A couple of Amazon links are working
If you go down to the list posted on August 29, you'll find links for Bob Dylan and Pete Seeger.
This system is in what computer geeks call "beta" so there are some funnies. I've been trying to get some sense from Amazon about what's going on, but all they say is: "It's beta!"
I'm also hoping to add links to US Amazon for readers on that side of the pond.
If your CDs etc are on sale on Amazon, let me know and I'll try to include a link to them.

Can you identify these folkies from the past?

When the folk revival started, it was documented pictorially mainly by Brian Shuel, who thus has an invaluable archive which can be accessed at www.collectionspicturelibrary.co.uk
Brian is having difficulty identifying the people in some of the pictures. You can view all his queries at:
http://www.collectionspicturelibrary.com/Who_are_they/index.htm
If you can identify any, please post a comment to this posting, giving the exact picture reference.

Not all Amazon links are working

The list of performers that should display an Amazon link if you hover the mouse over doesn't seem to have worked - though earlier references (eg Pete Morton) DO work, so it's difficult to know why these new listings don't work.

Joint Fixture List for Kimber's Men and Joe Stead

Joint Fixture List for Kimber's Men and Joe Stead.

2007

Sep 3rd (Joe) Conservative Club Folk Club, Bacup.
Sep 7th (KM) Swanage Folk Festival
Sep 8th (KM) Swanage Folk Festival
Sep 9th (KM) Swanage Folk Festival
Sep 15th (KM) Clitheroe Golf Club

Nov 18th (KM) The Open Door Folk Club, The Royal Oak, Werneth,
Oldham.

Dec 8th (Joe) Sixmilebridge Folk Club, Sixmilebridge, County
Clare, Eire.

2008

Jan 10th (KM) Topic Folk Club, Bradford.

Feb 2nd (KM) Square Chapel Theatre, Halifax. (Matinee and
evening).
Feb 24th (KM) Southport Folk Club.
Feb 25th (Joe) Rossett School, Harrogate – Valparaiso round the
Horn
Feb 29th (Joe) Ripon Heritage Centre – Life + Times Paul Robeson

Apr 26th (KM) Halifax Playhouse Theatre – recording 'live' album.

May 9th (KM) Clennell Hall Folk Festival, Alwinton,
Northumberland.
May 10th (KM) Clennell Hall Folk Festival, Alwinton,
Northumberland.
May 11th (KM) Clennell Hall Folk Festival, Alwinton,
Northumberland.
May 14th (Joe) North Bradford Retired Men's Forum - Life + Times
Paul Robeson

Jul 17th (KM) Gregson Well Folk Club, Preston.

2009

Jan 11th (KM) Sixmilebridge Winter Festival, County Clare -
Provisional
Jan 12th (KM) Sixmilebridge Winter Festival, County Clare -
Provisional

I have recently enabled Amazon links so you can order direct from this newsletter. If you hover over any of the following links you should see some items that may interest you:

• Fairport Convention
  
• Eliza Carthy
  
• Martin Carthy
  
• Harry Cox
  
• Bob Dylan
  
• Horslips
  
• A.L. Lloyd
  
• Ewan MacColl
  
• Peggy Seeger
  
• Pete Seeger
  
• Steeleye Span
  
• Watersons
  

If this works, I'll add to this list.
It may take some time for Amazon to set up these names, so if nothing much happens, try again tomorrow, perhaps.

Test

Please ignore.

ELEVEN ITEMS OF FOLK MUSIC NEWS FROM SUSSEX

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

We start our new 11 month season – our 17th since moving to The Royal Oak - on 6th September. Here is the programme for the rest of 2007:-

Sept 6th * £5.00 * VIC GAMMON, ANNIE DEARMAN and STEVE HARRISON

A hugely talented and very popular trio bring us their very interesting repertoire of tunes and songs

September 13th * £4.00 * THE HOFNERS

Duncan and Martin bring you swing from the twenties and thirties. A wonderful mixture of blues, folk, humour and hilarity from two very talented musicians

Sep 20th CHANGE OF PROGRAMME * £5.00 * PETE MORTON

One of the most interesting and enjoyable songwriters on the scene, Pete is also a very fine and engaging performer. (Tim Van Eyken will now be appearing for us next year)

Sept 27th * Free Admission * OPEN NIGHT

Oct 4th *£4.00 * JIM BAINBRIDGE

The genial Geordie brings us another delightful evening of his fine songs and melodeon tunes



Oct 11th *£5.00 * “DOWN THE LAWSON TRAIL”

The premiere of a new show based on the work of the Australian bush poet, Henry
Lawson with Pip Barnes, Iris Bishop, Shirley Collins, Gary Holder and Martyn
Wyndham Read

Oct 18th * £4.00 * BEN PALEY & TAB HUNTER

Return of the most popular duo in our area. “Red Hot Fiddle & Guitar” is what it says on the card and that is what you will get

Oct 25th * £6.00 * JALI SHERRIFO KONTEH

The outstanding singer and kora player from The Gambia is on his third British
tour and gives another concert in the town that he regards as his English home.

Nov 1st * £4.00 * JERRY O’REILLY & JIM McFARLAND

Two of Ireland’s finest traditional singers combine their talents to give us the prospect of an outstanding night’s entertainment.

Nov 8th * £4.00 * WILL NOBLE & JOHN COCKING

Two singers that have been the cornerstones of the Holme Valley Tradition. Their
unadorned yet full-bodied singing is a delight

Nov 15th * £5.00 * MOOR MUSIC

The best in English music song and step dancing from Dartmoor with Mark Bazeley,
Jason Rice, Rob Murch and Gareth Kiddier

Nov 22nd * £5.00 * RATTLE ON THE STOVEPIPE

One of the most exciting groups on the scene with a repertoire from England and
The Appalachians. Dave Arthur, Pete Cooper and new member Dan Stewart



Nov 29th * £6.00 * JOHN KIRKPATRICK’S “CAROLLING & CRUMPETS”

Christmas starts early at the Royal Oak this year as John presents his very
popular, hilarious one-man show. Not an evening to miss!

Dec 6th * Free Admission * LEWES LATE NIGHT SHOPPING OPEN NIGHT

Dec 13th * £6.00 * ANDY IRVINE
One of the finest performers around is also a popular and regular visitor to The Royal Oak. Andy is a committed performer who is a total joy to listen to.

Dec 20th * FREE ADMISSION * CHRISTMAS PARTY NIGHT
And a right old song and dance it is too!

Then in 2008:-
Mat Green & Andy Turner * The Titanic Syncopators * Roisin White * Sara Grey & Kieron Means * Bryan Bowers * Bayou Seco * Phil Callery * Jeff Warner * Tim Van Eyken
Our websites are at http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~tinvic and
http://www.myspace.com/royaloakfolklewes

Those of you with listings/ gig guides etc. are asked kindly to include
these dates amongst them.
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2] FOLK AT THE ROYAL OAK ON "MYSPACE"
An additional website for the Royal Oak has being developed to give the
venture a MYSPACE profile. This should enable us to profile sample tracks of
coming guests as well as photos and biographies. It is at
http://www.myspace.com/royaloakfolklewes

Currently on our MYSPACE we have the following tracks by coming guests:-

Pete Morton – “The Two Brothers” – (September 20th)

Jali Sherrifo Konteh – “Alla L’aa Ke” (October 25th)

Moor Music – “Crooked Stovepipe” – (November 15th)

Andy Irvine - "Gladiators" - (December 13th)

There is also a photo montage video of some of the best nights at the Royal Oak between 2002 and 2006 and video clips of some of our coming guests:-

PETE MORTON September 20th

BEN PALEY & TAB HUNTER October 18th

JALI SHERRIFO KONTEH October 25th

JOHN KIRKPATRICK November 29th

ANDY IRVINE December 13th

Hello again!

Last post 2004! Goodness!
Well, I'm back and aim to develop this blog, along with all my others, including JazzNews.
A report on Cropred 2007 soon, plus a review of the reissue Liege and Lief CD with bonus CD, and all the folk that fits.
Don't forget my "Greatest Hits" show at Bradford's National Media Museum on Saturday September 15, 8pm, when I'll be presenting (among others) a clip of Bob Dylan's very first electric gig, with the Butterfield Blues Band.
Hope to see you there.

BBC World Service Report: Andy Kershaw in N orth Korea

World Music presenter Andy Kershaw presented a two-part series based on a recent visit to the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea). As Phil Ochs once said on an album sleeve when he reprinted the poems of Mao Zedong: "Is this the enemy?"
The programmes can be heard on the Internet, but BBC don't keep back programmes on the web for very long so if you're interested, then I suggest you click on these RealAudio links as soon as you can.

Part One

Part Two
Slideshow of pictures
Details of tours of North Korea
Some of the music is (ironically) rfather Westernised kitsch, but there are some wonderful extracts. Definitely worth hearing!
KARL DALLAS

Test - please ignore

AVAILABLE NOW

Aerosmith	Sweet Emotion
	Walk This Way
Allman Brothers Band, The	Jessica
	Ramblin' Man
Beatles, The	Day Tripper
Benatar, Pat	Hit Me With Your Best Shot
Clapton, Eric	Tears in Heaven
Cream	Sunshine of Your Love
Deep Purple	Smoke on the Water
Dire Straits	Money for Nothing
Etheridge, Melissa	All American Girl
	Bring Me Some Water
	Come To My Window
	I Want To Come Over
	Like the Way I Do
	Nowhere to Go
	Your Little Secret
Foo Fighters	I'll Stick Around
Incubus	Drive
Joel, Billy	You May Be Right
Judas Priest	Living After Midnight
LIT	My Own Worst Enemy
Megadeth	Symphony Of Destruction
Osbourne, Ozzy	Goodbye to Romance
P.O.D.	Alive
Police, The	Every Breath You Take
	Message In a Bottle
	Roxanne
	The Zephyr Song
Santana	Smooth
Stewart, Rod	Maggie May
Sum41	Fat Lip
Taylor, Corey	Bother
Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers	Refugee
Weezer	Keep Fishin'

COMING SOON

Black Sabbath	War Pigs
Blink 182	All The Small Things
Crosby, Stills & Nash	Suite: Judy Blue Eyes
Dylan, Bob	Tangled Up In Blue
Eagles	Best of My Love
Goo Goo Dolls	Name
Hendrix, Jimi	Purple Haze
Johnson, Jack	Flake
Kansas	Dust in the Wind
Marley, Bob	Redemption Song
Mayer, John	Why Georgia
Metallica	St. Anger
Nirvana	The Man Who Sold The World
Oasis	Wonderwall
Pink Floyd	Brain Damage
Rage Against the Machine	Killing in the Name
Red Hot Chili Peppers	Can't Stop
Rolling Stones	Start Me Up
Tool	Aenema
Van Halen	You Really Got Me
Vaughan, Stevie Ray	Pride and Joy
White Stripes	Union Forever
The Who	The Magic Bus

Colin Powell in the New York Times: "What We Will Do in 2004" (More of the same!)

Shorn of its hypocritical posturings, Colin Powell's New Year's message promises more of the same. For instance:
"America's formidable power must continue to be deployed on behalf of principles that are simultaneously American, but that are also beyond and greater than ourselves."
And:
"While our efforts in Afghanistan and Iraq will continue in 2004, we are resolved as well to turn the president's goal of a free and democratic Middle East into a reality. We will expand the Middle East Partnership Initiative to encourage political, economic and educational reform throughout the region. We will also stand by the Iranian people, and others living under oppressive regimes, as they strive for freedom."
"We are working for the advent of a free Cuba, and toward democratic reform in other countries whose people are denied liberty. And we are resolved to support the young democracies that have risen in Latin America, Europe, Asia and Africa. The consolidation of freedom in many new but often fragile democracies will shape the aspirations of people everywhere, assuring that the 21st century will be a century of liberty worldwide."
Nothing about the undemocratic old regimes in those places that would not have survived without US military and diplomatic support! And the exposure of the WMD lies might never have happened:
"Americans are safer as 2004 begins than they were a year ago. Afghanistan is no longer a devil's playground for terrorists, nor is Iraq an incubator for weapons of mass murder that could have fallen into terrorists' hands."
Anyone who claims that the world is safer - and that includes USA - is either demented or lying. No acknowledgement that the WMD scam was just that, that Iraq had been at war with Al-Queda when US was financing terror in Afghanistan and elsewhere throughout the world.
And anyone who thinks imperialism is dead should ponder over these chilling words, cosmetically seeking to cover a colonialist agenda:
"As we work to restore a liberated Iraq to its people, we invite the United Nations and the international community to help Iraqis establish a new citadel of free minds and free markets in the Middle East."
FULL REPORT

I have now added “comments” links to all my blogs. This means that when you read something, you can add a comment, without having to subscribe.

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Karl Dallas

Beiderbecke Re-imagined, With an Eclectic Approach

Slithering through the cracks that separate musical genres has long been a way of life for Geoff Muldaur. Over the years his albums have blended gospel and bluegrass, country blues and modern jazz, Tin Pan Alley and R&B. But however eclectic his approach, those who prefer their music in neatly labeled boxes have tended to agree that he belongs in the one marked "folk singer." His new album should put an end to that idea.

Mr. Muldaur has, at least temporarily, forsaken Leadbelly and Dock Boggs for a very different kind of roots music: the recordings and compositions of the cornet player Bix Beiderbecke, a son of the Midwestern middle class who in the 1920's brought a new degree of delicacy and lyricism to jazz, and who achieved his highest profile as a member of Paul Whiteman's high-toned dance band.
FULL REPORT
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How long will your precious CDRs last?
Many musicians store their precious music on discs burned on a PC. But how long will they last?
Computer geeks also store precious data the same way.
Theoretically, CDR data should be safe for ten years or so, but some alarming information is coming to light that you may be lucky to get as much as two years' life out of them.
More, using the popular stick-on laberls may destroy the contents!
Here's an article that describes what one industry pundit discovered:
Langa Letter: Time To Check Your CDRs:
Fred Langa reported: ". . . the only disks that failed were those that I had covered with a glue-on paper label from a print-it-yourself CD label-maker kit. Several of these labeled CDs were, in fact, totally unreadable by every means I tried (including special data-recovery software); all the data on those CDs is just plain gone. My best guess is the glue on these do-it-yourself labels interacted with either the foil or the dye, rendering the CDs useless. "
Langa also referred readers to a valuable resource of information on the whole question of CDR storage, which includes details of different labelling systems and how they can affect CDR contents:
Understanding CD-R & CD-RW - Disc Labeling
Adhesive Labels
"A more attractive way to label a disc is to apply an adhesive label. Several manufacturers offer inkjet and laser printer compatible products specifically designed for labeling discs as well as positioning devices to help with centering. Full surface or 'donut-style' labels are preferable to partial stickers but be aware that any adhesive label can potentially upset the balance of a disc when playing back, especially at high speeds, causing excessive noise, vibration and data retrieval problems. Heat, humidity, handling and the passage of time can also compromise the stability of adhesive labels causing separation from the disc surface and even interfere with the drive. Sticky labels may not be the best choice when archiving important data as some types of label adhesives can react with and compromise the disc over time. Remember too that, once applied, labels should never be removed or repositioned. Even smoothing air bubbles can concentrate physical stresses in a small area and delaminate the disc."
According to all these sources, the safest way to label CDRs is to use a fibre-tip pen specially designed for the purpose. Not so chic as that wonderful label you have printed out on your PC - but a lot safer!-KARL DALLAS

FW: October Events at Ryburn Three Step

From: Pauline Jones [mailto:Polly.J@btinternet.com]
Sent: Tuesday, October 21, 2003 7:53 PM
To: polly.j@btinternet.com
Subject: October Events at Ryburn Three Step

Is it me, or are the months getting shorter?

Saturday 25 October - Dance

This month's caller for our 'Caller's Season' dance is the inimitable Sheila
Mainwaring. Sheila has called for our dances before and is always great
fun. Lovely dances and also music from Flos Headford's 'Shropshire
Sessionnaires'. No idea who they will be, though I have heard a rumour that
one of them will be Chris Parkinson...........

Saturday night, 8pm as usual, pay at the door. £5, £4 concessions (you must
tell us if you're a concession, Jake and I wouldn't dream of being so rude
as to ask!), family tickets always available.

Tuesday 28 October - Folk Club

This year, the folk club happens during the annual Intensive Appalachian
Flatfooting Workshop Week taught by Ira Bernstein. This gives us the
opportunity to hear the larger-than-life Riley Baugus, also known as 'The
Hands of Pangle' (he'll explain if you ask him)! Riley has spent time this
last year working on Anthony Minghella's film, 'Cold Mountain', making and
playing the banjos and generally mixing with the stars. His amazing skills
on banjo, fiddle and guitar and his Appalachian songs, ballads and southern
preaching are worth £5 of anyone's money (£4 concessions again - see above)
and there will undoubtedly be some dancing going on.

Usual floor singers required, though. Hope to see and hear you there

Pauline

gabrielyacoub.com

lettre d'information de gabriel yacoub

live in quimpergabriel, yannick hardouin & michel van achter, [sound engineer] in the studio in belgium to mix the recordings of the 2 exceptional concerts at the théâtre de cornouailles, quimper, january 17th & 18th
recordings josé nédélec
release early 2004
[details]



dvdthe 2 concerts had been captured by b>chalut, gabriel's old time friend
a dvd of the whole concert, plus more images and some of gabriel's comments will be released soon

here's your chance...
the release of the dvd is the perfect occasion for gabriel to answer some of the regular and persistent questions that devoted fans have been asking for a long time now.
please, make your suggestion [on the forum]

MORE APOLOGIES!

Weird stuff is being posted to this blog. Sorry! We're working on it. Please ignore anything posted which is not directly to do with folk music.

Six items of Folk News from Sussex

From: Vic & Tina Smith [mailto:tinvic@globalnet.co.uk]
Sent: Tuesday, September 16, 2003 10:30 PM
To: Folk (Virtual Brighton)
Subject: Six items of Folk News from Sussex

 

1] FOLK AT THE ROYAL OAK, LEWES, THURSDAYS AT 8pm.

Station Street, Lewes

Enquiries:- (01273) 478124 or 881416

Email tinvic@globalnet.co.uk

 

Here is our programme for the rest of 2003:-

Oct 2nd * £3.00 * JOY LEWIS & DERRICK HUGHES

A very warm entertaining evening with songs and tunes played on Northumbrian pipes, whistles, hammer dulcimer and guitar

Oct 9th * £4.00 * A BAND LIKE ALICE

Bob Winquist, Richard Collins, Serryl Payne, Gary Payne, Alan Ward combine their considerable talents in the best of bluegrass.

Oct 16th * £5.00 * LEON ROSSELSON

The leading songwriter makes a very welcome return visit. Spirited singing of remarkable songs to polished guitar

Oct 23rd * £4.00 * TIM LAYCOCK

This will be the first solo appearance by this talented, long established performer who delighted us with his New Scorpion Band

Oct 30th * £4.00 * GINA LE FAUX

A great all-round performer- fine singer and sensitive guitar player and the best English fiddler around.

Nov 6th * collection * POST BONFIRE OPEN NIGHT

Nov 13th * £4.00 * BRYAN PETERS

Traditional songs unaccompanied and to guitar and tunes played on melodeon and anglo-concertina. A fine entertainer.

Nov 20th * £4.00 * DAVE ARTHUR, PETE COOPER & CHRIS MORETON

Dave brings along the musicians who played on his excellent recent album "Return Journey" Songs and tunes from Britain and The States

Nov 27th * £4.00 * JANE & AMANDA THRELFALL, ROGER EDWARDS & MARTIN ELLISON

The sisters sing beautifully together and receive wonderful accompaniments on guitar, melodeon and concertina.

Dec 4th * collection * LATE NIGHT SHOPPING OPEN NIGHT

Dec 11th * £5.00 * THE JOHN KIRKPATRICK CHRISTMAS SHOW

A sort of one-man version on the famed "Wassail" tour.

Dec 18th * CHRISTMAS PARTY NIGHT

Dec 25th * CLOSED

Jan 1st * CLOSED

We start 2004 with Bob Copper's Birthday Celebrations (Jan 8th). Other

guests in the new year will include Martin Carthy & Norma Waterson, Martyn

Wyndham-Read and No Man's Band, Dick Gaughan, Judy Cook.

Our website is at http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~tinvic

 

Those of you with listings/ gig guides etc. are asked kindly to include

these dates amongst them.

**********

2] SUSSEX FOLK GUIDE WEBSITE UPDATED

The Sussex Folk Guide Website has just been updated with listings of many

folk song and dance events in and around Sussex between now and the end of

October . There are over 110 folk song and dance events listed on the

site. You can find it at http://whatson.brighton.co.uk/folk

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3] THE FOLK DIARY

Most of the listings on the Sussex Folk Guide website are taken from the

paper magazine, THE FOLK DIARY Issue no 203 covers the months of October &

November. It also has adverts for various folk festivals, folk music record

companies, specialist shops, instrument makers and other services. There are

four pages of reviews of  new folk music CDs and books. 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 review copies to. The copy

date for the December / January issue will be October 31st. Potential

advertisers are also asked to contact Vic for a statement of our advertising

rates.

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4] INSTRUMENTAL & VOCAL WORKSHOPS IN LEWES

Valmai Goodyear - valmaigoodyear@aol.com - continues to organise some really

useful Saturday daytime instrumental work shops in Lewes. The next ones

are:-

Oct 11th  MOIRA CRAIG & SARAH MORGAN: VOCAL HARMONY WORKSHOP

Nov 22nd BÁRA GRÍMSDÓTTIR - ICELANDIC HARMONY SINGING WORKSHOP

Nov 22nd CHRIS FOSTER - GUITAR WORKSHOP

Dec 6th KEITH KENDRICK

Dec 13th NANCY KERR - FIDDLE WORKSHOP

Dec 13th JAMES FAGAN - BOUZOUKI WORKSHOP

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5] ROCKET RADIO - FOLK MUSIC AND WORLD MUSIC PROGRAMMES.

Rocket Radio will be back in the Lewes area for a three-week period in late

October / November. The frequency on FM is yet to be allocated but there is

Vic Smith will presenting two weekly programmes. For potential listeners

outside the broadcast  are there will be streaming audio from the station's

website at  http://www.rocketradio.org.uk

Here is his schedule:-

Wed. 29th October 6-7pm Folk Music

Sun. 2nd November 8-10pm World Music

Wed 5th November 3-4pm Folk Music

Sun 9th November 8-10pm World Music

Wed 12th November 6-7pm Folk Music

Sun 16th November 8-10pm World Music

Any information/gig details/suggested interviews/CDs for inclusion in the

programme to Vic at the address below.

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6] HIGHLY RECOMMENDED - SHIRLEY COLLINS

The Tenterden Folk Festival is always an enjoyable occasion. This year it is

on the weekend of 3-5 October. Highly recommended is the talk "A Most

Sunshiny Day" at 1pm. on the Saturday. Find more details on the festival's

website at www.folkspots.btinternet.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 2003/4 are being snapped up quickly.

Website at

http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~tinvic/pistols.htm

 

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 WEBSITE:-

http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~tinvic

 SUSSEX FOLK GUIDE WEBSITE:-

http://whatson.brighton.co.uk/folk

SUSSEX PISTOLS BARN DANCE BAND WEBSITE:-

http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~tinvic/pistols.htm

FW: New CD from Duncan McFarlane Band

From: duncan.mcfarlane [mailto:duncan.mcfarlane@ntlworld.com]
Sent: Monday, September 15, 2003 8:13 PM
To: AA Dunxwork
Subject: New CD from Duncan McFarlane Band

 

Hello dear friends,
I last wrote to say the Duncan McFarlane Band (Acoustic) were recording their gig at Otley Folk Club on Aug 13th 03 for a proposed 'live' CD........
Well, it's all mixed and mass-produced, done and dusted - and is titled 'Can't Go There'.

Tracks include - Can't Go There, Turn the Bones Around, Take me down to Robin Hood's Bay and Woodshed Boys
We'll be officially launching it at Otley Festival this coming weekend.
I have to say (well he would wouldn't he!) that we're extremely pleased with the result!
Ecstatic actually!
Rod Holt has done a fine job mastering it from the raw eight-track recording - a wee bit of tweaking on tone controls - no overdubs - no re-recording - no later 'additions'.
There's only one (seamless) 'edit'  - literally chopping into a song where I forgot the words, chopping back in at the correct point, and 'losing' the offending bars - the only giveaway being audience laughter present for no apparent reason. Buy one just to spot it eh?
Selling at a mere £10 for nearly 55 mins of music - a bargain!
Email me if you'd like one by post (p&p will necessitate adding a quid on)
It'll be available at the Festival Office - and wherever I, or the band are playing....

i.e. I'm on 'last' at the Red Lion on Friday 19th (with Anne from the band on fiddle with me)
The DMcF acoustic band officially launch it at Korks - we're on 2nd to last on the Saturday night.
And the full electric DMcFband line up kick off the final concert at 7.30 on Sunday night in the Civic - paving the way (with a bang!) for the likes of Sid Kipper and Christine Collister (hope I'm spelling things correctly!)
Hope to see you there then - all the best - Duncan

It's that time again! The new R3S season starts next week with the first dance. This year, instead of concentrating on the bands, we are having a 'Callers Season'.

On Saturday 20 September we see the return of Baz Parkes who will be bringing Grand Union with him. Last time he came, we had a wonderful time and some great dances. Some of you may not know that many of the bands stay on for a music session the next day at lunchtime at the Alma Inn at Cottonstones. If you've enjoyed the music on the Saturday night, why not come and have lunch at the Alma and listen to it again on the Sunday?

As for Folk Club, this month we have TWO (sadly, no two for one offer on this one). The first is on Tuesday 23 September - a special from storyteller, Billy Teare, who will also be performing on the following Saturday night as part of the Halifax Traditions Festival events. The second is on 30 September - Jeff Davis, old-time banjo, fiddle and mandolin player and highly-rated singer from the USA. Both of these events will be normal club nights with the usual songs from residents and floor singers.

See you at any or all of these events, I hope. 8 pm as usual. No price increase, either - £5/£4 concession - are we good value, or what? Family tickets always available.

The folk club venue is The Royal Hotel in Rishworth, towards the head of the Ryburn Valley. It is easily accessible from Junction 22 of the M62, or by leaving Ripponden on the road to Oldham.

Pauline
http://www.ryburn3step.org.uk