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Universe Tour 2012 comes to Brighton Festival (26th); Hootananny, London (26th); Knockengorroch Folk Festival (3rd Jun); Bristol Fiddlers Club (8th); Bath Fringe (9th); Sunrise Festival (23rd).
www.destroyers.co.uk
Sheelanagig’s Cirque
Insomnia tour comes to The Slaughtered Lamb, London (30th May); Brewery Arts Centre, Kendal (1st Jun); Telfords Warehouse, Chester (2nd); Tockington Parish Hall (4th); The Barrel House, Totnes (6th); Chapel Art Centre, Bath (7th); Fiddlers, Bristol (8th); The Winchester, Bournemouth (9th); Newton Tony Village Hall (10th); The Prince Albert Stroud (19th); The Moon Club, Cardiff (20th); Band On The Wall, Manchester (21st); Brudenell Social Club, Leeds (22nd); The Cumberland Arms, newcastle (23rd); Sunrise celebration, Bruton (24th); The Old Road Tavern, Chippenham (27th); The Blind Tiger, Brighton (28th); Hootananny, London (29th); Pasing Clouds, London (30th).
Joanna Chapman–Smith plays at Blue Sky Cafe, Bangor (24th May); Puzzle Hall Inn, Sowerby Bridge (25th); Old Friends/Bookends @ The Independent, Sunderland (26th); Butterfly Cabinet Cafe, Newcastle on Tyne (27th); The Distillers Pub, Hammersmith, London (31st); Old Brewery Arts Centre, Cromarty (2nd).
www.joannacs.com
GIGS Forthcoming nights at the
Green Note, Camden include Kristi Stassinopoulou & Stathis Kalyviotis launching their Greekadelia album (Reviewed this issue) on Sunday 24th June, plus other dates from Jim Causley with support from Josienne Clarke and Ben Walker, Ewan McLennan with support from David Shevelew, James Findlay, Elle Osborne and Lorraine Jordan.
www.greennote.co.uk
Lifeline For 2 Jonz is a joint benefit at Rich Mix, Bethnal Green Road London E1 on 1st June for fRoots own Jon Lusk, who suffered a major stroke last year,
Joanna Chapman-Smith
and for musicologist, musician and professor at University of Accra, Prof John Collins who has his wordly goods swept away by floods in Ghana last autumn. The event features live performances from Ebo Taylor, Konkoma and Yaaba Funk as well as DJs Fokn Bois, Duncan Brooker, Frank . The event is hosted by Rita Ray and Max Reinhardt.
www.richmix.org.uk
An evening of live music and spoken word acts headlined by Mariem Hassam takes place at the Roundhouse Studio Theatre, London on 6th June to launch Studio-Live, a project aiming to give forgotten Saharawi refugees a voice through music. Tel: 0844 482 8008;
www.roundhouse.org.uk
Kathryn Tickell presents Northumbrian Voices, an evening of live music, stories and songs at LSO St Luke's on 12th June, based on interviews and recordings Kathryn has made over the years with family members and old shepherd musicians from whom she learnt tunes and songs, including mouth organ player Will Atkinson and fiddler Willie Taylor. Three generations of musicians perform in this reflection of immensely strong communities, their music and collective stories. Tel: 020 7638 8891
www.barbican.org.uk
Devon's folk arts charity Wren Music continues its new Folk Comes To Town series with a day of traditional and contemporary fiddle music on Saturday 23rd June with Catriona Macdonald, Nick Wyke & Becki Driscoll in Fairplace Church, Mill Road, Okehampton.
www.wrenmusic.co.uk
Folk Union events coming soon at Kings Place, London N1 include Issy & David Emeney with Kate Riaz, Sam Lee & Friends, Damien O’Kane and Rachael Dadd. Tel: 020 7520 1490;
www.kingsplace.co.uk/folk- union
The RNCM in Manchester has a summer season including performances from Kimmo Pohjonen, Mary Black, The Tashi Llunpo Monks, Mamane Barka & Etran Finatawa. Tel: 0161 907 5555;
www.rncm.ac.uk
Dougie MacLean appears at The Spa Bridlington on 3rd June. Tel: 01262 678258;
www.TheSpaBridlington.com
Mariem Hassan – Roundhouse
The Sage, Gateshead sees forthcoming appearances from The Ukulele Orchestra Of Great Britain (3rd Jun); Sarah Jarosz (4th); Mary Black (8th); Future Traditions (8th); tradition bearer Tom Gilfellon and friends (16th); Suzanne Vega (19th). Tel: 0191 443 4661;
thesagegateshead.org
A new regular night of
alt.folk, Americana and acoustic music, Before The Gold Rush takes place at The Wilmington Arms in Clerkenwell.
beforethegoldrush.co.uk
The Islington Folk Club has forthcoming appearances from Beskydy, Rory Ellis, Maggie Boyle & Paul Downes, Klezmer Klub, James McDonald, Marianne Neary, Pete Cooper's Scratch Fiddlers, Possum Lickers and more. The club is also holding, for the fourth year, a competition across the web for unaccompanied solo singers. Entry is free: videos should be posted to YouTube and the URL sent to
trad2mad@islingtonfolkclub.co.uk by 31 October 2012.
www.islingtonfolkclub.co.uk
Coming up at The Goose Is
Out! in East Dulwich, London SE22 are Crownstreet, James McDonald, Frankie Armstrong, The Askew Sisters, Dick Gaughan, Tom Paley, Philip Henry & Hannah Martin, Jim Causley, Fran McGillivray & Mike Burke, Wizz Jones and more.
www.thegooseisout.com
Folk On The Coast runs on the last Friday of every month at Bognor Regis Town Football Club, The Rocks, Nyewood Lane. Forthcoming guest artists include: Steve Turner, Pied Merlin and Richard Digance.
www.folkonthecoast.co.uk
Forthcoming guests at Anvil
Arts, Basingstoke include Christine Tobin, Steve Tilston, The Imagined Village, Furnace Mountain, The Chieftains and Carrie Rodriguez. Box office: 01256 844244;
www.anvilarts.org.uk
World Unlimited events in
Birmingham include Martyn Joseph, The Hackensaw Boys, Lucy Wainwright Roche, Andrew Duhon & Fingerstyle Collective (with Ayers Guitars) featuring Don Alder, Dan LaVoie, Justin King, Stuart Masters:
world.unlimited@o2.co.uk
St. Bonaventure's in Bristol plays host to forthcoming gigs by Anais Mitchell, David Thomas Broughton, Justin Townes Earle, Toy Hearts, Diana Jones, Alejandro Escovedo & Band and Spider John Koerner.
www.crhmusic.com
Galeri Caernarfon sees future dates from Diabel Cissokho and Cahalen Morrison & Eli West. Tel: 01286 685222;
www.galericaernarfon.com
THSH Birmingham sees future dates from: The Chieftains, Raghu Dixit, The Ukulele Orchestra Of Great Britain, The Robert Cray Band, Nanci Griffith and more. Tel: 0121 345 0498;
www.thsh.co.uk
Norwich Arts Centre has future dates with Suzy Boguss, Mor Karbasi, The Monster Ceilidh Band, Hillfolk Noir and more. Tel: 01603 660352;
www.norwichartscentre.co.uk
Summer events promoted by
the Nest Collective in London include Eska, Mary Hampton Cotillion, Bella Hardy, O'Hooley & Tidow and Sam Lee's album launch. For venue and date information, visit
thenestcollective.co.uk
CDs These recently in: Taynor
Akyol Trio Dance To The Sun (Enja); Damon Albarn Dr Dee (Parlophone); Amadou & Mariam Folila (Because Music); Café Aman Istanbul Fasl-i Rembetiko (Kalan); Al Andaluz Project Abuab Al Andalus – Live in München (Galileo); Willis Earl Beal Acousmatic Sorcery (XL); Suzy Bogguss American Folk Songbook (Loyal Dutchess Records); Maggie BoyleWon’t You Come Away (WildGoose); Billy Bragg & Wilco Mermaid Avenue – The Complete Sessions (Nonesuch); Bubamara Brass Band Zemlja Bubarumija (Sketis); The Campbells Fonn (Watercolor Music); Cuarteto Cedron Corazon De Piel Afuera (Le Chant Du Monde); The Chieftains Voice Of Ages (Hear Music); Carl Cleves The House Is Empty (Vitamin); Cor De La Plana Marcha (Buda Musique); Kate Denny Closer To Home (Lapwing Records); Troy
Catriona Macdonald – Okehampton
Photo: Judith Burrows
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