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2nd March SHAKE ME UP SALLY £10
https://sallyironmonger.co.uk/shakemeupsally - Sally Ironmonger, Brian Carter, Tony Petty & Lesley Petty (Capella) sing old & new songs in gorgeous vocal harmony with stylish guitar accompaniment. Sally writes funny, incisive & beautiful songs.
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9th March COHEN BRAITHWAITE-KILCOYNE £12
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Cohen is a young, brilliant & inventive melodeon & anglo concertina player & a glorious singer with a deep understanding of traditional music & a powerful, compelling style of his own. He's in great demand at folk music festivals & clubs as a solo performer & with the trio Granny's Attic.
COHEN BRAITHWAITE-KILCOYNE MELODEON WORKSHOP
Saturday 11 November 10:45 - 16:45 £45 (2 under-25s £22 Email to reserve places)
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The workshop will focus on English melodeon playing for experienced players. Cohen will begin by sharing useful melodeon exercises and techniques, before delving into the rich repertoire of English traditional tunes, exploring how advanced melodeon techniques can be used to develop these tunes.
Some music will be sent out in advance. - 16th March GAVIN & JULIE ATKIN £9
- Lively & authentic songs & tunes from the tradition, music hall & musical theatre with melodeon & Jeffreys duet concertina
- 23rd March MIKE NICHOLSON £9
- Traditional & newer songs in a glorious 99% cocoa solids voice, with guitar & unaccompanied.
- 30th March EASTER & SPRING COME ALL YE £5
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Bring songs, tunes & readings for Spring. Derek Seed is in the chair. We'Sll be serving home-made Easter biscuits. This is a good night for performing in public for the first time to friendly listeners.
Vocal & instrumental groups welcome.
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6th April JON LOOMES & TOM KITCHING £12
https://jon-loomes.com/music http://www.tomkitching.co.uk/ -
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Jon describes himself as 'primarily famous for playing guitar in a variety of cruel & unusual tunings'. He sings & also plays cittern, mandolin, English concertina, bagpipes & hurdy gurdy.
Tom is an exciting & inventive fiddler, playing mainly English music & encompassing elements of many other traditions. He is also an entertaining author, writing about his musical travels in this country & recording CDs to illustrate the books.
TOM KITCHING FIDDLE WORKSHOP
Saturday 6 April 10:45 - 16:45 £45 (2 under-25s £22 Email to reserve places)
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13th April DOM PRAG £10
https://www.domprag.com/ - A fine, compelling young singer & stylish guitarist with a wide range of traditional & more recent songs from Richard Thompson, Christy Moore & Paul Davenport, plus some intelligent & varied songs of his own.
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20th April DAOIRÍ FARRELL £15
https://www.daoiri.com/ -
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Dublin-born Daoirí is a fine singer of Irish traditional song & turns the bouzouki into a force of nature, with a range from powerful to subtle & always in sympathy with the song. He began singing in the famous Góilin Singers Club & has accompanied Christy Moore, Dónal Luny, Martin Hayes, Dennis Cahill, Arty McGlynn & many more. In 2013 he won the All Ireland Champion Singer Award at the Fleadh in Co. Derry.
DAOIRÍ FARRELL BOUZOUKI WORKSHOP
Saturday 20 April 10:45 - 16:45 £45 (2 under-25s £22 Email to reserve places)
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The workshop will cover bouzouki backing tunes, song accompaniment & arrangement, new chords & alternative runs. It's for enthusiastic beginners & intermediate players. Please bring a recording device to make sound & video recordings to help with follow-up study. -
27th April JACK HOGSDEN £10
https://www.jackhogsdenmusic.com/ - Fine, entertaining young singer & player of English traditional music with guitar & melodeon. He makes the old songs his own, adding fresh invention & energy.
- 4 May MAY SONGS & TUNES £5 cash
- Bring songs, tunes & readings for May. Derek Seed is in the chair. We'll be serving home-made Maids of Honour, a traditional Maytime treat. This is a good night for performing in public for the first time to friendly listeners. Vocal & instrumental groups welcome.
- 11 May COME ALL YE £5 cash
- Bring songs, tunes & readings. Derek Seed is in the chair. This is a good night for performing in public for the first time to friendly listeners. Vocal & instrumental groups welcome.
- 18 May CORACLE £15 cash
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Paul Hutchinson (Belshazzar's Feast) Karen Wimhurst (Welsh National Opera, Grimethorpe Colliery Band, jazz) & Anna Tam (Mediaeval Babes) blend traditional music & song in enthralling alchemy with elements from Early Music, classical & jazz. They sing & play accordion, clarinet, nyckelharpa, hurdy gurdy, cello & viola da gamba.
CORACLE EARLY MUSIC FOR FOLK MUSICIANS WORKSHOP (any instrument)
Saturday 18 May 10:45 - 16:45 £45 cash (2 under-25 year olds £22) Email to reserve places
The workshop will explore the long border where traditional & Early Music overlap, merge & borrow from each other. Music reading required. More details to follow. Some music will be available in advance. - 25 May COME ALL YE £5 cash
- Bring songs, tunes & readings. Derek Seed is in the chair. This is a good night for performing in public for the first time to friendly listeners. Vocal & instrumental groups welcome.
- 1 June TWAGGER BAND £12 cash
- Beautiful, jolly & funny tunes & songs from the British Isles & beyond with two hammer dulcimers, fiddle, guitar, whistles, serpent, accordion & concertina,
- 8 June BOB & GILL BERRY £12 cash
- Traditional & newer songs in vocal harmony with guitar, bouzouki, concertina & ukulele.
- 15 June TYBURN ROAD (DAVE TOWNSEND & IAN GILES) £12 cash
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Traditional & unusual songs & tunes, many about rogues, vagabonds & villains of all sorts, plus sea songs, with concertina & melodeon.
DAVE TOWNSEND VILLAGE BAND WORKSHOP (any instrument)
Saturday 15 June 10:45 - 16:45 £45 cash (2 under-25 year olds £22) Email to reserve places
Dave's popular, lively & very playable four-part arrangements of mainly English traditional dance tunes for any instrument. Music reading required. Some music will be available in advance. - 22 June TBA
The workshops mostly last a full Saturday or Sunday & the tutor performs at the Elephant & Castle, White Hill, Lewes BN7 2DJ, on the Saturday evening. Email for places, pay cash on the day.
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- 7 or 8 Sept Pete Shepheard & Arthur Watson Ballad forum
- 21 Sept Tom McConville Fiddle
- 12 Oct Crows Song arrangement & accompaniment
- 10 Nov (Sunday) Bruce Molsky US Old-Time fiddle
- 16 Nov Doc Rowe & Jill Pidd 'Seasons & Songs'