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TOM McCONVILLE 15th March 2018 8-00 pm
DEREK "GIFF" GIFFORD 5th April 2018 8-00 pm
Derek
Gifford has been singing folk songs for over 30 years and is a full time folk performer known throughout the folk World as "Giff". He is an old friend of the club having performed at FATD both in his own right and as part of "Three Sheets to the Wind". His style is based on
the tradition but much of his repertoire includes contemporary songs
which are written in the traditional idiom. Giff has set a number of
Bury poet Keith Scowcroft's poems to music including 'When All Men Sing'
which is fast becoming a folk song 'standard' across the world. Whether
accompanying himself on guitar or bowed psaltery, which his wife hates, or singing
unaccompanied Giff's enthusiasm becomes contagious. He also gives talks
and workshops on the music to a variety of audiences. 'Birds in Folk Song' is a talk that Giff has given at both Broadstairs and Tenterden Folk Festivals, the latter only last month, October 2017, as he is a keen "birder", not a twitcher! Doubtless when he is staying with me for this gig he will be out at Dungeness RSPB before breakfast! Relaxed and
confident, with sea songs, shanties and other chorus songs a speciality, Giff's festival and club performances are a real treat to encounter. This will be a fun gig, don't miss
NOTTS ALLIANCE 17 May 2018 8-00 pm
Regulars at many clubs and festivals, Notts Alliance is a group of unaccompanied harmony singers who emerged from the Nottingham Traditional Musical Club in the 70s and 80s. Away from their day jobs, they have built a lasting reputation as engaging performers of diverse material. Their repertoire includes arrangements of songs from some of the best of today’s songwriters including Richard Thompson, Pete Morton and Maggie Holland as well as a good helping of traditional material. First and foremost, they still only sing songs which they like (a wholly admirable policy, which more performers ought to adopt)! Their harmonies can be quite spine chilling with the result that the selection of material is genuinely open-minded and refreshingly eclectic. I saw them at Tenterden Folk Festival in 2016 and decided almost instantly that I wanted to book them!
KEITH KENDRICK & SYLVIA NEEDHAM 14 June 2018 8-00 pm
This fine English duo has been praised as being amongst the finest interpreters of traditional English songs. Four decades of performing have taken Derbyshire born-and-bred Keith all over the U.K., Europe, the U.S., and most of the globe, even Japan where he spent six months, no not hard labour! He and Sylvia have now been performing together for more than ten years. In addition to their recorded work, they have been featured on the BBC and are a celebrated fixture at folk festivals around the World. They have been acclaimed for “breathtaking harmony work that leaves the listener gasping.” Drawing from a wide-ranging repertoire, the duo’s performances combine humour with a deep respect for the songs and tunes of their native land. While known for their a capella harmonies, Keith and Sylvia also frequently accompany themselves and play tunes on three different systems of the only English-invented chromatic musical instrument – the concertina!
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