From: adam franklin
[adamukulele_at_hotmail_dot_com]
Sent: 20 May 2011 11:56
Subject: RE: Last call for
Americana / Appalachian instrumental and dance workshops & square dance
Hello
Beau,
I've
been on your mailing list for a while, you put some great players on, you may
be interested in what I do.....
Here's
my web-site http://www.adamfranklinblues.com/
This is
a link to my sound page....... http://soundcloud.com/adamfranklin
There's a selection of tracks
from my last two albums, Including '533 Blues', which has been chosen for
inclusion on Neil Young's Living With War Today web-site. It currently stands,
after two weeks in the chart, at No.37.
I can
send CDs and posters for promo.
Thanks
again Beau, look forward to hearing from you , Adam.
“Man! That guitar was singin’!”
Alvin Youngblood Hart. USA
“Well, I can tell you one thing,
he can play!” Steve James, USA
“like a cross between Robert
Johnson and Joe Strummer!” Two Rivers Folk Festival, Wales.
Press
Adam
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Brought up in a family of
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and passion. He makes his way through the pre-war American songbook, mixing in
originals that sound like they were written 80 years ago. Playing solo, he uses
his guitar as a band in a box and the floor as a drum kit.
Regular
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(5 years running), Chepstow Acoustic Music Club, Arundel Festival (3 years
running), Hobbs Music Festival (2 years running), Barry Island Blues Club,
Arundel Folk Club...........
Adam has
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Keith, Alvin Youngblood Hart, Steve James, Dick Gaughan, Del Rey, Kate Rusby,
Seth Lakeman & Toby Walker.
From: J.B.W.Webber_at_kent_dot_ac_dot_uk
To: beau_at_kentfolk_dot_com
Date: Fri, 20 May 2011 11:18:58 +0100
Subject: Last call for Americana / Appalachian instrumental and dance workshops
& square dance
Hi,
Allison
Williams & Rachel Eddy are finalising their tour.
This
is the last call to decide which, if any, of the Americana / Appalachian
instrumental and dance workshops on offer will take place.
Also
last call to decide if the American / Appalachian Square Dance is to take
place.
On offer:
Instrumental
Americana / Appalachian workshops : fiddle [ ], guitar
[ ], banjo [ ], mandolin [ ], bass
[ ], singing [ ].
Also
American / Appalachian Square Dance Workshop[ ], American /
Appalachian Square Dance [ ].
Please
contact me now if you are interested, you don’t have to actually book the
workshops or dance yet
Cheers,
Beau
Beau_at_KentFolk_dot_com
Allison Williams & Rachel Eddy
Appalachian Mountain
Music
Bridge, Canterbury,
Kent
Allison
Williams - Old Time music,
Claw
Hammer Banjo, guitar, vocals (Tennessee)
www.youtube.com/allisonwilliamsmusic
&
Rachel
Eddy,
“a fantastic West Virginia
fiddler/multi-instrumentalist”
We
had Allison last year, see :
www.kentfolk.com/gig_reports/2010/2010-05-22_AllisonWilliams+ChanceMcCoy_GroveFerry_Kent/
|
Concert : The Plough
& Harrow, Bridge (by A2).
Friday 17th
June, £8 in
advance (£10 on the door).
Doors
8pm for 8:30pm start. (limited space)
Workshop & Dance :
Are you interested in Americana / Appalachian
instrumental or dance workshops followed by an American / Appalachian
Square Dance ?
In Littlebourne Barn, on Saturday
18th June.
On
offer:
Instrumental
Americana / Appalachian workshops :
fiddle
[ ], guitar [ ], banjo [ ], mandolin
[ ],
bass
[ ], singing [ ].
Also
American / Appalachian Square Dance Workshop[ ], American /
Appalachian Square Dance [ ].
People
need to say now that they are interested, or these workshops and dance will not
happen. More Details & tickets : www.KentFolk.com/FiddlersVarious/
Cheers
Beau
Beau_at_KentFolk_dot_com
01227 721 736, 07544 915 464
Allison Williams & Rachel Eddy; UK Tour 2011
Allison Williams & Rachel Eddy
Appalachian Duets
Allison Williams plays old-time clawhammer banjo in a modern context. A native of the
Arkansas Ozarks, Allison got her start in punk rock bands before rediscovering
her musical roots. Years in the mountains of North Carolina educated her in
Southern banjo styles, especially the fast, distinctive styles of Hobart Smith
and Wade Ward.
She debuted on BBC television in 2009, live at London's Barbican, as part of the Folk America series. Allison Williams' solo CD, "Give Me the
Roses," features driving arrangements of traditional
songs, as well as eclectic originals, woven together by a talented backing
band: alumni of the Carolina Chocolate Drops and Old Crow Medicine Show, among others. In 2010, she joined
folk legend Michelle Shocked on her East
Coast tour.
Rachel Eddy learned to fiddle growing up in West Virginia's coal country.
She played for many years in oldtime string bands, picking up guitar and banjo
as well. In 2008, Rachel moved to Nashville, TN, to make her solo record,
"Hand on the Plow," backed by Tim O'Brien, Mark Schatz, and more.
Recently, Rachel has found herself living in Stockholm, Sweden. She's
spent the last year touring Europe heavily with the traveling World Music
festival Klangwelten, and the American all-girl
oldtime supergroup, Uncle Earl. She also has a duet with
Kristian Herner from Stockholm's Rockridge Brothers.
Allison & Rachel have spent many sweet hours playing at fiddler's
gatherings, festivals and dances, and are bringing their vocal harmonies and
driving fiddle/banjo duets to the UK in June 2011.
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