Folklore: Carrying Stream Festival 2007

Subject: Folklore: Carrying Stream Festival 2007
From: Johnny J
Date: 04 Nov 07 - 11:23 AM

A festival organised by Edinburgh Folk Club which came into being to celebrate the life and work of Scottish poet and folklorist Hamish Henderson. Concerts, storytelling, sessions, workshops and more.

2007: 3rd -11th November 2007

The 6th Carrying Stream Festival
A Celebration of the Life & Legacy of Hamish Henderson    3 – 11 November 2007
Programme

Saturday 3/11 8pm Tribute Night for Iain MacKintosh   (Pleasance, £5)
Brian McNeill presents a tribute to the 'quiet man of Scottish folk', with
Dick Gaughan, Dave Goulder, The McCalmans and many others (all
proceeds to the Marie Curie Cancer Charity)

Monday 5/11 6 pm Tig! For the Morn's the Fair Day // Rathad nan Ceaird
   Filmhouse 6pm Introduced by film maker Tim Neat, with music from
Tim O'Leary & Cameron Robson on fiddle and guitar

Tuesday 6/11 Songs for Change launches 'Not in Our Name'
Scottish Storytelling Centre 8 pm   £8/6
David Ferrard, Kate Bramley, Jez Lowe and other contributors to the Compilation CD 'Not in Our Name' present songs about the war in Iraq and social change in a musical event which contributes to a culture of peace and democracy, very much in the spirit of Hamish Henderson.

Wednesday 7/11 8pm Roy Bailey (Pleasance Cabaret Bar, £8/7/5)
   Roy has sung in folk clubs, concert halls and at festivals the length and
breadth of England, Scotland and Wales and from Sydney to Vancouver,
from Cape Town to Stockholm. His career has been hailed as
representing "the very soul of folk's working class ideals... a triumphal
homage to the grass roots folk scene as a radical alternative to the
mainstream music industry." (Colin Irwin, Mojo). He has been described
in the Guardian having of one of the finest voices in the folk world, and
he has a large, widespread and very loyal following worldwide.

Thursday 8/11 8pm   'A Homage to Hamish' (Storytelling Centre, £8/6)
Hosted by celebrated songwriter & storyteller Nancy Nicolson, this
evening of poetry, song & storytelling featuring Kinrick, Gill Bowman,
Tom Hubbard, Raymond Ross, Margaret Bennett and David Campbell,
will celebrate the lasting influence of Hamish Henderson as a poet and
leading light of the Scottish Folk Revival.

Friday 9/11 Sylvia Barnes & Sandy Stanage // Mose
Scarlett & Jim Condie // Wingin' It!
(Pleasance Cabaret Bar, 8pm, £8/7/6)
   A wonderful bill comprising the Scottish Folksinger of the Year, Sylvia
Barnes, in the company of Fife guitar maestro Sandy Stanage; the
'stride guitar' and big voice of Canadian legend Mose Scarlett, deftly
accompanied by Blues guitarist Jim Condie; and Danny-Award-
winning guitar & mandolin duo Wingin' It!.

Saturday 10/11 Annual Hamish Henderson Lecture (Ewan McVicar:
'Wee Gallus Weans': Hamish Henderson as a Collector of
Children's Lore) Assembly Rooms, 12.30 pm (free)
Saturday 10/11 The Power of Song – all day workshops and sessions
organised by ScotsMusicGroup at St Peter's Primary School,
Morningside, featuring as tutors: Gordeanna McCulloch, Adam
McNaughtan, Mary Macmaster, Jane Schonveld and Steve
Byrne (www.scotsmusic.org).
Saturday 10/11 Kris Drever // Tommy Peoples // The Funky
String Band (Pleasance Cabaret Bar 8 pm   £10/8/7
With 'Black Water', Kris Drever (Fine Friday, Lau) has issued one of
the albums of the year; Tommy Peoples from Co Donegal is one of
Ireland's finest fiddle players; and the Funky String Band is the quirky
and eclectic collaboration between fiddle master Angys Grant,
Shooglenifty's mandolin & banjo wonbder Luke Plumb and guitarist
and singer Peter Daffy, like Luke from down under.

Sunday 11/11 3-5pm Fiddle Workshop with Tommy Peoples (Pleasance) £5
Sunday 11/11 TMSA Singing Session in the Royal Oak (3-6 pm) free
Sunday 11/11 Margaret Bennett // Ian Bruce // Sangsters
                         Ceilidh House Concert (Pleasance Cabaret Bar 8 pm £8/7/6)
Margaret Bennett, so Hamish Henderson, "is a folksinger of great
sensitivity and versatility, and is undoubtedly one of the major figures of
the modern Scottish Revival. There can be few scholars on either side of
the Atlantic who succeed in combining such a wide range of skills as
Margaret Bennett. Margaret embodies all that is best of the spirit of
Scotland." Ian Bruce is one of the most recognizable voices of the
Scottish and international folk scene; and the Sangsters, fronted by the
irrepressible Fiona Forbes, bring great harmonies to their repertoire of
traditional songs.

Edinburgh Folk Club Website: http://www.edinburghfolkclub.org.uk

2007 Carrying Stream Festival details: http://www.edinburghfolkclub.org.uk/gigprog.php?month=11&year=2007

Subject: RE: Folklore: Carrying Stream Festival 2007
From: Johnny J
Date: 04 Nov 07 - 11:24 AM

Hope to see as many of you "singy types" along as possible.
Also some great instrumental music too for those of you with broad minds.

Hey, only kidding folks...