Best of the Rest of the UK
Fri 1st Guy Davis
http://www.fortissimo.org/artists/davis/
Old Chapel, Birmingham
Highly acclaimed blues musician, composer, actor, director,
and writer from New York, who has "dedicated himself to
reviving the traditions of acoustic blues and bringing them to
as many ears as possible through the material of the great
blues masters, African American stories, and his own original
songs, stories and performance pieces." Of his latest album
'You Don't Know My Mind' (Red House)
The San Francisco
Chronicle said, "Davis' tough, timeless vocals blow through
your brain like a Mississippi dust devil."
Fri 1st Emily Druce
http://www.mnblues.com/cdreview/emilydruce-gb.html
Heart Of Lincolnshire Folk, Roots & Blues Club
e-mail: fizgigmusic@tinyonline.co.uk
01526 343989
Rising country blues guitarist & singer who, on the strength of
her debut album 'The Guilt Trip' (Roly Recordings), is already
being likened to the late British blues singer, Jo
Ann Kelly
Sat 2nd Jim Malcolm
http://www.stoneyport.demon.co.uk/bio/obd98bio.html
The Davy Lamp Folk Club, Washington,
Tyne & Wear
Jim, who is the lead singer with Old Blind Dogs, is a performer
of traditional Scots music and song with particularly strong links
to the ballads of Perthshire and Angus, his home-base although
he currently lives in Edinburgh. An accompished guitarist and
harmonica player, his most recent album is 'Rohallion' (Greentrax)
Sat 2nd The High Level Ranters, with Hugh Rippon
http://www.nspipes.co.uk/hlr/
Village Hall, Haddenham, Bucks 01296 415333
e-mail: johnh@fosterwiggins.co.uk
Playing traditional music and song from the North-East of England
for over 30 years, becoming one of the most influential groups of
the Folk Revival. For many years they were the only group
featuring the Northumbrian smallpipes in their performances, and
are thus responsible for introducing many of today's pipers to this
most beautiful and unique instrument. The current line-up of Jim Hall,
Johnny Handle and Colin Ross are joined tonight by renowned
caller and composer of country dances, Hugh
Rippon.
Sat 2nd Vin Garbutt
http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/acornent/vin.htm
+ Tom McConville & Pauline Cato
http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/obm/tom_p.htm
+ Clive Carroll
http://www.pressproms.demon.co.uk/page16.html#L
Blaxton Live (Armthorpe
Community Centre) Nr Doncaster
Fri 8th Kate Rusby
http://www.purerecords.demon.co.uk
National Centre for Early Music,
York 01904 632220
See UK news section
Fri 8th The Mellstock Band Christmas Show
http://members.aol.com/mellstock/
Chequer Mead Arts Centre, East Grinstead, W Sussex
01342 302000
'Melstock' was the fictional name that the poet and novelist
Thomas Hardy gave to his home parish of Stinsford in Dorset.
The band, who use authentic nineteenth-century instruments,
has been inspired by Hardy's detailed and vigorous portrayals
of music, song, and dancing, as well as performing music from
his family's collection of manuscript books.
Sat 9th Roy Bailey
http://www.stirrings.co.uk/folkzone/artistes/roybailey/
The Davy Lamp Folk Club, Washington,
Tyne & Wear
Roy, who began his singing career in a skiffle group in 1958,
has been singing in folk clubs, concerts and festivals throughout
the UK and all over the world for the past forty years, a career
that has been hailed as representing "the very soul of folk's
working class ideals... a triumphal homage to the grass roots
folk scene as a radical alternative to the mainstream music
industry." (Colin Irwin, MOJO)
Mon 11th Mike Silver
http://www.faymus.dial.pipex.com
Chesham Tudor, White
Hill Centre, Chesham, Bucks. (01494 562093)
Mon 11th Show of Hands
http://www.showofhands.co.uk
Nettlebed Folk Song Club,
Oxon
Wed 13th Julie Felix
http://www.juliefelix.com/
The Chimney Boy, Preston St, Faversham, Kent 01795 538238
Fri 15th Bluehorses
http://www.nativespirit.demon.co.uk/home.htm
Guildhall Arts Centre 01452 505089
Fri 15th Anne Lister
http://freespace.virgin.net/anne.lister
Liberal Club, 7 Station Rd, Orpington, Kent. (01689 838077)
"Anne Lister has quietly, and without a huge fuss, established
herself on the UK folk scene. Her latest album once again displays
a timeless charm. With little acknowledgement of contemporary
musical fashions and trends the songs here - inspired by Arthurian
legend and myth - float along, meandering gently on their way...
the warmth of (Anne's) delivery and engaging quality of her lyrics
help make 'Root, Seed, Thorn and Flower' a little joy."
Rock 'n 'Reel
Sat 16th Les Barker
http://www.compulink.co.uk/~ackroyd/welcome.htm
Station Hotel, Dewsbury 01924 441606
Fri 22nd Artisan
http://www.arisan-harmony.com
Kirkgate Centre, Cockermouth, Cumbria
Sat 23rd The Oxford Waits
http://www.bejo.co.uk
Holywell Music Room, Oxford
A new costume band formed by Tim Healey specialising in
17th-century ballads and dances. Their debut album, 'Hey for
Christmas' (Beautiful Jo) with The
Mellstock Band has been
recorded in association with the Bodleian Library, drawing on
its amazing collection of 30,000 ballad sheets.
Fri 29th Salsa Celtica
http://www.salsaceltica.com
Dalfaber Country Club, Aviemore, Scotland 01479 812114
Sexy salsa grooves with a Celtic edge, snazzy jazzy horns,
foxy fiddle and wicked vocals. Cultivated in the hot beds of
Latin America yet based in Edinburgh, Salsa Celtica are the
sure fire recipe for a dance floor explosion.
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