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Cambridge Folk Festival (Sunday)1 August 2010 - 12:00amNorthern Sky in partnership with Fatea SUNDAY It's something of a tradition to sit in front of the main stage to hear the omnibus edition of The Archers, whist reading the Sunday papers. The weather looked promising once again and now that the two large screens on the outside of the main stage make it less essential to fight for a place right at the front, the focus is on choosing a...By: Allan Wilkinson |
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Cambridge Folk Festival (Saturday)31 July 2010 - 12:00amNorthern Sky in partnership with Fatea <!--break--> SATURDAY If anything is going to wake you up on a Saturday morning after either a late or heavy night, especially one that ended with such rainfall, then Rachel Unthank's singing workshop was more than likely going to do the trick. Standing alone on the club tent stage armed only with her ukulele and the good looks she was...By: Allan Wilkinson |
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Cambridge Folk Festival (Friday)30 July 2010 - 12:00amNorthern Sky in partnership with Fatea FRIDAY By my reckoning the Mojo interview, held annually in the club tent, reached its seventh consecutive year this morning as Seasick Steve joined a list of previous interviewees including the likes of Loudon Wainwright III, Jimmy Webb, Richard Thompson, Steve Earle, members of The Imagined Village and last year's memorable...By: Allan Wilkinson |
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Cambridge Folk Festival (Thursday)29 July 2010 - 12:00amNorthern Sky in partnership with Fatea <!--break--> THURSDAY The wood pigeons inhabiting the trees in the grounds of Cherry Hinton Hall once again sent out their annual alarm calls to neighbouring birds, which roughly translate to 'why are all these large white marquees here?' As other assorted wildlife woke to the sound of tent pegs being hammered in, hundreds of people descended upon the...By: Allan Wilkinson |
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Stephanie Lambring at the Wheelhouse, Wombwell9 July 2010 - 12:00amStephanie Lambring first appeared at the Wheelhouse at the end of March this year as part of her UK tour accompanied by singer-guitarist Brad Tursi. Returning to the venue this time as a solo performer, Stephanie once again delighted her audience with a set of songs from both her current album LONELY TO ALONE as well as her tour EP TRAIL OF GOODBYE, both...By: Allan Wilkinson |
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Demon Barbers Album Launch at The Boardwalk, Sheffield3 June 2010 - 12:00amWith an all round generous spirit of community, together with a swashbuckling adventures-on-the-high-seas pirate theme, lashings of rum and ginger cake was served up by the Demon Barbers nymphets Tiny, Fiona and Laura just prior to the launch of the Band's third full length album THE ADVENTURES OF CAPTAIN WARD at the Boardwalk in Sheffield tonight. A noisy...By: Allan Wilkinson |
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Jessica Kilroy (and Kier Atherton)15 May 2010 - 12:00amAfter a good three months of touring Europe, Montana-born singer-songwriter Jessica Kilroy and road companion Kier Atherton arrived surprisingly refreshed at the Wheelhouse for an intimate evening of songs and music, seamlessly flitting between acoustic folk songs and Americana flavoured bluegrass to the more recent experimental flights of fancy to be found on the duo's current record,...By: Allan Wilkinson |
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Wizz Jones at The Rock, Maltby7 May 2010 - 12:00amA Wizz Jones performance has probably changed very little over the years and we're talking fifty years here; still every bit the folk troubadour he always was, relaxed and with an almost encyclopedic knowledge of blues and folk styles, Wizz made his welcomed debut at the Wesley Centre, although he was no stranger to the old place in Wentworth. Removing the old Epiphone...By: Allan Wilkinson |
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Wath Festival 20103 May 2010 - 12:00amOnce again the sleepy South Yorkshire town of Wath-upon-Dearne came alive with colour and music over the weekend, courtesy of various street performers and dance displays from around the World, including Bhangra dance, Irish dance, Street dance and the the Mighty Zulu Nation. The sound of drums from the Barnsley Samba Band and the contrasting sounds of stomping feet and jingle...By: Allan Wilkinson |
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Katriona Gilmore and Jamie Roberts at the Wheelhouse, Wombwell24 April 2010 - 12:00amPhoto: Jane Hewitt Katriona Gilmore and Jamie Roberts are two of the most hard working musicians on the British folk music scene today. If they're not working together as a duo, then one of them could until recently be seen as part of the young folksy pop girl group Tiny Tin Lady or even more recently, as one of Rosie Doonan's Snapdragons. Her partner on the other hand, can still...By: Allan Wilkinson |
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