A rose by any other name...

Our club is not called a folk club - it's Shammick Acoustic Sessions -
because we wanted people to be absolutely free to perform anything they wished, but because most of the people who come perform 'folk', it is, in effect, no different. And new people coming in who've not been involved in performing before tend to learn 'folk' material, as that is mainly what they hear there.

Now we're not youngsters - we've been involved in the music for forty years and more, and unfortunately, most of those who attend are forties upwards, so we're still having the same trouble as those who call their venues 'folk' clubs - we're not getting the real youngsters in.

Barbara