9 f Chester Folk Festival runs
from 23rd – 26th May at Kelsall, Nr Chester with Jez Lowe & The Big Bad Pennies, Allan Taylor, Chris Sherburn & Findlay Napier, Jim Moray, Fay Hield & The Hurricane Party, Lucy Ward, Vicki Swan & Jonny Dyer, Blackbeard’s Tea Party, Steve Turner, Belshazzar’s Feast, Sara Grey, Cupola, David Gibb & Elly Lucas and many more.
www.chesterfolk.org.uk
Festival On The Moor returns to the village of Botton in Danby Dale from 23rd – 26th May with John Kirkpatrick, The Wrigleys, Sarah McQuaid, Richard Grainger and more.
www.festivalonthemoor.co.uk
Friends Of American Old Time Music And Dance’s Spring Camp takes place from 23rd to 26th May at Sacrewell Farm Centre, Thornhaugh, Peterborough.
www.foaotmad.org.uk
Fishguard Folk Festival
(23rd – 26th May 2014) in Porthcawl features Miranda Sykes & Rex Preston, Barrule, The Young’uns, The Outside Track, Greg Russell & Ciaran Algar, Jess & Richard Arrowsmith, Pete Morton, Sunjay Brayne, Winter Wilson, The Urban Folk Quartet, Folklaw and more.
www.pembrokeshire-folk-
music.co.uk
Ireby Festival (24th & 25th
May), nr Wigton, Cumbria has a line-up featuring Martyn Joseph, Eddi Reader, Blackbeards Tea Party, Jessica Lawson & Phil Simpson, James Findlay, Marc Block Trio, The Hut People, The Will Pound Band, The Willows, Eliza Gilkyson, The Bills, Louise Jordan and more.
www.irebyfestival.co.uk
The annual Whitsun Day Of
Dance in Bampton takes place on 26th May with its three Morris sides. The teams start the dancing at around 8.30am, and continue through the day.
Lau host another LauLand, this time at The Sage Gateshead (29th – 31st May) with featured guests including The Unthanks, Martin Hayes & Dennis Cahill, The Voice Squad, Fred Frith with Michael Chapman, Chris Wood & Andy Cutting, John Carty, RM Hubbert and Aidan Moffat.
www.sagegateshead.com
Cahalen Morrison & Eli West Sunrise Celebration, at a new
site in Chepstow, runs from 29th May – 1st June with guests including Joe Driscoll & Sekou Kouyate, Sheelanagig, Dizraeli & Downlow, Cocos Lovers, Bristol Afrobeat Project and more.
sunrisecelebration.com
Amongst the guests at International Africa Festival in Wurzburg, Germany (29th May – 1st June) are Gasandji, Garifuna Collective, Y’akoto, Jolly Boys, Calypso Rose, Cheikh Lô and more.
www.africafestival.org
The Border Gaitherin in
Coldstream (30th May – 1st June) includes Elspeth Smellie, Carly Blain, Lori Watson & Innes Watson, Graeme Armstrong, Corrina Hewat, The Young Northumbrian Ranters, The Small Hall Band, Highline, The Stompers and Riddell Fiddles.
www.bordergaitherin.com
Acoustic Festival Of Britain
(30th May – 1st June) is held at Uttoxeter Racecourse with guests including Fairport Convention, Seth Lakeman, John Smith, Lucy Ward, John Otway & Wild Willy Barrett, Moulettes, Tir Na Nog, Dan Walsh, Steve Turner and many more.
www.acousticfestival.co.uk/
Fire In The Mountain (30th
May – 1st Jun) in Mid Wales features The Foghorn String Band, Gulp, Martha Tilston & The Scientists, Fernhill, John Smith, Sheelanagig, The Flatville Aces and many more.
www.fireinthemountain.co.uk
Wychwood Festival runs from 30th May – 1st June at Cheltenham Racecourse with the likes of The Levellers, La Chiva Gantiva, The Gaslight Troubadours and Merry Hell.
www.wychwoodfestival.com
BAMfest 2014 in Bedale,
North Yorkshire runs from 30th May – 1st June with appearances from The Blues Band, The Men They Couldn’t Hang, Martin Carthy, Babajack, The Young’uns and Jez Lowe.
www.bamfest.co.uk
Rory McLeod appears as part of the Asparafest Music & Food Festival, Ashdown Farm, Evesham, Worcestershire on 31st May – 1st June. Also on the bill: Kristy Gallacher, Boat To Row, The Fresh Dixie Project and Flatworld.
www.asparafest.co.uk
TOURS
Cover featured 9Bach will tour the UK in May (and into June): Galeri, Caernarfon (15th May); Theatre Hafren, Newtown (16th); Railway, Winchester (20th); Jericho Tavern, Oxford (21st); Louisiana, Bristol (22nd); Sherman Theatre, Cardiff (23rd); Lyric, Carmarthen (24th).
www.9bach.com
fRoots Album Of The Year
Award winners Catrin Finch & Seckou Keita’s May tour takes them to Wyeside Arts Centre, Builth Wells (2nd); Taliesin Arts Centre, Swansea (3rd); Theatr Mwldan, Cardigan (4th); The Roses, Tewkesbury (8th); The Sage, Gateshead (9th); Royal Northern Collage of Music, Manchester (10th); Usher Hall, Edinburgh (11th); St Davids Hall, Cardiff (13th); Bush Hall, London (14th); Borough Theatre, Abergavenny (15th); Welfare, Ystradgynlais (16th); Moma, Machynlleth (17th).
Emmylou Harris and Daniel
Lanois have some UK dates In celebration of the Wrecking Ball reissue on Nonesuch Records at: The Dome, Brighton (23rd May); Barbican, London (25th & 26th); Colston Hall, Bristol (27th).
emmylouharris.com
Toumani & Sidiki Diabate support the release of their eponymously-titled new release on World Circuit with dates at Theatre Royal, Brighton Festival (20th May); Theatre Royal, Norfolk & Norwich Festival (22nd May); Royal Northern College of Music , Manchester (24th); Hay Festival, Hay-On-Wye (25th); St George’s Bristol (26th); St George’s Hall Concert Room, Liverpool (27th); Usher Hall, Edinburgh (29th); Barbican, London (30th).
Martin Carthy & Eliza
Carthy have new album The Moral Of The Elephant out on Topic on 2nd June. They set out on tour this month and next. May dates include Haverhill Arts Centre, High Street, Haverhill (2nd May); mac, Cannon Hill Park, Birmingham (3rd); The Stables Theatre, Stockwell Lane, Wavendon, Milton Keynes (4th); Huntingdon Hall, Crowngate, Worcester (9th); Hailsham Pavilion, George Street (10th); Helmsley
Mamane Barka & Oumarou Adamou
Arts Centre (16th); Cheese & Grain, Market Yard, Frome (17th); Lakeside Arts Centre, University Of Nottingham (18th). Martin Carthy plays solo at Global Fusion Music at Charlton House, London (25th Apr); The Spring Arts & Heritage Centre , East Street, Havant (29th); Bamfest, Riverside Club, Bedale (31st.)
Sam Lee plays at Ropetackle Arts Centre, Shoreham-On-Sea (2nd May); Pontardawe Arts Centre (7th); St Davids Hall, Cardiff (8th); St John The Evangelist, Oxford (9th); Folkworks, Sage Gateshead (15th); Gilcrux Village Hall (16th); National Centre For Early Music, York (18th); Knockengorroch World Ceilidh (23rd); Hebden Trades Club (24th); QEH
Southbank Centre, London (29th); Electric Palace, Bridport (31st)
.samleesong.co.uk
Mamane Barka & Oumarou
Adamou from Niger appear at The Anvil, Basingstoke (8th May); The Lighthouse, Deal (12th); Queen’s Theatre, Hornchurch (13th); Alford Manor House, Alford (15th); Spilsby Theatre (16th); Countesthorpe Village Hall (17th); Ordsall Parish Hall, nr Retford, Notts (18th); Joe Cornish Gallery, Northallerton (19th); Settle Victoria Hall (21st).
Cahalen Morison & Eli
West, promoting their new album, I’ll Swing My hammer With Both My Hands, have tour dates at The Queens Head, Fyfield, Essex (30th Apr); The Green Note, London (1st May ); The Workhouse, Presteigne (2nd); The Walker Theatre (Theatre Severn), Shrewsbury (3rd); The Cross Inn, Clarbeston, Haverfordwest (4th); Red Room, Cookstown (6th); Balor Arts Ballybofey, Co Donegal (7th); Whelan’s, Dublin (8th); Baltimore Fiddle Fair, Co Cork (9th); Caedmon Hall, Gateshead (11th); Church on The Green, Denholm (12th); House 42, Edinburgh (13th and 14th); Acoustic Music Club, Kirkcaldy (15th); Glenbuchat Village Hall, Aberdeenshire (16th); The CatStrand, New Galloway (17th) and The Barrels Alehouse, Berwick-upon-Tweed (18th).
La Chiva Gantiva play at O2 Academy 2, Oxford, Cowley Road, Oxford (25th Apr); The Jazz Cafe, Parkway, Camden Town, London NW1 (29th); Wychwood Festival, Cheltenham Racecourse (31st May).
Photo: York Tilyer
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