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Vibes Band, Qwela, Tandaa Traditional Group, Wanafunzi wa SOS and more.
busaramusic.org/festivals/2012
Martin Simpson curates a series of events plus a live show of his latest acclaimed album Purpose + Grace at Kings Place, London N1 from 8th – 11th February. A stellar cast feature on his album, and will be performing at Kings Place during this week, including June Tabor and Dick Gaughan. Also appearing are Roy Bailey & Tony Benn, Chris Wood, the Ruth Theodore Band, Nancy Wallace and Jason Steel. A host of young stars from Sheffield’s Bright Phoebus’ join Simpson on the 11th, with Fay Hield, Ewan McLennan and Sam Carter. Box Office on 020 7520 1490;
www.kingsplace.co.uk
The 16th Cheltenham Folk
Festival runs from 10th – 12th February with a line-up including Dervish, Albion Band, Brass Monkey, Brian Peters & Jeff Davis, Bryony Griffith & Will Hampson, Kathryn Roberts & Sean Lakeman, Melrose Quartet, Katriona Gilmore & Jamie Roberts, Lady Maisery, Maggie Boyle, Crucible Trio, Blair Dunlop, Mick Ryan & Paul Downes, Polkaworks, Sciorr, The Carnival Band and The QP.
www.cheltenhamtownhall.org.uk/ folk-festival
The 2nd Celtic Footprint
Festival (10th – 12th February) comes to The Venue, Spur Road, Chichester with Sharon Shannon's Big Band, Richard Wood, Breabach, Ron Kavana, Riobo and more. 01243 774641;
www.rootsaroundtheworld.info
The Big Whistle Festival at
The Met, Bury features Kan, Breabach, Ross Ainslie and Treacherous
Orchestra.Tel: 0161 761 2216;
www.themet.biz
The first ever Frome Folk
Festival runs on 18th – 19th February with a line-up including Chris Wood, Steve Knightley, Spiers & Boden, Kathryn Roberts & Sean Lakeman, Jamie Smith’s Mabon, Bella Hardy, Jackie Oates, Miranda Sykes & Rex Preston, Tim Edey & Brendan Power, Jim Moray, Belshazzar’s Feast, Pilgrims’ Way, Phillip Henry & Hannah Martin, Dyer Cummings and more. Tel: 01373 455420;
www.fromefolkfestival.co.uk
The next International Folk Alliance Conference will take place 22nd – 26th February at the Memphis Marriott Hotel and Cook Convention Center in Memphis, Tennessee, USA. With over 200 official showcase artists, three full days of panels, workshops & clinics, showcases, films, jam sessions, special conference features will include centennial tributes to Woody Guthrie, Robert Johnson, and Bill Monroe. Amongst the showcase artists are 9Bach, Blackie & The Rodeo Kings, Carrie Elkin, Ellis Paul, Gina Chavez, Gretchen Peters, Iain Morrison, Julian Dawson, Lisa Lambert & The Pine Ridge Boys, Malcolm Holcombe, Melanie Safka, Nano Stern, Raina Rose, Rebecca Loebe, Sarah Lee Guthrie & Johnny Irion, Steve LaFleur & Mamou, The Black Lillies, The Lost Pines, The Memphis Dawls, The Tequila Mockingbird Orchestra, Town Mountain, Wil Maring and more.
www.folkalliance.org
Here’s advance notice of UK
events that fRoots will be a media partner for in 2012:
Big Session (15th – 17th June)
at Catton Hall, Walton On Trent features hosts Oysterband with guests including Eddi Reader, Chris Wood & Dizraeli & The Small Gods, Martin Simpson Band, Kris Drever, Show Of Hands, Treacherous Orchestra, Jon Boden & The Remnant Kings, Chumbawamba, Jonny Kearney & Lucy Farrell, Roddy Woomble, Fay Hield & The Hurricane Party, State Of The Union, Walsh & Pound and DJ Pete Lawrence. Tel: 01629 827012;
www.bigsessionfestival.com
WOMAD celebrates its 30th anniversary from Thursday 26th – Sunday 29th July at Charlton Park, Malmesbury. Line-up to be announced. Early bird tickets are now on sale until 6th January, or when they sell out, whichever comes first.
www.womad.org
Sidmouth Folk Week runs
from 3rd – 10th August with early line-up announcements including June Tabor & Oysterband, Seth Lakeman, Edward II, Spiers & Boden, Michael McGoldrick, John McCusker & John Doyle, Martin Simpson & Special Guests, Frank Yamma, Brass Monkey, Michael Marra, Jackie Oates, Black Umfolosi, John
Jamie Smith’s Mabon: Frome Folk Festival TOURS The rather wonderful Cecil
Sharp Project, featuring Andy Cutting, Caroline Herring, Steve Knightley, Jim Moray, Jackie Oates, Leonard Podolak, Patsy Reid and Kathryn Roberts have half a dozen dates in January: St Georges, Bristol (22nd); Buxton, Opera House (23rd); Derby Theatre (24th); Celtic Connections, Glasgow (25th); Burnley Mechanics (26th); Cecil Sharp House, London (27th).
Senegal’s mighty Orchestra
Baobab have a couple of UK dates in January: The Sage, Gateshead (29th) and The Barbican, London (30th).
Otherwise, only Indonesia’s
Sambasunda Quintet break the new year famine of world music artists on anything like a UK tour with February dates at Colston Hall, Bristol (9th); MAC, Birmingham (10th); Lighthouse, Poole (11th); Union Chapel, London (12th); The Stables, Milton Keynes (15th); The Junction, Cambridge (16th); Pontardawe
Sambasunda Quintet: touring
Kirkpatrick, Fay Hield & The Hurricane Party, Morris Offspring’s Must Come Down, Tickled Pink, Debby McClatchy, Jonny Kearney & Lucy Farrell, Hekety, Rua McMillan Trio, Old Man Luedecke, Finest Kind, Len Graham & Jack Lynch, Monster Ceilidh Band, Crucible Trio. Tel: 01395 577952;
www.sidmouthfolkweek.co.uk
Towersey Village Festival runs from 23rd – 27th August.
www.towerseyfestival.com
Moseley Folk Festival runs
from 2nd – 4th September in Moseley Park, Alcester Road, Moseley.
www.moseleyfolk.co.uk
Other festival news:
Trowbridge Festival is back on this year at the new venue of White Horse Country Park in Westbury (20th – 22nd July). Early guest list promises Show Of Hands, Seth Lakeman, Karine Polwart, Ben Waters, 3 Daft Monkeys, Peter Knight’s Gigspanner, Allan Taylor, Michael Chapman, Keith Christmas, O’Hooley & Tidow, Allan Yn Y Fan and Jenna Witts.
www.villagepumpfolkfestival.co.uk
Arts Centre (17th); South Street, Reading (18th); NCEM, York (19th); The Sage Gateshead (23rd); Band On The Wall, Manchester (24th); North Wall Arts Centre, Oxford (25th).
Transatlantic Sessions are
back on tour, with a combination of Aly Bain, Jerry Douglas plus Raul Malo, Ruth Moody, Declan O’Rourke, Eddi Reader, Karen Matheson, Tim O’Brien, Bruce Molsky, John Doyle, Russ Barenberg, Danny Thompson, Michael McGoldrick, John McCusker, Donald Shaw and James Mackintosh play at Celtic Connections, Glasgow (2nd & 5th Feb); Clickimin Centre, Shetland (3rd); Royal Festival Hall, London (6th); Dublin Convention Centre (7th); Symphony Hall, Birmingham (8th); Sage Gateshead (9th).
Jackie Oates with Karen
Tweed 2012 Tour includes dates at Lyceum Folk Club, Newport (12th Jan); Nailsea Folk Club, Nr. Bristol (13th); Topsham Folk Club, Devon (15th); The Elm Tree, Ringwood (18th); Black Swan Folk Club, York (19th); The Shakespeare, Sheffield (20th); Aslackby Village Hall, Lincs (21st); Penzance Folk Club (1st Feb); Roseland Inn, Philleigh, Cornwall (2nd); Bodmin Folk Club (3rd); Haddenham Village Hall (4th); Medway Folk Cellar, Kent (5th).
Steve Tilston’s (as featured this issue) forthcoming live dates include Maghull Folk Club (10th Jan); Marlborough Folk-Roots (13th); Under the Edge Arts, Wotton under Edge (14th); Walthamstow Folk Club (15th); Glasgow Celtic Connections (20th); Davy Lamp Folk Club, Washington (28th); Folk on the Coast, Bognor Regis (24th Feb).
www.stevetilston.com
Celebrating forty-five years in
2012, Fairport Convention head off at the end of January for a 39- date road trip taking in: The Playhouse Theatre, Oxford (21st); The Roses Theatre, Tewkesbury (25th); The City Hall, Salisbury (26th); The Anvil, Basingstoke (27th); The Royal Spa Centre, Leamington Spa, (28th); The Corn Exchange, Exeter (29th); The Octagon, Yeovil (31st); Hall For Cornwall, Truro (1st Feb); The Fairfield Halls, Croydon (2nd); The Drill Hall, Lincoln (3rd); The Lowry, Manchester (4th); The Palace, Southend (7th); The Swan, High Wycombe (8th); The Apex Theatre,
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