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Jones Family Singers, Lagbaja, Lil Nathan & The Zydeco Big Timers, Joe Driscoll & Sekou Kouyate and many many more.
festivalinternational.org/
Northern Streams (24th – 25th April) – a festival of music, dance and song from Scotland and Scandinavia – takes place at Grassmarket Centre, Edinburgh with guests including: Oleman, Fjärin, Fiona Driver & Graham Simpson, Simon Chadwick and more. Tel: 07951 918366;
www.northernstreams.org
Kilfenora Music Festival, Co Clare stages its seventh annual traditional music festival from 24th – 27th April 2015. As always, there will be set-dancing, concerts, and legendary Kilfenora pub sessions. Events include: a concert with Frankie Gavin’s De Dannan, an open-air céilí hosted by the fabulous Kilfenora Céilí Band, evening céilís featuring The Star Of Munster and The Four Courts céilí bands.
www.kilfenoraclare.com
TRADFEST Edinburgh runs from 29th April – 10th May with guests including Malinky, The Tannahill Weavers, Nuala Kennedy, The Shee, Dean Owens and the Whisky Hearts, Dick Gaughan, Salt House, Colum Sands, Mollie O’Brien and Rich Moore, Bella Hardy, Mary Black, Breabach, Cruinn, Dallahan, Huradal, Kim Edgar, Mairi Campbell, Emily Smith, Robyn Stapleton, Transgressive North, Vaten, The Badwills, Dolphinboy, Sangstream, The Fisher Lassies, Nordysk Hydro Choir, Lindsay Lou & The Flatbellys, John Muir, University Of The Wilderness, National Collective, a Sheila Stewart Tribute and much more. Tel: 0131 556 9579;
www.tracscotland.org/festivals
The 14th Raunds Music
Festival runs from 30th April to 3rd May with Blackbeard’s Tea Party, The Miranda Sykes Trio and Brooks Williams, a ceilidh, song & tune sessions, traditional dancing, young people’s projects and heritage activities for all ages. Tel: 07756 015615;
www.raundsfestival.com
An English Fiddle Symposium, presented by Folkworks Sage Gateshead and Newcastle University in partnership, and co- directed by Eliza Carthy and
Catriona Macdonald runs from 30th April to 1st May, bringing together a wide range of expertise, thinking and performance, to discover the ‘state of the nation’ for the fiddle in traditional English music. Further information at:
www.sagegateshead.com/event/fi ddle-symposium/
The 35th Shetland Folk
Festival takes place from 30th April to 3rd May and includes Habadekuk, Flook, Jamie Smith’s Mabon, Duncan Chisholm, Cahalen Morrison & Eli West, Mollie O’Brien & Rich Moore, Esko Järvelä Epic Male Band, Tupelo, Linsay Lou & The Flatbellys, Frank Yamma, Rura, Sheelanagig, Fara and more
www.shetlandfolkfestival.com
First names have been announced for this year’s Cambridge Folk Festival (30th July – 2nd Aug) Joan Baez, Chris Smither, Josienne Clarke & Ben Walker, Passenger, Frank Turner, Joan Armatrading, John Butler Trio, Nick Mulvey, Wilko Johnson, The Ukulele Orchestra Of Great Britain, The Unthanks, Show Of Hands, Altan, Katzenjammer, Treacherous Orchestra, Danú, Bella Hardy, Shooglenifty, Martin Simpson, Andy Cutting & Nancy Kerr, Peggy Seeger, Amsterdam Klezmer Band, The Lone Bellow, Angaleena Presley, Jim Moray’s Silent Ceilidh, Keston Cobblers Club, The Stray Birds, Rura, Goitse, De Temps Antan and Lynched. Tel: 01223 357851;
www.cambridgefolkfestival.co.uk
Advance warning of
Dartington International Summer School, 1st – 30th August, with tutors including Kathryn Tickell, Cecil Sharp House’s Sally Davies and Brazilian master percussionist Adriano Adewale. Bursaries are available (deadline 31st March). To apply send two contrasting recordings or scores and a CV to
summerschool@dartington.org. More info at:
dartington.org/summer-school/ Alan Bell, the founder and
director of Fylde Folk Festival (from 1972-2014) would like to thank all audiences who have supported the festival over the years, and to flag up a new event, with new organisers: New Fylde Folk & Roots Festival (4th – 6th Sept.)
Chris Smither – announced for Cambridge
Flook – Shetland Folk Festival TOURS Twice Folk Awards-nominated
The Furrow Collective play at mac Birmingham, Cannon Hill Park (28th Mar); The Stables, Wavendon (29th); Colchester Folk Club, Church Street (30th); The Forge At The Anvil, Basingstoke (31st); The Bower House, Warwick Place, Maidstone (1st April); Cornerstone, Station Road, Didcot (2nd); The Borderline, Orange Yard, London W1 (3rd); St George’s, Off Park Street, Bristol (4th); House Concert, Braunston, Northants (5th).
www.thefurrowcollective.co.uk
Spiro play at Komedia, Bath (19th March); Porkies Folk Club, Poynton (3rd April); St. Pancras Church, London (8th); Ropetackle Arts Centre, Shoreham-by-Sea (23rd); Roses Theatre, Tewkesbury (24th); St David’s Hall, South Petherton (25th); Spirit of Speyside Sessions, Elgin (30th).
www.spiromusic.com
Orquesta Buena Vista
Social Club play at the Dome, Brighton (4th April); Royal Albert Hall, London (5th); Philharmonic Hall, Liverpool (7th); Leeds Town Hall (8th); Royal Concert Hall, Glasgow (10th); Bridgewater Hall, Manchester (12th); Symphony Hall, Birmingham (13th).
Sam Amidon (supporting
Sharon Van Etten) appears at Trinity, Bristol (21st); Brudenell Social Club, Leeds (25th); Sage
Noura Mint Seymali – short tour
Gateshead (26th); O2 Shepherd’s Bush Empire, London (27th).
www.samamidon.com
Xylouris White, featured in this issue, can be seen in support slots for Godspeed You! Black Emperor, at ABC, Glasgow (19th April); Shepherds Bush Empire, London (20th) Miranda at Ace Hotel Shoreditch, London (21st).
Ryan Boldt and Kacy &
Clayton have UK dates at The Tin At The Coal Vaults, Coventry (24th Apr); The Moonshine Bar, Ipswich (25th); The Railway, Winchester (26th); Windmill, London (27th); The Musician, Leicester (28th); The Basement, York (29th); Takk Coffee House, Manchester (30th).
thedeepdarkwoods.com
Noura Mint Seymali has three UK dates coming up at Counterflows Festival, Langside Halls, Langside Avenue, Glasgow (5th April); An Tobar, Druimfin Lodge, Tobermory, Isle of Mull (7th); Cafe OTO, 18-22 Ashwin street, Dalston, London E8 (9th).
Josienne Clarke & Ben
Walker have April dates at The Junction, Goole (10th); Henry Tudor House, Shrewsbury (12th); Cambridge Junction (15th); The Helmsley Arts Centre (18th); Garstang Unplugged (23rd); Halsway Manor (25th).
josienneclarke.co.uk
‘70s guitar star Stefan
Grossman has UK dates at Brewery Arts Centre, Highgate, Kendal (27th March); Ripley Town Hall, Main Street, Harrogate (28th); Salisbury Arts Centre, Bedwin Street (3rd April); The
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