LEWES SATURDAY FOLK CLUB PROGRAMME

April May June July and beyond
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APR 6 DICK MILES http://www.dickmiles.com/ £6 Dick sings mostly English traditional songs, many from East Anglia, with English concertina & guitar, & was a founder member of the influential New Mexborough English Concertina Quartet. APR 13 GU4 http://gu4.org.uk/ £6 Unaccompanied English traditional song in rich, glorious vocal harmony from Pete Burnham, Miggy Campbell, Karen Harris & Bill Wilkes. They are mainstays of the Leicester Grand Union Folk Club. APR 14 (SUNDAY) FREE BALLAD SESSION, noon – 3.00 p.m. Stuart Walker is in the chair. Bring traditional ballads to sing & discuss. APR 20 VICKI SWAN & JONNY DYER http://www.swan-dyer.co.uk/ £7 Young, inspired & enchanting performers currently taking the folk world by storm. Both sing. Vicki plays Scottish Smallpipes, nyckelharpa, flute, Border pipes & double bass; Jonny plays guitar, accordion & low whistle. They play British traditional & Swedish music & their own songs & tunes. Advance tickets for the evening performance only can be ordered using this form. VICKI SWAN & JONNY DYER WORKSHOP: SCOTTISH PIPE MUSIC FOR ANY INSTRUMENT Places £35 10.45 a.m.- 4.45 p.m. The workshop will cover Scottish pipe music using Scottish Smallpipes tuned in D and will cover a variety of different styles of tune and techniques. For any instrument that can play in the keys of D and G. Music will be sent in advance. Details and booking forms available from the club and here. APR 21 (SUNDAY) VICKI SWAN NYCKELHARPA WORKSHOP for any instrument Places £35 10.45 a.m.- 4.45 p.m. The workshop is aimed at nyckelharpa repertoire and will focus on technique and rep. Some instruments are available to borrow: book early to reserve an instrument. Any chromatic instrument is also welcome. Music will be sent in advance. Details and booking forms available from the club and here. APR 27 ZAK VAN DER VYVER £6 Zak is a brilliant player of Anglo concertina in the rare South African style. Born in Cape Town in 1933, he moved to England in 1960. He made several 78 rpm and 33 rpm records & features on the ‘Anglo International’ compilation CDs. Tonight he plays & also presents some historical pictures & recordings of South African music.
MAY 4 MAY SONGS £4 Bring songs & tunes for May. We serve Maids of Honour, a traditional May treat made with cream, eggs, lemon, currants, almonds & pastry. MAY 11 JOHN CAVE £5 Entertaining singer & guitarist from Seaford Folk Club with humour & charm. MAY 18 BELSHAZZAR’S FEAST http://www.belshazzarsfeast.co.uk/ £10 Paul Sartin (oboe, violin, vocals – Bellowhead, Faustus) & Paul Hutchinson (accordion – Hoover the Dog, Playford Liberation Front) are superb performers of traditional music & song, Playford, classical, pop & jazz with a large dash of humour. Unmissable. Advance tickets for the evening performance only can be ordered using this form. PAUL HUTCHINSON WORKSHOP on HIS OWN TUNES FOR ANY INSTRUMENT http://www.secretaccordionist.co.uk/ Places £35 10.45 a.m.- 4.45 p.m. (Royal Oak, Station Street, Lewes) This workshop will feature a few tunes from his intriguing & engaging compositions arranged in several parts to accommodate all instruments at all levels. If you enjoy the thrill of playing in an ensemble, this is for you! The final session will combine with Paul Sartin’s voice workshop to rival the Hallelujah Chorus! Music can be sent out in advance. Details and booking forms available from the club and here. PAUL SARTIN: SONG WORKSHOP http://www.paulsartin.co.uk//index.htm Places £35 10.45 a.m.- 4.45 p.m. Paul will teach arrangements for community choirs of traditional songs of the South & South West of England, with focus on individual technique (breathing and posture) learning by ear, and good ensemble. Paul Hutchinson’s pupils will join the final session. Details and booking forms available from the club and here. MAY 25 COME-ALL-YE £3 Bring songs & tunes to share.
JUN 1 LADY MAISERY http://www.ladymaisery.com/ £8 Hannah James, Hazel Askew & Rowan Rheingans sing in wonderful harmony, inspired by the traditions of the UK & northern Europe unaccompanied & with harp, accordion & fiddle. Advance tickets for the evening performance only can be ordered using this form. LADY MAISERY VOCAL HARMONY WORKSHOP Places £30 10.45 a.m.- 4.45 p.m. Lady Maisery explore vocal harmony to breathtaking effect, through their fresh interpretations of songs and ballads. The workshop will cover warming up, tune singing (diddling) Arrangement and harmony techniques and using the voice as an instrument. Details and booking forms available from the club and here. JUN 8 SARAH MORGAN & JEFF GILLETT £6 Sarah is a fine singer with the vocal harmony trio Craig Morgan Robson. She writes songs in traditional style & plays English concertina. Jeff is a brilliant guitarist, sensitive traditional singer & arranger of poems by William Blake. He also plays mandolin, Appalachian dulcimer & English concertina. JUN 15 GREG RUSSELL & CIARAN ALGAR http://russellalgar.co.uk/ £5 Winners of the 2013 BBC Radio 2 Young Folk Award, they sing & play fiddle, bouzouki, guitar & English concertina. Their playing is stylish & refreshing. They’ve been supporting top bands and are in demand at festivals. JUN 22 IAN CHISHOLM & STEPHEN SIBBALD £5 Scottish, American & British songs & tunes with guitar, mandolin & fiddle from two members of the Unreel Ceilidh Band. JUN 29 BOB FOX http://www.myspace.com/bobfoxmusic £8 A splendid singer & guitarist from Tyneside, Bob has been playing The Song Man in the West End production 'War Horse' for many months. Advance tickets for this performance only can be ordered using this form. JUN 30 SESSION WITH MIYUKI MIURA & MIHO TOHMATSU 12.30-7.00 p.m. This is a special free event for seven visiting Japanese concertina players organized by the International Concertina Association. There will be a chance to share tunes, listen and chat. See http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vyc8qWrsWDk.
JUL 6 TUNES SESSION with BRYAN CREER & VALMAI GOODYEAR £3 At The Crown, 191 High Street, Lewes BN7 2NA. Bring instruments to join in mainly English tunes, & have a party piece ready if you want. Singers are welcome too. JUL 13 BOB KENWARD http://www.tonbridgefolkclub.org/bobkenward/ £5 A delightful, singer & guitarist who writes thoughtful, funny & beautiful songs on Kentish subjects in traditional style. JUL 20 DAVE ARTHUR & DAN STEWART http://www.davearthur.net/rattle.html £7 American Old-Time & British traditional songs & tunes on banjos, guitar & melodeon. Advance tickets for the evening performance only can be ordered using this form. DAN STEWART 5-STRING BANJO WORKSHOP 10.45 a.m. – 12.30 p.m. Places £15 An outstanding tutor, Dan plays with Rattle on the Stovepipe & The Long Hill Ramblers. The workshop is for old-time claw-hammer style. Dan will teach 2 simple tunes & add right-hand decoration techniques for the more advanced. Details and booking forms available from the club and here. DAVE ARTHUR: MAGIC, SUPERSTITION & THE SUPERNATURAL IN FOLK TALE & BALLADS 1.30 p.m. – 4.45 p.m. Places £20 Dave currently plays with Rattle on the Stovepipe. He is a fine singer, musician & storyteller, collector & researcher. He will talk, sing, play, play field recordings of traditional storytellers & singers, & encourage discussion. Details and booking forms available from the club and here. JUL 27 JIM MURRAY & THE TOO-GOOD-TO-HURRY BAND £6 Jim Murray, Tyneside singer, guitarist & songwriter, joins with Alex Szyzskowski (concertina, melodeon, mandolin) Davie Wooldrige (fiddle) Chris Dyer (fiddle, nyckelharpa) & Lis Stewart (duet concertina, fiddle & keyboards) to make lively music and plenty of laughs with a strong Geordie flavour.
SEPT 12 BRYONY GRIFFITH - FIDDLE & SONG WORKSHOP SEPT 12 WILL HAMPSON - MELODEON WORKSHOP OCT 26 SIMON MAYOR - MANDOLIN WORKSHOP NOV 16 PETE COE - BALLAD FORUM NOV 16 SUE COE - APPALACHIAN CLOGGING WORKSHOP