Irregular
Records Showcase
Sunday 22nd
November
Robb Johnson's
Irregular Records is the go-to independent record label for the very
best modern songwriting.
This Sunday we'll
be showcasing three of their finest artists.
Mike
Reinstein has been writing
and performing songs all his adult life. Back in the 1970's he was in a
band called Doris playing folk clubs and colleges. Following her
demise, he set forth on a career path that included delivering false
teeth, writing reviews for Melody Maker and City Limits, cold calling
and being a dramatherapist on acute psychiatric wards. These days he
works as a music teacher across Brighton in primary and special needs
schools.
Roger
Stevens' new album, The
Position of Jupiter, delivers an eclectic mix of thoughtful lyrics,
good melodies and more than a dash of Roger's quirky humour in an
example of contemporary folk at its best.
One of the UK's
busiest working poets (publishers include Macmillan, A&C Black,
Frances Lincoln), Roger lives in Brighton and France.
"Roger's
songs are contemporary, relevant and laced with a dash of humour... If
I spent an evening with him in a folk club I'd reckon it time well
spent."- R2
Magazine
John
Forrester needs no
introduction to friends of the club, being bass player in both Robb
Johnson & The Irregulars and The Singing Loins.
As a solo
performer he sings songs of travel, adventure, lust, discovery,
friendship, love & weather.
"songs to
captivate rousing and anthemic... an utterly accessible collection of
subjective, openhearted, and honest musings, full of humour and
humanity" - FATEA
Coming up
Sunday 6th
December - Hank Wangford & Brad Breath
Hank
Wangford represents the dark
and troubled grubby soul of British country music. Hank has picked at the
miserable underbelly of country music for twenty eight years, inspiring
others like Billy Bragg, The The, The Alabama Three and other
alt.country musicians.
Tonight he teams
up with his old musical buddy and saddlepal Brad Breath
aka Andy Roberts.
Misery and melody,
raw emotion and open ribcages is their trademark. Sounds good to us!
We would like to stress that on most
evenings paying on the door is not generally a problem, although any
night may well sell out so please be early. We always put a limited
number of tickets available on line for those who may be travelling a
distance ot just wish to be sure of admission. On rare accassions all
tickets will be available in advance and at such times tickets will be
available to thsoe attending the club in the weeks prior to the night
in question. Tickets for Hank & Brad will be available at the
club next Sunday as well as online.
Walthamstow Folk website
for more details
A Local
Event of interest - Thursday 26th November
Our friends at Loughton Folk Club
are putting on an evening of Music
Hall with Lynn
Heraud & Pat Turner plus guests. Among those
appearing will be Walthamstow
Folk's own Russ
Chandler and Kevin
Sheils among others. For more info visit the Loughton club website.
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