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KentFolk NewsJanuary 2011 |
Hi,
I hope you had a good Christmas and New Year.
We lost a number of gigs and sessions to the snow and icy roads
- if it turns bad again, please remember to check the KentFolk News "Cancelled Gigs" section, before braving the roads.
I am afraid we have some bad news, we have lost one of Kent's leading musicians to cancer. Multi-instrumentalist and singer Kevin Smith, of The Fling / Original Fling, died in December. Kevin was an remarkable, fiery, fiddler, but also an excellent player of a whole range of other instruments including flute, accordion, banjo, whistle, keyboard ..... - frequently multi-tracked on his numerous CDs. Kevin enjoyed travel and walking - he finally collapsed while out on a walk in the snow in December - he never managed to get to the Arctic, but perhaps the Arctic came to him ?. While Kevin travelled to the service in Ash Church on a carriage drawn by horse the mourners were greeted by a perfect rainbow. The service included many of Kevin's songs and instrumental pieces. The church was completely full with his family, friends and fellow musicians, to say goodbye to him. |
Kevin Smith, playing a gig with Mark Thompson, at the King William IV, in Northgate, Canterbury, Nov. 2001. |
The excellent music shop Hobgoblin now has a presence in Canterbury :
Hobgoblin Music,
22 Lower Bridge Street,
Canterbury, KENT,
CT1 2LG
Tel: (01227) 769484
Fax: (01227) 769541
E-mail: sales_at_hobgoblincanterbury_dot_co_dot_uk
Or visit:
www.hobgoblin.co.uk
for more info see the news item below in the Folk Genre.
KentFolk now has a Facebook presence; see :
www.facebook.com/pages/KentFolk/290937071592
and I am flagging some breaking news there.
Check out the KentFolkVideo page on YouTube - I have updated it with a lot of new Kentish videos that I have taken and uploaded over the last year.
KentFolk Bluegrass gigs at The Boathouse, Grove Ferry Inn, are suspended until I hear what their new gig policy will be. Very disappointing turn-out at the last gig, I also have to review if they will be continued.
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Do keep sending me items for both the calendar and this news section -
Please see the info at the bottom of the news pages for guidance as to
good formats to send me news items for these pages - large .jpg files are
not easy to use -
and also for suitable formats for event listings for the calendars.
cheers, Beau.
www.kentfolk.com
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