Islington Folk Club

Forthcoming programme

Here is our programme for Autumn 2008.

Date Artist  
July - August Closed
4th September 2008 Wild Willy Barrett's Sleeping Dogz An eclectic mix of musical styles played by three virtuoso musicians on a variety of instruments – all presented with a large dose of wry humour!
11th September 2008 Whitetop Mountain Band Classic old time and bluegrass band from Grayson County in the Appalachian Mountains of Virginia. Fiddle, mandolin, banjo, guitar.
18th September 2008 Jamie Rowan & Sally Wiltshire Eclectic pianoman Jamie and chanteuse Sally present a survey of bar-room piano playing and singing from the 1890s to the present day. Blues, music hall, boogie woogie, jazz, traditional folk.
25th September 2008 Chris Wood “The Renaissance man of English folk.” Irish Times. Come early.
2nd October 2008 Vicki Swan & Jonny Dyer Young duo blend traditional material and contemporary interpretations, with Scottish smallpipes, accordion and nyckelharpa.
9th October 2008 Reuben's Train Songs from the dark side. Americana, and more, from one of our favourite vocal and guitar duos.
16th October 2008 Tom & Barbara Brown Rich harmony singing of mainly trad material, accompanied by concertina, melodeon, mandola and guitar.
23rd October 2008 Pete Cooper & Richard Bolton Their musical influences are diverse, but they identify their music – both traditional tunes and songs, and their own highly original new pieces – as ‘Contemporary English Roots’. Which is not to say that there won’t be wonky Eastern European and Texas ragtime as well.
30th October 2008 The Other Band Duet concertina, accordion, harmonica, double bass and vocals. Eclectic and quirky, they do everything from straight ahead trad to Brett Marvin and The Thunderbolts
6th November 2008 The Expatriate Game Irish and American songs and tunes from Maggie Boyle (flute, voice), Ben Paley (fiddle) and Duck Baker (guitar). Three master musicians in full flight!
13th November 2008 Johan Hedin Swedish maestro of the nyckleharpa. Traditional music from the south-east of Sweden – and new compositions.
20th November 2008 Tim Laycock Songs and tunes on duet concertina. Tim is a specialist in the songs, traditions and dialect of the West Country, and the poetry and prose of William Barnes and Thomas Hardy.
27th November 2008 Martin Carthy Come early!
4th December 2008 SOAS ad hoc Rembetiko Band Rebetiko is the rebel music of Greece, with more than a hint of Sufi in its modes and music. It is a Byzantine blend of the Turkish rhythms brought with them by the immigrant Greeks uprooted from their homes in Asia Minor with the contemporary Greek music of the twenties and thirties. This is the music played by the SOAS Ad Hoc Rebetiko Band, a 15 strong band featuring powerful bouzouki playing, artful percussion and sublimely soulful singing.
11th December 2008 Woodlarks + Martin Nail + Cheap Jack The filling in this sandwich is supplied by Tanya Jackson (vocals, guitar, melodeon) and Brona McVittie (vocals, guitar, harp, bodhran) exploring the wealth of British and American folk music and adding their own subtle twists and tinges. Our own Martin Nail provides the crusty wholemeal bread and Cheap Jack, the spreadable, lightly-salted English butter.
18th December 2008 Christmas Party Get that bouzouki down from the top of the wardrobe, dust off your old ukulele, but above all, don't forget your spoons. The culmination of another year swinging wildly between the extremes of fierce traditionalism and the eccentric limits of, let's be honest, the plain bonkers. The ever-popular, free to members, shindig – with sandwiches, if we’re lucky.
25th December 2008 Closed
1st January 2009 Closed
8th January 2009 tba
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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