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Welcome to Folk and Roots
A guide to the folk and acoustic scene, with information about UK folk gigs, folk concerts, folk festivals and hundreds of links! |
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Folk and Roots lists hundreds of folk, roots and acoustic events every month, click on the calendar to the right for events this month or the events guide for events listed for the months ahead as well.
And for a list of Folk related workshops click here....
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 The Green Note Festival of Latin Music 2009
Camden’s annual festival celebrating the passion, beauty and diversity of Latin American music
Live music venue, Green Note, is proud to announce its third Festival of Latin Music, which will run from 19th June -18th July 2009. See here for more details of the programme or www.greennote.co.uk for booking details |
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 "The Kittiwakes are Kate Denny on vocals and violin, Chris Harrison on accordion and Jill Cumberbatch on violin, mandolin, and guitar. Their debut album ‘Lofoten Calling’ is being released by Midwich Records, and is original music based around the people, landscape, folklore and history of the Lofoten Islands, - an area above the Arctic Circle in Norway.
The music is song based, and influenced by traditional British Isles and Norwegian folk music."
The Kittiwakes have a number of dates in support of their first CD release see http://www.myspace.com/kittiwakes for more details.
|  "Currently taking the world by storm, Vicki and Jonny are rightly “establishing themselves as one of the best duos around on the folk scene today” (Famous Willows Folk Club). Although best-known for their instrumental skills with Scottish Smallpipes, accordion and even Swedish Nyckelharpa, the duo are well recognised for their songs arrangements too. With their blend of traditional material and contemporary interpretations, they have developed a sound that is both familiar and fresh."
Vicki Swan and Jonny Dyer are currently touring in support of new release 'Gleowien', see www.smallpiper.co.uk for further details |
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 "Wendy Arrowsmith's new CD, "Seeds of Fools" is due to be released on 1 August 2009, just in time for the Saltburn Folk Festival (14-16 August) where she is performing, and for her tour of the North East of Scotland later that month. The CD features 14 tracks and is a mixture of traditional material and self-penned including "Sleep Well 'till Morning" (Winner - Song for the Sea Competition, Scarborough Seafest 2008) and "Hearth Song" (Winner - Ryedale Folk Weekend Songwriting Competition 2009). Wendy has collaborated with several musicians including the Hartlepool based trio, The Young 'Uns, and members of her own band, Blind Summat!, to give a rich and diverse musical sound throughout.
"Seeds of Fools" costs £10 (+ p&p)and will be available to purchase online from www.wendyarrowsmith.com, (plus other online retail outlets) or at her gigs. To hear some of the new tracks featured on the CD, why not visit myspace.com/wendyarrowsmith
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 The Witchseason Weekender, July 18 & 19, The Barbican Centre, London.
A celebration of the Witchseason label and the man who did so much to support and promote the British folk-rock scene in the extraordinarily creative years of the late 1960s, Boston-born producer and label boss Joe Boyd. Curated by Boyd himself, these concerts are a reminder of the continuing vitality and relevance of the scene which produced Nick Drake, Sandy Denny and Fotheringay, Fairport Convention, the Incredible String Band and the UFO club – all aspects of the legacy of the Witchseason label and production house.
For more details see www.barbican.org.uk |
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 "Tom Bliss solo somehow manages to add an extra dimension to the music we have come to know and love. A combination of great musicianship and witty repartee makes for a memorable evening that the audience goes home feeling it has been a part of" Sue Dewsbury Gainsborough Folk Club and Festival
Tom Bliss is on the road during May and beyond for the last time, visit www.tombliss.co.uk for details....
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 Folk Radio UK is an independent internet radio station.
Folk Radio UK is commercial free and the music isn't interrupted by pointless blurb. The music is what matters so you won't get any DJ chatter.
See www.folkradio.co.uk for more details
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 "The greatest Celtic harper of our age" (Live Ireland) and TG4 Irish Traditional Musician of the Year 2001 with "one of the UK's most staggering and influential acoustic guitarists" (fRoots)
"When it comes to virtuoso work on this ancient and delicate instrument, Maire Ni Chathasaigh is in a class of her own" The Guardian
"An eclecticism and spirit of adventure that is quite thrilling... Virtuoso playing... bewitching string fantasies and a wonderfully "Brilliant, innovative harping and guitar-playing of astonishing virtuosity and versatility" Songlines "A gorgeously complex mix of the lovely and lyrical and the positively jubilant by two top-notch players. A real treasure" Dirty Linen (USA)
Máire Ní Chathasaigh & Chris Newman are touring at the moment, see www.oldbridgemusic.com for details. |
 Having now clocked up almost 40 years with Steeleye Span, Fiddle player Peter Knight's name and reputation are known to most people with an interest in Traditional Music. His idiosyncratic style, which effortlessly traverses several genres has been an inspiration to many, and yet to a great extent the full range of his playing is still largely unknown. That is about to change.....
Wishing to create an opportunity to explore more fully the areas of Music that interest him, Peter created his own trio 'Gigspanner' where he is joined by Guitarist Roger Flack and Afro-Percussionist Vincent Salzfaas, who are in the words of festival organiser Geoff Boudreau "both powerful and intelligent musicians in their own right". 'Peter Knight's (Steeleye Span) Gigspanner' are touring May to July, see peterknight.net/gigspanner.htm for details.
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This page last updated 26th June 2009
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