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Posted By: The Sandman
06-Jun-10 - 06:11 AM
Thread Name: Barrow on Soar Folk club,Dick MilesJune
Subject: RE: Barrow on Soar Folk club,Dick MilesJune
JUNE 12 DICK MILES (£5)
    http://www.dickmiles.com/introduction.htm Dick sings & plays mainly traditional songs & tunes on English concertina. A founder member of the New Mexborough English Concertina Quartet, he blends music from Suffolk, from SW Ireland, & from his own writing.
JUNE 19 BRYONY http://www.myspace.com/bryonysofar (£5)
    Cathy, Ailsa & Alison: three voices in beautiful harmony.
JUNE 26 MARTIN & SHAN GRAEBE (£5)
    http://http://www.martinandshan.net/index.htm Fine vocal harmony; Martin & Shan sing unusual versions of traditional songs from the West. Martin also writes in traditional style ('Harry The Hawker Is Dead').

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JULY 3 THE RUDE MECHANICALS (£5)
    http://www.rudemechanicals.ukf.net/ Ray Chandler & Barry Ruffell play British, American & written tunes on English concertina, banjo, flute, fiddle, Northumbrian pipes, mandolin, whistle & trombone. They sing US trad & blues & more.
JULY 10 Lewes Saturday Folk Club Workshop No 133
    KAREN TWEED: O'CAROLAN'S MUSIC for any instrument
    http://www.karentweed.com/
    10.45 a.m.- 4.45 p.m. Places £25
    A brilliant piano accordionist, Karen is steeped in Irish music as a performer, tutor & scholar. She has performed with The Poozies, Kathryn Tickell Band & John Kirkpatrick.She teaches at the Universities of Newcastle, Helsinki & Limerick, & for Folkworks.
    The workshop will cover 3 of O'Carolan's works, arranged for ensemble, exploring arrangement ideas. For any player of intermediate standard & above. Notation / learning by ear will be used.
    IN THE EVENING KAREN TWEED PERFORMS AT THE CLUB.
    Admission £6. Advance tickets from the club & here.
JULY 17 COME-ALL-YE with spotlight on CAROLE TAYLOR (£3)
    A chance to hear more from a good friend of the club.
JULY 24 HECTOR GILCHRIST (£5)
    Hector sings Scottish & Irish traditional & written songs with guitar. Steeped in the tradition, his style is warm & compelling.
JULY 31 JAN CREAYE & ROGER BRASIER: 'NO BETTER THAN SHE OUGHT TO BE' (£5)
    Jan's fine singing & Roger's accomplished reading encompass high tragedy & raucous comedy.

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AUGUST
    The club stays open with a Come-All-Ye every Saturday in August

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SEPT 18 MOOR MUSIC
    Workshop - Dartmoor music (any instrument)
OCT 9 JOHN ADAMS
    Workshop - Village Music Project (any instrument) - as part of Lewes Folk Festival
OCT 10 CHRIS COE
    Ballad forum - as part of Lewes Folk Festival
NOV 13 FRANKIE ARMSTRONG
    Workshop - Singing & vocal techniques
NOV 20 TIM LAYCOCK
    Workshop - Concertina (all systems)
DEC 11 MARTIN CARTHY - postponed from OCT 30.
    Workshop - Guitar - on dec 12