Dear Mailing List, Sam says: Welcome back to an Autumn season start at the Magpie's Nest, Folklahoma and Two for Joy. We have a terrific rest of the year in the waiting with some outlandish line ups in some pretty sterling venues. We have two massive concerts; The Purcell Rooms and Cecil Sharp House featuring Walk Around Britain Stars Ed, Will and Ginger, Alasdair Roberts and at CSH Norma waterson, Martin Carthy and Gruff Rhys from the Super Furry Animals! We launch a new residency for Folklahoma starting in October at Shoreditch's Bedroom Bar (more details to follow) and of course our regular nights at The Old Queen's Head Joe says: welcome back from your summer hols! Hope the summer has treated everyone well. Watch this space for exciting gigs coming up over the next few months, new venues and new music - and plenty of opportunities for cosy nights out listening to great music now winter looms...next Wednesday features TOP bluegrass and Old Time Players over from the states - Bill Evans and Megan Lynch - don't miss!   September 16th : Bedroom Bar - Bill Evans and Megan Lynch September 19th : Purcell Room, Southbank ; Club Topicana, Topic Records 70th Anniversary - Alasdair Roberts, Ed, Will and Ginger, Dan Walsh & Will Pound, Cath & Phil Tyler, Thomas McCarthy September 30th : Old Queen's Head - Jed Grimes October 15th : Bedroom Bar - Wright Family Jew's Harpers October 22nd : Cecil Sharp House - Gruff Rhys, Norma Waterson, Martin Carthy, Sam Lee & The Gillie Boys, Stephanie Hladowski October 28th : Old Queen's Head - Nathan Ball Album Lauch + Ruth Theodore November 19th : Bedroom Bar - Los Chinches November 25th : Old Queen's Head - The Coal Porters December 3rd : Bedroom Bar - *Special Guest* announced on 15th October December 9th: The Old Queen's Head - Spiro (TBC) + The Colville Units (TBC)

...Shows...

Bill Evans and Megan Lynch + post festival season party with extra acts: Katy Carr, Run and Plaster of Paris Wednesday 16th September The Bedroom Bar 62 Rivington Street Shoreditch London, EC2A 3AY Two of finest Bluegrass musicians from Stateside deliver a concert of exquisite bluegrass and old time American tunes and songs. This is a rare repeat booking for us, last time they were here they blew us away with their Banjo and Fiddle tunes so we had to have them back on their autumn tour! We have also added extra acts to the bill to celebrate the end of a successful festival season running stages at some of the summer's top festivals....Katy Carr - recently turned to the 1940's for influence and pioneering great music hall sounds; Run, a 4 piece Gaelic Choir purveyoring beautiful harmony singing; and Plaster of Paris, seering operatic vocals over about 10 octaves from our dear friend Molly. The Bedroom Bar is an exciting new music venue for The Magpie's Nest nights - look out for hot events happening there in the future from Folklahoma, Two For Joy and other promoters!!

‘Club Topicana’ September 19th Purcell Rooms, Southbank Centre £10 Folklahoma and The Magpie’s Nest, merchants of New folk, Old folk & No folk, host a Topic Records inspired evening, complete with contemporary twist. From bold balladeers, reckless youths and new-wave Travellers, this modern multi-artist event will echo with the redolent hum of ‘Old Blighty’.   Ed, Will & Ginger + Alasdair Roberts + Dan Walsh and Will Pound + Cath and Phil Tyler + Thomas McCarthy Ed, Will & Ginger www.myspace.com/awalkaroundbritain www.awalkaroundbritain.com Ed Will and Ginger are three brave young men who have taken to the roads of Britain walking, foraging and singing their way across the land. Gleaning songs and melodies where ever they ago, they have single-handedly reinvigorated the lost art of minstrelsy. Each one the trio is a fine singer in their own right, but together they present grand and spirited  harmony and their pleasure in doing so is evident and infectious.  What is more, Ed,Will and Ginger are cycling all the way from mid Wales to the Southbank for this special occasion! Alasdair Roberts http://www.alasdairroberts.com Glasgow based Roberts is one of a rare breed of singer, existing in the realm where traditional song meets the eloquent and unearthly pen of his own gentle industry, to sublime effect. He’s a much admired guitarist and a thoroughly modern performer who has also absorbed ancient craft into his acclaimed albums and live appearances. Dan Walsh + Will Pound 'The best banjo player I've seen in Britain' - Don Wayne Reno, Hayseed Dixie 'Dan is just about as rock and roll as you can get with a banjo' - Leon Hunt Dan Walsh is a banjoist, guitarist, and singer. Will Pound is one of the most accomplished young Chromatic and Diatonic Harmonica players around on the music scene today. Both artists show amazing versatility on an instrument often confined purely to American music, taking in influences from blues, funk, jazz, rock, Latin, Arabic, and various folk styles as well as bluegrass and old-time. Cath and Phil Tyler "Folk moves into a new era with Cath and Phil. Their combination of earthiness and grit, raw yet heartfelt  and beautiful singing and immaculate playing makes this one of the most exciting and most moving albums I've heard in a long while." - BBC R 3 'Late Junction' "One of the most satisfying - and satisfyingly authentic - records of American traditional music to come out of this country in recent years. Timelessly primitive and powerfully compelling.."- fRoots Magazine "The twining harmonies recall the heyday of English pastoral folk song" - The Wire Thomas McCarthy Thomas McCarthy is a man steeped in the tradition of Irish song, intoxicated by the music and passionate in his sensitivity towards them. Thomas hasn’t been lost in the wilds of Irish taverns, or British hedgerows or far flung lands all these years though. Born into an Irish Traveler family, Thomas has in fact lived most of his life in Kilburn, North-West London and only came to folk music as a place where he could sing to an appreciative audience, songs learnt from his mother and uncles and the several generations beforehand.

Folklahoma Residency _at_ The Bedroom Bar 62 Rivington Street, Shoreditch, London, EC2 October 15th  Seadog + The Wright Family of Jew's Harpers Brighton's finest alt-folkadelic muses signed to Folkwit Records alongside The Wright Family of Jew's Harp Players progressive trio redefining the interpretation of Traditional Music. The Most modern sounding yet oldest instrument in the world November 19th Los Chinches London's very own Amazonian Cumbia band Los Chinches present their jungle grooves and psychedelic vibes. Chicha (named after an Andean corn-based brew) or Cumbia Peruana as it is also known, evolved partly from traditional Colombian cumbia and as much from the emerging pyschedelic rock scene in 60's Britain and the US. Peruvian groups such as Los Mirlos, Los Destellos, Juaneco Y Su Combo and Eusebio Y Su Banjo took the Colombian rhythms and put their own psychedelic jungle twist on it. The result was an instant hit amongst the young crowds in Lima and the Jungle towns such as Iquitos and Pucallpa, home of the mythical Juaneco. London's one and only Peruvian Cumbia band were formed in the heat of the British summer, bringing together a diverse and enthusiastic mix of individuals who all caught the Chicha bug. Their roots are set firmly in the Amazon and the soil of Peru where this unique style of music evolved in the late sixties. December 3rd *Special Guest* To be announced on the 15th October A Devon Star is all that can be said?

The Ballad Of Britain: The Concert Cecil Sharp House, 2 Regents Park Road London NW1, Thursday October 22, 7.30pm £12 Featuring Norma Waterson and Martin Carthy, Gruff Rhys, Sam Lee And The Gillie Boys, Stephanie Hladowski From spring to autumn 2008, Will Hodgkinson traveled through Britain making field recordings in an attempt to capture the spirit of the place and its people. The journey is documented in the acclaimed travelogue The Ballad Of Britain (Portico, 2009) Now, in association with The English Folk Dance and Song Society and The Magpie’s Nest, the finest singers from the field recordings come together for a unique concert that shows just how rich, various and creative the British folk experience can be. Gruff Rhys is the leader of Welsh psychedelic giants The Super Furry Animals and a wonderfully expressive solo singer in his own right. Performing in Welsh and English, Gruff will showcase songs that filter the Bardic tradition through his own imagination. Norma Waterson is the much-loved elder sister of The Watersons, the legendary singing family from Hull. Norma has done more than any other living person to revive traditional music and breathe new life into the old songs of Yorkshire and beyond Martin Carthy is the great innovator of British folk, bringing his impossible-to-replicate guitar style and powerful voice to traditional ballads and new material, both as a solo artist and with Steeleye Span, Albion Country Band and The Watersons. Sam Lee is a resonant voiced young folk singer who has been seeking out British gypsy ballads up and down the country. Tonight he performs with his acoustic band The Gillie Boys. Stephanie Hladowksi, born in Bradford, discovered a deep love of ancient songs such as Willie O Winsbury and Andrew Lammie in her teens. Blessed with a hauntingly affecting voice, Hladowski’s feeling for the old ballads is mesmerizing

Nathan Ball Album Launch Ruth Theodore Support Wednesday 28th October The Old Queen's Head 44 Essex Road London, N1 8LN tickets We say: It is with great pleasure that Two For Joy hosts the album launch for Nathan Ball at The Old Queen's Head. We have enjoyed Nathan's music at many of the festivals this summer, and at countless other gigs. The depth and quality of his music is certainly deserving of a headline slot - and his music is characterised by highly skillful guitar playing and thoughful lyrics. They say: Nathan Ball is quite simply an extraordinarily talented songwriter. His beautifully written, self-penned songs reveal the humanity of a man who sings about the world as it is – and how he’d like it to be. A highly skilled guitarist, his use of open tunings and intricate, finger-picking style make every note from his acoustic guitar shine. Frequently compared to folk legends such as Nick Drake, John Martyn and Cat Stevens, Nathan still manages to create his own unique sound – a blend of poetic lyrics matched with a powerful and distinctive voice. A self-professed ‘bare-footer’, Nathan’s ‘bare feet and bared soul’ have become a trademark on the underground festival circuit. Nathan returns to the Magpie’s Nest for the opening night of his first UK tour… For an experience that will draw you in, make you think, and leave you feeling that if all could see what Nathan Ball sees, the world would be a better place indeed… Not to be missed.

...Other events and happenings of interest....

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The Zong Zing All Stars Friday 25th September The GreenNote Camden Town tickets and more info Our favourite Congolese Soukous Band play the enchanting Green Note Cafe in Camden. Question is, how will they all fit on the stage! Beautiful music for listening , and definitely dancing to...!

....Future Shows from The Magpie's Nest Collective at a glance.... September 16th : Bedroom Bar - Bill Evans and Megan Lynch September 19th : Purcell Room, Southbank ; Club Topicana, Topic Records 70th Anniversary - Alasdair Roberts, Ed, Will and Ginger, Dan Walsh & Will Pound, Cath & Phil Tyler, Thomas McCarthy September 30th : Old Queen's Head - Jed Grimes October 15th : Bedroom Bar - Wright Family Jew's Harpers October 22nd : Cecil Sharp House - Gruff Rhys, Norma Waterson, Martin Carthy, Sam Lee & The Gillie Boys, Stephanie Hladowski October 28th : Old Queen's Head - Nathan Ball Album Lauch + Ruth Theodore November 19th : Bedroom Bar - Los Chinches November 25th : Old Queen's Head - The Coal Porters December 3rd : Bedroom Bar - *Special Guest* announced on 15th October December 9th: The Old Queen's Head - Spiro (TBC) + The Colville Units (TBC)

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