From: Vic & Tina Smith [tinvic_at_globalnet_dot_co_dot_uk]
Sent: 01 October 2006 20:34
Subject: Nine Items of Folk Music News from Sussex

1] FOLK AT THE ROYAL OAK
Station Street, Lewes
Enquiries:- (01273) 478124 or 881316
Email tinvic_at_globalnet_dot_co_dot_uk_dot_
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We have had a very pleasing start to the new season with some really excellent nights in September Here is the line-up for the rest of the year:-
Oct 5th * £4.00 * BOB LEWIS
We are lucky indeed to have one of England's very finest traditional singers living in Sussex. He is a perennial favourite at the Royal Oak. Oct 12th * £5.00 * BENJI KIRKPATRICK
From Bellowhead and Dr. Faustus, Benji has matured into a very fine solo performer, playing bouzouki and guitar and singing. Oct 19th * £5.00 * MARTYN WYNDHAM-READ
One of the outstanding voices of the folk revival. Martyn is a consummate performer and deservedly hugely popular Oct 26th * &5.00 * JEZ LOWE One of the finest and most distinctive songwriters around, Jez is also a compelling singer and a fine musician Nov 2nd * free admission * OPEN NIGHT Always popular for the variety that they provide, we keep forgetting to schedule them. This is only the second in 2006. Nov 9th * £5.00 * DAVE SEALEY
All the delights of the music hall from one half of the top group, Cosmotheka. Nov 16th * £5.00 * RATTLE ON THE STOVEPIPE It will be a delight to welcome Dave Arthur, Pete Cooper and Chris Moreton again. Their great new album is called "8 More Miles" Nov 23rd * £5.00 * PETE COE
This is a man of many talents; a great instrumentalist on a range of instruments, a fine singer of traditional songs and a songwriter Nov 30th * £5.00 * THE OTHER BAND The superb and exciting combination of Iris Bishop, Marilyn Bennett and Gary Holder Dec 7th * free admission * LEWES LATE NIGHT SHOPPING OPEN NIGHT Dec 14th * £5.00 * PETE MORTON, CHRIS PARKINSON & ROGER WILSON They combine their outstanding talents to bring us their Christmas show, Part of a very short tour. Dec 21st * free admission * CHRISTMAS PARTY NIGHT Our annual night of singing and dancing is always hugely popular.
Our guests in 2007 will include: -
John Kirkpatrick * Kathleen O'Sullivan & Karen Ryan * Robb Johnson * Too Many Strings * Leon Rosselson * Gordon Tyrrall * Tom Spiers * Bruce Molsky * Michael Marra * Dick Gaughan * Jerry O'Reilly & Jim McFarland
Our website is at www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~tinvic
Those of you with listings/ gig guides etc. are asked kindly to include these dates amongst them. ***********
2] SUSSEX FOLK GUIDE WEBSITE - UPDATED
For all the listings of folk music, song club, dances, festivals in and around Sussex, have a look at whatson.brighton.co.uk/folk This site all always kept updated with the latest events and those currently listed cover the month of October 2006 **********
3] THE FOLK DIARY
Most of the listings on the Sussex Folk Guide website are taken from the paper magazine, THE FOLK DIARY Issue no 221 covers the months of October and November and this is now available. It is packed with adverts for various folk festivals, folk music record companies, specialist shops, instrument makers and other services as well as details of all the folk song and dance events in our area. To obtain copies of this free magazine as it is published, please send SAE's to Vic Smith at the address below. (Make sue that the SAE stamp meets the new postal charges!) It is also the address to send album review copies to. The copy date for the December/January issue is October 31st.. Potential advertisers are also asked to contact Vic for a statement of our advertising rates. **********
4] THE FOLK DIARY ON LINE
THE FOLK DIARY is now available on-line. For some years now, all the listings which THE FOLK DIARY gives has been given in date order on THE SUSSEX FOLK GUIDE WEBSITE but now, the entire magazine is available on-line; go to the website for the FOLK AT THE ROYAL OAK, LEWES www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~tinvic and then click on the "Folk Diary" symbol. You will need Adobe ACROBAT READER to read the pages and, frankly, unless you are on broadband, the page will take too long to download. The size of each page is given by each page link and the content of each page is indicated. Issue no 221 (August/September 2006) is the issue that are currently on-line. The web counter shows that it is a service that is being widely used. **********
5] SHIRLEY COLLINS - "AMERICA OVER THE WATER".
Some of you will already know that we are involved with Shirley Collins & Pip Barnes in an extensive tour this autumn with a show that is based on Shirley's wonderful book. The first four appearances have gone really well. Here is a synopsis of the show:-

" America Over the Water is a unique and powerful show that takes you on an epic song-hunting journey through the heartlands of America's deep South in 1959, when Shirley Collins, a young folk-singer from Sussex accompanied America's renowned folklorist, Alan Lomax. This enthralling story told by Shirley and actor Pip Barnes with passion and humour, is illustrated with rare and remarkable music and pictures."
The show will tour in the autumn with the support of the Arts Council. A new paperback edition of the book is due to be published in early October. The tour continues this week with the following dates:-
Wednesday October 4th Brewery Arts Centre Kendal Cumbria 8.30pm Box Office:01539 725133 Website: www.breweryarts.co.uk

Thursday October 5th Rose Theatre Edge Hill Ormskirk Lancashire 8.00pm Box Office:01695 584480 Website: www.edgehill.ac.uk/rosetheatre

Friday October 6th Ilkley Literature Festival Otley West Yorkshire 7.30pm Box Office:01943 816714 Website: www.ilkleyliteraturefestival.org.uk

Saturday October 7th Holywell Rooms Oxford 8.00pm Box Office:01865 305305 Website:www.lescousins.co.uk
Wednesday October 11th The Point Cardiff 7.30pm Box Office:029 2046 0873 Website: www.thepointcardiffbay.com

Thursday October 12th The Cube Bristol 8.00pm Box Office:0117 907 4190 Website: microplex.cubecinema.com/cubewebsite

Sunday October 15th Independent & Radical Bookfair Bongo Club Edinburgh 6.00pm Box Office: 0131 662 9112 Website:www.word-power.co.uk
Monday October 16th The Ňran Mór Glasgow 7.30pm Box Office:08700 600 100 or online at www.ticketweb.co.uk Website:www.oran-mor.co.uk
Friday October 20th Terry O'Toole Theatre N. Hykeham Lincs 7.30pm Box Office:01522 883311 Website: www.terryotooletheatre.org.uk/

Monday October 23rd Armstrong Building Newcastle University 7.30pm Contact No:0191 222 8463 Website: www.ncl.ac.uk/sacs/about/music/events.htm

Tuesday October 24th Off The Shelf Sheffield South Yorkshire 7.30pm Box Office:0114 273 4716 Website: www.offtheshelf.org.uk/

Saturday October 28th Third Floor Arts Centre Guildhall Square Portsmouth 8.00pm Box Office: 023 9268 8070
Tuesday October 31st Purcell Room Royal Festival Hall South Bank London 7.45pm Box Office:08703 800 400 Website:www.rfh.org.uk
Saturday November 4th Helmsley Arts Centre North Yorkshire 7.30pm Box Office: 01439 771700 Website: www.helmsleyarts.co.uk

Thursday November 9th The King of Hearts Fye Bridge Street Norwich 7.30pm Box Office: 01603 611412 Website: www.kingofhearts.org.uk

Friday November 10th Stamford Arts Centre Lincolnshire 8.00pm Box Office:01780 763203 Website: www.stamfordartscentre.com
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6] SHIRLEY COLLINS - THE OTHER SHOWS
The same crew are involved in Shirley's two other shows - A MOST SUNSHINY DAY and I'M A ROMANY RAI and these shows are interspersed with dates for the major tour:- Dates for "A Most Sunshiny Day" * Monday October 9th Croydon Folk Club Ruskin House 23 Coombe Road Croydon 8.00pm Tickets TBA Email: croydonfolkclub_at_aol_dot_com Telephone:020 8698 5322

* Wednesday October 18th Guildford Institute Ward Street Guildford GU1 4LH Time TBA Tickets TBA Email: guildford-institute_at_surrey_dot_ac_dot_uk Telephone: 01483 562142

Dates for "I'm a Romany Rai" - Shirley's new show about the gypsy singers of Southern England.
* Monday November 6th Cecil Sharp House 2 Regents Park Road London NW1 7AY Time TBA Tickets TBA Email:info_at_efdss_dot_org Telephone: 020 7485 2206

7] INSTRUMENTAL & VOCAL WORKSHOPS IN LEWES As I am the one sending these email circulars, I get frequent phone calls and emails enquiring about these workshops, but I am not the organiser! I am just trying to help publicise them because they are such a good idea. The Saturday daytime instrumental workshops in Lewes organised by Valmai Goodyear - valmaigoodyear_at_aol_dot_com (01273) 476757 . (Incidentally, it would be interesting to know if there are any other two folk clubs in the UK that are so close together. The Lewes Arms and the Royal Oak are about 100 yards apart from one another, yet both have been operating successfully for decades. As well as being geographically close, we also co-operate closely despite being totally different in organisers and resident singers.) LEWES ARMS FOLK CLUB WORKSHOPS 2006 Workshops last a full Saturday and the tutor performs at the club in the evening. Booking forms are available from the club and can be printed from the website.
Nancy Kerr - Fiddle, 7th. October
James Fagan - Bouzouki & cittern, 7th. October Alistair Anderson - Concertina (all systems) 28th. October (a.m.) Dave Townsend & Phil Humphries - West Gallery Carols, Saturday 18th. November
Dave Townsend - Sacred Harp, Sunday 19th. November Phil Humphries - Early Music for Folk Musicians, Sunday 19th. November Brian Peters - Melodeon, 2nd December Gordon Tyrrall - Whistle & Flute, 2nd. December Brian Peters - Ballad Forum, Sunday 3rd. December ************
8] FOLK AND WORLD MUSIC ON ROCKET FM LEWES 87.8FM Because of his commitment to touring with Shirley Collins and the "America Over The Water" show, Vic Smith's programmes on this year's season of ROCKET FM, the independent community radio station for Lewes and the Ouse valley has had to be scaled down. He will be presenting two one-hour programmes during the station's sixteen days on the air. These will be on
Wednesday 25th October 9-10pm
Wednesday 1st November 9-10pm
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9] REGULAR SESSIONS IN THE LEWES/BRIGHTON AREA - NEW WEBSITE The organisers of the two Lewes folk clubs have been discussing the need for a website to bring attention to the many and varied regular song and tune sessions in our area (Well, those that don't mind being publicised anyway!) Bryan Creer has decided to take on the task and he is building up a list of them at members.aol.com/LewesArmsFolk/Sessions.html Have a look and if there are any you think that Bryan has missed - contact him on Bryancreer_at_aol_dot_com *************
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AND A NUMBER OF OUR GAMBIAN INTERESTS HAVE NOW BEEN GATHERED TOGETHER UNDER THE FOLLOWING WEBSITE
**COMPOUND SOUNDS***
Have a look at it at www.compoundsounds.com This includes the work that we are doing to help to set up a new music school in Brikama, teaching kora, balafon, djembe and jali singing to European tourists to The Gambia. We arrived back from our last visit to The Gambia with over 200 of the lovely batiks made by Buba Drammeh to sell through this site and we photograph each one to show on the site:- www.compoundsounds.com/batiks/index.html
The Compound Sounds website can now accept payment for batiks and for the two albums by the kora maestro Jali Sherrifo Konteh by Paypal and most major credit cards. +++++++++++++++++++++
...And if you are ever looking for a good barn dance band, look no further than THE SUSSEX PISTOLS - though you should get in quickly - available dates for 2006/7 are being snapped up quickly. It is the busiest year that we have had for quite a few years. As well as playing for the Farewell event for the Brighton Festival at the end of May, we have been booked back at the Corn Exchange to play for the midwinter ceilidh on 20th December. Contact Tina on 01273 478124 or email her at tina_at_twistle_dot_freeserve_dot_co_dot_uk to book the band. The band's website is at
www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~tinvic/pistols.htm
VIC & TINA SMITH

Vic Smith
26 Ferrers Road
LEWES
East Sussex
BN7 1PZ
England

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SUSSEX FOLK GUIDE WEBSITE:-
whatson.brighton.co.uk/folk

SUSSEX PISTOLS BARN DANCE BAND WEBSITE:- www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~tinvic/pistols.htm
COMPOUND SOUNDS WEBSITE
www.compoundsounds.com
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