7 f The Sage Gateshead plays
host to Fairport Convention, Dincan Chisholm, Spiers & Boden, Dick Gaughan, Peatbog Faeries, Sam Lee & Friends, Bella Hardy and The Bills amngst others. Tel: 0191 443 4661;
www.sagegateshead.com
Nettlebed Folk Club has future dates with Bob Fox, Megan Henwood, Jackie Oates, Bruce Gomersall, Kith n Kin, Feast of Fiddles, Mike McGoldrick, John McCusker & John Doyle. Martin Simpson, Craobh Rua, The Liberty to Choose with Bella Hardy, Lucy Ward, James Findlay & Brian Peters. Tel: 01628 636620;
www.nettlebedfolkclub.co.uk
Coming soon to The Kitchen
Garden in Birmingham are Andy White, Rob Heron & The Tea Pad Orchestra, Josienne Clarke & Ben Walker, The Carrivick Sisters, Michael Chapman, Lady Maisery, Martha Tilston & The Scientists, The Coal Porters, Curtis Eller’s American Circus, Emily Macguire, Phillip Henry & Hannah Martin and others. Tel: 0121 443 4725;
www.kitchengardencafe.co.uk
Amongst the forthcoming
events at Salisbury Arts Centre are Bristol Reggae Orchestra, Martha Tilston, Najma Akhtar and Phil Beer Band.
www.salisburyartscentre.co.uk
Coming soon to Cecil Sharp House, Regents Park Road, London NW1, a Dewi Sant Parti (and launch of the Green Man Festival) including appearances from Pictish Trail and 9Bach, plus concerts with The Young ‘Uns, Emily Smith, The Elizabethan Session, Folksongs Revisited, Lucy Ward, Kate Rusby, The Coach House Company, Patsy Reid Band and more. Tel: 0844 8889991;
musicglue.com/cecilsharphouse
Coming soon to the Green
Note, Parkway, London NW1 are Paprika, The Cedars, Manière des Bohémiens, Ma Polaine’s Great Decline, Giles Hedley, Anne Janelle, Troubadour Rose, Namvula, Eileen Rose & The Holy Wreck, Tish Hinojosa, Kimmie Rhodes, Stompin’ Dave Bluegrass Band, The Toy Hearts, Trio Manouche, Eric Andersen, Diabel Cissokho and The Cajun Dawgs.
www.GreenNote.co.uk
Danyel Waro - Womads down under FESTIVALS & EVENTS Outlandish Nights at Kings
Place, London NW1 (27th – 29th March) takes new and exploratory paths into new musical territories; a mini-series co-curated by acclaimed songwriters Alasdair Roberts and Emily Portman, reflecting the darker and more leftfield elements in contemporary folk music. The first night features the poetry and song of Alasdair Roberts & Robin Robertson with Hirta Songs; the second sees the dark underbelly of ballads explored with The Furrow Collective and Marry Waterson, with some more upbeat relief from Moulettes; and the final night, a sirenic call from Emily Portman Trio, plus Mary Hampton & Debs Newbold. Box Office on 020 7520 1490.
www.kingsplace.co.uk
A three-day festival, planned to mark the centenary this year of traditional north Norfolk folk singer Walter Pardon of Knapton, takes place from 28th Feb – 2nd March. The event will include a concert at North Walsham’s Atrium Arts Centre starring Martin Carthy and Tim Laycock, both of whom knew Walter. Other events during the festival include folk sessions at pubs which Walter knew, an exhibition about Knapton during Walter’s lifetime, talks and screenings of rare film footage of the singer. As well as Norfolk singers and musicians
entertaining, there will a special afternoon gathering of experts who knew Walter, including Bill Leader who recorded Walter at his Knapton cottage and issued his first two LPs – A Proper Sort and Our Side Of The Baulk in the ’70s.
brian.gaudet@
btinternet.com
DERT (Dance England Rapper
Tournament), the largest annual rapper dancing competition in the world, takes place in Leeds this year from 7th – 9th March.
www.dert2014.co.uk
Moonbeams March Folk
Weekend in Driffield (7th & 8th March) features Miranda Sykes & Rex Preston, The Young ‘Uns, Boss Caine, Edwina Hayes, Ewan McLennan, Grey Russell, Hissyfit, Kirsty Bromley,
Wendy Arrowsmith, Dan Wilde, Carol Henderson and The Nick Rooke Band.
www.moonbeamsevents.co.uk
Cwlwm Celtaidd takes place at Grand Pavilion, Porthcawl (7th–9th March) with appearances from Jamie Smith’s Mabon, Monster Ceilidh Band, Carreg Lafar, Calum Stewart & Heikki Bourgault and more. Tel: 01656 815995;
www.cwlwmceltaidd.org
Poppy Folk Day at The Poppy
& Pint, West Bridgford, Nottingam (9th March) features Emily Portman Trio, Moirai, Anna Shannon, Jo Freya, Ursula Holden-Gill, Sylvia Needham, Kirsty Bromley, Karen Harris and Jenny Bell.
www.poppyfolkclub.co.uk
Womadelaide kicks off at
Botanic Park, Adelaide, Australia (7th – 10th Mar) with Femi Kuti, Ade Suharto & Peni Candra Rini, Airileke, Ane Brun, Antonio Serrano, Arrested Development, Asif Ali Khan, The Balanescu Quartet, Billy Bragg, Breabach, Buika, Carminho, Danyel Waro, Dub Inc, Emel Mathlouthi, Fat Freddy’s Drop, Femi Kuti & The Positive Force, Hanggai, Hiatus Kaiyote, Jeff Lang, Kutcha Edwards, La Chiva Gantiva, Les Gitans Blanc, Los Coronas, Mehr Ensemble, Mikhael Paskalev, Mokoomba, Muro, Neko Case, Ngaiire, Osaka Monaurail, Pokey Lafarge, Red Baraat, Roberto Fonseca, Sam Lee & Friends, Shanren, Sitara, Rachid Taha amongst others.
www.womadelaide.com.au
It’s swiftly followed by
Womad, Taranaki, New Zealand (14th – 16th March) with Danyel Waro, Femi Kuti, Moana & The Tribe, Waiora, Tim Finn, Shanren, Sam Lee & Friends, Roberto Fonseca, Red Baraat, Osaka Monaurail, Mokoomba, Makana, Los Coronas, Latinaotearoa, La Chiva Gantiva, Emel Mathlouthi, Dub Inc., Carminho, Breabach, Asif Ali Khan, Antonio Serrano, Ane Brun, Airileke, Kimbra, Pokey LaFarge, Buika and more.
www.womad.co.nz/line-up
Costa Del Folk Festival in
Benalmadena, Spain runs from 14th –19th March 2014 with guests including Mike Harding, Fairport Convention, Show Of Hands with Miranda Sykes, The Demon Barbers, The Mighty Doonans, Tom McConville Band, Steamchicken, Sean Taylor, Blackbeard’s Tea Party, Niamh Parsons & Graham Dunne, Flossie Malavialle, Fake Thackray, Hut People, Miranda Sykes & Rex Preston and Dave Burland amongst
others.Tel: 01254 504970;
www.enjoytravel.co.uk/?q=Costa_ Del_Sol_Folk_Festival
Babel Med at Dock des Suds
in Marseille (20th – 22nd March) features Ahamada Smis, Amsterdam Klezmer Band, Arash Khalatbari, Che Sudaka, Duo Sabîl & Quatuor Bela, Dengue Dengue Dengue, Fargana Qasimova Ensemble, Gargar, Jacky Molard Quartet, Jupiter & Okwess International, Krismenn, Lula Pena, Maya Kamaty, Mor Karbasi, Rabih Abou-Khalil, Ruben Paz & Cherevefusion, Sissy Zhou, Shutka Roma Rap, Sväng, Ve Zou Via.
www.babelmedmusic.com
Savannah Music Festival in
Georgia, USA runs from 20th March – 5th April including Tim O’Brien & Darrell Scott, Tomatito "Soy Flamenco", Estrella Morente, Asif Ali Khan, Fatoumata Diawara, Taj Mahal Trio, Béla Fleck & Abigail Washburn, Bombino, When The Scots Met The Irish: Lau/Kevin Crawford, John Doyle, Cillian Vallely & Duncan Wickel Red Baraat, Aoife O’Donovan, The Avett Brothers, Chris Thile & Mike Marshall, Punch Brothers, Ricky Skaggs & Kentucky Thunder, Vince Gill, Gibson Brothers, Lonesome River Band, The Casey Driessen Singularity and more.
www.savannahmusicfestival.org
Darlington Spring Thing
(21st – 23rd March) at Dolphin Centre, Horse Market features John Tams & Barry Coope, The Wilsons, Flossie Malavialle, Pete Abbott & Gregor Borland and more.
Melodeons And More 2014
takes place on 22nd March at the Community Centre, Mendlesham
Emily Portman Trio – Outlandish Nightpersons
Photo: Judith Burrows
Photo: Judith Burrows
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