f8 Bassekou Kouyate & Ngoni
Ba appear at Band On The Wall, Manchester (11th March); The Grand, Clitheroe (12th); Arc, Stockton-On-Tees (13th); The Ropewalk, Barton Upon Humber (15th); The Apex, Bury St Edmunds, with Sidi Toure (16th); Norwich Arts Centre (17th); Bristol St George (18th); Howards Assembly Room, Leeds (19th); Union Chapel, London (20th);
Emily Smith
with a Squeezebox Special concert in the evening from some of the daytime tutors: Tony Hall, Brian Peters, Andy Turner, Alex Goldsmith, Steve Dumpleton, Owen Woods, Terry Mann, Katie Howson, Rees Wesson, Paul Johnson and Alan Wood.
www.eatmt.org.uk/m&m.htm
The 2nd PolkaWorks
Workshop Weekend runs from 28th – 30th March at Halsway Manor – a hands-on weekend for musicians, dancers and callers interested in developing their skills and knowledge of English dance and music. 01984 618274;
www.halswaymanor.org.uk
TOURS
Anaïs Mitchell, strongly tipped for a win in this year’s BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards, returns to the UK for dates at The Railway, Winchester (17th Feb); Elgar Room, Royal Albert Hall, London (18th); Little Theatre, Gateshead (21st); Pocklington Arts Centre (22nd); Memorial Hall, Sheffield (23rd); Glee Club, Nottingham (25th); Pleasance Theatre, Edinburgh (27th); St Andrews In The Square, Glasgow (28th); Deaf Institute, Manchester (2nd March); Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff (3rd); Komedia. Brighton (4th); Glee Clubh, Birmingham (5th); Portland Arms, Cambridge (6th) and Jericho Tavern, Oxford (7th).
Anaïs Mitchell
Award winning folk duo Spiers & Boden have announced that their spring tour (March & May 2014} will be their last together for the foreseeable future, citing the ever greater creative and time commitments with Bellowhead that have led to their decision to split. Their March dates include: Hungry Horse Folk Club, Ellesmere Port (7th March); Theatr Mwldan, Cardigan (8th); Topsham Folk Club, Devon (9th); The Tolmen Centre, Constantine, Cornwall (10th); Swindon Arts Centre (11th); The Lights, Andover (12th); The Scala, London (13th); Open, Norwich (14th); The Engine Shed, Lincoln (15th); Library Theatre, Sheffield (16th); Wulfren Hall, Wolverhampton (18th); The Arts Centre, Edge Hill University, Ormskirk (19th); Royal Northern College of Music, Manchester (20th); Brewery Arts Centre, Kendal (21st); Sage Gateshead, Gateshead (22nd); Pocklington Arts Centre (23rd).
Salsa Celtica appear at THSH, Birmingham (6th March); RNCM, Manchester (7th); Forum, Barrow-in-Furness (8th); Rich Mix, London (13th); Queens Hall, Edinburgh (14th); The Arc, Stockton (21st); Severn Theatre, Shrewsbury (22nd); The Old Market, Brighton (23rd); G Live, Guildford (24th); The Apex, Bury St.Edmunds, (25th); Aberystwyth Arts Centre (26th);
St.George’s, Bristol (27th); Phoenix, Exeter (28th); Belgrave Music Hall, Leeds (29th); The Grand, Clitheroe (30th).
Oysterband play at
Courtyard, Hereford (26th Feb); Octagon Theatre, Yeovil (27th); Cheese & Grain, Frome (28th); The Apex, Bury St Edmunds (1st March); St George’s, Bristol (4th); Corn Exchange, Exeter (5th); Colchester Arts Centre (7th); Islington Assembly Hall, London (8th); G-Live, Guildford (9th); The Brewery, Kendal (13th); The Lowry, Salford (14th); The Grand,
Clitheroe (15th); Sage Gateshead (16th); City Varieties Music Hall, Leeds (18th); Glee Club, Nottingham (19th); Robin 2, Wolverhampton (20th); City Hall Ballroom, Sheffield (21st); Arc, Stockton (22nd).
Canadian combo Petunia &
The Vipers bring their high, lonesome crooning and driving rootsy rockabilly to The Queen’s Head, London, (18th Feb); St Bonaventure’s Bristol (20th): The Ropery Hall, Barton upon Humber (21st); Selby Town Hall (22nd); The ‘Live’ Room, Saltaire (23rd); Douglas Robertson’s Studio, Edinburgh (24th); Birnam Arts Centre (25th); The Cluny, Newcastle-upon-Tyne (27th); The Brewery Arts Centre, Kendal (28th); Brookfield Village Hall (1st March); Harbour Arts Centre, Irvine (2nd); Glens Centre, Manorhamilton, Co Leitrim (5th); Regional Cultural Centre, Letterkenny (6th); The Empire Music Hall, Belfast (7th); Market Place Theatre and Arts Centre, Armagh (8th) and Ubangi Stomp Club, The Grand Social, Dublin (9th).
Steve Knightley
"downsizes" for his bumper 2014 Grow Your Own Gig tour, playing as many village halls and grass roots community venues in England as he can muster, including: St Austell Community Centre & Arts Theatre, Cornwall (27th Feb); Bow Village Hall, Crediton (28th); Marnhull Village Hall, Dorset (2nd March); Bawburgh Village Hall, Norfolk (6th); Assembly Rooms, Swaffham, Norfolk (7th); Basildon Village Hall, Berkshire (19th); Stonall Village Hall, Walsall (20th); Wem Town Hall (21st); Roade Village Hall, Northants (22nd); Ellel Village Hall, Galgate, Lancaster (26th); Bowness-on- Solway Village Hall,
Cumbria (27th); Browfoot Room, Ulpha, Cumbria (28th).
www.growyourowngig.co.uk
The Furrow Collective – Emily Portman, Alasdair Roberts, Lucy Farrell and Rachel Newton – launch their album Until Our Next Meeting with dates at Calstock Arts (19th Feb); The Lantern, Colston Hall, Bristol (20th); Gilcrux Village Hall, Wigton, Cumbria (21st); The Glad Cafe, Glasgow (22nd); House Concert, Edinburgh (23rd); Chapter Arts, Cardiff (25th); The Atkinson,Lord
Leah Abramson & Patrick Metzger
Street, Southport (26th); The Met, Market Street, Bury (27th).
Penguin Café play at
Warwick Arts Centre, Coventry (19th Feb); RNCM, Manchester (21st); Howard Assembly Room, Leeds (22nd); Sage Gateshead (23rd); Queens Hall, Edinburgh (25th); Sheffield City Hall Ballroom (26th).
www.serious.org.uk/penguincafe
Blazin’ Fiddles tour dates include Buccleuch Centre, Langholm (7th March); Venue Cymru, Llandudno (11th); Dukes Theatre, Lancaster (12th); Eden Court, Inverness (14th); The Lemon Tree, Aberdeen (18th).
Emily Smith’s Echoes album launch tour dates include: Eden Court, Inverness (6th March); Carnegie Hall, Dunfermline (7th); Queens Hall, Edinburgh (8th); Kirkgate, Cockermouth (9th); Junction, Cambridge (11th); West End Centre, Aldershot (12th); Cecil Sharp House, London (13th); Arlington Arts Centre, Newbury (14th); Muni Arts Centre, Pontypridd (15th); Budleigh Salterton Public Hall (16th); Woodend Barn, Banchory (21st); The Atkinson, Southport (26th); The Met, Bury (27th); Ashcroft Arts Centre, Fareham (28th); Cornerstone, Didcot (29th); Artrix, Bromsgrove (30th); Wivelscombe Church (31st).
Duncan Chisholm plays at The Sage, Gateshead (27th Feb); Kings Place, London (28th Feb); Chapel Arts Centre, Bath (1st Mar); Severn Theatre, Shrewsbury (2nd).
www.duncanchisholm.com
Lisa Knapp showcases her
Hidden Seam material at Hoxton Bar & Kitchen, London (25th March) and The Ropetackle Arts Centre, Shoreham (28th);
Leah Abramson (of The Abramson Singers) and former Uncle Earl member Rayna Gellert team up with fellow Abramson Singers’ sidekick Patrick Metzger for dates at The Institute, Kelvedon, Essex (14th March); Square & Compass, Worth Matravers (15th); Bournemouth Folk Club (16th); Willesden Folk, The Masons Arms, London (20th); Burnett’s Hill Chapel, Martletwy, Nr Narberth (21st); The West End Club, Barry (22nd); The Cross Keys, Selattyn, Shropshire (23rd); The Old Library, Kilbarchan (25th); Douglas Robertson’s, Edinburgh (26th); Acoustic Music Club, Kirkcaldy
Photo: Judith Burrows
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