Across the Pond #5 - February 2000

by Paul Castle

Another busy month on the UK folk scene with a full calendar of 'London gigs', 'Best of the Rest of the UK gigs' and 'UK Tour Dates'. Over from America there's a rare visit from the truly great songwriter, Randy Newman, playing with full concert orchestra on the South Bank, plus blues guitar wizz, Kelly Joe Phelps, country songwriter/guitarist, Buddy Miller, and even some old-time stringband music from the mountains of Virginia with The Konnarock Critters.

In the first of these columns, in October last year, I mentioned that in addition to the regular UK folk news and gig listings, I hoped to be able to include an occasional 'American Connection' feature, spotlighting an English musician currently working with a North American artist.

In fact it was back in October that I went to a gig at Cecil Sharp House in North London to see an old friend of mine who, I thought at the time, would make an ideal subject for this feature - English fingerstyle guitarist Jez Luton, who in recent years has been regularly touring the UK with American songwriting legend, Tom Paxton. (See http://flemtam.com/tp.html )

THE AMERICAN CONNECTION - JEZ LUTON

Back in the late1980's a young and enthusiastic guitarist called Jez Luton started showing up on the London folk club circuit. With his soft tuneful voice and amazingly intricate fingerstyle acoustic guitar playing, he always made a big impression. Jez was the kind of graceful support act that sets up the guest spot perfectly - a folk club organiser's dream. Indeed it wasn't long before he was being asked back himself, as 'the guest spot'.

In 1991 Jez moved back to his family town of Leicester and, whilst working in a battery factory for a while, continued to play the local folk club circuit along with the likes of Pete Morton and Roger Wilson, and eventually recording his own CD ' Journey to the Heart' in 1996.

PC. "You're probably best known for your fingerstyle acoustic guitar, but I saw you playing stand-up bass recently for Jez Lowe's band 'The Bad Pennies'. How did that come about?"

JL. "I first saw Jez Lowe perform in 1988 in London at 'The Last Straw' Folk Club. I'd been a fan for some time having heard many of his songs sung by other people. One of the many wonderful things about the folk scene in England is that it enables you to get to see artists you admire regularly and listen to their songs develop before they undergo the recording process. Over the years Jez and I became friends (after all, there are not a lot of 'Jez's' around, especially in folk music!) and in 1996 I got a phone call from him. He said "Jez, you play the bass, don't you? It's just that we've got a tour coming up in the States and Canada and our bass player can't do it." Well I said "Sure, I'd love to do it" and then frantically phoned around for someone to give me a crash course in double bass playing! I played bass and keyboards with the band for 2 years during which we recorded one CD entitled "The Parish Notices" for Green Linnet (http://www.geocities.com/~jezlowe/parish.html ). I left the band after moving down to Cornwall as the logistics of being in a band that is based 600 miles away seemed a little too much!"

PC. "Do you remember how Tom Paxton first came to hear about you?"

JL. "A friend of mine, John Smith, had put Tom on at a venue in Grantham (the birthplace of our beloved former Prime Minister, Margaret Thatcher - or 'The Bride of Frankenstein' as Tom refers to her!) and he asked me if I would play in the foyer in the interval. Tom was being supported by Carolyn Hester and David Blume on that tour so I was just providing a bit of music
in the Foyer. Being a big fan of Tom Paxton it was a thrill to get to meet him and his wife Midge, and we all chatted for some time and got on really well. He complimented me on my guitar playing which made me feel great! I didn't know at the time that Tom was on the lookout for a guitarist to accompany him on his European tours but my friend Julia had given Midge my phone number. About 7 months later, completely out of the blue, I got a call from Tom asking me if I fancied joining him on tour. The funny thing is my friend, Pete Morton, always used to phone up pretending to be famous people and saying things like: " Hi there, it's Springsteen here. You fancy
coming out on the road?" So I get this genuine call from Tom and was just about to say "Bog off! I know it's you Pete." Fortunately I didn't."

PC. "That first tour must have been really exciting. I remember you saying that the feeling of warmth from the audience when Tom walked out each night was just incredible. How did you feel?"

JL. "I was incredibly nervous at the first gig and remember pacing around in the car park outside with Midge being kind and reassuring and helping to put me at ease. The gig worked like a dream and we have since done seven UK tours together and it continues to grow from strength to strength. Tom is so well loved in England that as a performer you can't help but respond to the warmth of the audience. The lovely thing about him is that he is a very graceful person and has a tremendous generosity of spirit. He always allows me to open for him which gives me the chance to sing for his audience and present my own songs ( and sell a few CD's). I still feel a sense of unreality about it all when we're on stage together ; one of the first songs I started to sing in folk-clubs was 'Can't help but wonder where I'm bound'."

PC. "It seems like you've been touring with him ever since, whenever he tours the UK. How was the October '99 Tour?"

JL. "Well they seem to get better and better. I suppose the more I play the songs, the more I find different things that I can add on the guitar and stronger harmonies. There are always a couple of songs that I will grow really fond of on one tour that may not be performed on the next one, but
Tom has so many songs under his belt that he has to be ruthless and sacrifice great numbers to bring new ones into the set."

PC. "Are there any plans yet for 2000?"

JL. "We are just about to do a very special Festival in Glasgow called Celtic Connections. Tom is the only American artist playing and it is a measure of his respect in the folk community worldwide. We also generally tour in the Autumn, or Fall as they say in America."

PC. "I remember you telling me that Tom's wife had said that you were her favourite of all his accompanists. This is a wonderful accolade."

JL. "Well Tom works with so many superb musicians in the States that it makes me feel proud and somewhat bemused that he should work with me. I expressed this to Midge, who is always unfailingly positive and supportive, and she said that she thought we complimented each other perfectly and she thought it was a very natural combination. That made me feel very good and I
hope it continues to work so seamlessly."

[In addition to touring the UK with Tom Paxton, Jez also plays solo gigs from his home base in Cornwall, England. Contact: jez@tomdavid.freeserve.co.uk ]

LONDON GIGS - FEBRUARY 2000

Tue 1st Kelly Joe Phelps
http://www.kellyjoephelps.com
(Jazz Cafe, Camden Town)
http://www.jazzcafe.co.uk/index2.htm

Acoustic Guitar Magazine described Kelly Joe's 1999 album
'Shine Eyed Mister Zen' (Rykodisc) as "a deep, soulful journey
through American roots music, played by one of the finest guitarists
at work today." Whilst in London in May '99 for his gig at 'The Mean
Fiddler', Kelly Joe participated in a documentary about one of his
heroes, Bert Jansch. Kelly Joe played with Bert on a few numbers
before being interviewed by the man himself. The Channel 4
documentary is due to be shown in the UK around June 2000.

Tue 1st Fiddles on Fire
http://www.folkworks.co.uk
(Queen Elizabeth Hall)
see UK tour dates below

The third 'Fiddles On Fire' tour hits the road, bringing the new generation
of players to the fore. England's best known young fiddler Eliza Carthy
(http://web.ukonline.co.uk/members/martin.nail/artists.htm) is joined by
Dezi Donnelly (http://www.magnetic-music.com/bands/skirmen.html),
Ireland's Young Traditional Musician of the Year in 1999, Susanne Lundeng
(http://home.sol.no/~mup/folkmusic/instrument.htm) from Norway, who brings
a tremendous energy to her performance fiddle music from north of the Arctic
Circle, Chris Stout (http://www.users.zetnet.co.uk/veesik/c_stout.html) who
plays with the dramatic intensity typical of legendary Shetland players, and
Janos Lang who, at only 21, is a tremendously mature player from Hungary.

Tue 1st Robyn Hitchcock
http://www.robynhitchcock.com
(Garage)

A founding member of The Soft Boys in the 70's, his new CD 'A Star For
Bram' featuring out-takes from his 1999 Warner Bros album, 'Jewels For
Sophia', will be available in late February.

Tue 1st Jackie Leven
http://www.saghaug.com/leven/
(The Spitz)

"Leven has a voice as big as his 'Sacred Heart' and his material, in the
rich vein of Celtic performers such as Van Morrison, John Martyn and
Mike Scott, confronts issues head on." Independent on Sunday [UK]
His new album 'Defending Ancient Springs' (Cooking Vinyl) has just been
released.

Wed 2nd Conjunto Folklorico Nacional de Cuba
http://www.afrocubaweb.com/ConFolNat.htm
(Sadlers Wells)
http://www.sadlers-wells.com/frameset_performances.htm

Cuba's foremost folkloric ensemble making its Sadler's Wells debut with
'Rumbadelica', a dazzling display of pulsating Cuban music and dance.

Thur 3rd June Tabor
http://members.aol.com/cynthiafta/jt.htm
(Blackheath Concert Hall)

"...one of the classiest, boldest and most respected singers in Great
Britain..." Rolling Stone.
Her latest album, 'A Quiet Eye' marks a departure from her previous work,
pairing June with the eleven-piece 'Creative Jazz Orchestra', and including
songs by Richard Thompson and Ewan McColl along with traditional ballads.
See http://www.greenlinnet.com/catalog/albums/3129.htm

Thurs 3rd Pete Morton
http://www.rootsworld.com/harbourtown/morton.html
(Islington Folk Club)
http://www.freereed.demon.co.uk/ifc.html

Irony and dry wit that caused one critic to call him "among the best the
British roots scene has produced in living memory." His most recent
release 'Trespass' (Harbourtown Records) is a collection of all traditional
songs - just guitar and voice.

Thursday 3rd Joseph Porter
http://www.mono.org/~cabbage/blyth.html
(12 Bar Club)

Chief lyricist and vocalist with Blyth Power, a band who have been described
as "making The Levellers sound by comparison like Peter Paul and Mary".

Fri 4th Peter Bruntnell
http://www.slowriver.com/bruntnell/mail.htm
(The Borderline)
http://www.borderline.co.uk/

"Above all, it's Peter Bruntnell's voice, stained by experience, wounded but
defiant, which time and again transports the listener to a town where the
bars never close and the jukebox plays only his songs. It isn't normal in
the slightest." New Musical Express (from a review of his latest album
'Normal for Bridgwater')

Sat 5th Fairport Convention (with Dave Swarbrick)
http://www.fairportconvention.co.uk
(Fairfield Hall, Croydon)
see full UK tour dates below

Fiddler Dave Swarbrick, who played with Fairport from 1969 to 1984, joins
the current line-up of Simon Nicol, Dave Pegg, Ric Sanders, Chris Leslie &
Gerry Conway for tonight's show.
See http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/sjsheldon/swarb.htm

Mon 7th Kevin Stenson with Wizz Jones
http://www.rockinworld.com/wizz.htm
(The Fiction Bar, Clapham)

Often mentioned as an important early influence by artists such as Eric
Clapton, John Renbourn and Ralph McTell, Wizz, who today is regularly
seen gigging with his son Simeon, has retained a certain 'musician's
musician' reputation. "We all used to follow him around," says John
Renbourn. "Him and Davey Graham. He's the great granddaddy,
an excellent guitarist."

Sun 13th Chris Wood & John Francois Vrod
http://www.cutting-tweed.demon.co.uk/wac.htm
(Cecil Sharp House)

Drawing on the traditions of England and France, Vrod and Wood first
collaborated on the Folkworks 'Fiddles on Fire' tour sparking rave reviews.

Mon 14th Buddy Miller
http://www.nashville.net/~kate/budbio.html
(The Borderline)
http://www.borderline.co.uk/

Country singer/songwriter/guitarist, a member of Emmylou Harris's touring
band 'Spyboy' since 1996, now touring Europe with his wife, Julie Miller,
promoting his latest album 'Poison Love'

Sat 19th Les Barker
http://www.compulink.co.uk/~ackroyd/welcome.htm
(Cellar Upstairs)

"The Lancashire monologist equivalent of Tom Lehrer....Scintillating
daftness, absurdity run amok". Ken Hunt, Q Magazine

Sun 20th Contra Dance/Concert with Konnarock Critters
http://www.hemlockmusic.demon.co.uk/contra.html
(Cecil Sharp House)

Old-time stringband from the mountains of Virginia featuring fiddler
Brian Grim (who studied under the legendary fiddlers Albert Nash
and Thornton Spencer) with sister Debbie Grim, an award winning banjo
player, and Al Firth on bass. Caller, Mike Courthold, has a wonderful
selection of Contra and American Square Dances.

Mon 21st Isla St. Clair
http://www.westhoughton.demon.co.uk/artists/isla_st_clair.htm
(Ruskin House, Croydon)

Scottish singer and popular TV personality whose series about folk music
"The Song and the Story" won the coveted Prix Jeunesse as the best light
entertainment show on European TV.

Tue 22nd Randy Newman and The Royal Philharmonic Concert Orchestra
http://www.randynewman.com/
(Royal Festival Hall)

Only UK date on his current European tour. His latest album, 'Bad Love'
(Dreamworks), produced by Mitchell Froom and Tchad Blake, has been
described as "a brilliant collection of songs" and "his best work in 25
years."

Thurs 24th Robb Johnson
http://www.moosemusic.co.uk/rob.html
(Islington Folk Club)

"Listening to his work brings to mind a stream of adjectives. Try these
for a start: hard-hitting, honest, humorous, thought-provoking, challenging,
demanding, sensitive, irreverent." - Muso (live review)

Fri 25th Durga Rising
http://www.keda.co.uk/kedaworld/durga/durga.html
(Cecil Sharp House)

Original collaboration of respected blues & soul singer Barb Jungr,
Indian percussionist Kuljit Bhamra and jazz pianist Russel Chumey.

Sun 27th Sid Kipper presents
Vaughan Williams Stole my Folk Song
http://www.adastey.demon.co.uk/kipper/index.htm
(Cecil Sharp House)
http://www.efdss.org/concerts.htm

Sometime singer, storyteller, author, musician and always humorist,
Sid offers a show which tells you everything you were afraid to know
about folk song but always wanted to ask.

BEST OF THE REST OF THE UK - FEBRUARY 2000

Tue 1st Tom Paxton
http://flemtam.com/tp.html
(Neptune Theatre, Liverpool)
also:
Wed 2nd Stables, Milton Keynes
Sat 5th Red Lion, Birmingham

"I think we were all born singing Tom Paxton songs. He has such an
amazing ability to write these classic songs that sound like nobody
wrote 'em. No folk tribute album would be complete without a Tom
Paxton song." Nanci Griffith

Tue 1st Martyn Wyndham Read's No Man's Band
http://www.rootsworld.com/pangaea/wyndham.html
(Ringwood Folk Club)

"The Roving Ambassador of Australian Folk Song, recommended
unreservedly as a superb performer of international standing."
English Folk Dance and Song Society

Fri 4th - Sun 6th 4th Cheltenham Folk Festival
http://www.cheltenhamfestivals.co.uk/folk
featuring
Martin Carthy
http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/sjsheldon/homepage.htm
Norma Waterson
http://cgi.dotmusic.com/MWtalentwatercarthy.html
Brass Monkey
http://www.rootsworld.com/reviews/brassmonkey.html
John Kirkpatrick
http://www.thebeesknees.com/bk-jk-bi.html
Maggie Boyle & Frank Kilkelly
http://web.ukonline.co.uk/graham.gurrin/ram/maggie.htm
Pete Coe
http://www.backshift.demon.co.uk
Tony Rose
http://www.sarcon.demon.co.uk/engfolk/tonyrose.htm
Joe Freya
http://www.sarcon.demon.co.uk/engfolk/jo_freya.htm
Pauline Cato & Tom McConville
Graham & Eileen Pratt
Sandra & Nancy Kerr
http://www.sarcon.demon.co.uk/engfolk/s_n_kerr.htm
Martyn Wyndham-Read's No Man's Band
http://www.rootsworld.com/pangaea/wyndham.html

Fri 4th Kathryn Tickell
http://homepages.tesco.net/~fallonz/start.htm
(The Gate Goole, York 01405-763652)
(Sat 5th The Met, Bury, near Manchester 0161-761-2216)

"... tunes played at times hauntingly with fingers blurring as they
flick up and down the chanter or over the fiddle neck. Each set
of tunes is separated by stories about friends and places all told
quietly, ramblingly and with a gentle wryness. Her act is gripping,
funny and moving." The [UK] Guardian

Fri 4th Felicity Buirski & Peter Knight
http://www.ndirect.co.uk/~chrisconway/page17.html
(roots.net/Oxford)
http://www.roots.net

Top flight singer songwriter paired with fiddler & keyboard player
Peter Knight, best known for his work with Steeleye Span.

Sat 5th Vin Garbutt
http://members.xoom.com/vingarbutt/aboutvin1.html
(New Xpress Folk Club, Bournemouth)
see UK tour dates below

"Teesside's own venerable legend of the folk scene worldwide, Vin
Garbutt, is one of those performers whose work is drenched in such
passionate fervour one has to listen seriously." Rock 'n' Reel

Sat 5th Daily Planet
http://www.dailyplanet.co.uk/
(Forest Arts Centre, New Milton)

"A Planet gig is like taking a ride on a roller coaster....a kind of musical
white knuckle ride..... tunes that really arrest and exhilarate." Folk
Roots.

Sat 5th Bluehorses
http://www.nativespirit.demon.co.uk/home.htm
(Norwich Arts Centre)

Fronted by the twin electric fiddles of Liz Prendergast and Debs Peake,
Wales-based Bluehorses are one of the premier Roots-Rock bands in
the UK.

Wed 9th Derek Brimstone
http://www.derekbrimstone.mcmail.com/
The Chimney Boy, Preston St, Faversham, Kent 01795 538238 (Martin)

"For a solo performer to hold a crowd for ninety minutes and still leave
them wanting more is no mean achievement. Ebullient Eastender Derek
Brimstone did just this - a towering performance". Peter Ashton - Southern
Echo. His latest CD 'All Those Songs' can be ordered from
brimo1@mcmail.com

Fri 11th Kate Rusby, John McCusker and Andy Cutting
http://www.purerecords.demon.co.uk/
http://www.rootsworld.com/temple/battlefield/johnmccusker.htm
http://www.cutting-tweed.demon.co.uk/cutting.htm
(Trinity Arts Centre, Tonbridge Wells, Kent)

Wonderful collaboration between Northern singer, Kate Rusby (whose
latest album 'Sleepless' is a gem) with JohnMcCusker from The Battlefield
Band and respected melodeon player Andy Cutting.

Sat 12th The Bushburys
http://www.bushburys.com/
(roots.net/Oxford)
http://www.roots.net

Acoustic rock, folk and blues from one of the UK's finest and most
hardworking live acts. Their sixth album 'Trying To Catch The Sun'
was released in 1999.

Sat 19th Ian Bruce Breezeband
http://ds.dial.pipex.com/ianbruce/
(Hambledon Folk Club)

Ian's most recent album, 'Alloway Tales' (Linn Records) is a
collection of songs written by Robert Burns and features the likes of
guitarist Tony McManus, accordionist Ian Lowthian and fiddle player
Catriona MacDonald

Fri 25th The Huckleberries
http://www.homebrewsolutions.force9.co.uk/huckleberries/huck_news1.htm
(roots.net/Oxford)
http://www.roots.net

Started in 1996 by Dave Hum and Simon McPhee as a busking duo,
The Huckleberries have grown to be a six-piece band with banjo,
mandolin, fiddle, guitar, bass and drums.

21st Cockersdale
http://www.cockersdale.com
(The Railway Folk Club, Portsmouth

Fine unaccompanied singing from Val Marsden, John O'Hagan
and Graham Pirt

Wed 23rd Old Rope String Band
http://www.adastey.demon.co.uk/Old_rope/index.htm
(Trinity Arts Centre, Tonbridge Wells, Kent)

Wild and energetic trio from North East England playing a mixture
traditional Irish tunes, steamy Cajun numbers, Mexican polkas, and
Spanish love songs.

Tue 29th Battlefield Band
http://www.battlefieldband.co.uk
(Swindon Arts Centre 01793 614 837)

Their latest release, 'Leaving Friday Harbor' was described by the
Evening News as "a peach of an Album".

UK TOURS - FEBRUARY 2000

Les Barker
http://www.cix.co.uk/~ackroyd/welcome.htm

Tue 8th Village Hall, Harbury, 01926 613612 (Mrs Ackroyd Band)
Sat 19th O'Reilly's, London, 0171 281 7700 (291 Kentish Town Rd, NW5)
Sun 20th Sun, Hitchin, 01462 711164
Tue 22nd Hoy at Anchor, Leigh on Sea, 01268 792160
Wed 23rd Crown and Treaty, Uxbridge, 01923 680747
Thur 24th Boar Hound, Macclesfield, 01625 614791
Sat 26th Old Dog, Upholland, 01257 263678
Sun 27th Lion, Reading, 0118 961 3586
Mon 28th St Mary's Arts Centre, Colchester, 01206 540247
Tue 29th Elm Tree, Ringwood, 01425 673713

Peter Bruntnell
http://www.slowriver.com/bruntnell/mail.htm

Wed 2nd Borderline, London
Mon 7th Grays, Brighton
Mon 14th Whelans, Dublin, Ireland
Tue 15th Roisin Dubh, Galway, Ireland
Wed 16th Whelans, Dublin, Ireland
Thur 17th Errigle Inn, Belfast, Northern Ireland
Mon 21nd Dutchess of York, Leeds
Tue 22nd Band on the Wall, Manchester
Wed 23rd The Maze, Nottingham
Thurs 24th The Boardwalk, Sheffield
Fri 25th The Bayou Club, Leicester
Sat 26th Tower Arts Centre, Winchester
Mon 28th The Lamb Inn, Ripe (Nr. Lewes)

The Bushburys
http://bushburys.com

Thur 3rd The Malthouse, Ironbridge 01952 433712
Fri 4th The Hawth, Crawley 01293 553636
Tue 8th Three Horseshoes, Wickersley 01709 546555
Fri11th The Woodman, Kingswinford 01384 273868
Sat 12th Roots.net, Oxford 01865 725077
Fri 25th Ram Club, Surrey 01372 467208
Sat 26th Old Railway, Birmingham 0121 333 6434
Sun 27th The Roses Theatre,Tewkesbury 01684 290734

Fairport Convention
http://www.fairportconvention.co.uk

Tue 1st Mechanics, Burnley 01282 430055
Wed 2nd Arts Centre, Southport 01704 540011
Thur 3rd Opera House, Buxton 01298 72190
Fri 4th De Monfort Hall, Leicester 01162 333111
Sat 5th Fairfield Hall, Croydon (With Dave Swarbrick) 0181 688 9291
Sun 6th The Swan, High Wycombe 01494 512000
Mon 7th The Wyvern Theatre, Swindon 01793 524481
Tue 8th The Central Theatre, Chatham 01634 403868
Wed 9th St Georges Hall, Bradford 01274 752000
Thu 10th Dorking Halls, Dorking 01306 881717
Fri 11th Spa Centre, Leamington01926 334418
Sat 12th Assembly Hall, Tunbridge Wells 01892 530613
Sun 13th Marlow Theatre, Canterbury 01227 787787
Mon 14th Pavilion Theatre, Worthing 01903 820500
Tue 15th The Winding Wheel, Chesterfield 01246 345334
Wed 16th St Georges Hall, Exeter 01392 265866
Thu 17th The Playhouse, Western-Super-Mare 01934 645544
Fri 18th The Arena, St Albans 01727 844488
Sat 19th Appollo, Oxford 01865 244544
Sun 20th Corn Exchange, Cambridge (with Dave Swarbrick
and The Dylan Project 01223 357851
Mon 21st Octagon Theatre, Yeovil 01935 422884
Tue 22nd Alexandra Theatre, Birmingham
(with Dave Swarbrick) 0870 607 7544

Fiddlers on Fire
http://www.folkworks.co.uk/

Tue 1st Queen Elizabeth Hall, London;
Wed 2nd Cambridge Corn Exchange
Thur 3rd Reading Concert Hall
Fri 4th The Anvil, Basingstoke
Sat 5th Gardner Arts Centre, Brighton
Sun 6th Burnley Mechanics
Wed 9th Whitley Bay Playhouse
Thur 10th West Yorkshire Playhouse, Leeds
Fri 11th Caedmon Hall, Gateshead

Vin Garbutt
http://members.xoom.com/vingarbutt/aboutvin1.html

Fri 4th The Foley Arms, Claygate, Surrey. 0181 6869421
Sat 5th The Brunswick Hotel, Charminster
Sun 6th The Kingswood Hotel, Weymouth. 01305 778689
Thur10th The Biddulph Arms, Biddulph, Stoke-on-Trent. 01782 514896
Fri 11th The Royal Hotel, Ashby-de-la-Zouche 01675 465002
Sat 12th The Buddles Arts Centre, Wallsend, Tyne & Wear. 0191 222 2820
Thur 17th The Wakefield Labour Club, Wakefield, 01924 383638
Fri 18th The Little Theatre, Middlesborough Cleveland. 01642 815181
Sat 19th The Waremill, Pateley Bridge 01423 711484
Fri 25th The Guildhall Arts Centre, Grantham 01476 406159
Sat 26th The Lawn Centre, Lincoln. 01522 569434
Tue 29th Land End Hotel, Preston. 01772 683027

Niamh Parsons
http://www.pressproms.demon.co.uk/page9.html

Wed 2nd The Pleasance, Edinburgh01383 738922
Thurs 3rd The Caedmon Hall, Gateshead 0191 477 3478
Fri 4th The Coach House, Carlisle (Carlisle Folk Club). 01228 670580
Sat 5th The Platform Arts Centre, Morecambe 01524 582814

June Tabor
http://members.aol.com/cynthiafta/jt.htm

Fri 4th Dartington Hall, Totnes
Sat 5th Rye Arts Festival 01797 222752
Tue 8th The Regal Centre, Worksop 01909 482896
Wed 9th City Varieties, Leeds 0113 243 0808
Thur 10th Picture Playhouse, Beverley 01482 868033
Fri 11th Town Hall, Accrington 01254 380293
Sat 12th, Daneside Theatre, Congleton (Eric Cox:01782-514896)

Very best wishes

Paul Castle pdcmusic@freeuk.com