From: Vic & Tina Smith [tinvic_at_globalnet_dot_co_dot_uk]
Sent: 03 June 2008 15:37
Subject: EIGHT ITEMS OF FOLK MUSIC NEWS FROM SUSSEX
EIGHT 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_
Every Thursday 8.pm PROMPT START
Firstly the final presentation of our nine week American season:-
June 5th * £5.00 * JUDY COOK
Born in Virginia, Judy has a wide experience and is respected on both sides of the Atlantic as a singer and propagator of the old songs.
Then the programme for the rest of our eleven month season up until the end
of July is as follows:-
June 12th * £5.00 * TIM VAN EYKEN
One of the young stars of the scene, member of Waterson:Carthy and Dr.
Faustus and his own great band Van Eyken. Great singer and box player
June 19th * £5.00 * BLUE BLOKES 3
The amazing trio of Ben Mandelson (3 Mustaphas 3, Billy Bragg & The Blokes)
Lu Edmonds (The Damned, The Mekons) & Ian Anderson (Tiger Moth, Hot
Vultures)
June 26th * £5.00 * ADRIAN MAY
Singer songwriter from Essex with a great voice and songs from the hilarious
to the profound with guitar or ukulele.
July 3rd * £5.00 * PETE COOPER & RICHARD BOLTON.
Superb fiddle and cello duets and some very pleasing singing from Pete who
is one of Britain's most noted fiddle players.
July 10th * £5.00 * JIM CAUSLEY
The most convincing of the new bunch of singers who have come into
traditional song in the last few years with lovely accompaniments on the
accordion.
July 17th * £5.00 * MANDY MURRAY
Noted as one of the outstanding players of the anglo-concertina and an
all-Ireland champion, she is also a remarkable singer.
July 24th * £5.00 * TRANSPORTS OF DELIGHT.
Terry Masterson and Chris Littledale present their absorbing themed evening
of the songs, poems and sounds of the things that move us about.
July 31st free admission * GRAND END OF SEASON OPEN NIGHT
Our last night before our summer break is always a spirited, celebratory
event with a great atmosphere. All performers welcome to take part.
We are closed during August then after the summer break, we are building a
very strong programme for the autumn:-
Sept 18th DAVE SEALEY
Oct 9th BRUCE MOLSKY
Oct 16th PETE COE
Oct 23rd PETE MORTON
Oct 30th RON TAYLOR & JEFF GILLETT
Nov 6th JEZ LOWE
Nov 13th RORY McLEOD
Nov 20th MARTIN CARTHY
Nov 27th JIGJAW (Janet Russell, Rosie Davies, Kerry Fletcher, Frances Watt)
Jan 8th SULTANS OF SQUEEZE (John Kirkpatrick and Chris Parkinson)
Our websites are at
www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~tinvic
and
www.myspace.com/royaloakfolklewes
Those of you with listings/ gig guides etc. are asked kindly to include
these dates amongst them.
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2] FOLK AT THE ROYAL OAK ON "MYSPACE"
Our MYSPACE profile enables us to profile sample tracks of
coming guests as well as show photos and biographies of coming guests. It is
at
www.myspace.com/royaloakfolklewes
Currently on our MYSPACE we have the following tracks by coming guests:-
Tim Van Eyken - "Barleycorn" - (June 12th)
Blue Blokes 3 - "Don't You Just Know It"- (June 19th)
Adrian May - "Idio Video" - (June 26th)
Pete Cooper & Richard Bolton - "Roadrage Berserk" - (July 3rd)
Jim Causley - "Sing Ivy" (July 10th)
Mandy Murray - "Drogheda Lasses / The Game of Love" - (July 17th)
After each gig the songs will drop off to be replaced with another by an
upcoming guest.
In addition there are videos by each of the following coming guest artists:-
TIM VAN EYKEN - June 12th
BEN MANDELSON of BLUE BLOKES - 3 June 19th
(OK so this is actually Ben with the 3 Mustaphas 3, but as this is one of
the funniest music videos on the internet, it is worth a mention anyway.)
IAN ANDERSON of BLUE BLOKES 3 (with the English Country Blues Band)
JIM CAUSLEY - July 10th
BRUCE MOLSKY - October 9th
PETE COE - October 16th
PETE MORTON - October 23rd
JEZ LOWE - November 6th
RORY McLEOD - November 13th
MARTIN CARTHY - November 20th
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3] FOLK AT THE ROYAL OAK ON "YOUTUBE"
There are two photo-montage videos of artists that have appeared at the
Royal Oak in past years posted on "Youtube".
The first one features singers and musicians who have played at The Royal
Oak between 2002 and 2006. You can see it at:-
www.youtube.com/watch?v=dnHcbITBoJ0
It is accompanied by the following music:-
a] Foul Weather Call/From Night Till Morn
b] Monkey Hornpipe/Stepdance
c] Hunt The Squirrel/Four Hand Reel
This is played by Dan Quinn & Will Duke, two of the resident performers at
the Royal Oak, and taken from their album "Wild Boys" available from:-
homepage.ntlworld.com/rebe.cleveland/hebeweb.htm
The second one is a montage of some of the best performances at the Royal
Oak during 2007. You can see it at:-
www.youtube.com/watch?v=LmQLe_Fz2UA
It is accompanied by the following music:-
a] The High Low Schottishe / Untitled Schottishe
b] The Bird on Nellie's Hat / Hopscotch Schottishe
It was played by Will Duke, one of the resident performers at the Royal Oak,
and taken from his 2008 album "Out of the Box " available from Will by
emailing him at willlawrenceduke_at_hotmail_dot_com
..And whilst we are mentioning Youtube we'd like to mention a couple of
video clips that we took in The Gambia earlier this year of a two-year old
musician! If these don't make you smile then nothing will. It is at:-
www.youtube.com/watch?v=n5pW91FthfU
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4] 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 all the dates up until the end of June 2008.
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5] THE FOLK DIARY
Most of the listings on the Sussex Folk Guide website are taken from the
paper magazine, THE FOLK DIARY. Issue no 231 covers the months of June &
July and this is now available. They are 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. As well there are four pages of reviews of recent folk
music books, CDs and DVDs. To obtain copies of this free magazine as it is
published, please send SAE's to Vic Smith at the address below. (Make sure
that the SAE stamp meets the new postal charges!)
It is also the address to send album review copies to. Potential
advertisers are also asked to contact Vic for a statement of our advertising
rates. The copy date for the August/September 2008 will be June 30th
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6] THE FOLK DIARY ON LINE
THE FOLK DIARY is available on-line at
www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~tinvic/fd.htm
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. The following issue is now
on-line and is listed here with the content of each page :-
ISSUE No. 231 JUNE - JULY 2008
Page 1 (9745kb) Brighton Acoustic Sessions (Mons), Grub Cafe-Bar, East
Grinstead (Sats), Fee Calls Ceilidhs, Crawley Folk Festival 2008
Page 2 (1015kb) Rude Mechanicals Shoreham (Weds, Footlights West Chiltington
(Sats), Elsies (Sats), Chanctonbury Ring Moris Men, Spyboy Presentations,
Amberley Folk Club (Tues)
Page 3 (860kb) Lewes Arms Lewes (Sats), Royal Oak Lewes (Thurs) -
Advertising rates and copy dates
Page 4 (826kb) Horsham Folk Club (Suns). CD reviews
Page 5 (251kb) Black Horse Festival Telham, CD reviews
Page 6 (2579kb) Willows Folk Club Arundel (Weds), Acoustic Sussex
Page 7 (492kb) Seaford Folk Club (Fris), Barry Murphy banjos, Vince's
fiddles, Robert Brown tour, White Horse Bodle Street Green (Mons)
Page 8 (2806kb) Piggies Open Mike Room Uckfield (Tues),Brighton Singers Club
(Suns & Weds), White Mansion Lee's Company, Eclipse Hove (Fris), Eastbourne
folk club (Weds)
Page 9 (1715kb) Hobgoblin Music, Sevenoaks Festival, Komedia Brighton
Page 10 (621kb) Croydon folk club (Mons), Tenterden Folk Festival,
Mid-Sussex Folk Singers (Weds)
Page 11 (1652kb) Spinning Jenny Band, Beacon Tunbridge Wells (Mons),
Uckfield Festival
Page 12 (659kb) Broadstairs Folk Week, Electric Voices Guildford
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7] INSTRUMENTAL & VOCAL WORKSHOPS IN LEWES
LEWES ARMS FOLK CLUB WORKSHOPS 2008
The workshops last a full Saturday or Sunday and the tutor performs at the
club in the evening.
7th June - Cloudstreet - Vocal harmony
5th. July - Will Duke - Scan Tester's tunes
19th July - Mick West - Scottish song
19th July - Frank McLaughlin - Scottish music for guitar
20th Sept - Mary Humphreys & Anahata - Fenland tunes (any instrument)
18th Oct - John Kirkpatrick - Modes (any instrument)
25th Oct - Coope Boyes & Simpson - Vocal harmony
25th Oct - Georgina Boyes - Seminar on Wassails, Carols & Winter Customs
(pm)
22nd Nov - Roy Clinging & Neil Brookes - Cheshire tunes (any instrument)
6th Dec - Paul Hutchinson - Accordion
6th Dec - Paul Sartin - Fiddle
The website for more details is
www.lewesarmsfolkclub.org/LAFC/workshps.html
or contact Valmai
Goodyear on (01273) 476757 or email ValmaiGoodyear_at_aol_dot_com
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8] REGULAR SESSIONS IN THE LEWES/BRIGHTON AREA
Bryan Creer has taken on the task of detailing these, but has made changes
to the way this is presented. Here is what he says:-
I have given free rein to my inner geek and written a new version of the
Sessions page that works out the date of the next of each session (except
for the weekly ones where it seemed a bit pointless). This was inspired by
the uselessness of "Fortnightly counting from 3rd October 2006".
I think it probably works almost all of the time (maybe). Would you
like to change any references you make to it to
www.lewesarmsfolkclub.org/LAFC/Sessions.php
Cheers
Bryan
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 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 2008 are being snapped up quickly.
Contact Tina on 01273 478124 or email her at tinasmith226_at_yahoo_dot_co_dot_uk to
book the band.
The band's website is at
www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~tinvic/pistols.htm
and, yes,
they also have a MYSPACE profile as well at
www.myspace.com/thesussexpistols
VIC & TINA SMITH
Vic Smith
26 Ferrers Road
LEWES
East Sussex
BN7 1PZ
England
Tel & Fax:- 01273 478124
Email:-
tinvic_at_globalnet_dot_co_dot_uk
folk_at_brighton_dot_co_dot_uk
ROYAL OAK WEBSITE:-
www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~tinvic
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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