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19 Aug 11 - 09:27 AM (#3209389) Subject: Folk 'n' blues in Reading UK Autumn 2011 From: Roger the Skiffler Just got the Sep-Dec info.from Reading Arts. Quite a lot going on: Kate Rusby Concert Hall 9 Sept Cragievar Scottish Ceilidh band at Caversham Court 15 Sept Mugenkyo Taiko drumemrs Hexagon 16 Sept Lucy Farrell & Jonny Kearney South St 29th Sept Soweto Gospel Choir Hexagon 30 Sept Eric St Blues Band South St 30 Sept (includes one of my favourite local guitarists, Neil Sadler) The Travelling Band (psychodelic nu-folk, Mancunian Americana!)South St 15 Oct Parampara classical Indian music & dance South St 23 Oct Hilary James English Sketches South St 27 Oct Jools Holland 4 & 5 Nov. Hexagon Larry Miller Band (blues-rock) South St 5 Nov Peter Knight of Steeeye Span with Gigspanner South St 10 Nov Aurelio Martinez (Honduras guitar) South St 10 Nov Sambasunda Quintet (Indonesia) South St 18 Feb 2012 Appalachian Special (fiddle, banjo & all things Americana) South St 26 Nov Hilary James (mandobass) & Simon Mayor Musical Mystery tour South St 23 Nov Russian Patriarchate Choir of Moscow (sacred music & folk songs) Hexagon 27 Nov Steeleye Span Concert Hall 5 Dec Lau (inventive Edinbrgh folk band) South St 8 Dec Mandolinquent South St 14 Dec The monthly blues at South St has Diana Braithwaite & Chris Whiteley on 22 Sept (got my ticket already) Dave Raphael band (Dave on blues harp & keys) 20 Oct 24 Pesos "sophisticated urban blues" 17th Nov Michael Messer's Second Mind Band 15 Dec (I'll give that one a miss. I like M's slide playing but when his son is scratching decks behind him it is just irritating IMHO) AND If you can believe it the Hamsters (Britain's hardest working blues-rock band)are claiming to be doing a "last" tour next year and will be at South St 21 & 22 March 2012 RtS |