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at Ely Folk Club, The Stables Bar, Lamb Hotel (16th March); Aust Church (9th April); Bubbenhall Village Hall, Lower End (10th).
Kate Rusby has some Spring dates at Birmingham Town Hall (18th March); Blackpool Grand Theatre (20th); Plaza Theatre, Stockport (21st April); Whitley Bay Playhouse (22nd); Darlington Civic Theatre (23rd).
The Dhol Foundation appear at Birmingham Town Hall, Victoria Square (1st Apr); Stratford Circus, Theatre Square, London (2nd); The Stables Theatre, Milton Keynes (3rd); TJ’s Woodhouse Club, Woodhouse Street, Leeds (4th).
Genticorum have April dates at Green Note, London (25th); Glasgow (26th); Shetland Folk Festival (28th – 1st May).
The Ian McMillan Orchestra have dates at the Paramount, Penistone (1st); The Greystones, Sheffield (6th); Alnwick Playhouse (7th); Bury Met (8th); Poetry Festival, Wenlock (29th).
theianmcmillanorchestra.com
Phil Beer flies solo at Seven Stars, Kennford (18th March); Devoran Village Hall, Devora (19th); Crabshell Inn, Kingsbridge (20th); David Hall, South Petherton (23rd); Dolphin Hotel, Beer (24th); British Legion, Blandford (25th); Under the Edge Arts, Wotton-Under-Edge (26th); Hambledon Village Hall (27th); Dorchester Arts Centre (16th Apr).
Talvin Singh & Niladri
Kumar play Together at Colston Hall, Bristol (19th April); The Phoenix, Exeter (20th); Alchemy Festival, Southbank Centre, London (24th); South Hill Park, Bracknell (26th); Hifi Club, Leeds (27th); Peepul Centre, Leicester (28th); Town Hall, Birmingham (29th).
Heidi Talbot with John McCusker & Ian Carr play at Pacific Road Arts Centre, New Woodside, Birkenhead (13th Apr); NCEM, Walmgate (14th); The Bear Inn, Alderwasley, Belper (15th); The Pavilion, George Street, Hailsham (16th); Ropetackle Arts Centre, Little High Street, Shoreham (17th); Gosport & Fareham Festival, Ferneham Halls & Ashcroft (23rd); Electric Palace, South Street, Bridport (24th); The Maltings, Ship Lane, Ely (27th); Bush Hall, Uxbridge Road, London (28th); Ruskin Mill, Old Bristol Road, Nailsworth (29th).
Kate Rusby April sees Show Of Hands
with Miranda Sykes continue their short tour of concert venues: Barnsley Civic (1st April); Clonter Opera Theatre, Congleton (2nd); South Hill Park, Bracknell (6th); St Mary’s Arts Centre, Banbury (7th); Drill Hall, Lincoln (8th), The Stag Theatre, Sevenoaks (9th); Gosport & Fareham Easter Festival (22nd) and a Show Of Hands & Friends special with guests Dervish and Port Isaac’s Fisherman’s Friends at the newly resurrected Bristol Folk Festival (30th).
A brand new configuration of A Hawk And A Hacksaw with core duo Jeremy Barnes and Heather Trost joined by Samuel Johnson (trumpet) and George Lawler (darbuka) tours this month: Polish Club, Bristol (13th April); Islington Mill, Manchester (14th); Workman’s Club, Dublin (15th); Auntie Annies, Belfast (16th); The Caves, Edinburgh (17th); Star & Shadow, Newcastle (18th); Brudenell Social Club, Leeds (19th); Xoyo, London (20th); Brighton Ballroom (21st); Bullingdon Arms, Oxford (22nd).
Evening Star play European traditional music influenced by 21st Century sound. Blowzabella’s Paul James (UK) – bagpipes, saxophones, flutes, leads a world class line-up of Patrick Bouffard (France) – hurdy-gurdy; Carlos Beceiro (Spain) – bouzouki, bass guitar; Luke Daniels (UK/Ireland) – diatonic button accordeon; Victor Nicholls (UK/Armenia) – bass and electric guitars, electronics and Gigi Biolcati (Italy) – drums and percussion, playing original material influenced by traditional music and traditional music influenced by contemporary sounds and styles. They play at St Mary Bourne Village Centre (30th Mar); Sproxton Village Hall (31st); Greetham Community Centre (1st); Rowney Green Village Hall (2nd); Areley Kings Village Hall, Areley Kings (3rd);
www.evening-star.eu
Feast of Fiddles – the 11- piece collective featuring Fairport Convention’s Chris Leslie, Steeleye Span’s Peter Knight, Bully Wee Band’s Ian Cutler and ex-Battlefield Band’s Brian McNeill joining forces with Garry Blakeley (Band Of Two) and Tom Leary (John B Spencer Trio/Albion Morris), Hugh Crabtree, Dave Mattacks, John Underwood, Martin Vincent, Dave Harding
open their April tour with two nights at Nettlebed Folk Club (11th & 12th), then The Roses Theatre, Tewkesbury (13th); Band On The Wall, Manchester (14th); Playhouse, Alnwick (15th); The Rose, Ormskirk (16th); Guildhall, Lichfield (17th); The Drill Hall, Lincoln (18th); The Stables, Wavendon (19th); Huntingdon Hall, Worcester (20th); Town Hall, Marlborough (21st); Corn Exchange, Exeter (22nd); College Theatre, Eastbourne (23rd); The Brook Theatre, Chatham (24th).
www.feastoffiddles.com
Orkestra Del Sol have a new April album and some tour dates at Paisley Town Hall (7th Apr); Birnam Arts Centre (8th); Dingwalls, London (14th); Knoydart Festival (29th).
Chris Newman & Máire Ní
Chathasaigh play at Limelight Theatre, Queen’s Park Arts Centre, Aylesbury, Bucks (8th April); Pitchcombe Village Hall, Stroud (9th); Bournemouth Folk Club @ Centre Stage (10th); Amerdale Hall, Arncliffe, nr Skipton (13th); Terrington Village Hall, nr York (15th); Wass Village Hall (16th); Sessay Village Hall, nr Thirsk (23rd). Chris Newman’s Still Getting Away With It tour with new trio (with guitarist/ mandolinist Andy Watt and bassist Keith Rae) starts at Shetland Festival from 28th April – 1st May.
Karine Polwart Trio play at Howden Park Centre, Howden, Livingstone (31st March); The Buccleuch Centre, Buccleuch Square, Langholm (1st April); Barnsley Acoustic, Kingstone Performing Arts, Roots Festival School, Broadway, Barnsley (2nd); The Sage Gateshead (3rd); Plug, Sheffield (8th); The Met, Market Street, Bury (9th); Milngavie Folk Club, The Fraser Centre, Douglas Street (10th); Trelawnyd Memorial Hall, London Road, Rhyl (15th); The Platform, Station Buildings, Central Promenade, Morecambe (16th); Pyramid & Parr Hall, Palmyra Square South, Warrington (21st); The Frazer Theatre, Back High Street, Knaresborough (22nd); Woodend Barn Arts, Burn O’Bennie, Banchory (23rd).
Kris Drever & Eamonn
Coyne play at Gateshead Old Town Hall, West Street (15th); Kirkgate Centre, Cockermouth (16th); The Musician, Clyde Street, Leicester (21st); The Green Door
Orkestra Del Sol
Store, Goods Yard, Brighton Station, Trafalgar Street, Brighton (23rd); Gosport and Fareham Festival, Ferneham Halls & Ashcroft (24th).
Roddy Woomble has dates at The Glee Club, Birmingham (23rd March); The Junction, Clifton Way, Cambridge (24th); The Glee Club, Nottingham (25th); Norwich Arts Centre, Reeves Yard, St Benedict’s Street (26th); Union Chapel, Compton Avenue, Islington (27th); The Boilerroom, Stokefields, Guildford (28th); Clwb Ifor Bach, Womanby Street (29th); The Duchess, Stonebow House, York (30th); Brudenell Social Club, Leeds (1st April);The Cluny 2, Lime Street, Newcastle (2nd); Paisley Arts Centre (4th).
Asian Music Circuit celebrate 20 years with a number of tours in 2011, including Mumbai Jazz at Gateshead Old Town Hall, Newcastle (14th Apr); Purcell Room, Southbank Centre, London (18th) and St George’s, Bristol (26th).
Katriona Gilmore & Jamie
Roberts have tour dates at Colchester Arts Centre (28th Mar); Blacksmith’s Arms, Rothwell (1st April); Rugby Roots @ Lawrence Sheriff School, Rugby (2nd); Barnsley Acoustic Roots Festival (3rd); Black Swan Folk Club, York (7th); Cambridge Folk Club (8th); Farnham Maltings, Surrey (9th); The Minstrel Room, Cowbridge nr Cardiff (10th); Cecil Sharp House, London (13th); Uxbridge Folk Club (14th); Old Town Hall, Gateshead (with Kris Drever) (15th); The Stag Plaza, Sevenoaks, Kent (16th); Folk On The Moor, Devon (17th); Roses Theatre, Tewkesbury (19th); Banbury Folk Club, Oxfordshire (20th); Bury Met, Lancs (21st); Old Ship Inn, Lowdham (27th); Bromsgrove Folk Club (28th); Aslackby Church, Lincs (30th).
www.gilmoreroberts.co.uk
Allan Yn Y Fan appear at Theatr Mwldan Cardigan (25th March); St Donat’s Arts Centre (26th); Trowbridge Village Pump FC (1st April); Blackwood Miners’ Institute (2nd); Savoy Theatre Monmouth (8th).
www.ayyf.co.uk;
www.myspace.com/allanynyfan
Monster Ceilidh Band’s Mechanical Monster Tour play at Horton Grange, Newcastle (6th); Grog & Gruel, Fort William (7th); Mad Hatters, Inverness (8th); Hootananny, Inverness (9th); Islay Inn, Glasgow (10th); Poynton
Photo: Philip Ryalls
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