Friday 31 May - Sunday 2 June 2013

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Doncaster Folk Festival Fund Raiser   Once again the Ukrainian Centre in Doncaster was pretty much full to capacity for another fund raising event for the forthcoming Doncaster Folk Festival in May/June 2013. By: Allan Wilkinson Published: 27 October 2012 - 11:50pm Read more...

Doncaster Folk Festival   With a steadily growing reputation as a small but well packaged event on the festival calendar, the Doncaster Folk Festival drew in its biggest audience thus far for another weekend of music. Once again The Ukrainian Centre, just a short walk from Doncaster Town Centre, hosted the main part of the event over the weekend, opening with an evening of local and regional artists including The Jar Family, Emma Jade, Paul Pearson, Halloe Away and from Hull, Circus Envy who collectively got the whole thing off to a good start, whilst a ceilidh took place across town at Doncaster College for the Deaf. By: Allan Wilkinson Published: 21 May 2012 - 11:00am Read more...

Doncaster Folk Festival Fund Raising Concert By: Allan Wilkinson Published: 19 February 2012 - 12:00pm Read more...

Friday 21 - Sunday 23 June 2013

Beverley Racecourse

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Beverley Folk Acoustic Roots Festival 2011 Part One: A Note or Two About Beverley..   It doesn't take visitors long to acclimatise themselves to the sights and sounds of the Beverley Folk Acoustic Roots Festival, whether it be the music coming from the main hall in the Leisure Complex or the various marquees scattered around the festival village, the club rooms, the local pubs, the occasional duelling horns outside the Chango Music stall or just from the camp site, as musicians of all ages break out their instruments for a bit of a play, after the tents are up that is. It may even be the sound of BBC Radio Humberside coming from a neighbouring tranny (transistor radio if you will) whose presenters would keep the town and surrounding area informed of the festivities via their live outside broadcasts throughout the weekend - although why Friday's broadcast started with Irene Cara squealing out the infamous Fame theme bewilders me still. These sonic delights would mingle with the familiar sounds of the area, those sounds... By: Allan Wilkinson Published: 20 June 2011 - 12:00am Read more...	'Ello Beverley: The Wordy Side of the Beverley Festival '"Ello Beverley!" begins Rory Motion as he steps into the pink-yellow glow of the acoustic stage lights. "It feels quite intimate, saying 'ello Beverley," he continues in his familiar, friendly North Yorkshire accent, referring to the town as if it were an old mate of the same name who had, perhaps, been waiting there since last year's festival. And as Rory begins shuffling his scraps of paper and nudging his guitar, harmonica and vibraphone into position at his feet, one feels almost compelled to respond with a jovial "welcome back" or a much more suitable "how's tha been, feller?" By: Allan Wilkinson Published: 21 June 2010 - 12:00am Read more...
Beverley Acoustic Roots Festival 2010 'Do you want the quiet camp?' asked one of the friendly box office stewards as I checked into the Beverley Acoustic Roots Festival on Friday afternoon, to which I responded, without hesitation, 'oh noo, put me down for the noisy camp!' Of course there's nothing that could really be described as 'noisy' at this charming little East Riding festival, not even if you happened to find yourself right next to the speaker stacks during Gandalf Murphy and the Slambovian Circus of Dreams' extraordinarily vibrant set on Saturday night, or if you chose to postpone sleep temporarily in order to squeeze into the Wold Top Marquee for one of their popular late night sessions. The normally sleepy town of Beverley does however come alive at this time of the year for a weekend full of quality music, poetry, comedy, storytelling and dance events, all of which run simultaneously on various stages throughout the weekend, including one main... By: Allan Wilkinson Published: 21 June 2010 - 12:00am Read more...	Beverley and East Riding Folk Festival 2009 FRIDAY It doesn't take long to acclimatise yourself to the Beverley and East Riding Folk Festival once you've got yourself suitably accustomed to the handful of minor changes from the previous year. This year for instance, a new Concert Marquee was to be found on the Festival Village site, which replaces the usual Memorial Hall across town, currently closed for refurbishment. All the main concerts could therefore be accessed within a short walking distance, making those of us suffering from chronic idleness grin like a kindle of Cheshire kittens. The parking therefore had to be separated from the camp site, in order to make extra room on the festival site itself. This was really no hardship at all as the car park was located just over the road from the main site gates. Despite the blustery wind that blew across the camping field on Friday afternoon, the weather was fine when most of the festival goers arrived and the sun was out, which helped to create a good festival atmosphere... By: Allan Wilkinson Published: 22 June 2009 - 8:48pm Read more...
Beverley and East Riding Folk Festival 2008 Swarb FRIDAY By: Allan Wilkinson Published: 22 June 2008 - 12:00am Read more...

Friday 2 - Sunday 4 August

Elsecar Heritage Centre, Barnsley

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Friday 12 and Saturday 13 July

Wold Top Brewery, Hanmanby, East Yorkshire

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Interview: Jackie Oates Northern Sky chats with Jackie Oates backstage at the Howard Assembly Room in Leeds.   By: Allan Wilkinson Published: 13 April 2013 - 11:00pm Read more...

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Album Review: Jackie Oates - Lullabies (ECC)   The danger with this new album by Jackie Oates is that you're likely to nod off before the first song is through. That's the nature of lullabies; they're just too soothing for their own good. By: Allan Wilkinson Published: 26 February 2013 - 1:00am Read more...

 

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Interview: Dave McGraw and Mandy Fer Northern Sky met up with Dave McGraw and Mandy Fer at The Brasenose Arms in Cropredy.   By: Allan Wilkinson Published: 25 March 2013 - 12:00pm Read more...

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Album Review: Dave McGraw and Mandy Fer - Seed of a Pine (Self Release) By: Allan Wilkinson Published: 26 February 2012 - 11:00am Read more...

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Interview: Rebecca Pronsky and Rich Bennett Northern Sky meets up with Rebecca Pronsky and Rich Bennett at The Courthouse in Thirsk. (Photo: Liam Wilkinson)   By: Allan Wilkinson Published: 23 March 2013 - 12:30am Read more...

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Album Review: Rebecca Pronsky - Only Daughter (Nine Mile Records)   Brooklyn-born Rebecca Pronsky is unquestionably blessed with the same sort of voice that was handed out to some of our pioneering female singer/songwriters of a few years ago; that comparable timbre, that no-more-no-less-but-sufficient vibrato, that highly listenable factor. By: Allan Wilkinson Published: 19 March 2013 - 1:00am Read more...

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