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Subject: Folk Music News from Lewes for May From: Vic Smith Date: 06 May 09 - 10:12 AM NINE ITEMS OF FOLK MUSIC NEWS FROM LEWES FOR MAY 1] FOLK AT THE ROYAL OAK Station Street, Lewes Enquiries:- (01273) 478124 or 881316 Email tinvic@globalnet.co.uk Every Thursday 8.pm PROMPT START Here is our programme for the next three months. For the four Thursdays in May, we will be having a season of Irish performers and each are outstanding performers bring different aspects of the rich tradition of that country. May 7th * £5.00 * CON FADA Ó DRISCEOIL *** Irish Season *** One of Ireland's foremost comic song writers in the traditional style in recent decades and a very fine button accordion player May 14th * £5.00 * KEVIN & ELLEN MITCHELL *** Irish Season *** Two of Britain's finest singers of traditional songs. Kevin is from Derry and Ellen is from Glasgow May 21st * £5.00 * OLIVER MULLIGAN & BRENDAN McAULEY *** Irish Season *** Oliver, originally from County Monaghan, is a much respected singer of mainly Irish traditional songs, most in English and a few in Irish Gaelic. Tonight he is joined by a very fine uillean piper. May 28th * £5.00 * KATHLEEN O' SULLIVAN & BILLY TEARE *** Irish Season *** A welcome return for Kathleen, the lead singer with "The London Lasses", one of the finest singers around, tonight in the company of one of Ireland's leading story tellers June 4th * £6.00 * TIM LAYCOCK Tim is a folksinger, songwriter and actor. He has performed with Magic Lantern, The Albion Band and The Mellstock Band, and played concertina in five productions at The National Theatre. June 11th * £5.00 * TONY HALL The master of playing distinctive, quintessentially English style two-row melodeon, a great singer and a naturally very funny man. June 18th * £5.00 * DUCK SOUP A fascinating and different way of interpreting traditional song and dance tunes with some instruments that you would not expect to hear in a folk club with Adam Bushell, Ian Kearey & Dan Quinn June 25th * £6.00 * THE NEW DEAL STRING BAND One of the legendary figures of the revival of interest in Old Timey music, Tom Paley, is joined by his son Ben and long-time associate, Joe Locker July 2nd * £5.00 * GORDON TYRRALL Gordon has been deeply involved in traditional music since the 1970s as a mesmeric singer, an outstanding guitarist and an immaculate flute player. July 9th * £7.00 * LEON ROSSELSON & ROBB JOHNSON – "THE LIBERTY TREE" Not an ordinary club night, Leon and Robb's show on Tom Paine will take the entire evening. Part of the "Thomas Paine & Lewes Festival". July 16th * £7.00 * THE MAGNOLIA SISTERS An amazing coup for us as we present the leading female Cajun band from Louisiana - Ann Savoy, Jane Vidrine, Anya Burgess, and Lisa Reed. July 23rd * £6.00 * JERRY EPSTEIN & RALPH BODINGTON Jerry has been involved in traditional music for 40 years and was director of the New York Eisteddfod. Ralph is a superb performer of banjo tunes and ballads from the old-time Southern mountain culture. July 30th * Free Admission * GRAND END-OF-SEASON OPEN NIGHT All welcome, particularly performers who have not been at the Royal Oak before – then we are closed for the month of August CLOSED DURING THE MONTH OF AUGUST Our Future Guests will also include:- SHEPHEARD, SPIERS & WATSON * MICHAEL MARRA *DAVE RUCH * DICK GAUGHAN * RATTLE ON THE STOVEPIPE * CARL JONES & BEVERLY SMITH * LEN GRAHAM * JEFF WESLEY * PETE MORTON, MAGGIE BOYLE & CHRIS PARKINSON * SARA GREY & KEIRON MEANS Our websites are at http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~tinvic and http://www.myspace.com/royaloakfolklewes Those of you who arrange listings are politely requested to include all of the above. *********** 2] FOLK AT THE ROYAL OAK ON "MYSPACE" Our MYSPACE profile enables us to profile sample tracks of coming guests as well as show photos and biographies of coming guests. It is at http://www.myspace.com/royaloakfolklewes Currently on our MYSPACE we have the following tracks by coming guests:- Con 'Fada' Ó Driscoeil - "King Lear" - (May 7th) Kevin Mitchell - "The Banks of Brandywine" - (May 14th) Kathleen O'Sullivan - "My Generous Lover" - (May 28th) Tony Hall - "Jimmy Shand's March/Miss Elspeth Campbell" - (June 11th) Gordon Tyrrall - "Jessie" (July 2nd) Shepheard, Spiers & Watson - "Jock Hawk's Adventures in Glasgow" - (September 17th) Michael Marra - "Hermless" - (September 24th) Beverly Smith & Carl Jones - "Carter's Blues" - (October 1st) Jeff Wesley - "Young and Growing" - (October 8th) Dave Ruch - "Cabbage Head" - (October 22nd) After each gig the songs will drop off to be replaced with another by an upcoming guest. In addition there are videos by each of the following coming guest artists:- CON "FADA" O'DRISOEIL - May 7th TONY HALL - June 11th DUCK SOUP - May 18th THE NEW DEAL STRING BAND - June 25th GORDON TYRRALL - July 2nd THE MAGNOLIA SISTERS - July 16th MICHAEL MARRA - September 24th BEVERLY SMITH & CARL JONES - October 1st DAVE RUCH - October 22nd LEN GRAHAM - October 29th DICK GAUGHAN - November 19th *********** 3] SUSSEX FOLK GUIDE WEBSITE - UPDATED For all the listings of folk music, song club, dances, festivals in and around Sussex, have a look at http://whatson.brighton.co.uk/folk This site all always kept updated with the latest events and those currently listed cover all the dates up until the end of May 2009. *********** 4] THE FOLK DIARY Most of the listings on the Sussex Folk Guide website are taken from the paper magazine, THE FOLK DIARY. Issue no 236 covers the months of April and May and this is now available. They are packed with adverts for various folk festivals, folk music record companies, specialist shops, instrument makers and other services as well as details of all the folk song and dance events in our area and reviews of CDs. To obtain copies of this free magazine as it is published, please send SAE's to Vic Smith at the address below. It is also the address to send album review copies to. Potential advertisers are also asked to contact Vic for a statement of our advertising rates. The copy date for the June/July issue has just passed so the next copy date will be June 30th for the August/September issue. However, it should be mentioned that once the available space has been filled, no more adverts can be accepted even if they are received BEFORE the copy date. With this in mind, it is worth contacting the editors before the copy date to state your intentions and reserve advertising space even if you have not got final details or you copy prepared. Please contact JIM MARSHALL 01273 559750 jimars@globalnet.co.uk Or VIC SMITH 01273 478124 tinvic@globalnet.co.uk ********** 5] THE FOLK DIARY ON LINE THE FOLK DIARY is available on-line at http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~tinvic/fd.htm You will need Adobe ACROBAT READER to read the pages. The size of each page is given by each page link and the content of each page is indicated. The following issue is now on-line and are listed here with the content of each page:- ISSUE No. 236 APRIL - MAY 2009 Page 1 (2002kb) Greg Harper album, Pig's Ear Kentish Folk Ale 2009, Crawley Folk Festival Page 2 (1687kb) Piggies Open Mic Uckfield (Tues) Lamb Eastbourne (Weds), Sussex Folk Association, The Mick Jagger Centre, Spyboy presentations Page 3 (812kb) Lewes Saturday Club, Royal Oak Lewes (Thurs) - Advertising rates and copy dates Page 4 (1420kb)Horsham Folk Club (Suns), Acoustic Sussex. Page 5 (488 kb) Gary's Acoustic Music Club, Kate Rusby at the Hawth, Crawley, Electric Voices Page 6 (410kb) Seaford Folk Club (Fris), Hove Folk Club (Fris), Mid-Sussex Folk Singers (Weds), G P Music Promotions (Crawley) . Page 7 (969kb) Harmony Glen dates, Brighton Folk & Blues Club (Fris), Royal Oak Lewes Sunday Session, Royal Oak Lewes Irish Month in May, Hobgoblin Music Page 8 (1670kb) Barry Murphy banjos, Vince's fiddles, Willows folk club Arundel (Weds),North Brighton Singarounds (Weds & Suns), White Horse Bodle St. Green (Mons), Meltdown Ceilidhs Page 9 (399 kb) Littlehampton Folk & Roots Festival. Page 10 (817 kb) Brighton Acoustic Session (Mons), Elsie's (Sats), Rude Mechanicals (Weds), Duck Baker concert Hurstpierpoint, Beacon Tunbridge Wells (Mons), Six Bells Chiddingly (Tues), Brighton Cellarfolk (Tues) Page 11 (1696 kb) Tenterden Folk Festival, CD Reviews Page 12 (1883 kb) Folk In The Orchards Haywards Heath ********** 6] LEWES WORKSHOPS AT THE ELEPHANT & CASTLE The workshops last a full Saturday or Sunday and the tutor performs at the club in the evening. The programme for the remainder of 2009 will be:- 6th. June Kerr /Fagan /Harbron Fiddle /Bouzouki /Concertina 7th. June Kerr Fagan /Harbron Vocal harmony/Winter MS tunes 11th. July Will Duke Scan Tester's tunes 18th. July Bonnie Shaljean Harp 12th. Sept Tommy Peoples Fiddle 19th. Sept Jeff Warner Song accompaniment 10th. Oct Tim Edey Melodeon 14th. Nov Vicki Swan Scottish smallpipes 21st. Nov Tom & Barbara Brown Ballad forum 5th. Dec Billy Teare Storytelling 5th. Dec Kathleen O'Sullivan Irish song The website for more details is http://www.lewesarmsfolkclub.org/LAFC/workshps.html or contact Valmai Goodyear on (01273) 476757 or email ValmaiGoodyear@aol.com ******** 7] MONTHLY SESSION IN LEWES After a gap of several years, Sunday afternoon tune and song sessions have returned to the bar of the Royal Oak in Station Street in Lewes. These will be on the last Sunday of the month from 3.30 – 5.30pm. Dates for the next sessions are ***** 31st May – 28th June - 26th July ***** They will be run by Vic & Tina Smith. ******** 8] OTHER REGULAR SESSIONS IN THE LEWES/BRIGHTON AREA Bryan Creer has taken on the task of detailing these, but has made changes to the way this is presented. Here is what he says:- I have given free rein to my inner geek and written a new version of the Sessions page that works out the date of the next of each session (except for the weekly ones where it seemed a bit pointless). This was inspired by the uselessness of "Fortnightly counting from 3rd October 2006". I think it probably works almost all of the time (maybe). Would you like to change any references you make to it to http://www.lewesarmsfolkclub.org/LAFC/Sessions.php Cheers Bryan Have a look and if there are any you think that Bryan has missed - contact him on Bryancreer@aol.com ******** 9] BAYOU SECO AT BEECHWOOD HALL, COOKSBRIDGE Friday May 8th There are still tickets available for the concert by the wonderful Bayou Seco at this wonderful new community hall this coming Friday. Here are the details:- Event: "BAYOU SECO" Now booking! Date: Friday 8 May 2009 Time: 7:30pm Place: Beechwood Hall, Cooksbridge Price: Adults £8.00; Concessions £5.00; Children £5.00 Additional information: New Mexican band, Bayou Seco, celebrate the music and dance traditions of America's southern States. A Bayou Seco performance is a lively night of toe-tapping music that spans from Louisiana to Arizona featuring Cajun and Zydeco, Norteno Tex-Mex, Chicken Scratch, New Mexican colonial dance tunes and cowboy songs. They delve into the rich stew of traditional American music that has been simmering for centuries and it certainly is spicy! TICKETS IN ADVANCE ONLY. To book call: 01273 477706 or e-mail: marion.hughes@btinternet.com <><><>><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><> ...And if you are ever looking for a good barn dance band, look no further than THE SUSSEX PISTOLS - though you should get in quickly - available dates for 2009 are being snapped up quickly. Contact Tina on 01273 478124 or email her at tinasmith226@yahoo.co.uk t obook the band. The band's website is at http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~tinvic/pistols.htm and they have a MYSPACE profile as well at http://www.myspace.com/thesussexpistols __________________________________________ VIC & TINA SMITH 26 Ferrers Road LEWES East Sussex BN7 1PZ England Tel & Fax:- 01273 478124 Email:- tinvic@globalnet.co.uk folk@brighton.co.uk ROYAL OAK WEBSITES:- http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~tinvic http://www.myspace.com/royaloakfolklewes SUSSEX FOLK GUIDE WEBSITE:- http://whatson.brighton.co.uk/folk SUSSEX PISTOLS BARN DANCE BAND WEBSITE:- http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~tinvic/pistols.htm COMPOUND SOUNDS WEBSITE http://www.compoundsounds.com http://www.myspace.com/jalisherrifokonteh |
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