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February 2014

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Here are a compact direct-access Contents list for the News pages, plus two new sections :
[ Added Recently ] [ Facebook Gigs ] [ Contents ]

Total number of Current Month's News Items : 157

This is just an image, but click here to go to the contents page ....


Hi, the research has had to take first place for most of 2011 - now feels as though I was lost in hyperspace for much of the year.
Hot news still going on the KentFolk FaceBook page, and that is also inserted into this page, just below this section.


BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards :
on iPlayer : www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b01byn6w/BBC_Radio_2_Folk_Awards_08_02_2012/ A great evening for Kent, thanks to Tim Edey, Brendan Power, June Tabor, Alan Prosser and The Oysterband.

From David Ireland :
WOW! Tim Edey won Musician of the Year,Tim Edey & Brendan Power won Best Duo, and June Tabor & Oysterband & Alan Prosser won Best group AND best album and Best Traditional Track, and June Folk singer of the Year. Talk about sweeping the boards... Well done guys!

From Rosie Leitch :
Folk Awards 2012 from the Lowry, Salford. It is available to watch on the Iplayer until 15th Feb where you can see videos of the guest performances by The Dubliners, Don Mclean, Christy Moore, Martin Simpson, Seth Lakeman, The Unthanks, June Tabor & The Oysterband and of course Tim Edey & Brendan Power, also the video of the ceremony and the winners from the nominations, the winners being : June Tabor & The Oysterband, Tim Edey & Brendan Power, Bella Hardy, Lucy Ward, Home Service, Loscaid, The Dubliners, Don McLean, Ian Campbell, Bill Leader & Malcolm Taylor. Such a fabulous awards ceremony, presented so warmly and professionally by Mike Harding & Julie Fowlis, wish i had been there to experience it!! It was lovely seeing Tim, Brendan, Isobel & Laura so happy and excited in the audience, so many times the cameras were on them.


Live Music Bill passed : The MU has been celebrating with supportive MPs and other members of UK Music as the Live Music Bill passed its final stages in the Commons at the end of January 2012.

The Bill states that an exemption to the Licensing Act should take place when ?the live music entertainment takes place in the presence of an audience of no more than 200 persons?.
This will reduce the bureaucracy and expense for small venues wishing to put on live music.

We have been lobbying for a change of this kind ever since the Licensing Act came into law in 2003, and we believe that this Bill will be a real boost to live music performance.

KentFolk has made a number of representation for such a change, including providing an early warning of the decline of live pub gigs (December 2008), and providing evidence on typical village hall sizes in Kent (the original proposal was for a limit of 100 persons).

John Smith, MU General Secretary, says:
"We are delighted that the Live Music Bill has finally made it through Parliament. It is a real achievement for a Private Member's Bill to get through and the MU would like to thank Lord Clement Jones, Don Foster and all of the other MPs who helped to pass this Bill.

"Over the past few years our members have been telling us that the number of gigs available to young musicians who are still perfecting their craft has gone down. This is primarily due to a reduction in the number of smaller venues which traditionally offered this level of gig, and is directly linked to the Licensing Act. The exemption that the Live Music Bill introduces will be hugely beneficial to these small venues."


There are now major ongoing upgrades on how news is handled on KentFolk.
The main effect that you will see is that news items from well verified news sources will arrive on the KentFolk News pages quicker (even when I am busy).
The down-side is that if you are sending news items, please make sure your subject line is snappy and informative, I will no longer necessarily be hand-editing them for you :

For gigs and events, something like : event title - where - event date : i.e.: Steve Morrison - Wrotham Arms, Broadstairs - Saturday, 7th Jan. 2012.
For gig lists, something like : group or venue - Gig List - month start to month end i.e.: The Barge, Gillingham - Monthly Gig List - February 2012.

But if you have a format you have been using to send me news for some time, no problem, I can usually work with that.

The up-side is that whan you are reading news, as well as the usual Genre, Venue, Regional .... classifications for news, there is now also an "Added Recently" directory, at the top, where you can look through recently added news items : Added_Recently .

KentFolk is sent a lot of info on Facebook gigs, and these are now also being copied to a section on the KentFolk News : Facebook Gigs .


To send info to KentFolk see the KentFolk How-To news items listed below :
Web info
......| KentFolk How-Tos

......| ......| How to send event items for the KentFolk Calendars.html
......| ......| How to send news items for the KentFolk News pages.html Updated
......| ......| Images - emailing efficient formatted announcements with photos, posters and flyer.htm
......| ......| The lazy way to send a news item to KentFolk with embedded images and fancy text.htm
......| ......| Using MS Word to create a KentFolk News item with embedded images and fancy fonts..htm

KentFolk now has a Facebook presence; see :
www.facebook.com/pages/KentFolk/290937071592
and I am flagging some breaking news there.

Check out the KentFolkVideo page on YouTube.

And now the latest KentFolk Facebook News is available right here, see just below :




Want rapid access to info on the Kentish music scene ?
Add "KentFolk.com for Live Music in Kent" to your iGoogle page.


Click on the [+Google] button to add this KentFolk Gadget to your iGoogle homepage.

It will help take you into the depths of the KentFolk site, hopefully directly to the pages most relevant to your interests.
Scroll down on the gadget to see the latest news items, without even having to leave your iGoogle home page.

For late-breaking News see :
KentFolk Facebook News :


Multi-level directories of News :
Do keep sending me items for both the calendar and this news section -
Please see the info at the bottom of the news pages for guidance as to good formats to send me news items for these pages - large .jpg files are not easy to use - and also for suitable formats for event listings for the calendars.
cheers, Beau.








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Cancelled Gigs
CDs, MP3 music, Video, Radio, Lyrics + Verse
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Facebook Gigs
Festivals
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......| ......| 2012-02-23 - Special events update.html
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Folk Clubs
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......| Monthly_Folk-Club_list.html
......| Admiral Owen Folk Club - Sandwich
......| Crabble Mill Folk Club
......| Dartford Folk Club
......| Deal Friday Folk Club
......| Drum Folk Club
......| Faversham Folk Club
......| Tom Thumb Theatre - Margate
......| Walthamstow Folk Club
......| Whitstable Folk Club
......| ......| [Locked] 2009-02-11 - Find Whitstable Folk Club on Team.KentFolk.htm
Graphics
Jobs, Auditions, Funding + Licencing
......| 2008-12-29 - The Licensing Act 2003 is destroying live music in Kent.html
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......| 2009-01-20 - Licensing enquiry - Loss of live music - our ref +++570.txt
......| 2009-07-28 - SCoFFnews Petition to No 10.htm
......| 2009-08-03 - LIVE MUSIC LICENSING.htm
......| 2010-01-05_Consultative-document_exempt_small-live-musicevents.pdf
......| 2010-01-05_Licensing Exemption discussion.txt
......| 2010-01-05_Licensing_Exemption_discussion.html
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......| GigList_DateCount.pdf
......| Public Entertainment Licensing Act (2003) - prior news items.txt
......| SEFAN 2008-03-24_03 IMPORTANT Certificate of Sponsorship (CoS).htm
......| SEFAN 2009-07-10_03 The Event Safety Guide (The Purple Guide).htm
......| SEFAN 2012-02-09_CALL OUTs - no more, I regret.txt
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Keeping Live Music Alive
......| 00 - 2009-01-22 - Keeping the Live Music Alive.htm
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......| 02 - 2008-12-29 - GigList_DateCount.pdf
......| 19 - SEFAN 2008-12-03_03 actionformusic Form 696 - E Petition.htm
......| 2009-01-20 - Licensing enquiry - Loss of live music - our ref +++570.txt
......| 2009-02-07 - Governments proposed - Code of Practise - for pubs.htm
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Music + Dance Genres
......| Americana, BlueGrass + Old Time
......| Blues
......| Cajun
......| ......| Cajun Barn - Venue details.txt
......| ......| Cajun website and email list.html
......| Celtic
......| Classical
......| Dance, Ceilidhs, Barn Dances
......| ......| Dance School in Maidstone.htm
......| ......| Kentish Hops - Book and CD - Dances.htm
......| Folk
......| Gypsy + Romany
......| Instrumental
......| Jazz
......| ......| 2011-09-08 - Jazz at the Phoenix.htm
......| ......| Hot Club Jazz at St Julians Sevenoaks.htm
......| ......| Open Mic Jazz Singers Night.htm
......| Klezmer
......| Les Batons, European + EuroCelt
......| Maritime
......| ......| CONTINUATION OF THE SHANTY CREW.htm
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......| Morris, Mumming, Hoodening + Bell ringing
......| ......| 2009-07-29 - Woodchurch Morris Men.htm
......| Rock, Roots + World
......| Song, choirs, spoken word
Musicians + Links
......| 2008-11-05 - Kai Tonjes instruments - New workshop.htm
......| 2008-12-22 - High Weald Ridge - Bluegrass.txt
......| 2008-12-28 - porch swing blues gig list.htm
......| 2009-04-29 - Link Exchange Request.txt
......| 2009-07-29 - Tony Lesurf (drums,Bodhran & backing vocals).htm
......| 2009-09-10 - Alison Rowley - caller, fidlder.htm
......| 2010-02-07 - George Chater.htm
......| 2010-02-23 - Goosebumps.txt
......| 2010-03-08 - Sarah Reed - Gig list and CDs.htm
......| 2010-03-13 - link exchange request - music instruments sites.htm
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Open Stage
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......| 2011-11-05 - Open mic - Fridays - Folkestone.htm
......| 2012-02-17 - _ELSIE_S_.html
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Organisations
......| Ariel Publicity
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......| Equator
......| FAE - Folk Arts Network
......| House Concert European Hub
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......| KentGigs.com
......| Making Music
......| Moles Music
......| Mrs Casey Music
......| Music for Change
......| NetRhythms
......| SCoFF
......| SEFAN
......| ShivaNova
......| Skiddle
......| Smithsonian
......| VAE - Voluntary Arts England
......| WeGotTickets
Regional
......| Americas
......| Essex
......| Europe
......| Hampshire
......| Ireland
......| Kent
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......| ......| Thanet
......| ......| West Kent
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......| London
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......| S.E. England
......| Scotland
......| Suffolk
......| Surrey
......| Sussex
......| UK National
......| Wessex
......| World
Reviews
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Sessions
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......| 2010-03-13 - Black Horse session - now ended.htm
......| 2011-12-07 - UPDATING SESSIONS.htm
......| A plea for new players at traditional sessions - particularly younger players.html
......| Monthly Session list.html
......| What tunes do they play at the different sessions.txt
......| Americana
......| Bell+Jorrocks - Frittenden
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......| Celtic
......| ......| 2011-02-08 - Celtic Sessions - update.htm
......| English
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......| European
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......| Gun and Spitroast
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......| Jazz
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......| Mixed
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......| ......| Woodshed session - Tune + song list .htm
......| Oldtime
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Sing-Arounds
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......| 2010-05-19 - Folk at The Foresters.htm
......| 2011-02-02 - Tenterden Folk Club has moved.htm
......| 2011-04-27 - New singaround near Lenham starting this Thursday 28th April.txt
......| Folk Sing Around at the Chequers, Ash.txt
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Tours + Newsletters
Venues
......| Anchor Inn - Littlebourne
......| Astor Theatre
......| Barge - Gillingham
......| Barnaby Rudge - Broadstairs
......| Beer Cart Arms
......| Belgian Cafe - Ramsgate
......| Bottleneck Blues
......| Caseys
......| Central Theatre - Chatham
......| Chambers - Folkestone
......| Cullins Yard
......| Dove at Dargate
......| Evenhill - Littlebourne
......| Folk at the Brook - Chatham
......| Folk in the Barn
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......| Gulbenkian
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......| Hook and Hatchet - Hucking
......| HorseBridge - Whitstable
......| Kazzbar- Hythe
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......| Lifeboat Ale & Cider - Margate
......| Louis Armstrong - Dover
......| Man of Kent Alehouse - Rochester
......| Marlow
......| New Venues
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......| Three Mariners at Oare
......| Tom Thumb Theatre - Margate
......| Trinity Theatre
......| Unicorn - Bekesbourne
......| Wrotham Arms - Broadstairs
......| Yew Tree
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Web info
......| 2011-11-17 - Important Changes at concert-diary.com.htm
......| Google
......| ......| Google Advertising.html
......| ......| Google Calendars.html
......| Group and Musician web-sites
......| ......| 2008-12-05 - Cellar Upstairs new website.txt
......| ......| 2010-01-30 - A number of Kentish groups also have web pages on Team-KentFolk - add yours.txt
......| ......| 2010-01-30 - Florida web site, also on Team-KentFolk.txt
......| KentFolk How-Tos
......| ......| How to send event items for the KentFolk Calendars.html
......| ......| How to send news items for the KentFolk News pages.html
......| ......| Images - emailing efficient formatted announcements with photos, posters and flyer.htm
......| ......| The lazy way to send a news item to KentFolk with embedded images and fancy text.htm
......| ......| Using MS Word to create a KentFolk News item with embedded images and fancy fonts..htm
Workshops
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