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MORRIS AND WATSON

Our Next Guests: Wednesday 17 July

Back in 2020 our committee agreed to book this young duo to perform on 18th March, but we agreed to postpone two days before as the lockdown was announced. Lizzie Morris and Dan Watson from Barnsley have been playing together since their studies at Leeds College of Music, graduating in 2015. They perform a mix of traditional and self-penned songs interspersed with fiddle tunes, capturing the entire frequency spectrum, driving their songs and tunes directly into the hearts of their audience. Kate Rusby says “They’re fantastic” but aye she’s a Barnsley lass isn’t she.

Admission is £8 or £6 for current members. Please bring cash as we don’t have any card facilities. Doors open at 7.45 pm for an 8.15pm start and we finish by 11pm.

We have guests booked for the rest of the year as follows:
Wednesday 11 September – We Mavericks – touring from Australia & New Zealand
Wednesday 16 October – Dan McKinnon – return visit of Nova Scotia songsmith
Wednesday 13 November – Chris Sherburn, Denny Bartley and Emily Sanders
Wednesday 4 December — Jim Causley from Devon including seasonal songs

See you any Wednesday in our comfy redecorated room upstairs at the Gladstone.

Next Guests: Richard Grainger and Chris Parkinson 19th June

Richard Grainger is a prolific and diverse artist, a singer, songwriter and musician who has been performing on the British Folk Scene since the 1980’s. He sings songs of Teesside, the moors and the coastal communities. Richard Grainger is an internationally recognised song writer.
Chris Parkinson was a co-founder of the British folk band The House Band (1984-2001), playing accordion, harmonica, melodeon and keyboards. He has played with John Kirkpatrick in Sultans of Squeeze, as well as accompanying Martin Carthy and Norma Waterson and Ralph McTell, amongst many others.

The Ballad of James Readman

Upstairs at The Gladstone, 45 Loscoe Road, Carrington, Nottingham, NG5 2AW
Doors 7.45 for 8:15 start
We don’t have advance tickets: just turn up and pay on the door (cash only) £12/£10 members

Carrington Triangle Folk Club meets every Wednesday for singarounds, with guests once a month

Next guest: Virginia Kettle Wednesday 15 May

Yes, we have managed to arrange a solo performance by Virginia Kettle, one of the songwriters and joint lead singer in the band Merry Hell, which a full house enjoyed at Lowdham nine weeks ago. She was only free to sing a couple of her own more personal songs there, but at a small festival last September she performed solo for a full hour so we agreed to book her now. Her songs are thoughtful and witty with a strong commitment to not being a shrinking violet.

Admission is £12 or £10 for current members. Please bring cash as we don’t have any card facilities. Doors open at 7.45 pm for an 8.15pm start and we finish by 11pm.

Next guest: Damien Barber on 17th April

Raised in Norfolk and heavily influenced by such earlier Norfolk singers as Walter Pardon and Peter Bellamy, Damien is a stylish and distinctive singer, either a Capella or accompanied on guitar or English concertina. Though he has lived in West Yorkshire for over 20 years he retains a strong East Anglian identity.
Damien was 5 years old he was first taken to The Orchard Garden’s Folk Club in North Walsham, Norfolk where his family lived and where he began to absorb the styles and sounds of local singers such as Tony Hall, Peter Bellamy and most notable of all Walter Pardon. Walter was one of the last great Traditional singers of the region and, along with his weekly visits to the folk club, Damien was fortunate to listen to, and play with, Walter a number of times at his home before his passing in 1996.

Admission is £10 but only £8 for current members. Please bring cash as we don’t have card facilities. Doors open at 7.45 pm for an 8.15pm start and we finish by 11pm

Damien’s YouTube channel is at https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCi3pb0cPGKWtESlZnJEIDOg
Damien is also one of Breaking Tradition, the people behind the brilliant Lock In dance shows: worth catching next time they come round: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I2qqVbomHVQ

It’s £10 in cash for membership for the rest of the year until Christmas, which gives free entry to singers’ and musicians’ nights every Wednesday at 8.15.

We have guests booked for the following dates in 2024:
Wednesday 17 April – Damien Barber – tradition from Norfolk and new Yorkshire songs
Wednesday 15 May – Virginia Kettle – vocalist/guitarist in Merry Hell: pleased to come to us
19 June – Richard Grainger & Chris Parkinson
17 July – Morris & Watson

See you any Wednesday in our comfy redecorated room upstairs at the Gladstone.

The Brothers Gillespie

Wednesday, March 20th

Described by Folk Radio UK as ‘weaving an especially compelling magic’, and ‘showing off British acoustic music in its best possible light’, Northumbrian duo The Brothers Gillespie sing songs of great lyrical power, animated by the sound of soaring sibling harmony, inspired guitar playing and a rich array of acoustic instruments. Their songs and performances have a rare, intimate energy that is both earthy and ethereal, romantic and radical.

James and Sam Gillespie found their sound growing up in the fells and valleys of Northumberland, their songs often describing relationships with wild places and the experience of finding oneself in a world alive with soul. The music comes to them most strongly when walking in the borderlands with their packs and instruments which remains a regular practice for them. Since that time, the brothers have travelled widely and sung their songs at campfires, concert halls, Parisian circuses, folk clubs and a host of UK festivals including Sidmouth and Cambridge Folk Fests.
https://thebrothersgillespie.com/

Upstairs at The Gladstone, 45 Loscoe Road, Carrington, Nottingham, NG5 2AW
Doors 7.45 for 8:15 start
We don’t have advance tickets: just turn up and pay on the door (cash only) £12/£10 members

Carrington Triangle Folk Club meets every Wednesday for singarounds, with guests once a month