At the Trades Club, Racecommon Rd

Entrance free, £4 suggested donation

more details at http://www.myspace.com/barnsleyfolkclub




Steve Ashley has long been regarded as one of British Folk's finest singer-songwriters. For nearly 40 years, his innovative English albums have enjoyed widespread critical acclaim, and his songs have been covered by many leading folk artists, including among many others: Fairport Convention, Anne Briggs, Martin Simpson, Wizz Jones, Dave Pegg and PJ Wright, Phil Beer, Bill Zorn, St Agnes' Fountain, Grace Notes and The Bushwackers.



His award-winning debut album, 'Stroll On' is widely regarded as a folk-rock classic and his latest for Topic Records , 'Time and Tide' was described by fROOTS as 'a modern day masterpiece'.

A former member of The Albion Country Band, Ragged Robin and his own Steve Ashley Band, Steve has also been an occasional guest of Fairport Convention. But, as Q Magazine has stated: "Ashley is his own man and still brims with insightful visions of Britain after a career spanning four decades."

Steve also has what New York's Variety magazine called 'one of the funniest of dry stage raps'.