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Islington Folk Club home pageHere is our programme for spring ans summer 2008.
| Date | Artist | |
|---|---|---|
| 6th March 2008 | Pete Morton | Guitarist and singer of his own powerful songs as well as traditional material. 'not only impressive but a revelation... totally original.' The Guardian. '... this guy is amongst the best the British roots music scene has produced in living memory.' fRoots |
| 13th March 2008 | Emily & Hazel Askew | Longtime favourites at the club since their early floorspots, this talented young fiddle and melodeon duo, performing traditional English tunes and songs, are making a name for themselves at festivals throughout the country. |
| 20th March 2008 | Peta Webb, Ken Hall & Simon Hindley | Ken and Peta are long-time friends of this club (as well as running a fine one of their own), and lovely singers, whether solo or in spine-tingling harmony. This evening, they'll be concentrating on their American repertory, together with our resident blues ace. 'Peta Webb... leaves no tear unjerked.' fRoots |
| 27th March 2008 | Andrew Frank & Michael Hebbert | Our own eclectic troubador rejoins the maestro of the Jeffries system Duet concertina for a trip down Memory Lane. It's not often that we have the chance to experience such a rare treat, so turn up in your hundreds. Absolutely unmissable! |
| 3rd April 2008 | Martin Nail & the Sub-Committee + David Campbell | Our revered treasurer, webmaster and stentorian songster Martin Nail returns at the head of the bouncy brigade that used to be our resident band, complete with piercing reeds and perverse time signatures. Plus a bit more than usual of another resident singer. |
| 10th April 2008 | Lynne Heraud & Pat Turner | Lynne has been here in other company, but this duo is new to us, in spite of being well established and highly rated as skilful interpreters of both traditional and contemporary song not to mention some hilarious joint compositions of their own. |
| 17th April 2008 | Will Duke & Dan Quinn | You know what to expect, by now, from two of the foremost exponents of English Country Music: great tunes played with taste and style on anglo concertina and melodeon; more-or-less traditional songs performed in highly distinctive unison. |
| 24th April 2008 | Klezmer Klub | Our regular dose of wedding, bar mitzvah and Yiddish theatre music, and they just keep getting better. Music for the feet and soul. |
| 1st May 2008 | May Day with Attila the Stockbroker | What better occasion for a return visit by the social surrealist rebel poet and songwriter and to ensure that all relevant traditions are honoured, he says he'll bring his fiddle to sit in with the Angels. |
| 8th May 2008 | Kristina Olsen | One of our favourite Americans is passing through again. If you didn't catch any of her previous visits, she's an intelligent and entertaining singer-songwriter, and very musical (she generally accompanies herself on guitar, but also plays concertina, piano and saxophone). |
| 15th May 2008 | Wizz Jones | A welcome return of one of those who labour under the burden of being hailed 'legend', by virtue of being still at it, after quite a long time. However, he's not only still here, but also just as good as you'd expect. |
| 22nd May 2008 | Katie's Quartet | More English Country Music, this time from Suffolk. One row melodeon, hammered dulcimer, banjo and cello played vigorously in the traditional manner. A rare treat for us town mice. |
| 29th May 2008 | Chris Sarjeant | This young singer-guitarist has impressed with many fine floorspots and a shared booking, during the past year. In case you missed them all, expect traditional English songs with sophisticated accompaniment. |
| 5th June 2008 | Beskydy | Rollicking East European dance music, and dramatic singing in various languages, from one of our favourite big bands. |
| 12th June 2008 | Leon Rosselson | Simply the best. Accept no substitute. Bring some poor benighted soul who doesn't know. |
| 19th June 2008 | At home with The Possum Lickers with friends Stetson Stan and Special Guest | Our resident purveyors of old-time blues, hillbilly ballads and cowboy waltzes. Presented, in accordance with what we like to call tradition, by our other resident cowboy singer. |
| 26th June 2008 | Mary Humphreys & Anahata + Major Catastrophe’s indoor show for the End of Term Party (sandwiches) | Old friends of the club, Mary sings traditional songs, mostly in English and a few in her native Welsh, and plays banjo and concertina, and Anahata accompanies with virtuoso melodeons, concertina and cello. They play instrumental arrangements, mostly of English traditional music and some with a strong East Anglian flavour. 'Wonderful and unusual versions of songs and brilliant accompaniments and tunes.' Pete Coe |
| July - August | Closed | |
| 4th September 2008 | Wild Willy Barrett's Sleeping Dogz | |
| Notes by David Campbell, Alex Szyszkowski, Bernard Puckett, et al |
If you're interested, here is a list of previous guests, since 1997.
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