11 f Upcoming Shakedown Blues
gigs at The Village Hall, Castor, Peterborough include ‘Crazy’ Marvin Braxton, Louis Arzo ‘Gearshifter’ Youngblood, Country Pete McGill, Austin ‘Walkin’ Cane’ and Dwight Edwards.
www.shakedownblues.co.uk
Nettlebed Folk Club at the
Village Club has Jan/ Feb dates with John Kirkpatrick, The Bully Wee Band with Phil Beer, Richard Digance, Steve Knightley, Ahab, The Urban Folk Quartet, Megan Henwood & Peter Knight. 01628 636620 or
www.nettlebedfolkclub.co.uk
Coming soon to Folk At The
Royal Oak, Station Street, Lewes are Elsie’s Band & The Cowden Mummers, Martyn Wyndham- Read & Iris Bishop, Archie Fisher, George Papavgeris, The Twagger Band, Pete Morton, Maggie Boyle & Mandy Murray, Steve Turner, Jim Bainbridge, Norma Waterson, Martin Carthy & Chris Parkinson, Dana & Susan Robinson, Nancy Kerr & James Fagan and Jez Lowe. Tel: 01273 478124 or 881316;
www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~tinvic
A concert by the London Bulgarian Choir takes place at the London A Cappella Festival on 13th January at Kings Place, 90 York Way, London N1.
www.kingsplace.co.uk/music/week ly-themes?theme=163
Llantrisant Folk Club meets weekly – every Wednesday at 8.30pm – at The Windsor Hotel, Llantrisant Road, Pontyclun. Future guests include: Gina LeFaux, Chris Moreton, Mick Ryan & Paul Downes, Debra Cowan & John Roberts, Judy Cook, The Askew Sisters. Tel: 01443 226892;
www.folkwales.org.uk
Folk Union runs on Fridays at
Kings Place, London N1 with the likes of Skaidi, Urban Folk Quartet, Martin Simpson & Andy Cutting and more. Box Office: 0844 254 0321;
www.kingsplace.co.uk
Among those appearing at
Burnett’s Hill Chapel in Martletwy, Pembrokeshire during the Spring are Sam Sweeney & Hannah James, Wizz Jones, The Carrivick Sisters and Groanbox. Tel: 01646 685144.
Anaïs Mitchell: Hades in church
London’s Cellar Upstairs at Exmouth Arms, Starcross St, NW1 has forthcoming dates with Hazel & Emily Askew, Archie Fisher, Tim Laycock, Dave Swarbrick, Pete Morton, Chris Miles, New Deal String Band, Mick Ryan & Paul Downes, Jeff Wesley and Thomas MacCarthy.
www.cellarupstairs.org.uk
The Sage Gateshead’s current listings include Runrig, Thea Gilmore, Maddy Prior & The Carnival Band Carols And Capers 2010, Folkworks Christmas Ceilidh, Jez Lowe & Badapple Theatre presents Geordie’s Winter Almanac Radio Roadshow, Louisa Killen, Peter Tickell, Chris Newman, Smoke Fairies with special guests Jonny Kearney & Lucy Farrell plus Sea Of Bees, Richard Thompson Band – The Dream Attic Tour, The Creole Choir Of Cuba, Transatlantic Sessions, Bodega, Penguin Cafe plus Portico Quartet, Lo Còr De La Plana and the Martin Simpson Trio.
www.thesagegateshead.org
February’s got the return of
Folk Rising at Cecil Sharp House, London NW1 on 3rd Feb, the first in a series of three concerts, Broadside Day (26th Feb) and a Youth Folk Music Project (21st – 25th Feb) for half term with Laurel Swift, amongst other tutors. Tel: 020 7485 2206;
www.efdss.org
Coming soon to St
Ethelburga’s, Bishopsgate, London EC2 are SOAS Choir, Peyman Heydarian, The Sefiroth Ensemble, Kadialy Kouyate & Sound Archive, Szászcsávás Band and Carmen Souza & Theo Pas’cal. Tel: 020 7496 1610;
www.stethelburgas.org
Trowbridge Village Pump
Folk Club sees future dates with Phil Beer, Sandy & Graham Bell, Bully Wee Band, Keith Christmas, Edwina Hayes, Ashley Hutchings & Ken Nicol, Paul Downes & Mick Ryan. Tel: 01225 865107;
www.villagepump.org.uk
The Gleanings Rural Study
Centre in Gravels Bank, near Minsterley, Shropshire runs 2011 courses in folk music, art and rural crafts, including sessions run by Kitty Greenwood, George Papavgeris, Mary Humphreys & Anahata and Paul Hutchinson. Tel: 01743 891412;
www.gleanings.co.uk
These recently in: A Banda
Das Crechas ABDC (Do Fol Musica – Boa); A Fil De Ciel Vertigo (Folk Club Ethnosuoni); Manos Achalinotopoulos Zopirin (Roll Out/ Universal Music Greece); Acoustic Earth Travelling Man (own label); Jarek Adamów Etnomalia Projekt – New Polish Klezmer Music (Folken Music); æ æ (own label); Rahim Alhaj Little Earth (Ur Music); Allerton & Alton Black, White And Bluegrass (Bear Family); Alwan Alwan (own label); Antonio Amato Ensemble Furtuna (Italian World Music);
Coming soon to Norwich
Arts Centre are C.W. Stoneking, Smoke Fairies, Juan Martin, James Yorkston, Emily Portman, Diabel Cissokho & Ramon Goose, Beoga and more. Tel: 01603 660352;
http://norwichartscentre.co.uk Haddenham Concerts &
Ceilidhs include imminent dates with Bill Caddick, Jackie Oates, Roy Bailey, Simon Care Trio plus The Bar Team, Steamchicken plus
Hammersmith Morris Men, Bursledon Village Band plus Chinewrde Morris.
www.haddenhamceilidhs.co.uk
Knees Up ceilidh dates at Cecil Sharp House, London include Simon Care Trio with Cate Bannister (21st Jan); Random Band with Mary Panton (18th Feb) and Katie’s Quartet with Bobby Ritchie (18th March).
www.kneesupcecilsharp.co.uk
Oxfolk Ceilidhs run on a monthly basis at Kennington Village Hall, near Oxford with 3sticks with Cat Kelly (8th Jan); Mr Gubbins’ Bicycle with John Kirkpatrick and Steph Tait (12th Feb); Asha with Cat Kelly and Sarah Malleson (12th March). Tel: 07866 804220 / 07515 410211;
www.oxfolk.org.uk
Meltdown Ceilidhs take place
at Clair Hall, Haywards Heath with Heath Chalktown with Sheena Masson, Simon Care Trio with Cat Kelly.
www.meltdownec.org.uk
CDs
Christi Andropolis Rust & Holler (Furrow); Annabouboula Immortal Water (Byzan-Tone); Arifa Beyond Babylon (Mundus); Baba Zula Gecekondu (Doublemoon); The Bad Shepherds By Hook Or By Crook (Monsoon Music); Bagad Kemper Live Au Cornouaille (Keltia Musique); Balogh Kalman Gipsy Cimbalom Band Delibáb Mirage (NarRator); Helene Blum Liden Sol (Pile House); Stepanida Borisova Impressio (Sketis Music); Lucy Bunce Penny On The Water (own label); Martin Carthy The January Man – Live In Belfast 1978 (Hux); Ceumar & Trio Live In Amsterdam (own label); Niamh Ni Charra Súgach Sámh / Happy Out (Imeartas); Hariprasad Chaurasia/ Henri Tournier Hariprasad Chaurasia & The Art Of Improvisation (Accords Croisés); Johnny Clegg Human (Appleseed); Armando Corsi Alma (Orange Home); Laura Cortese Acoustic Project (own label); Joseph Couderc Chanteur Du Ségala: Una Vida De Cançons... (Cordae/ La Talvera); The Creole Choir Of Cuba Tande-La (Real World); Mario Crispi Arenaria (Suono); Mah Damba Mali: A L’Ombre Du Grand Baobab (Buda); Danú Seanchas {Lore, Tradition, Mythos} (own label); Gavin Davenport Brief Lives (Hallamshire Traditions); Paul & Liz Davenport Spring Tide Rising (Hallamshire Traditions); The Angelo Debarre Quartet Impromptu (Frémeaux & Associés); Sandy Denny Box Set (Universal); DePedro Nubes De Papel (Nat Geo Music); Djuwel Hiwaya (PlayaSound); Tymon Dogg The Irrepressible Tymon Dogg – A Collection 1968-2009 (Rev-Ola); Ciaran Dorris Home (Greentrax); Stevie Dunne About Time (own label); Ensemble Moshtaq 14 Cheerful Pieces (Buda); Tèssèma Eshète Ethiopiques 27 (Buda); Tiken Jah Fakoly African Revolution (Wrasse); Liu Fang & Malcolm Goldstein Along The Way (Philmultic); Fela Fela – The Complete Works Of Fela Anikulapo Kuti (Wrasse); The Flying Toads In Stitches (own label); Folkport Let Me In (own label); Thomas Fraser Just Call Me Lonesome (Nel Music); Earl Gaines You Got The Walk (SPV – Blue); Art Galbraith Dixie
Andy Cutting & Martin Simpson: Folk Union
Photo: Philip Ryalls
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