Friday, September 17, 2010

EIGHT ITEMS OF FOLK MUSIC NEWS FROM LEWES FOR SEPTEMBER

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From: Vic Smith <tinvic@globalnet.co.uk>
Date: 8 September 2010 22:15
Subject: EIGHT ITEMS OF FOLK MUSIC NEWS FROM LEWES FOR SEPTEMBER
To: "Folk (Virtual Brighton)" <folk@brighton.co.uk>


EIGHT  ITEMS OF FOLK MUSIC NEWS FROM LEWES FOR SEPTEMBER


1] FOLK AT THE ROYAL OAK
Station Street, Lewes
Enquiries: - (01273) 478124 or 881316
Email tinvic@globalnet.co.uk.

Our new season got off to the best possible start last Thursday with a storming performance by SPIDER JOHN KOERNER & CHIP SMITH playing to a full clubroom. Our programme for the next three months is as follows:-

Sept 9th * £6.00 * TAFFY THOMAS & AIMEE THOMAS
Britain's first Laureate for Storytelling and an MBE for services to storytelling and charity shares the evening with his daughter's lovely singing voice.

Sept 16th * £6.00 * JOHN CONOLLY
The internationally-respected songwriter with his universally known "Fiddlers' Green" and many other fine songs

Sept 23rd  * free admission * OPEN NIGHT
In response to many requests, we are putting in some extra Open Nights into our programme to give more opportunity for our many floor singers to have more of a chance to perform

Sept 30th * £6.00 * THE CLAQUE
Tom Addison, Barry Lister, Dave Lowry and Sean O'Shea. Distilled from the legendary groups of old, four voices of depth and maturity blended to bring warmth and harmony to the English Tradition.

Oct 7th * £10.00 (£8.00 in adv.) * JOHN KIRKPATRICK
One of the most talented and popular attractions on the folk scene. John plays for the opening night of the Lewes Folk Festival. (http://www.lewesfolkfest.org/)

Oct 14th * £6.00 * DUCK SOUP (Album Launch Evening)
Adam Bushell, Ian Kearey & Dan Quinn bring us their unique approach to traditional music & song and launch their new album "Open On Sundays".

Oct 21st * £6.00 * JIM CAUSLEY
We are delighted to welcome back the most outstanding of the new generation of singers of traditional songs.

Oct 28th * £6.00 * LAURA HOCKENHULL, TAB HUNTER & BEN PALEY.
The brand new local supergroup make their first advertised appearance with super fiddle and guitar and Laura's lovely voice

Nov 4th * Free Admission * OPEN NIGHT
In response to many requests we are slipping in a few more Open Nights than just our usual one in July and another in December.

Nov 11th * £6.00 * MARY HUMPHREYS & ANAHATA
Sparkling playing of some rare dance tunes on melodeon, concertina, banjo and cello plus Mary's engaging singing.

Nov 18th * £6.00 * RATTLE ON THE STOVEPIPE
One the country's leading bands play and sing songs and music from both sides of the Atlantic; Dave Arthur, Dan Stewart and birthday boy that day, Pete Cooper.

Nov 25th * £6.00 * SYLVIA BARNES, ALAN & CAROLE PRIOR
Three of the most highly-rated Scottish voices will perform their excellent joint and solo repertoires


Our Future Guests will include:-
DANA & SUSAN ROBINSON * JIM BAINBRIDGE * MARTIN CARTHY, NORMA WATERSON & CHRIS PARKINSON * JEZ LOWE *

Our websites are at
http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~tinvic/
and
http://www.myspace.com/royaloakfolklewes

Those of you who arrange listings are politely requested to include all of the above.
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2 ] LEWES FOLK FESTIVAL 7 -10th OCTOBER 2010.
The two Lewes folk clubs are combining their efforts to promote this festival, largely based in their own clubrooms and other venues in the town. It will include folk club evenings, dance displays, presentations, workshops, singarounds and tune sessions. Watch this circular and elsewhere for updates on the guests/programme etc. If you would like to receive an email of the programme for the festival (as it stands at the moment) please email tinvic@globalnet.co.uk  and the .doc file of the programme will be sent to you or you can read the details on-line at http://www.lewesfolkfest.org/LFFprogramme.php
The website is at http://www.lewesfolkfest.org/LFFindex.php
An outline of events is given at http://www.lewesfolkfest.org/LFFprogramme.php
Tickets from the paying events are now on sale by cheque or by Paypal and these are:-

JOHN KIRKPATRICK Thurs 7th October 8pm £8
SHIRLEY COLLINS presents "AMERICA OVER THE WATER" Fri 8th October 8pm £8
NIGEL BAGGE & EDDIE ARMER Fri 8th October 8pm £6
STEP DANCE WORKSHOPS 9th October 10.45am £4
GORDON HALL presentation Sat 9th October 12 noon £4
West Gallery Singing Workshop Sat 9th October 2pm £4
FESTIVAL DANCE 9th October 8pm £8
SUSSEX SINGERS CONCERTS 9th October 8pm £8
PEPPERS' GHOST MAGIC LANTERN SUSSEX SHOW 9th October 8pm £8
HENRY HILLS OF LODSWORTH presentation Sun 10th October 11am £4
An hour with PETE COE Sun 10th October 12.15pm £4

These are the advanced tickets prices. It will be £2 more for each evfent if you pay on the door – so book your tickets at - http://www.lewesfolkfest.org/LFFtickets.php
We are delighted that Shirley Collins has agreed to become the festival's patron.
Advance tickets are now ob sale and are starting to sell well!!!
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3] FOLK AT THE ROYAL OAK ON "MYSPACE"
Our MYSPACE profile enables us to provide sample tracks of coming guests as well as show photos and biographies of coming guests. It is at http://www.myspace.com/royaloakfolklewes
Currently on our MYSPACE we have the following tracks by coming guests:-

 John Conolly - "Fiddler's Green" - (September 16th)
The Claque - "The Devil's Questions" - (September 30th)
John Kirkpatrick - "Welcome To Hell" - (October 7th)
Duck Soup - "Little Brown Jug/Untitled/Bonne Bouche" - (October 14th)
Jim Causley - "Yonder's Hill"- (October 21st)
Ben Paley & Tab Hunter [with Laura Hockenhull] - "Old Hag You Have Killed Me" - (October 28th)
Mary Humphreys & Anahata - "Rosemary Lane" - (November 11th)
Rattle On The Stovepipe - "Eight More Miles To Louisville" - (November 18th)
Sylvia Barnes [with Carole & Alan Prior] - "Lonely Waterloo" - (November 25th)


After each gig the songs will drop off to be replaced with another by an upcoming guest.
In addition there are videos by each of the following coming guest artists:-

TAFFY THOMAS September 9th
JOHN CONOLLY September 16th
THE CLAQUE September 30th
JOHN KIRKPATRICK October 7th
SYLVIA BARNES November 25th
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4] SUSSEX FOLK GUIDE WEBSITE - UPDATED
For all the listings of folk music, song club, dances, festivals in and around Sussex, have a look at http://whatson.brighton.co.uk/folk This site all always kept updated with the latest events and those currently listed cover all the dates up until the end of September 2010 .
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5] THE FOLK DIARY
Most of the listings on the Sussex Folk Guide website are taken from the paper magazine, THE FOLK DIARY. Issue no 245 covers the months of October & November. They are packed with adverts for various folk festivals, folk music record companies, specialist shops, instrument makers and other services as well as details of all the folk song and dance events in our area. To obtain copies of this free magazine as it is published, please send SAE's to Vic Smith at the address below.
It is also the address to send album review copies to.  Potential advertisers are also asked to contact Vic for a statement of our advertising rates.
The copy date for the December/January issue is October 30th. However, it should be mentioned for future issues that once the available space has been filled, no more adverts can be accepted even if they are received BEFORE the copy date. With this in mind, it is worth contacting the editors before the copy date to state your intentions and reserve advertising space even if you have not got final details or you copy prepared.
Please contact
JIM MARSHALL 01273 559750 jimars@globalnet.co.uk
Or
VIC SMITH 01273 478124 tinvic@globalnet.co.uk
The current issue is number 243 covers the months of June and July and is now available.
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6] THE FOLK DIARY ON LINE
THE FOLK DIARY is available on-line at
http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~tinvic/fd.htm You will need Adobe ACROBAT
READER to read the pages. The size of each page is given by each page
link and the content of each page is indicated. The following issues are now
on-line and are listed here with the content of each page:-
ISSUE No. 244 AUGUST - SEPTEMBER 2010
Page 1(794kb) Seaford Folk Club (Fris), Kentucky to Kent UK, Hove Folk Club (Fris), White Horse Bodle Street Green (Mons).
Page 2 (504kb) Seaford Live Folk Music.
Page 3 (847kb) Lewes Saturday folk club, Folk at the Royal Oak, Lewes (Thurs), Copy dates and contact details.
Page 4 (2281kb) Tenterdan Folk Festival, Brighton Acoustic Session (Mons), Beacon Tunbridge Wells (Mons), Piggies Open Mic Uckfield (Tues), Cellarfolk Brighton (Tues).
Page 5 (601kb) Lewes Folk Festival, Tonbridge Folk Club (Mons) Stag Song & Chat Brighton (Suns), Horsham folk Club (Suns (Weds),
Page 6 (341kb) Barry Murphy banjoes, Cigar Box guitars, Vinces's fiddles, Six Bells Chiddingly (Tues), Elsies (Sats), Brighton Folk and Bles (Fris).
Page 7 (1596kb) Folk Industry & The Association of Festival Organisers Conference.
Page 8 (1365kb) Mid Sussex Folk Singers (Weds), Lamb Folk Club Eatbourne (Weds), Willows Folk Club Arundel (Weds)Croydon Folk Club (Mons), Rude Mechanicals (Weds), Fee Calls Ceilidhs.
Page 9 (1717kb) Sussex Folk Association, Hat Music Films, Folk On The Coast Bognor (Fris), Pete Cartlidge Obituary, Brighton Singers Club (Weds), Amberley Folk Club (Tues).
Page 10 (2498kb) Folk Camps Society Ltd. CD reviews.
Page 11 (2184kb) Hobgoblin Music, Pokey La Farge at Blue Coconut Pulborough, Blackwood Pulborough (Thurs). Chiddingly Festival.
Page 12 (1209kb) Dave Swarbrick album "Raison D'Etre".

ISSUE No. 245 OCTOBER - NOVEMBER 2010
Page 1(1178kb) Brighton fest noz,Stag Brighton song & chat (Suns),Headwater at Blue Coconut Pulborough, Hobgoblin music, Folk at the Hawth Crawley.
Page 2 (1785kb) Seaford folk club (Fris), Mark Ringwood tours, Meldown Ceilidhs, Button badges, Amberley folk club (Tues).
Page 3 (909kb) Lewes Saturday folk club, Folk at the Royal Oak, Lewes (Thurs), Copy dates and contact details.
Page 4 (240kb) Lewes Folk Festival.
Page 5 (1359kb) Lamb Eastbourne folk club (Weds), Brighton Acoustic Session (Mons), Piggies Open Mic Uckfield (Thurs), From The Field To The Foundry, Croydon folk club (Mons), Brighton Cellarfolk (Tues).
Page 6 (1623kb) Electric Voices Guildford.
Page 7 (396kb) Sussex Folk Association, Hat Music Films, Folk On The Coast Bognor (Fris), Brighton Singers Club (Weds), The Rude Machanicals (Weds), Fee Calls Ceilidhs, Hove Folk Club (Fris).
Page 8 (2704kb) Barry Murphy banjos, Folkmaster events, Vine's fiddles, Six Bells Chiddingly (Tues), Cigar Box guitars, Brighton Folk & Blues Club (Fris), Duck Soup new album.
Page 9 (1402kb) Bals a Samedi, Emily & The Hares events, Roots Around The World.
Page 10 (1616kb) Tonbridge Folk Club (Mons), Banjos for sale, Horsham folk club (Suns), Acoustic Sussex events.
Page 11 (1129kb) Ropetackle Arts Cente Shoreham.
Page 12 (1121kb) Tenterden Folk Festival, CD Reviews.
Page 13 (1094kb) Zaza music events Brighton CD reviews.
Page 14 (8689kb) White Horse Bodle St. Green (Mons), CD reviews.
Page 15 (953kb) Willows Arundel (Weds), Blue Coconut Pulborough (Thurs), Mole Valley Arts Alive.
Page 16 (277kb) Spyboy events
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7] LEWES WORKSHOPS AT THE ELEPHANT & CASTLE
The workshops last a full Saturday or Sunday and the tutor performs at the
club in the evening. The programme for 2010 will be:-

18 Sept MOOR MUSIC Dartmoor music (any instrument)
9 Oct JOHN ADAMS Village Music Project (any instrument) (Lewes Festival Event)
10 Oct CHRIS COE Ballad forum (Lewes Festival Event)
31 Oct MARTIN CARTHY Guitar
13 Nov FRANKIE ARMSTRONG Singing & vocal techniques
20 Nov TIM LAYCOCK Concertina (all systems)
The website for more details is
http://www.lewesarmsfolkclub.org/LAFC/workshps.html or contact Valmai
Goodyear on (01273) 476757 or email ValmaiGoodyear@aol.com
The Lewes Saturday Folk Club has a new domain name - http://www.lewessaturdayfolkclub.org/. This will work in parallel with the old name http://www.lewesarmsfolkclub.org/ for the time being but they hope to phase it out so please change your bookmarks.

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8] REGULAR SESSIONS IN THE LEWES/BRIGHTON AREA
Bryan Creer has taken on the task of detailing these, and they are posted at
http://www.lewesarmsfolkclub.org/LAFC/Sessions.php
Have a look and if there are any you think that Bryan has missed - contact
him on Bryancreer@aol.com
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 ...And  if you are ever looking for a good barn dance band, look no further than THE SUSSEX PISTOLS - though you should get in quickly - available dates for 2010 are being snapped up quickly. They will be playing once again for the largest and most prestigious dance in our area, the BRIGHTON MIDWINTER CEILIDH at the Corn Exchange in Brighton on December 20th. As usual, the 500 plus tickets will sell out very quickly.
Contact Tina on 01273 478124 or email her at tinasmith226@yahoo.co.uk  to
book the band. The band's website is at http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~tinvic/pistols.htm and they have a MYSPACE profile as well at http://www.myspace.com/thesussexpistols
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VIC & TINA SMITH
26 Ferrers Road
LEWES
East Sussex
BN7 1PZ
England

Tel & Fax:- 01273 478124
Email:-
tinvic@globalnet.co.uk
folk@brighton.co.uk

ROYAL OAK WEBSITES:-
http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~tinvic
http://www.myspace.com/royaloakfolklewes

SUSSEX FOLK GUIDE WEBSITE:-
http://whatson.brighton.co.uk/folk

LEWES FOLK FESTIVAL WEBSITE:-
http://lewesfolkfest.org/

SUSSEX PISTOLS BARN DANCE BAND WEBSITE:-
http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~tinvic/pistols.htm

COMPOUND SOUNDS WEBSITE
http://www.compoundsounds.com
http://www.myspace.com/jalisherrifokonteh
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