Mary Humphreys and Anahata - gig info

Subject: Mary Humphreys and Anahata - gig info
From: treewind
Date: 07 Jan 04 - 07:23 AM

I'm starting this thread for occasional postings to announce what's coming up shortly on our gigs list.
I hope somebody finds it useful occasionally!

The full current list is always on our gigs page

So to kick off, we have:
25 January: Hitchin Folk Club supporting Derek Brimstone.

I know it's only a support spot this time, but I'm really chuffed about getting a gig at Hitchin which is a big concert type club

Feb 23 - Red Bull, StockPort
Feb 24 - Ryburn Folk Club
There may be an interview on BBC GMR. More later...

Anahata

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Subject: RE: Mary Humphreys and Anahata - gig info
From: GUEST,pavane
Date: 07 Jan 04 - 07:31 AM

I will watch out in case you are near me. Would love to see you

Subject: RE: Mary Humphreys and Anahata - gig info
From: 8_Pints
Date: 07 Jan 04 - 08:05 AM

Looking forward to seeing you in Stockport.

Happy New Year,

Bob & Sue vG

Subject: RE: Mary Humphreys and Anahata - gig info
From: Hamish
Date: 07 Jan 04 - 08:25 AM

Yes - Hitchin's a Proper Gig all right! Enjoy!

Subject: RE: Mary Humphreys and Anahata - gig info
From: breezy
Date: 07 Jan 04 - 12:15 PM

Nice to see Hitchen are supporting help the aged, Derek has had more gigs locally since playing St Albans twice in a year.
Derek said he might pop in to see Jeremy Taylor on the 16th, but its already sold out.
Come and support his mate Shep Woolley in July.
Will you be featuring any guest singers or songs by local writers Anahata? It so happens that George is free! Then Mary can sing 'Pitter Patter'
Fancy a 'Spotlight' in St Albans next term?
Will you be dueting with Pete Coe then?

Subject: RE: Mary Humphreys and Anahata - gig info
From: George Papavgeris
Date: 07 Jan 04 - 02:33 PM

Well, Hitchin will be worth it, for Mary and Anahata - had my fill of Derek for 12 months.
"The rain is falling" is under quarantine until 19th March (album launch), Breezy!
Alio, if you reads this, do the Manchester folks a favour and interview M&A - they're bril! Not because I say so - or because Martyn W-R uses them regularly for Songlinks and other concerts. But I think English trad folk will owe Mary and Anahata. And soon.

Subject: RE: Mary Humphreys and Anahata - gig info
From: treewind
Date: 07 Jan 04 - 03:34 PM

Unfortunately the Stockport gig is the same night at Alio's programme so if there is an interview it will be prerecorded. We're in touch with Ali already - just waiting for a recording date from Paul Adams (new songlinks album) which might be the same weekend. So that'll be to Manchester via Cumbria...

Anyone listening to the radio show should be ashamed of themselves - they should be at the Red Bull. At least Ali should give us a plug for Ryburn the next night so the reprobates can make amends by coming to that instead.

Anahata

Subject: RE: Mary Humphreys and Anahata - gig info
From: treewind
Date: 19 Jan 04 - 02:08 PM

Just a refresh and reminder
25 January: Hitchin Folk Club supporting Brimmo as previously indicated.

+ Advance news: Song Links 2 launch concert, Sidmouth, Monday 4 August.

Anahata

Subject: RE: Mary Humphreys and Anahata - gig info
From: GUEST,Dave F
Date: 19 Jan 04 - 06:09 PM

Check the calender, Anahata, I think you'll find that Monday is the 2nd of August!
See you there if not before

Subject: RE: Mary Humphreys and Anahata - gig info
From: treewind
Date: 19 Jan 04 - 06:23 PM

I did - I checked the wrong calendar!
That's the second time today I've typed "cal xx 2003" instead of "cal xx 2004" to show the days in month xx.
Thanks for the correction. Yes it is the 2nd.

Time for an early night....

Anahata

Subject: RE: Mary Humphreys and Anahata - gig info
From: breezy
Date: 19 Jan 04 - 07:04 PM

Does this mean that you wont want a Sunday 'Spotlight' gig in St Albans in the future?

j

Subject: RE: Mary Humphreys and Anahata - gig info
From: treewind
Date: 20 Jan 04 - 07:06 AM

Does what mean we don't want a spotlight gig?
Lack of response, you mean?
$64k question: Do we have to put in 4 unscheduled appearances first to qualify?

Anahata

Subject: RE: Mary Humphreys and Anahata - gig info
From: GUEST,Martin from Barton Beds
Date: 20 Jan 04 - 09:34 AM

Hello Mary and Anahata This is Martin Dent from Luton really. I would love to have you come and play at The Bull in Barton Beds one Monday night. I should see you at Hitchin but if not I will contact you again soon Cheers Martin Dent.

Subject: RE: Mary Humphreys and Anahata - gig info
From: GUEST,Martin from Barton Beds
Date: 20 Jan 04 - 09:38 AM

Hello again I am just leaving this message,because I noticed you had Thirteen messages which I thought was unlucky. You now have fourteen. Cheers for now Martin Dent.

Subject: RE: Mary Humphreys and Anahata - gig info
From: breezy
Date: 20 Jan 04 - 10:35 AM

No the 4 appearances rule does not apply to you as you have already qualified by having supported the St Albans club with your previous attendences abd contributions.
Does that mean you're up for it?
Get in quick while it lasts, now scheduling for after Easter till July
But do drop by if you're passing.
Have you got the Folk-song club prog Jan-Apr?

Subject: RE: Mary Humphreys and Anahata - gig info
From: breezy
Date: 20 Jan 04 - 10:37 AM

Martin ,please sign up then I can PM you and sort out dates.
Painless Message.

Subject: RE: Mary Humphreys and Anahata - gig info
From: GUEST,Martin from Barton Beds
Date: 20 Jan 04 - 12:44 PM

Sorry to hijack your thread dudes. Sorry John what is PM?

Subject: RE: Mary Humphreys and Anahata - gig info
From: treewind
Date: 20 Jan 04 - 01:06 PM

Private message. Click membership menu at the top of the page, give yourself a proper mudcat name and a password so MudCat knows it's you, and
(a) your postings won't say "GUEST" in forn of your name
(b) you'll be allowed to send and receive private messages to other mudcatters
(c) you won't have to use my thread for talking business with Breezy...

It's quite safe and it doesn't cost you anything.

Anahata

Subject: RE: Mary Humphreys and Anahata - gig info
From: GUEST,Martin from Barton Beds
Date: 20 Jan 04 - 01:23 PM

Thanks very much Anahata. Should see you on Sunday so you will know who I am. It will also mean I won't beable to see Breezy that night sorry John.

Subject: RE: Mary Humphreys and Anahata - gig info
From: treewind
Date: 21 Jan 04 - 03:28 AM

Mr Dent, I presume?
We know who you are - looking forward to seeing you and you can tell me all about the Bull!

Anahata

Subject: RE: Mary Humphreys and Anahata - gig info
From: The Unicorn Man
Date: 26 Jan 04 - 07:19 AM

Hi Mary and Anahata, sorry did not make it to Hitchin. I had a banging headache and I had to go to work. The Bull in Barton le Clay, was what I was going to see you about. It's a fortnightly club based as a sing a round, but every so often we have the last 30-40 mins for a guest.What I would like to do with you two, is on the other Mondays inbetween, start a short club of my favorite acts.So when I have confirmed some dates I will get back to you. If you can make it and join in our sing a rounds in the meantime that would be great. The Dates are Tonight 26/01/04 with Pagan Chalice 09/02/04
23/02/04   08/03/03 and 22/03/04 with Theo and friends. There are also plans to do Charity Mic nights on Saturdays fist one (all booked up) is on Sat 28th Feb. Hope to see you soon keep in touch Martin Dent.

Subject: RE: Mary Humphreys and Anahata - gig info
From: treewind
Date: 05 Feb 04 - 07:12 PM

The next spasm of activity, and some new festival info:

Monday 23 Feb: interview on BBC Greater Manchester Radio with Mudcat's very own Alio (Ali O'Brien). We are recording it in the afternoon - while the show is actually going out in the evening on we will be playing at the Red Bull, Stockport.

Tuesday 24 Feb: Ryburn Three Step Folk Club, Royal Hotel, Rishworth, W. Yorks.

On the Sunday just before that we are off to Cumbria to record two songs for Song Links 2 - another Martyn Wyndham Read extravaganza, this time featuring British and American versions of the same songs. Busy weekend coming up!

New on the list:
Holmfirth Festival: probably Friday night concert May 7, and English music and song cafe-style session on Saturday May 8, with Nick and Mary Barber from English Rebellion.

Otley Folk Festival No details yet.

Anahata

Subject: RE: Mary Humphreys and Anahata - gig info
From: GUEST,Dave F
Date: 06 Feb 04 - 04:50 AM

What did I hit?
See you at Holmfirth - Bill and I are just up for the Saturday but will hope to catch up with you there

Subject: RE: Mary Humphreys and Anahata - gig info
From: The Unicorn Man
Date: 06 Feb 04 - 06:51 AM

Don't you do things a little closer to home?

Subject: RE: Mary Humphreys and Anahata - gig info
From: treewind
Date: 06 Feb 04 - 08:02 AM

So you're that Dave F! I didn't work it out the first time you posted. We'll look out for you too. Might we see you at the National, before that?

By the way, I can't tell you how much I've enjoyed listening to "Less Sprightly"!

Anahata

Subject: RE: Mary Humphreys and Anahata - gig info
From: treewind
Date: 18 Feb 04 - 04:01 AM

Me again with almost last-minute reminder and new dates:

Very soon now...
Monday 23 Feb: BBC GMR interview for Ali O'Brien's folk programme
Monday 23 Feb: Red Bull, Stockport.
Tuesday 24 Feb: Ryburn Three Step (a.k.a. Singing Out) Folk Club

Not long after that:
Friday March 5: Mad Nanny (a.k.a. Baldoc & Letchworth) at "Caffeine", Station Road, Letchworth

New dates:
March 26-28: National Folk Festival at Sutton Bonington. We are on the posters for the Sunday afternon concert hosted by Norma Waterson.

Thursday May 13: Bedford Folk Club

Anahata

Subject: RE: Mary Humphreys and Anahata - gig info
From: treewind
Date: 26 Feb 04 - 02:42 PM

Next week on Friday 5 March Mad Nanny (Letchworth)

It's been a successful three days's intensive up north. We've recorded our bits for Song Links 2, one of the songs in one take and it was the first time I've ever played it through without a mistake...! On a clear day (which it was) you can see Scotland from the Fellside studio at the top of Paul Adams' house! GMR interview with Alio went OK, gigs at Stockport and Ryburn were crackers, despite M62 blockage creating havoc and preventing some from getting to the Ryburn one.

New stuff for future:
April 6 - St Neots folk club
May 7 - Bacca Pipes, Keighley
May 8 - Holmfirth Festival details not fully finalised but looks like a concert at the Old Bridge Hotel with Bill Whaley and Dave Fletcher, and Jonny Dyer and Vicki Swan (the latter a.k.a. kitchen piper of this parish) from Serious Kitchen. This should be fun - we know Bill and Dave from all those Martyn Wyndham-Read shows, and we met Serious Kitchen at Ely last week and they promise to be good fun too.

Anahata

Subject: RE: Mary Humphreys and Anahata - gig info
From: treewind
Date: 01 Mar 04 - 09:10 AM

Mad Nanny Friday this week

New booking: The Bull at Barton-le-Clay, October 11

A.

Subject: RE: Mary Humphreys and Anahata - gig info
From: Pete_Standing
Date: 01 Mar 04 - 04:43 PM

Are you going to be playing anywhere near Oxford sometime?

Subject: RE: Mary Humphreys and Anahata - gig info
From: treewind
Date: 01 Mar 04 - 04:57 PM

We did Readifolk and Oxford Folk Club last year. Where do you recommend? (preferably somewehere where you can recommend us!).

We need to pester Maidenhead for a gig - otherwise nothing booked, only vague plans to go gig-hunting...

Anahata

Subject: RE: Mary Humphreys and Anahata - gig info
From: Pete_Standing
Date: 01 Mar 04 - 05:37 PM

Bugger! I guess that means Oxford and Readifolk will not be in a hurry to book you in the very near future. You could try Highworth, just to the east of Swindon. A small but friendly club without the usual inner circle atmosphere that some people rant on here and elsewhere. There are quite a lot of old folk who need to go at half time, but they are genuinely enthusiastic and open minded. Sadly, their main man, Bill Bailey, died suddenly of cancer last year, but they are determined to continue out of respect for the man. My band has played there a couple of times and we are due there again this July (at Bill's request). I'd love to recommend you because I've heard nothing but positive stuff about you, but that is a bit awkward because I've never heard you! Hence my question, will you be near Oxford in the foreseeable future!

Hey, there is the Wallingford Bunkfest, a nice little festival east of Oxford in early September, they will be putting their guest list together now. My band has performed there the last two years so I guess it will time for some other faces. They have a web site
here.

Regards

Peter

Subject: RE: Mary Humphreys and Anahata - gig info
From: treewind
Date: 01 Mar 04 - 06:00 PM

Thanks for the link.
It occurs to me that if you're feeling adventurous we're at the Black Diamond club in Birmingham on Friday April 2. I think that's the nearest to you, for some liberal interpretation of "near".

Anahata

Subject: RE: Mary Humphreys and Anahata - gig info
From: breezy
Date: 01 Mar 04 - 07:19 PM

are you and Mary attending george's CD launch on Fri19th March at the Duke of Marlboro, in St Albans?

J

Subject: RE: Mary Humphreys and Anahata - gig info
From: treewind
Date: 02 Mar 04 - 03:36 AM

We certainly are. Mr P is even coming round for a bit of a rehearsal - we wouldn't want to let you down w.r.t. the high standards you expect at your club.

We might also make a visit to Redbourn this week to promote our Mad Nanny gig.

Anahata

Subject: RE: Mary Humphreys and Anahata - gig info
From: George Papavgeris
Date: 02 Mar 04 - 05:02 AM

Anahata, your tongie will come right through your cheek any inute now! Mrs P will be tagging along Sunday too.

Subject: RE: Mary Humphreys and Anahata - gig info
From: George Papavgeris
Date: 02 Mar 04 - 05:03 AM

Tongue even.
Though I like "tongie"....

Subject: RE: Mary Humphreys and Anahata - gig info
From: breezy
Date: 02 Mar 04 - 05:56 AM

stop it.




So you wont be at Mike Spark's gig on Friday and Clarke Sunday then bubbs?


Going to Anthill tonight, Christine has a floor spot, she's hit the ground running..........................^^^^^^^^^^^^

These Bonus boys are v g guitar players, like Fleggy





;-]

Subject: RE: Mary Humphreys and Anahata - gig info
From: treewind
Date: 06 Mar 04 - 06:51 AM

March 19 - George's CD Launch is next!

March 20
We are in a concert that's part of the "Melodeons in Mid Suffolk" workshop day, run by East Anglian Traditional Music Trust (i.e. John and Katie Howson of Veteran Records). The concert also features some of the workshop tutors (Dan Quinn, Rees Wesson, Will Duke, Roger Digby, Katie Howson, Colin Cater, Jeannie Harris) and Bob Davenport.

March 26/28 National Folk Festival, Sutton Bonington.
Latest on this is that they've accepted Mary's offer to be one of the adjudicators of the National Song competition. Apply direct for information on where to send bribes!

Anahata

Subject: RE: Mary Humphreys and Anahata - gig info
From: My guru always said
Date: 07 Mar 04 - 05:02 AM

Am coming along to George's launch on the 19th - hope to hear you both that night!

Hil x

Subject: RE: Mary Humphreys and Anahata - gig info
From: The Unicorn Man
Date: 07 Mar 04 - 02:13 PM

You can come along on Oct 11. Hil if you like and do 20 mins or so, when Anahata and Mary play at The Friendly Earth.Pm me up nearer the time.

Subject: RE: Mary Humphreys and Anahata - gig info
From: My guru always said
Date: 07 Mar 04 - 03:22 PM

*handshake* In diary, thanks Martin!
Apologies for thread drift......

Subject: RE: Mary Humphreys and Anahata - gig info
From: treewind
Date: 08 Mar 04 - 10:01 AM

Great! I hope we see you before then Hil. (oh yes, we will, at el Grek's launch).
On topic enough, no problem!

Anahata

Subject: RE: Mary Humphreys and Anahata - gig info
From: breezy
Date: 08 Mar 04 - 07:21 PM

Hey Hil, can you make it for an afternoon in French row on the Friday P.M.?

16 at the Spot on Sun 4 geo Clarke ,and he did well.

Subject: RE: Mary Humphreys and Anahata - gig info
From: My guru always said
Date: 09 Mar 04 - 02:19 PM

Sorry Breezy, working all day, rushing up in peak hour!!! Nice try...

Subject: RE: Mary Humphreys and Anahata - gig info
From: breezy
Date: 09 Mar 04 - 08:05 PM

over-time?

Thanks for help in finding snots

Subject: RE: Mary Humphreys and Anahata - gig info
From: treewind
Date: 16 Mar 04 - 05:13 PM

This week:
Fri 19 March El Greko's CD launch (see other threads)
Sat 20 March - Melodeons in Mid Suffolk concert
26-28 March: The National Folk Festival
2 April: Black Diamond Folk Club, Birmingham
4 April: South Shields Folk Club

Subject: RE: Mary Humphreys and Anahata - gig info
From: treewind
Date: 31 Mar 04 - 02:23 PM

Northern Tour (sort of)
2 April: Black Diamond folk club, Turk's Head, Birmingham
3 April: Not a gig - but we're dropping in at the White Hart, Mickleby (N Yorkshire) to show them what they missed by not responding to my enquiry about a possible booking!
4 April: South Shields Folk Club, Tyne and Wear. Dave Webber and Anni Fentiman are putting us up. Hooray!

Other news:
E-commerce hits our website!
Anyone with UK debit card can buy our CDs online. No extra charge for postage.
Sharp Practice £13.00 - - - Through The Groves £10.00
Both CDs in one order: only £20!

Anahata

Subject: RE: Mary Humphreys and Anahata - gig info
From: treewind
Date: 02 Apr 04 - 05:09 AM

...and I should have mentioned also -
St Neots Folk Club this coming Tuesday: April 6. The club has moved to:
The King's Head Hotel, South Street, off Market Square., St. Neots, Cambs.

Anahata

Subject: RE: Mary Humphreys and Anahata - gig info
From: pavane
Date: 02 Apr 04 - 05:11 AM

Think you need to correct your website link. Maybe you forgot to put the http:// at the front

Subject: RE: Mary Humphreys and Anahata - gig info
From: pavane
Date: 02 Apr 04 - 05:13 AM

Could this be what you wanted? treewind