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Norden Farm Centre For The Arts, Maidenhead (5th); Bath Folk Club (6th); Gate To Southwell Folk Festival (7th & 8th).
Rory McLeod has upcoming gigs at Exmouth Festival (26th May); Chippenham Folk Festival (27th); Uttoxeter Accoustic Festival (2nd June); Whitchurch Rugby, Sports and Social Club, Cardiff (20th); Victoria Rooms, Milverton (21st); Crawley Folk Festival (29th); Blue Bell Folk Club, nr Saffron Walden (30th).
Holy Modal Rounder Peter Stampfel & Jeffrey Lewis return to the UK with a full-on 5- piece band: Brixton Windmill (23rd & 24th May); Chorlton Arts Fest (Manchester) (25th); HowTheLightGetsIn Festival, Hay- On-Wye (26th); The Moon Club, Cardiff (27th); The Blind Tiger, Brighton (28th); Taylor John’s House, Coventry (29th); The Hairy Dog, Derby (30th); Brudenell Social Club, Leeds (31st); Mono, Glasgow (1st Jun); as Daniel Johnston’s backing band at the Barbican, London (2nd); The Cluny, Newcastle (3rd); Adelphi, Hull (4th); Leicester (The Musician) (5th); Norwich Arts Center (6th); Portland Arms, Cambridge (7th); Long Division Festival, Wakefield (8th).
Steve Phillips & The Rough
Diamonds appear at Chapel Arts Centre, Bath (2nd); St Donat’s Arts Centre, Vale of Glamorgan (7th).
Dana & Susan Robinson’s
June tour belatedly celebrates the release of their latest album American Hornpipe with UK audiences. Last year’s tour was cancelled at fairly short notice due to a DIY accident and a snake bite! Now fully recovered, they come to Cuffern Music Festival, Haverfordwest (6th June); Oxford Folk Club, The Folly Bridge Inn (7th); Under the Edge Arts, Chipping Hall, The Chipping, Wotton under Edge (8th); Twickfolk, Cabbage Patch (9th); Otterton Mill, Budleigh Salterton (13th); Sheep Dip Sessions, Princethorpe (14th); Walthamstow Folk Club, Ye Olde Rose & Crown Theatre Pub (16th); Dartford Folk Club, Working Men’s Club, Essex Road (18th); Chichester Inn, 38 West Street (19th); Garstang Unplugged, Kenlis Arms, Ray Lane, Barnacre, Garstang (20th); Cross Keys Folk Club, Running Hill Lane,
Kayhan Kalhor: Barbican
Uppermill, Oldham (26th); Black Swan Folk Club, Black Swan Inn, Peasholme Green (27th); Davy Lamp Folk Club, Washington Arts Centre (29th).
Woody Pines continue their tour with dates at No 5, The Beach, Clevedon (20th May); The Canteen, Bristol (21st); The Chattery, Swansea (22nd); The Old Post Office, Rosebush
Pembrokeshire (23rd); Courthouse Arts Centre, Tinahely, Co Wicklow (24th); Seamus Ennis Arts Centre, Naul, Co Dublin (25th); Glens Centre, Manorhamilton (26th); Atlantic Bar, Portrush (27th); Red Room, Cookstown, Northern Ireland (28th); Balor Arts Centre, Ballyboffey, Co Donegal (29th); Harbour Arts Centre, Irvine (30th); Buccleuch Centre, Langholm (31st); Coldingham Village Hall (1st Jun); Biggar Corn Exchange (2nd).
Simon Mayor & Hilary
James play at Warleggan Jubilee Hall, Bodmin (6th Jun); Millbrook Village Hall, Cornwall (7th); The Centre, Newlyn (8th); Whitecross Village Hall, Lanteglos-by- Fowey, Cornwall (9th).
Steve Tilston plays at Kirkcudbright: On Song, Kirkcudbright Parish Church (24th & 25th May); Steve Tilston’s Trades Roots with Phil Beer: Trades Club, Holme Street, Hebden Bridge (30th May); St Mary’s Church, Warmington, Peterborough (31st); Sutton Upon Derwent Folk Weekend (1st June); Gate to Southwell Folk Festival (8th); Wirral Folk on the Coast Festival, Whitby Sports & Social Club, Chester Road, Whitby, Ellesmere Port (9th); Steve Tilston’s Trades Roots with Jez Lowe: Trades Club, Holme Street, Hebden Bridge (13th); Kalamazoo Klub at the Great North Railway Tavern, 67 High Street, Hornsey N8 (15th); Coppull Folk Festival (16th).
Sean Taylor has a handful of dates at The Drawing Room, Chesham (16th May); Talking Heads, Southampton (22nd); The Globe at Hay, Hay on Wye (25th); Chapel Arts Centre, Bath (28th); Green Note, London (29th); The Cellars, Southsea (30th); Memo Arts Centre, Barry (31st)
The Wren Band’s When The
Moon Is Full tour comes to Northcott, Exeter, (2nd June); Lighthouse, Poole (6th); Darwin Suite, Derby (28th); Colston Hall, Bristol (29th).
GIGS
London’s Barbican on Silk Street features future concerts from Kayhan Kalhor (1st Jun), 25-strong chaâbi orchestra El Gusto (3rd), an Algerian double- bill featuring Rachid Taha and Souad Massi (22nd)and also Lebanese composer, singer and oud player Marcel Khalifé with the Al Mayadeen Ensemble (29th). Tel: 0845 120 7550;
www.barbican.org.uk
Bridgwater Arts Centre, Castle Street has future dates with Martin Carthy, Elaine Thorneycroft-Gibb And The J Singers, Russian Folk Orchestra, Emily Portman Trio, Faustus, The Young Uns and Martin Simpson.
www.bridgwaterartscentre.co.uk
Anvil Arts in Basingstoke has future gigs with Woody Mann, Kathryn Williams, Al Stewart, Eric Bibb and Eve Selis. Box office: 01256 844244;
www.anvilarts.org.k
Salisbury Arts Centre are
presenting a Midsummer Night’s Musical Dream on 21st June – a special summer’s eve of music, dancing with Alejandro Toledo & The Magic Tombolinos, Violentango and DJ Desperado. Live Lunch sessions feature Big Chill founder Pete Lawrence, Marcus Corbett and The Paper Shades. Tel: 01722 321744
www.salisburyartscentre.co.uk/
Coming up at The Goose Is
Out! near East Dulwich, London SE22 are Mary Humphreys & Anahata, John Kirkpatrick, Stuart Forester, Martin Carthy & Dave Swarbrick , Joseph Topping, Ewan McLennan and more.
www.thegooseisout.com
Loop Collective Presents:
Digital Africa with Fofoulah and Electric Jalaba, and our very own Jamie Renton on the decks at Rich Mix, Bethnal Green Rd, London, E1 on 7th June.
www.richmix.org.uk
One of the final two shows
ever from Morris Offspring in their show The Furnace with Faustus is at Hastings Stade on 1st June (the very final one will be during Sidmouth Folk Week)
www.morrisoffspring.co.uk
Violentango: Bridgewater Coming soon to Nettlebed
Folk Club are Bob Fox, Home Service, Mawkin, Gordie MacKeeman & His Rhythm Boys, Richard Digance and Spiers & Boden. 01628 636620;
www.nettlebedfolkclub.co.uk
Forthcoming Knees Up Cecil
Sharp Ceilidhs feature Geckoes with Sheena Masson, Stocai , Cock and Bull Band with Michael Catovsky, Juice with Dave Parsons and Glorystrokes.
www.kneesupcecilsharp.co.uk
Bradford Folk Club, Cellar
Bar, Swan Hotel, Bradford-On- Avon has future guests James Findlay and Paul & Natasha Rogers. Tel: 01380 870734;
www.boafolkclub.org.uk
Coming soon to The Muni
Arts Centre, Pontypridd are Cara Luft and The
Kennedys.Tel: 08000 147 111;
www.rct-arts.co.uk
CDs These recently in: 17 Hippies
Chantent En Francais (Hipster Records/Buda); Abduvali Abdurashidov Tajikistan – Classical Music & Songs (Ocora Radio France); The Abramson Singers Late Riser (Factor); Nathan Abshire with His Pine Grove Boys & The Balfa Brothers Master Of The Cajun Accordion – The Classsic Swallow Recordings (Ace Records); William Adamson Under An East Coast Moon (Brownswood Recordings); Stompin’ Dave Allen & Earl Jackson Stompin’ The Blues (Mr David Allen); Annalivia The Same Way Down (own label); Natacha Atlas Expressions: Live In Toulouse (Mazeeka Records); Battlefield Band Room Enough For All (Temple Records); Marc Block The Hawthorn Spring (Hairpin); Willie Buck Cell Phone Man (Delmark); The Cedars Little Copper Still (Clubhouse Records); The Celtic Fiddle Festival Live In Brittany 20th Anniversary Concert (Loftus Music); Niamh Ní Charra Cuz (Imeartas Records); Oana Catalia Chitu Divine (Asphalt Tango Records); Chumbawamba In Memorium: Margaret Thatcher (own label); Country Joe & The Fish Electric
Photo: Todd Rosenberg
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