f10 TOURS
This issue’s cover bloke Martin Simpson’s spring appearances include the NCEM, York (26th March); Bridgwater Arts Centre, Somerset (28th); Kings Place, London (29th); The Corn Hall, Diss (30th); Lincoln Performing Arts Centre (31st); Storey’s Field Centre, Cambridge (27th April); Wath Festival, Yorkshire (3rd May); Todmorden Folk Festival (5th); Wardrobe Theatre, Bristol (19th); Coronation Hall, Ulverston (25th); Ropetackle Arts Centre, Shoreham-by-Sea (7th June); St Neots Folk Festival (8th); Freshwater Memorial Hall (9th) and Reeth Memorial Hall, Richmond (29th).
Catrin Finch & Seckou
Keita are out and about at Neuadd Dwyfor, Pwllheli (22nd May); Warwick Arts Centre (23rd); Haymarket, Anvil Arts, Basingstoke (24th); Wiltshire Music Centre, Bradford-on-Avon (7th June); Tolbooth, Stirling (19th); Mary’s Space, Fasnacloich (20th); Macphail Centre, Ullapool (21st); Lanntair, Stornoway (24th); Aros Theatre, Portree (25th); Eden Court, Inverness (26th); Lemon Tree, Aberdeen (27th); East Neuk Festival and Anstruther (29th).
The Mekons are back with their first proper album in eight years, Deserted, which they are touring at Le Pub, Newport (2nd April); Brudenell Social Club, Leeds (3rd); Patterns, Brighton (4th) and The 100 Club, London (5th).
Anglo-French acoustic five-
piece Topette!! return to the UK for a spring tour, with shows at Stanley Halls, South Norwood, London (26th April); The Bowerhouse, Maidstone (27th); Morpeth Town Hall,
Northumberland (28th); The Civic, Slaithwaite (29th); Pontardawe Arts Centre (30th); Rhydycroesau Village Hall, Oswestry (1st May); Neuadd Ogwen, Bethesda, North Wales (2nd); Prema, Uley, Gloucestershire (3rd); Riverside, Stratford St. Andrew (4th); Southbank Club, Bristol (5th).
Kathryn Tickell & The
Darkening play Kings Place, London (17th March); Gala Theatre, Durham (21st); Brewery Arts Centre, Kendal (22nd);
Mekons
National Forest Folk Club, Moira (23rd); Trades Club, Hebden Bridge (24th); The Haymarket, Basingstoke (27th); The Stables, Milton Keynes (2nd April); St George’s, Bristol (3rd); Guildhall Arts Centre, Grantham (4th); Saffron Hall, Saffron Walden (5th); Turner Sims, Southampton (6th) and Swaledale Festival (8th June).
Jim Moray will be joined by
Tom Moore and Matt Downer for his The Outlander album launch tour, playing at The Sage, Gateshead (7th April); Kings Place, London (17th); Liverpool Philharmonic (19th); Exeter Phoenix (13th May); St George’s, Bristol (15th); Derby Guildhall (24th), and has two solo shows at Fishguard Folk Festival (25th) and Wirral Folk Festival (31st).
The Fretless return to the UK for dates that include Green Note, Camden (1st May); The Ropewalk, Barton upon Humber (2nd); Pennar Hall, Pembroke Dock (3rd); Selby Town Hall (4th); Harbour Arts Centre, Irvine (5th); Edinburgh Tradfest (6th); Performing Arts Centre, Kilbarchan (7th), Duncairn Arts Centre, Belfast (8th) and Bangor Castle, Bangor (9th).
John Kirkpatrick appears at Bridport Arts Centre (23rd March); Folk at the Grove, Leeds (12th April); Bacca Pipes Folk Club, Keighley (3rd May); Upton Folk Festival, Upton-upon-Severn (5th); Burwell Library, Cambridge (17th); Cellar Upstairs Folk Club, London (18th) and Ringwood Folk Club (4th June).
John Kirkpatrick has tour
dates with Martin Carthy at Vivacity Key Theatre, Peterborough (12th June); Norwich Arts Centre (13th) and Fastnet Maritime and Folk Festival, Skibbereen (15th).
Martin Carthy has solo dates at Rosslyn Court House Concert, Margate (21st March); The Marlowe, Canterbury (22nd); Cellar Upstairs Folk Club, London (23rd); The Old Cinema Launderette, Durham (4th April); String Jam Club, Selkirk (6th); Valley Folk Club, Swansea (19th) and The Forge at the Anvil, Basingstoke (24th).
Martin & Eliza Carthy have joint dates at The Station, Bristol (2nd May); Calstock Arts (3rd); Chipping Norton Theatre (5th); MAC Birmingham (9th); New Vic
Theatre, Staffs (13th); The Half Moon, London (14th); The Boileroom, Guildford (15th); National Forest Folk Club (17th); The Old Chapel, Alfriston (18th); Turner Sims, Southampton (19th); The Band Room, Kirkbymoorside (24th); Dumfries and Galloway Arts Festival (25th); The Waiting Room, Stockton-on-Tees (26th); The Stables, Milton Keynes (30th); The Cube, Malvern (31st); St Peter’s Episcopal Church, Linlithgow (9th June) and Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh (10th).
Michael Chapman leads his
True North album launch tour with a band of BJ Cole, Sarah Smout and Bridget St John, with shows at Trades Club, Hebden Bridge (27th March); The Continental, Preston (28th); Cluny, Newcastle (31st); Kitchen Garden Cafe, Birmingham (1st April); Holy Trinity Church, Guildford (2nd); Greystones, Sheffield (3rd); St Mary’s Creative Space, Chester (4th); Lexington, London (5th) and South St Arts Centre, Reading (6th).
Andy Cutting is out gigging solo at Cecil Sharp House, London (15th May); Shepley Spring Festival (17th); The New Room, Bristol (18th); Quay Arts Centre, Isle of Wight (19th); Liverpool
Philharmonic (22nd); Huntingdon Hall, Worcester (23rd); Valley Folk Club, Swansea (24th); Fishguard Folk Festival (25th) and Chester Folk Festival (27th).
The Furrow Collective have April dates at The Hug and Pint, Glasgow (21st April); Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh (22nd); Liverpool Philharmonic (23rd); The Cumberland Arms, Newcastle (24th); South Street Arts Centre, Reading (26th); Cafe Oto, London (27th) and The Spring, Havant (28th).
Jimmy Aldridge & Sid
Goldsmith play at Anteros Arts Foundation, Norwich (29th March); Faldingworth Live (30th); Mayflower Folk Club, Cambridge (2nd April); Cecil Sharp House (3rd); The Fleece Inn, Evesham (4th); Northwich Folk Club (5th); Cowshed, Huddersfield (6th); The Sprint Mill, Kendal (7th); Stockton Folk Club (8th); Crail Folk Club (11th); Stonehaven Folk Club (12th); Bristol Folk Festival (4th May) and Shepley Spring Festival (18th).
Rachel Newton plays
Rootsbase, Edinburgh (7th May); Bridport Arts Centre (9th);
Michael Chapman
Collingbourne Kingston Village Hall, Marlborough (10th); St Peter’s Church, Chippenham (11th); Newton Toney Memorial Hall, Salisbury (12th); The Marlowe, Canterbury (15th); Campfire Club, London (17th); Chesham Folk Club (20th); The Barn Arts, Banchory (23rd); SpArC Theatre, Bishop’s Castle (25th); The Old Chapel, Alfriston (26th) and Kirkcaldy Acoustic Music Club (6th)
Lady Maisery have gigs at Square Chapel, Halifax (26th April); Bristol Folk Festival (4th May); West End Centre, Aldershot (8th); Harwell Village Hall, Oxfordshire (10th); More Music, Morecambe (11th); The Rose Theatre, Chesterfield (12th); Furness Tradition, Cumbria (14th); The Anthony Burgess Foundation, Manchester (15th); Kings Place, London (17th); Shepley Spring Festival (19th) and Newnham Live, Gloucestershire (8th June).
The Rheingans Sisters play at The Greystones, Sheffield (13th) March); Leicester Guildhall (15th); Kings Place, London (17th); Cambridge Junction (19th); Ashcroft Arts Centre, Fareham (23rd); Wardrobe Theatre, Bristol (26th) and Shepley Spring Festival (19th May).
Belgium’s Jaune Toujours have two UK concerts at Balabam, London (20th March) and Hootananny, London (6th April) as well as a live session on BBC Radio 3’s Music Planet (22nd March).
Ye Vagabonds are
appearing at Kirkcaldy Acoustic Music Club (9th May); FifeSing 2019 (10th); Willows Folk Club, Preston (15th); The Met, Bury (23rd); The Hug & Pint, Glasgow (24th); The Bowerhouse, Maidstone (26th); The Lexington, London (27th); Black Swan Folk Club, York (30th) and Fire In The Mountain, Aberystwyth (31st).
Salthouse with their current
line-up of Jenny Sturgeon, Ewan MacPherson and Lauren MacColl have tour dates at The Ceilidh Place, Ullapool (5th April); Birnam Arts Centre, Perthshire (6th); The Coquetdale Music Trust, Northumberland (9th); Victoria Hall, Settle (10th); The Greystones, Sheffield (11th); The Fleece Inn, Bretforton (12th); The Hive, Shrewsbury (13th); Bristol Folk House (14th); Exeter Phoenix (15th) and The Slaughtered Lamb (16th).
Photo: Ricky Malpas
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