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GOSPORT & FAREHAM EASTER FESTIVAL
England's biggest indoor Folk Festival takes place in Hampshire
Thursday 20 March to Monday 24 March 2008
in the Ferneham Halls, Ashcroft Arts Centre, Lysses House Hotel and other venues in the twin towns of Fareham and Gosport.
Show of Hands; Oysterband; Kathryn Tickell; Flook; John Tams; Luka Bloom; Spiers & Boden; Chumbawamba (acoustic) and The Men They Couldn't Hang are among the many top-name acts already confirmed. Full details
http://www.gosportfestival.co.uk

CROPREDY NEWS: The excellent winners of 'Best Duo' at the BBC Radio 2 Folk Award John Tams and Barry Coope
http://www.johntams.co.uk
and Folk Singer of The Year 2008 Julie Fowlis
http://www.juliefowlis.com
will be amongst the many appearing at Fairport's Cropredy convention this year which takes place 7, 8, 9 August
(4pm to 11.30pm on Thursday and noon to midnight on Friday and Saturday).
http://www.fairportconvention.com

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LATER WITH JOOLS HOLLAND GOES LIVE
News from the BBC: 'Later ...' will air 'live' on Tuesday nights at 10pm when it return in April.
The Tuesday show will run for 30 mins with a Friday extended repeat at 11.30 pm
Current show, available for four days, can be seen (inc Sheryl Crow and Imaged Village) repeated on line at
http://www.bbc.co.uk/later

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FISH RECORDS: New albums available from those good mailorder people
Meg Hutchinson - Come Up Full; Nels Andrews - Off Track Betting; Benji Kirkpatrick - Boomerang; Carrie Newcomer - Geography of Light; Amanda Shaw - Pretty Runs Out; Kathryn Williams & Neill MacColl - Two; 3 Daft Monkeys - Social Vertigo; Billy Bragg - Mr Love and Justice; Kimmie Rhodes - Walls Fall Down; Caroline Herring - Lantana; Chris Smither - One More Night DVD
http://www.fishrecords.co.uk

Joe Fournier - Dirt Road Joy Ride (Dusty Records)
Nels Andrews - Off Track Betting (Reveal)
Shelby Lynne - Just A Little Lovin' (Lost Highway)
Andrea Glass - Stood Under Stars (Life and Living)
Songdog - A Wretched Sinner's Song (One Little Indian)
Dawn Landes - Fireproof (Fargo)
Deadstring Brothers - Silver Mountain (Bloodshot)
The Coal Porters - Turn The Water On, Boy! (Prima)
Arthur Alexander - Lonely Just Like Me: The Final Chapter (Hacktone)
Heidi Talbot - In Love And Light (Navigator)
Homespun - Short Stories From East Yorkshire (Homespun)
Gary Louris - Vagabonds (Ryko)
Superimposers - Harpsichord Treacle (Wonderfulsound)
Helen Boulding - New Red Dress (Maid In Sheffield)
George Inai - This Foolish Music
John Martyn - The Man Upstairs (Voiceprint)
Peggy Seeger - Bring Me Home (Appleseed)
Sharon Shannon et al. - Renegade (The Daisy Label)
Various Artists - Not In Our Name (Songs For Change)
Furlined - Love Comes In Canisters (Concave Music)
Royal Wood - A Good Enough Day (Six Shooter Records)
The Kennedys - Better Dreams (Appleseed)
Various Artists - The Electric Coffee House (Psychic Circle)
Tom Paxton - Comedian And Angels (Appleseed)
Ember - Open All The Doors (Salt & Slate)
Jeff Davis - Some Fabulous Yonder (Own Label)
Maddy Prior - The Quest (Park Records)
The Queensberry Rules - Landlocked (Fellside)
Pete Coe - Previous (Backshift)
The Steeldrivers - The Steeldrivers (Rounder)
Doug Jay - Under The Radar (Crosscut Records)
Son Seals - Journey Through The Blues: The Son Seals Story DVD (VizzTone)
Luther Allison - Underground (Ruf)
Bob Brozman - Post Industrial Blues (Ruf Records)
Suzy Bogguss - Sweet Danger (Loyal Duchess)

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THE END BIT: Critically-acclaimed Canadian folk singer-songwriter Willie P Bennett has died unexpectedly aged 56. Fans of Willie P, Blackie & The Rodeo Kings (who named themselves after one of his songs) and Fred Eaglesmith whose band he played with for many year, will realise what a huge loss is his passing. RIP Willie P - October 26, 1951 - February 15, 2008
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willie_P._Bennett