  On Tour Across the Pond blog FOLK & ACOUSTIC MUSIC AGENTS / BOOKING AGENCIES IN THE UK(in alphabetical order)ADASTRA 2 Star Row North Dalton, Driffield East Yorkshire YO25 9UR tel: +44 (0) 1377 217662 fax:+44 (0) 1377 217754 Contact: Helen Burgess website: http://www.adastra-music.co.uk email : adastra@adastra-music.co.uk representing: 4 Men and a Dog / 422 / Aly Bain & Phil Cunningham / Andy Irvine & Donal Lunny's Mozaik / Barb Jungr / Black Umfolosi 5 / Brendan Croker / Celtic Fiddle Festival / Chumbawamba / Craig & Willoughby /Danú /East of Ealing / Edwina Hayes / Eivor / Eleanor McEvoy / Fiona MacKenzie / Grada / Grupo Fantasma /Hassan Erraji / Huun Huur Tu / Juan Martin / Kasai Masai / Kepa Junkera / Kevin Burke + Cal Scott / Koshka / La Bottine Souriante / Laura Cortese / Le Vent Du Nord / Lunasa / Mambo Jambo / Martin Hayes and Dennis Cahill / Martin Taylor / Martin Taylor & Alison Burns / Massukos / Michael Chapman / New Rope String Band / Nollaig Casey & Arty McGlynn / Osibisa / Park Bench Social Club / Patrick Street / Peatbog Faeries / Peter Robinson / Peter Rowan / Rise Kagona & Champion Doug Veitch / Robert Maseko and The Congo Beat / Ron Kavana & 'Irish Ways' / Rory Motion / Session A9 / Sid Griffin The Basement Tapes /Solas / Steve Phillips / Swarb's Lazarus / Swill & The Swaggerband/ Tanya Tagaq / Tarika Be /Te Vaka / The Coal Porters/ The Dhoad Gypsies From Rajasthan / The Klezmer Festival Band / The Lal Waterson Project / The Men They Couldn't Hang / Timothy O'Grady / Uncle Earl / Unusual Suspects / Whippersnapper / Yves Lambert & Le Bébert Orchestra. ALAN BEARMAN MUSIC 21 Gisburn Road Hornsey London N8 7BS Tel: +44 (0)20 7263 0425 Mob: +44 (0)7855 254172 Website: http://www.alanbearmanmusic.co.uk/ email: bearman@btinternet.com representing Chris Wood / Martin Simpson / Mawkin:Causley / Altan, The Lark Rise Band / Kris Drever, John McCusker & Martin Woomble / Imagined Village / Karine Polwart / Eliza Carthy Lau / The Demon Barbers / The Dhol Foundation BECHHOFER AGENCY 51 Barnton Park View Edinburgh EH4 6HH Scotland tel: +44 (0)131-339 4083 fax:+44 (0)131-339-9261 Website: http://www.bechhofer.demon.co.uk/ Contact: Frank or Jean Bechhofer email: agency@bechhofer.demon.co.uk representing: Duck Baker / Joe Burke (with Anne Conroy Burke / Archie Fisher / Andy Irvine / Magpie / John McSherry's At First Light (Ireland) / Bruce Molsky / Rod Paterson (Scotland) / Tommy Sands (Ireland) - also with The Sands Family / Chris Stout Quintet and Quartet (Scotland) / Hans Theessink (Holland) - solo and with his band / Tryst (Scotland) / Mike and Ali Vaas (Scotland) BRASS TACKS MUSIC AGENCY PO Box 1162 Sheffield S89JY tel +44 (0)114 250 9124 fax +44 (0) 114 255 4973 Contact: Kit Bailey e-mail: brass250@aol.com representing: Shooglenifty / Roy Bailey / Swap / Two Duos Quartet / Ian Carr & Karen Tweed / The Bumblebees / Tony McManus BROOKFIELD KNIGHTS Website : http://www.brookfield-knights.com E-mail: info@brookfield-knights.com Tel: +44 (0)1505 706346 representing: Black Crown Stringband / Laura Boosinger & Josh Goforth / Eva Eastwood / Foghorn Stringband / Groanbox / Hot Day at the Zoo/ Pokey LaFarge / Gurf Morlix / Lee Patterson / Sweet Sunny South / The Fox Hunt / The Hot Seats / The Hunger Mountain Boys / The Samsonites / The Wilders / The Wiyos / Lizzie West and Baba Buffalo / Woody Pines CARRICK MUSIC AGENCY Whin Cottage Dundas Street Comrie Perthshire PH6 2CN Scotland tel/fax. +44 (0)1764 679465 Contact: John Morgan representing: Kent Duchaine (USA) / Dick Wardell & The Moonshine Boys / Before the Flood / Birlinn (Scotland) / Ceili House / Gaelforce / Hafren (Wales) / Hin Deg (Wales) / Howling at Ravens / Oige (Ireland) / On the Wagon (Scotland) CODA 1 Water Lane Camden Town London NW1 8NZ tel: +44(0) 207 267 5599 Fax: +44 (0) 207 267 5155 website: http://www.codaagency.com email: rob@codaagency.com representing: Billy Bragg / Calexico / Devon Sproule / Handsome Family / Jimmy Webb / Iron & Wine / Kelley Joe Phelps / King Sunny Ade / O Susanna / Oysterband / Vashti Bunyan / Yo La Tengo and many more. Live Roster CTM UK 4 The Retreat Butterow Stroud Glos, GL5 2LS, England tel/fax : 01453 757376 Website: http://www.ctmuk.com Contact : Crispin Thomas email : cripsin@ctmuk.freeserve.co.uk representing: Craobh Rua / Drop The Box / Out To Lunch / Football Poets / Siyaya (Zimbabwe) / Albert Nyathi & Imbongi (Zimbabwe) / Hazel O'Connor / Carmina / Daby Balde (Senegal) / Laye Sow Band (Senegal) / Chimanimani (Zimbabwe) DIFFERENT STRINGS Website: http://www.differentstrings.co.uk/ Lorraine Carpenter Land line : 0117 904 1870 Mobile : 07929 135744 Email: lorraine@differentstrings.co.uk representing: Steve Tilston / Clive Gregson / Brooks Williams / Reg Meuross / Stephen Fearing / Karen Tweed / Dana & Susan Robinson / Louise Taylor / Corinne West / Buddy Mondlock / Sally Barris / Andy Whittle EASTCENTRALONE AGENCY Contact: Bob Paterson website: http://www.ursasoft.com/bob/agency.htm email: bob@eastcentralone.com representing: Blue Rodeo / Peter Bruntnell / BJ Cole / Deadstring Brothers / Ezio / Hacienda Brothers / Mickey Harte / Hazy Malaze / Dan Hicks & The Hot Licks / Homespun / Michael Hurley / Kate Jacobs / Jorane / Jess Klein / Messenger / Tim O'Brien / Mark Olsen and The Creekdippers feat. Victoria Williams / Chuck Prophet / Jason Ringenberger / Tom Russell / Darrell Scott / Martin Stephenson / Chip Taylor and Carrie Rodriguez / Gina Villalobos / Danny George Wilson EMERGING MUSIC Sarah's Cottage Horns Cross Bideford Devon EX39 5DW tel/fax +44(0)1237 451933 website: http://www.emergingmusic.co.uk Contact: Ken Bradburn ken@emerging.demon.co.uk Sue Bradburn sue@emerging.demon.co.uk representing: Annabelle Chvostek / The Bills / Boo Hewerdine / Bella Hardy / Debby McClatchy / Kristina Olsen / Idiot and Friend / Last Night's Fun / Les Barker / Nancy Kerr & James Fagan / Niamh Parsons / Cathie Ryan / Jenna Witts / Linde Nijland / Tom Kitching and Gren Bartley GRAPEVINE MUSIC Agency - Promotions - Venue Development Honesty, Happy Valley Venn Ottery Devon EX11 1SG Contacts: Bob Butler & Claire Stein Tel: +44 (0)1404 813004 - 24 hours. Mobile: +44 (0)7713 161669 e-mail: info@grapevinemusicagency.co.uk web: www.grapevinemusicagency.co.uk representing --- Benny Gallagher / The Carrivick Sisters / Sarah MacDougall / Po'Girl / Drew Nelson / Rob Lutes / Vanessa Peters / Headwater / Edwin McCain / Ashleigh Flynn / Phil Rosenthal / Jeff & Vida The Dials / Naomi Sommers / Danny Schmidt / Carrie Elkin / Robby Hecht / Rebecca Worthley / Simon Swarbrick & Kenny Watkins / Bridget St John & Michael Chapman / Jim Crawford / Huw Chidgey & Catherine Handley / Ian Briggs Band __________________________________________________________________ JACEY BEDFORD TOUR MANAGEMENT 10 Park Head Birdsedge Huddersfield HD8 8XW tel: +44 (0)1484 606230 fax:+44 (0)1484-606290 website: http://www.jacey-bedford.com/ representing: Anthony John Clarke / Appalachian Roots / Bernard Carney / Cara Luft with Hugh McMillan / Cloudstreet / Coyote Run / Dan McKinnon / Eileen McGann with David K / Finest Kind / James Keelaghan / Mad Agnes / Mighty Zuly Nation / The Outside Track / Peggy and PJ / Queensberry Rules / Shep Woolley / Tanglefoot / Tania Opland & Mike Freeman / William Pint & Felicia Dale mARKO pOLO (uk) The Barn, Fordwater Lane Chichester West Sussex UK PO19 4PT tel. +44 (0)1243 789 786 Fax. +44 (0)1243 789 787 Mob. 07802 500050 website: http://www.btinternet.com/~markringwood/index.html Contact: Mark Ringwood email: markringwood@btinternet.com representing: Big Bill Morganfield / Big Jim Sullivan /Chris Jagger / Dino Baptiste / Guy Davis / Michael Messer / Odetta / Popa Chubby / The Campbell Brothers / The Holmes Brothers / Tom Ball & Kenny Sultan / Hubert Sumlin / Eliza Gilkyson / Michele Greene / Dan Crary & Beppe Gambetta / JP Cormier / Carol Laula and many others MARY PANTON AGENCY 216 Victoria Park Road London E9 7HD tel/fax: 020 8986 8834 email: mary.panton@virgin.net representing: Barn dance bands, Irish and Scottish Ceili bands, solo & duo performers, traditional dancers, and children's performers/jugglers etc. MONEYPENNY The Stables, Westwood House Main Street North Dalton, Driffield East Yorkshire YO25 9XA tel: 01377 217815 fax: 01377 217662 website: http://www.moneypennymusic.co.uk/index.php Contact: Nigel Morton email : nigel.morton@moneypennymusic.co.uk representing: Andy Fairweather-Low / Bellowhead / Brian Kennedy / Carmel / Danny Thompson / David Thomas & Two Pale Boys / The Durutti Column / Gretchen Peters / Hot Tuna / Jorma Kaukonen / Kate & Anna McGarrigle / Kathryn Williams / Max Gilkes / Michelle Shocked / Pere Ubu / The Popes / Rev Hammer / Shane MacGowan & the Popes / Stan Ridgway / The Ukrainians / The Wholigans / William Topley MRS CASEY MUSIC PO Box 296 Aylesbury Bucks HP19 3TL UK tel +44 (0)1296 394411 fax +44 (0)1296 392300 website: http://www.mrscasey.co.uk Contact: Frances Watt email: mcm@mrscasey.co.uk Festival & Event Organisers and Consultants including: Sidmouth International Festival The Towersey Village Festival Folk in the Fall, South Bank Centre, London also runs The Association of Festival Organisers representing over 150 Festival Organisers also: Mrs Casey Records and representing: Brass Monkey NEM PRODUCTIONS (UK) 55 Law Road South Shields Tyne & Wear NE33 2AL tel: +44 (0)191 427 6207 fax:+44 (0)191 427 6323 website: http://www.nemproductions.com Contact: Dave Smith email: dave@nemproductions.com representing: Tommy Emmanuel / John Renbourn / Adrian Legg / Stefan Grossman / Bob Brozman / Andy McKee / Don Ross / Jan Akkerman /Gareth Pearson / Johnny Dickinson /Joscho Stephan / Erik Mongrain OSCAR MUSIC 14 Inchmurrin Drive Glasgow G73 5RT Scotland tel/fax 0044 (0) 141 634 1095 website: http://www.oscarmusic.co.uk/ email: oscarsfolk@tiscali.co.uk representing: Cathryn Craig & Brian Willoughby/ Vin Garbutt / Jez Lowe and the Bad Pennies / Alistair Russell & Chris Parkinson / Flossie Malavialle/ Bram Taylor / Stony / Show of Hands / David Munnelly Band / Frances Black / Sean Tyrell / Marian Bradfield / Colum Sands / Ben Sands PARK PROMOTIONS PO Box 651 Oxford OX2 9RB Contact: John Dagnell tel: +44 (0)1865 241717 fax:+44 (0)1865 204556 website: http://www.parkrecords.com email: info@parkrecords.com representing: Maddy Prior / Maddy Prior & Rick Kemp / Steeleye Span / Maddy Prior and The Carnival Band / Kathryn Tickell / Pentangle / Gilbert O'Sullivan / The Guitar Orchestra Wild Willy Barrett / Rock Salt & Nails / Keltic Fusion / Lindisfarne / 'Women in Folk' / Kirsty McGee / Abbie Lathe /Rose Kemp PERROTTS FOLLY AGENCY Treverryl, Trenance, Mawgan Porth, Nr Newquay Cornwall TR8 4DA tel/fax: +44 (0)1637 860866 representing: Johnny Silvo / Jeremy Taylor / Cosmotheka / Wizz Jones / Prelude / Noel Murphy / Malcolm Stent / Fred Wedlock / Roger Westbrook / The Yetties / Midland Aces / The Cajun Aces / Roger Hill Band RANDOMBAND (incorporating Hemlock Music - see above) 26 Oxhey Road Watford Herts WD19 4QQ Tel: +44 (0)1923 221 701 E-mail: info@randomband-agency.com Website: http://www.randomband-agency.com representing: Concert acts: Blyth Power / Red Wedding / Dansaul / Hamish Currie / Heaven Shouting / Joseph Porter / Spicer & Holloway / Tom and Barbara Brown Ceilidh bands: Random and many more Callers: Michael Catovsky / Cat Kelly / Joan Holloway ROUTES MUSIC c/o The Swan Theatre, The Moors Worcester, WR1 3EE Tel: 01905 611323 Fax: 01905 721880 Contact Chris Jaeger and Sue Webster website: http://www.routesmusic.co.uk representing: Brass Monkey / Gordon Giltrap / Harvey Andrews / John Kirkpatrick / Mad Jocks And English Men / Phil Beer (+ Band) / The Strawbs / Steve Knightley / The Sultans Of Squeeze / Vin Garbutt / Ruth Notman / Roy Bailey / The Urban Folk Quartet / Richard Digance STONEYPORT AGENCY 65A Dundas Street Edinburgh EH3 6RS Scotland Agency contacts: John Barrow t: 07968 13 17 73 (mob); fax: 0131-313 2083; email Heather Macleod t: 0131-539 8238; f: 0131-557 1050; email Martin Coull t: 0131-557 5773; f: 0131-557 1050; email Jim Condie t/f: 0141-423 6309; t: 07813-93 91 91 (mob); email Ewan MacPherson t/f: 0131-557 1050; email Website: http://www.stoneyport.co.uk representing: Eric Bogle / Alison Brown Quartet / Bachue / Bill Barclay / Gill Bowman / Colcannon / Jim Condie / Croft No Five / Jimmy Crowley / Daimh / Deaf Shepherd / Kenny Young and The Eggplants / Emily Smith Band / Fine Friday / Alasdair Fraser (and Natalie Haas) / Amos Garrett / Dick Gaughan or http://dickgaughan.com / Frankie Gavin / Andy Gunn / Harem Scarem / Bert Jansch (and occasionally ... Bernard Butler) / Jock Tamson's Bairns / La Boum! / Lyra Celtica / Ishbel MacAskill / Heather Macleod / Michael Marra and marrabiopress / Jimi McRae Band / Mystery Juice / Poozies / Sunhoney / Allan Taylor / Mike Whellans / Tam White / Wild Cigarillos / Wrigley Sisters / David Vernon (accordion) and Dick Lee (clarinet/reeds) Enqs taken for: Burach / McCalmans / Scottish Guitar Quartet / Alex Yellowlees Hot Club Quartet SWAMP MUSIC PO Box 94 Derby DE22 1XA tel/fax: +44 (0)1332 332336 mobile: 0402 564804 website: http://www.swampmusic.co.uk/ Contact : Chris Hall email: chrishall@swampmusic.co.uk Specialists in Cajun & Zydeco music who promote events and represent leading bands, including: Bearcats / R Cajun & The Zydeco Brothers / Zydecomotion / Cajun Roosters / Lil Jim & Deepzone Zydeco / Hazel Scott Playboys / Bluejulep /Breaux + plus many other cajun and zydeco bands and tours for US artists Paul Castle email back to On Tour Across the Pond blog back to Across the Pond back to PDC Music back to top |