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Fiddlers Various 2009
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Master Irish fiddler Tommy Peoples from Donegal has again accepted an invitation
from Beau of KentFolk
and Valmai of The Lewes Saturday Folk Club
to visit the South East of England in the Autumn of 2009, as a
Fiddlers Various
special event.
Tommy Peoples is, quite simply, a living legend, the greatest exponent of the driving Donegal style which is his hallmark. Tommy Peoples was an early member of the Bothy Band, and has recorded numerous CDs (discography: a, b). His remarkable self-produced CD "The Quiet Glen" (1998) earned him Ireland's highest accolade as "Traditional Musician of the Year", the first person to be so honored by the Irish Government. In spite of this he is an intensely modest man. At the time Tommy was living and playing regularly in County Clare - KentFolk paid a wonderful 10 day visit in 1999, following Tommy from gig to gig. Tommy then moved to the USA, where he gave workshops and concerts. More recently Tommy has moved back to his old family home in County Donegal, and we have a chance to hear him again in the UK. |
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Catharine Kingcome, who has painted many Irish musicians in addition to the above picture about Tommy, and is a fiddler herself, says of Tommy : "in my opinion probably the best trad Irish fiddle player there's ever been". For myself, I hear a complexity and detail in his playing that I have not heard elsewhere.
KentFolk flew to Scotland just before Christmas 2005 and attended a workshop and recital by Tommy near Glasgow, and also Fiddle 2005 in Edinburgh, where Tommy gave both a talk and a concert. If anything there seemed to be an even greater depth to Tommy's playing.
When you hear Tommy, you know you are being taken on a journey ...
its about reaching some part of the music that only Tommy can go ....
P.J. Curtis, (musicologist)
Fiddlers Various 2009 - Sussex :Tommy will hold an all-day fiddle workshop at The Lewes Saturday Folk Club (formerly the Lewes Arms Folk Club), Lewes, near Brighton, Sussex, BN7 1YH, on Saturday 12th September, 2009, and then give a recital as part of the evening folk club. The workshop will follow the standard format of Lewes Arms Folk Club workshop days and there will be twenty places at £40 each. Separate tickets for the evening folk club, when Tommy will give a recital, will be available in advance at £9 (maximum approx. fifty people). To register interest in the Lewes Arms events and receive a booking form nearer the time, please send your postal address to Valmai Goodyear, 20, St. John's Terrace, Lewes, BN7 2DL. Full details will also appear on the club's website www.lewesarmsfolkclub.org; Tel. 01273 476757.Note: Valmai reports (early July 2009) that the Lewes workshop has SOLD OUT, and the concert tickets are going fast. |
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Fiddlers Various 2009 - Kent :The following day, on Sunday 13th September, 2009, Tommy Peoples will come to Kent, and hold a full afternoon's workshop at the excellent Littlebourne Thatched Barn, near Canterbury, Kent, CT3 1TU, followed by an evening concert.
Workshop : 2pm - 4.45pm, at the Littlebourne Thatched Barn. Tickets are £25 per place, and places will be limited.
If you are interested in the workshop, please
print and fill in a Workshop Booking Form, which gives further details.
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Littlebourne Thatched Barn,
next to St.Vincents church, at the intersection of Jubilee Rd. and Church Rd., Littlebourne, Kent. CT3 1TU. (on A257, Canterbury to Wingham). |
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