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Rooting About
WHAT’S HAPPENING News Edited by Sarah Coxson
Because we go to press a month before publication date there are occasionally announcements made after copy date about things which will have passed by the time the next issue is published. If you have urgent news about something happening in the current month, we have a Facebook Page at
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FESTIVALS & EVENTS Moonbeams March Folk
Weekend, Driffield (3rd & 4th March) features Kris Drever, Sam Kelly Trio, Richard Digance, Edwina Hayes and more.
moonbeamsevents.co.uk
Pass It On, an ongoing archive-based project, stages a special event at Sage Gateshead on 4th March with Shirley Collins and special guests including Emily Portman, Alasdair Roberts, Cath & Phil Tyler and Rachel Newton. Tel: 0191 443 4661 or visit
sagegateshead.com
Babel Med’s 13th world music & jazz forum takes place from 16th – 18th March at Dock J1 & Dock des Suds, Marseille, France with a trade fair, conferences and
networking sessions plus showcases from artists including A Filetta, Alsarah & The Nubatones, Bandadriatica, Betty Bonifassi, Black String, Chaabi-Flamenco (Juan Carmona & Ptit Moh), Chassol, Fatima Tachtoukt, Hawa Boussim, Ialma, Imam Baildi, K’Koustic, Lura, Maarja Nuut feat. Hendrik Kaljujärv, Pacibaba, Rachid Taha, Speed Caravan, Txarango, Uèi and Vocal Sampling.
dock-des-suds.org
Stick In The Wheel present
their From Here weekend (more about that concept on Page 17) at London’s Café Oto on 18th – 19th March with artists including
Alsarah & The Nubatones – Babel Med
Martin Carthy, Jon Boden, Fay Hield, Peta Webb & Ken Hall and more t.b.a.
cafeoto.co.uk
Poppy Folk Day takes place on 19th March at The Poppy & Pint, West Bridgeford with headliners Leveret plus Pete Grassby and Danny Pedler & Rosie Butler- Hall.
poppyfolkclub.co.uk
Melodeons And More,
Mendlesham (25th Mar) has a line up of tutors including Saul Rose, Nick Cooke, Jeannie Harris, Sandra Kerr, Rees Wesson, Katie Howson, Steve Dumpleton, Andrew Collins & Ron Ross.
eatmt.org.uk
Following on from the Full
English Weekend, the Folk Village Weekend is Soundpost's very first weekend dedicated to 18- to 30- year-olds, taking place from 24th – 26th March. A residential weekend based at the Lockerbrook Outdoor Centre, just off Snake Pass, will be packed full of workshops and sessions and offer the opportunity to work closely with Sam Sweeney, Rowan Rheingans and Jack Rutter.
soundpost.org.uk/folk-village
Some line-ups for this year’s festivals have been announced, so since this is a quiet month for events, we have the space to tell you about a few that we know of:
Shetland Folk Festival runs from 27th – 30th April and has visiting guests including Fiddlers' Bid, The Lonely Heartstring Band, Ten Strings And A Goat Skin, Trio Dhoore, Ímar, Maya Youssef, The Goodbye Girls, Michelle Burke Band, Trad Attack!, Mec Lir, The Langan Band, The Lowest Pair, Scott Wood Band and more.
shetlandfolkfestival.com
Bath Festival runs from 19th – 28th May with musical guests including Martin Hayes & Dennis Cahill, Ballake Sissoko & Vincent Segal, Josienne Clarke & Ben Walker, a New Meetings concert with Martin Carthy & Sam Sweeney and Bob Dylan: A Celebration with guests including David Hepworth, Sid Griffin, Justin Adams, CN Lester, Barb Jungr, Dorian
The Goodbye Girls – Shetland
Lynskey and Hajar Woodland.
thebathfestival.org.uk
Small but perfectly formed
Priddy Folk Festival (7th – 9th July) have begun announcing names including Flook, The Shee, Mawkin, Jim Causley Trio, Topette, Adam Holmes & The Embers, Laura Beth Salter & Jenn Butterworth, Talisk, The Firepit Collective, Ushti Baba, Effra, Hannah Cumming and Jon Dyer.
priddyfolk.org
Just a tantalising few names have been announced so far for the under-new-management Cambridge Folk Festival (27th – 30th July): Jake Bugg, Jon Boden, Oysterband, Lau and Hayseed Dixie. Keep an eye on
cambridgelivetrust.co.uk/folk-festival
Sidmouth FolkWeek (4th –
11th August): Catrin Finch & Seckou Keita, Lau, Martin Carthy & Sam Sweeney, Seth Lakeman, Show Of Hands, Ralph McTell & Wizz Jones, Oysterband, Yves Lambert Trio, The Spooky Men’s Chorale, Dervish, Chris Wood, Rura, Duncan Chisholm, George Monbiot & Ewan McLennan, Josienne Clarke & Ben Walker, Leveret, Daoiri Farrell, Slow Moving Clouds, Sheesham And Lotus & ‘Son, Roy Bailey, Coope, Boyes & Simpson, John Kirkpatrick, Jim Causley Trio, Mawkin, Attila The Stockbroker, Siobhan Miller, Brighde Chaimbeul, Jenn Butterworth & Laura-Beth Salter, Alden Patterson & Dashwood, United Bible Studies, Hugh Lupton, Thomas
Peta Webb & Ken Hall – From Here Weekend
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