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Thanks to a recent successful application to the Milton Keynes Community Foundation Community, Folk and Roots band Asha, with help and support from SEFAN, have secured funding to develop and deliver a series of family oriented ceilidhs working in partnership with some of the most deprived areas in Milton Keynes.
Asha will work in collaboration with Ghanian poet and storyteller Yaw Asiyama to develop a new-look, modern-day music, dance and story-based event which will encourage families to spend time together, share activity and take an active part in this unique experience. 

Project development will take place in the Autumn of 2009 
with performances scheduled for late 2009, early 2010. 

 www.ashaceilidhband.co.uk
 

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Janel Dowling
17.06.09

Waxing Lyrical - a storytelling practice and coaching session.
 
Are you a storyteller beginner who wants to tell a story in a more informal setting?
Are you a more experienced  storyteller and want feedback on something you are working on ?
Then this is for you!
Each evening will include an opportunity to practice some or all of your story (max 5 mins), and get feedback and coaching on your storytelling
 
We have been running  this group as a pilot for four months. If there is sufficient interest we will continue it in the autumn. Please let Janet know if you are interested.
 
Next meeting Tuesday 14th July
 7.30pm to 9.30pm
 
AT: THE SANCTUARY, ST. MICHAEL’S CHURCH, CHURCH STREET EWELL, SURREY, KT17 2AS
 PRICE: £5/£3 CONCESSIONS (Light refreshments provided)

For more details contact Janet at JanetTells _at_ gmail.com Or 07834 194215
 www.SurreyStorytellersGuild.co.uk 

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Andrew Walker
14.04.09

Andrew Walker
Singer / songwriter / guitar player
seriously seeking bandmates for rough tough little folk and folk/rock outfit
HASTINGS AREA.

Influences include - 
from the early days : Al Stewart, Paul Simon, James Taylor, Joni Mitchell, Ralph McTell, Cat Stevens, Bob Dylan, Don McLean, Jake Thackray, Lennon-McCartney, CSN&Y, The Kinks
from the middling days : Genesis, Floyd, The Undertones, The Clash, Joe Jackson, Elvis Costello, REM
and then : Billy Bragg, The Smiths, Jez Lowe, Barenaked Ladies, Tom Waits, Jethro Tull, David Byrne, Marc Cohn, Randy Newman

Seriously good strummer and Celtic-style rhythm guitar, accomplished fingerstyle and blues/rag picker, edgy and tuneful voice, great lover of harmonies and harmonising.
Looking for duomate or bandmates not too far from Hastings (or good and mobile). Plenty of good gear and bursting with ideas, would like anything from an Everly Bros. (sisters?) harmony duo or a fiddle | whistle/guitar two piece upwards. 

All enquiries treated with respect and interest. 35-years playing experience, beginners beware (in the nicest way)

andrew@giddykipper.plus.com
01424 436317

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LEWES ARMS
moving home

posted 16.12.08

IMPORTANT NEWS from the
LEWES ARMS FOLK CLUB 

After twenty-one years at the Lewes Arms, the Lewes Arms Folk Club has had to move to the
Elephant & Castle, White Hill, Lewes BN7 2DJ (www.elephantandcastlelewes.co.uk).
We expect to call ourselves something like 'LEWES SATURDAY FOLK CLUB at the Elephant & Castle.'

Lewes Elephant Folk Music, Elephant & Castle, White Hill, Lewes BN7 2DJ
www.lewesarmsfolkclub.org
Residents: Bryan Creer, Dave Earl, Sandra Goddard, Valmai Goodyear, Suzanne Higgins, Steve & Diane Nevill, George Oakley, Robert O'Mahony, Derek Seed

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LEWES ELEPHANT FOLK MUSIC WORKSHOPS 2009

The workshops last a full Saturday and the tutor performs at the pub in the evening.
Booking forms can be printed from the website about four months before the event.

28 Feb. Brian Peters; Melodeon	1 Mar. Brian Peters: Ballad forum
28 Mar. Tom McConville: Fiddle
25 Apr.Craig Morgan Robson: 'Way through the Woods'	26 Apr. Craig Morgan Robson: Vocal harmony
6 Jun. Nancy Kerr: Fiddle James Fagan: Bouzouki Robert Harbron: Concertina	7 Jun. Nancy Kerr & James Fagan: Vocal harmony Robert Harbron: Winter MS tunes
11 Jul. Will Duke: Scan Tester's tunes	18 Jul. Bonnie Shaljean Harp
12 Sept . Tommy Peoples: Fiddle	19 Sept. Jeff Warner Song accompaniment
10 Oct. Tim Edey: Melodeon
14 Nov. Vicki Swan: Scottish smallpipes	21 Nov. Tom & Barbara Brown: Ballad forum
5 Dec. Billy Teare: Storytelling	5 Dec. Kathleen O'Sullivan: Irish song

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ENGLISH TUNES PRACTICE SESSIONS

'The Lewes Favourites' move to the Elephant & Castle
and to the fourth Tuesday in the month in January 2009

These are a regular opportunity to practice tunes popular in local English sessions, whatever instrument you play, to whatever standard, and whether or not you read music. It's a chance to identify some of those tunes you recognise when you hear them but can't quite remember, to put the names to familiar tunes, and to play them over until you are sure of them. You can record the sessions. Admission is free.

You can download 180 of the tunes plus 33 recent additions in Noteworthy Composer, ABC and midi form from the Lewes Arms Folk Club website www.lewesarmsfolkclub.org/: go to Links and then to Lewes Favourites. The 'Lewes Favourites' tune book compiled by Andy Warburton contains background information and pictures as well. It is available from the contacts below or through the website, price £10 plus £1 p&p, by cheque payable to 'Lewes Arms Folk Club' (that's right). A supplement of the additions is available at the sessions.

We meet in the Elephant & Castle club-room, White Hill, Lewes BN7 2DJ from 8.00 p.m. onwards on the fourth Tuesday of every month.

27th. January	24th. February
24th. March	28th. April
26th. May	23rd. June
28th. July	25th. August
22nd. September	27th. October
24th. November	22nd. December

Bryan Creer,
01323 505372 Bryancreer _at_ aol.com
Valmai Goodyear, 20, St. John's Terrace, Lewes BN7 2DL
01273 476757 valmaigoodyear _at_ aol.com

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CONCERTINAS ANONYMOUS

An informal session for concertina players of all systems to learn tunes together, swap ideas & techniques & maybe show off your party piece in an unpressured atmosphere.
The Elephant & Castle
(upstairs) 8.00 pm
Second Tuesday evening of the month
Admission free

For further information
ring Bryan Creer at home on 01323 505372
Bryancreer _at_ aol.com
www.lewesarmsfolkclub.org/concanon.htm

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Valmai Goodyear 01273 476757
Website (for the moment anyway!): http://www.lewesarmsfolkclub.org/
Lewes Arms Folk Club
Residents: Bryan Creer, Dave Earl, Sandra Goddard, Valmai Goodyear, Steve & Diane Nevill, George Oakley,
Robert O'Mahony, Derek Seed

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The Stables
17.05.09

 
STOCKWELL LANE, WAVENDON, MILTON KEYNES MK17 8LU
BOX OFFICE: 01908 280800
BOOK ONLINE: 01908 280800

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PUBLIC BOOKING OPENS 2nd JUNE FOR JUN-OCT 2009 SEASON
SOME NOV/DEC GIGS ALSO BOOKING FROM 2nd JUNE 2009:

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Music From The Penguin Café
Tue 30 June, 8pm
Tickets £17.50
Son of the talented and eccentric composer Simon Jeffes, Arthur Jeffes has created Music From The Penguin Café, playing the music his father wrote for The Penguin Café Orchestra and combining it with his own new work. The PCO were probably best-known for their hypnotic piece Telephone and Rubber Band, written round the tape loop of an engaged and ringing telephone sound, and for their use of unusual instrumentation - ukuleles, harmoniums and Venezuelan cuatro, to name a few. This far-reaching ensemble achieved cult status in the 80s and 90s with their unique sound, minimalist and experimental yet melodic, catchy and quintessentially English, familiar from hundreds of film soundtracks and commercials.
“A musical knock-out: melodic, nostalgic and movingly tender - a very special show." Evening Standard

Cara Luft
With Hugh McMillan
Saturday 4 July, 8.45pm
Tickets £9.50 in advance, £11.50 on the door
Cara Luft is that rare artist who's been steeped in folk and traditional roots music almost from birth, yet is unafraid to stretch boundaries, bend genres and integrate seemingly disparate influences. A founding member of award-winning folk trio The Wailin' Jennys, this consummate performer's music spans the distance between English folk balladry, Middle Eastern mysticism, the Mississippi delta and the Appalachian hills, with critics drawing comparisons with June Tabor, Linda Thompson and even Brit folk-rockers Pentangle.
“Luft's music has an urgency that can't be denied.” Americana UK

Peatbog Faeries
Thursday 16 July, 8pm
Tickets £17.50
Winners of Live Act of the Year at the Scottish Trad Music Awards in 2008. Played on pipes, fiddles and whistles, with a brass section, pounding basslines and a liberal dash of electronic wizardry, the Peatbog Faeries sound incorporates many influences, from traditional jigs and reels to jazz, hiphop, reggae and plenty more. High-octane Celtic dance music at its very finest.
“The most pumping, uplifting and exciting Scottish fusion you're ever likely to come across!” Rootin' About

Hot Club of Cowtown
Friday 17 July, 8pm
Tickets £15
Hot Club of Cowtown are the most globe-trotting, hardest-swinging Western Swing trio on the planet. Tours with Bob Dylan, Willie Nelson and The Mavericks keep them busy dazzling new audiences around the world, and as Musical Ambassadors for the US State Department they were the first American band ever to tour Azerbaijan! Theirs is an ever-changing sound, blending hot jazz, Americana, vintage pop and folk. Almost as if Woody Guthrie and Django Reinhardt had got together, and somehow produced three very talented kids.
“Django Reinhardt fans love them. So do Bob Dylan and Willie Nelson.” The Times

Le Vent du Nord
Thursday 23 July, 8pm
Tickets £15
Singers and multi-instrumentalists Le Vent Du Nord (The North Wind) are at the vanguard of the folk music of Quebec, and in 2005 were named North American Trad Artists of the Year. With fiddle, guitar, accordion, bass, hurdy-gurdy and vocals, they sing both original songs and those taken from the traditional repertoire in their native French. Their music is both fresh and bound to tradition, but their stage presence is their greatest strength; energetic, dynamic, in touch with their audience and sure to delight them.

The Spooky Men's Chorale
Friday 24 July, 8pm
Tickets £16.50, meal deal £26.50 - non-scary bush tucker!
Australia's finest export, The Spooky Men are a male voice choir unlike any other. These extraordinarily fine close harmony singers produce exquisite harmonies from immaculate arrangements, mixed with just the right blend of eccentricity, spookiness and laughter. Life-enhancing choral gems include Am I Not Pretty Enough?, Don't Stand Between a Man and His Tool and hilarious spoofs of Queen and Abba, arranged by their MC and conductor Stephen Taberner. Thrill as they sing songs of manly stuff - power tools, beards, mastodons and the horror of stepping on Lego. Imposing and foolishly statuesque on stage, they also have a fine line in silly hats.

Singing Workshop with The Spooky Men's Chorale
Sing Like a Bloke!
Saturday 25 July 10am-1pm
Course fee £15
A fun workshop for everyone - be they blokes or sheilas - who'd like to try singing in the unique Spooky style! Stephen Taberner and his trusted bunch of henchmen share secrets from the Spooky lexicon, including getting in touch with your inner 22-stone tribal chieftain, how to sob like a man, and why Georgians hardly open their mouths when they sing. You'll also learn a couple of bits of pointlessly grandiose male music from the Georgian/Spooky repertoire. Suitable for beginners, community choirs and anyone interested in harmony singing. No need to read music as all songs are taught by ear.

Adrian Edmondson & The Bad Shepherds
Saturday 29 August, 8pm
Tickets £16.50
Punk songs on folk instruments? Genius! The Bad Shepherds are Ade Edmondson (yes, he of Young Ones/Bottom/Comic Strip Presents fame) on vocals and mandolin, Maartin Allcock (ex-Fairport and Jethro Tull) on 12-string guitar, Troy Donockley (of Iona) on Uillean pipes, cittern & whistles and All Ireland Fiddle Champion Andy Dinan on - well, the fiddle, of course. They cover the punk era classics of The Stranglers, The Clash, The Jam, Talking Heads, The Sex Pistols and more, giving them a Celtic folk spin - it's fun, it's funky, it's folky, and it works!
“Humour and much welly - energy with finesse rather than thrash.” fRoots

Megson
Saturday 5 September, 8.45pm
Tickets £9.50 in advance, £11.50 on the door
Megson are hot property on the British folk scene and their albums On The Side, Smoke Of Home and Take Yourself A Wife chronicle that blossoming creative talent. Since the duo's genesis in 2004 they've played numerous folk clubs and festivals supporting Show of Hands and Seth Lakeman and their talent was recently recognised with a nomination for Best Duo in the 2009 BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards. Stu's production talents are also in great demand, producing albums for Benji Kirkpatrick, Faustus and Mawkin:Causley along with the latest Show of Hands album, for release in autumn 2009.
"For my money Megson are amongst the most exciting trailblazers of British contemporary folk." Seth Lakeman

Sam Carter
Friday 11 September, 8.45pm
Tickets £9.50 in advance, £11.50 on the door
Sam Carter is a twenty-five year old singer-songwriter and outstanding fingerstyle guitarist. He studied guitar with Martin Simpson and has already supported artists including Rachel Unthank & The Winterset, Davey Graham and Spiers & Boden. In summer 2007 he took part in a collaborative project with Nitin Sawhney, culminating in a performance at the Royal Festival Hall and as a result has been appointed Emerging Artist in Residence at the Southbank Centre. Sam's first EP Here In The Ground was released through Proper Distribution in April 2008.
“Sam Carter is a very promising guitarist and songwriter” Eliza Carthy

Song Celestial
Tuesday 15 September, 8pm
Tickets £12.50, meal deal £22.50 - A Taste of India
Inspired by a beautiful poem - the Song Celestial - from one of the Hindu epics, north Indian classical musician and composer Baluji Shrivastav brings together bass sitar, kora, violin, jazz-inspired vocals and spoken word, creating a new work that gives musical expression to the poem's highly evocative content. This is a rare coming-together of north Indian, African and western classical traditions, accompanied by the acclaimed storyteller and poet Giles Abbott, creating a new story-poem in response to the original poem and the new music.
“Ravishing and utterly fresh.” The Scotsman

While & Matthews
Thursday 17 September, 8pm
Tickets £14.50
Albion Band co-collaborators and winners of the Best Folk Duo award at the BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards this year, Chris While and Julie Matthews are breathtaking singers, songwriters, musicians and performers, hailed as the best and hardest-working acoustic duo on the folk roots scene. They are also founding members of Blue Tapestry, celebrating the music of Joni Mitchell and Carole King, and each December they become St Agnes Fountain, giving Christmas carols a breath of fresh air and a new groove.
“Two of my favourite singer-songwriters in the whole wide world.” Beth Neilsen Chapman

The Leisure Society
Wednesday 23 September, 8pm
Tickets £12.50
Imagine a cross between The Byrds, Belle & Sebastian, Fleet Foxes, Elbow and The Divine Comedy and you've got The Leisure Society, creators of wistful, romantic songs drenched in longing, full of lush instrumentation and swooning strings. The Last Of The Melting Snow (their first single release from debut album The Sleeper, released in March) was Record of the Week on Radcliffe and Maconie's BBC Radio 2 show and has been nominated for the Ivor Novello award for Best Song Musically & Lyrically. Poetic, pastoral and very, very beautiful indeed.
“This isn't just a debut that promises big things for the future, it's one that delivers greatness already.” The List

Tiny Tin Lady
Thursday 24 September, 8.45pm
Tickets £9.50 in advance, £11.50 on the door
Tiny Tin Lady formed in 2004 and have since become the most talked-about band on the acoustic scene, stunning audiences everywhere with their blend of brilliant original songs, superb musicianship and spine-tingling harmonies. They've played Glastonbury, Fairport's Cropredy Convention and the Big Session, provided outstanding support for Fairport's 40th anniversary tour and their 2008 album Ridiculous Bohemia met with a wave of praise from all corners of the music industry. Roots honesty meets rock sensibility.
“Absolutely marvellous. Brilliant. Incredible voices.” Robert Plant

Zum
Thursday 1 October, 8pm
Tickets £15
Zum creates acoustic meltdown - a cultural alchemy, where the world's music collides. From the melting pot of cosmopolitan London, this ground-breaking fusion weaves melodies from around the globe into an exhilarating musical journey, creating an inspirational fusion of folk music traditions. Salsa, bluegrass, klezmer, calypso and bebop complement masterpieces by Astor Piazzolla, music from the golden era of tango, traditional gypsy melodies and dazzling virtuoso fiddling.
“Triumphant… tremendous fun.” Financial Times

Ceilidh Experience Workshops
Sunday 4, 11, 18, 25th October, 1 November 10am - 12.30pm
(8 November afternoon rehearsal and evening performance)
Adult/15+ Workshop
Course fee £75 (£48 students) for 6 sessions
The Ceilidh Experience is for anyone interested in traditional and folk music who would like the chance to play in a band and play at a Ceilidh. During the sessions you'll learn tunes and come together as small ceilidh bands, getting ready to perform at a final event for dancers and folk fans of all ages. You'll also have the opportunity to practice with a 'caller' and work on a professional stage with sound equipment. For any instrument, but acoustic instruments especially welcome Participants should already be able to play tunes from memory, ideally at 'dance speed' and be prepared to do some tune practice between sessions.

Oysterband
Monday 5 October, 8pm
Tickets £17.50
30 years' experience really shows - once the bad boys of folk-rock, Oysterband have grown into its custodians and godfathers. Collaborative tours with rising stars like Seth Lakeman and Spiers & Boden under the Big Session banner, a Big Session Live album with June Tabor, Eliza Carthy and Show of Hands, the inception and of the sell-out Big Session Festivals and the release of latest album Meet You There have kept them pretty busy! We're glad they've found time for us this October.
“No other folk-rock band has the magnestism and verve of the Oysters live.” Daily Telegraph

Cara Dillon
Friday 9 October, 8pm
Tickets £16.50
One of the most original singers of traditional music, Cara won the All Ireland Singing Trophy at age 14 and went on to sing with Oige, De Dannan and Equation, where she met husband and musical collaborator Sam Lakeman. Cara plays The Stables following the release of her 4th album Hill of Thieves, her most well-received and successful album to date. Whether she's singing her native songs of lost love and emigration, or original compositions, you will be hard pressed to find a more emotive and captivating performer.
“Cara Dillon is one of Ireland's great singers." The Guardian

Michael McGoldrick & Friends
Monday 12 October, 8pm
Tickets £14.50
Master of flutes, whistles and Uillean pipes, Michael McGoldrick has collaborated with Jim Kerr, Youssou N'Dour and John Cale as well as founding Toss The Feathers and Flook, and in 1998 joined Scottish folk legends Capercaillie. In the same year he joined the Afro Celt Sound System and helped launch Lunasa. In 2006 he was awarded Musician of the Year at the BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards. Tonight sees Michael return to The Stables for the first time since appearing with Sharon Shannon in 2007.Teaming up with special guests, he'll perform material from his July 2009 album Aurora as well as older favourites and classic traditional tunes.

Martin Stephenson & Helen McCookerybook
Friday 16 October, 8.45pm
Tickets £12
Imagine Doris Day born too late, defecting to art and joining The Undertones and you have Helen McCookerybook! Singer with punk band The Chefs from 1977-1980 and leading light with 80s indie darlings Helen & the Horns, Helen has recently penned two beautiful and highly original solo albums, Suburban Pastoral and Poetry & Rhyme. Martin Stephenson - lead singer and songwriter with The Daintees - continues to plough his own idiosyncratic musical furrow, releasing over 20 albums since the 1980s and performing gigs throughout the UK.

Sound Affairs: Salomé
Monday 19 October, 8pm
Tickets £12.50, meal deal £22.50 - A Taste of The Middle East
An exotic cocktail of rare silent cinema, melodrama and dramatic live percussion, this concert features the 1923 film Salomé, with acclaimed composer Charlie Barber's new score performed live by four percussionists as the vintage film plays on a specially-installed screen. Adapted from the controversial Oscar Wilde play, the film is equally notorious. It features an abundance of sumptuous visuals, recreating Aubrey Beardsley's lavish illustrations which accompanied the first edition of Wilde's text following the Biblical story of King Herod, his unbridled lust for his young stepdaughter and her deadly dance before the king.
“A hothouse orchid of decadent passion.” - Photoplay

Horses Brawl
Thursday 29 October, 8.45pm
Tickets £9.50 in advance, £11.50 on the door
Horses Brawl have a cutting-edge take on early and traditional music, re-working fragments and ideas from the renaissance, medieval, baroque and European folk traditions to create music which is both "chillingly beautiful" (Properganda) and "virtuosic and experimental" (BBC Radio 2). This innovative duo experiment with their instruments to create contemporary compositions on guitar, bowed guitar, double-barrelled recorders, crumhorn and fiddle, winning critical acclaim from both the national music press and BBC Radio, performing live on BBC Radio 3's Early Music Show and Late Junction.
“Foot-tapping folk rhythms and baroque ornamentation." The Telegraph

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Faversham Folk Club
March 04 2009

BRIGHTON ACOUSTIC SESSION

Meets at The Lord Nelson, Trafalgar Street, Brighton on the first Monday of the month. It's an informal, round-the-room set up, with invited guests contributing two slots of four songs or tunes at the end of each half of the evening. Given that there is no PA setup, most of the regular performers have a folk / bluegrass / country background, whether performing traditional or original material. Admission is free - with a collection.

June 1                   Pete Cartlidge & Vince Purcell
July 6                     John Copper
August 3              The Rude Mechanicals
September 7      Aine King & Antony Hodgson
October 5            Titus
November 2       Tim Broadbent

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