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Moore Moss Rutter have a spring tour with dates at Jersey Arts Centre (30th April); Pebbles Tavern (21st); Wardrobe Theatre, Bristol (23rd); Liverpool Irish Centre (25th); Devoran Acoustic Sessions, Truro (26th); Pound Arts, Corsham (27th); Slaughtered Lamb, London (28th); Playlist, Southampton (29th) and The Brindley, Runcorn (30th).
Gilmore & Roberts, having recently celebrated a new addition to the family, have upcoming gigs at Cove Village Hall, Tiverton (6th April); Bristol Folk House (7th); Soundbox, Chester (12th); Eastwell Village Hall, Melton Mowbray (13th); Hitchin Folk Club (14th); Colchester Arts Centre (15th); Willows Folk Club, Lancashire (17th); Kitchen Garden Cafe, Birmingham (21st); Otley Courthouse (27th); Henry Tudor House, Shrewsbury (28th); Greystones, Sheffield (3rd May); Raunds Music Festival (4th); Doncaster Roots Music Club (7th June); Hoy At Anchor Folk Club, Westcliff-on-Sea (11th); Stanley Halls, London (12th); The Acorn, Penzance (15th); Beardy Folk Festival, Shrewsbury (22nd); Black Swan Folk Club, York (27th) and Stables, Milton Keynes (29th).
Merry Hell have upcoming gigs at St Edith Folk Club, Sevenoaks (15th March); Night & Day Cafe, Manchester (16th); Red Lion Folk Club, Birmingham (20th); St Mary’s Creative Space, Chester (29th); Cluny 2, Newcastle (30th); The Hut, Goathland (31st); Ulverston Music Club (5th April); Gregson Lane Folk Club, Hoghton (19th); Old Courts, Wigan (20th – 21st); Roots & Folk Festival, Hebden Bridge (10th May); Folk On The Pier, Cromer (12th); Sandstone Ridge Festival (17th); The Platform, Morecambe (24th); Fairport At The Fleur, Didcot (9th June); Middlewich Folk and Boat Festival (16th); Runcorn Folk Club (17th); Newburgh Fair (19th); Beardy Folk Festival, Shropshire (23rd) and Frolics At The Froize, Suffolk (29th).
Jackie Oates has tour dates at Willows Folk Club, Kirkham (3rd April); Ropetackle Arts Centre, Shoreham (12th); David Hall, South Petherton (13th); Hitchin Folk Club (28th); Dorchester Festival (6th May); Thorngaby Village Hall (18th); CMV Awareness Festival,
Oumou Sangaré – London showcase
Clitheroe (19th) and Saffron Hall, Suffolk (24th).
Bill Jones is back after a 15- year hiatus with new album Wonderful Fairytale and shows at Bishop’s Castle Town Hall, Shropshire (5th May); Pop Recs, Sunderland (18th) and Chippenham Folk Festival (24th – 27th).
Sharon Shannon & Band with special guest Seckou Keita have tour dates at The Stables, Milton Keynes (7th May); Pontardawe Arts Centre (8th); Phoenix, Exeter (9th); Cheese & Grain, Frome (10th); Junction, Cambridge (10th June); Gulbenkian, Canterbury (11th); Lighthouse, Poole (12th); Cecil Sharp House, London (13th); Liverpool Philharmonic (14th); Otley Courthouse, Leeds (15th) and Greystones, Sheffield (16th).
GIGS
To celebrate Wizz Jones, who turns 80 this year, Cadogan Hall, London hosts a birthday concert on 24th April. Guests announced so far include Wizz & Simeon Jones, Steve Tilston, Clive Carroll, Dariush Kanani, Edwina Hayes, Pete Berryman and Ralph McTell.
The Barbican, London has future shows with Anouar Brahem, Glen Hansard, Rizwan- Muazzam Qawwali, Josephine Foster, Las Maravillas de Mali and many more.
French independent label Nø
Førmat! will celebrate its 15th birthday with a label showcase at London’s new EartH venue on 10th April, featuring appearances from Oumou Sangaré, Gérald Toto and latest signing Que Vola?
Cellar Upstairs Folk Club in The Calthorpe Arms, London has a spring line-up of Jacquelyn Hynes and Racker Donnelly, Martin Carthy, Kate Lissauer, Amsher, Kevin & Ellen Mitchell, Jack Rutter, John Kirkpatrick, Fraser Sisters, Hector Gilchrist & Carol Anderson and Dave Webber & Anni Fentiman.
Cecil Sharp House in London
has gigs with Aly Bain & Phil Cunningham, Rosie Hood,
Jimmy’s Fiddle with Tom McConville, Stewart Hardy, Alan Fitzimmons, Jim Mageean & Natalie Rae, Jimmy Aldridge & Sid Goldsmith, Hannah Peel & Will Burns, Daoirí Farrell, The Askew Sisters, The Swingles & Åkervinda, Cohen Braithwaite- Kilcoyne, Grace Petrie, Rowan Godel, Benji Kirkpatrick & Tim Cotterell, Peter Knight’s Gigspanner, Andy Cutting, Joshua Burnell, Frigg, The Dovetail Trio, Edgelarks, Naomi Bedford & Paul Simmonds, Sharon Shannon, Rowan Rheingans, The Copper Family and more.
Also in London, Islington
Folk Club have future guests Cohen Braithwaite-Kilcoyne, Bob Davenport & Roger Digby, Tom Reid, Sound Tradition and more.
Kings Place in London
continue their Venus Unwrapped series celebrating the music of women with appearances from Kate Rusby, a collaboration between Marry Waterson and Emily Barker, and Jenna Reid. May sees a multi-event celebration of composer and folklorist Ruth Crawford Seeger, with events with her daughter Peggy Seeger, the Ligeti Quartet and pianist Christina McMaster. Also at Kings Place are The Shee Big Band + Hannah James’ JigDoll, Women In Folk - Music Panel Discussion, Shirley Collins, Solasta, She Moved Through The Fair: The Legend Of Margaret Barry, Emily Portman, Rachel Newton, Kathryn Tickell & The Darkening, Leyla McCalla, Martin Simpson, Jim Moray, Lisa O’Neill & Kú Kilian, Flook, Pharis & Jason Romero, Baltic Crossing, Kris Drever, Fara, John Doyle, Lady Maisery, Còig, Lau, Alela Diane, Eddi Reader, Talisk and more.
Coming to Bristol’s Eartrumpet Folk Club at The Wardrobe Theatre are The Rheingan Sisters, Marshes (ft. Beth Porter), Moore Moss Rutter, Vula Viel, Flook, Martin Simpson and Edgelarks.
Coming up at Bristol’s The
New Room in John Wesley’s Chapel is an evening concert with Andy Cutting and a Free Folk At Lunchtime show with Erika Severyns.
Also in Bristol, The Folk House on Park Street has a programme including Emily Teague, Hannah James & Toby Kuhn, The Urban Folk Quartet, Gilmore & Roberts, Molly Tuttle, Richard Digance with Eric Sedge, Salt House, Blair Dunlop, Sam Kelly & The Lost Boys, Fraser Anderson, Dan Walsh Trio, Rowan Rheingans’ Dispatches On The Red Dress and more.
SOAS University in London host a concert series featuring the music and dance of Amaraterra, Fran & Flora, and Samaïa.
In Hereford, guests at
monthly Weirdshire nights at Babar Cafe include David Ian Roberts, Howie Reeve, Alex Monk, Sharron Kraus, and Stephanie Hladowski & C. Joynes.
London promoters Folk On
Monday present gigs across London in spring. At The Green Note: Eilidh Steel & Mark Neal, Mairearad Green & Anna Massie, Heg & The Wolf Chorus and Ben Walker & Rob Harbron. At The Slaughtered Lamb: Josie Duncan & Pablo Lafuente, Salt House, Bella Polly & the Magpies, Katie Spencer, Moore Moss Rutter, Siobhan Miller and Ben Walker. At Aces & Eights: Twelfth Day, Dipper Malkin, Red Herring and The Bombadils. At The Water Rats is Emily Mae Winters and coming to Richmix are Ruth Notman & Sam Kelly. At Heath Street Baptist Church is new project War and Peace featuring Greg Russell, Bella Hardy and Findlay Napier.
Although long-term organiser
Roland Walls is sadly now seriously ill, the Black Swan Folk Club in York is still running at full speed and has spring guests including Mairearad Green & Anna Massie, Sunjay, Rosie Hodgson & Rowan Piggott, Pilgrims' Way, Ye Vagabonds, Bob Fox, Will Kaufman and Gilmore & Roberts. There are also concert events at the nearby National Centre for Early Music with Gigspanner and The Melrose Quartet, and the club will again be running its annual free festival, The City of York Folk Weekend.
Cambridge’s The Junction presents shows with Hayseed Dixie, The Rheingans Sisters,
Wizz Jones – 80th birthday celebration
Photo: © Judith Burrows
Photo: © Judith Burrows
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