MAY 1
WELCOME IN THE MAY
(£3)
Bring songs & tunes for the season. Maids of
Honour, a traditional May treat made with new cream, lemon, almonds, currants
& pastry, will be served.
MAY 8
SO LAST CENTURY STRING BAND (£5)
Michi Mathias (fiddle, bnajo, voice) Dan Edwards
(banjo, voice) & Tim Wharton (guitar, voice) play American Old-Time with
excursions into jug band & 1920s/30s music.
MAY
15
JOHN JOSEPH
(£4)
Underwater cyclist, yodelling chicken sexer,
contortionist, unfrocked nun & intergalactic whistler: John is none of
these things, but he is amazingly inventive & funny. Wear hard hat if
nervous of ballistic onions.
MAY 22
Lewes Saturday Folk Club
Workshop No 130
JOE PENLAND: NORTH
CAROLINA SONG & SOCIETY WORKSHOP
10.45 a.m.- 4.45 p.m. Places
£25
Joe has inherited the song & storytelling
traditions of the North Carolina Appalachians. He plays guitar & banjo.
His account of life in the small village of Sodom Laurel is fascinating &
often surprising. The workshop will cover 'Old Love Songs & Ballads from
the Western North Carolina Mountains' & the oral tradition that preserved
them. There will be plenty of opportunities to sing the songs. A work book
with lyrics & information & a CD of field recordings will be provided
for each participant.
IN THE EVENING JOE
PENLAND PERFORMS AT THE ELEPHANT
& CASTLE
Admission £5. Advance
tickets from the club or website.
MAY 29
COME-ALL-YE (£3
including raffle tickets)
JUNE 5
(Saturday)
MIKE O'CONNOR & BARBARA GRIGGS
CORNISH TUNES FROM MANUSCRIPTS for any instrument
Places £25 10.45 a.m.- 4.45
p.m.
Mike (fiddle, Anglo concertina) and Barbara (harp) are experts in
Cornish & early music. They are lively, enchanting performers. Mike has
researched & published beautiful & unusual tunes from many important
manuscripts (Ilow Kernow). He is also a fine songwriter, singer, storyteller
& a bard of the Gorseth of Cornwall. Cornwall's musical history is complex, going back to the days of
its Breton lords. The workshop will cover Cornish music from the Middle Ages
onwards, with plenty of fascinating tunes to play & stories to hear.
Non-playing listeners are welcome too.
IN THE EVENING MIKE O'CONNOR & BARBARA GRIGGS PERFORM
AT THE ELEPHANT
& CASTLE. Admission £6. Advance tickets from the club or
website.
JUNE 6
(Sunday)
MIKE O'CONNOR: SONGWRITING
IN THE TRADITION
Places £25 10.45 a.m.- 4.45
p.m.
Mike (fiddle, Anglo concertina & voice) is a fine songwriter, singer, storyteller
& a bard of the Gorseth of Cornwall. His style is distinctive but rooted
firmly in the tradition. His songs (The White Shepherd, The Best of Autumn,
Unite, Unite, etc) have been recorded by Martyn Wyndham-Read, Johnny Collins,
Sarah Morgan, Mike Nicholson & many more. He produced & directed the
iconic folk operas The Cry of Tin & Unsung Heroes & recently took part
in the production Cornish Lads.
The workshop will cover the art & craft of songwriting: the first
reasons for writing, the tools & materials available for following a
traditional style, & polishing & performing.