Edition 224: Sunday 13 May 2012

Wath Festival Edition

Interviews: Simon Nicol, Chris and Kellie While,

Dick Gaughan, Brooks Williams, Jennifer Crook,

John Fuller, Sunjay Brayne

Festival News: Doncaster, Shepley, Beverley, Davefest

The Cambridge Den

New Albums: Imagined Village, Norman Bergen

Miss Quincy, Girlyman, Hillfolk Noir

Cera Impala and the New Prohibition

Vinyl Junkie Selection:

Dick Gaughan - Handful of Earth

Edition 225: Sunday 27 May 2012

News

Coming Next: Doncaster Folk Festival

Friday 18 - 20 May 2012

Friday Evening

Concert commences 7.00pm

Halloe Away

Emma Jade

The Jar Family

Paul Pearson

Circus Envy

Saturday Afternoon

Concert commences 1.00pm

Flossie Malavialle

Les Barker

Lucy Ward

Pilgrims' Way

Saturday Evening

Concert commences 7.30pm

Barber & Wilson

Les Barker

Megson

Lucy Ward

Workshops
In the intermission between the afternoon and evening concerts, Pilgrims' Way will be holding two workshops in the upstairs lounge. One on fiddle playing, and one on the Jew's Harp. The first will commence around 5.15. Bring your instrument if you wish to attend. First come - first served!

More Info: www.doncasterfolkfestival.org.uk

Wath Festival 2012

Once again the community of Wath upon Dearne came out to celebrate their annual May Day festivities, featuring various community and children's events around Montgomery Square in the town centre, along with a full programme of song and dance displays, the curious traditional bread bun throwing spectacular up the hill at the All Saints Parish Church and a veritable feast of top names in the world of folk and acoustic music, performing throughout the weekend, either on the main stage at the Montgomery Hall or in various other locations around town.

Tour Dates

Girlyman

Shepley Spring Festival 2012

Friday 25 May - Sunday 27 May 2012

Shepley, Near Huddersfield

Trecherous Orchestra

The Demon Barber Roadshow

Melrose Quartet

Phil Beer

The Albion Band

The Wilsons

Phillip Henry and Hannah Martin

Hekety

Tickled Pink

Belinda O'Hooley and Heidi Tidow

Roy Bailey

Gentocorum

Tim Edey and Bredan Power

The Shee

Steve Tilston

The Durbervilles

The Davenports

The Noble Family

Ruth and Sadie Price

Blair Dunlop

Flats and Sharps

Sciorr:Staged

She Shanties

Luke Hirst and Sarah Smout

David Shevelew

Wilful Missing

Katherine Hurdley and Alex Percy

Kirsty Bromley

Special Event:

Thursday 24 May

An evening with Elkie Brooks

More info: www.shepleyspringfestival.com

The Lady: A Homage to Sandy Denny

Pic: Island Universal

An evening of classic songs by Sandy Denny featuring Joan Wasser (aka Joan As Policewoman, Maddy Prior, Jerry Donahue, Dave Swarbrick, Green Gartside, PP Arnold, Thea Gilmore, plus members of Bellowhead, Lavinia Blackwall (Trembling Bells), Sam Carter, Blair Dunlop (The Albion Band), Ben Nicholls (Dennis Hopper Choppers) & more…

A Dozen Chats

As Northern Sky approaches three years of publishing audio interviews, the first with Ezio Luneidi in June 2009, Allan Wilkinson picks a dozen memorable conversations from the vaults.

See also...

Audio Interview

Interview: Ruth Notman Northern Sky has a catch up with Ruth Notman at the Nottingham Playhouse. By: Allan Wilkinson Published: 19 April 2012 - 12:00am Read more...	Interview: Blair Dunlop Northern Sky met up with Blair Dunlop at The Wheelhouse in Wombwell. By: Allan Wilkinson Published: 27 March 2012 - 12:00am Read more...
Interview: The Magic Band Northern Sky talks to John 'Drumbo' French and Mark 'Rockette Morton' Boston of The Magic Band backstage at the Duchess in York. By: Allan Wilkinson Published: 14 March 2012 - 12:00pm Read more...	Interview: The Albion Band Northern Sky met up with The Albion Band at Yellow Arch Studios in Sheffield on the eve of their UK Tour. By: Allan Wilkinson Published: 26 February 2012 - 12:00pm Read more...
Interview: Kirsty Bromley Northern Sky catches up with Kirsty Bromley to chat about her debut Sweet Nightingale EP. By: Allan Wilkinson Published: 8 January 2012 - 11:30am Read more...	Interview: Paul Adams and Gren Bartley Northern Sky talks to Paul Adams about his life and career in music between recording sessions with singer/guitarist Gren Bartley at Fellside Recordings in Cumbria. By: Allan Wilkinson Published: 13 September 2011 - 12:00am Read more...
Interview: The Good Lovelies Northern Sky met up with Caroline Brooks, Kerri Ough and Sue Passmore of The Good Lovelies at the Wheelhouse in Wombwell. By: Allan Wilkinson Published: 26 May 2011 - 12:00am Read more...	Interview: Lucy Ward Northern Sky was at Lucy Ward's album launch and spoke to her after her main stage appearance at the Shepley Spring Festival. By: Allan Wilkinson Published: 22 May 2011 - 12:00am Read more...
Interview: Des Horsfall Northern Sky met up with Des Horsfall for a good old natter about a Kuschty Rye called Ronnie Lane. By: Allan Wilkinson Published: 20 May 2011 - 12:00am Read more...	Interview: Curtis Eller Northern Sky caught up with Curtis Eller for a chat backstage at The Greystones in Sheffield. By: Allan Wilkinson Published: 24 April 2011 - 12:00am Read more...
Interview: Larkin Poe Northern Sky met up with Rebecca and Megan Lovell of Larkin Poe backstage at the Barnsley Acoustic Roots Festival. By: Allan Wilkinson Published: 4 April 2011 - 6:30am Read more...	Interview: Devon Sproule Northern Sky in conversation with Devon Sproule at The Wheelhouse in Wombwell. (Music used with artist's permission.) Photo: Hedley Jones. By: Allan Wilkinson Published: 27 March 2011 - 1:00am Read more...

Beverley Folk Acoustic Roots Festival

Friday 15 June - Sunday 17 June 2012

Beverley

The headline acts for the prestigious Beverley Festival (Folk, Acoustic, Roots) have now been announced, revealing some of the top names from the British folk, and mainstream music scene. The festival has always managed to provide a top rate programme of artists, with a varied range of musical genres to suit all tastes. 2012 looks set to demonstrate that this success story is to continue.

The festival kicks off on Friday (15th June) with folk-rock legends Steeleye Span with a career that has taken in an astounding six decades, with hit records “All Round My Hat” and “Gaudete”. The band are not just a legendary name in British music but also a link to the classic days of rock and folk music. Contemporaries of the likes of Led Zeppelin and Fairport Convention, they have gone on to change the face of folk music forever, taking it from small clubs and festivals into the world of chart topping albums and international tours.

Sidmouth Folk Week 2012

Friday 3 August - Friday 10 August 2012

Sidmouth

Milestone Year For Local Folk Heroes

2012 is a milestone year in the UK in many ways. One of Devon's greatest success stories, folk icons Show Of Hands, mark a career milestone this year, their 20th anniversary, including a headline date at Sidmouth FolkWeek - the annual celebration of music, arts and dance which takes place in the stunning seaside resort from 3rd – 10th August 2012.

Triple BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards winners, the dazzling duo of singer songwriter Steve Knightley and multi-instrumentalist Phil Beer have forged one of the most successful ever partnerships in acoustic roots music, already scoring three sell-out shows at the world famous Royal Albert Hall in London.

In addition to these popular ambassadors for folk music, other festival headline news includes appearances from local hero singer/songwriter Seth Lakeman; the storming 2012 multi-BBC Folk Awards winners June Tabor & Oysterband and legendary guitar maestro Martin Simpson who featured recently on Sky Arts' First Love, mentoring actor/comedian Stephen Mangan in his challenge to play guitar live on stage with Richard Thompson.

Show of Hands

Donal Lunny, Padraig Rynne & Sylvain Barou

Chris Wood

June Tabor & Oysterband

Martin Simpson

Norma Waterson

Eliza Carthy and The Gift Band.

Frank Yamma

Old Man Luedecke

Otis Gibbs

Michael Marra

Archie Fisher

Michael McGoldrick, John McCusker & John Doyle

Spiers & Boden

Brass Monkey

Jackie Oates

Fay Hield & The Hurricane Party

Jonny Kearney & Lucy Farrell.

Debby McClatchy

Crucible Trio

John Kirkpatrick

Len Graham

John Doyle

Joe Aitken

Geordie Murrison

Tim Laycock

Duck Soup

The Dollymopps

Sisters Unlimited

Pete Coe

Gavin Davenport

Peta Webb & Ken Hall

Maz O'Connor

John Howson

Dan Quinn

Racker Donnelly

Debs Newbold

Patrick Ryan

Jack Lynch

Davefest

Friday 10 - Sunday 12 Agust 2012

Withernsea

On the 23 of June 2010, Lance Corporal David Ramsden was killed near Gereshk, Helmand province, Afghanistan whilst serving his Queen and country. Dave was a lover of music, his favourite band being Green Day. To honour his memory and to raise money for Help for Heroes and The Royal British Legion we are holding the very first DAVEFEST at Dave's parents' farm in east Yorkshire.

This will be a three day event featuring bands and performers from a number of different genres including 'Green Dave', a Green Day tribute act put together especially for the festival and featuring Dave's brother Matt on drums.

Artists confirmed so far are....

The Duncan McFarlane Band

Blueprint

Edwina Hayes

The Gerry McNeice Band

Shaun Murphy

The Above Average Weight Band

Boss Caine

Wendy Arrowsmith

and many more. (PLEASE NOTE. Lineup subject to change)

The festival will now kick off with 'Friday Acoustic Night' and there will be two concerts on Saturday. The finale will be a Sunday afternoon folk concert.

Ticket prices are being looked at right now but these will be very reasonable. All the artists, crew and staff are giving their time for free at this event.

More Info: http://www.gerrymcneice.co.uk/davefest

Coming Next: Doncaster Folk Festival	Wath Festival 2012	Tour Dates
The Lady: A Homage to Sandy Denny	A Dozen Chats	Shepley Spring Festival 2012
Cambridge Folk Festival	The Cambridge Folk Festival Den	Beverley Folk Acoustic Roots Festival
Sidmouth Folk Week 2012	Davefest	New Releases
Album Review: Norman Bergen - Symphony Of Love (North Mountain Music)	Album Review: The Imagined Village - Bending the Dark (ECC Records)	EP Review: Holly Taymar and Christopher Bilton - Never Winter Mind Part Two (Self Release)

Interview: Simon Nicol Northern Sky catches up with Simon Nicol of Fairport Convention at the Wath Festival. By: Allan Wilkinson Published: 13 May 2012 - 1:00am Read more...	Interview: Chris and Kellie While Northern Sky talks to Chris and Kellie While at the Wath Festival. By: Allan Wilkinson Published: 13 May 2012 - 12:00am Read more...
Interview: Dick Gaughan Northern Sky chats to Dick Gaughan at the Wath Festival. By: Allan Wilkinson Published: 13 May 2012 - 12:00am Read more...	Interview: John Fuller Northern Sky chats to John Fuller of Johnny and the Prison Didn't Help Boys at the Wath Festival. By: Allan Wilkinson Published: 13 May 2012 - 12:00am Read more...
Interview: Jennifer Crook Northern Sky speaks to Jennifer Crook at the Wath Festival. By: Allan Wilkinson Published: 13 May 2012 - 12:00am Read more...	Interview: Sunjay Brayne Northern Sky chats with the winner of the Young Performer's Award Sunjay Brayne at the Wath Festival. By: Allan Wilkinson Published: 13 May 2012 - 12:00am Read more...
Interview: Brooks Williams Northern Sky chats to Brooks Williams at the Wath Festival. By: Allan Wilkinson Published: 13 May 2012 - 12:00am Read more...

News

See also...

Audio Interview

Interview: Simon Nicol

Interview: Chris and Kellie While

Interview: Dick Gaughan

Interview: John Fuller

Interview: Jennifer Crook

Interview: Sunjay Brayne

Interview: Brooks Williams

See also...

Audio Interview

Interview: Ruth Notman

Interview: Blair Dunlop

Interview: The Magic Band

Interview: The Albion Band

Interview: Kirsty Bromley

Interview: Paul Adams and Gren Bartley

Interview: The Good Lovelies

Interview: Lucy Ward

Interview: Des Horsfall

Interview: Curtis Eller

Interview: Larkin Poe

Interview: Devon Sproule

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Latest News, Reviews & Interviews

Coming Next: Doncaster Folk Festival

Wath Festival 2012

Tour Dates

The Lady: A Homage to Sandy Denny

A Dozen Chats

Shepley Spring Festival 2012

Album Review: Girlyman - Supernova (Girlyman Inc)

Album Review: Miss Quincy - Like the Devil Does (Self Release)

Album Review: Cera Impala and the New Prohibition - Higher Place (BCB Records)

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