Dear Friends and New
Subscribers.....
It was a momentous occasion for us on Monday
last week when we headed over to The Brewery near the Barbican to pick up
the BBC Radio 2 Best Folk Club 2010 award. After a mere four years (it's
our 4th Birthday in March) promoting folk gigs, it's humbling to have been
acknowledged by such an institution - now keep 6Music on the
air!
However, the most poignant part of our speech was in
thanking YOU, the people who have attended, who open and read these
emails, and have supported the work we've done over the last fours - and
who continue to do so. It really has been the most inspiring and rewarding
four years, and it is great to have contributed to getting our Folk music
onto the cultural map in new ways.
From Left to Right: Joe Buirski, Tom
Robinson, Nanci Griffith, Sam Lee
South by South
West - Sam and Joe are both attending SxSW as part of the
delegation showcasing English Folk at this years event (17 - 22nd
March) . Organised by British
Underground, the event is called "Looking For A New
England".
The Magpie's Nest on Tour MAY
2010 - watch this space! We're flying the coop and coming to a
city near you. We're touring two great bands The Long Notes and Plaster of
Paris, with support from a top selection of Local Acts who've played for
us down here. All dates announced in March. (if you want to host a show,
email us).
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Two
shows this Thursday 11th February to choose
from
* Folk-Funk : MABON + Smith, Byrnes,
O'Sullivan - Passing Clouds, Dalston. great
up tempo and dancey tunes.....www.wegottickets.com/event/66290
*
FAY HIELDS plays with her trio, alongside a
Fiddle and Uilleann pipe duo Sophie & Fiachra - New
Empowering Church, www.wegottickets.com/event/69607
* Next week sees the album launch
for Jonny Kearney and Lucy Farrell, again at the New
Empowering Church venue. www.wegottickets.com/event/69230
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New
Shows added/amended:
Last Wednesday of the month _at_ The Old
Queen's Head sees a triple bill of New Folk Old Folk and No Folk with the
fantastic finger picking English folkster Chris Sarjeant,
blazing-hot-foot-stomping new Bluegrass band The Wagon
Tales, and spoken word boogie pop from Vibe
Machine. www.wegottickets.com/event/71955
Tuesday 2nd March -
GRADA - The Old Queen's Head. Young, talented Irish band in London before
their American Tour: www.wegottickets.com/event/71979
Saturday 13th March
- All Night Congolese Soukous Concert
Extraordinaire with The Zong Zing All Stars + DJ Santiago (Afro to Latin
grooves) + Support tbc - The New Empowering Church: www.wegottickets.com/event/71633
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...Upcoming shows at a
glance...
February 11th: Passing Clouds -
Funk-Folk with Mabon + SBO Band
February
11th: NEC - Fay Hields Trio + Sophie &
Fiachra
February 17th: NEC - Jonny Kearney
& Lucy Farrell ALBUM LAUNCH
February 24th: Old
Queen's Head - The Wagon Tales + Chris Sarjeant + Vibe
Machine
March 2nd: The Old
Queen's Head - Grada
March 3rd: NEC -
ALBUM LAUNCH! Emily Portman Lucy + special guest
support
March 4th: Passing Clouds - Chumbawamba
+ O'Hooley and Tidow
March 10th: Old Queen's
Head - Damien Barber + Mike Wilson
March
11th: NEC - Oliver Knight & Marry
Waterson
March 25th: Passing Clouds - Urban Folk
Quartet
March 31st: Old Queen's Head - The
Queensbury Rules + Jed Grimes
April
7th: Old Queen's Head - Bruce Molsky
April
7th: NEC - Turkish night w. Dogan Mehmet & the
Deerhunters + Cigdem
April 8th: Passing
Clouds - Mordekkers + Pepino + Shona Foster
April
10th: Kingsplace : Folkworks Festival Irish Stories
and Tunes
April 21st: NEC PBS6 - mixing
traditional music, hiphop + more
April 28th: Old
Queen's Head - Hobopop Collective - Kirsty McGee and Mat
Martin
May 2nd: Southbank Centre - Folk
against Fascism - Club Peripherique
May
3rd: Cecil Sharp House - Folk against Fascism - Nowt as
Queer as Folk
May 26th: Old Queen's Head - Fern
Hill + The Gentle Good
May 26th: NEC - Joe
Penland and Jeff Warner
...Shows in February...
Fay Hields Trio + Sophie and
Fiachra
Thursday 11th February
The New Empowering
Church
1a Westgate Street E8 5RL
£8, 8pm
tickets
here
Fay Hield After a year or two off the folk
radar, during which she researched her PhD thesis and discovered
motherhood (one of each) and self-sufficiency (an allotment), Fay returned
to public view via occasional performances with partner Jon Boden. By this
time she and Jon had fetched up on the moorland fringes of Sheffield. In
2009 a new concert line-up with Rob Harbron (English Acoustic Collective)
and Sam Sweeney (Bellowhead) came into being, built around a striking
repertoire of often obscure material drawn from rarely-thumbed
collections. This spicy stew of songs and ballads, catches and caprices is
showcased on her debut solo CD - Looking Glass, due for release in 2010 on
the prestigious Topic Records.
Funk-Folk: Mabon + Smith, Byrnes,
O'Sullivan
Thursday 11th February
Passing Clouds
1
Richnond Road
£6 Advance/£8 OTD, 8 - 11:30pm
tickets
Jonny Kearney and Lucy Farrell +
Laish
Thursday 17th February
The New Empowering
Church
1a Westgate Street E8 5RL
£8, 8pm
tickets
here
Chris Sarjeant + The Wagon Tales + Vibe
Machine
Wednesday 24th February
The Old Queen's Head
44
Essex Road, London, N1 8LN
£6 Advance and on the door,
8 - 11:30pm
tickets
Full details of all shows on our website: www.themagpiesnest.co.uk
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