At Charing Cross on the way back from Chippenham yesterday I saw Barry Dransfield coming back from Jack Rosenthal's funeral (his partner, Chrissie, was Maureen...
Great news about the record. As for gigging..... I persuaded Barry to comeback for the 25th Holmfirth Festival last year (2003). I had the magic phone call -...
Barry's manager, Mick Bovee, joined our festival (Hastings Jack in the Green) committee a couple of years ago. He was instrumental - no pun intended! - in...
Just had this from Mark Knight's mailing list, aka madfiddler formerly of Tricks Upon Travellers and K-Passa Electric Violin on Come On England Where on BURBs...
Football songs are just wrong! Even if they do feature fiddles... Rich ... _________________________________________________________________ Express yourself...
... I know it's not very folky, and im sorry if its not on topic. But I want to post it, to see what peoples reactions where to it. If people would get ideas...
This seems like a good debate, and to me it's on topic. It is nice to see folk in the mainstream, I agree. Not so sure about a rip off of 'Come On Eileen'...
... That's good. ... It doesn't have to be a rip off or football. ... I'm not that far behind you (no dirty comments!), being 22 next month. I now tell people...
It never ceases to amaze me that even although fans of the folk 'arts' understand that some people have no interest in it, for some reason many football fans...
As one of the 'large, friendly, generous, albeit slightly eccentric' musicians around I thought I'd add my tuppence hapenny (that's a traditional term for a...
Chris Shaw
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Jun 9, 2004 12:29 pm
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I generally agree with Roger [but MASH????!!!!], but occasionally it's not too bad. Some years ago I turned up to my regular week-long folk music workshop week...
Chris Shaw
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Jun 9, 2004 12:35 pm
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Some years ago I turned up to my regular ... Sheffield City Morris have been all over the world and I have managed to work Sheffield United into the ...
Seems to me that what most of us would really like is not for Folk to go Mainstream - we really do enjoy the folk scene intimacy and anyway, we like being a...
... Ahem. You forget, this is Allceilidh. IT DOESNT MATTER. (Cough) ... It would be nice if they put a bit on BBC2 for us cheapskates who haven't got all...
... I don't think it's a matter of shoehorning 'folk' (whatever that is) into the mainstream formula, it's a matter of getting equivalent access to the media...
Hi I'm pooped! Just mc'd a small Schools' Folk Festival; Seven schools represented..about 120 kids and fun! Each school performed a dance and then we taught it...
Apologies for the late notice, but is there a band and caller interested in some work on the evening of 10th July? Recently had a call from a bride to be who ...
Dunstable Tyre-Kickers' Ceilidh This coming Friday Nelson's Arm Band with Mick Brooks calling St Mary's Social Club West Street Dunstable LU6 1NY 8pm Tickets...
Hi Kate Thanks for getting in touch, and congratulations! I don't work with CDs but I subscribe to a couple of e-mail lists, where other callers who do, may be...
St Albans Folk at the Festival 2004 Friday July 2 Concert Maltings Arts Theatre 8pm with Isla St Clair and the Witches of Elswick Saturday July 3 Day of dance...
Alison Macfarlane
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Jun 17, 2004 6:06 am
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Saturday June 26th, 2004 Grand Ceilidh Organised by York Ceilidh Club as part of Dance Week York Folk dancing with a Northern flavour with the Bad Bargain Band...
Can anyone give me the contact details for Martin, the guitarist in Devil's Dream from Bristol? Chris Shaw T: 020 7639 6635 M: 07940 269 223 E:...
Chris Shaw
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Jun 17, 2004 8:07 am
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Chris, I don't have Martin's contact details, but Keith Prescott of Devils Dream will have. Contact details for Keith Precott are: Tel: 0117-9532565 email:...
