FEB 2 TOM & BARBARA BROWN (www.umbermusic.co.uk/default.htm) (£5)
Deeply rooted in Cornwall and Wiltshire, Tom & Barbara sing with wonderful warmth in harmony, unaccompanied & with concertina, melodeon & guitar.

FEB 9 ZOOX (www.zoox.co.uk/) (£5)
Linda Game's dazzling fiddle, Jo May's intelligent percussion & Becky Menday's bassoon, whistles & saxophone infuse energy & invention into new melodies, traditional tunes & songs.

FEB 16 MERIDIAN (www.walshaw.plus.com/meridian/about.htm) (£5)
Richard Jones (accordion) Chris Walshaw (bagpipes, whistles, flutes) & the beautiful singing & fiddle playing of Anna Tabbush combine to make an evening of fine songs & lively dance music.

FEB 23 DON & DIANE MORGAN (£4)
Traditional & new songs, including some of their own, solo & in rich vocal harmony. A few readings & a dash of humour make a warm & stimulating evening.

MAR 1 BOB & GILL BERRY (www.wiltshirefolkarts.org.uk/bobandgill/aboutus.htm) (£5)
Traditional & contemporary songs in close harmony & also with concertina & guitar accompaniment from the organisers of the Chippenham Folk Festival, Wiltshire Folk Arts & the Devizes Folk Club.

MAR 8 CAPELLA plus MIKE NICHOLSON (£5)
at THE ROYAL OAK, STATION STREET, LEWES BN7 2DA
Tony & Lesley's distinctive vocal harmonies blend with Mike Nicholson's 99% cocoa solids voice to produce a glorious sound. They haven't decided what to call themselves yet.

MAR 15 Lewes Arms Workshop No 91
ALISTAIR ANDERSON
NORTHUMBRIAN MUSIC FOR ANY INSTRUMENT
Booking forms available from the club & the website
10.45 a.m. - 4.45 p.m. Places £30
Alistair Anderson plays English concertina & Northumbrian smallpipes. He has played with The High Level Ranters, Will Atkinson, Richard Thompson, Kate Bush & the Lindsay String Quartet; he is a respected composer, tutor & academic, founding both Folkworks & the University of Newcastle's traditional music degree course.
IN THE EVENING ALISTAIR ANDERSON PERFORMS AT THE LEWES ARMS
(£6, advance tickets available from the club & the website)

MAR 22 SONGS FOR SPRING (£3)
This is Easter Saturday, so we'll serve traditional Easter biscuits. Bring songs & tunes on the general subject of spring.

MAR 29 ADAM & DIRK CAMPBELL (www.dirkcampbell.co.uk/home.html ) (£4)
Young Adam & his father play keyboard, guitar, & a huge variety of wind instruments & bagpipes from round the world.
This is the the Lewes Arms FOLKCLUB programme[the club the Snail is involved with].
it looks fairly conventional folk music fare,I see no John Lennon /Britney Spears /Buddy Holly impersonators.
There is a world of difference between allowing a floorsinger to sing a Beatles number,To actually booking for 90 minutes someone singing that material,which clearly you dont do.
I bet you dont book Andy Caven very often.
It is Folk Festival/Club Organisers like yourself[not me,I am a musician and perforner]who decide what is sung at venues as a result of their/your booking policies.
you have some nerve,trying to portray me as some kind of musical dictator, when the power to decide what music is performed lies with the organisers.Dick Miles