Lewes Saturday Folk Club
http://www.lewesarmsfolkclub.org/


2012


JAN 7 WASSAIL NIGHT by firelight & candlelight £3
We'll be serving home-made Twelfth Cake (full of crystallised ginger, orange peel & rum) and a wassail bowl. Bring winter songs & tunes for a magical night.

JAN 14 BOB LEWIS £6
Superb Sussex traditional singer with a finely-ornamented style & distinctive repertoire.

JAN 21 SUSSEX All-day SINGAROUND
11.00 a.m. - 11.00 p.m.
The Royal Oak, High Street, Barcombe (near Lewes), East Sussex BN8 5BA
http://royaloakbarcombe.co.uk/
Free admission with collection. Good pub food on sale all day.
There will be an hour of informal tunes while people arrive. Then the singing starts, finishing with a good hour of glorious choruses. Ballads & the occasional instrumental party piece will be very welcome too.

JAN 22 (SUNDAY) BALLAD SESSION noon - 3.00 p.m. Free admission.
Elephant & Castle, White Hill, Lewes BN7 2DJ

JAN 28 SINGAROUND with spotlight on DANNY & SALLY MEANEY £3
Bring your own songs & tunes, & enjoy a selection of Irish parlour songs & ballads from two of our regulars.

FEB 4 HECTOR (SLOW BURNS) GILCHRIST http://www.celticfolksongs.co.uk £6
Beautiful interpretations of the songs of Burns & traditional Scottish songs, with guitar.

FEB 11 GAVIN & JULIE ATKIN http://www.julieandhersqueeze.com/ £6
Songs from music hall, the shows & the tradition with Jeffreys duet concertina & melodeon.

FEB 18 ROSIE HOOD http://www.myspace.com/x_rosie_posie_x £5
Lovely young singer of unaccompanied traditional songs; New Roots competition finalist 2011.

FEB 25 TREVOR & MICHAEL CURRY £4
Songs & tunes with guitar, whistle, fiddle & melodeon from popular local father & son duo.

MAR 3 FAY HIELD TRIO http://www.fayhield.com/ £9
Fay (voice, Witches of Elswick) with Rob Harbron (English concertina, fiddle, guitar, Kerr Fagan Harbron, English Acoustic Collective) and Sam Sweeney (fiddle, Bellowhead).
FAY HIELD: ENGLISH TRADITIONAL SONG WORKSHOP
Royal Oak, Station Street, Lewes BN7 2DA
10.45 - 4.45 p.m. Places £35
Fay is a fine young singer, scholar & teacher of English traditional song. She has performed & recorded with the Witches of Elswick, Damien Barber, Jon Boden, Fay Hield Trio & the Woodbine & Ivy Band. She & Jon Boden run the Royal Traditions folk club, Dungworth.
The workshop will help singers to develop their own style to bring the best out of songs.
ROB HARBRON: ALL-SYSTEMS CONCERTINA WORKSHOP
http://www.robertharbron.co.uk/
10.45 a.m.- 4.45 p.m. Places £35
The Crown Inn, 191, High St, Lewes, BN7 2NA
Rob is widely considered the most important concertina player of his generation, playing with Dr. Faustus, Tim van Eyken, The English Acoustic Collective, Emma Reid, Kerr Fagan Harbon & the Fay Hield Trio. He has been a popular tutor for Folkworks, Hands-On Music, the International Concertina Association & a great many more.
The workshop will look at phrasing, pulse, dynamics, ornamentation, fingering & use of the bellows & also chords & harmony. Rob's technical knowledge is mostly centered on the English system, but players of all systems are welcome.
SAM SWEENEY: ENGLISH FIDDLE WORKSHOP
10.45 a.m.- 4.45 p.m. Places £35
Elephant & Castle White Hill Lewes BN7 2DJ
Sam is a dazzling young fiddler in the English traditional style. He plays with Bellowhead, Jon Boden & The Remnant Kings, The Fay Hield Trio and with accordionist, singer & dancer Hannah James. He's an experienced & inspiring fiddle tutor.
The workshop will cover learning some tunes, searching for exciting repertoire, introducing & improving ornamentation & bowing, and how to free yourself from the simple notes to bring a tune alive.
Workshop booking forms & evening tickets from the club & its website.

MAR 10 TWAGGER BAND http://www.twaggerband.co.uk/The_Twagger_Band/Home.html £6
Mostly traditional music & songs from Joy Lewis, Derrick Hughes, Sue Evans, Ian Chisholm & Will Duke on concertinas, hammered dulcimers, Northumbrian pipes, whistles, psaltery, harmonium, recorders, bouzouki, mandolin, guitar, serpent, crumhorn & harp.

MAR 17 COME-ALL-YE with spotlight on Adrian & Oli Waters £3
Bring songs & tunes, & enjoy some delightful concertina duets from this father & son duo from Kent.

MAR 24 THE ASKEW SISTERS http://www.askewsisters.co.uk/ £7
Fine singing & playing of traditional English songs & tunes from two thrilling, brilliant & intelligent young musicians with fiddle & melodeon.

MAR 31 JON HESLOP http://www.redherring.unisonplus.net/jon.htm £5