Guest: BB here with my semi-annual announcement about Jeff Warner's current UK tour. He's just arrived for a stay of about a month, and has no fewer than 16 gigs this time. He begins in London, then rambles about from Cornwall to Tyne & Wear, and even over to Wales (at last!!), with many other stops in between. In my thread of last autumn , I posted this reminder of who I'm talking about:

"For those who can't quite remember right now why his name looks familiar, Jeff is the son of Frank and Anne Warner, eminent collectors of American folk songs from the 1930s to the 1950s. He plays banjo, guitar and concertina, as well as small "pocket-instruments" and sings primarily traditional American songs in acoustic performance. For years, he worked with Jeff Davis, but has been more-or-less a solo artist for the past 7 or 8 years."

And this thread announces his solo CD release, September 2005.

The UK tour schedule, also found at his website www.jeffwarner.com is as follows:

Friday, 20 April, 8:00 PM
Musical Traditions Club
with support from Will Duke & Dan Quinn and Blues from Simon Hindley
The King and Queen, 1 Foley Street; London W1W 6DL
Saturday, 21 April, 8:00 PM
Lewes Arms Folk Club
Lewes Arms, Mount Place; Lewes, East Sussex
Tuesday, 24 April, 8:00 PM
Ryburn Folk Club
Alma Inn, Cottonstones; Between Ripponden and Sowerby Bridge, W. Yorks.
Wednesday, 25 April, 8:00 PM
Lincoln Drill Hall
The Ruston Room; Freeschool Lane next to the Central Library; City of Lincoln
Thursday, 26 April, 9:00 PM
Chorlton Folk Club
Held above The Cricket Club, Ellesmere Road; Chorlton, Manchester
Friday, 27 April, 8:30 PM
The Grove Folk Club
Grove Inn, Back Row; Holbeck, Leeds, W. Yorks
Saturday, 28 April, 7:30 PM
Davy Lamp Folk Club
Washington Arts Centre, Biddick Lane; Fatfield, Washington, Tyne & Wear
Sunday, 29 April, 8:00 PM
Grimsby Folk Club
Spider's Web, Carr Lane; Old Clee, Grimsby, Lincs.
Sunday, 6 May, 7:30 PM
Traditions at the Tiger
Tiger Inn, Tamworth Rd; Long Eaton, Nottingham, Derbyshire
Tuesday, 8 May, 8:00 PM
Sharp's Folk Club
Cecil Sharp House, 2 Regents Park Road; London, NW1 7AY
Friday, 11 May, 8:15 PM
The Bodmin Folk Club
Garland Ox, 65 Higher Bore Street; Bodmin, Cornwall
Saturday, 12 May, 8:00 PM
Crabshell Inn
Embankment Road; Kingsbridge, South Devon
Monday, 14 May, 7:30 PM
Nova Scotia Folk Club
Nova Scotia Inn, Nova Scotia Place; Cumberland Basin, Bristol
Wednesday, 16 May, 8:30 PM
Llantrisant Folk Club
Windsor Hotel, Llantrisant Road; Pontyclun, Wales
Thursday, 17 May, 8:00 PM
Derby Heritage Traditional Music Club
Old Derby Gaol, Friargate, Derby
Friday, 18 May, 8:00 PM
Swindon Folksingers Club
Milton Road Club, off Faringdon Road; Swindon, Wiltshire

Check him out if he's in your vicinity - and make sure you sing along! It's (practically) required!!
Barbara