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London (29th) and Glasgow (30th) with headline artists Oliver Mutukudzi & The Blacks Spirits, Sulumani Chimbetu & Dendera Kings and Winky D & De Vigilance Band.
www.y2kpromotions.com
Festival Glatt & Verkehrt 2013
in Krems, Austria (29th June – 28th July) sees guest appearances from Chucho Valdés & Afrocuban Messengers, Sam Lee & Band, Canzoniere Grecanico Salentino, Fatima Tabaamrant, Alireza Ghorbani & Dorsaf Hamdani, Carlou D, Cabezas De Cera, Senyawa, Hermeto Pascoal & Band and more.
www.glattundverkehrt.at/ festival-en/program
Chet Nuneta: Rainforest World Music Festival
becomes a huge market place for the day.
www.golowan.org
Master mbira player Chartwell Dutiro’s popular mbira course returns this summer. Zimbabwe In Devon Camp takes place at Coombe Farm, Tiverton, Devon from 25th June – 1st July.
mbira-academy.org.uk/events/ detail/zimbabwe-in-devon-camp1
Leigh Folk Festival in Essex runs from June 27th to 30th with The Copper Family, Shirley Collins, Alasdair Roberts, O’Hooley & Tidow, Michael Chapman, Vicki Swan & Jonny Dyer, John Hegley, Stephanie Hladowski & C Joynes, Sproatly Smith, Rapunzel & Sedayne, A Harp & A Monkey, Sharron Kraus & Nancy Wallace, The Arlenes, The Lucky Strikes, You Are Wolf, Jason Steel, Josienne Clarke & Ben Walker, Matt Boulter, Simon Finn Trio, Wounded Knee, Bones & The Aft, Bonfire Radicals, Colin & The Crawfish, Bob Collum & The Welfare Mothers and Dan Korn & The Choppy Waters.
www.leighfolkfestival.com.
English Country Music
Weekend takes place in Winster, Derbyshire from 28th – 30th June in and around the Miners’ Standard pub. As well as the usual sessions there will be a variety of talks, interviews, presentations and panel-led discussions with guests invited: Greg Stevens, Johnny Adams, Chris Partington & The Boat Band, Ian Russell, Sarah Matthews, Fi Fraser & The Old Fashioned, Tony Weatherall & Neil Brookes
Dave Hunt, John Tams, Barry Coope, Winster Morris Dancers.
www.winster.org/MusicWeekend.pdf
On the bill at Crawley Folk &
Beer Festival (28th – 30th Jun) are Andy Irvine, Rory McLeod, The Dollymopps, Jess Morgan, Steve Turner & Blackthorn and more. Tel: 01293 553636;
www.hawth.co.uk
The Rainforest World Music
Festival in Kuching, Sarawak runs from 28th – 30th June and includes Kries, Kila, Habadekuk, Chet Nuneta, Pine Leaf Boys, Mohsen Sharifian & The Lian Band, Rhythm In Bronze, Dizu Plaatjies & The Ibuyambo Ensemble, Pal Sundae, Alp Bora, Rafly Wa Saja, Shangyin Chinese Chamber Music Ensemble and more. It’s preceded by a two day Borneo World Music Expo with evening showcases. Info from
rwmf.net
Couleur Cafe, Brussels,
Belgium (28th – 30th June) has guests including Salif Keita, Ondatropica, Calexico, Balkan Beat Box, Max Romeo & The Congos and more.
www.couleurcafe.be
Folk On The Quay, Poole (29th & 30th Jun) sees performances from Spiers and Boden, Dyer:Cumming Ceilidh Band, Rob Heron and the Tea Pad Orchestra, Cheikh Mohamadou Diop, Exmouth Shantymen and more.
www.folkonthequay.co.uk
A travelling SAMA Festival (Southern Africa Music & Arts) is planned for Leicester (28th June),
Stephanie Hladowski & C Joynes: Leigh & Sidmouth New names recently added to
the Cambridge Folk Festival bill at Cherry Hinton Hall Grounds (25th – 28th July) include Amadou & Mariam, The Staves, Tommy Emmanuel, Thea Gilmore, The Rambling Boys of Pleasure, Darrell Scott, Emily Barker & The Red Clay Halo, Jamie Smith’s Mabon, Ross Couper & Tom Oakes, Blair Dunlop, Ewan McLennan, Nick Mulvey and Emma Sweeney.
Sidmouth FolkWeek (2nd –
9th August) features many top names including Capercaillie, Show Of Hands with Miranda Sykes, Private Peaceful (pre- festival special) with Michael Morpurgo and Coope, Boyes & Simpson, Nic Jones Trio, The Unwanted with Cathy Jordan, Lau, Peatbog Faeries, Le Vent du Nord, Alasdair Fraser & Natalie Haas, Maddy Prior with Hannah James & Giles Lewin, Flook, Carthy, Hardy, Farrell & Young, The Spooky Men’s Chorale, Blowzabella, Tim Edey & Brendan Power, Colum Sands, Bella Hardy & The Midnight Watch, Mairearad & Anna, Saltfishforty, The Furnace – Morris Offspring with Faustus, Lady Maisery, The Askew Sisters, Melrose Quartet, Dave Burland, The Albion Band, Jaipur Kawa Brass Band and Gadarene. Amongst the fRoots hosted A Cellar Full of Folkadelia events in Kennaway House this year are Shelagh McDonald, Emily Portman Trio, Three Cane Whale, Stephanie Hladowski & C. Joynes, Sarah McQuaid, Wizz Jones, Jason Steel, Tim
Eriksen, Will Newsome and more. Tel: 01395 577952;
www.sidmouthfolkweek.co.uk
On the bill at Towersey
Festival (22nd – 26th August) are Show Of Hands with Miranda Sykes, The Unthanks, Home Service, Martin Carthy & Eliza Carthy, Martin Simpson, Orkestra Del Sol, Spiers & Boden, The Spooky Men’s Chorale, Vin Garbutt and a fRoots-branded evening with Nidi d’Arac and Mama Rosin. Tel: 023 8071 1818;
www.towerseyfestival.com
TOURS Alasdair Roberts and this
issue’s cover star Olivia Chaney appear at Meadowlands Festival, Glynde (26th May); The Grain Barge, Mardyke Wharf, Hotwells, Bristol (27th); Sage, Gateshead (28th). Alasdair has solo dates at The Tangled Parrot, King Street, Carmarthen (24th May); Edinburgh Folk Club, The Pleasance Cabaret Bar (29th); The Musician, Clyde Street, Leicester (30th); The Goose Is Out!, The Crown & Greyhound, Dulwich Village, London SE21 (31st); Liverpool Philharmonic (1st Jun); a Trio date at Catstrand, New Galloway (14th Jun) and with the Urstan Band at Insider Festival, Aviemore (23rd).
Billy Bragg plays at Royal Shakespeare Theatre, Stratford on Avon (2nd Jun); Queens Hall Edinburgh (3rd) before two more sell-out June dates.
After completing a sell out two month UK tour, Show Of Hands with Miranda Sykes hit the festival trail, headlining at Wirral Folk on the Coast Festival (7th Jun); Gate To Southwell Folk Festival (8th); Live @ The Tithe, Faringdon (15th); Lusty Glaze Beach Live, Cornwall (21st); Beverley Folk Festival (22nd); Folk At The House, Wivenhoe House, Colchester (23rd).
Bonnie Raitt with support
from Martin Simpson performs the UK leg of her Slipstream Tour at: Cliffs Pavilion, Southend (9th Jun); Birmingham Symphony Hall (11th); 02 Apollo, Manchester (13th); Motorpoint Arena, Cardiff
Bonnie Raitt: touring with Martin Simpson in support
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