Monday 5th October - Our First Night!!
Vicki Swan and Jonny Dyer
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.
We were extremely pleased that Vicki Swan and Jonny Dyer opened our first night and damned fine evening it was too...
See www.smallpiper.co.uk for details
Monday 2nd November - Emma Scarr/Chris Sarjeant
Emma Scarr has been active on London’s live scene for approaching two decades. A proficient performer on guitar, fiddle and banjo, in recent years she has concentrated on song craft.
Her pedigree includes a long association with the hugely popular Northern Celts, widely celebrated for their upbeat, feel-good performances at pubs, festivals, sessions and ceilidhs in and around London. The Celts’ stock in trade is a mixture of folk music, bluegrass and country, both traditional and contemporary.
See www.myspace.com/emmascarr
Chris Sarjeant has been recently described as,"….a very major addition to the British Folk Scene…” by BBC Folk-musician of the year Tom McConville who added that his guitar work is “…impeccable…” and that he possesses, “….one of the best voices ever!” Chris has forged this enviable reputation despite only launching himself onto the Folk scene two years ago, since then he has been steadily winning audiences over with his arrangements and interpretations of Traditional English song.
See www.myspace.com/sarjeanttaylor
Monday 7th December - Rún/Steven Finn
Rún collect and arrange old folk songs written in the ancient language of Erin. So far, thanks to Nora from Donegal, they have a nice wee collection of well-known ditties and are now adding to their repertoire with some unusual old forgotten songs from the province of Ulster. Rún are five fantastic lassies who perform four-part vocal arrangements of old Gaelic songs like ’An Cailín Rua’ (the red-haired girl), ’Casadh an tSúgain’ (twisting the hayrope) and ’Bo Na Leath Adhairce’ (the one-horned cow). Rún is the Gaelic word for ’secret, wish or love’ (cf. rune). See http://www.myspace.com/runceol
Steven Finn’s ears were filled with the music of Count Basie, Benny Goodman, Johnny Cash and old time country music. Aged 15 he began teaching himself the guitar, learning songs like Leadbelly’s ‘Bourgeois Blues’ and Charlie Daniels’ ‘The devil went down to Georgia’. On hearing Bob Dylan songs Finn started to write his own words and in doing so found a lifelong passion for Jazz and Folk Blues, a getaway car he could drive.
See
http://www.myspace.com/stevenfinn for more details
Monday 1st February - Oliver Talkes, Matthew Ord, and extra special guest Lily Neill
 Matthew Ord is a London based singer and guitarist performing the traditional music of the British Isles and North America. A dedicated musician with a deep passion for folk music from an early age, his repertoire reflects the length and breadth of these traditions, drawing together the Delta and Piedmont blues, Scots and English Ballads, jigs, reels, slow airs, nursery rhymes and protest songs, all skilfully performed with warmth and conviction.www.myspace.com/mattheword |
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 We are extremely pleased to announce that (currently) Helskini based Lily Neill has very kindly offered to open proceedings on this evening in advance of her date at the Green Note on the 15th so make sure you arrive nice and early.'Lily Neill is recognized as “…part of the new Harp revolution extolling aspects of harp music never previously heard,” 2005 Irish Music Magazine. She was a prize-winner at the All-Ireland Harp competition and has won numerous awards, honours and scholarships for her technical and artistic abilities as well as her original compositions. More recently, Lily was named LiveIreland.com's “2006 New Female Artist of the Year.”' See www.myspace.com/lilyneill or www.lilyneill.com
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Monday 15th February - Lily Neill and support from Paul Mickletwaite- special show at The Green Note, CamdenMondayMonday is very pleased to be hosting this performance by Lily Neill, and on this occasion we are very pleased to be spending the evening at Camden's highly regarded Green Note - see www.greennote.co.uk. Lily Neill is recognized as “…part of the new Harp revolution extolling aspects of harp music never previously heard,” 2005 Irish Music Magazine. She was a prize-winner at the All-Ireland Harp competition and has won numerous awards, honours and scholarships for her technical and artistic abilities as well as her original compositions.More recently, Lily was named LiveIreland.com’s “2006 New Female Artist of the Year.” Lily’s musical style is at once rich in tradition and uniquely her own. Her experiences working with artists from different genres and backgrounds, from folk to classical and rock spheres, have played a major part in shaping and continuing to shape Lily’s music. Central to Lily’s style is her utilization of techniques and repertoire from instruments other than her own. In defining Lily’s style, The Green Man Review writes, “It is delightful to welcome a new talent and one that is brimming with ideas, creative energy and yet has a [vice-like] grip on traditional methods and methodology, while pushing the envelope stylistically.” See www.myspace.com/lilyneill or www.lilyneill.com Paul Mickletwaite is a London based Singer and Guitarist taking his influences from the likes of Martin Simpson and Chris Woods amongst others, Paul will be opening this evening - see www.myspace.com/paulmicklethwaite
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Monday 1st March - The Kittiwakes/Black Peak and support spots from Raven, Roosevelt Bandwagon and Charlotte Sterland See http://www.myspace.com/kittiwakes  See http://www.myspace.com/blackpeak 
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Oliver Talkes is a highly regarded Singer Songwritertaking his influences from unashamedly from the Folk/Country genre and was a front man for the Southern Tenant Folk Union until recently