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Sent: 26 January 2012 18:22
Subject: mailout 26th January
Contents:
NEW THIS WEEK
NEW LAST WEEK
PERMANENT ITEMS
FESTIVALS AND PICKING
WEEKENDS
CLOGGING
TOURS
MISCELLANEOUS
SESSIONS & FOLK
CLUBS
If you are intending to
come to the Gainsborough Festival may we encourage you to book in advance.
Apart from assisting us
in knowing how many to cater for (in more ways than one) if also saves having
the added distraction of dealing with large amounts of ticket money at the
weekend.
From your point of view
it makes the checking in process much faster, with just a receipt to exchange
rather than having to join the payment queue, fill in details, get your
membership checked, argue with Claire on the desk about something and write a
cheque or whatever.
Details are on your
booking form (also available online at www.foaotmad.org.uk ) and don't forget
that stamped addressed envelope please.
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Any postal bookings
received after Saturday 4th February will be held on the desk (we will confirm
receipt if there's a phone number we can use). Any received after Wednesday 8th
will NOT be processed and you will need to pay again at he desk (although we
shall, of course, destroy your extra payment).
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STEWARDS - anyone who
has asked to be considered for stewarding will be contacted with details
imminently to see if they are still interested
SITE ACCESS - we've had
a few queries on this point - no access to the school until 5:30 pm on the
Friday. Remember it is a normal school day so we have to keep clear until staff
and pupils have left. Even the organizers will only be there a few minutes
before you! Please time your journey there to suit or explore the revitalised
centre of Gaisborough for a while. Or there's always Tesco's cafe!!
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NEW THIS WEEK
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Dave Marshall is
delighted to say that his new song book entitled "Old time songs for clawhammer
banjo" has just been published. It is a collection of banjo tablature,
chords and lyrics for 50 popular jam session classics.
Available from:
Price £10.95
Also through Amazon.com:
Links also on my Dave's
site:
www.clawhammerbanjo.co.uk
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The Orwell Bluegrass
festival takes place at the Hallowtree site near Ipswich 11, 12 and 13
May. This event goes from strength to strength and they are busy planning
to develop the Old Time strand that runs through the Festival. Checkout
the website www.orwellbluegrass.co.uk/ for further details as they come on
stream, also read Josie Anstee's review from OTN Autumn 2011
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Step This Way
Appalachian Cloggers are looking for new members, experience useful but not
essential. We meet in the Durham City area every Monday in term-time, 7.15 -
9.15 pm. Contact Carol 0191 4153506
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Yorkshire Cajun Club is
organizing the 1st ever Cajun & Zydeco Festival in Malton from 9 - 11 March
2012. More details about the Festival programme can be found on
www.yorkshirecajun.com and the venue is: THE MILTON ROOMS, MALTON YO17 7LX,
North Yorkshire.
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Advance dates for the
old time sessions at the Union Hotel, Penzance, Cornwall for the year. In
general, they'll be on the first Thursday of the month but there are some
changes when there are clashes with other events.
1 March
5 April
3 May
6 June
5 July
2 August
6 September
18 October
1 November
6 December
Contact Bob and Sibs on
01736 332821 or sibs_at_sibylle2_dot_freeserve_dot_co_dot_uk
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I'm not a Bluegrass fan
but this is astonishing:
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Nice article on fiddling
in the Gaspe region of Quebec.
Part 2 is linked at the
end of part 1
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Tracing The Migration Of
Songs Between
Scotland & Ireland
And North America
Tutor: Sara Grey
Scots and Ulster Scots
have emigrated in such numbers that no other European Nation
has ever lost such a
high proportion of it's people. In the early days these were men and women who
left behind them a homeland rich in the oral tradition of song and ballad
singing; an inheritance which they carried with them wherever they went. Their
legacy is apparent to this day.
Sara will trace the
migration of songs from Northern Ireland and Scotland to North America by
singing a song, or part of it, from its Celtic source and then singing the
American or Canadian version showing the changes and the similarities. The
workshop is interactive and informal and the participants are encouraged to
sing on choruses and refrains, and ask any relevant questions.
At 103, Oldham Rd,
Ripponden, HX6 4EB
£25 (£18 concession)
To reserve a place
contact : Chris Coe on 01422 822413
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Next session at the Union
Hotel, Penzance is 26th January
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JEFF DAVIS (USA) with
BRIAN PETERS (UK)
Crabshell Inn,
Kingsbridge
Sunday 19th February
2012 at 8.00pm
Long term collaborators
in exploring and making real the authentic music which got its strong stomach
from travelling to and fro across the Atlantic, from port to port, ranch to
farm, mine to mine, pub to saloon, back and forth, over and again down the
years.
BOX OFFICE NOW OPEN
Neil on 01548 856601 or
Email whites_at_neilart_dot_f9_dot_co_dot_uk
£10 booked in advance
(pick up and pay for on the night) or £15 on the door.
To get 20% off your
meals, book a pre-concert table at the Crabshell on: 01548 852345
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Grandpa Banana. Founding
member of The Youngbloods, and the original 'Hippie From Olema' is undertaking
a short tour in February.
www.grandpabanana.com
Tue Jan 31st Jagz,
Station Hill, Ascot, Berkshire
Wed Feb 1st
Charlton Down Village Hall, Near Dorchester
Thu Feb 2nd
Cellars, Southsea
Fri Feb 3rd The
Chichester Inn, Chichester, West Sussex
Sat Feb 4th Number
8, Launceston, Cornwall,
Sun Feb 5th House
Concert in Exmouth
Mon Feb 6th The
Thunderbolt, Bristol
Tue Feb 7th Robin
2, Bilston, West Mids
Wed Feb 8th
Greystones, Sheffield
Thu Feb 9th Cabin
5150, 1-3 George Street, Macclesfield
Fri Feb 10th Adelphi,
Hull
Sat Feb 11th TBA -
possibly Cromer, Norfolk
Sunday February 12th
Green Dragon Brewery, Bungay, Norfolk - Afternoon Show
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So Last Century String
Band
www.solastcenturystringband.com
27 Jan
Seaford Folk Club
28 Jan
Royal Oak, Lewes
2
Feb The Snowdrop, Lewes
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PERMANENT SOCIETY ITEMS
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FOAOTMAD have produced
another run of T-shirts.The order form is on the website www.foaotmad.org.uk
Because of the multiple
size, style and colour options (2 colours for men/ordinary t-shirts, 2 colours
for lady fit) we will be holding minimal stocks so be prepared to wait for your
order.
The full colour logo is
on the front and 'Old Time Here is not forgotten' in black on the reverse.
These T-shirts are NOT
restricted to members. For out-of-UK postage and payment options please email
treasurer_at_foaotmad_dot_org_dot_uk
Remember that there may
be a delay between ordering and availability because we need to have a suitable
sized order.
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Copies of the FOAOTMAD
oldtime sampler cd "Friends Across The Pond" are still available.
Check out our web site
for more details and a tracklist - www.foaotmad.org.uk
Payment now available by
Paypal.
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Available from
www.foaotmad.org.uk is Eve Morris's latest cd & books sales catalogue.
Click on her yellow advert at the bottom of the main page.
Alternatively you can
get it here:
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FESTIVALS AND PICKING
WEEKENDS
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Gainsborough American
Old Time Festival
The Friends of American
Old Time Music and Dance annual festival presents old time music and
traditional dance from American and British performers. This year featuring the
music of Charlie Poole from The New North Carolina Ramblers with Appalachian
dance, fiddle and banjo from Ira Bernstein and Riley Baugus and much more...
February 10 - 12,
2012
Queen Elizabeth High
School, Morton Terrace, Gainsborough, Lincolnshire DN21 2ST
More details on our
website: www.foaotmad.org.uk
festival_at_foaotmad_dot_org_dot_uk
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Spring and Summer Camps
Dates are now confirmed
as Friday 1st June - Tuesday 5th June 2012 (later due to the bank Holiday
moving for the Jubilee) and also for Friday 10th August - Sunday 19th August
2012.
We will be in our usual
place.
Please note that the
Sacrewell management request that we are packed and clear of the area by midday
on the final day.
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The Killington Lake Old
Time Music & Dance weekend will be 13th - 15th July. Also, Sedbergh
Folkfest has been cancelled for 2012 but it is hoped that the old time regulars
at this event will come to the nearby Dent Music & Beer Festival, 22 - 24th
June.
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CLOGGING
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Kerry's Fletcher's
Regular classes Spring 2012
kerry_at_kerryfletcher_dot_co_dot_uk
Weekly Appalachian
Clogging - Faversham, Kent
On: Thursdays (term
times only)
Spring term - January
5th - March 29th
(no class half term on
Feb 16th) 12 week term
At: St Catherine's
Schoolroom, Preston Lane, Faversham ME13 8LG
Times: 6.30pm-7.30pm
Beginners / 7.45pm-8.45pm Improvers
8.45pm-9.45pm
Intermediates
Cost: £6/£5 conc. per
class (payable by term only) Discount for 2 classes - Improvers &
Intermediates: £10 / conc. £8 per class. Youth - conc. rate for 15-25year olds
Please note: I'm unable
to take absolute beginners this term but contact me if you are interested to
come and watch a class.
Monthly Appalachian
Clogging - Pirton, Herts
On: Saturdays: Jan 21st,
Feb 11th(with musicians class 1-2pm), March 10th, April 21st (NB - change of
venue, will be at Baldock Scouts hut), May 19th (with musicians class 1-2pm),
June 16th
(NB -same dates as Euro
dance Workshops in Ickleford - you can dance all day!)
Usual times (but
sometimes vary - check before travelling):
9.30am-10.30am Beginners
/ 10.45am-11.45am Improvers / 12noon-1pm Intermediates / 1pm - 2pm Repertoire
Dances (Jan, March, April & June) or Musicians Class led by Tim
Brooks (Feb & May)
At: Pirton Village Hall,
Nr Hitchin, Hertfordshire SG5 3PS
Cost: £6 per hourly
session
Friends rate: £5 per
hourly session when paying for 3 months.
And Wendy is also
running beginners classes?
Monthly Appalachian
Clogging - Peter's Green, Herts
On: Mondays, January 9th
& 30th, February 27th, April 2nd, May 14th
At: The Village Hall,
Peter's Green, Hertfordshire LU2 9QL
Time: 8.00pm - 10.00pm
Cost: £6.00.
For more info: http://docs.google.com/View?id=dgn9q6j_34c75j3dhr
March 7th-21st 2012
Kerry Fletcher, 3 week
Appalachian Clogging course - mixed levels. Limited places, contact Kerry to
book a place, Cecil Sharp House, 2 Regent's Park Road, London NW1
7AY.Wednesdays 6.30pm - 8pm £21 / 16.50 for 3 weeks
May 2nd-16th 2012
Kerry Fletcher, 3 week
Appalachian Clogging course - mixed levels. Limited places, contact Kerry to
book a place, Cecil Sharp House, 2 Regent's Park Road, London NW1 7AY.
Wednesdays 6.30pm - 8pm £21 / 16.50 for 3 weeks
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On Youtube is one for
the cloggers (and anyone else interested) - the Green Grass Cloggers perform at
their 40th anniversary reunion in September:
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A two day residential
workshop in Fiddle and Appalachian Flatfooting in Grantham, Lincs. is being
planned for the weekend of 28/29th April 2012. Kate Lissauer and Issy
Emeney are the tutors.
Full details will be
available soon, but places will be limited so people might like to contact
JSArts, who are organising the weekend, to express their interest. JSArts
email address is jsarts09_at_gmail_dot_com
Interested dancers may
contact Issy about it - issy.emeney_at_zen_dot_co_dot_uk
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FLATFOOTING WORKSHOP
The Friday morning
Flatfooting classes in Cheddar - Contact Issy Emeney for more details. 01934
741551 issy.emeney_at_zen_dot_co_dot_uk
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Coastal Cloggers -
Burnham on Sea, Somerset - are looking for new dancers. Some experience a help
but not essential. Monday evenings 7:00 to 8:30. Contact Linda Bond 01278
780533 labond222_at_hotmail_dot_co_dot_uk
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Clogging - south
Somerset
Beginners' classes in
Appalachian dance, run by No Mean Feet, West Chinnock Village Hall. 7.30 every
Tuesday - all welcome. Tel 01935 826758 for further info.
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Jeff Davis on tour in
February:
Feb 10-12: CHELTENHAM
Folk Festival http://www.cheltenhamtownhall.org.uk/folk-festival/
Presenting 'Sharp's
Appalachian Harvest' with Brian Peters, featuring the songs and music collected
by Cecil Sharp in Appalachia in 1915-1918
Feb 13: STOCKPORT, The
Midway http://www.zen37219.zen.co.uk/redbullfolkclub.htm
Feb 16: LEWES, Royal Oak
http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~tinvic/
Feb 17: BODMIN, Masons
Arms http://www.bodminfolk.co.uk/
Feb 19: KINGSBRIDGE, The
Crabshell Inn (with Brian Peters) http://www.shamstrad.co.uk/halloffame.htm
Feb 22: UPPERMILL, Cross
Keys
Feb 23: DERBY, The Old
Oak, Horsley Woodhouse (with Brian Peters) http://www.keithkendrick.com/oak.htm
Feb 24: LONDON W1, The
King and Queen http://www.englishfolkinfo.org.uk/mustrad/mtc.html/
Feb 26: WALTHAMSTOW, Old
Rose & Crown http://www.walthamstowfolk.co.uk/
Feb 29: SOWERBY BRIDGE,
Ryburn Three Step http://www.ryburn3step.org.uk/club.htm
Jeff now has a set of
Youtube clips on his website, find them here: http://jeffdavisoldmusic.com/videos.htm
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Updates from Kate
Lissauer:
February 2, Thursday,
8pm
Kate Lissauer at Folk at
the Royal Oak, Lewes, Station Street
tinvic_at_globalnet_dot_co_dot_uk
folk_at_brighton_dot_co_dot_uk 01273 478 124
March 18, Sunday
Kate Lissauer at the
Portland Folk Club, Portland Arms, 129 Chesterton Road, Cambridge CB4
Contact: 07847 680 560
Tickets: £5
www.theportland.co.uk
June 4, Monday
Kate Lissauer at
Weymouth Pavilion Theatre with Stompin Dave and Adam Hurt
The concert is aid of
The Marine Society http://www.ms-sc.org and also MV Freedom http://www.mvfreedom.co.uk
www.stompindave.com
Address: The Esplanade,
Weymouth, Dorset, DT4 8ED
Box office phone: 01305
783225
General enquiries: 01305
838517
Buffalo Gals (BGs have a
new album out! 'Won't You be Cruel to be Kind?' You can order it on the Buffalo
Gals Website, or by contacting Kate. )
January 27, Friday,
7:30pm Marnhull Village Hall, Dorset DT10 1JZ
Jean and Colin Shiner
01258 820 381 www.artsreach.co.uk
January 28, Saturday
Evershot Hut, Dorset DT2 0JY 01935 835 80
March 1, Thursday,
7:30pm Buckland Newton Village Hall, Dorset DT2
7BZ 01300 345 543
March 2, Friday
Durweston Village Hall, nr Blandford, Dorset DT11
0QA 01258 488 883
or 01258 452 641
March 3, Saturday Burton
Bradstock Village Hall, nr Bridport, Dorset DT6 4PY 01308 897
214
March 29, Thursday,
7:30 Whitbourne Village Hall, Bromyard, Herefordshire WR6 5SE 01886
821 684 Tickets: £8 adult £5 child
March 30, Friday,
8pm Leintwardine Community Centre, Herefordshire SY7
0LZ 01547 540 407 Tickets: £9
March 31, Saturday,
7:30 Habberley Village Hall, Shrewsbury, Shropshire SY5
0TP 01743 792 765 Tickets £8
April 1, Sunday,
7:30pm Little Wenlock Village Hall,
Telford
01952 505 888 suepar_at_tiscali_dot_co_dot_uk
April 7, Saturday,
Merlin Theatre, Frome, Bath Road, Frome BA11 2HG
Buffao Gals
Stampede Box Office 01373 465 949
Buffalo Gals Stampede is
a thrilling new show featuring the talents of three of the UKs finest
step-dancers, in a music and dance extravaganza. The dynamic synchronised and
syncopated foot music of our team of dancers is woven in with Buffalo Gals'
ever popular mix of old-time American music, humour, stories, and audience
involvement. Jake and Dan Eccles present step-dance from its roots to its
present form in an entertaining and captivating fashion.
www.merlintheatre.co.uk
September 7-9, Friday
through Sunday
Sweet Sunny South Old
Time American Music Festival, Fairlight Lodge Hotel, Fairlight Road, Hastings
TN35 5DR
A delightful and intimate
festival, featuring workshops, concerts, slow Jams, picking Sessions, real ales
pub Grub, and camping facilities!
Contact:sweetsunnysouth69_at_yahoo_dot_co_dot_uk
Box Office: 7 Badgers
Way, Hastings,TN34 2QD Tel 01424 423230
Tickets: £32 full
weekend, £19 Saturday all day, £11 Friday or Saturday concert only, £6
workshops, £3 camping per night
www.sweetsunnysouth.co.uk
Workshops
April 27-29, Friday
through Sunday
Fiddle and Feet!
Kate Lissauer and Issy
Emeney residential workshop
JSArts Traditional Folk
Music Workshops and Courses
Grantham, Lincolnshire
Contact, for information
and booking: Jo Smith 07713 760 266 jsarts09_at_gmail_dot_com
Online booking:
www.jsarts.co.uk
A weekend of Appalachian
flatfoot dance workshops alongside Old Time fiddle workshops, culminating in a
joint event as the groups come together to play and dance for each other.
May 12-19, Saturday
through Saturday
La Fuente de Musica,
Music Workshop Holiday in Andalucia, Spain
Kate Lissauer, Dave
Bing, John Whelan and others
Classes in Fiddle,
Banjo, Guitar, and Singing. Small, intimate, fun, and packed with great
learning and playing experiences, as well as all the holiday-making enjoyment
you can stand!
For enrolment and
further information, contact Kate Lissauer through kate_at_katelissauser_dot_com or
01373 474 110.
July 7-13, Saturday
through Friday
Common Ground on the
Hill
Kate teaches fiddle,
banjo, super slo-mo jam, and perhaps some other things this wonderful week of
cultural sharing and peacemaking through arts and education.
McDaniel College,
Westminster, Maryland USA
www.commongroundonthehill.org
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Stompin' Dave and Edward
Bennett have just released a new CD titled Old-time fiddle & banjo. The duo
first performed together at The Cornish Bluegrass Festival 2011. The CD is
available from www.stompinstore.com
STOMPIN' DAVE &
PROF. OZ
Tue 21st Feb, Ringwood
Folk Club. Elm Tree Inn, Hightown, Ringwood, Hampshire, BH24 3DY,
Stompin' Dave renunites
with his old stompin' partner Prof. Oz for a night of old-time, bluegrass &
hillbilly blues.
starts 8.15pm
entry £7. for more info
tel: 01425 673713. www.ringwoodfolk.org.uk
A BLUEGRASS CONCERT
Thu 23rd Feb, The
Barnfield Theatre, Exeter, Devon, EX11SN
The Carrivick Sister's
and Stompin' Dave combine forces to present a night of bluegrass & old-time
music, with special
guest Edward Bennett on
banjo.
doors 7pm, starts 8pm
adv tickets £12. cons
£10. Box Office 01392 270891. www.barnfieldtheatre.org.uk
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Little Opry _at_ Tom
Thumb Theatre, Cliftonville, Margate will be opening it's doors to Old
Timey, Bluegrass, Old Country and Americana music on Saturday 28 January at
7.30 with Old Timey duo CUT THE SHUFFLE. The plan is to run on the
last Saturday every other month with bookable 15 minute open mic slots followed
by a headline band. See the website for more info.
www.littleopryattomthumb.webeden.co.uk
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The new Orpheus
Supertones CD "Going To Town" is out!
You can get it from Walt
Koken at www.mudthumper.com/musicrecordings.html
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From Mark at Musically
Monstrous:
The first, important
thing to say is that due to some computer issues I have lost my email contacts
list except for a few new folk who came to the last show and some others who I
had details for elsewhere. Could I ask you all to consider if you have contact
details for anyone who has been to our shows or is interested in the type of
music we put on and forward this email to them. Hopefully we will be able to
rebuild some of the email contact list and be able to continue as we have been
doing.
Consequently, if you
receive this as a forwarded email could you please contact me
(musicallymonstrous_at_talktalk_dot_net) and let me know if you would like to receive
future emails about old-time, bluegrass & Americana music. Shows will
generally be at The Three Horseshoes pub in Towersey nr Thame, Oxon.
Future Shows
Beverly Smith & John
Grimm on Tuesday 8th May at the Three Horseshoes, Towersey
Beverly has promised to
have some recordings up on the web to show they have in store for you.
We already know about
Beverly's beautiful singing and fine fiddle playing. John is as very dynamic
fiddle player and will also be singing duets with Beverly in a similar style of
show to the one she used to do with Carl Jones
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Hans Theessink on Sunday
23rd September at the Three Horseshoes, Towersey
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Rag Mama Rag on Sunday
21st October at the Three Horseshoes, Towersey
Ashley & Debbie had
a great time playing for you and immediately asked if they could come back and
play for you again next year. I would have had them back the next week, it was
an awesome show.
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Mark Wallace at
Musically Monstrous Promotions
musicallymonstrous_at_talktalk_dot_net
01844 346897
07905 945493
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Sara Grey
Workshop and Concert
Saturday 28th January,
2012
Carlops Village Hall,
Carlops EH26 9NF (A702 southwest of Edinburgh)
Workshop 2pm to 5pm Cost
£25.00
Tracing the Migration of
songs between Scotland and Ireland and North America
*There will be a short
tea break during the workshop.
Evening Concert
7.30pm Tickets £7 at the door.
Sara will perform a solo
concert of American songs and banjo tunes in the evening.
Please contact Carol or
Jay Cook if you are interested in the workshop and would like to reserve a
place.
westbrook702_at_live_dot_co_dot_uk
Tel 01968 661 861
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Sara Grey at Gleanings
Saturday, March 31 -
Sunday, April 1, 2012
10:00am until 4:00pm
each day
8:00pm Saturday concert
Crosfields, Gravels
Bank, Minsterley, Shropshire SY5 0HG
Saturday Banjo Workshop,
Saturday evening Concert
Sunday Accompanying
Traditional American Songs
details at
www.gleanings.co.uk
or vj.hart_at_virgin_dot_net
or 01743 891412
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Some of you will already
be aware, but the website Slippery hill features mp3 soundfiles of many oldtime
tunes. More recently they have been working on a project to provide sound files
for both the Milliner/Koken tune book and Jeff Todd Titon's Kentucky tune book.
They can be found at
and coming before too
long will be a musical compendium to go with R. P. Christeson's "Old-Time
Fiddler's Repertory".
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Richard Hawkins of
Bluegrass Ireland tells me about the vigorous Sacred Harp singing community in
Cork city, centred on University College Cork music department and with weekly
sings in premises in the city. Their members took part in recent Sacred Harp
events in Belfast and in Prague; and, having held a successful convention early
in 2011, they are now preparing for a second convention this coming March.
Here's the address of
their new website: http://corksacredharp.com/
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John Breese of the
BBMA has put together a short film about Bluegrass & Old-Time Music
as part of his Masters course in music with financial help from the BBMA. He
would be pleased if you have time to watch some of it - plenty of places and
faces which you may recognise!
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CONCERTS AT THE
CRABSHELL INN, KINGSBRIDGE
SUNDAY SHOWS FOR 2012
Book tickets from 4
weeks in advance at big discounts on 01548 856601
Concert-goers with a reserved
table get 20% meals discount. Reserve with the Pub on 01548 852345
19th February: Jeff
Davis (USA) with Brian Peters (UK)
www.brian-peters.co.uk
www.jeffdavisoldmusic.com
13th May: Bayou Seco
(USA)
www.bayouseco.com
15th July: Debby
McClatchy, solo (USA)
www.debbymcclatchy.com
26th August: The
Carrivick Sisters (UK, with bluegrass flavouring)
www.thecarrivicksisters.wordpress.com
November [tba]: Ira
Bernstein & Riley Baugus (USA)
www.jacey-bedford.com/iranriley.htm
www.rileybaugus.com
(CAUTION: Ira's own
sites may have been invaded)
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Jeff Warner will be
touring the UK again in October/November 2012.
Dates are filling up
well; if anyone is interested in booking him for a gig, house concert or
workshop email Phil Tyler -
ptyl_at_onetel_dot_com
www.jeffwarner.com
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For the Dwight Diller
enthusiasts out there, here is a nice article on how his son Caleb has taken up
playing the banjo too:
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John Yeaman regrets to
announce that the 2012 Sewerby May Day Event has been cancelled.
Sewerby Hall management
booked 2 separate weddings on "our" weekend by mistake, forgetting
that FOAOTMAD have occupied this slot for the last seven years.
They have apologised
unreservedly, and offered us the Whit Weekend, instead, but that would coincide
with Spring Camp and we do not want to be in opposition.
Our 2012 September
weekend - 1st and 2nd - will go ahead as usual.
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Old-time banjo player
Hunter Robertson ( www.hunterrobertson.com ) will be playing in the UK this
coming May/June 2012 and is looking to arrange additional gigs. If anyone is
interested in arranging something, or has leads, contacts or information, please
contact him at: http://www.hunterrobertson.com/reachoutframe.html
Currently:
- May 23rd, Wednesday.
Baldock and Letchworth Folk Club, The Orange Tree, Norton Road, Baldock SG7
5AW. http://www.questor-cp.co.uk/madnanny/index.html
- May 26th, Saturday.
Day workshop on old-time banjo with a concert in the evening. Ludlow,
Shropshire (venue: www.wanderingwilliam.co.uk ). Contact Jim Allen for booking:
01568 750546.
- May 27th, Sunday.
Walthamstow Folk Club, Ye Olde Rose and Crown Theatre Pub, 53 Hoe Street,
Walthamstow, London E17 4SA. http://www.walthamstowfolk.co.uk/
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Don't know how long
it'll be there for but:
PBS Arts from the Blue
Ridge Mountains: Give Me the Banjo. A musical odyssey through 300 years of
American culture.
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Steve Wise saw the
article in the OTN about the slow-downer and says there is a free piece of
software - best practice - which does much the same but without the
restrictions of the free version slow-downer
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Aspiring OT banjo player
needs basic tuition. Peterborough area. PE8 6HJ
Phone Dave 07716339075
after 5.00 p.m..
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Do you want a Pig Roast
(veggie options too) for a picking weekend in Worcestershire or surrounding
counties? Banjo enthusiast Alan and wife Sue are happy to quote. Phone: 08445
000 874 or 07749 797076
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Mick Smith's latest
country show available at www.micksmithradio.co.uk
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Largely (but most
certainly not confined to) Bluegrass is ukbluegrass to be found at http://ukbluegrass.com/
Very useful calender -
festivals & events/uk bands/ visiting bands/all
Interesting forum - need
to register to post but not to just read. Includes a thread on instrument
teachers
Links to bands -
including various oldtime ones. Lots of links to venues and organisations etc.
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Chelmsford based
guitarist looking for other musicians to play OT & related music.
email:
howe.john_at_gmail_dot_com
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WANTED: Fiddle player
based around Cheltenham. Currently, we have vocals, banjo, guitar and mandolin.
If anyone interested, please email Frank at harleyfrank1959_at_hotmail_dot_com or call
on 07920 101659.
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The long awaited
Milliner - Koken Collection of American Fiddle Tunes is now available.
Transcribed and
Annotated by Clare Milliner and Walt Koken.
Purchase from
www.mkfiddletunes.com
This is an essential
resource and reference book for anyone interested in old time American fiddle
tunes.
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New band in Yorkshire:
The Whiskey Dogs
New tuition details for
East Yorkshire:
Clawhammer and three
finger banjo, flatpicking and fingerpicking guitar styles, mandolin and
ukulele.
For more details on
either contact Pete Bolton
01262
674303
pete_at_petebolton_dot_co_dot_uk www.petebolton.co.uk
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SESSIONS, FOLK CLUBS
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Bristol - 2nd Thursday
of the month
Hillgrove Porter Stores,
53 Hillgrove St North, off Dove St, Kingsdown, Bristol BS2 8LT
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Hop Pole, Aylesbury on
the first Monday of the month. Contact Andy Pridgeon 01844 238203
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Oxford - LAST Thursday
of the month
The Red Lion, 130
Godstow Road, Wolvercote, Oxford OX2 8PG
More details from:
taube.marks_at_lang_dot_ox_dot_ac_dot_uk by phone on 01865 552111 (leave a message if not
there).
Easy access by car and
by bus from Oxford city.
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Last Thursday of the
month session in Oxford. Old time and bluegrass (and not much
else). More old time fiddlers needed! So come along.
Red Lion, Wolvercote,
Oxford OX2 8PG
More
details: taube.marks_at_lang_dot_ox_dot_ac_dot_uk
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Session: Six
Bells, 11 Covent Gardent, Cambridge CB1 2HS
Contact Julie
Watson jkw32_at_cam_dot_ac_dot_uk
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The Birkbeck, Leyton,
London. Last Tuesday of the month.
Contact Paul Warner
07990 737539
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Plume of Feathers,
Castlemorton, nr Malvern, Worcestershire. Wednesdays 8:30pm
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There is an Old
time/Bluegrass Session that takes place on the first Friday of each month at
the George III Hotel, Penmaenpool, Gwynedd, N. Wales.
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The Manchester Cajun
session is at The Beech pub on Blackburn Rd, Chorlton, on the last Tues of
every month
diggerhugh_at_tiscali_dot_co_dot_uk
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Newcastle upon Tyne
session:
The Gathering American
Old-Time Music Session
The Fusilier, off
Victoria Ave, off Station Road, Forest Hall, Newcastle upon Tyne NE12 0JB
Monday evenings from
8.30 pm
contact: passthebuck_at_talktalk_dot_net
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Nottingham session
The Plough, St Peter's
St. Radford, Nottingham.
American Singaround -
1st Monday in the month. Starts 8pm. Bluegrass, old-time, country, gospel.
Tel. Yvonne Dreyer 0115 9249438
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Weekly session every
Thursday in Bakewell at the Queen's Arms, on the market square in the middle of
town, opposite the co-op supermarket. The postal address is Bridge street and
the postcode is DE45 1DS
Contact is Steve Wise.
email: stevewise_at_fastmail_dot_co_dot_uk, tel:07986 903409
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Cambridge Bluegrass and
Old Time Session, 2nd or 3rd Wed of month at Six Bells, Covent Garden, off Mill
Rd, Cambridge.
Contact Julie Watson at
jkw32_at_cam_dot_ac_dot_uk_dot_
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Bournemouth Folk
continues to promote monthly gigs of old-time, bluegrass and americana bands.
More information:
www.bournemouthfolkclub.com
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Old Time Session at the
Union Hotel, Chapel Street, Penzance, Cornwall
Contact Bob and Sibs on
01736 332821 for dates, and/or to be put on the mailing list. They're
looking forward to seeing friends old and new who manage to get down this far
for their holidays! Or why not make a special trip.
sibs_at_sibylle2_dot_freeserve_dot_co_dot_uk
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Old Time & Bluegrass
Session at The Walnut Tree Inn, Blisworth, Northants (3rd Monday of every
Month) 8.00pm start
Contact Alan Metcalfe
a.metcalfe340_at_btinternet_dot_com
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Rainham Oast Old Time
Sessions (ROOTS) meets at 8 pm on the first and third Wednesday every month in
the bar of the Rainham Oast Community Centre, next to Rainham Railway station
in Kent. Plenty of floor spots, mainly playing, dancing and singing to
old time. People encouraged to join in, especially beginners, the club is
acoustic, all welcome. Also at ROOTS we have a slow jam session on the
last Friday every month all welcome
www.roots.ik.com
contact Graham on 01634 260281, graham.g.anstee_at_btopenworld_dot_com
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Old-time & bluegrass
session
Blue Lion pub, 133
Gray's Inn Road, London.
Meet every other
Wednesday, gathering from around 7 and playing tunes from 8.
If anyone would like to
be on the email list, please email helenelizabethkeen_at_yahoo_dot_co_dot_uk
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FOLK AT THE ROYAL OAK,
LEWES EAST SUSSEX.
Thursdays at 8.00 pm
tinvic_at_globalnet_dot_co_dot_uk
or 01273 478124
www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~tinvic
Jan 26th * ALAN DAY
& MIKE AINSCOUGH
Feb 02nd * KATE LISSAUER
Feb 09th * STEVE TURNER
Feb 16th * JEFF DAVIS
Feb 23rd * DAVE
SWARBRICK
Mar 01st * CHRIS
BARTRAM, NEIL BROOKES & TONY WEATHERALL
Mar 08th * NAOMI BEDFORD
& PAUL SIMMONDS
Mar 15th * JUDY COOK
Mar 22nd * free
admission * TUNE & SONG SESSION
Mar 29th * PETA WEBB,
KEN HALL & SIMON HINDLEY
Our Future Guests will
include:-
* Andy Irvine (April
12th)
* Jim MacFarland &
Jerry O'Reilly (April 19th)
* Mike Gulston &
Blanche Rowen (April 26th)
* John Kirkpatrick (May
17th)
* Gordon Tyrrall (June
14th)
* Matt Quinn [Album
Launch night] (June 21st)
* Jim & Lynette
Eldon (July 19th)
* Sisters Unlimited
(September 13th)
* Jerry Epstein &
Ralph Bodington (September 27th)
* Jeff Warner (October
4th)
* Martin Carthy &
Dave Swarbrick (October 11th)
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CELLAR UPSTAIRS FOLK
CLUB
MEETS on Saturdays at
8.15pm
VENUE: Exmouth Arms,
Starcross Street, London NW1 2HR (on the corner of Cobourg Street, near Euston
and Euston Square stations; parking is easy), on Saturdays at 8.15pm
INFORMATION: 020 7281
7700; www.cellarupstairs.org.uk (PUB: 020 7387 5440 - but they're not very
aware of the folk club details)
ENTRANCE: Members: £6,
non-members: £7 (unwaged £1.50 less), except on nights marked *, when it
will be £7 and £8. Membership: £2 for the year
ACCESS: The club room is
up a short staircase.
RESIDENT PERFORMERS: Jim
Younger, Gail Williams, Peta Webb, Ken Hall, Bob Wakeling, Frankie Cleeve
28 JAN: JIGJAW
4 FEB: TRIO
THRELFALL
11 FEB: LONG HILL
RAMBLERS
18 FEB: TOM PALEY
25 FEB: LESTER SIMPSON
3 MAR: BARTRAM,
BROOKES AND WEATHERALL
10 MAR: RUTH AND SADIE
PRICE
17 MAR: RON KAVANA
24 MAR: JIM CAUSLEY
31 MAR: THE MIGHTY
QUINNS
7&14 APR closed for
Easter
21 APR: JIM McFARLAND
AND JERRY O'REILLY)
28 APR: JOHN HEGLEY
5 MAY: KLEZMER
KLUB
12 MAY: ROY BAILEY
19 MAY: JOHN KIRKPATRICK
26 MAY: NOTTS ALLIANCE
2 JUNE: closed for bank
holiday
9 JUNE: RATTLE ON THE
STOVEPIPE
16 JUNE: LEON ROSSELSON
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Eve Morris's Old Time
imports cd, video & dvd catalogue is available to download in Acrobat pdf
format. Just click on her butterfly advert at the bottom of the
www.foaotmad.org.uk home page.
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