pub in Torrington (the Black Horse), finishing with an amazing concert from 7 pm, featuring Kate Lissauer & the Buffalo Gals, Cloudy in the West, the Carrivick Sisters and not forgetting, the Thunderbridge Bluegrass Boys. What a night this will be! Don't miss this charity event, raising funds for the North Devon Hospice. Get your tickets soon as we have been told by The Plough Arts Centre (Box Office 01805 624624) that they are selling fast! Check out their site for ticket prices, etc at www.plough-arts.org/
There is a American Barn Dance in Reading on Sat 5th July at OLOP Social Club, 338 Wokingham Road, Earley, Reading, RG6 7DA
4401189 6637
http://www.olop.org.uk. Tickets are £5 which includes an American BBQ and bar services. Local Old-Time band The Newtowners http://www.geocities.com/newt_chaser/newtowners are providing the music, but players wishing to join in are welcome, or if you can fill the vacancy of elementary dance caller you will be paid (a provisional caller is booked just in case). Contact Colm Daly on 0118 9677408 or email colmdaly@ntlworld.com.
Debby McCatchy's Autumn Tour
Aug 29-31 Fylde Folk Festival, Fleetwood, Lancs
Sept 1 Sedbergh Village Hall, Cumbria
Sept 5 Heart of England Bluegrass Club, Stockport
Sept 6-7 North Devon Music Festival, Ilfracombe
Sept 12-14 Sweet Sunny South Festival, Hastings
Sept 14 Walthamstow Folk Club, NE London
Sept 28 Sproughton Folk Club, Ipswich, Suffolk
Sept 30 Dartford Folk Club, E London
Oct 4 Western Hotel, St. Ives, Cornwall
Oct 5 The Crabshell Inn, Kingsbridge, Devon
THE SUTTON COLDFIELD ACOUSTIC MUSIC VENUE First Sunday of every month at 8pm The Conservative Club, 138 Jockey Road, Sutton Coldfield. B73 5PP
The first Friday of each month is now Bluegrass and Old-Time Music Night at the popular High Lane Conservative Club, High Lane (on the A6) Stockport, Cheshire. So, if you like your music live, appreciate the acoustic sounds of banjos, fiddles, guitars, mandolins, Dobros, double basses – and high lonesome singing, then mark those first Fridays in your diary, because you’re in for a treat. The venue’s host is to be bluegrass performer and recording artist Tom Travis, who ran the ‘Edale Bluegrass Festival’, the largest of its type outside America, for many years and he will use his many contacts to ensure a regular supply of top quality bands and musicians from the UK and abroad. For more information call Tom Travis on 01457 861789 or e-mail him tombluegrass@aol.com
Clarke Buehling or The Skirtlifters is making plans for a short UK tour coming up this summer.
He has have room to add a few events at either end of the schedule but must buy his plane tickets soon.
Here's what he currently has:
June 27 Dog & Partridge, Bollington.
28-29 Bath Banjo Festival
30 OPEN DATE
July 1 Banjo workshop/concert at Fiddlers Green, Leicester.
2 Rainham Oast Folk Club, Kent
3 OPEN DATE
4 Spa Hotel, Saltburn-by-the-Sea.
His program includes several antique styles of playing the 5-string banjo. These include mountain, minstrel, ragtime and maybe some light classical peppered with humorous songs, monologues and a little history.
If you are able to help, please contact him at buehlingbanjo@pocketmail.com but please note that (from memory) pocketmail is not designed for lengthy email texts - keep it short and sweet!
Don’t forget the many regular bluegrass happenings around the country. Every Monday: London, Bluegrass at The Hemingford, 158 Hemingford Rd N1/Some Mondays: East Sussex, Fortnightly folk music – often bluegrass/old-time - at The White Horse Bodle Street/First Monday every month: Wadhurst, Deep River & Friends, The Greyhound/Third Monday every month: Tonbridge, Woody’s Kitchen, The Foresters Arms/Every other Tuesday: on A27 Nr Angmering, The Woodman Arms, Greenhill String-Band/Most Tuesdays: Dartford Ramblers, Residents at Dartford Folk Club/Tuesdays or Wednesdays: Old-Time at Fairlight Lodge Hotel
Wednesdays: Stoke D’Abernon folk club welcomes bluegrass pickers/Wednesdays: Old Isleworth, Bluegrass Session at The Victoria, Worple Road./1st & 3rd Wednesday each month: Rainham, Kent, Oast Community Centre, Graham Anstee and Friends old-time session/clogging./Every Thursday: Old Town, Hastings, The Stage, Gerry Rolph with Grassed-Up/Second Thursday every month: Biggin Hill, Civil Air Flying Club, AIP & Friends/Last Thursday every month: Isleworth, Middlesex, The Coach & Horses, Swampstomp (Bluegrass & Cajun)/First Friday every month: Ewshott, Hants, The Windmill, Gary & Sherryl Payne and Friends/ Third Saturday each month (lunchtime): Tunbridge Wells, Trinity Arts Centre, Rosie Davis, Dave Arthur and Rick Townend (12 noon – 2 pm concert followed by old-timey picking session 2-3pm)/Saturdays : Camden, The Golden Lion, often bluegrass/old time/country roots./One Saturday each month: Blackheath, The White Swan, The Mounthoolies./Every Sunday: Arlington, Nr Saddlers Wells, The Harlequin, Old-Time picking session/Every Sunday: Horton Kirby, Nr Dartford, The Fighting Cocks, ‘Open Mic’ club welcomes bluegrass & old-time players
Do remember that The Oxford City Bluegrass and Appalachian/Old Time session has moved venue a little closer to the city centre - and is now held at the Duke of Monmouth Pub at 260 Abingdon Road/Sunningwell Road in Oxford. Free parking, so please do go along if you live in the area - or even just passing through. They are always pleased to have guests and are a bluegrass/oldtime only session that meet on the last Thursday of the month
ukbluegrass.com has launched a new bands directory with details of British bluegrass, old-time and other related bands and musicians. Each band has a page containing a short biography, photos, gig dates and video clips. They want the directory to be as comprehensive as possible so any bands wishing to be included should simply let them know. You can find the list at www.ukbluegrass.com/bands/ ukbluegrass.com have also improved the calendar section of the website with lots of new gig dates. Readers can filter the listings to show only festivals, British bands or visiting bands. You can find the calendar at www.ukbluegrass.com/calendar ukbluegrass.com is now getting almost 4000 visitors a month. Although primarily a bluegrass website they are more than happy to help publicise old-time bands and events.
For information about Bluegrass sessions and events at The Blind Beggar Pub, Edinburgh, check out the following link www.blindbeggar.co.uk/music.htm
New session in Nottingham - Monday 8.30pm at the Bar Deux, Clumber Ave, Carrington
Singaround session - bluegrass/old-time/gospel/country
yvonnedreyer@btinternet1.com
Val Gillen 0115 8471637
The Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain Our gigs for May to July 2008 are listed below.
June
Thu 19th Bacon Theatre, Dean Close School, Cheltenham, GL51 6HE
Fri 20th Grassington Town Hall, Skipton, N. Yorks. BD23 5AU
Sat 21st Ashbourne Arts Festival, Queen Elizabeth School, Ashbourne DerbyShire, DE6 1EP
Sun 22nd Beverley Folk Festival, Beverley, East Yorkshire
Mon 23rd Ludlow Festival, St. Laurence's Parish Church, Shropshire, SY8 1AN
July
Fri 4th Framlingham Festival, Porter Theatre, Framlingham, Suffolk, IP13 9EY
Sat 5th Lichfield Festival.
Sat 12th Civic Centre, Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, HP20 1UF
Sun 13th Worthing Pavillion, Marine Parade, Worthing, West Sussex, BN11 3PX
Thu 17th Deal Festival of Music and The Arts
Fri 18th Cambridge Summer Music Festival, Guildhall, Cambridge.
Sat 19th Oundle International Festival, Oundle, Peterborough, Northamptonshire, PE84
Sun 20th Brampton Live Festival, William Howard Centre, Brampton, Carlisle
There is a American Barn Dance in Reading on Sat 5th July at OLOP Social Club, 338 Wokingham Road, Earley, Reading, RG6 7DA
4401189 6637
www.olop.org.uk. Tickets are £5 which includes an American BBQ and bar services. Local Old-Time band The Newtowners http://www.geocities.com/newt_chaser/newtowners are providing the music, but players wishing to join in are welcome, or if you can fill the vacancy of elementary dance caller you will be paid (a provisional caller is booked just in case). Contact Colm Daly on 0118 9677408 or email colmdaly@ntlworld.com.
CELLAR UPSTAIRS FOLK CLUB: PROGRAMME FOR JANUARY - JUNE 2008
Please note asterisked note about nights when the price is slightly higher).
5 APRIL: JANET RUSSELL
12 APRIL: LEON ROSSELSON
19 APRIL: TOM PALEY: 80 YEARS + 1 MONTH (belated birthday celebration for legendary American singer, guitarist and banjo player – and he will be playing those)
26 APRIL*: FRASER SISTERS
3 MAY: THE OTHER BAND
10 MAY: MICK RYAN AND PAUL DOWNES
17 MAY: KATHLEEN O’SULLIVAN, KAREN RYAN and PETE QUINN
24 MAY: closed
31 MAY: RAY FISHER
7 JUNE: BRIAN PETERS
14 JUN**: MARTIN CARTHY (£7 members, £8 non-members tonight; £1 off for unwaged people)
VENUE: Exmouth Arms, Starcross Street, London NW1 2HR (on the corner of Cobourg Street, near Euston and Euston Square stations; parking is easy), on Saturdays at 8.15pm
INFORMATION: 020 7281 7700; http://hometown.aol.co.uk/cellarupstairs
ENTRANCE: Members: £5, non-members: £6 (unwaged £1 less) except on nights marked , when it will be £6 and £7 (** higher price). Membership: £2 for the year
ACCESS: The club room is up a short staircase.
RESIDENT PERFORMERS: Peta Webb, Ken Hall, Gail Williams, Jim Younger, Bob Wakeling, Sue Williams, Frankie Cleeve
By popular request – for the 8th year!
KILLINGTON LAKE, CUMBRIA, AMERICAN OLD-TIME MUSIC & DANCE WEEKEND SESSION, July 11th – 13th 2008
Plenty of room for caravans, camper vans and campers. Bring your own food and drink – water and Portaloos provided
DANCE FLOOR, BARBECUE, SWIMMING, GOSPEL SESSION, LATE NIGHT JAMS UNDER THE BERBER TENT
Tel. 015395 60534 for details or email cloggingchris@tiscali.co.uk
NO NEED TO BOOK – JUST TURN UP FOR A GREAT WEEKEND!
Kickin Alice cloggers from the Shropshire/Herefordshire areas are looking for a musician
Contact Ros Barker 01588 640094 enquiries@kickinalice.co.uk
Rainham Oast Old Time Sessions (ROOTS) meets at 8 pm on the first and third Wednesday every month in the bar of the Rainham Oast Community Centre, next to Rainham Railway station in Kent. Plenty of floor spots, mainly playing, dancing and singing to old time. They encourage people to join in, especially beginners. The club is acoustic and non-smoking, all welcome.
www.roots.ik.com contact Graham on 01634 260281, graham.g.anstee@btopenworld.com
The ROOTS venue in Rainham Kent has a 'slow jam' session every 4th Friday in the month for anybody that wants to go along.
Pat Francis, of the south coast based band ‘Wood, Wire and Words’, says “I thought I’d drop you a line to let you know that we have a gig at the Famous Willows Folk Club in Sussex on the April 30th. The normal venue for the club is Arundel Football Club, but for our gig, the show is moving to the Clapham and Patching Village Hall, A280, Long Furlong, West Sussex. We are currently in the middle of recording our second CD and will be performing some of the new material at the gig, - that is, assuming we are still talking to each other, after two weeks in a recording studio!” www.woodwireandwords.com
Rick Townend kindly continues to keep me updated with happening in the south-east of England….and sent news of the following dates in April: Wed 2nd - ROOTS - with guests 'Cut the Shuffle' - Oast Community Centre, Rainham, Kent ME28 7SG (very near rail station). Wed 2nd - Roger Churchyard & Friends 07871 844332 - Stag, Old Town, Hastings. Thu 3rd - Roger Churchyard & Friends - 07871 844332 - Royal Oak, Rye Foreign TN31 7SY - 01797 230494. Fri 4th - Southdown Ramblers - regular spot at the Washington Music Club, Ashington Soc.Club, RH20 3BX
Sun 6th - Biggin Hillbillies - Ivy House, Tonbridge (N end of High St, near the School).
Sun 6th - Old Time Session - 020 8552 8308 (Frank Weston) - Shakespeare's Head, Arlington Way (behind Saddlers Wells), London EC1R 1XA More information at www.ricktownend.co.uk
FOLK AT THE ROYAL OAK, LEWES EAST SUSSEX.
Thursdays at 8.00 pm
tinvic@globalnet.co.uk or 01273 478124
www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~tinvic
Jun 5th JUDY COOK
Jun 12th TIM VAN EYKEN
Jun 19th BLUE BLOKES 3
Jun 26th ADRIAN MAY
Jul 3rd PETE COOPER & RICHARD BOLTON
Jul 10th JIM CAUSLEY
Jul 17th MANDY MURRAY
Jul 31st free admission GRAND END OF SEASON OPEN NIGHT
Sep 18th DAVE SEALEY
Oct 9th BRUCE MOLSKY
Oct 16th PETE COE
Oct 23rd PETE MORTON
Oct 30th RON TAYLOR & JEFF GILLETT
Nov 6th JEZ LOWE
Nov 13th RORY McLEOD
Nov 20th MARTIN CARTHY***
Nov 27th JIGJAW (Janet Russell, Rosie Davies, Kerry Fletcher, Frances Watt)
Jan 8th 2009 SULTANS OF SQUEEZE
WILDWOOD FLOWER MOUNTAIN MUSIC CLUB Meets 2nd Wednesday every month. A very friendly, concert-style music club for those who enjoy playing, singing or just listening to Old Time/Bluegrass/American Roots music. 8.30 pm at the George Hotel, South Molton. Admission: £1 Musicians: £2 Audience. Organisers; Martin & Marianne Lucas 01237 472379. The Club now runs an Appalachian dance class for beginners on the last Wednesday of every month. Tutor is Jo Wright well-known in the area and well-respected teacher. Cost £4. Just turn up for a great night. Live music provided by members of the club! wildwoodflower@mountainmusic.co.uk
After the outstanding success of the first Orwell Festival in April last year, Chris Hockley and Ralph Keeble have organised the Second Orwell Bluegrass Festival. Taking place from 25th April until 27th April 2008, the event is planned to be larger than the last year‘s, with more bands (including the Dick Smith and Mike O’Reilly Band from the USA and G2 from Sweden); an additional concert session planned for Sunday afternoon plus, a wide range of instrument workshops! The Second Orwell Bluegrass Festival will also have a new home - with the Festival sited at the ‘Hallowtree’ Scout Camp at Nacton, on the south-east side of Ipswich and not far from the ‘Orwell Crossing Lorry Park’ that hosted the first festival. The promoters say that ‘Hallowtree’ is an impressive, large, modern, brick built complex which includes a main Hall, and five separate meeting rooms, together with toilet and shower facilities that lies within a picturesque 40 acre wood and meadowland site off the north shore of the Orwell estuary. Apparently there are also two designated camping and caravan areas, one of which will be a ‘quiet’ area. Whilst there will be water and washing up facilities - there are no electric ‘hook ups‘ available. The Festival stage will be in a large marquee, leaving the main hall to be utilised as the dining area, bar, ‘open mic’ and for picking sessions. Main meals will be provided by professional caterers (also offering a vegetarian option) and snacks will be available outside of the meal times. The Bar will be sensibly priced and include a local, Suffolk beer (known as ‘Adnams’). The hall’s remaining rooms will be for rehearsal, workshops and jamming. The cost of a weekend ticket is £35 per person (to include camping/caravanning). Friday evening only: £12pp. All day Saturday - plus evening £22pp. Saturday evening only, (after 6p.m) £15pp. Sunday: £10pp. Accompanied children under 15 - entrance free. As there is a restriction on attendance numbers, pre-purchase is highly recommended. For more information please go to www.orwellbluegrass.co.ukor contact the Festival organisers, Chris Hockley via email: baseplayer@btinternet.com- Tel:07889607612 or Ralph Keble - Tel: 07704489254.
Kate Lissauer and Buffalo Gals sent news and details of their upcoming events. See the websites or contact them for more information. www.katelissauer.com, www.buffalogals.co.uk Buffalo Gals’ ‘Won’t You Come Out Tonight‘, recently released on the up-and-coming Get Real Records label, has been released for distribution via Pinnacle. Look for it worldwide on iTunes, buy it on Amazon, ask for it in your record shop, or buy it on the website. Buffalo Gals’ next album Won’t Get Trouble in Mind is soon to be released, as is Kate Lissauer’s Stately Mansion a companion piece to ‘Walk Chalk Chicken‘, with Dave and Tim Bing, Jim Martin, Katrianne Lissauer, Woody Lissauer, Johnny Whelan and Chris Stockel.
Their events include:
April 4, Friday - The High Lane Bluegrass and Old Time Night, High Lane Conservative Club, Buxton Road , High Lane , doors open at 7.30pm. Admission is £8 and tickets are available from Tom Travis on 01457 861789.
April 5-6, Saturday and Sunday - Peak Village , Chatsworth Road , Rowsley, near Bakewell, 12-4pm, Free, One in a series of monthly music weekends at the Peak Village shopping centre over the summer.
April 5, Saturday Square Dance with the Downtrodden String Band. Derbyshire. For details contact Steve Wise stevewise@fastmail.co.uk
May 3-10, Saturday-Saturday--Old-Time Music Week in Andalucia, banjo, fiddle and guitar workshop holiday with Kate Lissauer, Dave Bing, John Whelan, Pete Dunn. A week’s holiday, room, board and tuition in this fabulous Andalucian highland oasis. Contact klissauer@mbzonline.netfor further information.
Sunday, May 18 The American Museum in Bath, with Buffalo Gals, free concert 2pm-5pm, www.americanmuseum.org, Claverton Manor, Claverton, Bath, BA2 7BD, 01225 460503
May 30-June 1, Friday-Sunday, Picking and teaching session, Wadebridge, Kate Lissauer and John Whelan as guest teachers. In a mill house looking out over the Camel Estuary, you will be well looked after with home grown food, sea breezes and lots of music. They invite folk, not big numbers, to come along to play during the day and have whatever one-to-ones or group sessions they wish to arrange, and then a barbecue and play in the evening, outside if the weather allows, or they have various good places for sessions, including a Victorian railway waiting room that has exceptional acoustics and a very good view. Carhart Mill, Wadebridge, Cornwall PL27 7HZ. For further information, fees etc, contact Stephen Frankel stephen@carhartmill.com , 01208-816818
June 28-29 Saturday and Sunday, Bath Banjo Festival, Saturday evening concert at the Little Theatre Cinema, Bath, Sunday at The American Museum, Bath, www.americanmuseum.org, Claverton Manor, Claverton, Bath, BA2 7BD, 01225 460503
July 6-11, Sunday-Friday Common Ground on the Hill, a week of workshops, events and Evening Concerts, at McDaniel College, Westminster, Maryland www.commongroundonthehill.org
July 12-13, Saturday and Sunday, Common Ground on the Hill Music & Arts Festival, Carroll County Farm Museum, Westminster, Maryland www.commongroundonthehill.org
August 14, Thursday--Bideford Folk Festival, with Buffalo Gals, Concert and Dance, Bideford, North Devon www.bidefordfolkfestival.co.uk
August 15-18, Friday-Sunday—Croissent Neuf Summer Party, with Buffalo Gals, www.partyneuf.co.ukAn intimate weekend of the very best music, cabaret and family fun that the legendary Croissant Neuf has had the privilege to showcase over the past two decades.
August 21-24 Thursday-Sunday—Dunmore East Bluegrass Festival, Co. Waterford, Ireland, with Buffalo Gals, Once a year music pilgrims come from all over the world to listen to authentic bluegrass music. Bands play to ecstatic crowds, spread out comfortably at 6 venues, both indoors and outdoors. There also fine dining, sunbathing, swimming, dancing and jamming all day and night - a Bluegrass picker's paradise! www.waterford-dunmore.com
September 19-21, Friday-Sunday--Cornish Bluegrass Association Festival, with Buffalo Gals, Hendra Holiday Park , Newquay www.cornishbluegrass.co.uk
The Bar Deux, Sherwood Rise, Nottingham, welcomes acoustic musicians every Tuesday evening. Please call the landlord, Rob Gibson on 07770 226926 or email francocentric@msn.com for more details.
Maggie Gee emailed news of another music happening. She says “Another regular night for your listing, although not exclusively Bluegrass, though it is of course welcome, is at the Station Hotel in Station Road, Stokesley, near Middlesbrough (North Yorks) last Sunday of every month, kick off about 8.00pm. More of an ‘open mic’ with a definite emphasis on American music, be-it 'Grass, Country or Singer/Songwriter, covers or original,
There’s an ‘Old Time & Bluegrass Session’ at The Walnut Tree Inn, Blisworth,
Northants....on the 3rd Monday of every Month. The next session takes place on October 15th at 8.00pm.....and it’s best to arrive early if you want a good seat! Contact Andrew Metcalf a.metcalfe340@btinternet.com for more information
CELLAR UPSTAIRS FOLK CLUB: PROGRAMME FOR JANUARY - JUNE 2008
Please note asterisked nights when the price is slightly higher).
7 JUNE: BRIAN PETERS
14 JUN**: MARTIN CARTHY (£7 for members, £8 for non-members tonight) (£1 off those prices for unwaged people )
VENUE: Exmouth Arms, Starcross Street, London NW1 2HR (on the corner of Cobourg Street, near Euston and Euston Square stations; parking is easy), on Saturdays at 8.15pm
INFORMATION: 020 7281 7700; http://hometown.aol.co.uk/cellarupstairs
ENTRANCE: Members: £5, non-members: £6 (unwaged £1 less) except on nights marked , when it will be £6 and £7 (** higher price). Membership: £2 for the year
ACCESS: The club room is up a short staircase.
RESIDENT PERFORMERS: Peta Webb, Ken Hall, Gail Williams, Jim Younger, Bob Wakeling, Sue Williams, Frankie Cleeve
Music Maker sponsor ‘The Acoustic Music Club’, with a showcase for both male and female singer songwriters, on the first Thursday of every month at the Sols Arms, 65 Hampstead Road, London NW1 from 8pm – 11pm. Admission is only £3.00, or free if you are a member of the Music Maker Association. There are open-mic slots if you would like to perform and headliners are selected from previous performers or you can turn up on the night and take pot luck at performing!
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Deering for Dowling USA National Bluegrass Banjo Championship winner 2002/2003, check his site out at http://www.jdowling.com/ don’t forget to listen to the radio interview which includes some of his brilliantr playing - well worth a listen. John plays a Deering Banjo available at hillbillys.co.uk, if you want to play as well as John get a Deering Banjo (and practice a lot !).