Sunday 21 December 2008

Albion Public House (Albion Place - Mead Rd S. Willesborough Ashford Kent Tn24 0bu 01233 622795) Heroes New Wave Tribute .
Alexandra Hotel (43 Railway Street Chatham Kent Me4 4RJ 01634 830545) Electric Experience Rock 5-7pm
Beacon Court (Canterbury St Gillingham Kent Me7 5tp 01634 853186) Reggea Night DJ Mikey Ragga + Guest PA's £2
Duke Of Edinburgh (1 Heath Road Barming Maidstone Kent Me16 9lq 01622 727122) Ed Hudsons Rock Band 4pm
Ivy House (Tyler Hill Canterbury Kent Ct2 9ne 01227 472200) Colin Earl & Dave Peabody Xmas Boogie Woogie Party Boogie Woogie Blues Piano R&R & Pop 5pm .
Louis Armstrong (Maison Dieu Road Dover Kent Ct16 1ra 01304 204759) Bill Barnacle Jazz Band Trad .

Monday 22 December 2008

Gulbenkian Theatre (University of Kent Canterbury Kent Ct2 7nb 01227 769075) The Albion Band Christmas Carols Spoken Word Humorous Readings Music & Dance 7.45pm £15
Walnut Tree P.H. (234 Tonbridge Rd Maidstone Kent Me16 8sr 01622 727260) Chevron .

Tuesday 23 December 2008

Louis Armstrong (Maison Dieu Road Dover Kent Ct16 1ra 01304 204759) Blue Town Shakes Blues .
New Inn (2 Harnet Street Sandwich Kent Ct13 9es 01304 612335) Dave Paisley C & W 50's & 60's .
The Flower Pot (96 Sandling Rd Maidstone Kent Me14 2rj 01622 757705) Electro Acoustic Jam Night - Country & Blues Soul & Folk Just bring your own instruments From 8pm

Wednesday 24 December 2008

Alexandra Hotel (43 Railway Street Chatham Kent Me4 4RJ 01634 830545) Eric Goes Fishing R & B 9- Till Late
Beacon Court (Canterbury St Gillingham Kent Me7 5tp 01634 853186) Babwah Ent's DJ's £5
Britannia (Fort Hill Margate Kent Ct9 1hh 01843 223269) Job Nockey .
East Kent P.H. (72 Oxford Street Whistable Kent Ct5 1da 01227 272018) Disco Night .
George Hotel (68 High Street Ashford Kent Tn24 8tb 01233 625512) Springtide Cavalry
Ocean Inn (2 High St Dymchurch Kent Tn29 0ng 01303 872152) Xmas Eve Disco Night .

Thursday 25 December 2008
No Gigs - have a great day

Friday 26 December 2008

Albion Public House (Albion Place - Mead Rd S. Willesborough Ashford Kent Tn24 0bu 01233 622795) Doctor Sin Hendrix - Cream - Maximum R & B .
Britannia (Fort Hill Margate Kent Ct9 1hh 01843 223269) Crowman Rock .
Lower Bell (201 Old Chatham Road Aylesford Kent Me20 7ef 01634 861127) Noble Ox
New Inn (2 Harnet Street Sandwich Kent Ct13 9es 01304 612335) Shann Lee-Parker Soul .
Prince Of Wales (Dymchurch Rd Hythe Kent Ct21 6pg 01303 266270) Phoenix Karaoke Free

Saturday 27 December 2008

Albion Public House (Albion Place - Mead Rd S. Willesborough Ashford Kent Tn24 0bu 01233 622795) Samondi Trees African Music .
Beacon Court (Canterbury St Gillingham Kent Me7 5tp 01634 853186) One Step Behind Madness Tribute Band + Klub Skank DJ's £6
Britannia (Fort Hill Margate Kent Ct9 1hh 01843 223269) Yellow House .
Duke Of Edinburgh (1 Heath Road Barming Maidstone Kent Me16 9lq 01622 727122) The Erics Rock/Soul Band
Lower Bell (201 Old Chatham Road Aylesford Kent Me20 7ef 01634 861127) Chevron
Ocean Inn (2 High St Dymchurch Kent Tn29 0ng 01303 872152) Bodegas Rock Covers .
Woolpack Inn (The Street Iwade Sittingbourne Kent ME9 8Sh -) Chris Field as Elvis 1066 Tribute Elvis Tribute Act
7.30pm Free

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New Kent Folk Album from Folk Spots

Oyster Girls and Hovelling Boys, our third compilation of folk songs from and about Kent, will be available within a couple of weeks. Like the previous two, Keys of Canterbury and Apples, cherries, hops and women, it contains a mixture of very old traditional songs and some recently composed songs. If there is any slight difference in the material it is that whereas much of the material on the previous albums was about specifically Kentish subjects, this time there is a predominance of general folk songs and ballads which are known throughout the English speaking world but in versions which were collected in Kent; The Dark Eyed Sailor, A Sailor Cut Down in His Prime, Love Is Pleasing. That said the album is topped and tailed on the north Kent coast with the Oyster Girl and the Whitstable May Song and both Bob and Marian contribute songs about hops.

By chance the majority of the songs in this set were collected by Francis Collinson, a BBC radio producer in the 1950s, who came upon a few songs by chance and then made it his life’s work to find as much more material as he could.

The ’cast’ on this CD has the same core as the previous ones, Pete Castle, Andy Turner, and Bob Kenward, but this time they are joined by The Millen Family from the Bethersden area who have been singing their songs for generations, Marian Button from Ashford who has built up a fine reputation around the Kent folk clubs and national festival scene and local poet Dave Mason who contributes his take on a typical folk song lyric.

The full programme is:

The Oyster Girl by Pete Castle
The Deal Hoveller’s Song by Bob Kenward
The Dark Eyed Sailor by Marian Button
In Yonder Old Oak by the Millen Family
General Toast/The Rose/Black Joke by Andy Turner
A Sailor Cut Down in His Prime by Pete Castle
The Kentish Woman’s Way (poem) by Dave Mason
Chalk and Cheese by Marian Button
The Straggling Bine by Bob Kenward and Roger Resch
The Old Owl by the Millen Family
Aldridge’s Allemande / The Charming Fellow by Andy Turner
Love is Pleasing by Pete Castle
Whitstable May Song by all the company

Oyster Girls & Hovelling Boys is available priced at £10.00 (£12.00 inc. p&p) from
Folk Spots and Steel Carpet Music.
Folk Spots, 15 Repton Manor Road, Ashford, Kent, TN23 3HA
www.folkspots.co.uk alan_at_folkspots_dot_co_dot_uk
on line from Steel Carpet Music at www.petecastle.co.uk

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